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The Kids Are Alright

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 07:43 PM

Minor League Playoff Action! Las Vegas entering into a best-o-five series conference championship series against Salt Lake. They lead Game One 3-0 in the fourth with Matt Fox on the mouth. http://www.milb.com/gameday/index.jsp?g ... de=gameday

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 07:47 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Binghamton taking on their Yankee affiliate counterparts in the Eastern League Eastern Division Series. They are tied in Game One (best-o-five) 303 in the top of the eighth. They have the bases loaded with one out. Frank Francisco has pitched an inning in relief of Noah Syndergaaaaard. http://www.milb.com/gameday/index.jsp?g ... de=gameday

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 07:52 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

The Gnats have themselves a best-o-three divisional series. They are relentlessly pounding (POUNDING) Augusta 10-2 in the top of the ninth. Gabriel Ynoa was typically greatish. http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.js ... b&sid=t543

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 07:58 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Kingsport, in a best of three series, was tied one game apiece, and leading 3-2 with two out in the ninth in game three, before allowing five runs to score and Tennessee dreams to die (DIE!!) Ricardo Jacquez and Robert Coles failed to stem the tide in the ninth. The former had already pitched two innings before losing control in his third. He had had a pretty dominant season (1.74 ERA in 22 1/3 IP, with 33 SO and 9 BB, and a .162 BAA. http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.js ... x&sid=t506 Not meant to be.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:07 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

But Paul Sewald finishes the ninth for Luis Rojas' Sand Gnats. An utter dismantling of Augusta , 10-2. Three hits each from Maikis De La Cruz and Stefan Sabol, with two-hit games from Eudy Pina, Brandon Nimmo, Jeff Reynolds, and Albert Cordero. The lone homerun came from shortstop Phil Evans.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:08 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Ninth-inning action in Trenton. Dykstra on for the third time (at first), with two out and Cory Vaughn up.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:09 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Mo's nephew whiffs, and we go to the bottom of the ninth. Chasen Bradford struck out two in a perfect eighth, so we'll see if Pedro Lopez sticks with him.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:11 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Salt Lake plated two in the bottom of the fourth, including one on a bases-loaded, two out walk. The 51s escaped the inning without further damage, but now cling to a 3-2 lead.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:11 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Bradford takes the mound for the ninth in Trenton.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:15 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Kyle Roller leads off with a single against Bradford. Trenton replaces him with pinch-runner Casey Stevenson. Ben Gamel at the plate.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:18 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Took seven pitches, but Gamel goes down swinging. One away and Reegie Corona up. "Reegie"?

themetfairy Sep 04 2013 08:21 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Yes, Reegie. I'll be at tomorrow's Game 2. On to the 10th.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:21 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Corona flies to Ceceliani in center and Al Castillo follows asuit. We go to extras. Ambidextrous Pat Venditte on for the Baby Bombers, with Travis Tejieron due to lead off.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:26 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Ryan Sandoval starts the sixth with a single for Vegas. Back in Trenton, we have a walk by Tajeiron follow'd by a Celiliani Cingle. Forsythe bunts 'em over and we have second and third, one out for Cesar Tovar.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:28 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Tovar falls behind 0-2 but then hits a sac fly to put the Beemers on top, 4-3!!! Top of the order and Danny Muno is hitting with two out and the insurance run on second.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:29 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

In Vegas, Ryan Sandoval advances to second on an errant pickoff throw, but then gets nailed at third trying to stretch it! OH MERCY!

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:31 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Muno's getting intentionally walked to bring up beisbol lifer Josh Rodriguez. Hey, Trenton, you don't want that veteran savvy coming up in this spot. Trust me!

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:33 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

HA!!! Rodriguez singles home St. Cecelia. Muno to third. [crossout:1pzefhc2]Dyksra[/crossout:1pzefhc2] Rhyne Hughes up.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:34 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Hughesy flies out and to close it out, Lopez looks to...

