FRONTIER LEAGUE
Chicago Iron Pigs (Andy Morgan 16-9 4.92)
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Alaska Avalanche (Jose Santos 5-4 5.24)
Andy Morgan was perfect through 3, Daniel Collins led off with a single in the 4th, stole 2nd, stole 3rd but Morgan get 2 outs with him there before Ron Stokes laced a 2 out 2R HR.
In the 5th Andre Blakeway tripled with 1 out and came in on a Cruz Sac fly. Morgans line through 4, 4-2-2-2-0-6 on 51 pitches, Santos 5-4-1-1-3-1 on 56.
Raul Miranda's 2 out 2 run single in the top of the 6th gave us a 3-2 lead, temporarily. Andre Blakeway booted a ball with 2 outs in the bottom half to allow the tying run to score, 3-3 after 6 full.
Morgan has gone 6-3-3-2-0-8 on 78 pitches, Santos 6-7-3-3-4-2 on 74.
In the 7th Roberto Cruz drills a 1 out solo homer to give us a 4-3 lead, and Morgan skirts around a hit and walk to end the 7th with 101 pitches, 9 k's and 1 walk.
After a leadoff single in the 8th Morgan's day is done (7-5-3-2-1-9). Carlson, Casas and Andre get the next 4 outs before Ernesto Cruz enters to get the final 2, and his IBL record 34th career post-season save.
With 1 out in the 9th Luis Chavez manages to plate Cruz with the 5th run to provide the final margin.
Chicago 5 Alaska 3
W-Morgan (1-0) L-Santos (0-1) S-Cruz (1)
HR CHI-Cruz (2) ALK-Stokes (1)
Chicago leads the series 3-0
West Michigan White Caps (John Drake 16-4 2.50)
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Brooklyn Cyclones (Tim Terry 12-12 4.70)
West Michigan gets solo homers from Corunha and Bailey and their early 4 spot is enough as John Drake scatters 9 hits over 7, walking none with 6 K's and the pen gets the final 6 outs.
West Michigan 4 Brooklyn 3
W-Drake (1-0) L-Terry (0-1) S-Gonzalez (2)
HR WMI-Corunha (1) Bailey (1) BRO-Pierce (1)
West Michigan leads the series 2-1
COASTAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia Patriots (Doug Russell 20-8 4.44)
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Tulsa Drillers (Terence Robinson 4-11 5.98)
Philly scores single runs in each of the 1st four innings and Doug Russell goes 8-9-3-3-1-5 on 132 pitches while Gonzalo Ortiz works a perfect 9th. All 6 homers in the game were solos. Robinson went 8-11-4-4-2-4 surrendering 3 solo home runs. George Quinn went 4-5 with a HR and Alberto Medine was 3-4 with a solo homer in the loss.
Philadelphia 6 Tulsa 3
W-Russell (1-0) L-Robinson (0-1) S-Ortiz (1)
HR PHI-Quinn (1) Zimmerman (1) Adaricio (1) TUL-Vance (1) Medine (1) Whimster (1)
Philadelphia leads the series 2-1
San Antonio Silver Stars (Josh Beckett 18-9 4.34)
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Sacramento River Cats (Lester King 17-8 3.99)
3 hitters into the game Sacramento was down 3-0 on a Cliff Edwards 3 run shot. Lester King would end up throwing a complete game, going 9-6-4-4-3-5 while his counterpart Josh Beckett was brilliant, making the early runs stand up and combining with 2 relievers on a 6-hit shutout. Josh went 7.2-5-0-0-2-7.
San Antonio 4 Sacramento 0
W-Beckett (1-0) L-King (0-1) S-Douglas (2)
HR SAN-Edwards (1)
San Antonio leads the series 2-1