Thursday, May 14, 2009

May 21, 2009: Fleetwood at Brooklyn

Fleetwood had won the first 4 games of the year against Brooklyn, but this day would belong to the Bulldogs. Ryan Church led the charge against Fleetwood's Zack Greinke, hitting a 2-run homer early and adding a 2-run single a few innings later.

More interestingly, Brooklyn starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano pitched 7 no-hit innings before exiting the game. Jon Rauch and Mariano Rivera then combined to throw a no-hit 8th inning, putting the Bulldogs just 3 outs away from a no-hitter.

Rivera came back out for the 9th inning, and the crowd was on its feet. Pinch-hitter Rafael Furcal dampened the mood, however, with a double to lead off the inning. The Walkers would pick up two more hits and a walk in the inning, scoring 2 runs against Rivera before Carlos Beltran hit into a double play to end the game.

Nevertheless, it was a most impressive pitching performance for Brooklyn in front of their hometown fans.



BOXSCORE: 2009 Fleetwood Walkers At 2009 Brooklyn Bulldogs 5/21/2009

Walkers AB R H RBI AVG Bulldogs AB R H RBI AVG
N.Markakis RF 3 0 0 0 .315 E.Burriss SS 4 2 2 0 .380
D.Wright 3B 4 1 1 1 .350 J.Uribe 2B 3 1 1 0 .194
C.Pena 1B 3 0 0 0 .365 A-V.Martinez PH 1 0 1 0 .205
M.Cabrera DH 4 0 1 1 .261 B-A.Miles 2B 0 0 0 0 .261
C.Beltran CF 4 0 0 0 .316 G.Atkins 3B 4 1 1 1 .203
C.Iannetta C 2 0 0 0 .269 A.Huff 1B 4 0 1 0 .226
J.Edmonds LF 2 0 0 0 .271 R.Church RF 4 1 2 4 .228
H.Kendrick 2B 3 0 0 0 .281 J.Kent DH 3 0 0 0 .279
J.Bartlett SS 2 0 0 0 .323 M.Kotsay CF 2 0 0 0 .250
C-R.Furcal PH 1 1 1 0 .273 Y.Molina C 3 0 0 0 .394
D.Erstad LF 3 0 0 0 .211
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 28 2 3 2 Totals 31 5 8 5

A-Pinch Hit For Uribe In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Martinez In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Bartlett In 9th Inning

Walkers......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 3 0
Bulldogs........ 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 0

Walkers (22-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
Z.Greinke LOSS(4-1) 7 7 5 5 1 3 1 3.79 A1 D1
J.Veras 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.69 D2
Totals 8 8 5 5 1 4 1

Bulldogs (19-29) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
C.Zambrano WIN(8-2) 7 0 0 0 2 4 0 3.11 A1 C4
J.Rauch 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.22 C5 C7
M.Rivera 1 1/3 3 2 2 1 2 0 1.32 C8
Totals 9 3 2 2 4 7 0

ATTENDANCE- 29,958 DATE- Thursday, May 21st 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Sam Holbrook, Gerry Davis, Brian Gorman, Bruce Dreckman
T- 2:53
LEFT ON BASE- Walkers: 3 Bulldogs: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Walkers: 0 Bulldogs: 2
DOUBLES- R.Furcal(2nd), J.Uribe(5th)
TRIPLES- E.Burriss(1st)
HOME RUNS- R.Church(4th)
WALKS- N.Markakis, C.Pena, C.Iannetta, J.Edmonds, M.Kotsay
STRIKE OUTS- N.Markakis, D.Wright, C.Pena, C.Beltran, J.Edmonds, H.Kendrick-2,
J.Uribe, A.Huff-2, R.Church
GIDP- D.Wright, C.Beltran

Carlos Zambrano went 7 strong innings as the Brooklyn Bulldogs beat the
Fleetwood Walkers by a score of 5 to 2.

Brooklyn promptly took the lead in their half of the first with 3 runs on 3
hits. Emmanuel Burriss led off the inning for Brooklyn when he tripled.
Juan Uribe got his chance to keep things going, but he went down on strikes.
Garrett Atkins then banged out a single. After another out, Ryan Church
stepped in and he popped a two-run clout over the fence (his 4th of the
season). That scoring would be all that was needed. Fleetwood made it
exciting in the 9th, but they were unable to push the needed runs across.

