Boston Bombers (Greg Dickson 16-5 3.55)
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Chicago Iron Pigs (Gabriel Pimentel 20-2 4.21)
A leadoff double from John Woodard and an out later a Michael Bailey sac fly helped Boston jump start their series.
Pimemtel drills Rivera to open the 2nd, Mei-shio Ying walks and Garcia's FC puts runners at the corners, Corey Oliver delivers a 1st pitch RBI single to make it 2-0 after 2.
A Castro error opens the 3rd, and it feels like everyone's playing on egg shells. Bailey singles but Castro guns Cramer down at 3rd for the 1st out. Sandoval K's and Rivera pops to 2nd.
2-0 after 3 full. Pimentel 3-3-2-2-1-2 on 50 pitches, Dickson 3-0-0-0-2-1 on 47.
In the 4th a 2 out Vernon Parkinson double scores Ying to make it 3-0.
Luis Chavez gets Chicago's first hit int eh 4th, a single. After moving to 3rd with 1 out, Raul Miranda's sac fly makes it 3-1 after 4.
Pimentel 4-5-3-3-1-3 on 66 pitches, Dickson 4-1-1-1-3-2 on 69.
More two out trouble in the 5th. This time Michael Bailey doubles to score Rivera with 2 outs, 4-1.
In the bottom half Kevin Vaughn triples with 1 out, Hudson follows with a walk and Castro laces an RBI single to make it 4-2. Chavez manages an RBI ground out to make it 4-3, where it stands after 5.
Pimentel 5-7-4-4-1-4 on 81 pitches, Dickson 5-3-3-3-6-4 on 98.
Pimentel manages to work 2 more scoreless, as Dickson's day ends after 6 (6-4-3-3-6-4) and 109 pitches.
Pimentel's day ends at 7-8-4-4-1-5 and 98 pitches.
Carlson comes on to get Sandoval, but he singles. Davenport on now.
Rivera pops out and Ying bunts, and is out. He stays in to face the LH Garcia and gets him on 1 pitch. 4-3 bottom 8.
Miranda vs Toshikuni Shimizu and he laces an 0-2 mistake in the hole at short, into left for a leadoff single. Hamlyn in to PR.
Cordero bunts him to 2nd.
Former Iron Pig Jake Ellison in to face Jackson, and Alex Vela will be called on.
And he fricking pops the 1st pitch to 2nd, 2 outs.
Eric Arnold in to face Vaughn.
And he punches out on a 1-2 split. 4-3 into the 9th.
Perez relieves Davenport and a few hitters later we find ourselves with a bases loaded mess.
Rob Bright is called in, 2 outs, bases juiced, Sandoval up.
And he gets him to ground weakly to 2nd for the final out. Onto the bottom of the 9th, down 1.
Closer Steve Watkins on, 1-2-3 due up.
Hudson ground a 1-2 pitch back to the mound, 1 out.
Castro taps an 0-2 pitch to short, 2 down.
And Chavez goes 6-3 as well, game over.
