September 13, 2006: A Scoreless Streak to Remember

Fleetwood was red hot, entering today's game with a 10-game winning streak. After just 1 inning, though, it did not look good for number 11.

Dave Bush, in the midst of a very strong season, did not bring his "A" game to the mound on this day. In fact, he barely escaped the first inning when he allowed a grand slam to Carl Everett and a 5th run on a Javier Lopez single. Bush would pitch one more inning before departing.

Fleetwood regained one run in the bottom of the first on a Jose Guillen single. In the 4th, the Walkers scored two more. And in the 5th, they scored another. Suddenly Fleetwood trailed by just 1 run through 5 innings.

In the 7th inning, the Walkers completed their comeback. Bobby Crosby launched a solo homer to lead off the inning, and the game was knotted 5-5. Two scoreless innings followed, and the game headed to extra innings.

Fleetwood's bullpen continued its amazing streak, throwing two more scoreless innings in the 10th and 11th. With 9 shutout innings on this day, the team's relief pitchers had run their scoreless streak to a mind-boggling 34.1 innings.

David Wright finally ended the game in the 11th inning, collecting his fourth hit of the game to drive in the winning run. Fleetwood had come from behind, it had swept the Cincinnati Royals, and it had run its winning streak to 11 games.

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BOXSCORE: 2006 Cincinnati Royals At 2006 Fleetwood Walkers          9/13/2006
Gm 4: CIN scores 5 in 1st, but FLE claws back in win in extras; Wright stars.
 
  Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Walkers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Figgins CF        5  1  1  0 .281     M.Giles 2B          7  0  1  0 .275  
  R.Klesko LF         5  1  2  0 .246     D.Wright DH,3B      6  1  4  2 .295  
  J.Piedra RF         4  1  1  0 .308     D.Lee 1B            5  0  1  1 .300  
  C.Everett DH        3  1  1  4 .242     M.Cabrera 3B,LF     4  0  1  0 .322  
  M.Stairs 1B         5  1  1  0 .260     J.Edmonds CF        3  0  1  0 .256  
  J.Lopez C           5  0  1  1 .208     J.Guillen RF        4  0  1  1 .283  
  D.Murphy 2B         5  0  0  0 .050   C-B.Bonds PH          0  0  0  0 .244  
  C.Koskie 3B         3  0  0  0 .297   E-J.Valentin C        1  0  0  0 .333  
G-C.Barmes PR         0  0  0  0 .248     D.Turnbow P         0  0  0  0 ----  
H-C.Woodward 3B       0  0  0  0 .272     R.Castro C          3  1  0  0 .282  
  O.Infante SS        5  0  0  0 .186   D-C.Counsell PH       1  0  0  0 .231  
                                          S.Downs P           0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          F.Cabrera P         0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          C.Eldred P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        F-R.Doumit C          1  0  0  0 .207  
                                          B.Crosby SS         4  3  1  1 .312  
                                          D.Dejesus LF        1  1  0  0 .266  
                                        A-R.Zimmerman PH      1  0  0  0 .457  
                                        B-L.Matos LF,RF       1  0  0  0 .294  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      40  5  7  5                 Totals      42  6 10  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Dejesus In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Zimmerman In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Guillen In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Castro In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Bonds In 9th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Eldred In 11th Inning
G-Pinch Ran For Koskie In 11th Inning
H-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Barmes In 11th Inning
 
Royals.......... 5 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 -  5  7  0
Walkers......... 1 0 0  2 1 0  1 0 0  0 1 -  6 10  1
 
Royals (60-87)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
G.Meche                   6       6   4   4   9   4   0   6.56  A1 D7
R.King BS(5th)            0       1   1   1   0   0   1   8.16  D8 D8
L.Ayala                   1 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   4.43  D9 E4
J.Mays                    0       1   0   0   0   0   0   7.54  E5 E5
R.Betancourt              1 1/3   0   0   0   1   1   0   3.45  E6 F1
A.Heilman LOSS(5-6)       1 2/3   2   1   1   3   2   0   3.05  F2
Totals                   10 2/3  10   6   6  13   8   1
 
Walkers (110-45)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
D.Bush                    2       5   5   5   1   1   1   4.26  A1 B2
J.Dominguez               2       0   0   0   0   2   0   3.75  B3 B8
A.Rhodes                  1 2/3   1   0   0   0   3   0   0.23  B9 C5
K.Escobar                 1 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   2.89  C6 C9
S.Downs                   1       0   0   0   0   1   0   1.96  D1 D4 D3
F.Cabrera                 1       0   0   0   2   1   0   1.98  D4 D9
C.Eldred                  1       1   0   0   1   2   0   2.02  E1 E5
D.Turnbow WIN(5-6)        1       0   0   0   1   1   0   2.83  E6
Totals                   11       7   5   5   5  11   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 37,816 DATE- Saturday, September 13th 2006 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 3:52
LEFT ON BASE- Royals: 7  Walkers:17
DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 0  Walkers: 1
ERRORS- L.Matos
DOUBLES- C.Figgins(23rd), M.Stairs(25th), M.Giles(40th), D.Wright-3(35th),
         M.Cabrera(48th), J.Edmonds(38th)
HOME RUNS- C.Everett(19th), B.Crosby(16th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Everett(5th)
WALKS- J.Piedra, C.Everett-2, C.Koskie-2, D.Wright, D.Lee, M.Cabrera-2,
       J.Edmonds-3, B.Bonds, R.Castro, B.Crosby-2, D.Dejesus, L.Matos
HIT BY PITCH- D.Dejesus
STRIKE OUTS- C.Figgins, J.Piedra-2, C.Everett, M.Stairs-2, J.Lopez, D.Murphy,
             O.Infante-3, M.Giles-2, D.Wright, D.Lee, J.Edmonds, J.Valentin,
             R.Castro, L.Matos
GIDP- C.Koskie
WILD PITCHES- G.Meche, D.Bush