Saturday, October 03, 2009

NLDS Game Summaries: Glen Allen vs. Fleetwood

Game 1 - Glen Allen at Fleetwood
Hiroki Kuroda (16-7, 3.15 ERA) vs. Justin Duchscherer (13-3, 3.16 ERA)

This series between the N.L. East Champion Glen Allen Mets (95-67) and the N.L. Central Champion Fleetwood Walkers (122-40) began with an excellent pitching match-up. Hiroki Kuroda took the hill for the Mets, while Justin Duchscherer did the same for the Walkers.

Fleetwood drew first blood with a run in the 1st inning, but Glen Allen responded immediately with 3 runs in the 2nd, highlighted by a solo home run from Rick Ankiel.

The Walkers tightened the score to 3-2 in the 5th inning when Nick Markakis plated Howie Kendrick with an RBI single.

In the 7th, Fleetwood tied the game 3-3 on a run-scoring Hiroki Kuroda wild pitch and then grabbed a 4-3 lead on a two-out single by Carlos Pena.

Hong-Chih Kuo relieved Justin Duchscherer (7 IP, 3 R) to begin the 8th, and pitched two scoreless innings for the save. Kendrick finished the game 3 for 3 with a double and two runs scored.

Final score: Fleetwood 4, Glen Allen 3.
W: Duchscherer (1-0). L: Kuroda (0-1). SV: Kuo (1).
HR: Ankiel (1).
Fleetwood leads series 1-0.


Game 2 - Glen Allen at Fleetwood
Jamie Moyer (11-11, 5.44 ERA) vs. Zack Greinke (24-2, 2.42 ERA)

On paper, this pitching match-up between veteran Jamie Moyer and youngster Zack Greinke appeared to be a mismatch. After all, Greinke had enjoyed a phenomenal breakout season in 2009, leading the National League in wins (24) and finishing second to Ionia's Ryan Dempster in ERA (2.42).

True to form, Fleetwood jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in the 2nd inning. An RBI double by Asdrubal Cabrera and a two-run single by Nick Markakis highlighted the inning's scoring.

Meanwhile, on the mound, Greinke's magical season continued. He pitched 6 shutout innings before giving way to Fleetwood's bullpen. A 3-run homer by David Wright in the 7th inning put the game further out of Glen Allen's reach.

Final score: Fleetwood 7, Glen Allen 0.
W: Greinke (1-0). L: Moyer (0-1).
HR: Wright (1).
Fleetwood leads series 2-0.


Game 3 - Fleetwood at Glen Allen
Ervin Santana (18-9, 3.43 ERA) vs. Johnny Cueto (17-7, 4.34 ERA)

Back at home for Game 3, Glen Allen's offense fed off the crowd for four consecutive hits to lead off the game. This led to two quick runs, although Fleetwood prevented a third when left fielder Cody Ross threw out Ian Kinsler at home plate following an Andre Ethier RBI double.

Ross silenced the hometown crowd again in the 2nd inning, this time with a game-tying two-run single. A solo home run by Nick Markakis in the 3rd inning gave Fleetwood its first lead of the game at 3-2.

Both starting pitchers, Ervin Santana for Fleetwood and Johnny Cueto for Glen Allen, threw scoreless frames in the 4th and 5th innings. In the 6th, Glen Allen's David Murphy hit a one-out double and was later driven in by a Rick Ankiel single. The game was now tied 3-3.

Through seven innings, Cueto had struck out 11 batters and walked none. In the 8th, though, he hung a breaking ball to Fleetwood first baseman Carlos Pena. Pena crushed the pitch for a solo home run, putting Fleetwood ahead 4-3 with just 6 outs remaining.

Santana pitched a scoreless 8th, but Fleetwood brought in lefty Hong-Chih Kuo to pitch the 9th. With one out, Chris Snyder came to the plate. Snyder owned left-handed pitching during the regular season, hitting 18 home runs in only 144 at-bats versus southpaws (good for a .785 slugging percentage). Kuo, though, held right-handed hitters to just a .193 average and 2 home runs in 166 at-bats. Something had to give.

