May 16-20, 109
Roberto Galvan, manager of the Portland Sealions, spat tobacco into the metal can in his dugout with an audible ring. 4=2 Blackwell, top of the ninth, two on and
Jesus Lopez at the plate: Lopez, 2/12 so far. Would the twenty-two year old hold it together? Galvan had his doubts. Best to just bring the runners over and hope for teammater
Ramiro Souza[/B] to bring them home. He signaled bunt.
Lopez glanced at the dugout and frowned. Fine. Blackwell pitcher
Miguel Latigo threw, he squared..and the bunt rolled foul.
Galvan signaled again, and again Lopez frowned. What the hell? How were they supposed to win if they
gave Blackwell an out? Latigo threw. He squared. Foul.
This time Galvan folded his arms.
Damn straight, Lopez thought.
Let me hit. Down 0-2. He watched the third and first baseman edge in, while the middle infielders backed off in hopes of a double play. Latigo grinned with false bravado. Lopez swung almost before he threw.
The bat shook with the impact and for a second Lopez thought he'd broken it...but no. He stared as the ball streaked towards left field and easily cleared the fence. Home run!
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Code:
Date Games : PoG
5/16: New Haven 3 Blackwell 2 : NHV SP Ryan Hall
Rio Grande 11 Selenica 1 : RIO SP Brian Anderson (9 IP 4 H 1 ER 3 BB 4 K, W)
Hanover 2 Portland 0 : HAN SP Tony Hicks (8 IP 6 H 0 ER 3 BB 4 K, W)
5/17: Blackwell 5 New Haven 4 : BLA LF Dan Davis (2/4, 2B, HR, 3 BI, R, BB)
Rio Grande 8 Selenica 7 (13) : SEL SS Pedro Miranda (2/4, HR, 3 BI, R, 2 BB)
Portland 4 Hanover 3 (11) : POR LF Jesus Valdez
5/18: Blackwell 9 New Haven 5 : BLA SS Dale Winters
Rio Grande 4 Selenica 0 : RIO SP Carel Housden (9 IP 3 H 0 ER 1 BB 2 K, W)
Portland 8 Hanover 3 : POR CF Bartolo Juarez (2/4, 2B, 3 BI)
5/19: Hanover 2 Selenica 1 : HAN SP Simon Harmon (8 IP 0 H 1 ER 6 BB 5 K, W)
Portland 5 Blackwell 4 : POR SS Jesus Lopez (2/5, HR, 3 BI, 2 R)
Rio Grande 12 New Haven 6 : RIO RF Rio Ra
Code:
Team W L PCT GB E# / AVG ERA / LWk St
Rio Grande 4 0 1000 -- / 313 270 / 4-0 W4
Portland 3 1 750 1 / 292 237 / 3-1 W3
Blackwell 2 2 500 2 86 / 276 400 / 2-2 L1
Hanover 2 2 500 2 86 / 230 295 / 2-2 W1
New Haven 1 3 250 3 85 / 303 688 / 1-3 L3
Selenica 0 4 000 4 84 / 167 554 / 0-4 L4
Code:
AVG: Ezekiel Barry (HAN) .500, Pete Cote (BLA) .500, Two tied with .438
HR: Pedro Miranda (SEL) 2, Six plus tied with 1
RBI: Jose Beltran (RIO) 5, Alfonso Hernandez (NHV) 5, Shamsedeen Muliro (RIO) 5
SB: Ezekiel Barry (HAN) 4, Antonio Hernandez (BLA) 3, Three tied with 2
VORP: Pete Cote (BLA) 4.8, Ezekiel Barry (HAN) 3.9, Pedro Miranda (SEL) 3.5
W: Six plus tied with 1
ERA: Four tied with 0.00
K: Chet Myers (RIO) 8, Jesus Ramirez (POR) 7, Four tied with 5
SV: Andy Olson (HAN) 2, Four tied with 1
VORP: Carel Housden (RIO) 4.8, Simon Harmon (HAN) 4.5, Jesus Rainey (SEL) 4.3