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Sal, The Barber · 05-29-2015, 09:34 AM

23 October 2010
Altoona, PA

We were pretty optimistic that Jeff Racine would throw one of his best games this season and power us to the title. When we got one run in the second inning on Makeever and Trujillo doubles, I wondered if that there was enough.

It wasn’t. 3 hits and an error gave Altoona a run in the third and tied the game. But Altoona starter, Brad Wood, wasn’t sharp. And while we didn’t sting him early—and we had chances—it looked like we’d get to him eventually.

In the sixth, Andrew Hicks walked, and we decided to pinch run for him. I thought one more run might just be enough, so I brought in Tim Nicholson who has great speed. Trujillo, Hankins, Kelham, and Robbins singled, and we had scored 3 times not just once. We were getting pretty excited on the bench.

In the seventh, Makeever added a solo HR to give us a 5-1 lead. Wan-ling Tsou came on an pitched a perfect half inning. In the eighth, we added two more runs. It was 7-1.

Lee Perkins came on to pitch the bottom of the eighth. He gave up one run and loaded the bases, so we went to Robles to get us out of the jam. He hit a batter, forcing in another run, then got out of it.

We kept Robles in for the ninth up 7-3, although we had Tom Hall throwing in the pen because we had gotten him up last inning. I was going to go with Hall in the ninth if we were still up 6 runs.

Robles gave up a lead off single. Then a home run to pinch hitter Mauro Perez. We decided to turn to Hall. With now only a two-run lead, Hall was in position to save the game, not throw a mop-up inning. It wouldn’t have been my first choice to finish with Hall on the mound. But Takano was tired. And I thought it was better to use Robles with the bases loaded in the eighth to prevent a big inning and worry about the ninth later. I figured Robles might just blow through it, and that would be that. The problem was that Robles got popped by the first two batters he faced in the ninth. So Hall it would be. And Hall did just fine. He set the Mountains down in order, and we captured another World Series! That’s five in eight tries.

05-29-2015, 09:34 AM	#454
Sal, The Barber All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Youngstown, OH Posts: 594	WS Game 7 23 October 2010 Altoona, PA We were pretty optimistic that Jeff Racine would throw one of his best games this season and power us to the title. When we got one run in the second inning on Makeever and Trujillo doubles, I wondered if that there was enough. It wasn’t. 3 hits and an error gave Altoona a run in the third and tied the game. But Altoona starter, Brad Wood, wasn’t sharp. And while we didn’t sting him early—and we had chances—it looked like we’d get to him eventually. In the sixth, Andrew Hicks walked, and we decided to pinch run for him. I thought one more run might just be enough, so I brought in Tim Nicholson who has great speed. Trujillo, Hankins, Kelham, and Robbins singled, and we had scored 3 times not just once. We were getting pretty excited on the bench. In the seventh, Makeever added a solo HR to give us a 5-1 lead. Wan-ling Tsou came on an pitched a perfect half inning. In the eighth, we added two more runs. It was 7-1. Lee Perkins came on to pitch the bottom of the eighth. He gave up one run and loaded the bases, so we went to Robles to get us out of the jam. He hit a batter, forcing in another run, then got out of it. We kept Robles in for the ninth up 7-3, although we had Tom Hall throwing in the pen because we had gotten him up last inning. I was going to go with Hall in the ninth if we were still up 6 runs. Robles gave up a lead off single. Then a home run to pinch hitter Mauro Perez. We decided to turn to Hall. With now only a two-run lead, Hall was in position to save the game, not throw a mop-up inning. It wouldn’t have been my first choice to finish with Hall on the mound. But Takano was tired. And I thought it was better to use Robles with the bases loaded in the eighth to prevent a big inning and worry about the ninth later. I figured Robles might just blow through it, and that would be that. The problem was that Robles got popped by the first two batters he faced in the ninth. So Hall it would be. And Hall did just fine. He set the Mountains down in order, and we captured another World Series! That’s five in eight tries. Last edited by Sal, The Barber; 05-29-2015 at 09:35 AM.