September 24, 2006: "21"

Ryan Zimmerman hit 2 doubles and had 2 RBI as the seemingly unstoppable Fleetwood Walkers defeated the Maine Black Flies by the score of 3 to 1 at John Locke Field. With the win, Fleetwood ends the 2006 BRASSball regular season with a shocking 21-game winning streak.

Fleetwood went ahead for good in the bottom of the 5th inning by scoring one runner. First, Bobby Crosby drew a walk. Luis Matos had a chance to keep things going, but he went down on strikes. Zimmerman then doubled scoring the run. Rookie Derrick Turnbow was perfect in the ninth giving him 27 saves on the season.

Esteban Loaiza (20-5) was the winner allowing 1 run in 6 innings. C.C. Sabathia (11-8) suffered the loss. "I always am most impressed when a pitcher finds a way to win even without his best stuff," Rube Foster said after the game. "Loaiza did not have command of his pitches most of the afternoon, but he proved he really knew how to pitch!"

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BOXSCORE: 2006 Maine Black Flies At 2006 Fleetwood Walkers          9/24/2006
Gm 4: FLE wins its 21st in a row; Loaiza earns 20th win in reg season finale.
 
  Black Flies        AB  R  H RBI AVG     Walkers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Rollins SS        5  0  3  0 .300     R.Zimmerman 3B      4  0  2  2 .491  
  M.Anderson DH       5  0  1  0 .290   A-D.Dejesus PR,LF     0  0  0  0 .271  
  P.Konerko 1B        4  1  2  1 .256     D.Wright DH         4  0  1  0 .298  
  K.Griffey Jr CF     3  0  1  0 .289     D.Lee 1B            3  0  0  0 .298  
  P.Burrell LF        3  0  1  0 .277     M.Cabrera LF,3B     2  1  0  0 .326  
  A.Castillo C        4  0  1  0 .111     J.Edmonds CF        2  0  1  0 .253  
  O.Palmeiro RF       3  0  0  0 .302     M.Giles 2B          4  0  0  0 .274  
  R.Gotay 2B          4  0  0  0 .269     R.Castro C          3  0  0  1 .281  
  A.Gonzalez 3B       3  0  1  0 .231     B.Crosby SS         2  2  1  0 .311  
                                          L.Matos RF          3  0  1  0 .293  
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         Totals      34  1 10  1                 Totals      27  3  6  3
 
A-Pinch Ran For Zimmerman In 7th Inning
 
Black Flies..... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1 10  0
Walkers......... 0 1 0  0 1 0  1 0    -  3  6  0
 
Black Flies (96-51)      IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Sabathia LOSS(10-8)     6 1/3   5   3   3   5   8   0   5.08  A1 D1
M.Rivera                  1 2/3   1   0   0   1   2   0   0.85  D2
Totals                    8       6   3   3   6  10   0
 
Walkers (117-45)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
E.Loaiza WIN(20-5)        6       8   1   1   2   3   1   3.46  A1 C9
A.Rhodes HOLD(18th)       0 2/3   2   0   0   0   0   0   0.21  D1 D3
S.Downs                   0       0   0   0   1   0   0   1.88  D4 D4
K.Escobar HOLD(7th)       0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   2.81  D5 D6
F.Cabrera HOLD(11th)      0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   1.74  D7 D8
D.Turnbow SAVE(27th)      1       0   0   0   0   1   0   2.70  D9
Totals                    9      10   1   1   3   5   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 30,174 DATE- Wednesday, September 24th 2006 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:46
LEFT ON BASE- Black Flies:10  Walkers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Black Flies: 2  Walkers: 2
DOUBLES- R.Zimmerman-2(21st), J.Edmonds(39th)
TRIPLES- B.Crosby(6th)
HOME RUNS- P.Konerko(31st)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Rollins
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Castro
WALKS- K.Griffey Jr, O.Palmeiro, A.Gonzalez, D.Lee, M.Cabrera-2, J.Edmonds-2,
       B.Crosby
HIT BY PITCH- P.Burrell
STRIKE OUTS- J.Rollins, M.Anderson, P.Konerko, P.Burrell, A.Gonzalez,
             D.Wright-2, D.Lee, M.Cabrera-2, M.Giles, R.Castro-2, L.Matos-2
GIDP- K.Griffey Jr, R.Gotay, D.Lee, R.Castro