BRASSBALL
LEAGUE |
Fleetwood (Lieter 15-9,
4.75 ERA) at Stanley (Helling 21-6, 4.01 ERA)
Game Two appeared to be a much closer match-up. Al Leiter, Fleetwood’s most consistent
starter, would face Stanley’s Rick Helling. Would
we see a pitchers’ duel in Game Two?
In a word, no.
The Sioux wasted no time in hammering Al Leiter. Neifi Perez led off the game with a solo homer. Leiter then walked the next two batters before
grooving a fastball to Moises Alou. Alou
promptly hit the pitch well out of the stadium for a 3-run homer. And before the first inning was even over, Leiter
would injure himself fielding a Bubba Trammell grounder and be forced to leave the game. Ramiro Mendoza would take his place and give up
another run in the bottom of the second.
It would have been easy for Fleetwood to give up already. But the Walkers showed their determination in an
amazing fourth inning rally. First came two
walks and three singles against Stanley starter Rick Helling, which led to three Fleetwood
runs. And then Paul Konerko capped the
inning with a 3-run homer, giving Fleetwood six runs in the inning and the lead in the
game, 6-5. The game was on again.
But the momentum then swung back to Stanley. First came a RBI double by Neifi Perez in the
bottom of the fourth. And then a bases-loaded
walk to Mark McGwire in the sixth, quckly followed by an Antonio Osuna balk which plated
another run later in the inning. Stanley now
led 8-6.
Once again, though, Fleetwood would battle back. Craig Counsell, who had entered the game in the
sixth inning due to a Damion Easley injury, cracked a solo homer in the eighth inning to
make the score 8-7 Stanley. And facing
Stanley closer Antonio Alfonseca in the top of the ninth, Chipper Jones completed the
comeback with a RBI double. The game was now
8-8 entering the bottom of the ninth.
Pitching for Fleetwood was their best reliever, Derek Lowe,
who had just pitched a scoreless eighth inning. McGwire
greeted Lowe with a lead-off single in the ninth. But
having extinguished most of its bench earlier in the game, Stanley had to leave McGwire in
to run for himself.
Lowe retired Alou on a flyball next, but then put Dye on board
with a walk. The winning run was now on
second. Palmeiro came up next and ripped a
single off Lowe. Unfortunately for Stanley,
though, McGwire was only able to advance to third base.
The bases were now loaded.
Catcher Keith Osik then came to the plate with only one out. And with the infield and outfield in for
Fleetwood, Osik came through with the game-winning single.
Final score: Stanley 9, Fleetwood 8.
Heading to Fleetwood, Stanley now led the series 2-0. WP-Alfonseca (1-0). LP-Lowe (1-1).
BOXSCORE: 2001 Fleetwood Walkers At 2001 Stanley Sioux 10/10/2001
Game 2: Great game! Walkers tie in 9th, but Sioux win in bottom half. Up 2-0.
Walkers AB R H RBI AVG Sioux AB R H RBI AVG
S.Stewart DH 5 1 1 1 .308 N.Perez SS 4 2 2 2 .222
J.Hammonds LF 4 2 1 1 .233 B.Williams CF 3 1 1 0 .375
J.Edmonds CF 5 0 2 0 .296 E-D.Lewis PR,CF 1 0 0 0 .000
C.Jones 3B 5 1 3 1 .310 M.McGwire 1B 2 2 1 1 .400
P.Konerko 1B 4 1 1 3 .517 M.Alou LF 5 1 1 3 .444
B.Abreu RF 4 0 0 0 .071 J.Dye RF 4 0 1 0 .375
D.Easley 2B 1 1 0 0 .227 B.Trammell DH 2 0 0 0 .000
C-C.Counsell PR,2B 1 1 1 1 .500 B-R.Palmeiro PH 3 0 1 0 .429
J.Valentin SS 3 0 0 0 .111 M.Walbeck C 1 0 0 0 .500
F-K.Elster PH,SS 0 0 0 0 .313 A-J.Oliver PH,C 1 0 0 0 .333
B.Molina C 3 1 0 0 .182 D-K.Osik PH,C 3 1 2 1 .667
T.Shumpert 3B 2 1 2 01.000
G-K.Caminiti PH,3B 1 0 0 0 .000
M.McLemore 2B 4 1 2 1 .250
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Totals 35 8 9 7 Totals 36 9 13 8
A-Pinch Hit For Walbeck In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Trammell In 5th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Easley In 6th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Oliver In 6th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Williams In 6th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Valentin In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Shumpert In 8th Inning
INJURY: Al Leiter INJURED (for 3 more games) in 1st inning
INJURY: Damion Easley INJURED (for 10 more games) in 6th inning
INJURY: Bernie Williams INJURED (for 3 more games) in 6th inning
Walkers......... 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 8 9 1
Sioux........... 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 - 9 13 1
Walkers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
A.Leiter 0 2/3 3 4 4 1 0 2 4.70 A1 A6
R.Mendoza 4 1/3 4 2 2 2 5 0 9.82 A7 C6
M.Guthrie 0 1/3 2 2 2 0 0 0 18.00 C7 C9
A.Osuna 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.40 D1 D7
D.Lowe LOSS(1-1) 1 1/3 4 1 1 1 1 0 3.68 D8
Totals 8 1/3 13 9 9 5 6 2
Sioux IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
R.Helling 3 4 6 6 2 2 1 18.00 A1 B6
T.Crabtree 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 B7 C5
A.Almanza 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 C6 C8
S.Reed 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 C9 D3
F.Rodriguez HOLD(2nd) 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4.50 D4 D8
A.Alfonseca W(1-0)B(1st) 1 1/3 1 1 1 1 2 0 6.75 D9
Totals 9 9 8 8 4 7 2
ATTENDANCE- 49,833 DATE- TIME- Night
T- 3:38
LEFT ON BASE- Walkers: 6 Sioux: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Walkers: 1 Sioux: 0
ERRORS- K.Elster, N.Perez
DOUBLES- C.Jones(1st), N.Perez(1st)
HOME RUNS- P.Konerko(1st), C.Counsell(1st), N.Perez(1st), M.Alou(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- T.Shumpert(1st), M.McLemore(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- M.McLemore
SACRIFICE HITS- N.Perez
WALKS- J.Hammonds, D.Easley, K.Elster, B.Molina, M.McGwire-3, J.Dye, T.Shumpert
HIT BY PITCH- P.Konerko, D.Easley, B.Williams
STRIKE OUTS- S.Stewart, J.Hammonds, J.Edmonds, B.Abreu-2, D.Easley, B.Molina,
B.Williams-2, D.Lewis, M.McGwire, J.Dye, R.Palmeiro
GIDP- J.Oliver
BALKS- A.Osuna
WILD PITCHES- R.Helling
Neifi Perez slammed a homerun and had 2 RBI at The TeePee Tomb as the Stanley
Sioux won in their last at-bat beating the Fleetwood Walkers by the count of
9 to 8.
The deciding run was scored by Stanley in the 9th. Mark McGwire laced a
single. After an out was recorded, Jermaine Dye stepped in and he drew a
walk. Rafael Palmeiro then lined a single to load the bases. Keith Osik was
up next and he slapped a one-base hit resulting in an exciting win for
Stanley and a wild post-game celebration by the home town fans. Stanley had
13 hits for the game and Fleetwood had 9.
The victory was credited to Antonio Alfonseca(1-0) who went 1 and 1/3 innings,
allowing 1 run. Derek Lowe(1-1) absorbed the loss in relief.