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Game 5 DelMarVa Championship!

We are up two games, with the title on the line tonight and our Ace is rested and ready to go, and the Generals are going to counter with lefty Tony Garcia on short rest. Garcia held us scoreless through 7 last game, so lets see what he has today.

Our line-up will be tinkered since there is a lefty on the hill. Ed Duke is going to get the start at Catcher, a better defender plus he got 2 hits last game, a mistake not playing the Righty hitting Romero? Nah. And Pablo Freitas will be in LF, and Jose Rodriquez will be on the bench.

Not much to say about this game expect lets play it...

Inning 1:
Top: Kent Davis singles up the middle. Mauro Candelaria singles up the middle. Kent Davis is gunned down trying to advance to third. Roberto Perez stikes out. Derek Campbell strikes out.
Bottom: Pedro Galvan flies out to center. Joe Benson grounds out to short. Andy Kohl singles to left. Kohl steals second. Andres Salinas walks. Jesus Serna grounds into the 5-4 FC.
Norfolk 0, Dover 0

Inning 2:
Top: Pablo Freitas strikes out. King Brock grounds out to second. Jesus Rivera singles up the middle. Ed Duke grounds out to second.
Bottom: Claude Bond grounds out to short. Chris Thomas grounds out to short. Jose Chavez grounds out to second.
Norfolk 0, Dover 0

Inning 3:
Top: Miguel Contreras singles to left. Contreras advances on a wild pitch. Kent Davis lays down a sac-bunt moving Contereas to third. Mauro Candelaria flies out to center. Contreras scores. Roberto Perez grounds out to second.
Bottom: Tony Garcia strikes out. Pedro Galvan singles up the middle. Galvan steals second. Joe Benson grounds out to second, moving Galvan to third. Andy Kohl singles to left, Galvan scores. Kohl steals second. Kohl goes to third on a wild pitch. Andres Salinas flies out to left.
Norfolk 1, Dover 1

Inning 4:
Top: Derek Campbell just clears the LF wall with a 358 ft HR. Pablo Freitas grounds out to second. King Brock singles to left. Jesus Rivera grounds into the 6-4-3 DP.
Bottom: Jesus Serna grounds out to short. Claude Bond walks. Chris Thomas flies out to right. Jose Chavez strikes out.
Norfolk 2, Dover 1

Inning 5:
Top: Ed Duke flies out to deep left. Miguel Contreras flies out to right. Kent Davis strikes out.
Bottom: Tony Garcia walks. Pedro Galvan grounds into the 6-4 FC. Joe Benson grounds out to first. Galvan to second. Jesus Rivera makes a diving play to retire Andy Kohl.
Norfolk 2, Dover 1

Inning 6:
Top: Mauro Candelaria singles to left. Roberto Perez walks. Derek Campbell grounds in to a 6-4 FC. Candelaria goes to third. Pablo Freitas pops out to the catcher. King Brock strikes out.
Bottom: Andres Salinas walks. Jesus Serna Strikes out. Claude Bond strikes out. Chris Thomas strikes out.
Norfolk 2, Dover 1

Inning 7:
Top: Jesus Rivera gets hit by the pitch. Ed Duke grounds out to second. Rivera reaches second. Miguel Contreras grounds out to the pitcher. Kent Davis singles to left. Rivera scores. Mauro Candelaria singles up the middle... RHP Mendel Schutters comes into to pitch... Pablo Freitas flies out to right.
Bottom: Jose Chavez grounds out to short. Pedro Morin reaches on an infield single. Pedro Galvan flies out to left. Joe Benson walks. Andy Kohl grounds out to short.
Norfolk 3, Dover 1

Inning 8:
Top: Derek Campbell grounds out to short. Pablo Freitas grounds out to short. King Brock strikes out, aruges and gets ejected from the game!!!
Bottom: Jamie King comes into to pitch and will bat in Brocks place. Augusto Rodriquez goes to short in the #9 slot and Candy goes to first... Andres Salinas walks. Jesus Serna grounds into the 6-4-3 DP. PH Jon fiske walks... Will Rose comes into pitch... Chris Thomas flies out to left.
Norfolk 3, Dover 1

Inning 9:
Top: RHP Ray Anderson takes the hill... Jesus Rivera doubles to left. Ed Duke singles up the middle. Rivera scores. Augusto Rodriquez flies out to deep right. Kent Davis flies out to left. Mauro Candelaria grounds out to short.
Bottom: Dalton Whitaker takes the hill (listed as a little tired)... Jose Chavez flies to deep center. Pedro Morin strikes out. Pedro Galvan flies out to center.!!! Game over!!!
Norfolk 4, Dover 1
Norfolk wins the series 4 games to 1!!!

W: Miguel Contreras (2-0)
L: Tony Garcia (1-1)
S: Dalton Whitaker (3)
HR: Derek Campbell (1)

POG: Miguel Contreras 7.0 IP, 4 Hits, 1 Run, 5 Walks, 5 K's, 111/64 PI/PS
Attendance: 38,944

Series MVP: Miguel Contreras. He carried this team all the way through the playoffs, and this world series wasn't any different. For the series he went 2-0 in 2 games, throwing 16 IP, allowing 8 hits, 1 run, walking 5 and striking out 18... honorable mention to Mauro Candelaira who hit .476 for the series with 5 RBI, and played a wonderful SS after playing just 1 inning there all-season.

Game Notes: After a slow start the Cav's hit the ball pretty well, finishing with 11 hits, lead by Mauro Candelaria with 3 and Kent Davis and Jesus Rivera with 2... The Generals had 4 hits, with Andy Kohl responsible for two of them... Miguel Contreras walked 5 hitters, showing even when he doesn't have his "A" game he can still win... Tony Garcia threw the ball well, but just got out-pitched. Garcia went 6.2 innings, allowing 8 hits and 3 runs.

Key Moment: This was tough to find just one... In the top of the 3rd, after a Miguel Contreras lead-off single, Tony Garcia throws a wild pitch, allowing Contreras to advance. After a sac-bunt by Kent Davis, Miguel scores on a sac-fly.

Thoughts: This win felt good, and it proves that we may have the best pitcher in the game on our team. He will be around for a few more years, hopefully he stays fit and dominant... This Dover team is a good all around team, and if they weren't missing their ace this series could of gone a total different direction... I am surprised this series only went 5 games, I was expecting a 6-7 game battle... Time to take this one in before the off-season, we are going to have a lot of work to do this off-season.