Chicago Iron Pigs (Stan Hall 17-4 3.48)
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Boston Bombers (Cody Miller 16-10 3.65)
Another 1st inning run as Rivera doubles and Sandoval drills a 2 out RBI single. Stays that way, and then a 30 minute rain delay in the 3rd which ends up pushing Cody Miller out of the game in the 5th. He ends up going 4.1-3-0-0-2-4 on 71 pitches. Stan is dealing, going 5-5-1-1-2-3 but needing 91 pitches to do it.
We're likely at the end of the rope, hoping to get 1, if perfect, 2 more innings out of him. This is a must win.
After just 1 more out, he's done, finishing 5.1-5-1-1-2-4 on 94 pitches. Perez comes on, and gets the final 2 outs.
Jake Ellison is on for Boston.
In the top of 7 Castro triples, plating Hudson to tie it up and Chavez hits a tie breaking sac fly, 2-1 after 6 ½
Andre relieves Perez to close out the 7th, 2-1.
In the top of the 8th Grueter leads off with a double off Shimizu, Miranda is intentionally walked and Vaughn bunts them over.
Shane Jacksons sac fly makes it 3-1 and on the 1st pitch Cesar Cordero launches a 2 run blast to make it 5-1.
Casas opens the 8th with a Cramer single, Rivera single, bringing Bright into the game to face Sandoval. He walks him, bringing Davenport in to get Bailey. He K's him, and Alden Phillips with the bases loaded before getting Corey Oliver to end the 8th, 5-2.
Chicago squanders a bases loaded opportunity before heading out for the 9th, Ernesto Cruz is called on.
Travis Gould doubles to open the inning.
After a Jose Garcia walk Cruz gets Woodard on a ground out, runners moving to 2nd and 3rd.
Kevin Cramer then singles, plating Gould, making it 5-3, 1 out.
5 pitches later former Iron Pig Michael Bailey again hurts his former club, doubling to right center, scoring Garcia to make it 5-4, 2nd and 3rd.
A mound meeting to square away the defense before, on an 0-1 pitch, Jose Sandoval hits a line drive down the 1st base line....
Just out of the diving reach of Grueter, Cramer scores, and Rivera scores for the 4 run 9th inning comeback, and walk off win for a 3-0 series lead.....
Really?