As before I will be playing my game, updating by inning, and checking in on the other game and updating as I go. I may try to combine the narratives into one long post?
FRONTIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Columbus (Mike Holmes 1-1 2.77)
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Chicago (Alfredo Alejandrez 0-0 5.06)
A leadoff walk takes about 20 seconds before it hurts as Clipper 2B Jeff Hudson drills a run scoring double. Alejandrez escapes the no out runner on second jam, retiring the next 3. Bottom 1 1-0 Cilppers.
Hugh Collins singles with 2 outs and is erased on a caught stealing 2 pitches later to end the inning, 1-0 Columbus after 1. Alejandrez need 22 to get through the inning, Holmes just 7.
Alejandrez goes 1-2-3 and Eric Hudson drills a 2 out run scoring single, bringing home Wes Morgan who had walked, to tie it at 1 apiece after 2 full. Holmes needs 29 pitches to get through the inning, putting him at 36 through 2, Alejandrez has a 5 pitch inning to hold at 27.
Alejandrez has another 1-2-3 inning.
Gutierrez drills a leadoff single, Chartier moves him to second on a ground out. Collins grounds out and Alexander chases a pitch for strike 3 to end it. 1-1 after 3. Alejandrez has another 5 pitch inning, to sit at 32 through 3, Holmes is at 49.
A leadoff Angelo Gomez walk, followed by a Dean Strong single is capped on Christian Schalls 3 run homer to straight away left to put Columbus up 4-1. Michael Griffin follows with a solo shot of his own, on an 0-2 pitch and the bullpen is frantically working with Columbus now up 5-1.
Jesus Sanchez singles, still no outs…
Stephano McDermott hits into a first pitch 3-6-1 and Stanton Hall K’s to end the top of 4, Chicago now trailing 5-1.
Wes Morgan leads off the bottom half with his 3rd playoff HR, to get 1 back. 5-2 after 4 full. Holmes at 65 pitches, Alejandrez at 57.
Jeffrey Hudson drills a 1 out double and a careful Alejandrez walks Angelo Gomez. With runners on 1st and 2nd he uncorks a wild pitch to move runners up with Strong hitting. He again works cautiously and induces a harmless fly to shallow center.
With 2 outs Christian Schall works to a 3-2 count and ends Alfredo’s day with a 2 run double to right center. 7-2 Columbus. Mike Moore now on. (Alejandrez line 4.2-7-7-7-3-4)
Massimiliano Lorenzelli gets one back quickly with a leadoff homer in the bottom half of the 5th. With an out, Chartier and Collins hit back to back singles, Alexander makes it 3 in a row and Chartier scores to make it 7-4. Morgan K’s on a ball out of the zone and Riggs hits a shallow fly to end the 5th, 7-4 Columbus.
Moore retires Sanchez and McDermott to open the 6th, Stanton Hall drills a 2 out single, van Bodgraven comes in and Brian Lambert hits a liner to center for a single, but Hugh Collins nails Hall at 3rd to end the inning.
Lorenzelli gets things going with a 2 out double, Gutierrez works a walk with 2 outs and Chartier hits a smash to 1st that Schall gobbles up to end the inning. 7-4 after 6 full, Holmes at 109 pitches.
Torres on for van Bodegraven. Hudson singles to lead it off and Torres drills Gomez. Johnson on to face Strong…..
And he punches him out. He then is left in to face Schall (2-3 5 RBI’s on the day) and walks him. Pennington is brought in to turn the switch hitting Griffin to his weak side and Columbus counters by pinch hitting Haqverdi Hamidov. Pennington strikes him out swinging and on a 3-2 pitch gets Sanchez to fly to shallow left. 7-4 but huge disaster avoided.
Holmes gets Collins, Alexander and Morgan in order. 7-4 after 7 full.
Pennington gets them in order in the top of the 8th.
Craig Trent comes on for Holmes (7-9-4-4-3-4) and Raul Feliz belts a 1 out solo shot to get us within 2. 7-5 after 8.
Pennington gets Hudson and Gomez and Winston comes on to get Strong, heading to the bottom half chasing 2.
Ivan Lopez is on, and Gutierrez goes F7 on the first stinking pitch…
Chartier works to a 2-2 count and punches out.
Hugh Collins laces a single to left on a 3-1 pitch, Alexander coming up, 2 outs 1 on, down 2.
He bounces a harmless grounder to 3rd to end it.
Christian Schall went 2-3 2B, HR and 5 RBi’s.
COL 7 CHI 5
W Holmes (2-1) L Alejandrez (0-1) S Lopez (3)
HR COL Griffin (2) Schall (2) CHI Feliz (1) Morgan (2) Lorenzelli (2)
Columbus leads the series 1-0
COASTAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Tulsa (George Perkins 1-0 5.14)
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Pittsburgh (Ramon Roa 0-0 3.38)
Tulsa opens the scoring on a wild pitch as Wally Reed scores. Whimster follows with an RBI single to make it 2-0 after 3 full.
Pittsburghs Ken Sanders drills a 3 run homer in the bottom of the 4th to put the Bulldogs up 3-2.
Dave Ladd drills a solo shot in the 4th with 1 out to tie it at 3.
Former Iron Pig Jose Cabral hits a sac fly in the bottom of the 5th to put Pittsburgh up 4-3.
Nothing doing in the 6th, 4-3 Pittsburgh heading into the 7th.
Dave Ladd’s 2 out RBI single knots it at 4, where it is now in the top of the 8th.
Nothing doing on the offense, 4-4 game into the 9th…..
Game remains tied at the end of 9, onto extra’s…..
No one does anything in the 10th, 4-4 in the top of the 11th.
Bottom 12, runner on 2nd 1 out for Pittsburgh, game tied 4-4, Anibal German up…
Wilson Valentin on to pitch the bottom of 13, Miguel Deleon hit a 1 out double, Hedden draws the intentional walk. Tunstall gets 4 straight balls to load the bases and Ken Sander hits the first pitch he sees for a walkoff 5-4 win.
Sanders was 2-6 HR and 4 RBI’s.
PIT 5 TUL 4
W Horton (1-1) L Valentin (0-1)
HR TUL Ladd (2) PIT Sanders (1)
Pittsburgh leads 1-0