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:37 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

... Jeff Walters, of course, owner of a staggering 38 saves this season in Bingo. And 2012 Met Justin Hampson is coming on for Las Vegas.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:37 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Bo Jackson REALLY wants to see me hammering energy drinks.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:40 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Top o' the order for Trenton against Walters. Mason Williams leads off, falls behind 1-2, and... takes strike three! One away, and Ramon Flores up.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:43 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Leftfielder Flores falls in the hole 0-2... ...fouls one off... ...takes a ball outside... ... and grounds out to Hughes! Two away!

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:43 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

In Salt Lake, Brandon Hicks has doubled in the seventh, but a whiff by Nieuwenhuis and there are two away.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:45 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Second baseman and #3 hitter Jose Pirela digs in for Trenton and... BOOOM! Double to center over the head of Alonzo Harris, who came on for defense, moving Ceciliani over to left.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:46 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Cleanup hitter Gary Sanchez at the plate. I'm sweating through my underwear here.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:46 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Two swinging strikes... ... and a foul.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:48 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Low for ball one and... ... foul. Still one and two.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:50 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

And... HOLY SHIT! He singles Pirela home! That insurance run driven in by Rodriguez is the difference now here at Arm & Fucking Hammer Park, as Walters is clawing to get that last out. Tyler Austin Fairy at the plate for Trenton.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:52 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Pinch-runner Jose Arcia takes over at first, with a 1-1 count on Austin... ... foul ball! Down to their last strike! Again!

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:53 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Austin beats out an infield single to Muno. Tying run in scoring position with some hotshot pinch runner representing! This is bad!

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:54 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Baxter strands two with two outs for Vegas, but my heart's in Trenton right now.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:56 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Casey Stevenson --- came on as a pinch-runner, now playing first. One-one pitch and... he singles home Arcia! Tie game! Following this shit live was the worst idea ever!!

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:57 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

And Ben Gamel singles! Trenton wins!! Future Yankees all jubilant and shit!

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 08:59 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Greg Burke on to throw the bottom of the seventh for the 51s. Hang in there, Vegas. Can't take more heartbreak tonight.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 09:02 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Burke closes the inning without event as your correspondent takes a nature break. Eric Campbell leads off the eighth.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 09:05 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Campbell pops out and Ryan Sandoval to the plate.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 09:07 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Sandoval walks and Florida State League Superstar Dustin Lawley takes a piece of lumber to the plate for Las Vegas.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 09:10 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Lawley falls on three pitches. Two out and Jamie Hoffman at the plate. Hoffman hit .277 with nine homers during the regular season for the 51s.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 09:11 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Hoffman grounds out. And we go to the bottom of the eighth.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 09:14 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Burke stays on for the eighth and gets his first hitter Andy Marte on a pop to short.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 09:16 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Sean "Mother" Henn comes on for Las Vegas, facing firstbaseman Efren Navarro, lefty v. lefty.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 09:21 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Navarro reaches on a walk. Now pinch-hitter Rusty Ryal at the plate. Don't trust pinch-hitters named Rusty.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 09:22 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Infield hit for Ryal. That's how the misery started for Bingo.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 09:31 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Salt Lake ties it in the eighth. Rob Carson on the hill.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 09:34 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Gets the last out on a grounder with the tying run on third. NO MORE INFIELD HITS! We go to the ninth. Catcher and eight-place hitter Juan Centeno to lead it off.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 09:36 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Flies to left. Daniel Strange on for Salt Lake as Brandon Hicks approaches the plate. Hicks 1-2 with a walk, double, and strikeout.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 09:38 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Hicks also flies to left. Nieuwie up.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 09:40 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Out. Go to the bottom of the inning, hoping for extras. That didn't work out so well for Bingo. Bo still trying to sell me energy, like this is Mad Max or something.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 09:45 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Carson gets the first two.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2013 09:48 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

