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2005 Federal League Championship Series
Dallas Rattlers (90-72) vs. Louisville Colonels (105-57)
GAME 3 @ Dallas: Brian Wilson (14-12) vs. Ronald Austin (13-5)
The Colonels got on the board first in the top of the third. Simon singled, stole second, advanced to third on a balk, and scored on a sacrifice fly by John. Dallas 3B Shawn Davis blasted a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth to put Dallas on top 2-1.
In the fifth, Brian Wilson doubled home Dominguez and scored on a single by Simon to put the Colonels back in the lead by a 3-2 score. With two out and Simon on second, Brown drove a ball into the gap in right-center. Payne and Richardson were slow to get over to the ball and Brown hustled all the way around the bases for an inside-the-park home run! Louisville led 5-2 after five innings.
Louisville added an insurance run in the seventh on a bases-loaded walk, but Dallas made it tight again with another two-run homer from Shawn Davis. He certainly had the book on Wilson – good thing he didn’t share it with his teammates. Wilson left for a pinch-hitter in the top of the ninth having allowed only three hits – all of them by Player of the Game Shawn Davis. King came in to close out the game and the Colonels need only one win to make their second straight World Series appearance.
FINAL: Louisville 6, Dallas 4
Louisville leads the series 3-0.
Other games:
Atlanta 7, Charlotte 5 (Atlanta leads 2-1)
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