Beltre's Ninth Inning Blast Sinks Outlaw to 1 1/2 Games Behind Lehigh

In a thriller the Illinois Chow Chows staged a dramatic comeback then held on to win over the Outlaw Josey Wales by a score of 4 to 3 at Wreckin' So Field. Illinois came through with the game-winning runs in the 9th inning scoring 2 runs using 3 hits. After an out was recorded, Troy Tulowitzki started the rally when he banged out a single. Adrian Beltre was next and he blasted a two-run home run (his 18th of the season). Outlaw had 11 hits in the game while Illinois had 7, but Illinois had the more timely hits. The victory was credited to Joe Blanton(13-10) who went 8 innings, allowing 3 runs. Joe Nathan recorded the save, his 33rd. The losing pitcher was Jonathan Broxton(2-3) in relief. 'I didn't have my best stuff but sometimes you just get lucky,' Blanton said, 'this was one of those times.'

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Illinois Chow Chows At 2008 Outlaw Josey Wales       9/28/2008
 
  Chow Chows         AB  R  H RBI AVG     Josey Wales        AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Kearns RF         2  1  1  0 .281     A.Soriano CF        3  0  0  0 .301  
  T.Iguchi 2B         5  0  0  0 .278   B-W.Taveras CF        1  0  1  0 .315  
  H.Ramirez DH        3  1  1  0 .299     D.Pedroia 2B        3  0  1  0 .315  
  B.Butler 1B         4  0  1  1 .346     R.Ludwick RF        4  1  1  0 .268  
  C.Beltran CF        4  0  1  1 .278     A.Gonzalez 1B       4  1  3  0 .249  
  J.Fields LF         4  0  1  0 .257     M.Ramirez LF        4  1  2  2 .309  
  T.Tulowitzki SS     4  0  1  0 .239     M.Napoli C          3  0  2  1 .223  
C-C.Figgins PR        0  1  0  0 .348     M.Mora 3B           2  0  1  0 .264  
D-J.Vidro SS          0  0  0  0 .417   A-A.Ramirez 3B        2  0  0  0 .291  
  A.Beltre 3B         4  1  1  2 .270     J.Bay DH            3  0  0  0 .230  
  M.Olivo C           4  0  0  0 .218     O.Vizquel SS        3  0  0  0 .200  
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         Totals      34  4  7  4                 Totals      32  3 11  3
 
A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Mora In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Soriano In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Tulowitzki In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Figgins In 9th Inning
 
Chow Chows...... 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 1 2  -  4  7  0
Josey Wales..... 0 0 0  0 2 0  0 0 1  -  3 11  0
 
Chow Chows (76-64)       IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Blanton WIN(13-10)      8      10   3   3   1   5   1   4.80
J.Nathan SAVE(33rd)       1       1   0   0   0   0   0   2.95
Totals                    9      11   3   3   1   5   1
 
Josey Wales (89-68)      IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
S.Kazmir                  5 1/3   1   1   1   3  11   0   4.51
J.Burton BS(7th)          3       3   1   1   0   4   0   3.79
J.Broxton LOSS(2-3)       0 2/3   3   2   2   0   2   1   4.03
Totals                    9       7   4   4   3  17   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 49,873 DATE- Wednesday, September 28th 2008 TIME- Night 
T- 3:07
LEFT ON BASE- Chow Chows: 7  Josey Wales: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Chow Chows: 2  Josey Wales: 0
DOUBLES- A.Gonzalez(47th)
HOME RUNS- A.Beltre(18th), M.Ramirez(21st)
 

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