And Matt Long homers to win it for Salt Lake. What could have been a sweet night comes up short as the organization, poised to take three playoff games in one night, instead wins just one. What's tomorrow for, however, if not to serve as the garden in which to plant our fondest dreams? We'll get them tomorrow, sure as the sun will rise.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 05 2013 07:22 AM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Am shocked ... SHOCKED ... to see Robert Carson surrender a longball. Shocked, I tell you.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 07:00 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Bingo locked into a 1-1 tie in Trenton in the bottom of the seventh. Darin Gorski has gone the distance for the B-Mets. DiamondFairies in attendance I can't stand doing this alone again.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 05 2013 07:02 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

am going out running, can't help.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 07:10 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Your outclassing of me is distressing. We go to the eighth.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 07:17 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Trenton up 2-1.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 07:32 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Mets down to the their last out, Forsythe up with a 3-0 count.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 07:33 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Forcepts walks. Alonzo Harris comes out to pinch run. Wilfredo Tovar at the paltevar.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 07:36 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Tovar ends the game. B-Mets down 2 games to zero. Lousy two hits for them all game.

themetfairy Sep 05 2013 07:50 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

They looked lackluster this evening. Hopefully home cooking will perk them up.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 07:51 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Two-run single by Sandoval puts the 51s up 3-2. Wally being Wally, immediately sends him and he steals second. Dustin Lawley hits one to the deepest part of the park, advancing Sandoval to third. Hoffman hits a rocket but right at the leftfielder. And we got to the bottom of the fourth up 3-2.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 08:20 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Montero yields a drive to the centerfield fence that Nieuwenhuis is able to run down. Next batter pulls it to left and the game is tied. Montero heading to the showers.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 08:24 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Big difference in this game was a run-scoring error by Tejada.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 08:33 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

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Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 08:44 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

John Church comes on and dominates for his inning. Vamos a la siete.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 09:08 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Church pitches and fields himself out of trouble in the seventh. Team can't get Andy Marte out. Also, Centeno somehow has two stolen bases, but both for naught.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 09:16 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Top of the eighth and the Chevy Vegas have two on with one out. Eric Campbell is at the plate and Salt Lake brings in... Chad Cordero? Really?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 05 2013 09:20 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Still wearing his cap brim straight, probably.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 09:21 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

So... runners on first and second with one out. Campbell grounds to short and Salt Lake goes for the DP. Campbell is hustling down the line and beats the relay, but... THE RUNNER ON SECOND IS TRYING TO PULL A MOOKIE AND SCORE FROM SECOND! AND HE'S... ...out. That runner... Ruben Tejada.

Zvon Sep 05 2013 09:32 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Edgy MD wrote: So... runners on first and second with one out. Campbell grounds to short and Salt Lake goes for the DP. Campbell is hustling down the line and beats the relay, but... THE RUNNER ON SECOND IS TRYING TO PULL A MOOKIE AND SCORE FROM SECOND! AND HE'S... ...out. That runner... Ruben Tejada. aww. Is that hustle from Tejeda? Okay, he is forgiven. Where are you getting to see the game?

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 09:32 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

First and second and one out in the bottom of the eighth, and Wally Backman calling Greg Burke's name.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 09:38 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Base hit scores a run as Bixler (what's he doing in center?) throws it in too late. Play break open on an errant throw, but the trailing runner gets nailed on the plate. Down 4-3 in the bottom of the eighth. Rob Carson coming in to face Matt Long.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 09:45 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Top of the ninth, need a run to tie, and Sandoval leads off by going down looking. Lawley at the plateley.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 09:46 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Two-hopper to short and they're down to their final out with Jamie Hoffman at the plate. Hoffman singles to right on the first pitch! Centeno up.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 09:47 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Time out called. Looks like Francisco Pena, who was coaching first, will be batting for Centeno, despite Pena being a righty aganist the righty and Centeno being a lefty.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 09:52 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Pena doubles home Hoffman to tie the game. Wally BAckman is a genius! WALLY BACKMAN FOR MANAGER!!!

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 09:54 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Brandon Hicks, who is just having a miserable Chin-lung Hu of a game, strikes out with the go-ahead run at third.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 10:03 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Winning run at third and one out. Carson has a 2-2 count on Cousins.

Edgy MD Sep 05 2013 10:07 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Pops to Bixler but the runner tags and the Bees score the winning run. Horrid game for Bixler. Pena puts the tag down but he's safe. The 51s are arguing but Andy Marte is still down at the plate and in pain after scoring the winning run. Game three tomorrow night at Cashman Field. Somber mood for the winning team and their fans as Marte is writhing.

