| The Vermont Fighting Sioux faced multiple big deficits, and each time found an answer - the long ball. Down 4-0 in the 5th, Carlos Quentin whacked a 3R bomb. Down 7-3 in the 8th, Raul Ibanez hit a PH grand slam. With the scored tied at 7 in the bottom of the 9th, Jody Gerut hit his 2nd HR of the year, a 2 run game winning bomb off Frank Francisco. But all of those things pale to what Surf DH Carlos Lee achieved. Lee was 0-0 with 3 runs scored thanks to an amazing 5 walks, coming up 1 short of the MLB mark, last tied by Jimmy Foxx in 1938. Earl Weaver always said all it took was pitching, defense and a three-run homer. Well, for this game, Vermont will gladly take a one for three in Weaverisms. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2009 Miami Surf At 2009 Vermont Fighting Sioux 5/20/2009
Surf AB R H RBI AVG Fighting Sioux AB R H RBI AVG
D.Jeter SS 4 1 1 0 .286 C.Crisp CF 3 1 2 0 .327
B.Abreu RF 5 0 1 1 .222 B-R.Ibanez PH 1 1 1 4 .275
D.Wright 3B 4 1 1 1 .182 C-A.Jones CF 0 0 0 0 .266
C.Lee DH 0 3 0 0 .381 L.Overbay 1B 4 0 0 0 .196
C.Delgado 1B 4 1 1 0 .263 C.Floyd DH 4 1 1 0 .250
R.Braun LF 5 1 2 1 .333 C.Quentin LF 4 2 2 3 .298
R.Sweeney CF 3 0 1 1 .350 J.Gerut RF 5 1 2 2 .352
R.Doumit C 4 0 1 2 .280 K.Shoppach C 2 1 0 0 .231
J.Lopez 2B 4 0 2 0 .474 C.Blake 3B 2 1 0 0 .167
A.Iwamura 2B 3 0 0 0 .240
A-A.Pujols PH,2B 1 1 0 0 .419
M.Aviles SS 4 0 0 0 .356
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Totals 33 7 10 6 Totals 33 9 8 9
A-Pinch Hit For Iwamura In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Crisp In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Ibanez In 9th Inning
Surf............ 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 - 7 10 0
Fighting Sioux.. 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 - 9 8 2
Surf (3-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Matsuzaka 5 4 3 3 4 4 1 5.40
R.Madson HOLD(2nd) 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 6.35
J.Putz 0 2/3 1 3 3 2 1 1 20.25
F.Francisco LOSS(0-1) 0 2/3 2 2 2 0 2 1 6.75
Totals 8 1/3 8 9 9 8 7 3
Fighting Sioux (17-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
A.Cook 6 1/3 8 7 5 7 2 1 5.16
B.Ryan 1 2/3 2 0 0 0 2 0 1.69
R.Ramirez 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.08
J.Romero 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
H.Okajima WIN(3-0) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.66
Totals 9 10 7 5 9 4 1
ATTENDANCE- 30,297 DATE- Wednesday, May 20th 2009 TIME- Day
T- 3:11
LEFT ON BASE- Surf: 8 Fighting Sioux: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Surf: 0 Fighting Sioux: 3
ERRORS- J.Gerut, C.Blake
DOUBLES- B.Abreu(2nd), R.Sweeney(3rd)
HOME RUNS- D.Wright(1st), R.Ibanez(3rd), C.Quentin(2nd), J.Gerut(2nd)
WALKS- D.Jeter, D.Wright, C.Lee-5, C.Delgado, R.Sweeney, C.Crisp, L.Overbay,
C.Floyd, C.Quentin, K.Shoppach-2, C.Blake-2
STRIKE OUTS- B.Abreu, R.Braun, R.Sweeney, J.Lopez, L.Overbay, C.Floyd,
C.Quentin, J.Gerut, K.Shoppach, A.Iwamura, M.Aviles
GIDP- D.Jeter, B.Abreu, R.Braun
Vermont Fighting Sioux broke the deadlock in their last at bats, pulling out
a 9 to 7 win over the Miami Surf and sending their hometown fans home
smiling.
Vermont scored the decisive runs in a big bottom of the 9th inning with 2 runs
on 2 hits. After an out was recorded, Carlos Quentin began the Vermont spurt
when he stroked a single. Jody Gerut stepped up next and he popped a two-run
clout over the fence (his 2nd of the season) giving Vermont the victory and
sending the 30,297 home-town fans home happy. Vermont rapped out 8 hits for
the afternoon.
The victory was credited to Hideki Okajima(3-0) who went 2/3 of an inning,
allowing no runs. Frank Francisco(0-1) suffered the loss in relief. By
giving up 2 runs in 2/3 of an inning his ERA increased from 3.86 to 6.75.
With this win, Vermont has a 17-8 record. They have been 6-4 lately. With
the loss, Miami has a record of 3-3 lately, 3-3 overall.
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