Hitmen @ Akitas  Game Days 11-13

Game One, Game Day 11
Billy Wagner pitched the Akitas out of a bases loaded Jam with 2 out in the 8th  to give Satika the win.

A 2 RBI  double by Merced put the Hitmen on top in the second scoring Gonzalez and Finley.

Durazo hit a solo homer to open the 5th for the Akitas to make it 2-1.   Then in the Akitas 6th, Abreu singled and then went to 3rd on an infield single by Ch Jones and a throwing error by Hitmen SS ARod.  Abreu scored on a sac fly to rf by Chavez to tie the score.   Trot Nixon then doubled home Ch Jones for what would be the winning run.   Hollywood fought back in the 8th loading the bases on Akita starter Derek Lowe before closer Billy Wagner came on to get the final 4 outs for the save.  

HH   020 000 000   2  8  1
SA   000 012 00X   3  7  0

Pit/Cat:
HH-  Lieber  5.1,   Timlin (L) 1.2,  Walker 1.0  and  LaRue
SA-   Lowe (W) 7.2,  Lowe (S) 1.1  and  Lieberthal

Homeruns:
HH-none
SA- Durazo  5th inn, 0 on, 0 out off Lieber

Inj/Eject/Sus:
HH - Olerud,  suspended 10 games for using a corked bat after walking in the 9th inn off Wagner
SA - none

Limits:
HH-  Michaels, 1 AB vs RHP

Shea Stadium, Ump-(N), 60's, cloudy, light wind

GAME 2,  GAME DAY 12
A 17-9 blowout by the Akitas.  

HH   010  201  300     7  11  0
SA   545  200  12X   19  19  2

Pit/Cat:
HH - Thompson (L) 2.0,  Roa 3.0,  Urbina 3.0 and  LaRue 6, Matheny
SA - Ashby (W) 7.0,  Lincoln 1.0,  Graves 1.0 and Lieberthal

Homeruns:
HH - Finley 2
SA - Biggio, Chavez, Nixon 2

Inj/Eject/Sus:  none either team

Shea Stadium, ump (S),  70's, partly cloudy, ozone alert, light wind with smog

GAME 3, GAMEDAY 13
The hitmen bounce back winning the final game of the series 3-2.     Hollywood starter Greg Maddux caught the Satika infield sleeping and squeezed home Tyler Houston on a perfect bunt down the first base line for the first score of the game in the 5th.    Hollywood made it 3-0 on a 2 run Clutch single by Luis Gonzalez that scored Spencer who was pinch running for Matheny, and Maddux who had both singled.   The Akitas came back in the 8th on a solo homer by Chavez and a pinch hit RBI single by Byrnes, scoring Trot Nixon from second.

Maddux took the mound in the 9th and shut down the Akitas 1-2-3 for the complete game victory. For the Akitas, Chavez hit 3 homeruns,  one in each game.

HH - 000  010  200   3  7  0
SA -  000  000  020   2  6  0

Pit/Cat:
HH -  Maddux (W) 9.0 and Matheny 7, LaRue
SA -  Wolf (L) 7.0,  Graves 1.0,  Quantrill 0.2,  Wagner 0.1  and Bard

Homeruns:
HH -  none
SA -  Chavez  (4)   

Inj/Eject/Sus:
HH -   none
SA -  Biggio, inj for two games

Shea Stadium,  ump (N),  80's clear with light wind and smog