CDBL PLAYOFF PREVIEW Round 1 Topeka Stingers (94.68, #2 League Wildcard, 2-0 over Dragons in Round 0) vs. Boston Bulldogs (113-49, Tiant Division Winner) The Stingers clinched the #2 league wildcard by tiebreaker on the final day of the season, then upset the Dragons with a sweep of their round 0 series to advance to round 1. In their round 0 series, Andre Ethier hint .556 with 3 runs scored and 2 RBI, Josh Hamilton hit .444 with a home run, 3 runs scored and 4 RBI, and Blake DeWitt hit .429 with 3 RBI. The team has a whole hit .328/.400/.433. Clay Buchholz won his start with a 3.00 ERA, and Tim Stauffer and Nelson Figueroa combined to throw 3 2/3 innings of shutout relief with a win and save between them. The Boston Bulldogs held court all season long, clinching the Tiant Division title and the league's best record. Aubrey Huff hit .305 with 32 home runs, 129 runs scored and 113 RBI, while Kelly Johnson hit .305 wtih 43 home runs, 103 runs scored and 116 RBI. Andres Torres had a .356 on base average, 24 stolen bases and 111 runs scored. David Ortiz cracked 47 home runs with 94 runs scored and 113 RBI. Giancarlo Stanton hit .284 with 29 home runs and 84 RBI in just 391 at bats. Trevor Cahill went 16-6 with a 3.44 ERA, Brett Cecil went 19-8 with a 3.65 ERA and Brian Matusz went 15-7 with a 3.57 ERA. Mid-season acquisition Joakim Soria saved 18 games with a 1.03 (30 saves overall), and Carlos Marmol saved 13 games with a 2.16 ERA. Boston's 3.22 team ERA was best in the majors. In 9 regular games the Bulldogs won the season series 5 games to 4. Boston has home field advantage due to their pennant winning status. ******************************************************************* GAME ONE -- Stingers (Buchholz) at Bulldogs (Anderson). The Bulldogs came out swinging in the opening game of this series. In the bottom of the 1st with a runner on base, David Ortiz went yard. 2-0 Boston. With 2 outs, Kelly Johnson smacked a solo home run to put the Bulldogs up 3-0. In the bottom of the 2nd inning, JJ Hardy got a 1 out base hit and moved to 3rd on a 2 out double from Andres Torres. Aubrey Huff smoked a base hit, driving in 2 runs to put Boston up 5-0 after 2 innings. In the top of the 3rd with 2 outs, Brennan Boesch hit a double. Ryan Howard followed up with a walk. Josh Hamilton then smacked a single up the middle, scoring Boesch for the first Topeka run of the game. Jason Kendall followed up with a base hit, scoring Howard for a 2-run with 2-outs inning for Topeka. 5-2 Boston after 3 innings. The score remained 5-2 Boston heading into the top of the 8th. Brett Anderson was still pitching for the Bulldogs, his opponent Clay Buchholz lasting just 2 innings. First batter up, Boesch, singled. Ryan Howard popped out for out #1. Josh Hamilton was issued a walk, putting 2 runners on base. Anderson was done for the day, and on came Carlos Marmol. Pinch hitter Andre Ethier smashed a grounder to JJ Hardy, who bobbled it. Error to the shortstop, and the bases were loaded with 1 out. Joakim Soria was now the pitcher of record. Black DeWitt cracked a 1-0 pitch down the first base line, scoring 2 runners. Boston's lead was now 5-4. Scott Podsednik grounded to third, where the ball was thrown home to save the run. 2 outs and runners were at the corners. Up came pinch hitter Chipper Jones. Jones hit a ball to Chris Johnson at third, who couldn't handle it. Error to the third baseman, and DeWitt scored. 5-5 tie ballgame. Pinch hitter Scott Cousins singled with 2 outs. Podsednik scored, and when Jones rounded third, Corey Hart threw to home, but the throw was off. Jones scored on the third Boston error of the inning. 7-5 Topeka after a 5 run 8th inning, 4 of those runs unearned. The Stingers added an insurance run in the top of the 9th with a 2 out RBI single from DeWitt. Jose Valverde was pitching for the Stingers in the bottom of the 9th, benefitting from a 8-5 lead. First batter up, Aubrey Huff, walked. Pinch hitter Hank Blalock flied out. Pinch hitter Jeff Keppinger popped out. And with 2 outs, Kelly Johnson grounded out to end the game. Topeka takes advantage of a series of fielding gaffes to win game 1 by a score of 8-5. STINGERS LEAD 1-0. 10/10/2010, TOP10-BOS10, Comerica Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2010 Stingers 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 8 14 1 9 0 2010 Bulldogs 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 3 9 1 Stingers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Scutaro ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 2 1 0 Cousins ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 Stauffer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Valverde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Valencia 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Boesch rf 4 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 2 0 0 0 Howard 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 9 1 0 0 Hamilton,J lf 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 2 0 0 0 Kendall c 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 7 0 0 0 Capuano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Schierholtz ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Ethier ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Hernandez,R c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 DeWitt 2b 5 1 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 0 5 0 0 Podsednik cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 2 0 0 0 Buchholz,C p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Figueroa p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Wilson,Bo c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 Jones,C ph 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Tejada,R ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 41 8 14 6 3 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 27 10 1 0 Bulldogs AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Torres,A cf 5 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 0 0 0 0 Huff,A lf 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 1 0 0 0 Ortiz,D 1b 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 13 0 0 0 Freese ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 Blalock ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Stanton rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 Hart ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 Keppinger ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Johnson,K 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 3 7 0 0 Johnson,C 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 6 1 0 Montero c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5 2 0 0 Hardy ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 2 1 0 Anderson,Bre p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Soria p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Gload 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 37 5 9 5 2 0 2 4 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 17 3 0 Stingers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Buchholz,C 2.0 6 5 5 2 1 55 30 14 2 1 0 1 0 22.50 Figueroa 3.0 3 0 0 1 6 51 32 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Capuano W 1-0 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 24 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Stauffer H 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Valverde S 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 20 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 9 5 5 4 10 157 93 41 2 1 0 1 0 Bulldogs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Anderson,Bre 7.1 9 4 3 3 1 103 65 32 0 0 0 0 1 3.68 Marmol 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Soria BS 1, L 0-1 0.2 2 2 0 0 0 9 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Betancourt,R 1.0 3 1 1 0 3 19 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 9.0 14 8 4 3 4 135 90 44 0 0 0 0 1 TOP: Wilson,Bo inserted at c in the 6th Schierholtz batted for Capuano in the 8th Ethier batted for Schierholtz in the 8th Jones,C batted for Wilson,Bo in the 8th Cousins batted for Scutaro in the 8th Hernandez,R inserted at c in the 8th Tejada,R inserted at ss in the 8th BOS: Freese batted for Ortiz,D in the 6th Hart batted for Stanton in the 6th Hart moved to rf in the 7th Freese moved to 1b in the 7th Gload batted for Soria in the 8th Blalock batted for Freese in the 9th Keppinger batted for Hart in the 9th GWRBI: Cousins Temperature: 63, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 10 MPH. 10/10/2010, TOP10-BOS10, Comerica Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2010 Stingers 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 8 14 1 9 0 2010 Bulldogs 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 3 9 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Stingers batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Scutaro grounded out to second (BCCX) 0-0 1 --- 11 Valencia grounded out to second (BCX) 0-0 2 --- 30 Boesch walked (BBBB) 0-0 2 1-- 32 Howard grounded a single between first and second, Boesch to third (BBBCF>F1>X) 0-0 2 1-3 02 Hamilton,J grounded out to third (CFX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Bulldogs batting 0-0 0 --- 02 Torres,A struck out (CFS) 0-0 1 --- 32 Huff,A grounded a single between third and short (BFBFFBX) 0-0 1 1-- 00 Ortiz,D homered deep to left, Huff,A scored (1X) 0-2 1 --- 31 Stanton grounded out to second (SBBBX) 0-2 2 --- 32 Johnson,K homered deep down the right field line (BBBCCX) 0-3 2 --- 12 Johnson,C grounded out to short (BSCX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Stingers batting 0-3 0 --- 00 Kendall flied out to left (X) 0-3 1 --- 20 DeWitt grounded a double down the first base line (BBX) 0-3 1 -2- 11 Podsednik grounded out to second, DeWitt to third (FBX) 0-3 2 --3 00 Buchholz,C grounded out to third (X) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Bulldogs batting 0-3 0 --- 10 Montero flied out to center (BX) 0-3 1 --- 22 Hardy reached on an infield single to short (FBSBX) 0-3 1 1-- 32 Anderson,Bre flied out to right (FbBFBBX) 0-3 2 1-- 00 Torres,A grounded a