2008 CFOD PLAYOFF PREVIEW World Series Mechan Syndicate (94-68, Mantle division winners, 4-2 over Shriners in round 1, 4-3 over Mudfish in MK Conference Finals) vs. Rocklin Thunder (94-68, #1 League Wildcard, 4-2 over Brouhaha in round 0, 4-1 over Pitbulls in round 1, 4-3 over Coneheads in RY Conference Finals) What a long strange road it has been. Both teams overcame favored teams and battled division rivals to make it to the big show. Rocklin has been in the playoffs for quite a while now, defeating three different teams on their way to the world series. Carlos Beltran has a .354 on base average with a .449 slugging average, 14 runs scored and 10 RBI in 18 games. Casey Kotchman is hitting .275 with 10 RBI, while Jeremdy Hermida is hitting .290 with 7 runs scored and 7 RBI. Edinson Volquez is 3-0 with a 3.41 ERA in 6 starts, while Joe Saunders is 2-1 with a 2.00 ERA in 4 games. Jonathan Papelbon has been just as good in the playoffs as he has been in the regular season, saving 7 games with a 1.29 ERA in 12 appearances. The Syndicate got hot in the last few weeks of the regular season, and that carried over into the playoffs, winning both of their series. Chris Young is slugging .450 with 10 runs scored and 6 RBI in 13 games, while Nick Markakis is slugging .615 with 6 home runs, 7 runs scored and 6 RBI. David Wright is hitting only .196, but with 4 home runs, 6 runs scored and 9 RBI. Dan Haren is 3-0 in 4 starts, including a no-hitter. Scott Baker is 2-0 in 3 starts. Reliever Grant Balfour is 1-0 with 3 saves with a 1.04 ERA, while Jesse Carlon and Jonathan Broxton have combined for 3 saves and 20 1/3 innings of shutout relief. In 4 regular season games, the teams split their series 2-2. The Syndicate have home field advantage due to their pennant winning status. ******************************************************************* GAME ONE -- Thunder (Volquez) at Syndicate (Haren). The first game of the final series of the year. Rocklin scored the first run of the game, when Carlos Beltran scored on a 0 out double play ball by Jay Bruce. In the third inning, Dan haren smacked a 1 out single, and scored on a ground ball single by David Wright. 1-1 tie ballgame. Rocklin took the lead again in the 5th with a leadoff home run by Gerald Laird. In the bottom of the inning, with 2 on and 2 outs, Nick Markakis had a clutch single, scoring Akinori Iwamura and David Wright, giving Mechan the 3-2 lead. The teams would exchange single runs in the 7th inning to put the game at 4-3 Syndicate heading into the top of the 9th. Grant Balfour was pitching for the Syndicate, holding on to a 1 run lead. The first batter, Alfredo Amezaga, struck out. Brandon Inge walked to put the tying run at first. Next up was pinch hitter Mike Sweeney. Unfortunately for the Thunder, Sweeney ended their game early, hitting into a game ending double play. The Mechan Syndicate win game 1 of the 2008 CFOD World Series by a score of 4 to 3. SYNDICATE LEADS 1-0. 10/24/2009, ROC08-MEC08, Rogers Centre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2008 Thunder 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 9 1 6 2 2008 Syndicate 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 x 4 9 1 5 2 Thunder AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Beltran,C cf 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 0 0 0 0 Uggla 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .137 3 3 0 0 Bruce lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .311 2 0 1 0 Hermida rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 1 0 0 0 Kotchman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260 7 0 0 0 Laird c 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 10 0 0 0 Amezaga ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .175 1 6 0 0 Inge 3b 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 0 1 0 0 Izturis,C pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .172 0 0 0 0 Volquez p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .154 0 0 0 0 Erstad ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 0 0 0 0 Reyes,An p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Sweeney,Mi ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 0 0 0 0 31 3 9 2 2 0 1 3 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 24 10 1 0 Syndicate AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Iwamura 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213 4 3 0 0 Wright,D 3b 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203 0 2 0 0 Markakis rf 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0 0 Dunn 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .128 11 0 0 0 Joyce lf 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 0 0 1 0 Suzuki,K c 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 10 2 0 0 Tulowitzki ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 1 3 0 0 Young,CB cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209 1 1 0 0 Haren p 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .100 0 3 0 0 Upton,J ph 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .353 0 0 0 0 Broxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Balfour p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 31 4 9 4 2 2 0 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 15 1 0 Thunder INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Volquez 6.0 7 3 3 1 7 108 63 26 0 0 1 1 1 3.57 Reyes,An L 2-1 2.0 2 1 1 0 3 29 21 7 0 0 0 0 1 5.00 8.0 9 4 4 1 10 137 84 33 0 0 1 1 2 Syndicate INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Haren W 4-0 7.0 8 3 2 1 4 85 58 28 1 0 0 0 1 4.59 Broxton H 2 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 11 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Balfour S 4 1.2 0 0 0 2 3 27 13 6 0 0 0 0 1 0.87 9.0 9 3 2 3 8 123 77 36 1 0 0 0 2 ROC: Erstad batted for Volquez in the 7th Sweeney,Mi batted for Reyes,An in the 9th Izturis,C ran for Inge in the 9th MEC: Upton,J batted for Haren in the 7th GWRBI: Iwamura Temperature: 70, Wind: none. 10/24/2009, ROC08-MEC08, Rogers Centre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2008 Thunder 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 9 1 6 2 2008 Syndicate 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 x 4 9 1 5 2 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Thunder batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Beltran,C lined a double down the right field line (BX) 0-0 0 -2- 32 Uggla lined a single to right, Beltran,C to third (BBBCSX) 0-0 0 1-3 10 Bruce grounded into a double play, Tulowitzki to Iwamura to Dunn, Beltran,C scored (BX) 1-0 2 --- 22 Hermida lined a double down the left field line (BSBFFX) 1-0 2 -2- 00 Kotchman popped out to short (X) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Syndicate batting 1-0 0 --- 02 Iwamura grounded out to short (CFX) 1-0 1 --- 12 Wright,D struck out (CBCS) 1-0 2 --- 20 Markakis grounded out to third (BBX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Thunder batting 1-0 0 --- 22 Laird struck out (FFBBFFFS) 1-0 1 --- 00 Amezaga grounded out to third (X) 1-0 2 --- 11 Inge grounded out to short (BCX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Syndicate batting 1-0 0 --- 02 Dunn flied out to left (CFFX) 1-0 1 --- 10 Joyce flied out to right (BX) 1-0 2 --- 22 Suzuki,K grounded a single up the middle (BBCSX) 1-0 2 1-- 32 Tulowitzki struck out (CBBBF>F>S) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Thunder batting 1-0 0 --- 01 Volquez grounded out to third (FX) 1-0 1 --- 00 Beltran,C lined out to second (X) 1-0 2 --- 11 Uggla grounded out to the mound (BSX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Syndicate batting 1-0 0 --- 31 Young,CB grounded out to short (BBBCX) 1-0 1 --- 21 Haren grounded a double down the third base line (BBCX) 1-0 1 -2- 02 Iwamura struck out (CFS) 1-0 2 -2- 12 Wright,D grounded a single up the middle, Haren scored (BCCX) 1-1 2 1-- 21 Markakis grounded to short, forcing Wright,D at second (1BBCX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Thunder batting 1-1 0 --- 12 Bruce struck out (BCSFS) 1-1 1 --- 22 Hermida flied out to center (BBCSX) 1-1 2 --- 01 Kotchman grounded out to second (CX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Syndicate batting 1-1 0 --- 32 Dunn struck out (CBBBCC) 1-1 1 --- 32 Joyce doubled deep to right center (BCBFBX) 1-1 1 -2- 20 Suzuki,K reached on an infield single to short, Joyce to third (BBX) 1-1 1 1-3 02 Tulowitzki grounded into a double play, Amezaga to Uggla to Kotchman (CCX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Thunder batting 1-1 0 --- 10 Laird homered deep to left (BX) 2-1 0 --- 01 Amezaga popped out to the catcher (CX) 2-1 1 --- 31 Inge walked (BBCBB) 2-1 1 1-- 00 Volquez sacrifice bunted to the catcher, Inge to second (Xb) 2-1 2 -2- 22 Beltran,C lined a single to shallow center, Inge out at home (SBBSX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Syndicate batting 2-1 0 --- 22 Young,CB struck out (BBFFS) 2-1 1 --- 12 Haren was hit by a pitch (BFCH) 2-1 1 1-- 31 Iwamura grounded to second, forcing Haren at second, Iwamura to first (BBSBX) 2-1 2 1-- 30 Wright,D walked, ball four was a wild pitch by Volquez, Iwamura to third, Wright,D to second (BBBB) 2-1 2 -23 22 Markakis grounded a single between third and short, Iwamura scored, Wright,D scored, Markakis to third on an error by the left fielder Bruce (BBCFX) 2-3 2 --3 11 Dunn flied out to left (BCX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Thunder batting 2-3 0 --- 11 Uggla grounded out to short (BFX) 2-3 1 --- 11 Bruce grounded out to the catcher (BSX) 2-3 2 --- 22 Hermida lined a single to shallow left (CBCBX) 2-3 2 1-- 00 Kotchman grounded out to the mound (X) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Syndicate batting 2-3 0 --- 11 Joyce tripled deep to left center (CBX) 2-3 0 --3 22 Suzuki,K struck out (CCBBS) 2-3 1 --3 12 Tulowitzki struck out (BFSFC) 2-3 2 --3 20 Young,CB grounded out to short (BBX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Thunder batting 2-3 0 --- 00 Laird lined a single to shallow left, Laird to second on an error by the left fielder Joyce (X) 2-3 0 -2- 00 Amezaga sacrifice bunted to the mound, Laird to third (Xb) 2-3 1 --3 00 Inge reached on an infield single to second, Laird scored (X) Erstad pinch hitting for Volquez 3-3 1 1-- 12 Erstad struck out (CFBS) 3-3 2 1-- 12 Beltran,C struck out (BFFC) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Syndicate batting Reyes,An now pitching Upton,J pinch hitting for Haren 3-3 0 --- 12 Upton,J lined a triple to left center (CFBX) 3-3 0 --3 11 Iwamura lined a single to center, Upton,J scored (CBX) 3-4 0 1-- 11 Wright,D grounded into a double play, Uggla to Kotchman (BCX) 3-4 2 --- 12 Markakis struck out (BFFS) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Thunder batting Broxton now pitching 3-4 0 --- 22 Uggla struck out (CBSBS) 3-4 1 --- 32 Bruce lined a single to left center (BCBBCX) Balfour now pitching 3-4 1 1-- 31 Hermida walked, Bruce to second (BBFBB) 3-4 1 12- 12 Kotchman struck out (BSSC) 3-4 2 12- 22 Laird struck out (CBBSS) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Syndicate batting 3-4 0 --- 32 Dunn struck out (BBSFFBFS) 3-4 1 --- 02 Joyce struck out (SCS) 3-4 2 --- 12 Suzuki,K grounded out to short (CBFX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Thunder batting 3-4 0 --- 22 Amezaga struck out (BSSBS) 3-4 1 --- 32 Inge walked (CBSBBB) Sweeney,Mi pinch hitting for Reyes,An Izturis,C pinch running for Inge 3-4 1 1-- 10 Sweeney,Mi grounded into a double play, Balfour to Iwamura to Dunn (BX) ******************************************************************* GAME TWO -- Thunder (Slowey) at Syndicate (Dempster). Rocklin scored the first run of the game in the first inning, when Dan Uggla doubled and scored on a Jay Bruce single. Gerald Laird hit an RBI triple in the 4th to put the Thunder up 2-0. In the bottom of the 4th, David Wright hit a solo shut to cut the lead to 1, and Troy Tulowitzki hit a leadoff solo home run in the 5th to tie the game up at 2, where it would remain through 9 innings. The game remained tied until the bottom of the 11th inning. Clayton Richard was pitching for the Thunder, the 4th Rocklin reliever of the game and replacement for Jonathan Papelbon. After Aaron Hill grounded out, Matt Joyce doubled, and Kurt Suzuki was walked to set up the double play. Franklin Gutierrez flied out, moving Joyce to third. Now it was up to Asdrubal Cabrera. Would Caberea be able to provide some late inning heroics? Of course, that was spoiled in the beginning of this paragraph! Cabrera smacked a base hit, Joyce scored from third, and that was the ballgame. The Syndicate win game 2 by a score of 3-2 in 11 innings. SYNDICATE LEADS 2-0. 10/25/2009, ROC08-MEC08, Rogers Centre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E LOB DP 2008 Thunder 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 10 0 2008 Syndicate 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 1 9 0 Thunder AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Beltran,C cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 3 0 0 0 Uggla 2b 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 5 1 0 Bruce lf 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 4 0 0 0 Hermida rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 3 0 0 0 Kotchman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .247 13 0 0 0 Laird c 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 7 0 0 1 Amezaga ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .186 2 3 0 0 LaRoche,An 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 0 1 0 0 Erstad ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 0 0 0 0 Inge 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 0 0 0 0 Pennington ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0 0 0 Slowey p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Sweeney,Mi ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 0 0 0 0 Reyes,An p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Papelbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 Pie ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Richard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 39 2 5 2 1 1 0 5 18 1 0 0 1 0 0 32 9 2 1 Syndicate AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Iwamura 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192 1 1 0 0 Wright,D 3b 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203 3 0 0 0 Markakis rf 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 1 0 0 0 Dunn 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .119 3 1 0 0 Broxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Carlson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Upton,J ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Balfour p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Ramirez,RS p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Hill,A ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0 0 0 Joyce lf 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .281 0 0 0 0 Suzuki,K c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .237 19 0 0 0 Tulowitzki ss 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .132 1 3 0 0 Barton,D ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Gutierrez cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .417 0 0 0 0 Young,CB cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0 0 0 Cabrera,A ph 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 0 3 0 0 Dempster p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 1 0 1 0 Johnson,N 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 3 1 0 0 41 3 7 3 1 0 2 3 7 1 0 2 0 0 0 33 9 1 0 Thunder INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Slowey 7.0 3 2 2 1 4 88 57 26 2 1 0 0 0 4.13 Reyes,An 1.2 2 0 0 1 1 32 22 8 0 0 0 0 0 4.58 Papelbon 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 19 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.17 Richard L 2-1 