My offense should be good. I have last year's National League MVP in Derrek Lee. I have a 4-time all-star in Jim Edmonds. I have a young stud in Miguel Cabrera and a developing one in David Wright. And I have a host of other good (if unexceptional) hitters in Marcus Giles, Jermaine Dye, and David DeJesus.
But on any given day, a seemingly pedestrain pitcher is capable of performing like the second coming of Cy Young.
Through five innings, Brett Tomko absolutely shut me down. He allowed just 1 hit, walked nobody, and struck out 7. For reasons not completely clear to me, however, Windy City pulled him after a leadoff single by Ramon Castro in the 6th. I can only assume Tomko was on a strict pitch count this cool spring day.Giovanni Carrara relieved at that point and (after hitting DeJesus with a pitch) set me down quickly too. Perhaps it didn't even matter who was pitching.
But continuing on an early season theme, this year's edition of the Fleetwood Walkers does not give up easily. In the bottom of the 7th, the Boys in Orange finally put a run on the board with an RBI single from Ramon Castro. And in the 8th inning, David Wright and pinch-hitter Jim Edmonds delivered clutch two-out hits and gave Fleetwood a late 3-2 lead.
When Derrick Turnbow retired the side in the 9th, the game was over. Fleetwood had won again.No thanks to Brett Tomko, of course.
Tomorrow's matchup: Windy City (David Wells) at Fleetwood (David Bush).
BOXSCORE: 2006 Windy City Slickers At 2006 Fleetwood Walkers 4/10/2006
Gm 2: Fleetwood earns another comeback win; Wright and Edmonds come through.
Slickers AB R H RBI AVG Walkers AB R H RBI AVG
M.Lawton DH 3 0 0 0 .143 M.Giles 2B 4 0 0 0 .167
N.Punto 2B 3 0 1 1 .333 D.Dejesus CF,LF 3 0 1 0 .143
L.Overbay 1B 4 0 0 0 .167 D.Lee 1B 4 1 1 0 .130
A.Rodriguez 3B 4 0 0 0 .250 M.Cabrera LF,3B 4 1 1 0 .316
R.Church LF 4 1 2 0 .500 D.Wright 3B 4 1 1 1 .333
K.Mench RF 2 0 0 1 .333 D.Turnbow P 0 0 0 0 ----
M.Kotsay CF 3 0 0 0 .143 J.Dye RF 4 0 1 0 .353
J.Phillips C 3 1 1 0 .333 J.Phelps DH 2 0 0 0 .364
C-B.Ausmus C 0 0 0 0 .250 D-L.Matos PH 0 0 0 0 .286
F-X.Nady PH 1 0 0 0 .000 E-J.Edmonds PH,CF 1 0 1 1 .333
J.Reyes SS 3 0 0 0 .000 R.Castro C 3 0 2 1 .300
B-B.Crosby PR,SS 1 0 0 0 .200
N.Perez SS 1 0 0 0 .182
A-J.Valentin PH,C 0 0 0 0 .200
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Totals 30 2 4 2 Totals 31 3 8 3
A-Pinch Hit For Perez In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Castro In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Phillips In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Phelps In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Matos In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Ausmus In 9th Inning
Slickers........ 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 0
Walkers......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 3 8 1
Slickers (0-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
B.Tomko 5 2 0 0 0 7 0 0.00 A1 B8
G.Carrara HOLD(1st) 1 2/3 1 1 1 0 3 0 3.37 B9 C6
G.Majewski HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 C7 D2
V.Chulk 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 ---- D3 D3
J.Eischen L(0-1) BS(1st) 0 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 27.00 D4 D6
J.Williams 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 D7
Totals 8 8 3 3 2 10 0
Walkers (5-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
E.Loaiza 7 4 2 2 3 3 0 4.50 A1 D1
C.Eldred WIN(1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 D2 D4
D.Turnbow SAVE(3rd) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 D5
Totals 9 4 2 2 3 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 37,757 DATE- Thursday, April 10th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:55
LEFT ON BASE- Slickers: 6 Walkers: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Slickers: 1 Walkers: 0
ERRORS- J.Dye
DOUBLES- N.Punto(1st), R.Church(1st), J.Phillips(1st), M.Cabrera(3rd),
J.Edmonds(1st)
TRIPLES- R.Church(1st), D.Lee(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- N.Punto
SACRIFICE FLIES- K.Mench
WALKS- M.Lawton, K.Mench, M.Kotsay, J.Phelps, J.Valentin
HIT BY PITCH- D.Dejesus, N.Perez
STRIKE OUTS- L.Overbay, A.Rodriguez, M.Kotsay-2, J.Reyes, M.Giles-2, D.Lee-2,
D.Wright-2, J.Dye-2, J.Phelps-2
PASSED BALLS- J.Phillips
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