Having won in extra innings the day before, Fleetwood looked to make it two victories in a row. New Hampshire certainly had other plans in mind.
The stars of the day would be both teams' starting pitchers: Kris Benson for the Derry Heifers and Dave Bush for the Walkers.
Fleetwood grabbed an early lead with a run in the 2nd inning. First, catcher Javier Valentin led off with a double. A ground ball by Jim Edmonds then advanced Valentin to third base, and a sacrifice fly by ex-Heifer Jose Guillen drove him home.
Neither team scored in the 3rd or 4th innings, but New Hampshire put its first run on the board in the 5th inning on a solo homer by ex-Walker Laynce Nix. All players in the recent Fleetwood/New Hampshire team seemed to be playing with chips on their shoulders!
Both Benson and Bush continued their duel through 7 full innings. Bush was the first to exit the game, making way for reliever Fernando Cabrera with one out in the 8th inning. Cabrera retired Cliff Floyd and Jason Varitek to end the inning.
New Hampshire pulled Benson from the game to begin the 8th inning, replacing him with left-hander Alan Embree. Fleetwood countered with pinch-hitter Luis Matos, who surprised everyone by hitting a lead-off home run (just his 3rd homer of the season). Embree quickly left the game in favor of righty Francisco Cordero, who retired the next three Walkers in order.With Derrick Turnbow having pitched 3 innings the day before, Fleetwood manager Rube Foster stuck with Fernando Cabrera to begin the 9th inning. Cabrera promptly surrendered a lead-off walk to David Dellucci, though, ending his evening. In his place came ex-Heifer Kelvim Escobar.
Escobar first faced Mike Sweeney, striking him out for the second time in as many days. He then enticed pinch-hitter Omar Quintanilla into a ground ball which forced out Dellucci at second base. New Hampshire's final batter was Rondell White, who grounded into another force play. The pitchers' duel was over, and Fleetwood had won by a score of 3-2.
BOXSCORE: 2006 New Hampshire Derry Heifers At 2006 Fleetwood Walker 8/11/2006
Gm 3: FLE's bats remain sluggish, but Luis Matos hits a pinch-hit HR in 8th.
Derry Heifers AB R H RBI AVG Walkers AB R H RBI AVG
L.Nix CF 4 1 1 1 .231 D.Dejesus LF 4 0 0 0 .276
N.Perez 2B 4 0 1 0 .263 D.Wright DH 3 0 1 0 .289
C.Floyd LF 4 0 1 0 .290 D.Lee 1B 3 0 1 0 .280
J.Varitek C 4 0 1 0 .256 M.Cabrera 3B 3 0 2 0 .328
D.Dellucci RF 2 0 1 0 .235 J.Valentin C 3 1 1 0 .313
M.Sweeney 1B 3 0 0 0 .319 J.Edmonds CF 3 0 0 0 .252
R.Freel 3B 3 0 0 0 .247 J.Guillen RF 1 0 0 1 .293
D-O.Quintanilla PH 1 0 0 0 .200 A-L.Matos PH,RF 1 1 1 1 .289
R.White DH 4 0 1 0 .289 C.Counsell SS 2 0 0 0 .228
C.Izturis SS 3 0 0 0 .243 B-B.Bonds PH 1 0 0 0 .258
C-B.Crosby SS 0 0 0 0 .316
M.Giles 2B 3 0 0 0 .255
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Totals 32 1 6 1 Totals 27 2 6 2
A-Pinch Hit For Guillen In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Counsell In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Bonds In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Freel In 9th Inning
Derry Heifers... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 0
Walkers......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 6 0
Derry Heifers (56-62) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
K.Benson 7 5 1 1 0 4 0 4.06 A1 C6
A.Embree LOSS(1-1) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2.00 C7 C7
F.Cordero 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.87 C8
Totals 8 6 2 2 0 4 1
Walkers (84-41) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
D.Bush 7 1/3 6 1 1 1 6 1 4.05 A1 D2
F.Cabrera WIN(3-1) 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.29 D3 D5
K.Escobar SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.00 D6
Totals 9 6 1 1 2 8 1
ATTENDANCE- 36,336 DATE- Monday, August 11th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:12
LEFT ON BASE- Derry Heifers: 7 Walkers: 2
DOUBLE PLAYS- Derry Heifers: 1 Walkers: 0
DOUBLES- J.Varitek(21st), J.Valentin(6th)
HOME RUNS- L.Nix(1st), L.Matos(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- N.Perez(4th), D.Dellucci(5th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Guillen
WALKS- D.Dellucci, M.Sweeney
HIT BY PITCH- D.Dellucci
STRIKE OUTS- N.Perez, J.Varitek-2, D.Dellucci, M.Sweeney, R.Freel, C.Izturis-2,
D.Lee, J.Edmonds-2, M.Giles
GIDP- J.Valentin
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