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 22 12 5 0 1 0 0 0 6.14 10.2 7 3 3 3 7 161 104 44 2 2 0 0 0 Syndicate INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Dempster 6.0 5 2 2 3 10 105 72 28 0 0 1 0 0 4.20 Broxton 1.1 0 0 0 2 3 34 19 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Carlson 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Balfour 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 27 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.73 Ramirez,RS W 1-1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 9 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.59 11.0 5 2 2 5 18 180 121 45 0 0 1 0 0 ROC: Erstad batted for LaRoche,An in the 8th Sweeney,Mi batted for Slowey in the 8th Inge inserted at 3b in the 8th Pennington batted for Inge in the 11th Pie batted for Papelbon in the 11th Pennington moved to 3b in the 11th MEC: Johnson,N inserted at 1b in the 7th Barton,D batted for Tulowitzki in the 7th Cabrera,A batted for Young,CB in the 7th Gutierrez inserted at cf in the 8th Cabrera,A moved to ss in the 8th Upton,J batted for Carlson in the 8th Hill,A batted for Ramirez,RS in the 11th GWRBI: Cabrera,A Temperature: 70, Wind: none. 10/25/2009, ROC08-MEC08, Rogers Centre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E LOB DP 2008 Thunder 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 10 0 2008 Syndicate 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 1 9 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Thunder batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Beltran,C struck out (BCSS) 0-0 1 --- 01 Uggla grounded a double down the first base line (CX) 0-0 1 -2- 00 Bruce lined a single to left, Uggla scored, Bruce to second (X) 1-0 1 -2- 02 Hermida popped out to third (CFX) 1-0 2 -2- 02 Kotchman struck out (CCFS) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Syndicate batting 1-0 0 --- 01 Iwamura grounded out to second (CX) 1-0 1 --- 11 Wright,D grounded out to second (BCX) 1-0 2 --- 22 Markakis struck out (CBBFS) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Thunder batting 1-0 0 --- 12 Laird struck out (FFFBS) 1-0 1 --- 32 Amezaga walked (BFBFBB) 1-0 1 1-- 12 LaRoche,An struck out (111SSFBFFS) 1-0 2 1-- 01 Slowey grounded out to short (1CX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Syndicate batting 1-0 0 --- 00 Dunn flied out to center (X) 1-0 1 --- 00 Joyce grounded out to second (X) 1-0 2 --- 12 Suzuki,K grounded out to first (FFBX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Thunder batting 1-0 0 --- 00 Beltran,C lined a single down the right field line (X) 1-0 0 1-- 00 Beltran,C stole second (>B) 1-0 0 -2- 20 Uggla lined out to third (>B.BX) 1-0 1 -2- 12 Bruce struck out (BCSC) 1-0 2 -2- 22 Hermida popped out to the catcher (FSBBX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Syndicate batting 1-0 0 --- 10 Tulowitzki grounded out to second (BX) 1-0 1 --- 22 Young,CB grounded out to second (BBFFX) 1-0 2 --- 02 Dempster popped out to short (SFX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Thunder batting 1-0 0 --- 12 Kotchman grounded out to second (BFFX) 1-0 1 --- 20 Laird lined a single to shallow left (BBX) 1-0 1 1-- 01 Amezaga lined a triple down the first base line, Laird scored (FX) 2-0 1 --3 32 LaRoche,An walked (BBBCSFB) 2-0 1 1-3 32 Slowey struck out (FBBFBC) 2-0 2 1-3 12 Beltran,C struck out (FFBFFS) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Syndicate batting 2-0 0 --- 00 Iwamura flied out to left (X) 2-0 1 --- 02 Wright,D homered deep to left center (CFFX) 2-1 1 --- 21 Markakis lined a single to shallow center (CBBX) 2-1 1 1-- 21 Laird allowed a passed ball, Markakis to second (BCBB) 2-1 1 -2- 32 Dunn struck out (BCBB.FS) 2-1 2 -2- 30 Joyce was walked intentionally (IIII) 2-1 2 12- 01 Suzuki,K lined out to first (CX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Thunder batting 2-1 0 --- 12 Uggla struck out (BFSC) 2-1 1 --- 02 Bruce struck out (CSS) 2-1 2 --- 11 Hermida to first on an error by the pitcher Dempster (CBX) 2-1 2 1-- 01 Kotchman was hit by a pitch, Hermida to second (1CH) 2-1 2 12- 32 Laird struck out (CBFBB>S) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Syndicate batting 2-1 0 --- 20 Tulowitzki homered deep to left (BBX) 2-2 0 --- 12 Young,CB struck out (CBFC) 2-2 1 --- 11 Dempster popped out to right (SBX) 2-2 2 --- 10 Iwamura grounded out to third (BX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Thunder batting 2-2 0 --- 00 Amezaga grounded out to first (X) 2-2 1 --- 00 LaRoche,An popped out to short (X) 2-2 2 --- 02 Slowey grounded out to short (CCFX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Syndicate batting 2-2 0 --- 31 Wright,D to first on an error by the second baseman Uggla (CBBBX) 2-2 0 1-- 02 Markakis popped out to first (FFX) 2-2 1 1-- 12 Dunn flied out to left (BCFX) 2-2 2 1-- 21 Joyce flied out to center (BpBCX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Thunder batting 2-2 0 --- 32 Beltran,C walked (BFBSBB) Johnson,N now playing first base Broxton now pitching 2-2 0 1-- 12 Uggla struck out (SSBC) 2-2 1 1-- 32 Bruce struck out (1BSCBBS) 2-2 2 1-- 32 Hermida walked, Beltran,C to second (CCBBB>B) 2-2 2 12- 12 Kotchman grounded out to short (FBFFFX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Syndicate batting 2-2 0 --- 31 Suzuki,K flied out to right (BSBBX) Barton,D pinch hitting for Tulowitzki 2-2 1 --- 02 Barton,D struck out (CFS) Cabrera,A pinch hitting for Young,CB 2-2 2 --- 12 Cabrera,A flied out to center (BCSFX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Thunder batting Gutierrez now playing center field Cabrera,A moved to shortstop 2-2 0 --- 22 Laird struck out (CCBBC) 2-2 1 --- 32 Amezaga walked (BBBCFFB) Erstad pinch hitting for LaRoche,An Carlson now pitching 2-2 1 1-- 01 Erstad grounded to short, forcing Amezaga at second, Erstad to first (CX) Sweeney,Mi pinch hitting for Slowey 2-2 2 1-- 11 Sweeney,Mi grounded out to short (BCX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Syndicate batting Inge now playing third base Reyes,An now pitching 2-2 0 --- 32 Johnson,N walked (CBFBFBB) 2-2 0 1-- 01 Iwamura popped out to first (CX) 2-2 1 1-- 22 Wright,D popped out to short (BBCFX) 2-2 2 1-- 01 Markakis lined a single to shallow left, Johnson,N to second (CX) Upton,J pinch hitting for Carlson 2-2 2 12- 22 Upton,J struck out (FSFBBS) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Thunder batting Balfour now pitching 2-2 0 --- 00 Beltran,C flied out to right (X) 2-2 1 --- 32 Uggla struck out (BCBBCFS) 2-2 2 --- 22 Bruce struck out (CFBBFS) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Syndicate batting 2-2 0 --- 12 Joyce flied out to left (CBSX) 2-2 1 --- 00 Suzuki,K flied out to left (X) 2-2 2 --- 12 Gutierrez lined a single to shallow right (FCFBX) Papelbon now pitching 2-2 2 1-- 00 Gutierrez stole second (>C) 2-2 2 -2- 02 Cabrera,A struck out (>C.CS) ************** Top of the 10th inning, Thunder batting 2-2 0 --- 12 Hermida struck out (BCCC) 2-2 1 --- 12 Kotchman struck out (CBFS) 2-2 2 --- 22 Laird lined out to third (BBCCX) ************** Bottom of the 10th inning, Syndicate batting 2-2 0 --- 22 Johnson,N struck out (BCCFBS) 2-2 1 --- 00 Iwamura grounded out to short (X) 2-2 2 --- 22 Wright,D to first on an error by the pitcher Papelbon (CFFBBX) 2-2 2 1-- 20 Markakis grounded out to short (BBX) ************** Top of the 11th inning, Thunder batting Ramirez,RS now pitching 2-2 0 --- 00 Amezaga grounded out to short (X) Pennington pinch hitting for Inge 2-2 1 --- 02 Pennington grounded out to first (CCFX) Pie pinch hitting for Papelbon 2-2 2 --- 12 Pie struck out (BSCS) ************** Bottom of the 11th inning, Syndicate batting Richard now pitching Pennington moved to third base Hill,A pinch hitting for Ramirez,RS 2-2 0 --- 12 Hill,A grounded out to short (BCFX) 2-2 1 --- 32 Joyce doubled deep down the right field line (BBCBCX) 2-2 1 -2- 30 Suzuki,K was walked intentionally (IIII) 2-2 1 12- 11 Gutierrez flied out to right, Joyce to third (BFX) 2-2 2 1-3 12 Cabrera,A grounded a single between first and second, Joyce scored, Suzuki,K to second (1CCBFX) ******************************************************************* GAME THREE -- Syndicate (Baker) at Thunder (Saunders). The Thunder roared out of the gate in game 3. Down 0-1 in the 1st, Carlos Beltran hit a leadoff triple, and scored on a Dan Uggla single to tie up the game. Jay Bruce smacked a home run, giving Rocklin the 3-1 lead. With 2 outs, Alfredo Amezaga hit an RBI single, scoring Gerald Laird from third. 