May 3, 2006: Winnin' Ugly

What appeared to be an easy Fleetwood win turned out to be anything but.

Fleetwood jumped all over Boston early, leading 7-0 after 4 innings. Mark Buehrle was shaky, but pitched in-and-out of trouble.

To Boston's credit, though, the team never gave up after its rough start. After finally getting to Buehrle late, Boston tied the game in the 9th when Wily Mo Pena smashed a 2-run home run versus Derrick Turnbow. The game was suddenly tied and headed into extra innings.

For some reason, Boston never did turn to its bullpen. Granted, Fogg had thrown 6 scoreless innings since giving up seven runs in the first 4 frames....but when Boston sent him out for his 11th inning of work, it seemed to be pressing its luck.

Sure enough, Jim Edmonds led off the bottom of the 11th with a walk-off home run. Although it was not a game Fleetwood should be proud of, a win is a win.

Toledo will visit Fleetwood next for a four-game series (May 9-12).

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BOXSCORE: 2006 Boston Rust At 2006 Fleetwood Walkers                 5/3/2006
Gm 3: Buehrle & Turnbow continue to struggle, but FLE wins on a walk-off HR.
 
  Rust               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Walkers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Carroll 3B        4  1  1  1 .366     M.Giles 2B          4  1  2  0 .233  
  W.Pena LF           6  1  2  2 .213     D.Dejesus LF        4  1  1  2 .262  
  L.Niekro 1B         5  1  1  1 .182     D.Wright DH         4  0  0  0 .269  
  Y.Molina C          3  1  0  0 .262     M.Cabrera 3B        4  1  1  1 .355  
  C.Guzman SS         5  0  0  0 .218     J.Edmonds CF        5  2  2  1 .284  
  A.Ramirez DH        4  1  3  1 .300     J.Phelps 1B         3  2  1  3 .300  
A-T.Womack PR,DH      1  0  0  0 .000   B-D.Lee 1B            0  0  0  0 .274  
  W.Taveras CF        5  1  3  1 .356     R.Doumit C          4  0  1  0 .375  
  A.Huff RF           5  1  1  0 .227   G-J.Dye RF            0  0  0  0 .346  
  A.Cora 2B           2  0  1  1 .279     L.Matos RF          3  1  1  0 .370  
C-A.Guiel PH          1  0  0  0 .000   E-B.Crosby PH,SS      1  0  0  0 .269  
D-M.Cairo 2B          1  0  0  0 .288     N.Perez SS          3  0  2  0 .317  
                                        F-J.Valentin PH,C     1  0  0  0 .310  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      42  7 12  7                 Totals      36  8 11  7
 
A-Pinch Ran For Ramirez In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Phelps In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Cora In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Guiel In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Matos In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Perez In 9th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Doumit In 10th Inning
 
Rust............ 0 0 0  0 1 0  2 2 2  0 0 -  7 12  0
Walkers......... 2 1 3  1 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 -  8 11  1
 
Rust (14-17)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Fogg LOSS(2-5)         10      11   8   8   2   8   2   5.05  A1
Totals                   10      11   8   8   2   8   2
 
Walkers (21-10)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
M.Buehrle                 7 1/3   8   5   5   3   3   1   5.52  A1 D5
D.Turnbow BS(4th)         2 2/3   4   2   2   0   3   1   5.14  D6 E8
A.Rhodes WIN(1-0)         1       0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00  E9
Totals                   11      12   7   7   3   6   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 38,963 DATE- Saturday, May 3rd 2006 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:56
LEFT ON BASE- Rust: 7  Walkers: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rust: 2  Walkers: 2
ERRORS- J.Phelps
DOUBLES- A.Ramirez(3rd), M.Giles-2(5th), L.Matos(4th)
TRIPLES- W.Taveras(3rd), D.Dejesus(4th)
HOME RUNS- W.Pena(6th), L.Niekro(1st), J.Edmonds(6th), J.Phelps(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Giles, D.Dejesus
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Carroll, A.Cora, M.Cabrera
WALKS- J.Carroll, Y.Molina-2, D.Wright, J.Phelps
STRIKE OUTS- J.Carroll, Y.Molina, W.Taveras, A.Huff-2, A.Guiel, M.Giles,
             D.Wright, M.Cabrera, J.Edmonds, J.Phelps-2, R.Doumit, B.Crosby
GIDP- L.Niekro, A.Huff, L.Matos