double down the third base line, Hardy to third (X) 0-3 2 -23 11 Huff,A lined a single to right center, Hardy scored, Torres,A scored (CBX) 0-5 2 1-- 11 Buchholz,C threw a wild pitch, Huff,A to second (BCB) 0-5 2 -2- 31 Ortiz,D was walked intentionally (BCB.II) 0-5 2 12- 00 Stanton grounded out to short (X) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Stingers batting 0-5 0 --- 22 Scutaro grounded out to second (BFCBFX) 0-5 1 --- 11 Valencia popped out to second (FBX) 0-5 2 --- 11 Boesch doubled deep to center (CBX) 0-5 2 -2- 32 Howard walked (CBSBBB) 0-5 2 12- 00 Hamilton,J grounded a single up the middle, Boesch scored, Howard to second (X) 1-5 2 12- 00 Kendall lined a single to right center, Howard scored, Hamilton,J to third (X) 2-5 2 1-3 20 DeWitt grounded out to the catcher (BBX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Bulldogs batting 2-5 0 --- 32 Johnson,K walked (FBFBBB) Figueroa now pitching 2-5 0 1-- 12 Johnson,C struck out (CBSS) 2-5 1 1-- 00 Johnson,K to second, Montero to first on an error by the shortstop Scutaro (X) 2-5 1 12- 22 Hardy struck out (BFFBC) 2-5 2 12- 10 Anderson,Bre grounded out to the mound (BX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Stingers batting 2-5 0 --- 01 Podsednik grounded out to short (FX) 2-5 1 --- 20 Figueroa flied out to right (BBX) 2-5 2 --- 00 Scutaro flied out to right (X) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Bulldogs batting 2-5 0 --- 32 Torres,A doubled deep to right center (SBBBFX) 2-5 0 -2- 31 Huff,A walked (BBBCB) 2-5 0 12- 12 Ortiz,D struck out (CBFC) 2-5 1 12- 00 Stanton flied out to left (X) 2-5 2 12- 01 Johnson,K reached on an infield single to second, Torres,A to third, Huff,A to second (SX) 2-5 2 123 22 Johnson,C struck out (SBBFS) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Stingers batting 2-5 0 --- 00 Valencia grounded out to third (X) 2-5 1 --- 32 Boesch grounded a single up the middle (BBSCBX) 2-5 1 1-- 11 Howard grounded into a double play, Johnson,C to Johnson,K to Ortiz,D (CBX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Bulldogs batting 2-5 0 --- 22 Montero struck out (CBCBS) 2-5 1 --- 02 Hardy lined a single down the left field line (CSX) 2-5 1 1-- 11 Anderson,Bre grounded out to second, Hardy to second (BCX) 2-5 2 -2- 22 Torres,A struck out (FBFBS) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Stingers batting 2-5 0 --- 12 Hamilton,J grounded out to first (CBCFX) 2-5 1 --- 01 Kendall grounded out to short (SX) 2-5 2 --- 00 DeWitt grounded out to second (X) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Bulldogs batting Wilson,Bo now playing catcher Capuano now pitching 2-5 0 --- 00 Huff,A grounded out to second (X) Freese pinch hitting for Ortiz,D 2-5 1 --- 32 Freese struck out (BBFBCC) Hart pinch hitting for Stanton 2-5 2 --- 11 Hart grounded out to first (FBX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Stingers batting Hart moved to right field Freese moved to first base 2-5 0 --- 00 Podsednik reached on an infield single to second (X) 2-5 0 1-- 01 Podsednik was caught stealing second (C>C) 2-5 1 --- 02 Wilson,Bo struck out (C>C.FC) 2-5 2 --- 12 Scutaro lined a single to shallow right (BFFX) 2-5 2 1-- 32 Valencia grounded out to second (CCBFFBFB>X) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Bulldogs batting 2-5 0 --- 12 Johnson,K flied out to left (BCSX) 2-5 1 --- 22 Johnson,C struck out (BCFBFS) 2-5 2 --- 12 Montero struck out (CBCS) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Stingers batting 2-5 0 --- 11 Boesch lined a single down the right field line (BCX) 2-5 0 1-- 00 Howard popped out to short (X) 2-5 1 1-- 31 Hamilton,J walked, Boesch to second (BCBBB) Schierholtz pinch hitting for Capuano Marmol now pitching Ethier pinch hitting for Schierholtz 2-5 1 12- 12 Boesch to third, Hamilton,J to second, Ethier to first on an error by the shortstop Hardy (FBSX) Soria now pitching 2-5 1 123 10 DeWitt grounded a double down the first base line, Boesch scored, Hamilton,J scored, Ethier to third (BX) 4-5 1 -23 02 Podsednik grounded to third, Ethier out at home, DeWitt to third, Podsednik to first (CSX) Jones,C pinch hitting for Wilson,Bo 4-5 2 1-3 00 DeWitt scored, Podsednik to second, Jones,C to first on an error by the third baseman Johnson,C (X) Cousins pinch hitting for Scutaro 5-5 2 12- 00 Cousins lined a single to shallow right, Podsednik scored, Jones,C scored on an error by the right fielder Hart, Cousins to third (X) 7-5 2 --3 01 Valencia grounded out to third (CX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Bulldogs batting Hernandez,R now playing catcher Tejada,R now playing shortstop Stauffer now pitching 7-5 0 --- 11 Hardy flied out to right (CBX) Gload pinch hitting for Soria 7-5 1 --- 11 Gload grounded out to second (BCX) 7-5 2 --- 00 Torres,A grounded out to short (X) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Stingers batting Betancourt,R now pitching 7-5 0 --- 12 Boesch struck out (CSBFS) 7-5 1 --- 12 Howard struck out (BFSC) 7-5 2 --- 11 Hamilton,J grounded a single between third and short (CBX) 7-5 2 1-- 00 Hernandez,R lined a single to right center, Hamilton,J to third (X) 7-5 2 1-3 00 DeWitt lined a single to shallow center, Hamilton,J scored, Hernandez,R to second (X) 8-5 2 12- 22 Podsednik struck out (BFFBS) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Bulldogs batting Valverde now pitching 8-5 0 --- 31 Huff,A walked (BBBCB) Blalock pinch hitting for Freese 8-5 0 1-- 22 Blalock flied out to center (CBBFX) Keppinger pinch hitting for Hart 8-5 1 1-- 21 Keppinger popped out to short (BBCX) 8-5 2 1-- 22 Johnson,K grounded out to second (FFBFBX) ******************************************************************* GAME TWO -- Stingers (Wainwright) at Bulldogs (Matusz). The starters were throwing shutouts through the first 4 1/2 innings of play. In the bottom of the 5th, Giancarlo Stanton hit a leadoff double, the first Bulldogs hit of the game. Chris Johnson hit a 1 out double, scoring Stanton for a 1-0 Boston lead. Miguel Montero doubled, scoring Johnson to give the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead. In the top of the 7th, Jason Kendall hit a flyout against Brian Matusz. Pinch hitter Ruben Tejada doubled, and on came Carlos Marmol in relief. Marmol's 2-2 pitch to Scott Podsednik resulted in a base hit, scoring Tejada to cut Boston's lead to 1. In the top of the 9th, Joakim Soria was pitching for Boston with a 2-1 lead. With 1 out, Andre Ethier smacked a solo home run, tying the game up at 2. The game would go into extra innings. In the top of the 10th, Ryan Howard got a 1 out walk, but that would be the only Topeka base runner this inning, as Josh Hamiton hit a fly out and pinch hitter Ramon Hernandez grounded out to end the inning. In the bottom of the 10th, Jose Valverde was pitching for the Stringers. Chris Johnson struck out for out #1. The next batter was Miguel Montero. On a 2-1 pitch, Montero went yard. Solo home run, and the Bulldogs win it in extra innings on the last at bat. Boston wins game 2 by a score of 2-1 in 10 innings to tie up the series. SERIES TIED 1-1. 10/11/2010, TOP10-BOS10, Comerica Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 2010 Stingers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 7 1 10 2 2010 Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 0 3 1 Stingers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Scutaro ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 0 3 0 0 Valencia 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0 Boesch rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .571 0 0 0 0 Jones,C ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Stauffer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Castro,S ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Valverde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Howard 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 5 1 1 0 Hamilton,J lf 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 0 0 0 Kendall c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 13 0 0 0 Hernandez,R ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 0 0 0 DeWitt 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 3 2 0 0 Tejada,R ph 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 1 0 0 Podsednik cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 2 0 0 0 Wainwright p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Ethier ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 0 0 0 35 2 7 2 3 0 1 5 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 28 9 1 0 Bulldogs AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Torres,A cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 4 0 0 0 Huff,A lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 2 0 0 0 Ortiz,D 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 12 0 0 0 Stanton rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 2 0 0 0 Johnson,K 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 7 0 0 Johnson,C 3b 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0 0 Montero c 4 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 8 0 0 0 Hardy ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 1 5 0 0 Matusz p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Hart ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Soria p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 33 3 6 3 4 0 1 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 14 0 0 Stingers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Wainwright 6.0 3 2 2 1 10 81 53 22 0 0 0 0 1 3.00 Stauffer 3.0 2 0 0 0 3 42 28 10 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Valverde L 0-1 0.1 1 1 1 0 1 8 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.75 9.1 6 3 3 1 14 131 86 34 1 0 0 0 2 Bulldogs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Matusz 6.1 4 1 1 3 7 102 57 25 0 0 0 0 1 1.42 Marmol H 1 1.2 2 0 0 1 1 36 18 9 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 Soria BS 2, W 1-1 2.0 1 1 1 1 0 23 13 8 1 0 0 0 0 3.38 10.0 7 2 2 5 8 161 88 42 1 0 1 0 1 TOP: Tejada,R batted for DeWitt in the 7th Ethier batted for Wainwright in the 7th Jones,C batted