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Game 5 - Norfolk Cavaliers @ Annapolis Admirals

Game 5 is a rematch of game 1 starts, as Miguel Contreras will take the hill for the Cavaliers and Jimmy Carr takes the mound for the Admrials. The Cavaliers jumped all over Carr in game one as Miguel held his own. Hopefully the offense doesn't go back to sleep after a huge game 4. This may be the biggest game of the series...

I was close to putting in Jose Renteria in for Ed Duke, but thought better of it. Duke was a big part of this teams success, he hit Carr well in game 1, and he is a better defender. He will get the start, the only change in the lineup from game 4, will be Byung-hyun Chong leading off and playing CF, giving Javier Janchez a rest.

Inning 1:
Top: Byung-hyun Chong flies out to center. Jeff Lewis flies out to right. Roberto Perez grounds out to short.
Bottom: Kiyonobu Matsuura grounds out to short. Sanho Busones flies out to center. Glenn Jenkins crushes to 2-1 pitch for a solo-shot (401 ft) to right-center. Steve Williams singles to left. Jorge Gutierrez strikes out.
Norfolk 0, Annapolis 1

** Jenkins hit his HR 401 ft into a 19 MPH wind **

Inning 2:
Top: Derek Campbell grounds out to the pitcher. King Brock doubles down the right-field line. Mike Ford singles up the middle, Brock to third. Ed Duke flies out to the warning track, Brock scores. Jesus Rivera grounds out to second.
Bottom: Jose Colon grounds out to the pitcher. Roberto Chavez strikes out. Bill Giles grounds out to short.
Norfolk 1, Annapolis 1

Inning 3:
Top: Augusto Rodriquez strikes out. BH Chong grounds out to first. Jeff Lewis grounds out to first.
Bottom: William Sloan flies out to deep right. Matsuura flies out to right. Busones goes down swinging.
Norfolk 1, Annapolis 1

Inning 4:
Top: Roberto Perez grounds out to third. Derek Campbell singles to right. King Brock doubles down the right-field line, Campbell to third. Mike Ford grounds out 3-1, Campbell scores, Brock takes third. Ed Duke singles to right, Brock scores. Jesus Rivera goes down swinging.
Bottom: Jenkings singles to right. Williams hits into the 4-6-3. Gutierrez singles to right. Colon singles up the middle. Chavez doubles to right-field, Gutierrez scores, Colon to third. Giles flies out to right.
Norfolk 3, Annapolis 2

Inning 5:
Top: Augusto Rodriquez grounds out to short. BH Chong strikes out. Jeff Lewis grounds out to second.
Bottom: Sloan strikes out. Matsuura grounds out to third. Busones singles up the middle. Jenkins grounds into a FC to short.
Norfolk 3, Annapolis 2

Inning 6:
Top: Roberto Perez grounds out to short. Derek Campbell grounds out to second. King Brock grounds out to second.
Bottom: Williams singles to right. Gutierrez flies out to center. Colon flies out to deep center, Williams tags and advances to second. Chavez grounds out to third.
Norfolk 3, Annapolis 2

Inning 7:
Top: Mike Ford singles to right. Ed Duke was sitting on the 3-1 pithch and crushed it over the wall in right-center (381 ft), Ford scores. Jesus Rivera doubles to right. Augusto Rodriquez takes the intentional walk... Jose Renteria will pinch hit for BH Chong... Renteria promptly hits into the 4-6-3, Rivera advances to third. Jeff Lewis reachs on an infield single, Rivera scores... Wayne Rigsby, replaces Carr on the hill for Annapolis... Roberto Perez hits a slow roller past the pitcher, and reaches on the infield single, Lewis to second. Derek Campbell flies out to center.
Bottom: Javier Janchez replaces Renteria and heads to center. Jamie King and Luis Gonzalez get up in the pen... Giles strikes out. Sloan strikes out. Matsuura flies out to right.
Norfolk 6, Annapolis 2

Inning 8:
Top: King Brock doubles to right-center field. Mike Ford flies out to center. Ed Duke singles to right, Brock to third. Jesus Rivera walks, bases loaded. Augusto Rodriquez walks, Brock scores, bases loaded. Javier Janchez walks! Duke scores, bases loaded. Jeff Lewis walks, Rivera scores, bases remain loaded. Roberto Perez didn't get all of it, but he got enough of it, GRAND SLAM (357 ft) to clear the bases... Augusto Flores comes in to pitch, as Rigsby is pulled... Derek Campbell flies out to left-center. King Brock grounds out to second.
Bottom: Ryan Campbell will hit for Sanho Busones... Campbell grounds out to short. Glen Jenkins grounds out to short. Steve Williams stirkes out.
Norfolk 13, Annapolis 2

Inning 9:
Top: Mike Ford pops out to first. Ed Duke triples down the right-field line. Jesus Rivera turns on the 1-1 pitch, deposits it in the left-field seats (345 ft), Duke scores. Augusto Rodriquez grounds out to second. Janchez grounds out to first.
Bottom: Dalton Whitaker comes in to replace Contreras. Joe Payne comes into to play third, giving Perez a breather... Gutierrez flies out to center. Colon flies out to center. Chavez sinlges up the middle. Giles grounds out to second.
Norfolk 15, Annapolis 2
Norfolk leads the series 3-2

W: Miguel Contreras (2-0)
L: Jimmy Carr (0-2)
HR: Roberto Perez (1), Ed Duke (2), Jesus Rivera (2), Glenn Jenkins (2)

POG: Ed Duke > 4-4 3 Runs, 4 RBI, 3B, HR
Attendance: 53,793

King Brock set a record with 3 doubles in a MarVa Conf Playoff game.

Walks were the big difference in this game with Rigsby giving up 4 big walks in the 8th, and we took advantage and put the game out of reach. You have to love 7 run innings, capped by a Grand Slam... Miguel on the other hand was solid walking 0 and striking out 7 over 8 innings... Duke had 4 hits, Brock added 3 and Perez, Ford and Rivera each had 2. Brock, Duke and Rivera all scored 3 runs and The offense only struck out 3 times. Hit the ball get on base and put the pressure on the other team... now we are up 3-2 with the final two games at home. Jose Matos going game 6 and Arturo Ramirez in game 7, I have to like our chances. That being said, we face to two pitchers (Luis Trevino and Javier Uberuaga) who shut us down in games 2 and 3. The way this offense hit the ball the last 2 games, I am feeling good...