4-1 Rocklin after 1. In the 4th inning, with 2 runners on and 1 out, Daric Barton hit a single, scoring David Wright. 4-2 Rocklin after 4. In the 7th with 1 out, Kurt Suzuki and Franklin Gutierrez reached base on hits. Clayton Richard came on in relief. Chris Young hit a sacrifice fly to cut the Thunder lead to 1. Asdrubal Cabrera hit a double, tying the game up at 4. Nick Markakis singled, scoring Cabrera to give the Mechan Syndicate the 5-4 lead. In the bottom of the 7th inning, Jesse Carlson was pitching for the Syndicate. With 1 out, Cesar Izturis singled. Beltran walked, putting runners on first and second. Izturis and Beltran executed a double steal, and pinch hitter Cliff Pennington tied up the game with a sacrifice fly. 5-5 ballgame. Neither team would score through the 9th inning, so the game would go into extra innings. And extra innings it would be. The first score would happen in the 14th inning, when Nick Markakis hit a 2-out solo home run off Scott Feldman. 6-5 Syndicate lead. Heading into the bottom of the 14th inning, Rafael Betancourt was pitching for the Syndicate, the 6th Syndicate reliever of the game. First batter up, Cliff Pennington, flied out. Pinch hitter Jeff Clement struck out. 2 outs. Up next was Jeremy Hermida, who walked. Representing the winning run at the plate was Casey Kotchman, who hit a single. With runners at first and second, the batter of record was Gerald Laird. A single would tie it, a double perhaps win. But Laird struck out instead. The Syndicate win their third 1-run game of the series by a score of 6 to 5, and are 1 win away from winning the CFOD championship. SYNDICATE LEADS 3-0. 10/26/2009, MEC08-ROC08, Miller Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2008 Syndicate 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2008 Thunder 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 14 R H E LOB DP 2008 Syndicate 0 1 6 14 0 10 2 2008 Thunder 0 0 5 15 0 13 3 Syndicate AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Young,CB cf 6 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .216 4 0 0 0 Cabrera,A 2b 5 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 2 1 0 0 Ramirez,RS p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Johnson,N ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 0 0 0 0 Broxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Price p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Dellucci ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Betancourt,R p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Markakis rf 7 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 1 0 0 0 Wright,D 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .235 3 4 0 0 Tulowitzki ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 1 0 0 Carlson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Hill,A 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 1 4 0 0 Upton,J lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 3 0 0 0 Barton,D 1b 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .059 15 1 0 0 Suzuki,K c 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 11 0 0 0 Baker,S p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 2 0 0 Gutierrez ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .462 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez,Al ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071 1 4 0 0 52 6 14 6 5 0 1 4 8 0 0 1 1 0 1 42 17 0 0 Thunder AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Beltran,C cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .280 5 0 0 0 Uggla 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .153 3 2 0 0 Pennington ph 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .111 1 1 0 0 Bruce lf 3 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .321 0 0 0 0 Inge ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 0 0 0 0 Pie ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Papelbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Hoover ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 Feldman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Clement ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 0 0 0 0 Hermida rf 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 4 0 0 0 Kotchman 1b 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .253 13 2 0 0 Laird c 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 7 1 0 0 Amezaga ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196 1 2 0 0 Richard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Hafner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Uribe 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 2 2 0 0 LaRoche,An 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 0 2 0 0 Sweeney,Mi ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Erstad lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 4 0 0 0 Saunders p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 3 0 0 Izturis,C ss 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242 0 3 0 0 54 5 15 5 1 1 1 3 10 2 0 1 2 0 1 42 18 0 0 Syndicate INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Baker,S 6.0 7 4 4 0 6 79 59 25 1 0 1 1 1 3.91 Carlson BS 2 2.1 3 1 1 1 2 40 25 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.59 Ramirez,RS 1.2 1 0 0 1 0 24 13 7 0 1 0 0 0 1.38 Broxton 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Price W 1-1 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 30 19 9 0 0 1 0 1 2.08 Betancourt,R S 1 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 26 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 14.0 15 5 5 3 10 204 135 60 1 1 2 1 2 Thunder INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Saunders 6.1 6 4 4 4 3 105 60 27 0 1 0 1 2 2.70 Richard BS 2 2.2 4 1 1 0 1 39 29 12 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 Papelbon 3.0 3 0 0 0 3 41 34 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.98 Feldman L 1-1 2.0 1 1 1 0 1 27 13 7 1 0 1 0 1 4.30 14.0 14 6 6 4 8 212 136 58 1 1 1 1 3 MEC: Gutierrez batted for Baker,S in the 7th Gonzalez,Al inserted at ss in the 7th Hill,A inserted at 2b in the 9th Johnson,N batted for Ramirez,RS in the 11th Dellucci batted for Price in the 14th ROC: Izturis,C inserted at ss in the 7th Sweeney,Mi batted for LaRoche,An in the 7th Pennington batted for Uggla in the 7th Inge batted for Bruce in the 7th Erstad inserted at lf in the 8th Inge moved to 3b in the 8th Pennington moved to 2b in the 8th Hafner batted for Richard in the 9th Pie batted for Inge in the 9th Uribe inserted at 2b in the 10th Pennington moved to 3b in the 10th Hoover batted for Papelbon in the 12th Clement batted for Feldman in the 14th GWRBI: Markakis Temperature: 70, Wind: none. 10/26/2009, MEC08-ROC08, Miller Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2008 Syndicate 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2008 Thunder 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 14 R H E LOB DP 2008 Syndicate 0 1 6 14 0 10 2 2008 Thunder 0 0 5 15 0 13 3 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Syndicate batting 0-0 0 --- 20 Young,CB lined a double down the right field line (BBX) 0-0 0 -2- 32 Cabrera,A popped out to short (FBBFBX) 0-0 1 -2- 01 Saunders threw a wild pitch, Young,CB to third (FB) 0-0 1 --3 31 Markakis grounded out to the mound (FB.BBX) 0-0 2 --3 30 Wright,D was walked intentionally (IIII) 0-0 2 1-3 32 Tulowitzki reached on an infield single to first, Young,CB scored, Wright,D to second (BCBFB>X) 