This time, it was Kuo who wavered. Snyder crushed a Kuo fastball deep into the left field seats, tying the game and sending the hometown crowd into a frenzy. Kuo shook off the blown save and retired the next two batters. That said, the game was now headed to extra innings.

Neither team scored in the 10th inning. In the 11th, Fleetwood's Miguel Cabrera took Glen Allen's Justin Hampson deep for a solo home run. Carlos Beltran followed with a walk and a stolen base, and scored two outs later on an Asdrubal Cabrera double. Fleetwood now led 6-4.

Down to its last 3 outs, Glen Allen's David Murphy kept hope alive with a solo home run off Fleetwood's Chad Billingsley. Billingsley retired the next two batters, which brought 9th-inning hero Chris Snyder back to the plate in another crucial spot. Snyder drew a walk this time, keeping Glen Allen's hope alive.

Alas, with the tying run on 1st base, Alexi Ramirez grounded out to Billingsley to end the game. Despite blowing a 9th inning lead, the Walkers had successfully hung on in the 11th.

Final score: Fleetwood 6, Glen Allen 5 (11 innings).
W: Billingsley (1-0). L: Hampson (0-1).
HR: Markakis (1), Pena (1), Miguel Cabrera (1), Murphy (1), Snyder (1).
Fleetwood leads series 3-0.


Game 4 - Fleetwood at Glen Allen
Daisuke Matsuzaka (16-6, 4.32 ERA) vs. Randy Wolf (13-9, 4.84 ERA)

On the verge of elimination, Glen Allen turned the ball over to veteran lefty Randy Wolf. Fleetwood did not greet Wolf kindly, though, scoring 2 runs in the first on a two-run triple by Miguel Cabrera. The Walkers scored 4 more in the 3rd inning, highlighted by an RBI double from Carlos Beltran and a two-run double by Jason Bartlett.

Glen Allen was down by six, but did not give up. In the bottom of the 3rd, the Mets scored two runs on a Yunieski Betancourt home run. Fleetwood's lead was now 6-2.

Fleetwood extended their lead back to 6 runs on a 5th inning RBI single by Nick Markakis and a 6th inning sacrifice fly by Chris Iannetta.

Glen Allen once again retaliated, scoring one run in the 6th on a Rick Ankiel single and mounting another rally in the 8th. Andre Either and Albert Pujols began the 8th inning with a single and a walk respectively, driving Fleetwood reliever Chad Billingsley from the game in favor of lefty J.P. Howell.

Howell retired pinch hitter Carlos Gomez on a failed-bunt popout to first, but then surrendered a pinch-hit single to Chris Coste. The single scored Either, and put runners on 1st and 3rd with only one out. Unfortunately for the Mets, Howell coaxed Ty Wiggington into a double-play groundout to end the threat.

With the wind seemingly out of its sails, the Mets surrendered a two-out, two-run double to Fleetwood's Nick Markakis in the 9th. This hit gave the Walkers a 10-4 lead, which is how the game -- and series -- would end.

Congratulations to Jim Clark on a great season.

Final score: Fleetwood 10, Glen Allen 4.
W: Matsuzaka (1-0). L: Wolf (0-1).
HR: Betancourt (1).
Fleetwood wins series 4 games to 0.

Series MVP: Fleetwood right fielder Nick Markakis, who went 9 for 17 (.529) with two doubles, one home run, and 7 runs batted in.