The victory was credited to Zambrano(8-2) who went 7 innings, allowing no
runs. Zack Greinke(4-1) was the loser. He surrendered 5 runs in 7 innings
and saw his ERA increase from 3.24 to 3.79.

Despite losing Rube Foster was optimistic after the game. 'We'll get over
this one. Sometimes the breaks fall your way, sometimes they don't. Any one
of a dozen little things go different, and we come out on top.'


*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0 N.Markakis 3- 5 0 Walk b-1
0 1 D.Wright 5- 6 0 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
2 C.Pena 4- 8 13 0 Line Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0 E.Burriss 4- 8 1 0 Triple b-3
0 3 J.Uribe 6- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
1 3 G.Atkins 1- 6 0 Single 3-H b-1
1 1 A.Huff 1-10 0 Ground Out 1-2 b-0
2 2 R.Church 3- 8 1 0 Home Run 2-H b-H
2 J.Kent 5- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0 M.Cabrera 5- 6 0 Ground Out b-0
1 C.Beltran 6- 6 0 Pop Out b-0
2 C.Iannetta 1- 7 12 0 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0 M.Kotsay 2- 3 0 Fly Out b-0
1 Y.Molina 5- 3 0 Fly Out b-0
2 D.Erstad 5- 8 0 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0 J.Edmonds 3- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
1 H.Kendrick 5- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
2 J.Bartlett 3- 2 0 Line Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0 E.Burriss 3- 6 0 Single b-1
0 1 J.Uribe 1-10 3 0 Double 1-3 b-2
0 23 G.Atkins 2- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
1 23 A.Huff 4- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
2 23 R.Church 3- 9 7 0 Single 3-H 2-H b-1
2 1 J.Kent 4-11 18 0 Line Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0 N.Markakis 6- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
1 D.Wright 4- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
2 C.Pena 5- 8 0 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0 M.Kotsay 2-11 20 0 Line Out b-0
1 Y.Molina 6-11 0 Ground Out b-0
2 D.Erstad 6-10 18 0 Line Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0 M.Cabrera 6- 6 0 Pop Out b-0
1 C.Beltran 1- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
2 C.Iannetta 6- 6 0 Pop Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0 E.Burriss 1- 4 0 Fly Out b-0
1 J.Uribe 6- 4 0 Ground Out b-0
2 G.Atkins 3- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
0 J.Edmonds 4- 6 0 Walk b-1
0 1 H.Kendrick 6-10 0 Fly Out b-0
1 1 J.Bartlett 2- 9 0 Ground Out 1-2 b-0
2 2 N.Markakis 2- 8 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
0 A.Huff 5- 7 0 Single b-1
0 1 Pickoff 1-o
1 R.Church 6- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
2 J.Kent 5- 2 8 0 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0 D.Wright 3- 4 0 Fly Out b-0
1 C.Pena 3-12 0 Line Out b-0
2 M.Cabrera 2- 5 7 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
0 M.Kotsay 4- 6 0 Walk b-1
0 1 Y.Molina 4- 9 8 0 Fly Out b-0
1 1 D.Erstad 2- 8 0 Fly Out b-0
2 1 E.Burriss 5-11 0 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Jon Rauch
0 C.Beltran 2- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
1 C.Iannetta 3- 6 0 Walk b-1
1 1 J.Edmonds 4- 2 13 0 Fly Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE P - Mariano Rivera
2 1 H.Kendrick 5- 5 0 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Jose Veras
SUBSTITUTE PH- Victor Martinez
0 V.Martinez 6-11 2 0 Single b-1
0 1 G.Atkins 5- 3 0 Ground Out 1-2 b-0
1 2 A.Huff 5- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
2 2 R.Church 2-10 0 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
SUBSTITUTE 2B- Aaron Miles
SUBSTITUTE PH- Rafael Furcal
0 R.Furcal 2- 5 15 0 Double b-2
0 2 N.Markakis 4- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
1 2 D.Wright 2- 7 0 Single 2-H b-1
1 1 C.Pena 3- 7 0 Walk 1-2 b-1
1 12 M.Cabrera 5- 8 0 Single 2-H 1-3 b-1
1 1 3 C.Beltran 1- 2 0 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0

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