for Boesch in the 7th Ethier moved to rf in the 7th Tejada,R moved to 2b in the 7th Castro,S batted for Stauffer in the 10th Hernandez,R batted for Kendall in the 10th Hernandez,R moved to c in the 10th BOS: Hart batted for Marmol in the 8th GWRBI: Montero Temperature: 73, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 16 MPH. 10/11/2010, TOP10-BOS10, Comerica Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 2010 Stingers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 7 1 10 2 2010 Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 0 3 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Stingers batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Scutaro grounded a single between first and second (FBFBX) 0-0 0 1-- 32 Valencia grounded into a double play, Hardy to Johnson,K to Ortiz,D (FBFBBX) 0-0 2 --- 31 Boesch grounded out to second (BCBBX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Bulldogs batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Torres,A to first on an error by the first baseman Howard (BX) 0-0 0 1-- 12 Huff,A struck out (11C1CBS) 0-0 1 1-- 10 Ortiz,D grounded into a double play, Valencia to DeWitt to Howard (1BX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Stingers batting 0-0 0 --- 02 Howard struck out (CCC) 0-0 1 --- 32 Hamilton,J struck out (CBBCBS) 0-0 2 --- 10 Kendall grounded out to short (BX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Bulldogs batting 0-0 0 --- 11 Stanton grounded out to second (BFX) 0-0 1 --- 10 Johnson,K lined out to second (BX) 0-0 2 --- 01 Johnson,C flied out to center (CX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Stingers batting 0-0 0 --- 32 DeWitt walked (SBBFBB) 0-0 0 1-- 00 Podsednik sacrifice bunted to the mound, DeWitt to second (Xb) 0-0 1 -2- 30 Wainwright walked (BBBB) 0-0 1 12- 00 Scutaro grounded out to short, DeWitt to third, Wainwright to second (>X) 0-0 2 -23 31 Valencia flied out to right (FBBBX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Bulldogs batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Montero struck out (BCFBC) 0-0 1 --- 00 Hardy grounded out to short (X) 0-0 2 --- 22 Matusz struck out (SFBBFS) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Stingers batting 0-0 0 --- 02 Boesch struck out (FCS) 0-0 1 --- 12 Howard struck out (BFCS) 0-0 2 --- 20 Hamilton,J grounded a double down the first base line (BBX) 0-0 2 -2- 32 Kendall grounded out to second (CBCBFBX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Bulldogs batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Torres,A struck out (SBBSFS) 0-0 1 --- 21 Huff,A grounded out to first (SBBX) 0-0 2 --- 12 Ortiz,D struck out (CBFS) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Stingers batting 0-0 0 --- 02 DeWitt struck out (CFFS) 0-0 1 --- 21 Podsednik grounded out to second (FBBX) 0-0 2 --- 22 Wainwright struck out (CCBFBS) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Bulldogs batting 0-0 0 --- 01 Stanton lined a double to right center (FX) 0-0 0 -2- 12 Johnson,K struck out (CBCFFFS) 0-0 1 -2- 00 Johnson,C lined a double to left center, Stanton scored (X) 0-1 1 -2- 22 Montero doubled deep to left, Johnson,C scored (CBSBX) 0-2 1 -2- 02 Hardy struck out (CSS) 0-2 2 -2- 31 Matusz walked (BSBBB) 0-2 2 12- 30 Torres,A grounded to third, forcing Matusz at second (BBBX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Stingers batting 0-2 0 --- 11 Scutaro flied out to left (BCX) 0-2 1 --- 32 Valencia walked (CFBBBB) 0-2 1 1-- 12 Boesch lined a single to right center, Valencia to third (CFFBX) 0-2 1 1-3 12 Howard struck out (CBFC) 0-2 2 1-3 21 Hamilton,J lined out to center (SBBX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Bulldogs batting 0-2 0 --- 12 Huff,A struck out (CBSC) 0-2 1 --- 12 Ortiz,D struck out (BSCC) 0-2 2 --- 22 Stanton struck out (BSSBC) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Stingers batting 0-2 0 --- 20 Kendall flied out to right (BBX) Tejada,R pinch hitting for DeWitt 0-2 1 --- 10 Tejada,R doubled deep to left center (BX) Marmol now pitching 0-2 1 -2- 22 Podsednik lined a single to left center, Tejada,R scored (CBFBX) Ethier pinch hitting for Wainwright 1-2 1 1-- 31 Ethier walked, Podsednik to second (BBCBB) 1-2 1 12- 21 Scutaro grounded out to short, Podsednik to third, Ethier to second (BBCX) 1-2 2 -23 32 Valencia was hit by a pitch (BBBCSH) Jones,C pinch hitting for Boesch 1-2 2 123 22 Jones,C struck out (BCFBS) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Bulldogs batting Stauffer now pitching Ethier moved to right field Tejada,R moved to second base 1-2 0 --- 02 Johnson,K struck out (FCC) 1-2 1 --- 12 Johnson,C grounded a single between third and short (CFBX) 1-2 1 1-- 10 Montero grounded into a double play, Scutaro to Tejada,R to Howard (BX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Stingers batting 1-2 0 --- 11 Howard lined a double to left center (BCX) 1-2 0 -2- 00 Hamilton,J grounded out to short (X) 1-2 1 -2- 10 Kendall flied out to center (BX) 1-2 2 -2- 22 Tejada,R flied out to left (BBSSX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Bulldogs batting 1-2 0 --- 20 Hardy lined a double to left center (BBX) Hart pinch hitting for Marmol 1-2 0 -2- 12 Hart grounded out to short (BCCFX) 1-2 1 -2- 11 Torres,A lined out to center (CBX) 1-2 2 -2- 02 Huff,A flied out to right (CSFX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Stingers batting Soria now pitching 1-2 0 --- 20 Podsednik grounded out to second (BBX) 1-2 1 --- 01 Ethier homered deep to right (CX) 2-2 1 --- 00 Scutaro grounded out to the mound (X) 2-2 2 --- 00 Valencia flied out to center (X) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Bulldogs batting 2-2 0 --- 32 Ortiz,D struck out (BBCBSS) 2-2 1 --- 22 Stanton struck out (CBBFC) 2-2 2 --- 32 Johnson,K flied out to left (CBBFFBX) ************** Top of the 10th inning, Stingers batting Castro,S pinch hitting for Stauffer 2-2 0 --- 11 Castro,S grounded out to second (BCX) 2-2 1 --- 31 Howard walked (BBBCB) 2-2 1 1-- 12 Hamilton,J flied out to center (FFBX) Hernandez,R pinch hitting for Kendall 2-2 2 1-- 21 Hernandez,R grounded to second, forcing Howard at second (SBBX) ************** Bottom of the 10th inning, Bulldogs batting Valverde now pitching Hernandez,R moved to catcher 2-2 0 --- 12 Johnson,C struck out (FBSS) 2-2 1 --- 21 Montero homered to right (BCBX) ******************************************************************* GAME THREE -- Bulldogs (Cecil) at Stingers (Braden). In the bottom of the first, the Stingers were active in front of the home crowd. Marco Scutaro hit a leadoff single, and Danny Valencia doubled to put 2 runners on. Brennan Boesch hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Scutario. Ryan Howard singled, scoring Valencia to put Topeka up 2-0. The Bulldogs chipped away at the lead in the middle innings. In the top of the 4th, with 1 out, Kelly Johnson singled. David Freese singled, moving Johnson to 2nd. Jason Michaels grounded to 2nd, forcing out Freese, but Johnson advanced to third. With 2 outs, Jeff Keppinger singled, scoring Johnson to make it a 2-1 Topeka game. In the top of the 5th, Brett Cecil hit a dribbler, which Jason Kendall proceeded to overthrow to first. Error to the catcher and Cecil was on 2nd base. Aubrey Huff singled, putting runners at the corners. Geovany Soto followed up with a single, scoring Cecil to tie the game up at 2. The score would remain tied at 2 heading into the top of the 9th. Jose Valvede was pitching for the Stingers. Keppinger hit a leadoff single. Pinch hitter Nyjer Morgan laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt, advancing Keppinger to 2nd. Andres Torres grounded out for the 2nd out of the inning. Aubrey Huff was walked intentionally, then Geovany Soto was walked unintentionally to load the bases with 2 outs. Corey Hart was unable to capitalize, popping out to first to end the top of the 9th with the score still tied at 2. Boone Logan was pitching for the Bulldogs in the bottom of the 9th with a tie score. Pinch hitter Nate Schierholtz hit a leadoff single. On came Brandon League in relief. League's first pitch was wild, moving Schierholtz to 2nd to break up the possible double play. League then intentionally walked Starlin Castro. Facing Ramon Hernandez, League threw another wild pitch, advancing both runners 90 feet. Hernandez was walked intentionally to load the bases with Blake DeWitt at the plate and no outs. On the 2nd pitch seen, DeWitt singled, scoring Schierholtz to win the game. Topeka wins game 3 by a score of 3-2 to take the series lead. STINGERS LEAD 2-1. 10/12/2010, BOS10-TOP10, Oakland County Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2010 Bulldogs 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 10 0 2010 Stingers 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 7 0 Bulldogs AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Huff,A 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .300 9 1 0 0 Soto c 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 3 0 0 0 Hart rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Logan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 League p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Johnson,K 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 5 0 0 Freese 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 0 2 0 0 Michaels lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 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 Stanton rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0 0 0 Keppinger ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 1 1 0 0 Johnson,Re cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 7 0 0 0 Morgan ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Cecil p 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 Gload ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Belisle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Torres,A lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0 0 0 35 2 9 2 1 0 0 2 6 0 0 1 1 1 0 24 10 0 0 Stingers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Scutaro ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 