Louisville Sluggers at Cincinnati Kids, Game Three                    September 28, 1009

 

Mike Scott (15-14) vs. Mike Cuellar (12-14)

 

Series tied at one game each.

 

Mike Cuellar looks comfortable in the first and retires side easily allowing only a wlak to Josh Gibson.

 

Mike Scott, on the other hand, struggles out of the box.  Paul Molitor leads off with an infield single and John Henry Lloyd triples him home to open the scoring.  After Joe Dimaggio walks, Scott settles down and he strikes out Bill Terry, Mickey Mantle, and Reggie Jackson in succession.

 

Cuellar cruises through the first three innings.  Cincinnati threatens again in the third when Molitor leads off with a single and Joe Dimaggio does likewise creating 1^st and 3^rd with one out.  But, again, Terry and Mantle strike out to end the threat.  Scott has 7 strikeouts in three innings and looks dominating, though behind 1-0.

 

In the visiting 4^th, Cesar Cedeno leads with a triple and scores one out later on Babe Herman’s sac fly to left.  Score is tied now at 1-1.

 

With two outs in the 5^th, Buck Leonard drive the ball over the right-center wall for a go-ahead homerun.  Cuellar has given up two hits: a triple and a homer.

 

In the bottom of the 6^th, Bob Boone takes one for the team and reaches first via HBP.  He looks injured and Cool Papa Bell come son to run.  Bell takes third on Molitor’s third hit of the day.  Mollie, however, is caught napping off first as Scott picks him off.  Bell’s on third with one out.  JH Lloyd singles him home to tie the game at 2.  Dimag walks and that brings up Terry for the third time with a chance to advance the Kids’ cause.  This time he delivers with a tremendous 2-run triple over the head of Cedeno in center.  Mantle and Jackson strike out and the inning ends with Cincy up 4-2.

 

After and out, Cedeno walks and Gibson rolls one down to Lloyd at short.  He boots it for a two-base error.  Men on 2^nd and 3^rd, with just one out.  Babe Herman immediately ties the game with a single into center, scoring both runners.  Bansk singles and Klu pops out.  Frank Howard single to center . . . here comes Herman, testing Joe D’s arm . . . it’s not even close!  Babe is out by 5 steps and the inning ends with the score tied at 4.

 

Frank Baker, Cincy 3^rd baseman, open the home 6^th with a single and advance to second on a wild pitch.  Sam Crawford singles to right and scores Baker easily.  Randy Myers comes in for the Sluggers; he’s been very effective in the post-season.  Carlton Fisk, the new Kids’ catcher, singles down the line toward Ken Boyer who, in an attempt to make a great play, throws the ball away, creating a 2^nd and 3^rd scenario with nobody out.  Though the Kids do score a run on a sac fly, the damage is minimal.  Kids up 6-4, with 3 innings to go.

 

Ken Boyer atones for his error with a 1-out homer cutting the lead to 6-5 in the 7^th.  Sparky Lyle comes in for the Kids.  Can he get the team to the 8^th or 9^th with the lead??  He retires Eddie Collins and Cedeno on long, uncomfortably long, flyballs.

 

After Terry singles in the home 7^th, Mantle and Jackson strike out yet again and the Kids do not score.

 

Lyle pitches to Gibson in the 8^th.  He hits a long flyball to left center . . . Dimag gives chase . . . he’s got it!!  Once again, Lyle serves up a screamer and his outfield saves him from disaster.  In comes Phil Regan to try to get the final 5 outs.  He retires Herman and Banks to end the inning without incident.

 

In the 9^th, Klu flies to right for the first out.  Frank Howard singles to short and Lenny Dykstra comes on to run for him.  Buck Leonard comes up now . . . he hits a screamer into right-center, nobody can get to it, it rolls to the wall scoring Dykstra and putting Buck at third!!  Tie game, 6-6!!  Boyer pops out and Collins Ks, so it’ll go to the bottom of the 9^th with the score even.

