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sharknut · 11-15-2023, 08:24 AM

Game 7 and it's our 4-time All-Star and former Cy Young winner Bert Blyleven going against former Angel Mike Brandt. Since Burroughs hit a grand glam and was our only offense in game 6, he gets the start at 1st, but I am inserting Dan Briggs in over Lennie Nay. Brandt is a leftie as are Nay and Briggs, but Nay struggles much more against lefties and am going with the veteran in game 7.

I am doing the same at short. Alfaro was 0-4 in game 6 with an error. In comes Concepcion to settle the defense. I don't want to lose game 7 due to an error.

Brandt had a no-hitter and Blyleven had just allowed 2 hit after 3 innings when Whitaker drew a walk in the 4th and proceeded to steal 2nd and 3rd with 1 out. With the infield in, Castino hit a harmless grounder to Roy Howell and Blyleven struck out Brown to end the 4th.

Still hitless in the 5th, Burroughs finally lined a single with 2 outs but that came to nothing. Spike f-ing Owen doubled to lead off the bottom half and Kelly Heath, who was 0-18 this postseason lined a single up the middle. Owen came around third but was cut down by a great thrown by Vernon Armstead for the 1st out. That was at the good news. The bad news is that with 2 outs, Redus took a Blyleven changeup deep to left and it was 2-0 Braves after 5.

Concepcion led off the 5th with a walk, just his 29th in 500 plate appearances. I decided we had to try to get runs on the board and pinch hit Stafford for Blyleven, but he struck out looking. That brought up Briggs who was just hitting .133 this post-season playing through a rib injury. But he went with a fastball and went the other way over the left field wall and the game was tied.

We brought in Busby in the 6th and induced Heath into a 5-4-3 double play to end the inning. When Conception blooped a 2-out double in the 7th, I pitch hit Steve Sax for Busby to try to give us the lead. And that he did, a liner to left and when Concepcion came around 3rd to score, and we were 9 outs away from a World Series win. It's 3-2.

In came Lawrence Bashaw in the 7th to face a pinch hitter and then the top of the order. He struck out pinch hitter Ron Roenicke and got Redus and Maddox to fly out to left and we were 6 outs away.

After we went down 1-2-3 in the 8th, Mickey Hatcher drew a leadoff walk to bring up Lou Whitaker, who popped out to left. Castino then lined out to right and with 2 outs, Brown lined a single to left to put men on 1st and 2nd and Owen came to the plate. I then made the decision to go to Al Holland and Owen struck out on a 3-2 pitch and we are 3 outs away.

We didn't score in the top of the 9th and Holland would have to face #8, #9 and #1 to get us the title. He got Kelly Heath on 3 pitches, the last on a 98 MPH fast ball. On a 2-2 count, he got Brian Dayett on a 2-2 changeup and it was down to Gary Redus. On the first pitch he hit a grounded to Concepcion who threw him out and we won it!

Lynn was the MVP and I won my 2nd title in my 13th year as manager. This one was great, all the moves I made in the series seemed to pay off.

Nice

11-15-2023, 08:24 AM	#277
sharknut All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 1,003	Game 7 and it's our 4-time All-Star and former Cy Young winner Bert Blyleven going against former Angel Mike Brandt. Since Burroughs hit a grand glam and was our only offense in game 6, he gets the start at 1st, but I am inserting Dan Briggs in over Lennie Nay. Brandt is a leftie as are Nay and Briggs, but Nay struggles much more against lefties and am going with the veteran in game 7. I am doing the same at short. Alfaro was 0-4 in game 6 with an error. In comes Concepcion to settle the defense. I don't want to lose game 7 due to an error. Brandt had a no-hitter and Blyleven had just allowed 2 hit after 3 innings when Whitaker drew a walk in the 4th and proceeded to steal 2nd and 3rd with 1 out. With the infield in, Castino hit a harmless grounder to Roy Howell and Blyleven struck out Brown to end the 4th. Still hitless in the 5th, Burroughs finally lined a single with 2 outs but that came to nothing. Spike f-ing Owen doubled to lead off the bottom half and Kelly Heath, who was 0-18 this postseason lined a single up the middle. Owen came around third but was cut down by a great thrown by Vernon Armstead for the 1st out. That was at the good news. The bad news is that with 2 outs, Redus took a Blyleven changeup deep to left and it was 2-0 Braves after 5. Concepcion led off the 5th with a walk, just his 29th in 500 plate appearances. I decided we had to try to get runs on the board and pinch hit Stafford for Blyleven, but he struck out looking. That brought up Briggs who was just hitting .133 this post-season playing through a rib injury. But he went with a fastball and went the other way over the left field wall and the game was tied. We brought in Busby in the 6th and induced Heath into a 5-4-3 double play to end the inning. When Conception blooped a 2-out double in the 7th, I pitch hit Steve Sax for Busby to try to give us the lead. And that he did, a liner to left and when Concepcion came around 3rd to score, and we were 9 outs away from a World Series win. It's 3-2. In came Lawrence Bashaw in the 7th to face a pinch hitter and then the top of the order. He struck out pinch hitter Ron Roenicke and got Redus and Maddox to fly out to left and we were 6 outs away. After we went down 1-2-3 in the 8th, Mickey Hatcher drew a leadoff walk to bring up Lou Whitaker, who popped out to left. Castino then lined out to right and with 2 outs, Brown lined a single to left to put men on 1st and 2nd and Owen came to the plate. I then made the decision to go to Al Holland and Owen struck out on a 3-2 pitch and we are 3 outs away. We didn't score in the top of the 9th and Holland would have to face #8, #9 and #1 to get us the title. He got Kelly Heath on 3 pitches, the last on a 98 MPH fast ball. On a 2-2 count, he got Brian Dayett on a 2-2 changeup and it was down to Gary Redus. On the first pitch he hit a grounded to Concepcion who threw him out and we won it! Lynn was the MVP and I won my 2nd title in my 13th year as manager. This one was great, all the moves I made in the series seemed to pay off. Nice __________________ Last edited by sharknut; 11-15-2023 at 08:25 AM.