Pedro Martinez dominated in Game 7, striking out 11 Fleetwood batters as the Metropolis Avengers toppled the Fleetwood Walkers by a score of 3 to 2 at John Locke Field. With the win, Metropolis completed its comeback from a 3-1 series deficit and advanced to the BRASSball World Series.
Metropolis won the game with a run in the 9th inning. Rafael Furcal drew a lead-off walk versus Fleetwood's Arthur Rhodes. After an out was recorded, Fleetwood brought in Scott Downs to face Bobby Abreu. Abreu promptly lashed a single into right field, advancing Furcal to third base.
Needing a strikeout or (even better) a double play, Fleetwood called on relief ace Derrick Turnbow. Turnbow did his job, getting Richie Sexon to hit an easy groundball to Fleetwood shortstop Bobby Crosby. Alas, Crosby could not field the ball cleanly. His error allowed Furcal to score the go-ahead run which eventually gave Metropolis the win.
The victory was credited to Martinez (1-3) who went 8 and 2/3 innings, allowing 2 runs. Chris Hammond recorded the save, his 1st of the post-season. Arthur Rhodes (0-1) ended up with the loss in relief.
Martinez didn't realize how many strikeouts he was racking up. When told he had 11 he was obviously surprised, 'No kidding? Man, I knew that I had a decent total, but I didn't think I had K'd that many. Say, that's pretty good, isn't it?'Not only was it pretty good, it was good enough for the National League Championship.
The NLCS MVP award went to Martinez's teammate Roger Clemens. Clemens was 2-0 in his 2 starts, posting a 0.00 ERA in 17.2 innings. He allowed just 9 hits and 6 walks while racking up 18 strikeouts.
BOXSCORE: 2006 Metropolis Avengers At 2006 Fleetwood Walkers 10/28/2006
Avengers AB R H RBI AVG Walkers AB R H RBI AVG
B.Roberts 2B 4 0 0 0 .345 D.Dejesus LF 3 0 0 0 .302
R.Furcal SS 3 1 0 0 .170 D.Wright DH 4 0 0 0 .189
V.Guerrero RF 4 0 2 0 .210 D.Lee 1B 4 0 1 0 .260
B.Abreu LF 4 0 1 0 .298 M.Cabrera 3B 3 0 0 0 .314
R.Sexson 1B 4 0 0 1 .173 J.Valentin C 4 0 0 0 .229
E.Chavez 3B 4 0 0 0 .315 J.Edmonds CF 4 1 2 1 .238
M.Mora DH 3 1 0 0 .324 A-L.Matos PR 0 0 0 0 .273
J.Posada C 3 1 1 2 .167 J.Guillen RF 4 1 1 1 .226
V.Wells CF 3 0 0 0 .204 B.Crosby SS 3 0 0 0 .103
B-B.Bonds PH 0 0 0 0 .000
C-R.Castro PH 1 0 0 0 .278
M.Giles 2B 3 0 2 0 .340
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Totals 32 3 4 3 Totals 33 2 6 2
A-Pinch Ran For Edmonds In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Crosby In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Bonds In 9th Inning
Avengers........ 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 4 0
Walkers......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 2 6 1
Avengers (8-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
P.Martinez WIN(1-3) 8 2/3 6 2 2 2 11 2 3.27 A1 D7
C.Hammond SAVE(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 D8
Totals 9 6 2 2 2 11 2
Walkers (7-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
A.Burnett 7 2/3 3 2 2 1 9 1 2.91 A1 C9
A.Rhodes LOSS(0-1) 0 2/3 0 1 0 1 0 0 3.38 D1 D3
S.Downs 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.80 D4 D4
D.Turnbow 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.57 D5
Totals 9 4 3 2 2 10 1
ATTENDANCE- 38,896 DATE- Saturday, October 28th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:25
LEFT ON BASE- Avengers: 4 Walkers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Avengers: 0 Walkers: 0
ERRORS- B.Crosby
DOUBLES- J.Edmonds(7th)
HOME RUNS- J.Posada(2nd), J.Edmonds(2nd), J.Guillen(1st)
STOLEN BASES- M.Giles(1st)
WALKS- R.Furcal, M.Mora, D.Dejesus, M.Cabrera
STRIKE OUTS- R.Furcal, V.Guerrero, B.Abreu-2, R.Sexson-2, E.Chavez, M.Mora-3,
D.Dejesus, D.Wright-2, D.Lee-2, M.Cabrera-2, J.Edmonds, J.Guillen,
B.Crosby, M.Giles
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