BOXSCORE: 2009 Glen Allen Mets At 2009 Fleetwood Walkers            10/8/2009

Mets AB R H RBI AVG Walkers AB R H RBI AVG
I.Kinsler 2B 4 0 0 1 .000 N.Markakis RF 4 2 2 1 .500
A.Cora SS 4 0 0 0 .000 D.Wright 3B 3 0 1 0 .333
F-C.Coste PH 1 0 0 0 .000 C.Pena 1B 4 0 1 1 .250
A.Ethier LF 4 0 1 0 .250 M.Cabrera DH 4 0 1 0 .250
A.Pujols 1B 3 0 2 0 .667 C.Beltran CF 4 0 1 0 .250
P.Sandoval 3B 3 0 1 0 .333 C.Iannetta C 4 0 0 0 .000
B-T.Wigginton PH,3B 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Edmonds LF 4 0 0 0 .000
R.Ankiel RF 4 1 1 1 .250 D-A.Cabrera 2B 0 0 0 0 ----
M.Montero C 2 1 0 0 .000 H.Kendrick 2B 3 2 3 01.000
C-C.Snyder PH,C 1 0 1 01.000 E-M.Cabrera LF 0 0 0 0 ----
D.Murphy DH 4 1 2 0 .500 J.Bartlett SS 2 0 1 0 .500
C.Gomez CF 4 0 1 1 .250 A-R.Furcal PH,SS 1 0 1 11.000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 3 9 3 Totals 33 4 11 3

A-Pinch Hit For Bartlett In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Sandoval In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Montero In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Edmonds In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Kendrick In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Cora In 9th Inning

Mets............ 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 0
Walkers......... 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 4 11 0

Mets (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
H.Kuroda LOSS(0-1) 6 2/3 9 4 4 1 3 0 5.40 A1 D2
J.Hampson 0 1/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 D3 D5
J.Nelson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 D6
Totals 8 11 4 4 1 3 0

Walkers (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
J.Duchschere WIN(1-0) 7 8 3 3 2 6 1 3.86 A1 D4
H.Kuo SAVE(1st) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 D5
Totals 9 9 3 3 2 7 1

ATTENDANCE- 48,646 DATE- Thursday, October 8th 2009 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Mike Reilly, Bob Davidson, Alfonso Marquez, Andy Fletcher
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 8 Walkers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 2 Walkers: 1
DOUBLES- A.Ethier(1st), P.Sandoval(1st), C.Snyder(1st), D.Murphy-2(2nd),
H.Kendrick(1st)
HOME RUNS- R.Ankiel(1st)
STOLEN BASES- C.Gomez(1st), N.Markakis(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- I.Kinsler
WALKS- A.Pujols, M.Montero, D.Wright
HIT BY PITCH- T.Wigginton
STRIKE OUTS- I.Kinsler, A.Cora, A.Ethier, P.Sandoval, R.Ankiel, D.Murphy,
C.Gomez, D.Wright, C.Beltran, C.Iannetta
GIDP- R.Ankiel, C.Pena, C.Iannetta
WILD PITCHES- H.Kuroda




BOXSCORE: 2009 Glen Allen Mets At 2009 Fleetwood Walkers            10/9/2009

Mets AB R H RBI AVG Walkers AB R H RBI AVG
I.Kinsler 2B 4 0 2 0 .250 A.Cabrera 2B 3 2 2 1 .667
A.Ethier RF 3 0 1 0 .286 N.Markakis RF 3 1 2 2 .571
A.Pujols 1B 4 0 0 0 .286 D.Wright 3B 4 1 2 3 .429
R.Ankiel CF 2 0 0 0 .167 M.Cabrera DH 4 0 0 0 .125
T.Wigginton 3B 4 0 0 0 .000 C.Beltran CF 4 0 1 0 .250
D.Murphy LF 4 0 1 0 .375 C.Iannetta C 3 1 0 0 .000
M.Montero C 3 0 0 0 .000 C.Ross LF 2 1 1 0 .500
A.Ramirez SS 3 0 0 0 .000 A-C.Pena PH,1B 2 0 0 0 .167
J.Pierre DH 3 0 1 0 .333 R.Doumit 1B 3 0 0 0 .000
B-M.Cabrera LF 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Bartlett SS 2 1 1 1 .500
C-R.Furcal PH,SS 1 0 0 0 .500
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 30 0 5 0 Totals 32 7 9 7

A-Pinch Hit For Ross In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Doumit In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Bartlett In 7th Inning

Mets............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1
Walkers......... 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 7 9 0

Mets (0-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
J.Moyer LOSS(0-1) 5 7 4 4 1 3 0 7.20 A1 C5
T.Yates 1 1/3 2 3 3 1 0 1 20.25 C6 D3
L.Hawkins 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 D4
Totals 8 9 7 7 2 4 1