Edgy MD Sep 06 2013 06:16 AM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Hamilton Bennett on his way to Vegas to save the 51 ship.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 06 2013 06:23 AM Re: The Kids Are Alright

wOw. Take that, White Sox Ex-Girlfriend!

Edgy MD Sep 06 2013 08:13 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Trenton up 3-0 and five outs from a sweep. Runner on second for Cory Vaughn.

Edgy MD Sep 06 2013 08:17 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Vaughn whiffs. Ceceliani up. Trenton goes to the pen.

Edgy MD Sep 06 2013 08:18 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Interestingly, the go with righty Manny Barreda against the lefty-batting Cece.

Edgy MD Sep 06 2013 08:19 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Ceceliani walks on four pitches and Xorge Carillo is the tying run at the plate. Ball one is low.

Edgy MD Sep 06 2013 08:20 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Muno was tossed in an incident earlier in the game. It's 3-0 on Carillo. Visit to the pitching mound.

Edgy MD Sep 06 2013 08:22 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Ball is in the dirt and Carillo walks. Bases, juiced, tying run on base, two out and Alonzo Harris up. He's only in the game due to a pair of ejections.

Edgy MD Sep 06 2013 08:23 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Wilfredo Tovar is the other guy who has been ejected.

Edgy MD Sep 06 2013 08:29 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Harris whiffs with the bases loaded, and they've stranded eight in the last three innings. Apparently those two ejections happened earlier after a very questionable call.

Edgy MD Sep 06 2013 08:34 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Perfect inning for Frank Francisco and we go to the bottom of the ninth.

Edgy MD Sep 06 2013 08:39 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Lucas drives one into the alley, but Thunder centefieldman Mason Williams makes a diving grab. Josh Rodriguez follows with a single. Allan Dykstra up with one out.

Edgy MD Sep 06 2013 08:40 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Dykstra mashes it into center. Two on and one out for Mr. Ninth Inning (as they call him) Ryan Hughes.

Edgy MD Sep 06 2013 08:44 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Hughes fans. B-Mets (with Tajeiron at the plate) down to their last out.

Edgy MD Sep 06 2013 08:45 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Called strike three. Season over. The title of this thread is a lie.

Zvon Sep 06 2013 09:12 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

Its not a lie if you really meant it. Or believe it.