3 3 0 0 Valencia 3b 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 1 2 0 0 Boesch rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 2 1 0 0 Howard 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 3 0 0 0 Stauffer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Valverde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Schierholtz ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 Hamilton,J lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 0 0 0 Castro,S ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Kendall c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .125 7 0 1 0 Ethier ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Hernandez,R c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 1 0 0 0 DeWitt 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 2 2 0 0 Podsednik cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 2 0 0 0 Braden p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Wilson,Bo 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4 1 0 0 29 3 6 3 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 27 10 1 0 Bulldogs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Cecil 6.0 4 2 2 1 3 73 49 23 0 1 0 0 0 3.00 Belisle 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 12 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Betancourt,R 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 Logan L 0-1 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 99.00 League 0.0 1 0 0 2 0 12 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 0.00 8.0 6 3 3 4 3 109 68 34 0 3 0 2 0 Stingers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Braden 6.0 7 2 1 0 5 99 65 26 0 0 1 0 0 1.50 Stauffer 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 17 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Valverde W 1-1 1.0 1 0 0 2 0 21 9 6 0 1 0 0 0 3.86 9.0 9 2 1 2 6 137 87 39 0 1 1 0 0 BOS: Gload batted for Cecil in the 7th Torres,A inserted at lf in the 8th Morgan batted for Johnson,Re in the 9th Stanton inserted at rf in the 9th Morgan moved to cf in the 9th TOP: Wilson,Bo inserted at 1b in the 7th Ethier batted for Kendall in the 7th Hernandez,R inserted at c in the 8th Schierholtz batted for Valverde in the 9th Castro,S batted for Hamilton,J in the 9th GWRBI: DeWitt Temperature: 57, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 24 MPH. 10/12/2010, BOS10-TOP10, Oakland County Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2010 Bulldogs 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 10 0 2010 Stingers 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 7 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Bulldogs batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Huff,A was hit by a pitch (H) 0-0 0 1-- 22 Soto struck out (FSBBS) 0-0 1 1-- 00 Hart grounded to second, forcing Huff,A at second, Hart to first (X) 0-0 2 1-- 00 Johnson,K lined out to first (X) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Stingers batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Scutaro lined a single to shallow left (FCBX) 0-0 0 1-- 30 Valencia doubled deep to right center, Scutaro to third (BBBX) 0-0 0 -23 10 Boesch hit a sacrifice fly to center, Scutaro scored, Valencia to third (BX) 0-1 1 --3 10 Howard lined a single to shallow right, Valencia scored (BX) 0-2 1 1-- 11 Hamilton,J grounded out to first, Howard to second (BCX) 0-2 2 -2- 30 Kendall was walked intentionally (IIII) 0-2 2 12- 00 DeWitt grounded to second, forcing Kendall at second (X) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Bulldogs batting 0-2 0 --- 12 Freese flied out to center (FBFX) 0-2 1 --- 10 Michaels grounded out to short (BX) 0-2 2 --- 22 Keppinger struck out (CFFBBS) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Stingers batting 0-2 0 --- 12 Podsednik struck out (CBCC) 0-2 1 --- 01 Braden flied out to center (CX) 0-2 2 --- 01 Scutaro flied out to center (CX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Bulldogs batting 0-2 0 --- 11 Johnson,Re lined a double to right center (FBX) 0-2 0 -2- 11 Cecil popped out to third (BSX) 0-2 1 -2- 12 Huff,A struck out (CFFBS) 0-2 2 -2- 22 Soto lined a single to shallow right, Johnson,Re out at home (BBFFFX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Stingers batting 0-2 0 --- 32 Valencia grounded out to second (BBBCFX) 0-2 1 --- 01 Boesch grounded out to first (CX) 0-2 2 --- 22 Howard lined out to center (BBCSX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Bulldogs batting 0-2 0 --- 00 Hart grounded out to the mound (X) 0-2 1 --- 12 Johnson,K lined a single between first and second (FSFFBX) 0-2 1 1-- 12 Freese grounded a single up the middle, Johnson,K to second (BCSX) 0-2 1 12- 32 Michaels grounded to second, forcing Freese at second, Johnson,K to third, Michaels to first (BCBBFFX) 0-2 2 1-3 01 Keppinger grounded a single between third and short, Johnson,K scored, Michaels to second (CX) 1-2 2 12- 11 Johnson,Re flied out to center (FBX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Stingers batting 1-2 0 --- 02 Hamilton,J struck out (CSFS) 1-2 1 --- 22 Kendall grounded out to second (BBCFX) 1-2 2 --- 00 DeWitt flied out to right (X) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Bulldogs batting 1-2 0 --- 10 Cecil to second on an error by the catcher Kendall (BX) 1-2 0 -2- 31 Huff,A reached on an infield single to third, Cecil to third (BBBCX) 1-2 0 1-3 12 Soto lined a single to shallow center, Cecil scored, Huff,A to second (BCFX) 2-2 0 12- 10 Hart popped out to second (BX) 2-2 1 12- 32 Johnson,K struck out (BFBSBS) 2-2 2 12- 12 Freese lined out to right (BCFFFX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Stingers batting 2-2 0 --- 01 Podsednik grounded out to second (FX) 2-2 1 --- 22 Braden struck out (SBCBFS) 2-2 2 --- 02 Scutaro grounded out to second (CFX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Bulldogs batting 2-2 0 --- 22 Michaels popped out to short (BSBFX) 2-2 1 --- 21 Keppinger popped out to the catcher (BBFX) 2-2 2 --- 22 Johnson,Re struck out (CBBCS) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Stingers batting 2-2 0 --- 11 Valencia grounded a single between third and short (CBX) 2-2 0 1-- 02 Boesch flied out to center (1SCFX) 2-2 1 1-- 10 Howard flied out to left (1B1X) 2-2 2 1-- 10 Hamilton,J grounded out to the mound (BX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Bulldogs batting Wilson,Bo now playing first base Stauffer now pitching Gload pinch hitting for Cecil 2-2 0 --- 00 Gload flied out to left (X) 2-2 1 --- 11 Huff,A grounded out to first (CBX) 2-2 2 --- 00 Soto popped out to right (X) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Stingers batting Belisle now pitching Ethier pinch hitting for Kendall 2-2 0 --- 00 Ethier flied out to center (X) 2-2 1 --- 00 DeWitt grounded out to short (X) 2-2 2 --- 32 Podsednik walked (CCBFBBB) 2-2 2 1-- 00 Podsednik stole second (>B) 2-2 2 -2- 11 Wilson,Bo flied out to left (>B.SX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Bulldogs batting Hernandez,R now playing catcher 2-2 0 --- 02 Hart grounded out to short (FCX) 2-2 1 --- 12 Johnson,K struck out (FBCS) 2-2 2 --- 10 Freese lined a single up the middle (BX) 2-2 2 1-- 11 Michaels grounded out to short (BFX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Stingers batting Torres,A now playing left field Betancourt,R now pitching 2-2 0 --- 00 Scutaro grounded out to third (X) 2-2 1 --- 00 Valencia grounded out to third (X) 2-2 2 --- 02 Boesch flied out to center (SSX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Bulldogs batting Valverde now pitching 2-2 0 --- 32 Keppinger lined a single to shallow center (CBBBFX) Morgan pinch hitting for Johnson,Re 2-2 0 1-- 00 Morgan sacrifice bunted to third, Keppinger to second (Xb) 2-2 1 -2- 00 Torres,A grounded out to third (X) 2-2 2 -2- 30 Huff,A was walked intentionally (IIII) 2-2 2 12- 31 Soto walked, Keppinger to third, Huff,A to second (BFBBB) 2-2 2 123 12 Hart popped out to first (CSBX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Stingers batting Stanton now playing right field Logan now pitching Morgan moved to center field Schierholtz pinch hitting for Valverde 2-2 0 --- 32 Schierholtz grounded a single between third and short (CSBBBFX) Castro,S pinch hitting for Hamilton,J League now pitching 2-2 0 1-- 00 League threw a wild pitch, Schierholtz to second (B) 2-2 0 -2- 30 Castro,S was walked intentionally (B.III) 2-2 0 12- 12 League threw a wild pitch, Schierholtz to third, Castro,S to second (CSBB) 2-2 0 -23 32 Hernandez,R was walked intentionally (CSBB.II) 2-2 0 123 10 DeWitt grounded a single between first and second, Schierholtz scored, Castro,S to third, Hernandez,R to second (BX) ******************************************************************* GAME FOUR -- Bulldogs (Vargas) at Stingers (Sanchez). In the top of the first, Boston leadoff hitter Andres Torres got things started with a base hit. With 1 out, David Ortiz bashed a 0-2 pitch over the right field wall. 2-run home run, and Boston was up 2-0. Boston made it 3-0 in the 3rd when Ortiz singled, moved to 2nd on a wild pitch, moved to third on a fly out from Kelly Johnson and scored on a base hit from Chris Johnson. The Stingers scored a run in the bottom of the 3rd, when Marco Scutaro doubled and scored on a base hit from Brennan Boesch. Boston's lead was cut to 1 in the bottom of the 8th when Boesch singled off of Matt Belisle, moved to 2nd on a base hit from Ryan Howard off of Boone Logan, moved to third when Josh Hamilton flied out to left field, and scored when Jason Kendall hit a base hit off of Joakim Soria. 3-2 Boston after 8. The score remained 3-2 Boston heading into the bottom of the 9th. Soria was still pitching for the Bulldogs. Scott Cousins flied out for out #1. Marco Scutaro walked to put the tying run at first. Danny Valencia flied out to left field. And with 2 outs, Soria closed it down, getting Boesch to ground out to end the game. Boston wins game 4 by a score of 3-2 to even up the series. SERIES TIED 2-2. 