The Sternwheelers scored single runs in each of the second, third, and fourth innings, but lost the lead when Seattle took the easy route and scored three in the bottom of the frame, including two on a single by Bas Bijkerk (remember that name, folks...).
There the game remained tied for the next five and a half innings, until Bijkerk drove Pedro Ramos's last pitch of the game over the fence, driving in Alberto Grenado, and himself, to give Seattle the win and a chance to win the Cecil Cup in any of the next four games.
Zev's got the controls again for game four, which I'm guessing will be on Wednesday night.
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Seattle's Game Notes:
ReplyDeleteThe two winning runs in the tenth were unearned after Patrick Valdes misplayed a routine flyball to right field.
The River Cities run in the second inning in game three was the first scored by them against the Seattle starters. With only two earned runs given up in this start (one of the River Cities runs was unearned), the Monarchs starters have a 0.72 ERA for the series so far. Just need one more stellar start.
Considering I mainly have Bijkerk in the line-up for his defense, he's had a pretty good postseason at the plate with a .313/.371/.513 line.
Third baseman Eugene Alustiza has followed up his bounce-back year with a great postseason, scoring nine runs while posting a line of .313/.450/.563.
With Villatoro almost fully rested and likely taking the hill for River Cities in Game Four, it's pretty unlikely that Seattle will be able to finish out the sweep.
This is boring. In the offseason, we should dismantle the Seattle organization and distribute the talent throughout the league. ;)
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