Walkers (2-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
Z.Greinke WIN(1-0) 6 5 0 0 2 7 0 0.00 A1 C6
J.Howell 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 C7 D2
C.Billingsle 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 D3
Totals 9 5 0 0 3 10 0

ATTENDANCE- 47,215 DATE- Friday, October 9th 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Ed Rapuano, Cb Bucknor, Ed Hickox, Joe West
T- 2:57
LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 6 Walkers: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 2 Walkers: 2
ERRORS- J.Moyer
DOUBLES- I.Kinsler(1st), A.Cabrera(1st), D.Wright(1st), C.Ross(1st)
HOME RUNS- D.Wright(1st)
WALKS- A.Ethier, R.Ankiel-2, A.Cabrera, C.Iannetta
HIT BY PITCH- N.Markakis
STRIKE OUTS- I.Kinsler, A.Ethier, A.Pujols, R.Ankiel, T.Wigginton-3, D.Murphy,
M.Montero-2, M.Cabrera-2, C.Iannetta, C.Pena
GIDP- A.Pujols, M.Montero, M.Cabrera, R.Doumit
WILD PITCHES- Z.Greinke


BOXSCORE: 2009 Fleetwood Walkers At 2009 Glen Allen Mets           10/11/2009

Walkers AB R H RBI AVG Mets AB R H RBI AVG
N.Markakis RF 5 1 2 1 .500 J.Pierre DH 5 1 1 0 .250
D.Wright 3B 5 0 1 0 .333 I.Kinsler 2B 5 0 1 0 .231
C.Pena 1B 5 1 1 1 .182 A.Ethier RF 5 1 3 1 .417
M.Cabrera DH 5 2 3 1 .308 A.Pujols 1B 5 0 1 0 .250
C.Beltran CF 4 2 1 0 .250 D.Murphy LF 5 2 2 2 .385
C.Iannetta C 4 0 0 0 .000 T.Wigginton 3B 5 0 1 0 .111
C.Ross LF 3 0 1 2 .400 R.Ankiel CF 3 0 1 1 .222
B-M.Cabrera PH,LF 2 0 1 0 .333 E-C.Coste PH 1 0 0 0 .000
H.Kendrick 2B 3 0 0 0 .500 F-C.Gomez CF 0 0 0 0 .250
C-R.Doumit PH 1 0 0 0 .000 G-P.Sandoval PH 1 0 0 0 .250
D-A.Cabrera 2B 1 0 1 1 .750 C.Snyder C 2 1 2 11.000
J.Bartlett SS 2 0 0 0 .333 A.Ramirez SS 4 0 0 0 .000
A-R.Furcal PH,SS 3 0 0 0 .200
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 43 6 11 6 Totals 41 5 12 5

A-Pinch Hit For Bartlett In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Ross In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Kendrick In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Doumit In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Ankiel In 9th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Coste In 10th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Gomez In 11th Inning

Walkers......... 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 6 11 0
Mets............ 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 - 5 12 0

Walkers (3-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
E.Santana 8 9 3 3 2 5 0 3.38 A1 D6
H.Kuo BS(1st) 1 1/3 2 1 1 0 1 1 2.70 D7 E3
C.Billingsle WIN(1-0) 1 2/3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3.00 E4
Totals 11 12 5 5 3 7 2

Mets (0-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
J.Cueto 8 8 4 4 0 11 2 4.50 A1 D5
L.Hawkins 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 D6 D7
J.Hampson LOSS(0-1) 1 2/3 1 2 2 1 1 1 9.00 D8 E5
J.Nelson 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 E6
Totals 11 11 6 6 1 14 3