1-0 2 12- 02 Upton,J struck out (FSFS) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Thunder batting 1-0 0 --- 21 Beltran,C lined a triple to left center (CBBX) 1-0 0 --3 22 Uggla grounded a single between third and short, Beltran,C scored (BCBFX) 1-1 0 1-- 01 Bruce homered deep to right, Uggla scored (CX) 1-3 0 --- 11 Hermida grounded out to first (BFX) 1-3 1 --- 00 Kotchman grounded out to the mound (X) 1-3 2 --- 01 Laird lined a double to left center (CX) 1-3 2 -2- 00 Baker,S threw a wild pitch, Laird to third (B) 1-3 2 --3 32 Amezaga lined a single to right center, Laird scored (B.BBCSX) 1-4 2 1-- 00 LaRoche,An lined out to third (X) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Syndicate batting 1-4 0 --- 00 Barton,D grounded out to the mound (X) 1-4 1 --- 00 Suzuki,K flied out to right (X) 1-4 2 --- 00 Baker,S flied out to right (X) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Thunder batting 1-4 0 --- 02 Saunders struck out (CSS) 1-4 1 --- 10 Beltran,C grounded out to third (BX) 1-4 2 --- 12 Uggla struck out (BSSS) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Syndicate batting 1-4 0 --- 12 Young,CB grounded out to first (FBSX) 1-4 1 --- 32 Cabrera,A struck out, Laird to Kotchman (CBBBSS) 1-4 2 --- 11 Markakis lined out to center (BFX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Thunder batting 1-4 0 --- 12 Bruce lined a single to right center (BCCX) 1-4 0 1-- 02 Hermida grounded into a double play, Tulowitzki to Cabrera,A to Barton,D (CSX) 1-4 2 --- 01 Kotchman was hit by a pitch (CH) 1-4 2 1-- 12 Laird struck out (FFBS) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Syndicate batting 1-4 0 --- 32 Wright,D walked (CBFFBFBB) 1-4 0 1-- 01 Tulowitzki flied out to right (CX) 1-4 1 1-- 31 Upton,J walked, Wright,D to second (SBBBB) 1-4 1 12- 21 Barton,D lined a single to center, Wright,D scored, Upton,J to second (BSBX) 2-4 1 12- 11 Suzuki,K grounded into a double play, Saunders to Uggla to Kotchman (BCX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Thunder batting 2-4 0 --- 11 Amezaga grounded out to third (BFX) 2-4 1 --- 20 LaRoche,An popped out to second (BBX) 2-4 2 --- 12 Saunders struck out (CBSS) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Syndicate batting 2-4 0 --- 21 Baker,S flied out to center (CBBX) 2-4 1 --- 01 Young,CB grounded a double down the first base line (FX) 2-4 1 -2- 11 Cabrera,A grounded out to third (BCX) 2-4 2 -2- 10 Markakis grounded out to short (BX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Thunder batting 2-4 0 --- 02 Beltran,C grounded a single between third and short (CFX) 2-4 0 1-- 12 Uggla popped out to third (CBFX) 2-4 1 1-- 02 Bruce flied out to right (FFX) 2-4 2 1-- 10 Hermida flied out to left (Bp11X) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Syndicate batting 2-4 0 --- 32 Wright,D walked (BCFBBB) 2-4 0 1-- 11 Tulowitzki grounded into a double play, LaRoche,An to Uggla to Kotchman (CBX) 2-4 2 --- 02 Upton,J grounded out to short (FSFX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Thunder batting 2-4 0 --- 02 Kotchman grounded out to the mound (CCFX) 2-4 1 --- 02 Laird struck out (FCS) 2-4 2 --- 12 Amezaga struck out (CCBS) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Syndicate batting 2-4 0 --- 32 Barton,D struck out (BBBCCS) 2-4 1 --- 12 Suzuki,K lined a double down the left field line (BCFFX) Gutierrez pinch hitting for Baker,S 2-4 1 -2- 12 Gutierrez reached on an infield single to short, Suzuki,K to third (BSSX) Izturis,C now playing shortstop Richard now pitching 2-4 1 1-3 01 Young,CB hit a sacrifice fly to center, Suzuki,K scored (FX) 3-4 2 1-- 11 Cabrera,A doubled deep to left center, Gutierrez scored (BCX) 4-4 2 -2- 11 Markakis lined a single between first and second, Cabrera,A scored (CBX) 5-4 2 1-- 02 Wright,D singled down the left field line, Markakis to third (1FFX) 5-4 2 1-3 02 Tulowitzki grounded to short, forcing Wright,D at second (CFFX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Thunder batting Gonzalez,Al now playing shortstop Carlson now pitching Sweeney,Mi pinch hitting for LaRoche,An 5-4 0 --- 00 Sweeney,Mi grounded out to third (X) 5-4 1 --- 10 Izturis,C lined a single to shallow right (BX) 5-4 1 1-- 31 Beltran,C walked, Izturis,C to second (1BBBCB) Pennington pinch hitting for Uggla 5-4 1 12- 00 Izturis,C stole third, Beltran,C stole second (>C) 5-4 1 -23 01 Pennington hit a sacrifice fly to center, Izturis,C scored, Beltran,C to third (>C.X) Inge pinch hitting for Bruce 5-5 2 --3 20 Inge grounded out to short (BBX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Syndicate batting Erstad now playing left field Inge moved to third base Pennington moved to second base 5-5 0 --- 32 Upton,J struck out (BBBCCS) 5-5 1 --- 02 Barton,D flied out to left (SSFX) 5-5 2 --- 00 Suzuki,K flied out to right (X) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Thunder batting 5-5 0 --- 12 Hermida struck out (CCBC) 5-5 1 --- 12 Kotchman grounded out to first (BCSX) 5-5 2 --- 12 Laird grounded out to first (SSFBX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Syndicate batting 5-5 0 --- 20 Gonzalez,Al flied out to center (BBX) 5-5 1 --- 12 Young,CB grounded out to first (BCFX) 5-5 2 --- 10 Cabrera,A lined a double to right center (BX) 5-5 2 -2- 12 Markakis grounded out to second (CBSX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Thunder batting Hafner pinch hitting for Richard 5-5 0 --- 32 Hafner struck out (FFBBBFS) 5-5 1 --- 11 Erstad lined a single to right center (SBX) 5-5 1 1-- 12 Izturis,C grounded a single up the middle, Erstad to third (SBSX) Hill,A now playing second base Ramirez,RS now pitching 5-5 1 1-3 30 Beltran,C was walked intentionally, Izturis,C to second (1IIII) 5-5 1 123 20 Pennington grounded to third, forcing Erstad at home, Izturis,C to third, Beltran,C to second, Pennington to first (BBX) Pie pinch hitting for Inge 5-5 2 123 00 Pie grounded out to second (X) ************** Top of the 10th inning, Syndicate batting Uribe now playing second base Papelbon now pitching Pennington moved to third base 5-5 0 --- 02 Wright,D reached on an infield single to the pitcher (CFFFFX) 5-5 0 1-- 00 Hill,A bunted for a single, Wright,D to second (Xb) 5-5 0 12- 02 Upton,J lined out to third (CCX) 5-5 1 12- 02 Barton,D flied out to left (CCX) 5-5 2 12- 01 Suzuki,K lined out to second (FX) ************** Bottom of the 10th inning, Thunder batting 5-5 0 --- 22 Hermida grounded out to short (CFBBX) 5-5 1 --- 22 Kotchman lined a single between first and second (BBFFX) 5-5 1 1-- 00 Laird flied out to left (X) 5-5 2 1-- 12 Uribe lined out to second (CSFBX) ************** Top of the 11th inning, Syndicate batting 5-5 0 --- 00 Gonzalez,Al grounded out to first (X) 5-5 1 --- 02 Young,CB struck out (SFS) Johnson,N pinch hitting for Ramirez,RS 5-5 2 --- 00 Johnson,N lined out to left (X) ************** Bottom of the 11th inning, Thunder batting Broxton now pitching 5-5 0 --- 00 Erstad flied out to center (X) 5-5 1 --- 10 Izturis,C popped out to third (BX) 5-5 2 --- 10 Beltran,C grounded out to short (BX) ************** Top of the 12th inning, Syndicate batting 5-5 0 --- 12 Markakis struck out (CSBC) 5-5 1 --- 12 Wright,D lined a single to right center (SBCX) 5-5 1 1-- 32 Hill,A flied out to center (BCBSBX) 5-5 2 1-- 22 Upton,J struck out (BBCSFFS) ************** Bottom of the 12th inning, Thunder batting Price now pitching 5-5 0 --- 12 Pennington was hit by a pitch (SSBFH) Hoover pinch hitting for Papelbon 5-5 0 1-- 11 Hoover lined a single to right, Pennington to second (FBX) 5-5 0 12- 10 Hermida grounded into a double play, Hill,A to Gonzalez,Al to Barton,D, Pennington to third (BX) 5-5 2 --3 01 Kotchman grounded out to second (CX) ************** Top of the 13th inning, Syndicate batting Feldman now pitching 5-5 0 --- 22 Barton,D was hit by a pitch (BBCCH) 5-5 0 1-- 20 Suzuki,K grounded into a double play, Izturis,C to Uribe to Kotchman (BBX) 5-5 2 --- 20 Gonzalez,Al grounded out to second (BBX) ************** Bottom of