Game 28

Austin Uniforms - Virginia Uniforms

Notes
Huge series that will most likely decide the wild card team in Season 2. Virginia and Austin were tied with this game next. Ausin had Ponson on the mound, up against Eric Milton, with Ponson having the upper hand. In the 2nd, Elijah Dukes hit a double scoring in Munson. Then, in the 3rd, 2 doubles and 2 singles accounted for 3 runs. Austin was up 4-0, looking good. Sidney Ponson had a no hitter entering the 3rd. But, after that, the game changed. First batter of the 3rd, Greenberg hit a solo shot for the first run for Virginia. After Holliman got out, 4 batters reached, and Bigbie tripled in Mientkiewicz for a 5 run inning. Virginia had a chance to extend the lead, and Byrnes provided it with a single. Spooneybarger came in for the save, and a huge W for the Bums

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

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

Pitchers
AUS
Ponson- 4 IP, 7.5 ERA, 1 Ks, 6 ER, 1 BB L

VIR
Milton- 4 IP, 5 ERA, 1 Ks, 4 ER, 1 BB W
Spooneybarger- 1 IP, 0 ERA, 1 Ks, 0 ER, 0 BB SV

Player of the Game- Eric Byrnes



Omaha Uniforms - Portland Uniforms

Notes
This was the game Portland needed. A big hitting performance. As the game went on, they just got better. Encarnacion tripled in Burroughs. Then, Simon hit a 3 run homer off of Perez for a 3-0 advantage. Omaha came back though, with a Valentin double that scored Ellison. Then Porland broke the game open. Giles tripled in 2 runs, then scored himself on a Berroa single. They didn't stop there, up 6-1 Burroughs hits a needed Homer, then Giles triples in 2 again, in his huge game. A 9-1 final helps the team a lot.

Batters
OMA
Mathews Jr. 1-3 1B
Vidro 0-3 K
Valentin 2-3 2B 1B
Monroe 0-2 BB
Hermida 1-2 2B
Atkins 0-2
Ensberg 0-2 K
Bo. Crosby 0-2
Ellison 2-2 2 1B

POR
Dye 0-3
Burroughs 2-3 HR, 1B, 2R, 1RBI
Encarnacion 2-2 3B, 2B, 2R, 1RBI
Pena 1-2 1B, BB, 2R
Sexson 0-3 K
Giles 3-3 2 3B, 2B, 2R, 4RBI
Berroa 1-3 2B, K, 1RBI
Simon 1-3 HR, 1R, 2RBI
Brown 0-0 2BB

Pitchers
OMA
Perez- 3 IP, 10 ERA, 2 Ks, 6 ER, 3 BB L
Reitsma- 1 IP, 15 ERA, 1 Ks, 3 ER, 1 BB

POR
Ainsworth- 4 IP, 1.25 ERA, 2 Ks, 1 ER, 12 BB W
Gagne- 1 IP, 0 ERA, 0 Ks, 0 ER, 0 BB SV

Player of the Game- Damien Rolls