Game 12

Omaha Uniforms - Virginia Uniforms

Notes
Was this long break just what Omaha needed to get back in the race? Well they had to take down the first place Beach Bums. They didnt make it easy, thats for sure. Virginia scored 2 in the bottom of the first. Then Fernando Nieve imploded in the 3rd, giving up 5 runs, including a grand slam to Craig Monroe. 10 batters came up in that inning. Then in the bottom of the inning, Toby Hall homered to make it 5-4 Omaha. Then in the bottom of the 4th, Adam Everett tripled, then was singled in by Byrnes to tie it up. Normally strong Tim Spooneybarger gave up a Mathews Jr home run, the only hit in his 2 innings of work. Jorge Julio shut down the Bums earning the save.

Batters
OMA
Fahey 0-2 BB, K, 1R
Vidro 2-3 2 1B, 1R
Hermida 1-3 2B
Atkins 0-2 K, BB, 1R
Ensberg 0-3
Mathews Jr. 1-2 HR, BB, K, 1R, 1RBI
Monroe 1-2 HR, BB, 1R, 4RBI
Valetin 1-2 1B, BB
Ellison 0-2 BB

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

Pitchers
OMA
Perez- 4 IP, 6.25 ERA, 1 Ks, 5 ER, 4 BB W
Julio- 1 IP, 0 ERA, 2 Ks, 0 ER, 1 BB SV

VIR
Nieve- 3 IP, 8.33 ERA, 3 Ks, 5 ER, 6 BB
Spooneybarger- 2, 2.5 ERA, 0 Ks, 1 ER, 0 BB L

Player of the Game- Hank Blalock



Austin Uniforms - Orlando Uniforms

Notes
If Orlando won, then for the first time, 3 teams would have a share of first. But that didn't happen. EARLY, the Roughnecks scored 4 runs. First 4 batters, 4 runs. A 3 run homer by Sean Casey set the game off. Then both pitchers dueled. Kip wells gave up 3 hits the rest of the game, while Zambrano gave up 2. The second was a solo home run by Brent Abernathy, who has been on a tear, and second in batting average.

Batters
AUS
Dukes 1-3 1B, BB, 1R
Greene 1-2 2B, BB, 1R
Baldelli 1-3 2B, 1R, 1RBI
Casey 1-3 HR, 2K, 1R, 3RBI
Spivey 0-3
Munson 0-2 K
Rolls 0-2 K
Wilson 2-2 1B, 2B
LeCroy 0-2

ORL
Freeman 0-2
Stewart 0-2 2K
Grieve 0-2
Hillenbrand 1-2 2B
Crede 0-2
LaForest 0-2 K
Abernathy 1-2 HR, 1R, 1RBI
Francia 0-1 BB
Roneberg 0-2 K

Pitchers
AUS
Zambrano- 5 IP, 1 ERA, 4 Ks, 1 ER, 1 BB W

ORL
Wells- 5 IP, 4 ERA, 4 Ks, 4 ER, 2 BB L

Player of the Game- Victor Zambrano