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| Lucroy RBI double in 3rd |
The Brewers threatened again in the 5th. Peoria doubled, followed by an infield single by Anthony Rizzo. Fleetwood manager Rube Foster pulled Hughes in favor of Roman Mendez. Mendez walked Lucroy to load the bases, but forced Michael Saunders to pop out. Through 5 innings, the score remained Portsmouth 1, Fleetwood 0.
Liriano retired the Walkers easily in the 6th, 7th, and 8th innings. At this point, Fleetwood had been held scoreless by Portsmouth for 17 consecutive innings. Not only that, but the Walkers had managed only 3 hits and 2 walks over those 17 innings. Given that Fleetwood was second in all of BRASSball in runs scored during the regular season (835 total runs, only 1 run behind Simi Valley), this was shocking indeed.
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| Liriano shuts out Fleetwood over 8 innings. |
Derek Norris answered the bell by lofting a deep home run over the left field wall. This broke Fleetwood's scoreless spell, and tied the game 1-1. Marwin Gonzalez followed with a double, driving Liriano from the game in favor of righty-killer Joakim Soria.
With the go-ahead run on second base, Fleetwood sent up pinch hitter Seth Smith to bat for David Wright. Smith drew a walk, but Soria quickly retired Chase Utley for the 9th inning's first out.
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| Norris homer in 9th |
Fleetwood next sent up its fourth pinch hitter of the inning in the form of Jean Segura. Segura singled to load the bases for Mike Trout. When Trout singled to drive home the go-ahead run, the flood gates opened. Mookie Betts and Miguel Cabrera quickly drew consecutive bases-loaded walks, and Kevin Kiermaier laced a two-run single into the outfield. In a matter of minutes, Fleetwood had followed 17 consecutive scoreless innings with a 6-run explosion in the 9th inning.
Drew Pomeranz had little trouble with Portsmouth in the bottom of the 9th, and just like that the game was over. Fleetwood had earned its second 9th inning comeback in three games against Portsmouth, and now led the series 2 games to 1.
Final score: Fleetwood 6, Portsmouth 1.
W: Pomeranz (1-0). L: Liriano (0-1). SV: None. HR: Norris (1).
BOXSCORE: 2015 Fleetwood Walkers At 2015 Portsmouth Brewers 10/12/2015
Walkers AB R H RBI AVG Brewers AB R H RBI AVG
D.Robertson RF 2 0 0 0 .000 A.De Aza LF 5 0 2 0 .250
F-J.Segura PH,SS 1 1 1 0 .500 D.Pedroia 2B 5 1 4 0 .417
M.Trout CF 5 1 2 1 .167 A.Rizzo 1B 4 0 1 0 .091
M.Betts DH 4 1 0 1 .167 J.Lucroy C 2 0 1 1 .250
M.Cabrera 1B 4 0 0 1 .000 M.Saunders RF 2 0 0 0 .333
D.Norris C 4 1 2 1 .333 A-D.Brown PH 1 0 0 0 .000
G-K.Kiermaier PH,RF 1 0 1 2 .375 B-C.Maybin CF 0 0 0 0 ----
M.Gonzalez SS,3B 5 1 1 0 .143 M.Napoli DH 3 0 0 0 .000
D.Wright 3B 2 0 0 0 .000 N.Castellanos 3B 4 0 0 0 .167
C-S.Smith PH,LF 0 1 0 0 .444 A.Simmons SS 3 0 0 0 .091
C.Utley 2B 3 0 0 0 .125 H-J.Rutledge PH 1 0 0 0 .000
D.Jennings LF 2 0 0 0 .000 I.Suzuki CF,RF 4 0 0 0 .200
D-R.Grossman PH 0 0 0 0 .000
E-F.Cervelli PH,C 1 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 6 7 6 Totals 34 1 8 1
A-Pinch Hit For Saunders In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Brown In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Wright In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Jennings In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Grossman In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Robertson In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Norris In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Simmons In 9th Inning
Walkers......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 - 6 7 1
Brewers......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 1
Walkers (2-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
P.Hughes 4 2/3 5 1 1 2 6 0 1.93 A1 C3
R.Mendez 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 C4 C8
T.Wilhelmsen 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.91 C9 D6
D.Pomeranz WIN(1-0) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 D7
Totals 9 8 1 1 4 7 0
Brewers (1-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
F.Liriano LOSS(0-1) 8 4 2 2 4 6 1 2.25 A1 D6
J.Soria 0 1/3 0 1 1 1 0 0 27.00 D7 D8
T.Rosenthal 0 1/3 2 3 3 1 1 0 81.00 D9 E3
D.Farquhar 0 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 E4
Totals 9 7 6 6 7 7 1
ATTENDANCE- 45,446 DATE- Monday, October 12th 2015 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Eric Cooper, Marty Foster, Derryl Cousins, Angel Hernandez
T- 3:36
LEFT ON BASE- Walkers: 9 Brewers:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Walkers: 0 Brewers: 0
ERRORS- D.Wright, N.Castellanos
DOUBLES- M.Gonzalez(1st), D.Pedroia(1st), J.Lucroy(1st)
HOME RUNS- D.Norris(1st)
RBIs- M.Trout(1st), M.Betts(1st), M.Cabrera(1st), D.Norris(1st),
K.Kiermaier-2(2nd), J.Lucroy(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- D.Robertson, A.De Aza
WALKS- D.Robertson-2, M.Betts, M.Cabrera, D.Wright, S.Smith, D.Jennings,
J.Lucroy-2, M.Saunders, M.Napoli
HIT BY PITCH- C.Utley
STRIKE OUTS- M.Trout-2, M.Betts, M.Cabrera-3, F.Cervelli, A.De Aza, A.Rizzo-2,
M.Saunders, M.Napoli, N.Castellanos, J.Rutledge
2-out RBI- J.Lucroy, M.Trout, M.Betts, M.Cabrera, K.Kiermaier-2
RLISP 2-out- D.Norris, M.Napoli-2, D.Robertson-4, M.Saunders-3, M.Gonzalez
TEAM RISP- Walkers: 3 for 13 Brewers: 1 for 5
In a great finish the Fleetwood Walkers came back in the top of the ninth and
held on to win over the Portsmouth Brewers by a score of 6 to 1 at Wrigley
Field.
Fleetwood erupted with the game winning runs in the 9th inning when they
scored 6 runs on 5 hits. The highlight belonged to Kevin Kiermaier who
helped quiet the crowd when he lined a single bringing in two baserunners.
Fleetwood had a total of 7 hits for the game.
Drew Pomeranz(1-0) allowed no runs in 1 and 1/3 innings, and picked up the
victory. The loss was charged to Francisco Liriano(0-1). Liriano was feeling
apologetic in the locker room, 'I sure let that one get away. What a
miserable feeling to let the guys down; and our fans. One minute things are
looking great, then. BOOM, it's over with! I just hope I get a chance to
redeem myself.'
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