ATTENDANCE- 48,501 DATE- Sunday, October 11th 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Brian O'Nora, Paul Naubert, Jerry Crawford, Tom Hallion
T- 4:03
LEFT ON BASE- Walkers: 6 Mets: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Walkers: 2 Mets: 1
DOUBLES- A.Cabrera(2nd), A.Ethier-2(3rd), D.Murphy(3rd)
HOME RUNS- N.Markakis(1st), C.Pena(1st), M.Cabrera(1st), D.Murphy(1st),
C.Snyder(1st)
STOLEN BASES- C.Beltran(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Ramirez
WALKS- C.Beltran, C.Snyder-3
HIT BY PITCH- C.Iannetta
STRIKE OUTS- N.Markakis-2, D.Wright-2, C.Pena-3, C.Beltran, C.Iannetta-2,
C.Ross, H.Kendrick, J.Bartlett, R.Furcal, I.Kinsler-2, A.Ethier,
A.Pujols, T.Wigginton-2, R.Ankiel
GIDP- M.Cabrera, A.Pujols, A.Ramirez
WILD PITCHES- E.Santana


BOXSCORE: 2009 Fleetwood Walkers At 2009 Glen Allen Mets           10/12/2009

Walkers AB R H RBI AVG Mets AB R H RBI AVG
A.Cabrera 2B 3 1 0 0 .429 J.Pierre DH 4 0 1 0 .250
N.Markakis RF 5 1 3 3 .529 I.Kinsler 2B 4 0 0 0 .176
D.Wright 3B 4 2 2 0 .375 A.Ethier RF 4 1 1 0 .375
M.Cabrera DH 3 2 2 2 .375 A.Pujols 1B 2 1 1 0 .286
C.Beltran CF 6 1 2 1 .278 D.Murphy LF 3 0 0 0 .313
C.Iannetta C 4 0 0 1 .000 C-C.Gomez PH,CF 1 0 0 0 .200
C.Ross LF 4 1 1 1 .333 R.Ankiel CF 3 0 1 1 .250
A-M.Cabrera LF 1 1 1 0 .500 D-C.Coste PH 1 0 1 1 .333
C.Pena 1B 4 1 1 0 .200 E-A.Ramirez LF 0 0 0 0 .000
J.Bartlett SS 3 0 1 2 .333 T.Wigginton 3B 3 1 0 0 .083
B-R.Furcal PH,SS 2 0 0 0 .143 M.Montero C 3 0 1 0 .125
F-C.Snyder PH 0 0 0 01.000
Y.Betancourt SS 4 1 2 2 .500
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 39 10 13 10 Totals 32 4 8 4

A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Ross In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Bartlett In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Murphy In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Ankiel In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Coste In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Montero In 9th Inning

Walkers......... 2 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 - 10 13 0
Mets............ 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 4 8 1

Walkers (4-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
D.Matsuzaka WIN(1-0) 5 2/3 5 3 3 3 3 1 4.76 A1 C6
C.Billingsle 1 1/3 2 1 1 1 0 0 4.15 C7 D4
J.Howell 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 D5
Totals 9 8 4 4 5 3 1

Mets (0-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
R.Wolf LOSS(0-1) 6 11 8 8 6 7 0 12.00 A1 D8
J.Nelson 2 2/3 2 2 2 4 2 0 3.86 D9 F4
K.Gregg 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 F5
Totals 9 13 10 10 10 9 0

ATTENDANCE- 47,643 DATE- Monday, October 12th 2009 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Mervin Hudson, Randy Marsh, Mike Winters, Hunter Wendelstedt
T- 3:38
LEFT ON BASE- Walkers:13 Mets: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Walkers: 3 Mets: 1
ERRORS- R.Ankiel
DOUBLES- N.Markakis-2(2nd), C.Beltran(1st), J.Bartlett(1st), A.Pujols(1st),
M.Montero(1st)
TRIPLES- M.Cabrera(1st)
HOME RUNS- Y.Betancourt(1st)
STOLEN BASES- C.Ross(1st), M.Cabrera(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Iannetta
WALKS- A.Cabrera-3, N.Markakis, D.Wright-2, M.Cabrera-3, C.Pena, J.Pierre,
A.Pujols-2, T.Wigginton, C.Snyder
STRIKE OUTS- A.Cabrera, N.Markakis, D.Wright, C.Beltran-2, C.Iannetta, C.Pena,
J.Bartlett, R.Furcal, A.Ethier, T.Wigginton, M.Montero
GIDP- C.Ross, I.Kinsler, T.Wigginton, Y.Betancourt

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