the 13th inning, Thunder batting 5-5 0 --- 21 Laird flied out to left (BBCX) 5-5 1 --- 20 Uribe grounded a single between first and second (BBX) 5-5 1 1-- 12 Erstad grounded out to second, Uribe to second (CCBX) 5-5 2 -2- 00 Izturis,C bunted for a single, Uribe to third (Xb) 5-5 2 1-3 22 Beltran,C flied out to center (BFBFFX) ************** Top of the 14th inning, Syndicate batting 5-5 0 --- 22 Young,CB struck out (BSBCS) Dellucci pinch hitting for Price 5-5 1 --- 10 Dellucci flied out to left (BX) 5-5 2 --- 32 Markakis homered deep to right center (SBBSBFX) 6-5 2 --- 10 Wright,D grounded out to short (BX) ************** Bottom of the 14th inning, Thunder batting Betancourt,R now pitching 6-5 0 --- 10 Pennington flied out to center (BX) Clement pinch hitting for Feldman 6-5 1 --- 22 Clement struck out (CBSFFFBS) 6-5 2 --- 32 Hermida walked (BBBCFB) 6-5 2 1-- 12 Kotchman grounded a single between first and second, Hermida to second (FBCX) 6-5 2 12- 22 Laird struck out (CFBFBS) ******************************************************************* GAME FOUR -- Syndicate (Greinke) at Thunder (Weaver). Up 3-0, the Syndicate were a win away from the championship. At 0-3, the Thunder were in a must win situation. Both starters pitched well. The game was tied through 6 innings. The first run of the game occurred in the top of the 7th, when Nick Markakis hit a 0 out single, moved to second on a Jeff Weaver wild pitch, and scored on Adam Dunn's single. 1-0 Syndicate. The game would remain 1-0 Syndicate heading into the bottom of the 9th. The Thunder's season was on the line. Zack Greinke was still on the mound, going for a shutout. The first batter up was Carlos Beltran. Beltran, the primary offensive force for the Thunder in this post-season. Pop out. Next up was Dan Uggla. Uggla, the 2nd team all-CFOD 2B in 2006. Ground out. 2 outs, and the Syndicate were 1 out away from their 2nd CFOD Championship and first in over a decade. All that separated them was Jay Bruce. Bruce, who hit a measly .234 in the regular season, but who was hitting a brisk .333 in the playoffs. So what happens? Before the capacity Thunder crowd, Bruce takes Greinke deep. Home run, game tied at 1. There is life to the Thunder still. Ramon Ramirez comes on in relief. Jeremy Hermida and Casey Kotchman hit inspired singles. But Gerald Laird kills the Thunder's chance to win it in the 9th, striking out. Still, Bruce's clutch home run would prolong the game. It would only be prolonged by another inning. The usually solid Syndicate relief pitching would break down, allowing the Thunder to load the bases with 1 out. With Dan Uggla at the plate, he hit a base hit up the center, allowing Alfredo Amezaga to score. The Thunder wins game 4 in exciting fashion, 2-1 in 10 innings. SYNDICATE LEADS 3-1. 10/27/2009, MEC08-ROC08, Miller Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 2008 Syndicate 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 3 1 2008 Thunder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 9 0 8 1 Syndicate AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Iwamura 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196 2 2 0 0 Wright,D 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 0 2 0 0 Markakis rf 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 1 0 0 0 Dunn 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130 8 0 0 0 Joyce lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 0 1 0 Suzuki,K c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 11 0 0 0 Tulowitzki ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 2 4 0 0 Johnson,N ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez,Al ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071 0 0 0 0 Carlson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Young,CB cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .204 1 0 0 0 Gutierrez cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .462 0 0 0 0 Greinke p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 1 0 0 0 Ramirez,RS p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Cabrera,A ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 33 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 8 1 0 Thunder AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Beltran,C cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .279 8 0 0 0 Uggla 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .159 1 2 0 0 Bruce lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 0 0 0 Hermida rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 3 0 0 0 Kotchman 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253 5 1 0 0 Laird c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 11 0 0 0 Amezaga ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 1 0 0 Inge 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 0 2 0 0 Erstad ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 0 0 0 0 LaRoche,An 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 0 0 0 0 Pennington ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0 0 0 Weaver p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 1 0 0 0 Clement ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 0 0 0 0 Feldman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Pie ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Sweeney,Mi ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 0 0 0 0 36 2 9 2 0 0 1 2 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 30 6 0 0 Syndicate INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Greinke 8.2 4 1 1 1 10 113 75 30 1 0 0 0 1 3.86 Ramirez,RS L 1-2 0.1 4 1 1 0 1 18 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 2.02 Carlson 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 12 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0.57 9.1 9 2 2 2 11 143 91 38 1 1 0 0 1 Thunder INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Weaver 8.0 3 1 1 1 9 100 74 27 0 0 0 1 1 2.31 Feldman W 2-1 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 27 19 7 0 0 0 0 0 3.78 10.0 4 1 1 1 11 127 93 34 0 0 0 1 1 MEC: Gutierrez inserted at cf in the 8th Johnson,N batted for Tulowitzki in the 10th Gonzalez,Al inserted at ss in the 10th Cabrera,A inserted at ss in the 10th ROC: Erstad batted for Inge in the 8th Clement batted for Weaver in the 8th LaRoche,An inserted at 3b in the 9th Pennington batted for LaRoche,An in the 10th Pie batted for Feldman in the 10th Sweeney,Mi batted for Pie in the 10th GWRBI: Uggla Temperature: 70, Wind: none. 10/27/2009, MEC08-ROC08, Miller Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 2008 Syndicate 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 3 1 2008 Thunder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 9 0 8 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Syndicate batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Iwamura struck out (CSBS) 0-0 1 --- 01 Wright,D grounded out to first (CX) 0-0 2 --- 32 Markakis struck out (SBBBFFFS) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Thunder batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Beltran,C grounded out to second (X) 0-0 1 --- 32 Uggla grounded out to third (CBFBBX) 0-0 2 --- 11 Bruce grounded out to short (SBX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Syndicate batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Dunn struck out (CBBFFFS) 0-0 1 --- 12 Joyce struck out (CBCS) 0-0 2 --- 01 Suzuki,K grounded out to third (CX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Thunder batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Hermida struck out (SFBS) 0-0 1 --- 02 Kotchman struck out (FCS) 0-0 2 --- 12 Laird struck out (BCSS) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Syndicate batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Tulowitzki flied out to right (CCBX) 0-0 1 --- 12 Young,CB lined out to center (BSCX) 0-0 2 --- 02 Greinke flied out to center (CCFX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Thunder batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Amezaga