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Southpaws in Diamond-level series, but Annandale misses out in final game
So both sub-league series went down to the final game. Atom Smashers lose out on the final game, but somehow Southpaws defeat the Goliath Discordians in the final game to advance.
It didn't look like that would be the case for most of the game. The Discordians were ahead 3-1 heading into the top of the seventh and the crowd noise was deafining. But Hal McRae hit a two-run homer to tie it up. But the Discordians responded with two more runs in the bottom of the eight to make it 5-3.
But Cary wasn't done. Monte Irvin lead off the top of the night with a single to left. Enos Slaugter walked and Pendleton hit another single to left, to load the bases with two outs. Robinson Cano stepped in to pinch hit. After fouling off a couple of pitches, he sent the next pitch into the right-field bleachers for a GRAND SLAM, Finally, Discordian had no answer in the bottom of the inning, sending the Southpaws to another series.... but their first in gold.
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