With 2 outs in the bottom of the 3rd inning, and with Chris Iannetta at first base, Ronny Cedeno delivered a double for the Walkers. The cement-footed Iannetta had a 1-9 (45%) safe chance at home, and I had a decision to make. Given that Jason Bartlett was up next -- a hitter who struggles against right-handed pitching -- I decided to test my luck. It did not work out, though, as Iannetta missed the roll badly. By my count, it's the third time he's been thrown out at home for me through 17 home games thus far. (Perhaps I should stop trying now.)
Feeding off the big play, the Tigers scored two runs the very next inning. David Wright got one run back with a solo homer in the bottom of the frame. When Miguel Cabrera delivered a solo shot of his own in the 6th inning, the game was tied 2-2.
In the 7th, Los Angeles picked up back-to-back singles to start the inning. With runners on 1st and 3rd and nobody out, my team turned to strikeout artist Hong-Chih Kuo. Jamey Carroll was up, and the corners were in looking for a play at the plate. Carroll surprised everyone, though, with a perfectly executed squeeze play. Kuo retired the next two batters, but the Tigers had grabbed a 3-2 lead.Fleetwood went down in order in the bottom of the 7th, and Los Angeles did the same in the top of the 8th. In the bottom of the inning, though, the Walkers attempted to mount a two-out rally.
First, Miguel Cabrera (1-10 runner) collected a single and was removed for pinch-runner Asdrubal Cabrera (1-14 runner). Los Angeles brought in Geoff Geary to face Carlos Beltran, and I hoped for an RBI double. While that didn't happen, I was happy to settle for an inning-extending single instead.
With Cody Ross up next, the matchup was not good for me. I decided to pinch hit with a lefty, and chose Rafael Furcal over Ryan Doumit. Furcal did not come through, though, hitting a groundout to end the threat.
I left Kuo in for a 3rd inning of work in the 9th, and he again retired the Tigers in order. I hoped for a single run in the 9th inning, but the Walkers also were retired in order. The game was over, and Los Angeles had earned a series win with a 3-2 victory. It was the first series loss for Fleetwood at home this season.
BOXSCORE: 2009 Los Angeles Tigers At 2009 Fleetwood Walkers 5/3/2009
Gm 3: Jamey Carroll executes a perfect squeeze play in 7th; TIG wins series.
Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Walkers AB R H RBI AVG
K.Fukudome RF 3 0 0 1 .171 N.Markakis RF 4 0 1 0 .359
O.Vizquel SS 3 0 1 1 .239 D.Wright 3B 4 1 1 1 .341
J.Hamilton CF 4 0 0 0 .310 C.Pena 1B 4 0 2 0 .299
M.Ramirez LF 3 0 0 0 .333 M.Cabrera DH 4 1 2 1 .293
A-W.Taveras LF 0 0 0 0 .400 B-A.Cabrera PR,DH 0 0 0 0 .203
A.Ramirez 3B 3 0 0 0 .264 C.Beltran CF 3 0 1 0 .289
K.Millar 1B 4 0 0 0 .190 C.Iannetta C 3 0 1 0 .243
M.Jacobs DH 4 1 1 0 .205 C-R.Furcal PH,SS 1 0 0 0 .350
I.Rodriguez C 3 1 1 0 .266 C.Ross LF 3 0 0 0 .254
J.Carroll 2B 2 1 1 1 .277 E-J.Edmonds PH 1 0 0 0 .241
R.Cedeno 2B 4 0 1 0 .182
J.Bartlett SS 3 0 1 0 .264
D-R.Doumit C 1 0 0 0 .284
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 29 3 4 3 Totals 35 2 10 2
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Ramirez In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Cabrera In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Iannetta In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Bartlett In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Ross In 9th Inning
Tigers.......... 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 4 0
Walkers......... 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 10 1
Tigers (14-21) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
M.Mussina WIN(3-3) 7 2/3 9 2 2 1 5 2 6.43 A1 D4
G.Geary SAVE(8th) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 7.20 D5
Totals 9 10 2 2 1 6 2
Walkers (32-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
D.Matsuzaka LOSS(7-3) 6 4 3 3 4 5 0 3.10 A1 C8
H.Kuo 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.60 C9
Totals 9 4 3 3 4 7 0
ATTENDANCE- 48,581 DATE- Sunday, May 3rd 2009 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Jerry Crawford, Tom Hallion, Brian O'Nora, Paul Naubert
T- 2:29
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 5 Walkers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1 Walkers: 0
ERRORS- R.Cedeno
DOUBLES- C.Pena(10th), R.Cedeno(2nd)
HOME RUNS- D.Wright(11th), M.Cabrera(10th)
STOLEN BASES- O.Vizquel(6th), M.Jacobs(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- O.Vizquel, J.Carroll
WALKS- K.Fukudome, M.Ramirez, A.Ramirez, I.Rodriguez, C.Beltran
STRIKE OUTS- K.Fukudome, J.Hamilton, M.Ramirez, A.Ramirez, K.Millar, M.Jacobs,
I.Rodriguez, M.Cabrera, C.Ross-2, J.Edmonds, J.Bartlett-2
GIDP- D.Wright
The Los Angeles Tigers nipped the Fleetwood Walkers 3 to 2 at John Locke Field
in a hard fought contest.
