It was a case of small ball winning the day today as the Brick Barracudas took a 3-1 lead today in their series against the Antelope Valley Raptors with a 4-3, 11-inning victory.
Both teams traded runs through the first eight innings of the game, neither side ever getting more than a run ahead of the other. By the time the regulation game was over, the score stood tied at 3-3. That's the way it stood until the bottom of the 11th when leadoff hitter Larry McCormick walked. He then stole second when Salvador Velasquez struck out. The next batter, Martin Cox was intentionally walked. A fielder's choice sent McCormick to third and then a single by Alejandro Cruz brought him home for the victory.
In the nightcap, Seattle brought out the big guns and defeated the London Dragons 14-8.
At first, it seemed like London had put the game away when they took a commanding 8-3 lead and knocked Seattle's rookie 20-game winner Chris Williams out of the game. However, the Dragons could not hold the lead as the Monarch batters responded in the next inning with a seven run inning, capped by Sung-heun Hwa's three run homer. From there, Seattle added an additional four insurance runs to tie the series up at two games apiece.
Next game: Tuesday evening.
Oh man....up 8-3 and just a few innings away from a 3-1 game lead....arrrgggh. Might have been my best shot to take down the Evil Empire....
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