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2031 Beer League Playoffs - Milling Series: Game 5
#2 Russian River Blind Pig (94-68, 12th post season) vs #3WC Tattered Flag Man of War (86-76, 4th post season)
In the winner-take-all game 5, it was a low scoring pitcher's duel for the first two thirds of the game, as Russian River starter Jaime Kreps (6.2 innings, 4 hits, 1 run, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts) and Tattered Flag starter Matt Parra (5.1 innings, 2 hits, 1 run, 3 walks 4 strikeouts), kept the opposing batters off balance and, for the most part, off the scoreboard. The Blind Pig held a thin 1-0 lead as the game headed into the 7th. After notching two quick outs, Kreps gave up a single to Cole MacInnes. The Russian River manager would make a fateful decision at that point and pulled Kreps to bring in reliever John Meurer. He would walk the next batter, Jeremy Hernandez on 4 pitches. Trevor Powell would bat next, and after working the count full, would blast a 3 run homer into the left field stands to give the Man of War a 3-1 lead. Russian River would get one back on a solo shot from Sergio Sierra; but Tattered Flag would get that right back on a solo shot by Kyle Rodgers as the Man of War would claim a 4-2 victory and clinch the series 3 games to 2
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