Mike Mussina(3-3) earned his pay with a solid performance for Los Angeles. He
went 7 and 2/3 innings surrendering 9 hits and 1 walk and gave up 2 homeruns.
Despite losing, Fleetwood out-hit Los Angeles 10 to 4.
Mussina was helped out by Geoff Geary who recorded his 8th save. Daisuke
Matsuzaka(7-3) was the losing pitcher. He surrendered 3 runs and 4 hits in 6
innings.
*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0 K.Fukudome 6- 7 0 Walk b-1
0 1 O.Vizquel 0 Sac Bunt 1-2 b-0
1 2 J.Hamilton 2- 3 17 0 Line Out b-0
2 2 M.Ramirez 4-10 0 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0 N.Markakis 4- 3 0 Fly Out b-0
1 D.Wright 4-10 0 Ground Out b-0
2 C.Pena 4- 9 18 0 Single b-1
2 1 M.Cabrera 1- 5 0 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0 A.Ramirez 4- 8 19 0 Fly Out b-0
1 K.Millar 1- 3 0 Ground Out b-0
2 M.Jacobs 3-11 0 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0 C.Beltran 3-10 10 0 Line Out b-0
1 C.Iannetta 4- 6 0 Single b-1
1 1 C.Ross 4- 2 0 Strike Out b-0
2 1 R.Cedeno 6- 9 0 Double 1-o b-3
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0 I.Rodriguez 3- 3 0 Walk b-1
0 1 J.Carroll 5- 7 0 Single & Error - 2B 1-3 b-2
0 23 K.Fukudome 5- 7 0 Ground Out 3-H 2-3 b-0
1 3 O.Vizquel 3- 7 9 0 Single 3-H b-1
1 1 0 Stolen Base 1-2
1 2 J.Hamilton 3- 9 0 Ground Out 2-3 b-0
2 3 M.Ramirez 1- 3 13 0 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0 J.Bartlett 6- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
1 N.Markakis 2- 7 0 Fly Out b-0
2 D.Wright 4-11 4 0 Home Run b-H
2 C.Pena 2- 5 12 0 Double b-2
2 2 M.Cabrera 1- 3 10 0 Line Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0 A.Ramirez 3- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
1 K.Millar 1- 6 0 Ground Out b-0
2 M.Jacobs 5-11 0 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0 C.Beltran 2- 3 16 0 Line Out b-0
1 C.Iannetta 4- 5 0 Fly Out b-0
2 C.Ross 3- 9 0 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0 I.Rodriguez 5- 5 0 Strike Out b-0
1 J.Carroll 5- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
2 K.Fukudome 6-10 0 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0 R.Cedeno 3- 9 0 Fly Out b-0
1 J.Bartlett 6- 2 5 0 Single b-1
1 1 N.Markakis 1- 7 0 Single 1-2 b-1
1 12 D.Wright 6- 5 0 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
0 O.Vizquel 3- 5 0 Ground Out b-0
1 J.Hamilton 5- 5 0 Strike Out b-0
2 M.Ramirez 6- 8 0 Walk b-1
2 1 A.Ramirez 6- 8 0 Walk 1-2 b-1
2 12 K.Millar 1- 8 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
0 C.Pena 5- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
1 M.Cabrera 3- 4 0 Home Run b-H
1 C.Beltran 2- 5 0 Walk b-1
1 1 C.Iannetta 4- 7 12 0 Line Out b-0
2 1 C.Ross 4- 3 0 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0 M.Jacobs 2- 4 2 0 Single b-1
0 1 0 Stolen Base 1-2
0 2 I.Rodriguez 6-10 1 0 Single 2-3 b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - Hong-Chih Kuo
0 1 3 J.Carroll 0 Sac Bunt 3-H 1-2 b-0
1 2 K.Fukudome 5- 8 0 Ground Out 2-3 b-0
2 3 O.Vizquel 3- 8 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
0 R.Cedeno 6- 3 0 Ground Out b-0
1 J.Bartlett 5- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
2 N.Markakis 4-10 0 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
0 J.Hamilton 3- 4 15 0 Line Out b-0
1 M.Ramirez 3- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
2 A.Ramirez 3- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
SUBSTITUTE LF- Willy Taveras
0 D.Wright 6- 4 0 Ground Out b-0
1 C.Pena 5- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
2 M.Cabrera 3- 6 20 0 Single b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - Geoff Geary
SUBSTITUTE PR- Asdrubal Cabrera
2 1 C.Beltran 4-12 0 Single 1-2 b-1
SUBSTITUTE PH- Rafael Furcal
2 12 R.Furcal 3- 6 0 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
SUBSTITUTE DH- Asdrubal Cabrera
SUBSTITUTE SS- Rafael Furcal
SUBSTITUTE C - Ryan Doumit
0 K.Millar 5- 5 0 Strike Out b-0
1 M.Jacobs 1- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
2 I.Rodriguez 6-10 0 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 ***
SUBSTITUTE PH- Jim Edmonds
0 J.Edmonds 2- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
1 R.Cedeno 3- 7 4 0 Line Out b-0
2 R.Doumit 2- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
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