I didn't have too much confidence about Cam Gross at the start of the series, and definitely felt a little bit of dread heading in to Game 7 with him making a start in a winner take all game. My only consolation was that I didn't expect to win it all this year, and there is a part of me that would like to stick around San Antonio to see how things turn out. Although win or lose I will be back in San Antonio next year because I haven't met all of my goals that I've outlined.
But I don't want to get ahead of myself, we need to talk about Game 7 first, and I have to apologize to Gross for not having faith in him, because tonight he was fantastic. Gross would turn in six shutout innings while striking out 6 and allowing just three hits. He did everything he could to put the Monks in a position to win the game and the series.
Unfortunately for Gross and the Monks Ramon Gonzalez would prove just as dominant for the Dodgers and the game would head into the seventh inning scoreless. Ben Patrick would come on to pitch a scoreless seventh, and scoreless eighth.
With one out in the bottom of the eighth Bryce Frederick would hit a solo homer to give the Monks a 1-0 lead. That lead wouldn't last long though, with Enrique Gonzalez leading off the ninth inning with a solo homer off Cristo Hernandez off the Dodgers.
Game 7 would go to the bottom of the ninth tied at 1 run apiece. With one out in the inning Pedro Torres would hit a double to give the Monks hope. That would be followed by a walk to Pat Thompson, strikeout by Lawrence Sutton, and walk to Mauricio Maio. With the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth with the score tied at one in Game 7 of the World Series Julio Hernandez would step to the plate.
Foul ball….foul ball…..foul ball…..foul ball…..foul ball…..and then a walk off single that would capture the World Series for the Monks!! What a great and exhausting series for the Monks.
