Game 9

Notes
An ugly, ugly game all around. At first it seemed like it would be a good game. Going into the third, the score was 4-3 M's in the lead. With Shawn Chacon still in the game, he implodes, and gives up 6 earned runs in the inning. Six of the first seven batters in the inning got on base, then was capped off by Marcus Giles' 2-run homw run.

Batters
POR
Berroa 2-3 HR, BB
Dye 0-1 2 BB
Burroughs 2-3 3B, 2B, K
Encarnacion 1-2 3B, BB
Pena 1-3 2B
Giles 1-3 HR
Sexson 2-3 2B, HR
Simon 0-2 BB
Brown 0-3 K

ORL
Grieve 1-2 1B, BB
Stewart 0-1 2 BB
Garciaparra 1-3 2B
Delgado 1-3 1B
Crede 0-2 BB
Freeman 1-2 2B, BB
Abernathy 0-1 2 BB
LaForest 1-3 1B
Francia 0-3 K

Pitchers
POR
Ainsworth- 4 IP, 9 ERA, 0 Ks, 4 ER, 6 BB W
Gagne- 1 IP, 0 ERA, 1 Ks, 0 ER, 1 BB SV

ORL
Chacon- 3 1/3 IP, 27 ERA, 1 Ks, 9 ER, 5 BB L
Bonser- 1 2/3 IP, 9 ERA, 1 Ks, 1 ER 0 BB

Player of the Game- Sean Burroughs



Notes
Virginia hoped to become the sole leader of the league, but would have to go through an Austin team that wasn't an easy team to beat. Austin loaded the bases on Braden Looper, but he pitched out of it. in the bottom of the first, Hall, Bigbie, and Crosby rbi'd home a run each. Zeros were put up the rest of the game. Matt Anderson recorded his 3rd save of the year.

Batters
AUS
Dukes 2-3 HR, 2B
Greene 0-3
Baldelli 0-3
Casey 1-2 1B, BB
Rolls 0-1 2 BB
Valent 1-3
Munson 0-2
Cannizaro 1-2 2B
Wilson 1-2 1B

VIR
Everett 1-3 HR
Byrnes 0-2 K
Blalock 0-2
Mientkiewicz 1-2 1B
Hall 2-2 2B, 1B
Bigbie 0-1 BB
Crosby 1-2 HR
Greenberg 1-2 2B, K
Herr 0-2

Pitchers
AUS
Bradley- 2 IP, 22.5 ERA, 1 Ks, 5 ER, 1 BB L
Bradford- 2 IP, 0 ERA, 1 Ks, 0 ER, 0 BB L

VIR
Milton- 4 IP, 9 ERA, 1 Ks, 4 ER, 1 BB W
Spooneybarger- 1 IP, 0 ERA, 0 Ks, 0 ER 1 BB SV

Player of the Game- Elijah Dukes