Seattle turned a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3 lead last night in the seventh, giving Seattle a Game One victory in the 2010 Cecil Cup series.
River Cities drew first blood by scoring two runs in the second off of Monarch's ace Christopher Hester with an Anton Suarez double to the right-center gap. Seattle put together three singles to put one run on their side of the scoreboard in the fourth. River Cities matched it with another run in the sixth before Seattle took the lead in the seventh with a HBP, double and two singles off of pitchers John Villatoro and John Miller.
Both teams traded runs in the eighth with Waylon Blassingame hitting a 399-foot shot to deep right center for the Monarchs and Reuben Caufield coming home on pinch-hitter Eduardo Diaz's sac fly for River Cities. Samuel Contrares then came in for Seattle in the ninth to close the door.
Game 2 Seattle @ River Cities -- Monday night.
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Good, tight game. I think the rain delay helped me, since I think I have an edge in the bullpen due in large part to the injuries Nate has suffered. Hester and Villatoro likely left earlier than they otherwise would have.
ReplyDeleteIf I can just keep limiting River Cities' starters to six innings per outing, I have a decent chance in the series.
It's certainly true that losing my closer and my primary set up man for the season smarts.
ReplyDeleteLet's get on to game two!
It's not that Egan and Miller aren't quite capable of filling the role of closer and #1 set up, it's that the loss of Theriault and Beeks moves a couple of relievers up the totem pole into roles they may not be ready for yet.
ReplyDeleteAt least, that's what I am going to hopefully delude myself into believing. I need something to distract myself from the Mariners' collapse, the Huskies' loss to Ohio State, and the inexplicable way the Seahawks gave their game to the Arizona Cardinals.
By the way, just as a data point of the closeness of the series, I ran 10 exhibitions of game two and it came out 5-5, with the largest winning margin being four runs and six of the games being decided by a single run.
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