August 28, 2006: Boxing Up Box City

With 3 wins in 3 days, Fleetwood looked to sweep Box City. The Parcelmen, though, had other ideas and showed their grit throughout the day's game.

Fleetwood dominated early, scoring 5 runs in the first 2 innings. Derrek Lee led the charge, hitting a two-run homer in the 1st inning and a solo blast in Fleetwood's 3-run 2nd inning.

Box City bounced right back in the next two innings. First, Parcelmen designated hitter Jason Giambi blasted a 3-run homer in the 3rd inning. Box City then added two more runs in the 4th inning, and the game was tied 5-5.

The see-saw affair swung back to Fleetwood's side in the 5th and 6th innings. First, David Wright hit a solo home run to reclaim the lead for the Walkers. Fleetwood plated three more runs in the following inning thanks to an RBI single by Marcus Giles and back-to-back bases-loaded walks to Derrek Lee and Miguel Cabrera. Fleetwood now led 9-5.

Again, Box City responded to the challenge. In the top of the 7th, outfielder Jason Bay hit a two-run homer, and drew his team within 2 runs of a tie. It appeared the momentum had swung back to Box City.

In the bottom of the 7th inning, though, Fleetwood once again flexed its muscle. Giles came through again for the Walkers, driving in two runs with a one-out single. Fleetwood now led 11-7.

The Parcelmen still did not give up. An RBI groundout by Reed Johnson and an RBI triple by Maicer Izturis in the 8th inning shrunk Fleetwood's lead to 11-9. Once again, the game was hanging in the balance.

Fleetwood's strong bullpen would not be denied, though. Arthur Rhodes and Fernando Cabrera did the heavy lifting for Fleetwood's bullpen on this day, and the sweep was complete. Final score: Box City 9, Fleetwood 11. The win went to Fleetwood starter David Bush, while the loss went to Box City starter Nate Robertson.

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BOXSCORE: 2006 Box City Parcelmen At 2006 Fleetwood Walkers         8/28/2006
Gm 4: Box City battles 'til the end but Fleetwood completes sweep; Lee stars.
 
  Parcelmen          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Walkers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Johnson LF        4  2  1  1 .271     M.Giles 2B          5  1  2  4 .270  
  M.Izturis 2B        5  1  3  2 .167     D.Wright 3B         3  2  2  1 .291  
  M.Tejada SS         4  0  0  0 .321   B-J.Edmonds CF        0  0  0  0 .264  
  J.Bay CF            3  2  1  2 .283     D.Lee 1B            4  2  2  4 .281  
  J.Giambi DH         5  1  3  3 .278     M.Cabrera LF,3B     3  0  0  1 .328  
  J.Gibbons 1B        5  0  1  0 .276     J.Guillen RF        3  0  1  0 .291  
  M.Ordonez RF        3  2  2  0 .245   A-D.Dejesus CF,LF     2  0  0  0 .273  
  C.Blake 3B          3  1  1  0 .255     R.Castro C          4  1  2  0 .294  
  C.Snyder C          4  0  0  0 .230     J.Closser DH        2  0  0  0 .179  
                                        C-C.Counsell PR,DH    0  1  0  0 .228  
                                          B.Crosby SS         4  3  1  0 .314  
                                          L.Matos CF,RF       4  1  1  1 .288  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  9 12  8                 Totals      34 11 11 11
 
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Guillen In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Wright In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Closser In 7th Inning
 
Parcelmen....... 0 0 3  2 0 0  2 2 0  -  9 12  0
Walkers......... 2 3 0  0 1 3  2 0    - 11 11  1
 
Parcelmen (70-49)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
N.Robertson LOSS(10-8)    5 2/3   9   9   9   3   4   3   4.94  A1 D1
A.Leiter                  1 2/3   2   2   2   8   2   0   6.17  D2 E7
I.Snell                   0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   8.27  E8
Totals                    8      11  11  11  11   7   3
 
Walkers (94-42)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
D.Bush WIN(12-5)          6 1/3   7   6   5   3   5   1   4.18  A1 D2
K.Escobar                 0 1/3   1   1   1   0   1   1   3.53  D3 D4
S.Downs HOLD(18th)        0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   2.10  D5 D6
D.Turnbow                 0 2/3   3   2   2   0   0   0   2.95  D7 E2
A.Rhodes HOLD(13th)       0 1/3   0   0   0   1   1   0   0.28  E3 E4
F.Cabrera SAVE(3rd)       1       0   0   0   0   1   0   0.89  E5
Totals                    9      12   9   8   4   8   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 37,560 DATE- Thursday, August 28th 2006 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 3:11
LEFT ON BASE- Parcelmen: 6  Walkers:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Parcelmen: 1  Walkers: 3
ERRORS- D.Wright
DOUBLES- R.Johnson(8th), C.Blake(25th)
TRIPLES- M.Izturis(1st), B.Crosby(4th), L.Matos(2nd)
HOME RUNS- J.Bay(27th), J.Giambi(22nd), D.Wright(28th), D.Lee-2(36th)
STOLEN BASES- M.Izturis(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- M.Izturis
WALKS- J.Bay-2, M.Ordonez, C.Blake, D.Wright, J.Edmonds, D.Lee, M.Cabrera-2,
       R.Castro, J.Closser-2, C.Counsell, B.Crosby, L.Matos
HIT BY PITCH- R.Johnson, M.Tejada
STRIKE OUTS- R.Johnson, M.Tejada-2, J.Bay, J.Giambi, J.Gibbons, C.Blake,
             C.Snyder, J.Guillen, D.Dejesus-2, R.Castro, B.Crosby, L.Matos-2
GIDP- J.Giambi, J.Gibbons, C.Snyder, J.Closser
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Maicer Izturis robbed Marcus Giles of a base hit.