Great series..............................Congrats to both of you...............
We can try face to face online if you want?? I have some things to do after chuch today ( driving to N.C,. to pick up some kids from a retreat )...........can play Mon. evening if you want.............let me know. again graet series..............Lou ---- "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > D.M will open in chesp for the title. ROBERT > > Please note: forwarded message attached > > From: Tom Vanderlaan <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Great Extra Inning Game 7 finale > Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 20:22:04 -0700 (PDT) > > Game 7-Once again the Smashers and Dragons filled the basepaths with runners > all night long but failed to get the big hit.Things remained scoreless until > the bottom of the 3rd when Boesch led off with a triple and Raburn grounded > out to get the Dragons on the board 1-0.The Dragons were back at it in the > bottom of the 4th with a Hanley Ramirez single, an A-rod walk and a double by > David Ross who plated a run and then a Sweeney sac fly that brought in > another run to give the Dragons a solid 3-0 commanding lead. Things were > looking good as Halladay was dealing a 2 hit shut out through 6 innings.Then > in the top of the 7th the Smashers got 3 consecutive singles by Denorfia, > CarGo, and Konerko to load them up with no outs. That ended Halldays > night.LaTroy Hawkins came on and got CSantana to sac fly out to get the > Smashers on the board. Hawkins struck out Kelly Johnson to get the 2nd out > of the inning.Juan Pierre was brought in to pinch hit and he calmly singled > to load the bases again. Wuertz was brought on and he threw a wild pitch to > bring in the 2nd run of the inning.Pinch hitter Paul Janisch was walked > intentionally to load them back up again. George Sherrill was brought in to > face Fukodome with the bases loaded and he got Koske to fly out. A huge > bullet dodged as the Dragons clung to a 3-2 lead. The Dragons went quietly > in their home half. Then the Smashers got a big solo shot from Carlos > Gonzalez off relief pitcher Brandon League who has been ripping up Dragon > pitching all series. This tied it at 3-3. The Dragons wasted little time as > they got to work in the bottom half of the 8th inning as Soriano walked and > was bunted to second by Omar Vizquel. Alex Rodriguez then hit a 2-2 fastball > to deep left center for a double scoring Soriano to give the Dragons a 4-3 > lead. Both Molina and Gywnn Jr walked to load the bases. Jim Thome was > brought on with the crowd begging for him to blow it open. The Smashers > brought on Uehara who calmly struck out Thome to keep it close 4-3. Jonathan > Papelbon was brought on to close things out. Kelly Johnson greeted Papelbon > with a lead off double and the crowd was quieted very quickly. Barajas was > intentionally walked to make it first and second with no outs. Janisch then > lined out into a hit and run double play. Fukodome then singled to make it > first and 3rd. Jose Bautista was then intentionally walked to load the bases > for Denorfia.The manager visited the mound to talk to Papelbon. What ever > was said didn't work as he walks Denorfia to bring in the tying run making it > 4-4. Papelbon was left in to face Cargo who has been wearing us out. > Papelbon got a huge strike out to end the inning and blow the save! Things > remained tied at 4-4 deep into extras. Capuano, Dessens, and Peavy were are > all brought on in extras to hold things down. Baserunners got on, but nobody > threatened much into scoring position through the extra frames.Then in the > bottom of the 13th Berkman was brought on to pinch hit for Peavy and hit a > walk off homer giving the Dragons a 5-4 lead and a trip to the World > Series.Peavy was credited with the win and Dessens took the loss.A-rod was > named series MVP hitting .357 with two homers and 10 hits for the series. > Cargo for the Smashers hit .406 with two homers and 13 hits. He is a > stud!Jose Bautista hit .160 going 4-25 in the series and was walked 8 times > in the series and Denorfia didn't come through much in the clutch.What an > awesome game 7. Stats Attached!Congrats on a solid season John. From: Tom > Vanderlaan <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2011 8:49 PM > Subject: DesMoines stays alive in Game 6 > > Game 6-DesMoines got a solid outing from ace King Felix going 8 innings who > only gave up 2 runs to the vaunted Smashers lineup.David Ortiz did the damage > for the Damage at the plate hitting a solo shot in the 1st to get us on the > board 1-0. Jose Molina hit a solo shot in the 3rd to give the Dragons back > the lead 2-0. The Smashers scratched a run back in the top of 5 behind a > Escobar walk, a Guthrie sac and a Fukodome single. Dragons get out of the > inning to keep the 2-1 lead. Guthrie was throwing pretty solid and it > remained that way until the bottom of the 7th when DesMoines errupted for 5 > runs behind a 2 run double by Berkman and a 2 run homer by Ortiz to blow it > open to 7-1 to the home crowds delight. King Felix did not have his best > stuff as he was wild walking 6 batters and pitching out of jams all night but > North Bay never got the big hit. Barajas did add a solo homer for the > Smashers in the 8th to make it 7-2. Some series stats so far;Jose Bautista > for the Smashers is hitting .200 with only one homer after hitting 50+ homers > in the regular season.Hanley Ramirez for the Dragons is hitting .038(1 hit in > 26 at bats) That hit came in game 6! Ouch!!Both teams are struggling a bit > offensive for the series. We have both scored 21 runs in the 6 games > averaging 3.5 a game.The Dragons have out-homered the Smashers 9-4.North Bay > has left 62 players on base with DesMoines leaving 39. I think has been the > key to the whole series. North Bay not getting that big hit or this series > would have been over! So I imagine the series will come down to Halladay vs > Garcia in the finale. Time will tell. TomDM From: john arcieri > <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 4, 2011 8:54 PM > Subject: Des Moines stays alive with a win in game 5 > > Just like North Bay who won on a 3 run homerun in game 4 Des Moines pays back > North bay in game 5 with a 3 run homer to survive and win 4-3. Konerko tried > to tie it but the split card did him in on a homerun pulling a 17. Series > goes back to Des Moines for the final 2 againts the terrible 2 headed monster > in Frod and Halladay. Tom just play my regular right handed lineup for the 2 > games. I have a feeling it will be like the rangers and falling just short > for the Smashers. 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