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Greene Sets Save Record On Season's Final Day
It almost didn't happen, but Matt Greene is the new all-time NABF single season Saves leader, recording his 52nd in a 3-1 Mounties win against Ft. Worth on the final day of the regular season.
The Cats led 1-0 much of the way, but the tides turned when Leo Rodriguez homered in the seventh to tie it. Colin Hannigan gave Vancouver a lead with an RBI single in the eighth, and Chris Porter did the same in the ninth to make it 3-1.
That brought Greene in from the pen, with one last shot at the record. Scott Dohman helped him out, swinging at a ball inside which jammed him just enough to produce a shallow fly out to left. Lorenzo Tapia singled up the middle, but Mike McGuckin quickly flew out to right for the second out.
The game and the record came down now to Adam Hersh, pinch hitting for RF Andres Torres. Hersh fouled off two straight to put him in an 0-2 hole, but then took three pitches, all balls (two borderline). With a full count, Greene fired. Hersh, looking fastball, swung at air, as Greene's slider dived under his bat. Strike three, game over, and Greene pulled past Matt Heitzman for the all-time Division 2 and NABF saves record.
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