Sioux hold off 9th inning Pilot rally, win 3-2

The Seattle Pilots put pressure on a taxed Vermont bull pen, but were unable to push across the tying run in the 9th. Jeff Suppan improved to 5-1 going 8 and allowing 1 run.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2009 Seattle Pilots At 2009 Vermont Fighting Sioux        7/14/2009
 
  Pilots             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Fighting Sioux     AB  R  H RBI AVG
  I.Suzuki CF         4  0  1  0 .272     C.Crisp RF          4  0  0  1 .314  
  A.Miles 2B          4  0  0  0 .250     R.Ibanez DH         4  0  2  0 .292  
  T.Glaus 3B          3  1  1  0 .261     A.Pujols 1B         4  0  1  0 .382  
  M.Teixeira 1B       4  0  2  0 .321     C.Snyder C          3  2  1  0 .236  
  J.Dye RF            4  0  1  0 .297     R.Zimmerman 3B      4  0  0  0 .288  
  R.Durham DH         3  0  0  0 .253     R.Cano 2B           3  0  0  0 .250  
C-G.Matthews Jr PH    1  0  1  1 .350   A-A.Iwamura 2B        0  0  0  0 .208  
  M.Tejada SS         4  0  1  0 .233     A.Jones CF          2  0  1  1 .221  
  G.Zaun C            1  1  1  1 .305     M.Joyce LF          3  0  1  1 .211  
  R.Winn LF           3  0  0  0 .349     M.Aviles SS         3  1  1  0 .314  
                                        B-J.Wilson SS         0  0  0  0 .323  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  2  8  2                 Totals      30  3  7  3
 
A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Cano In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Aviles In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Durham In 9th Inning
 
Pilots.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 1  -  2  8  0
Fighting Sioux.. 0 1 1  1 0 0  0 0    -  3  7  0
 
Pilots (45-37)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Buehrle LOSS(8-5)       8       7   3   3   2   5   0   4.81
Totals                    8       7   3   3   2   5   0
 
Fighting Sioux (38-26)   IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Suppan WIN(5-1)         8       6   1   1   2   1   1   4.22
R.Ramirez HOLD(6th)       0 1/3   1   1   1   1   0   0   1.90
H.Okajima HOLD(3rd)       0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   3.20
J.Grilli SAVE(1st)        0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   2.61
Totals                    9       8   2   2   3   1   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 26,760 DATE- Tuesday, July 14th 2009 TIME- Day 
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Pilots: 5  Fighting Sioux: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pilots: 1  Fighting Sioux: 3
DOUBLES- M.Teixeira(17th), R.Ibanez(9th), C.Snyder(7th)
TRIPLES- R.Ibanez(1st), M.Aviles(1st)
HOME RUNS- G.Zaun(5th)
WALKS- T.Glaus, G.Zaun-2, C.Snyder, A.Jones
STRIKE OUTS- R.Winn, C.Crisp, R.Ibanez-2, R.Zimmerman, M.Joyce
GIDP- I.Suzuki, J.Dye, R.Durham
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Randy Winn robbed Ryan Zimmerman of a Homerun!
          Top 9th: Chris Snyder blocked the plate, saving a run!
 
One run was the difference at Fighting Sioux Field as the Vermont Fighting
Sioux defeated the Seattle Pilots 3 to 2.
 
Seattle never recovered after Vermont took the lead in the 2nd inning scoring
a single run using 2 hits.  Seattle threatened in the 9th but their rally
came up short.  
 
Jeff Suppan(5-1) went 8 innings allowing 1 run for the victory. Jason Grilli
got the save, his 1st.  The loss was charged to Mark Buehrle(8-5).  
 

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