10/13/2010, BOS10-TOP10, Oakland County Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2010 Bulldogs 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 10 0 2010 Stingers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 0 10 0 Bulldogs AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Torres,A cf 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .308 5 0 0 0 Huff,A lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 4 0 0 0 Ortiz,D 1b 5 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 6 2 0 0 Gload 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Stanton rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 0 0 0 0 Johnson,K 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 3 3 0 0 Johnson,C 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 1 0 0 Montero c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 6 0 0 0 Hardy ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 1 3 0 0 Vargas,J p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 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 Belisle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Logan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Soria p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 35 3 9 3 0 0 1 4 12 1 0 0 0 1 0 27 10 0 0 Stingers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Scutaro ss 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 4 0 0 0 Valencia 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 0 1 0 0 Boesch rf 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 2 0 0 0 Howard 1b 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357 3 3 0 0 Hamilton,J lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 5 0 0 0 Kendall c 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .417 12 0 0 0 DeWitt 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .417 0 2 0 0 Tejada,R ph 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 0 0 0 Podsednik cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 0 0 0 0 Castro,S ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Stauffer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Figueroa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Ethier ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0 0 Capuano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Sanchez,Ani p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Cousins cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 37 2 10 2 1 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 6 0 0 Bulldogs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Vargas,J W 1-0 6.0 7 1 1 1 5 79 53 26 0 0 0 0 0 1.50 Betancourt,R H 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 Belisle 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 Logan H 1 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 10 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 27.00 Soria S 1 1.2 1 0 0 1 0 19 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 2.08 9.0 10 2 2 2 6 122 80 39 0 0 0 0 0 Stingers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Sanchez,Ani L 0-1 6.0 7 3 3 4 9 106 64 29 1 0 0 1 0 4.50 Stauffer 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 17 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Figueroa 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 13 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Capuano 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 21 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 9 3 3 4 12 157 95 40 1 0 0 1 0 BOS: Gload inserted at 1b in the 9th TOP: Tejada,R batted for DeWitt in the 6th Castro,S batted for Podsednik in the 6th Cousins inserted at cf in the 7th Tejada,R moved to 2b in the 7th Ethier batted for Figueroa in the 8th GWRBI: Ortiz,D Temperature: 51, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 18 MPH. 10/13/2010, BOS10-TOP10, Oakland County Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2010 Bulldogs 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 10 0 2010 Stingers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 0 10 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Bulldogs batting 0-0 0 --- 11 Torres,A lined a single to shallow left (FBX) 0-0 0 1-- 22 Huff,A struck out (111B1FFFBS) 0-0 1 1-- 00 Torres,A stole second (>C) 0-0 1 -2- 02 Ortiz,D homered deep down the right field line, Torres,A scored (>C.CX) 2-0 1 --- 00 Stanton grounded out to second (X) 2-0 2 --- 30 Johnson,K walked (BBBB) 2-0 2 1-- 12 Johnson,C struck out (1CSBFS) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Stingers batting 2-0 0 --- 11 Scutaro grounded out to the mound (BCX) 2-0 1 --- 31 Valencia grounded out to short (BFBBX) 2-0 2 --- 12 Boesch struck out (CSFBFS) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Bulldogs batting 2-0 0 --- 30 Montero walked (BBBB) 2-0 0 1-- 12 Hardy grounded to first, forcing Montero at second, Hardy to first (BCSX) 2-0 1 1-- 12 Vargas,J struck out (1FbFBS) 2-0 2 1-- 22 Torres,A lined a single to left center, Hardy to third (CBBCX) 2-0 2 1-3 22 Huff,A struck out (CFBBC) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Stingers batting 2-0 0 --- 12 Howard struck out (BFFS) 2-0 1 --- 10 Hamilton,J grounded out to second (BX) 2-0 2 --- 00 Kendall lined a single down the left field line (X) 2-0 2 1-- 10 DeWitt grounded a single between first and second, Kendall to second (BX) 2-0 2 12- 11 Podsednik grounded out to second (SBX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Bulldogs batting 2-0 0 --- 00 Ortiz,D lined a single to shallow right (X) 2-0 0 1-- 32 Stanton flied out to left (BCBSBX) 2-0 1 1-- 00 Sanchez,Ani threw a wild pitch, Ortiz,D to second (B) 2-0 1 -2- 31 Johnson,K flied out to left, Ortiz,D to third (B.BBCX) 2-0 2 --3 00 Johnson,C lined a single down the left field line, Ortiz,D scored (X) 3-0 2 1-- 01 Montero popped out to short (FX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Stingers batting 3-0 0 --- 21 Sanchez,Ani popped out to second (BSBX) 3-0 1 --- 11 Scutaro lined a double to right center (BFX) 3-0 1 -2- 10 Valencia flied out to center (BX) 3-0 2 -2- 12 Boesch lined a single up the middle, Scutaro scored (BCCX) 3-1 2 1-- 31 Howard walked, Boesch to second (BCBBB) 3-1 2 12- 11 Hamilton,J grounded to third, forcing Howard at second (CBX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Bulldogs batting 3-1 0 --- 32 Hardy grounded a single between first and second (CCBFBBX) 3-1 0 1-- 02 Vargas,J bunted into an out to first, forcing Hardy at second, Vargas,J to first (CbFbXb) 3-1 1 1-- 30 Torres,A walked, Vargas,J to second (BBBB) 3-1 1 12- 31 Huff,A walked, Vargas,J to third, Torres,A to second (BCBBB) 3-1 1 123 22 Ortiz,D struck out (BBSSS) 3-1 2 123 12 Stanton struck out (BFCC) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Stingers batting 3-1 0 --- 01 Kendall lined a single to left center (SX) 3-1 0 1-- 00 DeWitt grounded to short, forcing Kendall at second, DeWitt to first (X) 3-1 1 1-- 12 Podsednik struck out (CCBC) 3-1 2 1-- 12 Sanchez,Ani struck out (CSBC) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Bulldogs batting 3-1 0 --- 01 Johnson,K lined a single up the middle (CX) 3-1 0 1-- 02 Johnson,C struck out (CSC) 3-1 1 1-- 00 Montero flied out to right (X) 3-1 2 1-- 12 Hardy struck out (CBCS) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Stingers batting 3-1 0 --- 02 Scutaro grounded out to short (CCX) 3-1 1 --- 01 Valencia flied out to center (CX) 3-1 2 --- 00 Boesch lined out to left (X) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Bulldogs batting 3-1 0 --- 01 Vargas,J grounded out to second (SX) 3-1 1 --- 32 Torres,A struck out (CBBFBS) 3-1 2 --- 00 Huff,A grounded out to third (X) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Stingers batting 3-1 0 --- 11 Howard reached on an infield single to second (CBX) 3-1 0 1-- 12 Hamilton,J struck out (BFFC) 3-1 1 1-- 32 Kendall lined a single to center, Howard to second (FBFBBX) Tejada,R pinch hitting for DeWitt 3-1 1 12- 00 Tejada,R flied out to left (X) Castro,S pinch hitting for Podsednik 3-1 2 12- 00 Castro,S lined out to center (X) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Bulldogs batting Cousins now playing center field Stauffer now pitching Tejada,R moved to second base 3-1 0 --- 32 Ortiz,D struck out (CCBBBS) 3-1 1 --- 12 Stanton flied out to right (CFBX) 3-1 2 --- 22 Johnson,K popped out to short (CBFFFBX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Stingers batting Betancourt,R now pitching 3-1 0 --- 02 Cousins struck out (CCC) 3-1 1 --- 11 Scutaro grounded out to second (CBX) 3-1 2 --- 21 Valencia flied out to center (BCBX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Bulldogs batting Figueroa now pitching 3-1 0 --- 32 Johnson,C struck out (CBBBSC) 3-1 1 --- 00 Montero flied out to left (X) 3-1 2 --- 32 Hardy flied out to left (BBCFBX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Stingers batting Belisle now pitching 3-1 0 --- 12 Boesch lined a single to right center (CBFX) Logan now pitching 3-1 0 1-- 31 Howard lined a single to shallow left, Boesch to second (FBBBX) 3-1 0 12- 12 Hamilton,J flied out to left, Boesch to third (CFFBX) Soria now pitching 3-1 1 1-3 00 Kendall grounded a single between third and short, Boesch scored, Howard to second (X) 3-2 1 12- 20 Tejada,R grounded to first, forcing Kendall at second, Howard to third, Tejada,R to first (BBX) Ethier pinch hitting for Figueroa 3-2 2 1-3 11 Ethier grounded out to first (FBX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Bulldogs batting Capuano now pitching 3-2 0 --- 11 Soria lined a single to right center (CBX) 3-2 0 1-- 00 Torres,A sacrifice bunted to first, Soria to second (Xb) 3-2 1 -2- 32 Huff,A lined a single between first and second, Soria to third (CBFBBFX) 3-2 1 1-3 32 Ortiz,D struck out (CBSBFBC) 3-2 2 1-3 11 Stanton flied out to left (CBX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Stingers batting Gload now playing first base 3-2 0 --- 00 Cousins flied out to center (X) 3-2 1 --- 31 Scutaro walked (FBBBB) 3-2 1 1-- 12 Valencia flied out to left (CBSX) 3-2 2 1-- 01 Boesch grounded out to first (CX) ******************************************************************* GAME FIVE -- Bulldogs (Anderson) at Stingers (Buchholz). With the series tied at 2, this round 1 contest became a best 2 out of 3. In the bottom of the 1st, Danny Valencia got a 1 out walk, moved to 2nd on a ground out from Brennan Boesch and scored on a base hit from Ryan Howard. In the top of the 4th, Aubrey Huff got a leadoff walk. David Ortiz grounded out, advancing Huff 90 feet. Clay Buchholz balked, moving Huff to 3rd. Giancarlo Stanton grounded out, scoring Huff to tie the game up at 1. Kelly Johnson and Chris Johnson each smacked base hits. Miguel Montero followed up with a 3rd consecutive single, scoring Kelly Johnson. JJ Hardy continued the singles parade, hitting the 4th straight base hit to score Chris Johnson. 