struck out (CBSC) 0-0 1 --- 32 Inge struck out (CFBBBC) 0-0 2 --- 12 Weaver lined a single to shallow left, Weaver to second on an error by the left fielder Joyce (BCCX) 0-0 2 -2- 12 Beltran,C popped out to second (BFSX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Syndicate batting 0-0 0 --- 01 Iwamura lined a single down the right field line (CX) 0-0 0 1-- 31 Wright,D flied out to left (BCBBX) 0-0 1 1-- 30 Markakis walked, Iwamura to second (11BBBB) 0-0 1 12- 01 Dunn flied out to center (CX) 0-0 2 12- 00 Joyce flied out to center (X) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Thunder batting 0-0 0 --- 31 Uggla walked (BBCBB) 0-0 0 1-- 12 Bruce grounded into a double play, Tulowitzki to Iwamura to Dunn (BSCX) 0-0 2 --- 32 Hermida struck out (SBSBFBFS) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Syndicate batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Suzuki,K grounded out to first (FSBBX) 0-0 1 --- 02 Tulowitzki lined out to center (CFX) 0-0 2 --- 11 Young,CB grounded out to second (BFX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Thunder batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Kotchman lined out to short (BSCBX) 0-0 1 --- 10 Laird flied out to left (BX) 0-0 2 --- 01 Amezaga popped out to first (CX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Syndicate batting 0-0 0 --- 02 Greinke flied out to center (SSX) 0-0 1 --- 02 Iwamura grounded out to third (CCX) 0-0 2 --- 22 Wright,D struck out (SBBFC) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Thunder batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Inge struck out (CBBSS) 0-0 1 --- 02 Weaver struck out (CSS) 0-0 2 --- 11 Beltran,C reached on an infield single to first (BCX) 0-0 2 1-- 00 Uggla grounded out to short (X) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Syndicate batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Markakis lined a single down the right field line (BX) 0-0 0 1-- 00 Weaver threw a wild pitch, Markakis to second (B) 0-0 0 -2- 12 Dunn lined a single to left center, Markakis scored (B.CFX) 1-0 0 1-- 02 Joyce struck out (CFFFC) 1-0 1 1-- 01 Suzuki,K grounded into a double play, Amezaga to Uggla to Kotchman (CX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Thunder batting 1-0 0 --- 11 Bruce grounded a single between third and short (CBX) 1-0 0 1-- 22 Hermida struck out (SBBSS) 1-0 1 1-- 01 Kotchman popped out to short (CX) 1-0 2 1-- 31 Laird flied out to center (BBBCX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Syndicate batting 1-0 0 --- 12 Tulowitzki struck out (CSBS) 1-0 1 --- 22 Young,CB struck out (BCSBS) 1-0 2 --- 02 Greinke struck out (CSS) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Thunder batting Gutierrez now playing center field 1-0 0 --- 12 Amezaga struck out (CFBS) Erstad pinch hitting for Inge 1-0 1 --- 02 Erstad grounded out to short (CFFX) Clement pinch hitting for Weaver 1-0 2 --- 21 Clement flied out to left (BSBX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Syndicate batting LaRoche,An now playing third base Feldman now pitching 1-0 0 --- 12 Iwamura struck out (BCFFFS) 1-0 1 --- 11 Wright,D flied out to right (BFX) 1-0 2 --- 11 Markakis lined a single to shallow center (FBX) 1-0 2 1-- 22 Dunn struck out (SBBSFC) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Thunder batting 1-0 0 --- 32 Beltran,C popped out to the mound (CBBSFBX) 1-0 1 --- 00 Uggla grounded out to third (X) 1-0 2 --- 00 Bruce homered deep to right (X) Ramirez,RS now pitching 1-1 2 --- 10 Hermida grounded a single between first and second (BX) 1-1 2 1-- 01 Kotchman grounded a single between first and second, Hermida to second (FX) 1-1 2 12- 22 Laird struck out (CBBCS) ************** Top of the 10th inning, Syndicate batting 1-1 0 --- 20 Joyce flied out to center (BBX) 1-1 1 --- 11 Suzuki,K flied out to right (BFX) Johnson,N pinch hitting for Tulowitzki 1-1 2 --- 02 Johnson,N flied out to center (FFX) ************** Bottom of the 10th inning, Thunder batting Gonzalez,Al now playing shortstop 1-1 0 --- 31 Amezaga grounded a single between first and second (BBFBX) Pennington pinch hitting for LaRoche,An 1-1 0 1-- 12 Pennington reached on an infield single to second, Amezaga to second (1FbBSX) Pie pinch hitting for Feldman Cabrera,A now playing shortstop Carlson now pitching Sweeney,Mi pinch hitting for Pie 1-1 0 12- 11 Sweeney,Mi flied out to right, Amezaga to third (2CBX) 1-1 1 1-3 30 Beltran,C was walked intentionally, Pennington to second (1IIII) 1-1 1 123 22 Uggla singled to center, Amezaga scored, Pennington to third, Beltran,C to second (CCBBX) ******************************************************************* GAME FIVE -- Syndicate (Haren) at Thunder (Volquez). The Syndicate hounded Edinson Volquez early and often, loading the bases and scoring 2 runs in the first, then scoring another 2 in the third to go up 4-0. The Thunder scored a run in the 5th, but the Syndicate matched them with a run in the 6th. With 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th, the Syndicate up 5-1, Grant Balfour struck out Dan Uggla, ending the 2008 season. The Syndicate win game 5 by a socre of 5-1, clinching their 2nd ever CFOD championship. SYNDICATE WINS 4-1, 2008 CFOD CHAMPIONS! PLAYOFF MVP: Several contenders here. Nick Markakis was a consistent force in the Syndicate lineup, hitting .274 with a .575 slugging average, 7 home runs, 10 runs scored and 10 RBI in 18 games. Dan Haren finished 5-0 in 6 starts with a 3.70 ERA, including a post-season no hitter. But the playoff MVP this year is the Syndicate bullpen: Jonathan Broxton (0.00 ERA, 2 saves, 10 2/3 innings pitched), Jesse Carlson (0.57 ERA, 1 save, 15 2/3 innings), Grant Balfour (1-0, 4 saves, 0.67 ERA, 13 1/3 innings), and Ramon Ramirez (2.02 ERA, 13 1/3 innings pitched). The Syndicate were an amazing 10-4 in 1-run games this post-season, and the bullpen was the reason for their success. 10/29/2009, MEC08-ROC08, Miller Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2008 Syndicate 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 5 2 6 0 2008 Thunder 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 10 2 Syndicate AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Iwamura 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 1 1 0 0 Wright,D 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 1 1 2 0 Markakis rf 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 1 0 0 0 Dunn 1b 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .125 4 1 0 0 Joyce lf 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 1 0 0 0 Suzuki,K c 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 13 0 0 0 Gonzalez,Al ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .056 2 1 0 0 Gutierrez cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .462 0 0 0 0 Young,CB cf 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .193 3 1 0 0 Tulowitzki ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 0 0 0 0 Haren p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 0 1 0 0 Dellucci ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Broxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Balfour p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 29 5 5 4 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 27 6 2 0 Thunder AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Beltran,C cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 3 0 0 0 Uggla 2b 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .147 3 4 0 0 Bruce lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .328 2 0 0 0 Hermida rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 2 0 0 0 Kotchman 1b 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 9 0 0 0 Laird c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .233 6 0 0 0 Amezaga ss 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 1 2 0 0 Blevins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Inge 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 1 3 0 0 Clement ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 0 0 0 0 Volquez p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0 0 0 Feldman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Erstad ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .216 0 0 0 0 Reyes,An p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Uribe ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 0 0 0 0 Richard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Vargas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Pennington ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 0 0 0 0 35 1 7 1 1 0 0 2 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 10 0 0 Syndicate INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Haren W 5-0 8.0 7 1 0 1 10 114 76 34 0 0 1 1 0 3.70 Broxton 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Balfour 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 13 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.67 9.0 7 1 0 2 12 133 86 38 0 0 1 1 0 Thunder INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Volquez L 3-1 3.2 4 4 4 6 4 85 42 21 0 0 1 0 1 4.09 Feldman 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.50 Reyes,An 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 13 7 4 0 0 0 0 1 4.79 Richard 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 10 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.91 Vargas 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 17 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Blevins 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 8 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 5 5 5 7 6 146 80 38 0 0 1 0 2 MEC: Gutierrez inserted at cf in the 8th Tulowitzki inserted at ss in the 8th Dellucci batted for Haren in the 9th ROC: Erstad batted for Feldman in the 5th Uribe batted for Reyes,An in the 6th Pennington inserted at ss in the 9th Clement batted for Inge in the 9th GWRBI: Joyce Temperature: 70, Wind: none. 10/29/2009, MEC08-ROC08, Miller Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2008 Syndicate 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 5 2 6 0 2008 Thunder 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 10 2 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Syndicate batting 0-0 0 --- 21 Iwamura lined a single to shallow left (CBBX) 0-0 0 1-- 02 Wright,D struck out (CCS) 0-0 1 1-- 31 Markakis walked, Iwamura to second (CBBBB) 0-0 1 12- 01 Dunn was hit by a pitch, Iwamura to third, Markakis to second (CH) 0-0 1 123 30 Joyce walked, Iwamura scored, Markakis to third, Dunn to second (BBBB) 1-0 1 123 01 Suzuki,K lined a single to left, Markakis scored, Dunn to third, Joyce to second (FX) 2-0 1 123 12 Gonzalez,Al lined out to right (BSFX) 2-0 2 123 22 Young,CB struck out (SBSFBS) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Thunder batting 2-0 0 --- 22 Beltran,C flied out to center (SBBSX) 2-0 1 --- 22 Uggla flied out to left (BBCFX) 2-0 2 --- 12 Bruce struck out (CCBS) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Syndicate batting 2-0 0 --- 22 Haren struck out (CCBBS) 2-0 1 --- 12 Iwamura struck out (BSCC) 2-0 2 --- 32 Wright,D walked (SSBBBB) 2-0 2 1-- 21 Markakis popped out to short (BBCX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Thunder batting 2-0 0 --- 02 Hermida struck out (CCC) 2-0 1 --- 20 Kotchman lined a single to right center (BBX) 2-0 1 1-- 00 Laird popped out to the catcher (X) 2-0 2 1-- 12 Amezaga grounded a single up the middle, Kotchman to second (FFBX) 2-0 2 12- 12 Inge struck out (BFSS) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Syndicate batting 2-0 0 --- 31 Dunn walked (BBCBB) 2-0 0 1-- 30 Joyce walked, Dunn to second (BBBB) 2-0 0 12- 20 Suzuki,K grounded a single between first and second, Dunn scored, Joyce to third (BBX) 3-0 0 1-3 21 Gonzalez,Al grounded into a double play, Inge to Uggla to Kotchman, Joyce scored (BBSX) 4-0 2 --- 02 Young,CB popped out to center (CFX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Thunder batting 4-0 0 --- 02 Volquez grounded out to third (FCX) 4-0 1 --- 10 Beltran,C lined a single to left (BX) 4-0 1 1-- 22 Uggla struck out (BBCCC) 4-0 2 1-- 10 Bruce lined out to short (BX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Syndicate batting 4-0 0 --- 21 Haren grounded out to third (BFBX) 4-0 1 --- 12 Iwamura lined out to second (BFFFX) 4-0 2 --- 11 Wright,D lined a single to shallow center (CBX) 4-0 2 1-- 31 Markakis walked, Wright,D to second (BBSBB) Feldman now pitching 4-0 2 12- 01 Dunn grounded out to short (CX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Thunder batting 4-0 0 --- 31 Hermida walked (BBBCB) 4-0 0 1-- 02 Kotchman struck out (CCS) 4-0 1 1-- 22 Laird grounded to the mound, forcing Hermida at second, Laird to first (CSBBX) 4-0 2 1-- 12 Amezaga grounded a single between third and short, Laird to second (CBSX) 4-0 2 12- 10 Haren threw a wild pitch, Laird to third, Amezaga to second (BB) 4-0 2 -23 31 Inge flied out to center (BB.BCX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Syndicate batting 4-0 0 --- 32 Joyce flied out to left (BCCBBX) 4-0 1 --- 02 Suzuki,K flied out to center (CFX) 4-0 2 --- 01 Gonzalez,Al grounded out to the mound (CX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Thunder batting Erstad pinch hitting for Feldman 4-0 0 --- 10 Erstad grounded out to second (BX) 4-0 1 --- 12 Beltran,C lined out to first (CSBX) 4-0 2 --- 10 Uggla to second on an error by the third baseman Wright,D (BX) 4-0 2 -2- 00 Bruce grounded a single up the middle, Uggla scored (X) 4-1 2 1-- 10 Hermida popped out to short (BX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Syndicate batting Reyes,An now pitching 4-1 0 --- 32 Young,CB walked (FBSBBB) 4-1 0 1-- 10 Haren lined a single down the right field line, Young,CB to third (BX) 4-1 0 1-3 01 Iwamura lined out to right, Young,CB scored (CX) 5-1 1 1-- 11 Wright,D grounded into a double play, Amezaga to Uggla to Kotchman (BFX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Thunder batting 5-1 0 --- 12 Kotchman struck out (CBFFS) 5-1 1 --- 22 Laird was hit by a pitch (CFBFBFH) 5-1 1 1-- 00 Amezaga grounded a single up the middle, Laird out at third (X) 5-1 2 1-- 10 Amezaga to second, Inge to first on an error by the third baseman Wright,D (BX) Uribe pinch hitting for Reyes,An 5-1 2 12- 12 Uribe struck out (CSBS) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Syndicate batting Richard now pitching 5-1 0 --- 22 Markakis struck out (CFBBS) 5-1 1 --- 00 Dunn flied out to left (X) 5-1 2 --- 21 Joyce grounded out to first (SBBX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Thunder batting 5-1 0 --- 00 Beltran,C popped out to center (X) 5-1 1 --- 10 Uggla grounded out to short (BX) 5-1 2 --- 12 Bruce struck out (SCBC) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Syndicate batting Vargas now pitching 5-1 0 --- 32 Suzuki,K flied out to center (BBFBFX) 5-1 1 --- 32 Gonzalez,Al grounded out to second (CBFFBBX) 5-1 2 --- 21 Young,CB grounded out to second (CBBX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Thunder batting Gutierrez now playing center field Tulowitzki now playing shortstop 5-1 0 --- 02 Hermida struck out (SFC) 5-1 1 --- 01 Kotchman lined a double to left center (CX) 5-1 1 -2- 12 Laird popped out to right (CCBX) 5-1 2 -2- 22 Amezaga struck out (BCBFS) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Syndicate batting Dellucci pinch hitting for Haren Pennington now playing shortstop Blevins now pitching 5-1 0 --- 22 Dellucci struck out (BBFCFC) 5-1 1 --- 00 Iwamura popped out to third (X) 5-1 2 --- 00 Wright,D grounded out to third (X) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Thunder batting Broxton now pitching Clement pinch hitting for Inge 5-1 0 --- 32 Clement walked (CBBFBB) Balfour now pitching 5-1 0 1-- 22 Pennington struck out (CBBFFS) 5-1 1 1-- 10 Beltran,C grounded out to first, Clement to second (BX) 5-1 2 -2- 22 Uggla struck out (BCBFC) *******************************************************************