 

Willie Hernandez comes on for Louisville, replacing the increasingly impressive Randy Myers.  Dimaggio slices a single to right to open the 9^th.  Bill Terry steps in and works the count to 2-0 . . here’s the pitch . . . it’s deep to right . . . it could go . . . IT’S GONE!! A 2-run, walk-off, homer by Bill Terry gives the Kids the game by a score of 8-6.  Cincinnati now leads the series by a 2-1 margin, with 2 more games at home . . .

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WP: Phil Regan

LP: Willie Hernandez

 

HIGHLIGHTS: Mantle went 0-4 with 4 strikeouts.  Jackson went 0-4 with “just” 3 strikeouts.  Terry had 5 ribbys for the second straight game.  Dimag extended his hitting streak to 9 games.  Randy Myers has now pitched 7 scoreless innings in post-season.  Phil Regan has 2 wins and 2 saves in the post-season.  Cincinnati is hitting .308 as a team throughout its two series.

 

 

BOXSCORE: 1009 Louisville Sluggers At 1009 Cincinnati Kids          9/28/1009

Terry's 2-run walk-off blast give Kids a 2-1 series lead

 

  Sluggers           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Kids               AB  R  H RBI AVG

  E.Collins 2B        5  0  0  0 .351     P.Molitor 2B        5  1  4  0 .412 

  C.Cedeno CF,RF      3  2  1  0 .267     J.Lloyd SS          4  1  2  3 .415 

  J.Gibson C          3  1  0  0 .286     J.Dimaggio CF       3  2  2  0 .385 

  B.Herman DH         3  0  1  3 .382     B.Terry 1B          5  1  3  4 .333 

  E.Banks SS          4  0  1  0 .242     M.Mantle RF         4  0  0  0 .088 

  T.Kluszewski 1B     4  0  0  0 .226     R.Jackson DH        4  0  0  0 .324 

  F.Howard RF         4  0  2  0 .167     F.Baker 3B          4  1  1  0 .243 

C-L.Dykstra PR,CF     0  1  0  0 .600     S.Crawford LF       4  1  1  1 .290 

  B.Leonard LF        4  1  2  2 .318     B.Boone C           1  0  0  0 .188 

  K.Boyer 3B          4  1  1  1 .133   A-C.Bell PR           0  1  0  0 .000 

                                        B-C.Fisk C            2  0  1  0 .389 

                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     

         Totals      34  6  8  6                 Totals      36  8 14  8

 

A-Pinch Ran For Boone In 5th Inning

B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Bell In 6th Inning

C-Pinch Ran For Howard In 9th Inning

 

Sluggers........ 0 0 0  1 1 2  1 0 1  -  6  8  1

Kids............ 1 0 0  0 3 2  0 0 2  -  8 14  1

 

Sluggers                 IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

M.Scott                   5       9   6   5   2   9   0  96   6.35

R.Myers                   3       3   0   0   0   4   0  53   0.00

W.Hernandez LOSS(0-1)     0       2   2   2   0   0   1   7  18.00

Totals                    8      14   8   7   2  13   1

 

Kids                     IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

M.Cuellar                 6 1/3   6   5   4   2   2   2 100   6.35

S.Lyle HOLD(1st)          1       0   0   0   0   0   0  11   6.55

P.Regan WIN(2-0) BS(1st)  1 2/3   2   1   1   0   2   0  31   2.25

Totals                    9       8   6   5   2   4   2

 

ATTENDANCE- 46,315 DATE- Wednesday, September 28th 1009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad

T- 1:56

LEFT ON BASE- Sluggers: 4  Kids: 8

DOUBLE PLAYS- Sluggers: 0  Kids: 0

ERRORS- K.Boyer, J.Lloyd

TRIPLES- C.Cedeno(1st), B.Leonard(1st), J.Lloyd(1st), B.Terry(1st)

HOME RUNS- B.Leonard(2nd), K.Boyer(3rd), B.Terry(2nd)

SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Herman, J.Lloyd

WALKS- C.Cedeno, J.Gibson, J.Dimaggio-2

HIT BY PITCH- B.Boone

STRIKE OUTS- E.Collins, E.Banks, B.Leonard, K.Boyer, B.Terry-2, M.Mantle-4,

             R.Jackson-3, F.Baker, S.Crawford, B.Boone, C.Fisk

WILD PITCHES- M.Scott