Game Date: Oct 2, 2025
The Shackamaxon Lenape sent the Philadelphia Crushers home today with a come from behind 6-3 victory.
It seemed, at first, to be shaping up as a classic pitchers' duel. Crusher starter Robinson Cervantes held the Lenape to two runs and three hits through seven innings. Lenape starter Bruce Roughly also pitched well, scattering nine hits through eight innings while only giving up two runs.
With the score tied at two each, the game entered the ninth inning. The Crushers had righty reliever Dave Drew on the mound. The first batter for the Lenape was veteran second baseman John Grondin. Drew worked the count full before Grondin smashed a line drive into deep right-center for a double. George Robinson was then issued an intentional walk. The next batter, Marcel LaBelle laid down a sacrifice bunt, sending the runners to second and third. Next up was left fielder Gan Mah, who walked, loading the bases.
The next batter was Santiago Salazar, pinch hitting for the pitcher, Roughly. Salazer sent a 1-0 pitch into right-center, scoring a run and advancing all the runners one base and giving the Lenape a 3-2 lead. The Philadelphia manager then brought in a new pitcher -- righty Kazahiro Morita. The next batter was lefty hitting Steve Keo. Keo sent a line drive up the middle for a single. Crusher CF Yvon Settignano fielded the ball but then threw it away on the return throw. In the end, two more runs scored. A final run came in on Dave Siebel's groundout. By the time the dust settled, the score stood at 6-2.
The Lenape sent in reliever Kwang-sub Kim to finish up. The Crushers managed to get one more run across before the Lenape brought in closer Carlos Arias to finish up.
In the second game, the Brooklyn Wolves staved off elimination by defeating the Monarchs 5-1. Monarchs starter Bruno Talamantez, who held the Wolves to one run in seven innings back in Game 2, simply did not have it tonight, allowing ten hits and five runs in five and a third innings. Brooklyn did most of their damage in the fifth inning when RF Eric Halliwell launched a grand slam to left field off of Talamantez - Brooklyn's second grand slam of the series (the first was by Kevin Works in Game 3). Brooklyn starter William Lawrence pitched a gem, scattering four hits and one unearned run while pitching the complete game.
Game 7: Thursday night.
Nice! Congratulations to Christopher for a very successful first season in our league. The Crushers were the one team I was scared to play in the postseason, and you definitely justified my fear.
ReplyDeleteNow I get Tomas Kalakay back, but lose my shortstop, Martinez, for the rest of the season. Hopefully Roberts, the rookie, will hold his own.
Zev has asked me to run tonight's sim. I'll do so around 9:30pm EST.