Akitas @ Cavemen- Game Days 14, 15, 16

Game One, GD 14
The Akitas wasted no time in their pursuit of first place in the div homering off Caveman Roger Clemens in 3 consecutive AB’s in the first inning.

Ch Jones, Chavez and Durazo provided the power swings for a 3-0 lead. Satika scored 2 more runs in the 4th, making the score 5-1.

The Cave came back in the 6th scoring 3 runs off Munro including a ph double by Vernon Wells, to make it a game.
Billy Wagner pitched a perfect ninth with 2 K’s for the save.

Satika 300 200 000 5 11 0
Collin Co. 010 003 000 4 10 0

Pit/Cat:
Satika- Munro (W), 5.2, Quantrill 0.2, Fossum 0.2, Lincoln 1.0, Wagner (S) 1.0 and Lieberthal 9
Collin Co.- Clemens (L) 3.0, Zerbe 2.0, Rincon 1.1, Crudale 0.2, Koplove 1.0 and Hernandez 9

HR:
Satika- Ch Jones, Chavez, Durazo
Collin Co.- none

Inj:
Satika- none
Collin Co.- Young (remainder of game only)

HP- Fostetr (N), The Ballpark in Arlington, May night, 50’s clear, wind in 10-19

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Game 2, Game Day 15
Satika jumps into 1st place with a 5-2 win.
The Dogs opened the scoring with a 2 run HR by Lieberthal in the 2nd inn. The Cave answered back in the bottom of the stanza with a solo shot from Rfer Matt Stairs. A leadoff HR to open the 4th inn by Akita RFer Ch Jones would provide the winning run as the Akitas win 5-2.

The Cavemen came back in the 8th to load the bases but CC 2Bman Young grounded out 643 to end the inning.

Satika 020 110 010 5 12 0
Collin Co. 010 000 010 2 7 0

Pit/Cat: Satika- Valdes (W) 7.1, Graves (S) 1.2 and Lieberthal 7, Bard
Collin Co.- Bautista (L) 5.0, Zerbe 2.0, Crudale 1.2, Sasaki 0.1 and Hernandez
HR: Akitas- Ch Jones, Lieberthal, Cavemen- Stairs
Inj/Sus: none

HP- Culpa (N), The Ballpark in Arlington, May night, 60’s, partly cloudy, wind in 10-19

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Game 3, Game Day 16
The Akitas jumped on Cave starter Halladay for 4 runs in the 3rd and looked like they were on their way to a series sweep but Caveman Gary Sheffield in his first game back from injury had a different plan in mind.With the Cave down 4-0, Sheffield hit a 2 run blast in the 6th off Akita Ace Derek Lowe. Broussard tied the game at 4 all in the bottom of the 9th with a HR off Danny Graves to send the game into extra innings. In the 12th, McDonald led off for the Cave with a double to CF and scoring the winning run on Kingsale’s single for a 5-4 Cave victory.

Mike Koplove shutdown the Dogs in the final 3 inns allowing only a walk while striking out 3 for the win. The teams are now tied for 1st place each with 8-7 records a quarter of the way through the season.

Satika 004 000 000 000 4 8 1
Collin Co. 000 002 011 001 5 10 0

Pit/Cat:
Satika- Lowe 8.0, Graves 3.0, Wagner (L) 0.1 and Lieberthal 10, Bard
Collin Co.- Halladay 7.0, Rincon 1.2, Koplove (W) 3.1 and Hernandez 12HR: Satika- none, Collin Co.- Sheffield, Wells
Inj/Sus: Satika- Durazo suspended after the game for using a corked bat. 10 game suspension.
HP- (L), The Ballpark in Arlington, May night, 60’s, Cloudy, Rain, wind R>L 10-19

Limits for the series:
Satika- none. No players currently on roster with roster limitations.
Collin Co.- Mike, Could you fill in the blanks here?
Mark, Ill have the current info for you next time.

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