Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Monster Comeback, Stellar Bullpen, and Manny's Steroids Help Vero Beach Take Two of Three in Quad City, Wherever That is


Down six in the fourth inning, Vero Beach scored seven unanswered runs to defeat Quad City 7-6 in twelve innings.

Quad City chased Vero Beach starter Jared Weaver after just 3 2/3 innings and seemingly had control of the game. They didn't count on the Bums' bullpen, though.

Capped by three near-perfect innings by K-Rod, the Bums' bullpen pitched nine scoreless innings, giving up just five hits, while the offense mounted the comeback.

Manny Ramirez could not be pitched to. He cranked out two of the four homeruns Mallard's ace, Mike Mussina, surrendered. The game was tight and it seemed the Bums were poised to score every inning. Nelson Cruz was 2 for 6 with a homerun, but those six at-bats are going to haunt owner David Gandy at the home stretch, when he needs them against a playoff team.

Despite the loss, the Mallards bright spot was a 5 for 6 day by Alfredo Amezaga, who had been inexplicably benched by the previous Quad City owner. Marco Scutaro also had three hits in the loss.
BOXSCORE: 2009 Vero Beach Bums At 2009 Quad-City Wordsmiths 6/20/2009
  Bums               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Wordsmiths         AB  R  H RBI AVG
L.Milledge DH 6 0 1 0 .179 C.Utley 2B 6 1 1 1 .289
N.Cruz RF 6 1 2 1 .323 J.Gerut RF,CF 4 0 1 0 .344
M.Ramirez LF 3 3 2 2 .287 C-C.Patterson CF 1 0 0 0 .154
E.Encarnacion 3B 5 0 0 0 .218 I-J.Varitek C 1 0 0 0 .216
G-L.Overbay 1B 1 0 0 0 .268 M.Holliday LF 7 0 1 0 .330
M.Prado 1B,3B 5 0 1 0 .273 A.Huff 1B 6 0 1 1 .309
M.Young SS 5 0 0 0 .279 A.Amezaga 3B,CF 6 1 5 0 .329
B.McCann C 2 1 0 0 .296 A.Dunn DH 3 2 1 1 .178
D-R.Castro PH,C 2 1 1 2 .280 S.Hairston CF 2 1 1 0 .188
T.Hunter CF 1 0 0 0 .232 A-B.Giles PH,RF 4 0 0 0 .231
B-R.Winn PR,CF 1 0 0 0 .241 G.Laird C 5 1 1 1 .291
E-R.Sexson PH 1 0 1 0 .244 H-C.Jones PH,3B 0 0 0 0 .360
F-W.Harris CF 2 0 0 0 .253 M.Scutaro SS 6 0 3 2 .204
B.Phillips 2B 5 1 2 2 .275
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 45 7 10 7 Totals 51 6 15 6

A-Pinch Hit For Hairston In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Hunter In 5th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Gerut In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For McCann In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Winn In 9th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Sexson In 9th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Encarnacion In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Laird In 11th Inning
I-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Patterson In 12th Inning

INJURY: Torii Hunter INJURED (for 1 more game) in 5th inning

Bums............ 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 - 7 10 2
Wordsmiths...... 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 15 1

Bums (29-24) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Weaver* 3 2/3 10 6 6 3 4 0 94 6.32 A1 C6
F.Cordero 2 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 35 1.15 C7 D7
R.Pinto 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 3.46 D8 D9
D.Oliver 1 2/3 2 0 0 0 2 0 22 4.66 E1 E7
G.Geary 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.27 E8 E9
F.Rodriguez WIN(2-0) 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 40 0.81 F1
Totals 12 15 6 6 5 11 0

Wordsmiths (19-34) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
M.Mussina 6 2/3 6 5 5 1 5 4 95 5.96 A1 D1
J.Burton HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4.37 D2 D2
D.Wheeler HOLD(2nd) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 6.64 D3 D6
H.Bell BS(2nd) 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 21 8.64 D7 E4
J.Frasor LOSS(1-3) 2 2/3 1 1 1 3 2 0 56 7.41 E5 F7
J.Lopez 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5.89 F8
Totals 12 10 7 7 5 10 5

ATTENDANCE- 48,709 DATE- Saturday, June 20th 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Derryl Cousins, Angel Hernandez, Eric Cooper, Marty Foster
T- 3:40
LEFT ON BASE- Bums:10 Wordsmiths:15
DOUBLE PLAYS- Bums: 0 Wordsmiths: 2
ERRORS- E.Encarnacion, F.Rodriguez, A.Amezaga
DOUBLES- R.Sexson(1st), C.Utley(20th), A.Dunn(3rd), G.Laird(9th),
M.Scutaro(8th)
TRIPLES- J.Gerut(2nd)
HOME RUNS- N.Cruz(1st), M.Ramirez-2(16th), R.Castro(3rd), B.Phillips(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- A.Amezaga(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Dunn
WALKS- M.Ramirez, M.Prado, M.Young, B.McCann, R.Castro, C.Utley, J.Gerut,
A.Dunn-2, C.Jones
HIT BY PITCH- M.Ramirez-2, T.Hunter
STRIKE OUTS- L.Milledge-2, N.Cruz, E.Encarnacion, M.Prado, M.Young-2, R.Castro,
W.Harris, B.Phillips, C.Utley, J.Gerut, M.Holliday-2, A.Huff,
A.Dunn-2, S.Hairston, B.Giles-2, M.Scutaro
GIDP- M.Young
WILD PITCHES- D.Wheeler
PASSED BALLS- G.Laird
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Chase Utley robbed Randy Winn of a base hit.

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