Tuesday, October 02, 2007

September 28, 2007: NL Wild Card Game 2

NL Wild Card Game 2 – Springfield at Fleetwood
Clay Hensley (12-8, 4.51 ERA) vs. Dave Bush (14-12, 3.28 ERA)

Fresh off a win in Game 1, Fleetwood came out shooting in Game 2. Following a Barry Bonds single, Miguel Cabrera hit his second home run of the series and gave the Walkers an early 2-0 lead.

Mike Cameron and Josh Willingham respond quickly for Springfield though. Willingham's sacrifice fly followed a one-out triple by Cameron, and the Walkers' lead was cut to 2-1.

Fleetwood's Javier Valentin again made it a 2-run game with a solo home run to lead off the 3rd inning. Meanwhile, Dave Bush cruised through the sixth inning without giving up another run.

In the bottom of the 6th inning, Jason Bartlett and David Wright led off with a single and a walk. Barry Bonds was next, and hit a groundball to second. However, not only did Ray Durham not convert the ball into a double-play, he also failed to get even one out. The error loaded the bases, and Fleetwood capitalized in a big way. The Walkers hit 5 singles before Springfield could finally end the inning. In the process, Fleetwood had scored 7 runs.

When the Walkers added another run in the 7th on a Carlos Beltran home run, the game appeared to be a laugher.

However, the Isotopes bats always keep them in the game. In the top of the 9th, Springfield followed a lead-off HBP with a single, a strikeout, another single, a double, one more single, and then back-to-back home runs by Ray Durham and Orlando Cabrera. In toal, the Isotopes scored 6 runs before Scott Downs finally retired pinch-hitter Ben Johnson to end the game. The Isotopes had fallen, but not without a fight. And now they were headed home to Duff Stadium.

Final score: Fleetwood 11, Springfield 7.
W: Bush (1-0). L: Hensley (0-1). SV: None.
HR: Durham (1), O. Cabrera (1), Mig. Cabrera (2), Beltran (1), Valentin (1).


BOXSCORE: 2007 Springfield Isotopes At 2007 Fleetwood Walkers       9/28/2007

Isotopes AB R H RBI AVG Walkers AB R H RBI AVG
R.Durham 2B 4 1 1 2 .250 J.Bartlett SS 4 1 2 1 .429
O.Cabrera SS 4 1 2 1 .333 C-M.Redmond C 0 0 0 0 .333
R.Ibanez LF 4 0 0 0 .000 D.Wright 3B 3 1 0 0 .250
G-D.Ross PH 1 0 0 0 .000 B.Bonds LF 3 1 1 0 .286
M.Alou RF 3 0 0 0 .143 A-B.Crosby PR,SS 1 1 0 0 .000
F-S.Choo PR 0 1 0 0 ---- M.Cabrera DH 4 2 2 3 .714
H-B.Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 .000 C.Beltran CF 4 2 2 3 .250
J.Morneau 1B 4 1 2 0 .250 C.Jackson 1B 3 1 1 1 .167
M.Cameron CF 4 1 1 0 .250 D-M.Cabrera LF 1 0 0 0 .400
J.Willingham DH 3 1 1 2 .286 N.Markakis RF 4 1 1 1 .250
H.Blalock 3B 2 0 0 0 .000 M.Giles 2B 3 0 0 0 .000
E-T.Graffanino PH,3B 2 0 1 2 .500 J.Valentin C 2 1 1 1 .500
M.Lieberthal C 4 1 2 0 .500 B-D.Lee PH,1B 2 0 0 1 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 7 10 7 Totals 34 11 10 11

A-Pinch Ran For Bonds In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Valentin In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Bartlett In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Jackson In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Blalock In 7th Inning
F-Pinch Ran For Alou In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Ibanez In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Choo In 9th Inning

Isotopes........ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 - 7 10 1
Walkers......... 2 0 1 0 0 7 1 0 - 11 10 1

Isotopes (0-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
C.Hensley LOSS(0-1) 5 4 5 5 1 3 2 9.00 A1 C2
J.Walker 0 3 4 2 0 0 0 ---- C3 C6
B.Bray 2 3 2 2 0 1 1 9.00 C7 D6
P.Neshek 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 D7
Totals 8 10 11 8 1 6 3

Walkers (2-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
D.Bush WIN(1-0) 7 3 1 1 1 7 0 1.29 A1 C8
J.Duchschere 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 C9 D2
J.Rincon 0 1/3 1 2 2 0 0 0 54.00 D3 D5
K.Foulke 0 2/3 5 4 4 0 1 2 54.00 D6 E2
S.Downs 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 E3
Totals 9 10 7 7 1 8 2

ATTENDANCE- 40,603 DATE- Friday, September 28th 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:55
LEFT ON BASE- Isotopes: 6 Walkers: 1
DOUBLE PLAYS- Isotopes: 0 Walkers: 0
ERRORS- R.Durham, D.Wright
DOUBLES- T.Graffanino(1st)
TRIPLES- M.Cameron(1st)
HOME RUNS- R.Durham(1st), O.Cabrera(1st), M.Cabrera(2nd), C.Beltran(1st),
J.Valentin(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Giles
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Willingham
WALKS- O.Cabrera, D.Wright
HIT BY PITCH- R.Durham, M.Alou
STRIKE OUTS- R.Durham-2, O.Cabrera, J.Morneau-2, M.Cameron, J.Willingham,
H.Blalock, D.Wright, B.Crosby, N.Markakis, M.Giles-2, D.Lee
WILD PITCHES- S.Downs

1 comment:

Jonk said...

One double by Tony Graffanino! Nice! Hope he keeps that up.