Game 6

Loaiza vs Martinez

Mudcats broke out early with a 3 run homer from A-Rod right away in the first.  In the bottom of the second though the Maulers got 3 for themselves to tie it up at 3.  A 2 run homer by Andruw Jones in the 5 th put the Mudcats back up 5-3 on Senor Pedro.  The Maulers responded though as they chased Loaiza from the game in the bottom of the 5th.   4 runs came across, capped by Vlad Guerrero's 2 run single.  With the Maulers up 7-5 in the seventh Vlad rocked a solo homer to push the lead to 8-5.  A-Rod responded with another homer in the top of the eighth, this time a solo shot of his own, to get back within 2 runs.  Maulers go quietly in the eighth and head to the ninth.   With one out and 2 on and Mariano Rivera on pitching Andruw Jones rocketed a 3-run homer that made  Mudcat fans back home delirious!  Up 9-8, Lentz brought on Matt Morris to close this mother out.  It was to be.  Vlad's second tater of the game with one out in the ninth tied the game back up at 9.  To make matters worse the Maulers succeeded in driving Lentz cuckoo by loading the bases with one out after the homer!  But Morris ratcheted it up and got Brady Anderson and Julio Lugo to whiff to force extra innings.  Both squads went quietly in the tenth.  In the top of the 11th the Mudcats make their move.  using 4 walks they push across 2 runs to back up 11-9.  Headed to the bottom of the inning Lentz stuck with Morris to try and do what he failed in the ninth to do.  Scheduled were this imposing trio:   Vlad, Piazza and Griffey.  And 1-2-3 they went, baby!!!!!  The Mudcats cap an incredible comeback and best one of the finest teams in BRASSball history! 

Work is going to be easy tonight!   

Congrats to Kevin on a heckuva season and making this as difficult and nerve-racking as possible.

BOXSCORE: 2001 Minnesota Mudcats At 2001 Cook County Maulers       10/31/2001
game 6

  Mudcats            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Maulers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  F.Vina 2B           4  3  2  1 .295     N.Garciaparra SS    2  0  0  0 .341  
  A.Jones CF          4  3  2  5 .216   A-J.Vizcaino PR,SS    1  1  0  0 .333  
  J.Giambi 1B         5  0  0  0 .244   B-T.Pratt PH          1  0  0  0 .250  
  A.Rodriguez SS      6  2  2  4 .364   C-J.Bell 2B           1  0  0  0 .200  
  B.Giles RF          5  0  1  1 .293     E.Martinez DH       6  1  1  1 .196  
  J.Posada C          4  0  0  0 .283     C.Delgado 1B        6  1  2  1 .462  
  G.Jenkins LF        5  0  0  0 .150     V.Guerrero RF       6  2  3  3 .295  
  S.Casey DH          4  0  1  0 .206     M.Piazza C          5  1  1  0 .317  
D-Q.Veras PR,DH       1  1  0  0 .308     K.Griffey Jr. CF    3  1  0  0 .194  
  D.Bell 3B           3  1  2  0 .233     T.Glaus 3B          3  1  1  0 .342  
E-T.Graffanino PH,3B  1  1  0  0 .000     B.Anderson LF       4  0  0  1 .161  
                                          J.Lugo 2B,SS        4  1  3  2 .348  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      42 11 10 11                 Totals      42  9 11  8

A-Pinch Ran For Garciaparra In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Vizcaino In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Pratt In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Casey In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Bell In 9th Inning

Mudcats......... 3 0 0  0 2 0  0 1 3  0 2 - 11 10  1
Maulers......... 0 3 0  0 4 0  1 0 1  0 0 -  9 11  1

Mudcats                  IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
E.Loaiza                  4       5   7   6   4   3   0  11.77  A1 C3
D.Weathers                3       3   1   1   0   1   1   4.09  C4 D5
G.Swindell                0       0   0   0   1   0   0   2.08  D6 D6
R.Beck                    1       1   0   0   1   2   0   7.71  D7 E2
M.Morris WIN(1-0) BS(2nd) 3       2   1   1   2   3   1   1.74  E3
Totals                   11      11   9   8   8   9   2

Maulers                  IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
P.Martinez                8 1/3   8   8   7   3   7   3   5.48  A1 E1
M.Rivera L(0-1) BS(1st)   2       1   2   2   1   2   1   5.40  E2 E9
J.Grimsley                0       1   1   1   0   0   0   3.86  F1 F1
S.Williamson              0       0   0   0   1   0   0   5.40  F2 F2
T.Adams                   0 2/3   0   0   0   2   0   0   1.69  F3
Totals                   11      10  11  10   7   9   4

ATTENDANCE- 45,857 DATE-  TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 3:44
LEFT ON BASE- Mudcats: 7  Maulers: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mudcats: 2  Maulers: 1
ERRORS- D.Bell, T.Glaus
DOUBLES- B.Giles(3rd), S.Casey(1st), C.Delgado-2(9th)
HOME RUNS- A.Jones-2(6th), A.Rodriguez-2(5th), V.Guerrero-2(4th)
STOLEN BASES- F.Vina(1st), T.Graffanino(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- F.Vina
WALKS- A.Jones-2, J.Giambi, B.Giles, J.Posada-2, T.Graffanino, M.Piazza,
       K.Griffey Jr.-3, T.Glaus-2, B.Anderson, J.Lugo
HIT BY PITCH- F.Vina, N.Garciaparra
STRIKE OUTS- A.Jones, J.Giambi-2, A.Rodriguez, J.Posada, G.Jenkins-2, S.Casey,
             T.Graffanino, T.Pratt, E.Martinez-3, C.Delgado-2, V.Guerrero,
             B.Anderson, J.Lugo
GIDP- A.Jones, N.Garciaparra, J.Vizcaino
WILD PITCHES- T.Adams

Andruw Jones ripped 2 homeruns and had 5 RBI as the Minnesota Mudcats defeated
the Cook County Maulers in 11 innings by the score of 11 to 9 at Bill Veeck
Field.

The score was tied at 9 after nine.  Minnesota ended up winning it in the 11th
inning.  After an out was recorded, Tony Graffanino was the sparkplug when he
drew a walk.  Graffanino stole second with some aggressive base running.
Fernando Vina then lined a single which scored a run.  Jones was up next and
he drew a walk.  Terry Adams then let loose a wild pitch.  Jason Giambi kept
the inning going and drew a walk to load the bases.  One out later, Brian S.
Giles stepped in and he drew a walk scoring the final run of the inning.  The
game was a wild affair with the lead changing hands 5 times.  

Matt Morris(1-0) allowed 1 run in 3 innings, and picked up the victory. The
loss was charged to Mariano Rivera(0-1) in relief.