Edgy MD Sep 07 2013 08:04 AM Re: The Kids Are Alright

... or focus on better news. Savannah advances to the Salllie League finals with a 5-0 win over Augusta. Your big-game pitcher is Steven Matz, who went seven innings, allowing only one hit, walking none and striking out eight. Brandon Nimmo capped a great playoff series by going 2-3, with a walk, a triple and three RBI. In fact, the first three batters in the Sand Gnat lineup --- Eudy Pina, Nimmo, and Maikis De La Cruz --- all tripled. Leadoff man Pina scored three of the five runs. In Vegas, the 51s staved off elimination, coming from behind for a 3-2 victory. Possible September callup Giancarlo Alvarado lived dangerously like Zach Wheeler last night, yielding five hits and five walks in his 5 2/3 innings, but stranding runners all over the place and leaving with only one run on his ledger. Brand new Vegas resident Hamilton Bennett had a Christmas-y debut. He entered with two out and a runner on second in the sixth and ninth-place hitter Dan Heid at the plate. Having an open base, he perhaps pitched a little carefully, falling behind 3-0, before working back to 3-2 and gettign Heid on a grounder. The B-Mets score two in the bottom of the inning and Hambone walks off with the win. On the offensive side, th eattack was led by recent callup Dustin Lawley, who garnered three hits, including a homerun. Ruben Tejada also delivered a big two-out RBI. You saw the live-blogging jibberish of the last two innings half the Bingo game above. What you didn't see was the fracas that immediately preceded it those innings. I'll let the Binghamton Sun & Bulletin tell the story. BINGHAMTON — An outstanding season for the Binghamton Mets came to a brutal ending on Friday night at NYSEG Stadium. The Trenton Thunder advanced to the Eastern League’s Championship Series for the second consecutive season on the strength of a 3-0 victory against the B-Mets in front of announced crowd of 4,360 at NYSEG Stadium. The Thunder swept the best-of-five series in three games. The game will likely be remembered for a seventh-inning altercation that started with an interference call that led the ejection of three players and B-Mets manager Pedro Lopez. “It was really tough for it to be left in the hands of the umpire,” said second baseman Danny Muno, who was at the center of the play. “You never want that to happen. You want it to go out fairly, but it was really tough. We had a great year. We were trying to battle back. For that to happen, it was hard.” In the seventh inning, Thunder second baseman Jose Pirela and Muno had to be separated as both team’s benches and bullpens emptied onto the field after on a controversial interference call at second base on a potential double-play ball. Pirela, Muno, Lopez, and B-Mets shortstop Wilfredo Tovar were ejected. The ruckus started after Muno was called for interference while sliding into second base on a ground ball hit by Tovar to Pirela. Muno appeared to slide directly into the bag, but made contact with shortstop Ali Castillo. Muno insisted that he slid right into the bag, and said the only explanation he got from second base umpire Brian De Brauwere was it was “it was interference.” “That’s uncalled for,” Lopez said. “It was a really good series. It was a really good ballgame until that point. I felt like the benches were cleared because of the call at second base. That was a clean slide. Even (Trenton’s) first-base coach said that he blew that call. It’s just sad that this series had to end the way it did.” Muno and Lopez argued with the umpires. Muno had to be held back from the umpires, and at one point Muno and Pirela exchanged words while a lot of pushing and shoving took place as both teams’ players and staffs were on the field. “It was just the heat of the moment,” Muno said. “I don’t really know how all of that escalated. It was in the heat of the moment.” Thunders pitchers held the B-Mets scoreless one night after limiting them to one run on two hits in Trenton. The B-Mets stranded a total of 36 men on base in the three-game series, including 15 on Friday night. B-Mets starting pitcher Logan Verrett, who went 12-6 during the regular season with two losses coming against the Thunder, held the Thunder scoreless through the first four innings. After giving up back-to-back singles to start the game, Verrett retired 13 of the next 15 batters he faced. The Thunder got two runs in the fifth against Verrett. Castillo hit a double to left with two outs. Ramon Flores walked on four pitches, and Zoilo Almonte, with the team on a rehab assignment, hit an RBI single to left field. Jose Pirela’s ground ball to Binghamton shortstop Wilfredo Tovar appeared to be the third out of the inning, but first base umpire Ramon de Jesus ruled that Tovar’s throw pulled first baseman Rhyne Hughes off the bag and allowed Flores to score. Lopez argued the call, and the umpiring crew huddled to discuss it but the ruling stood. An insurance run got tacked on in the seventh when Ramon Flores grounded into a double play that allowed Reegie Corona to score from third base. The B-Mets left the bases loaded in both the sixth and eighth innings, both innings ending on strikeouts. Ceciliani struck out to end the sixth, while Alonzo Harris, who came in for Muno, struck out to end the eight. The B-Mets got the tying run to the plate in the ninth, but both Rhyne Hughes and Travis Taijeron struck out. “The way the game went left a sour taste in your mouth,” B-Mets designated hitter Allan Dykstra said. “We battled back and had runners on and just couldn’t get a break to go our way it seemed like. You don’t want to point fingers. It’s just kind of the way the game goes. If we got some big hits it would’ve been irrelevant. It’s kind of bittersweet because we had such a great season. Going out that way, especially at home in front of all our fans, was a disappointment.” Eleven hits and no runs makes the angels cry. Anyhow, Frank Francisco threw a scoreless inning with two strikeouts for the B-Mets, and while his teammates may mostly be looking at their season's end, he's likely ticketed for Vegas or even New York.

MFS62 Sep 07 2013 07:44 PM Re: The Kids Are Alright

The 51s are done. Wonderful series for Carson. 1st game, blows the save and takes the loss. 2nd game, comes into tie game, gives up run and takes the loss. Doesn't pitch game 3, they win. Today, comes into game down 3-2, gives up run which becomes game winner in 4-3 final. Later