3-1 Boston after 4 innings of play. The score would remain 3-1 Boston heading into the bottom of the 9th. Boston closer Joakim Soria was on the mound. Pinch hitter Chipper Jones was the first person at bat, and grounded out. Blake DeWitt struck out for out #2. And with 2 outs, Scott Podsednik grounded out. Boston wins game 5 on the road by a score of 3-1, and head back to Boston a win away from advancing to the GT Conference Finals. BULLDOGS LEAD 3-2. 10/15/2010, BOS10-TOP10, Oakland County Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2010 Bulldogs 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 6 3 2010 Stingers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 7 1 Bulldogs AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Torres,A cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 1 0 0 0 Huff,A lf 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .313 2 0 0 0 Ortiz,D 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 7 1 0 0 Stanton rf 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .063 2 0 0 0 Johnson,K 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 3 4 0 0 Johnson,C 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 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 Soria p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 Montero c 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 8 0 0 0 Hardy ss 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .385 1 3 0 0 Keppinger ph 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 1 1 0 0 Anderson,Bre p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Gload ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Freese 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 32 3 6 3 1 0 0 4 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 10 0 0 Stingers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Scutaro ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 0 5 0 0 Valencia 3b 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 0 1 0 0 Boesch rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .389 0 0 0 0 Howard 1b 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .444 9 0 0 0 Hamilton,J lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 1 0 0 0 Kendall c 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .467 14 1 0 0 Jones,C ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 DeWitt 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .438 2 2 0 0 Podsednik cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 1 0 0 0 Buchholz,C p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Capuano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Ethier ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0 0 0 Stauffer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 33 1 9 1 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 10 0 0 Bulldogs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Anderson,Bre W 1-0 6.0 9 1 1 1 5 80 59 26 0 0 0 0 2 2.70 Marmol H 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 9 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Betancourt,R H 2 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 14 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 2.25 Soria S 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 7 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.69 9.0 9 1 1 2 8 110 78 35 0 0 0 0 3 Stingers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Buchholz,C L 0-1 5.0 5 3 3 2 7 106 60 22 0 0 0 0 0 10.29 Capuano 2.0 1 0 0 2 3 38 19 8 0 1 0 0 1 0.00 Stauffer 2.0 0 0 0 0 5 23 19 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 6 3 3 4 15 167 98 36 0 1 0 0 1 BOS: Keppinger batted for Hardy in the 7th Gload batted for Anderson,Bre in the 7th Keppinger moved to ss in the 7th Freese inserted at 3b in the 8th TOP: Ethier batted for Capuano in the 7th Jones,C batted for Kendall in the 9th GWRBI: Montero Temperature: 59, Sky: threatening, Wind: left to right at 17 MPH. 10/15/2010, BOS10-TOP10, Oakland County Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2010 Bulldogs 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 6 3 2010 Stingers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 7 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Bulldogs batting 0-0 0 --- 32 Torres,A struck out (FBBFFBS) 0-0 1 --- 32 Huff,A grounded a single up the middle (BCFBBFX) 0-0 1 1-- 22 Ortiz,D struck out (1CBCFFBFS) 0-0 2 1-- 12 Stanton struck out (CSBS) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Stingers batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Scutaro flied out to left (FBFX) 0-0 1 --- 32 Valencia walked (BBCCBB) 0-0 1 1-- 01 Boesch grounded out to short, Valencia to second (CX) 0-0 2 -2- 22 Howard lined a single to right center, Valencia scored (BBSSFX) 0-1 2 1-- 00 Hamilton,J popped out to third (X) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Bulldogs batting 0-1 0 --- 12 Johnson,K struck out (FBSS) 0-1 1 --- 22 Johnson,C struck out (CFBBS) 0-1 2 --- 32 Montero grounded out to short (BBSBFX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Stingers batting 0-1 0 --- 22 Kendall struck out (BBCSFS) 0-1 1 --- 11 DeWitt grounded a single up the middle (BCX) 0-1 1 1-- 12 Podsednik flied out to center (BSSX) 0-1 2 1-- 12 Buchholz,C struck out (CFBS) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Bulldogs batting 0-1 0 --- 22 Hardy struck out (BFBFS) 0-1 1 --- 31 Anderson,Bre grounded out to second (BBFBX) 0-1 2 --- 32 Torres,A struck out (BFBBSFC) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Stingers batting 0-1 0 --- 01 Scutaro lined a single to shallow center (CX) 0-1 0 1-- 11 Valencia grounded into a double play, Johnson,K to Ortiz,D (BFX) 0-1 2 --- 00 Boesch grounded a single between third and short (X) 0-1 2 1-- 10 Howard grounded a single between first and second, Boesch to second (BX) 0-1 2 12- 12 Hamilton,J struck out (BCSS) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Bulldogs batting 0-1 0 --- 32 Huff,A walked (CBBBFB) 0-1 0 1-- 21 Ortiz,D grounded out to short, Huff,A to second (FBBX) 0-1 1 -2- 21 Buchholz,C balked, Huff,A to third (SBBB) 0-1 1 --3 32 Stanton grounded out to short, Huff,A scored (SBBB.SX) 1-1 2 --- 21 Johnson,K lined a single to right (BCBX) 1-1 2 1-- 10 Johnson,C grounded a single up the middle, Johnson,K to second (1BX) 1-1 2 12- 22 Montero grounded a single up the middle, Johnson,K scored, Johnson,C to third (CBBSFX) 2-1 2 1-3 01 Hardy grounded a single between third and short, Johnson,C scored, Montero to second (CX) 3-1 2 12- 30 Anderson,Bre walked, Montero to third, Hardy to second (BBBB) 3-1 2 123 21 Torres,A lined out to second (CBBX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Stingers batting 3-1 0 --- 00 Kendall lined a single down the left field line (X) 3-1 0 1-- 10 DeWitt flied out to left (BX) 3-1 1 1-- 11 Podsednik grounded to second, forcing Kendall at second, Podsednik to first (CBX) 3-1 2 1-- 02 Buchholz,C struck out (FSS) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Bulldogs batting 3-1 0 --- 22 Huff,A grounded out to the mound (FBCBX) 3-1 1 --- 11 Ortiz,D grounded out to short (CBX) 3-1 2 --- 01 Stanton flied out to left (SX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Stingers batting 3-1 0 --- 01 Scutaro flied out to right (CX) 3-1 1 --- 20 Valencia grounded out to short (BBX) 3-1 2 --- 02 Boesch struck out (SSFS) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Bulldogs batting Capuano now pitching 3-1 0 --- 32 Johnson,K walked (BBFBFB) 3-1 0 1-- 12 Johnson,C struck out (SFBFC) 3-1 1 1-- 31 Montero grounded into a double play, Scutaro to DeWitt to Howard (BBBCX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Stingers batting 3-1 0 --- 00 Howard lined a single to shallow center (X) 3-1 0 1-- 12 Hamilton,J grounded into a double play, Johnson,K to Ortiz,D (CFFBX) 3-1 2 --- 01 Kendall grounded a single up the middle (CX) 3-1 2 1-- 01 DeWitt lined a single to left center, Kendall to third (1CX) 3-1 2 1-3 12 Podsednik grounded to short, forcing DeWitt at second (FSBX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Bulldogs batting Keppinger pinch hitting for Hardy 3-1 0 --- 31 Keppinger lined a double to left center (BBBCX) Gload pinch hitting for Anderson,Bre 3-1 0 -2- 12 Gload struck out (CBFS) 3-1 1 -2- 22 Torres,A flied out to center, Keppinger to third (BFCBX) 3-1 2 --3 30 Huff,A was walked intentionally (IIII) 3-1 2 1-3 12 Ortiz,D struck out (BSCC) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Stingers batting Marmol now pitching Keppinger moved to shortstop Ethier pinch hitting for Capuano 3-1 0 --- 10 Ethier flied out to right (BX) 3-1 1 --- 10 Scutaro popped out to first (BX) 3-1 2 --- 12 Valencia struck out (BFSFC) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Bulldogs batting Stauffer now pitching 3-1 0 --- 02 Stanton struck out (CCC) 3-1 1 --- 02 Johnson,K struck out, Kendall to Howard (SCS) 3-1 2 --- 02 Johnson,C struck out (CFS) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Stingers batting Freese now playing third base Betancourt,R now pitching 3-1 0 --- 32 Boesch walked (BBCFBB) 3-1 0 1-- 12 Howard struck out (BSFFS) 3-1 1 1-- 11 Hamilton,J grounded into a double play, Johnson,K to Keppinger to Ortiz,D (1BFX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Bulldogs batting 3-1 0 --- 12 Montero struck out (SBSC) 3-1 1 --- 22 Keppinger grounded out to third (BFCBFX) 3-1 2 --- 12 Freese struck out (CCBS) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Stingers batting Soria now pitching Jones,C pinch hitting for Kendall 3-1 0 --- 00 Jones,C grounded out to the mound (X) 3-1 1 --- 12 DeWitt struck out (BFFC) 3-1 2 --- 10 Podsednik grounded out to first (BX) ******************************************************************* GAME SIX -- Stingers (Wainwright) at Bulldogs (Matusz). Topeka had a chance to make it a 7 game series, while Boston had a chance to advance to the GT Conference Finals. In the top of the 4th, Josh Hamilton hit his first home run of the series, a solo home run to put Topeka up 1-0. In the 7th, Danny Valencia singled, moved to 2nd when Ryan Howard was hit by a pitch, moved to third on a fly out from Hamilton, and scored on a base hit from Jason Kendall. 