GAME 5
Arizona Greyhounds-Alfredo Alejandrez (0-1 6.75)
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Chicago Iron Pigs-Ken Lee (1-0 1.00)
Oh my. Not sure I could have seen this coming last winter. I have not 'felt it' since the post season started. Heading in without Thompson or Cruz felt like I was going to try winning with one hand tied behind my back. Well it's a game 5 win or go home, and Ken Lee has the ball. Someone needs to step up on our end.
Oh...my... Lord....
1-1 after 1, 4-2 us after 3, 6-3 us after 4, 8-6 us after 5, 9-9 after 6.... Where it stayed until the 11th. Arturo Olivo hit his 2nd HR of the game off Pedro Garcia after Mike Moore faced just 1 hitter before being injured, to give Arizona a 10-9 lead. In the bottom of the 11th pinch hitter Ron Miller lined into a game ending DP with the tying run at 2nd, and in an instant, the seasons over.
Ken Lee blew lead after lead in a 5.1-10-7-7-1-5 outing. There was reluctance to get to the pen early given how fatigued they all were. No thought to bringing in Hamilton early, which I think will haunt us all winter long. Eric Coates went 3-5 with a double and a HR, Bill Alexander went 3-4 with 4 RBI's. 3 differenct Greyhounds had 3 hit days with leadoff hitter Jose Martinez going 3-6 with 2 doubles and scoring 3.
Arizona 10 Chicago 9 (11)
W Mendez (1-0) L Garcia (0-1) S Quintana (1)
HR AZ Olivo 2 (2) CHI Coates (1) Alexander (1)
Arizona wins the series 3-2