Cavemen @ Akitas Game Days 27, 28, 29

Game one, Game Day 27
Shawn Greens 2 RBI double in the 4th was all the Cave needed to seal a shutout victory over the first place Akitas. Michael Young bunted home Damian Jackson in the top of the ninth. Wade Miller allowed on 5 hits, pitching on 3 days rest.

Cavemen 000 200 001 3 9 0
Akitas 000 000 000 0 5 0

Pit/Cat:
Cave- Miller (W) 7.0, Rincon 1.1, Crudale 0.2 and Walbeck
Akitas- Wolf (L) 8.1, Lincoln 0.1 and Lieberthal

Homeruns: none

SB’s: none

Inj/Sus: none

Limits: None either team for the series

Ump (N)- Shea Stadium, June night, 80’s pc, wind light

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GAME 2, GAME DAY 28
Kazuhiro Sasaki came on in relief in the bottom of the 9th getting Chavez to ground out and then allowing a hit to RF by Durazo. With one out and Durazo at 1st, Lieberthal flid out to LF.
Then, in an exciting ending, Trot Nixon hit a deep drive to RF that went foul just inside the foul pole.
On the very next pitch, Nixon again slammed another deep drive to right that was caught with a leaping catch by Shawn Green just before it cleared the fence for a 3-2 victory.

Cavemen 001 200 000 3 6 0
Akitas 100 000 010 2 7 2

Pit/Cat:
Cave- Hudson (W) 6.0, Koplove 2.0, Sasaki (S) 1.0 and Hernandez
Akitas- Munro (L) 7.0, Graves 2.0 and Lieberthal

Homeruns: none

SB:
Cave- Jackson
Akitas- none

Inj/Sus: none

Ump (N), Shea Stadium, June night, 60’s pc, wind light

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GAME 3, GAME DAY 29
The Cave took over first place in the Gladys division with a win in game three for a series sweep of the hometown Akitas.

Cavemen 110 120 010 6 13 2
Akitas 000 310 000 4 6 1

Pit/Cat:
Cave- Simontacchi 4.1, Rincon(W) 1.1, Crudale 1.1, Koplove 1.0, Sasaki (S) 1.0 and Hernandez
Akitas- Fossum (L) 4.1, Quantrill 0.2, Lincoln 3.0, Graves 1.0 and Lieberthal

Homeruns:
Cave- Sheffield, Rollins 2
Akitas- Womack

Inj/Sus: none

Ump- (N) Shea Stadium, June night, 70’s clear, wind r-l 10-19