May 28, 2006: Fighting Till the End

Fleetwood entered this game looking for a four-game sweep of Brooklyn. While always good news, this would be especially true after the Walkers' struggles versus Toledo (3-4) and Santa Barbara (2-5) earlier in May.

Things did not get off to a good start for Fleetwood, who trailed 3-0 after the top of the 4th inning. In the bottom of the 4th inning, though, Fleetwood scored 2 runs. A David Wright double highlighted that inning, and drew the Walkers within 1 run of the lead.

Both Brandon Webb of Brooklyn and A.J. Burnett of Fleetwood pitched well, and neither team scored again through the 7th inning. In the bottom of the 8th inning, however, Brooklyn called on Dewon Brazelton to relieve a tired Brandon Webb.

Needless to say, Brazelton had seen some troubles this season. And unfortunately for Bulldog fans, those struggles continued when he surrendered home runs to Derrek Lee and David Wright in the bottom of the 8th inning. The lead now belonged to Fleetwood, and Burnett would retire Brooklyn in order in the 9th inning.

Fleetwood had swept the four-game series, and would now head to Brooklyn for 3 more games versus the Bulldogs.

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BOXSCORE: 2006 Brooklyn Bulldogs At 2006 Fleetwood Walkers          5/28/2006
Gm 4: Fleetwood earns comeback win and sweep with Lee and Wright HRs in 8th.
 
  Bulldogs           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Walkers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Lugo SS           5  0  2  1 .321     M.Giles 2B          4  0  1  0 .240  
  S.Podsednik LF      4  1  1  0 .286     J.Edmonds CF        3  1  1  0 .259  
  C.Crisp CF          5  0  0  0 .318     D.Lee 1B            4  2  3  1 .276  
  G.Atkins 3B         4  0  2  1 .307     M.Cabrera 3B        4  0  2  0 .327  
  A.Nunez DH          4  1  1  0 .339     J.Valentin C        4  0  0  0 .279  
  M.Cuddyer 1B        3  1  0  0 .291     D.Wright DH         4  1  3  2 .317  
C-J.Olerud 1B         0  0  0  0 .200     D.Dejesus LF        2  0  0  0 .266  
  G.Zaun C            2  0  0  0 .313     J.Dye RF            2  0  0  0 .290  
  A.Kearns RF         4  0  1  1 .253   A-R.Doumit PH         1  0  0  0 .182  
  A.Cintron 2B        4  0  1  0 .217   B-L.Matos RF          0  0  0  0 .271  
                                          N.Perez SS          3  0  1  0 .282  
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         Totals      35  3  8  3                 Totals      31  4 11  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Dye In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Doumit In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Cuddyer In 8th Inning
 
Bulldogs........ 1 0 0  2 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  8  0
Walkers......... 0 0 0  2 0 0  0 2    -  4 11  1
 
Bulldogs (17-15)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Webb                    7       9   2   2   2   5   0   2.45  A1 D2
D.Brazelton L(1-2)B(3rd)  1       2   2   2   1   0   2   9.77  D3
Totals                    8      11   4   4   3   5   2
 
Walkers (33-20)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
A.Burnett WIN(8-3)        9       8   3   3   4   6   0   3.12  A1
Totals                    9       8   3   3   4   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 25,926 DATE- Wednesday, May 28th 2006 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:26
LEFT ON BASE- Bulldogs: 9  Walkers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Bulldogs: 2  Walkers: 0
ERRORS- J.Dye
DOUBLES- J.Lugo(8th), G.Atkins(8th), J.Edmonds(10th), D.Wright(12th)
HOME RUNS- D.Lee(10th), D.Wright(11th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Lugo(7th), S.Podsednik-2(10th)
CAUGHT STEALING- G.Zaun, D.Dejesus
WALKS- S.Podsednik, M.Cuddyer, G.Zaun-2, J.Edmonds, D.Dejesus-2
STRIKE OUTS- C.Crisp-2, M.Cuddyer-2, G.Zaun, A.Kearns, M.Giles, J.Edmonds,
             M.Cabrera, J.Valentin, D.Wright
GIDP- J.Edmonds, J.Valentin