May 9, 2006: Holy Toledo

Having won 6 of 7 games against Boston, Fleetwood's next opponent was the Toledo Mudhens. With an April record of 23-5, Toledo staked an early claim for the 2006 BRASSball championship.

The first game of the series showed why Toledo is so formidble. Gary Sheffield crushed a 2-run home run in the top of the 1st inning, while Freddy Sanchez added another early run with a sacrifice fly in the 2nd inning.

Fleetwood mounted a comeback to tie the game in the late innings, but Toledo also proved to be opportunistic. After a two-base error by Fleetwood second baseman Marcus Giles, Oscar Robles drove in the eventual winning run with a double. Toledo had won again.

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BOXSCORE: 2006 Toledo Mudhens At 2006 Fleetwood Walkers              5/9/2006
Gm 1: FLE comes back twice, but cannot do it thrice. Sheffield & Robles star.
 
  Mudhens            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Walkers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  L.Gonzalez 1B       5  0  0  0 .318     M.Giles 2B          5  0  1  0 .233  
  M.Redmond C         4  1  3  0 .354     J.Edmonds CF        4  0  0  0 .268  
A-B.Schneider C       1  0  0  0 .268   D-J.Phelps PH         1  0  0  0 .333  
  H.Matsui LF         4  1  1  0 .395     D.Lee 1B            4  1  1  0 .280  
  G.Sheffield DH      3  1  2  3 .310     M.Cabrera 3B        3  1  0  0 .333  
  E.Brown RF          4  0  0  0 .333     D.Wright DH         4  1  1  0 .287  
B-J.Rivera RF         0  0  0  0 .293     B.Crosby SS         4  1  3  2 .306  
  B.Clark CF          4  1  1  0 .340     R.Castro C          3  0  2  2 .257  
C-K.Lofton CF         0  0  0  0 .390     J.Dye RF            4  0  1  0 .309  
  P.Polanco 2B        4  1  3  0 .367     L.Matos LF          3  0  2  0 .308  
  F.Sanchez SS        3  0  1  1 .339                                          
  O.Robles 3B         4  0  1  1 .327                                          
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         Totals      36  5 12  5                 Totals      35  4 11  4
 
A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Redmond In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Brown In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Clark In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Edmonds In 9th Inning
 
Mudhens......... 2 1 0  0 0 0  0 1 1  -  5 12  0
Walkers......... 0 0 0  2 0 1  0 1 0  -  4 11  1
 
Mudhens (27-5)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
N.Lowry                   5       5   3   3   3   3   1   2.98  A1 C3
B.Fuentes                 0       0   0   0   1   0   0   4.30  C4 C4
S.Eyre BS(2nd)            2 1/3   3   1   1   0   4   0   2.49  C5 D5
B.Ryan WIN(3-1) BS(2nd)   0 2/3   3   0   0   0   0   0   3.63  D6 D9
M.Wise SAVE(1st)          1       0   0   0   0   0   0   2.28  E1
Totals                    9      11   4   4   4   7   1
 
Walkers (25-18)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
M.Buehrle                 7      10   4   4   1   4   1   6.04  A1 D2
C.Eldred                  1       1   0   0   0   1   0   1.80  D3 D6
A.Rhodes LOSS(1-1)        1       1   1   0   0   3   0   0.00  D7
Totals                    9      12   5   4   1   8   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 36,872 DATE- Friday, May 9th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:34
LEFT ON BASE- Mudhens: 6  Walkers: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mudhens: 3  Walkers: 3
ERRORS- M.Giles
DOUBLES- M.Redmond-2(7th), O.Robles(3rd), B.Crosby(7th)
HOME RUNS- G.Sheffield(4th), B.Crosby(4th)
STOLEN BASES- L.Matos(3rd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- F.Sanchez
WALKS- G.Sheffield, D.Lee, M.Cabrera, R.Castro, L.Matos
STRIKE OUTS- L.Gonzalez-2, B.Schneider, H.Matsui, E.Brown-2, F.Sanchez,
             O.Robles, J.Edmonds, D.Lee, M.Cabrera-2, D.Wright, B.Crosby, J.Dye
GIDP- H.Matsui, B.Clark, O.Robles, J.Edmonds-2
WILD PITCHES- S.Eyre