2-0 Topeka after 6. On the other side Adam Wainwright was throwing a 3-hit shutout through 8 innings and was on the mound in the 9th to try and nab the shutout. First batter up, pinch hitter Ross Gload, struck out. Andres Torres struck out for out #2. And Aubrey Huff grounded out to short to complete the game and the shutout. Adam Wainwright pitches a 3-hit shutout and Topeka wins game 6 by a score of 2-0 to force a game seven. Whoever wins next advances. SERIES TIED 3-3. 10/16/2010, TOP10-BOS10, Comerica Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2010 Stingers 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 8 0 8 2 2010 Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 Stingers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Scutaro ss 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 4 4 0 0 Tejada,R ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 1 0 0 Valencia 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 0 2 0 0 Boesch rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318 1 0 0 0 Howard 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .381 10 0 0 0 Hamilton,J lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 1 0 0 0 Kendall c 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .474 5 0 0 0 Hernandez,R c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 3 0 0 0 DeWitt 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .350 1 4 0 0 Podsednik cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 2 0 0 0 Wainwright p 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0 36 2 8 2 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 13 0 0 Bulldogs AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Torres,A cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 7 0 0 0 Huff,A lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 2 0 0 0 Ortiz,D 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 8 1 0 0 Stanton rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .053 1 0 0 0 Johnson,K 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 0 4 0 0 Johnson,C 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 0 2 0 0 Montero c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 8 0 0 0 Hardy ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 0 1 1 0 Matusz p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Badenhop p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Gload ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 28 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 9 1 0 Stingers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Wainwright W 1-0 9.0 3 0 0 1 8 113 78 29 0 0 0 0 2 1.20 9.0 3 0 0 1 8 113 78 29 0 0 0 0 2 Bulldogs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Matusz L 0-1 5.2 5 2 2 0 5 96 57 24 1 0 1 0 0 2.25 Badenhop 2.1 3 0 0 0 2 47 31 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Marmol 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 16 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 8 2 2 0 8 159 99 37 1 0 1 0 0 TOP: Hernandez,R inserted at c in the 8th Tejada,R inserted at ss in the 9th BOS: Gload batted for Marmol in the 9th GWRBI: Hamilton,J Temperature: 47, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 1 MPH. 10/16/2010, TOP10-BOS10, Comerica Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2010 Stingers 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 8 0 8 2 2010 Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Stingers batting 0-0 0 --- 31 Scutaro lined a single up the middle (BBBCX) 0-0 0 1-- 31 Valencia grounded a single between first and second, Scutaro to second (BFBBX) 0-0 0 12- 22 Boesch struck out (CSBBC) 0-0 1 12- 22 Howard struck out (CCBBC) 0-0 2 12- 32 Hamilton,J struck out (BCBBC>C) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Bulldogs batting 0-0 0 --- 02 Torres,A struck out (CFS) 0-0 1 --- 01 Huff,A grounded out to short (CX) 0-0 2 --- 22 Ortiz,D grounded out to the mound (FBBSX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Stingers batting 0-0 0 --- 01 Kendall grounded out to second (CX) 0-0 1 --- 21 DeWitt grounded out to third (BFBX) 0-0 2 --- 31 Podsednik to first on an error by the shortstop Hardy (BCBBX) 0-0 2 1-- 31 Wainwright flied out to right (BSBBX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Bulldogs batting 0-0 0 --- 11 Stanton popped out to short (BFX) 0-0 1 --- 21 Johnson,K popped out to short (BBCX) 0-0 2 --- 22 Johnson,C struck out (BCBFS) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Stingers batting 0-0 0 --- 20 Scutaro grounded out to third (BBX) 0-0 1 --- 00 Valencia grounded out to first (X) 0-0 2 --- 12 Boesch struck out (FBSS) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Bulldogs batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Montero grounded out to short (BCCBFFX) 0-0 1 --- 11 Hardy grounded out to short (BSX) 0-0 2 --- 12 Matusz flied out to center (SBCX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Stingers batting 0-0 0 --- 01 Howard flied out to left (CX) 0-0 1 --- 01 Hamilton,J homered deep to right (CX) 1-0 1 --- 31 Kendall grounded out to second (BBBCX) 1-0 2 --- 02 DeWitt popped out to center (CCX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Bulldogs batting 1-0 0 --- 01 Torres,A lined a single to right (FX) 1-0 0 1-- 11 Huff,A grounded into a double play, Wainwright to Scutaro to Howard (1CBX) 1-0 2 --- 01 Ortiz,D grounded out to third (CX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Stingers batting 1-0 0 --- 12 Podsednik grounded out to second (BCSX) 1-0 1 --- 32 Wainwright flied out to center (BFSBFBX) 1-0 2 --- 21 Scutaro grounded out to short (BFBX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Bulldogs batting 1-0 0 --- 22 Stanton struck out (CFBBFC) 1-0 1 --- 12 Johnson,K struck out (SBSS) 1-0 2 --- 22 Johnson,C flied out to left (SBBFX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Stingers batting 1-0 0 --- 21 Valencia grounded a single between third and short (BBFX) 1-0 0 1-- 12 Boesch struck out (CSFBFC) 1-0 1 1-- 00 Howard was hit by a pitch, Valencia to second (H) 1-0 1 12- 12 Hamilton,J flied out to center, Valencia to third (CBFX) 1-0 2 1-3 12 Kendall lined a single to right, Valencia scored, Howard to second (SCBX) Badenhop now pitching 2-0 2 12- 22 DeWitt flied out to center (BCBFX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Bulldogs batting 2-0 0 --- 12 Montero lined a single down the left field line (BCSX) 2-0 0 1-- 22 Hardy grounded to second, forcing Montero at second, Hardy to first (FBBFX) 2-0 1 1-- 02 Badenhop struck out on a fouled bunt (FbFbFb) 2-0 2 1-- 02 Torres,A flied out to right (1CCX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Stingers batting 2-0 0 --- 22 Podsednik struck out (CFBFBS) 2-0 1 --- 11 Wainwright lined out to center (BSX) 2-0 2 --- 00 Scutaro reached on an infield single to short (X) 2-0 2 1-- 12 Valencia flied out to center (CBFX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Bulldogs batting 2-0 0 --- 32 Huff,A walked (BCSBBB) 2-0 0 1-- 20 Ortiz,D grounded a single up the middle, Huff,A to second (BBX) 2-0 0 12- 12 Stanton grounded into a double play, Valencia to DeWitt to Howard, Huff,A to third (BFSX) 2-0 2 --3 12 Johnson,K grounded out to second (BSFX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Stingers batting 2-0 0 --- 32 Boesch grounded out to the mound (BFBBSX) 2-0 1 --- 12 Howard flied out to center (CBCFX) 2-0 2 --- 12 Hamilton,J lined a single to left (CCBX) 2-0 2 1-- 22 Kendall lined a single to left center, Hamilton,J to third (BBCFX) 2-0 2 1-3 32 DeWitt struck out (BSBSFB>F>C) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Bulldogs batting Hernandez,R now playing catcher 2-0 0 --- 20 Johnson,C grounded out to second (BBX) 2-0 1 --- 12 Montero struck out (BSFS) 2-0 2 --- 12 Hardy lined out to center (FCBX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Stingers batting Marmol now pitching 2-0 0 --- 32 Podsednik grounded out to second (BFSBBX) 2-0 1 --- 02 Wainwright flied out to left (CSFX) 2-0 2 --- 22 Scutaro struck out (FSBFBS) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Bulldogs batting Tejada,R now playing shortstop Gload pinch hitting for Marmol 2-0 0 --- 22 Gload struck out (FBBFFS) 2-0 1 --- 12 Torres,A struck out (FFBS) 2-0 2 --- 01 Huff,A grounded out to short (SX) ******************************************************************* GAME SEVEN -- Stingers (Braden) at Bulldogs (Cecil). Six games into the series, each team had 3 wins each. Whoever won game 7 would advance to the GT Conference Finals. In the top of the 1st, Danny Valencia hit a 1 out double. The followup batter, Brennan Boesch, connected on a 2-1 pitch over the right field wall. 2-run home run, and Topeka was up 2-0. In the bottom of the 2nd, Kelly Johnson hit a leadoff double. Jason Michaels singled, and Johnson moved to 3rd. Jeff Keppinger smacked a base hit, scoring Johnson to cut Topeka's lead to 1. In the top of the 5th, Marco Scutaro singled, moved to 2nd on a wild pitch from Brett Cecil and scored on a double from Valencia. In the bottom of the inning, Keppinger singled, moved to third on a double from Reed Johnson and scored on a 1 out ground out by Aubrey Huff. 3-2 Topeka after 5 innings. The score remained 3-2 Stingers heading into the bottom of the 9th. Jose Valverde was on the mound for Topeka, looking to secure the series. First batter up, Jason Michaels, singled and was replaced at first by speedy pinch runner Andres Torres. Keppinger bunted, and Valverde turned around and got the speedy Torres out at 2nd. The speedy Nyjer Morgan replaced Keppinger at first, his team down by 1. Pinch hitter Ross Gload grounded out, allowing Morgan to move into scoring position but put 2 outs on the board. At the plate was Hank Blalock, with Boston's season on the line. A single could tie the game up, a home run could win it. But Blalock could not deliver, striking out to end the game. Topeka wins a close game 7 by a score of 3-2 to upset the Bulldogs in 7 games. The "5th"-seeded Stingers win their second series of the post-season to advance to the Gehrig/Tiant Conference Finals. STINGERS WIN 4-3. 10/17/2010, TOP10-BOS10, Comerica Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2010 Stingers 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 8 2 2010 Bulldogs 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 7 1 Stingers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Scutaro ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 2 5 0 0 Tejada,R ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 0 0 0 Valencia 3b 4 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 2 0 0 Boesch rf 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 2 0 0 0 Howard 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320 10 0 0 0 Hamilton,J lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185 1 0 0 0 Kendall c 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .478 6 0 0 0 Stauffer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Valverde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 DeWitt 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 2 5 0 0 Podsednik cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 1 0 0 0 Braden p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Hernandez,R c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 1 0 0 0 34 3 9 3 2 0 1 2 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 27 13 0 0 Bulldogs AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Huff,A 1b 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 10 0 0 0 Soto c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 8 0 0 0 Hart rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 2 0 0 0 Johnson,K 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 1 0 0 Freese 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 0 1 0 0 Betancourt,R p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Michaels lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 0 0 0 Torres,A pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 0 0 0 0 Keppinger ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .455 3 6 0 0 Morgan pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Johnson,Re cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 0 0 0 Gload ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Cecil p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0 Johnson,C ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0 0 0 Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Blalock 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 34 2 9 2 2 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 11 0 0 Stingers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Braden W 1-0 7.0 7 2 2 1 6 74 52 28 0 0 0 0 1 2.08 Stauffer H 2 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Valverde S 2 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 21 11 6 0 0 0 0 1 2.25 9.0 9 2 2 2 7 103 66 36 0 0 0 0 2 Bulldogs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Cecil L 0-1 7.0 8 3 3 2 4 99 68 30 1 0 0 1 1 3.46 Marmol 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 18 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Betancourt,R 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 11 7 4 0 0 1 0 0 1.80 9.0 9 3 3 2 8 128 85 38 1 0 1 1 1 TOP: Hernandez,R inserted at c in the 8th Tejada,R inserted at ss in the 9th BOS: Johnson,C batted for Cecil in the 7th Blalock inserted at 3b in the 9th Torres,A ran for Michaels in the 9th Gload batted for Johnson,Re in the 9th Morgan ran for Keppinger in the 9th GWRBI: Boesch Temperature: 60, Sky: clear, Wind: in from left at 7 MPH. 10/17/2010, TOP10-BOS10, Comerica Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2010 Stingers 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 8 2 2010 Bulldogs 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 7 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Stingers batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Scutaro popped out to right (BFBSX) 0-0 1 --- 11 Valencia grounded a double down the third base line (BSX) 0-0 1 -2- 21 Boesch homered deep to right, Valencia scored (FBBX) 2-0 1 --- 02 Howard grounded out to short (CSX) 2-0 2 --- 32 Hamilton,J struck out (FSBBBS) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Bulldogs batting 2-0 0 --- 22 Huff,A grounded out to third (BCBFX) 2-0 1 --- 01 Soto grounded out to short (FX) 2-0 2 --- 10 Hart grounded out to third (BX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Stingers batting 2-0 0 --- 12 Kendall popped out to first (BFFX) 2-0 1 --- 01 DeWitt grounded out to short (CX) 2-0 2 --- 02 Podsednik lined a single to right center (FFX) 2-0 2 1-- 11 Braden grounded to short, forcing Podsednik at second (SBX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Bulldogs batting 2-0 0 --- 00 Johnson,K doubled deep to right center (X) 2-0 0 -2- 21 Freese grounded out to short (BBFX) 2-0 1 -2- 00 Michaels lined a single to shallow right, Johnson,K to third (X) 2-0 1 1-3 01 Keppinger grounded a single to left, Johnson,K scored, Michaels to third (CX) 2-1 1 1-3 10 Johnson,Re grounded into a double play, Scutaro to DeWitt to Howard (BX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Stingers batting 2-1 0 --- 00 Scutaro grounded out to short (X) 2-1 1 --- 01 Valencia lined a single to shallow right (CX) 2-1 1 1-- 00 Boesch flied out to left (X) 2-1 2 1-- 00 Howard popped out to short (X) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Bulldogs batting 2-1 0 --- 02 Cecil struck out (SFS) 2-1 1 --- 10 Huff,A flied out to right (BX) 2-1 2 --- 00 Soto flied out to left (X) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Stingers batting 2-1 0 --- 31 Hamilton,J walked (BBBCB) 2-1 0 1-- 32 Kendall lined a single to right, Hamilton,J to third (Fb1BBBCFX) 2-1 0 1-3 01 DeWitt grounded into a double play, Cecil to Keppinger to Huff,A (SX) 2-1 2 --3 12 Podsednik grounded out to second (CCFBX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Bulldogs batting 2-1 0 --- 00 Hart grounded a single up the middle (X) 2-1 0 1-- 02 Johnson,K struck out (1CFS) 2-1 1 1-- 32 Freese struck out (BBBCFS) 2-1 2 1-- 11 Michaels grounded to short, forcing Hart at second (CBX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Stingers batting 2-1 0 --- 02 Braden struck out (CSS) 2-1 1 --- 00 Scutaro lined a single to left center (X) 2-1 1 1-- 00 Cecil threw a wild pitch, Scutaro to second (B) 2-1 1 -2- 11 Valencia doubled deep to right center, Scutaro scored (B.FX) 3-1 1 -2- 32 Boesch flied out to center, Valencia to third (CBCFBBX) 3-1 2 --3 32 Howard flied out to right (SBBBFX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Bulldogs batting 3-1 0 --- 10 Keppinger lined a single to shallow center (BX) 3-1 0 1-- 01 Johnson,Re lined a double to left center, Keppinger to third (CX) 3-1 0 -23 12 Cecil struck out (BSSC) 3-1 1 -23 21 Huff,A grounded out to first, Keppinger scored, Johnson,Re to third (FBBX) 3-2 2 --3 31 Soto walked (BCBBB) 3-2 2 1-3 11 Hart flied out to right (BFX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Stingers batting 3-2 0 --- 12 Hamilton,J struck out (CCBS) 3-2 1 --- 01 Kendall grounded out to short (CX) 3-2 2 --- 02 DeWitt struck out (CCS) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Bulldogs batting 3-2 0 --- 22 Johnson,K struck out (CBBCS) 3-2 1 --- 02 Freese grounded a single to right (SFX) 3-2 1 1-- 01 Michaels grounded to second, forcing Freese at second, Michaels to first (FX) 3-2 2 1-- 00 Keppinger grounded out to second (X) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Stingers batting 3-2 0 --- 00 Podsednik lined a single to shallow right (X) 3-2 0 1-- 00 Braden sacrifice bunted to third, Podsednik to second (Xb) 3-2 1 -2- 11 Scutaro grounded out to short (BSX) 3-2 2 -2- 32 Valencia walked (CSBBBFB) 3-2 2 12- 00 Boesch grounded out to the mound (X) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Bulldogs batting 3-2 0 --- 02 Johnson,Re struck out (CFS) Johnson,C pinch hitting for Cecil 3-2 1 --- 00 Johnson,C grounded out to second (X) 3-2 2 --- 00 Huff,A popped out to third (X) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Stingers batting Marmol now pitching 3-2 0 --- 02 Howard struck out (CSS) 3-2 1 --- 32 Hamilton,J struck out (SCBBBS) 3-2 2 --- 20 Kendall lined a single to shallow right (BBX) 3-2 2 1-- 32 DeWitt struck out (BFCBB>C) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Bulldogs batting Hernandez,R now playing catcher Stauffer now pitching 3-2 0 --- 21 Soto flied out to center (CBBX) 3-2 1 --- 30 Hart lined a single between third and short (BBBX) Valverde now pitching 3-2 1 1-- 32 Johnson,K walked, Hart to second (111BBFBFB) 3-2 1 12- 20 Freese grounded into a double play, DeWitt to Scutaro to Howard (BBX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Stingers batting Blalock now playing third base Betancourt,R now pitching 3-2 0 --- 22 Podsednik struck out (BCBSC) 3-2 1 --- 11 Hernandez,R was hit by a pitch (CBH) 3-2 1 1-- 00 Scutaro grounded to the mound, forcing Hernandez,R at second, Scutaro to first (X) 3-2 2 1-- 01 Valencia grounded out to first (CX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Bulldogs batting Tejada,R now playing shortstop 3-2 0 --- 21 Michaels grounded a single up the middle (BFBX) Torres,A pinch running for Michaels 3-2 0 1-- 00 Keppinger bunted into an out to the mound, forcing Torres,A at second, Keppinger to first (Xb) Gload pinch hitting for Johnson,Re Morgan pinch running for Keppinger 3-2 1 1-- 10 Gload grounded out to first, Morgan to second (BX) 3-2 2 -2- 12 Blalock struck out (SBSFC)