Kody Pollock vs Bubba Dunay for all the marbles. I guess I should have been careful what I wished for at the outset of the series.
Leith Bursey drives the 1st pitch of the game to deep center for a leadoff home run! 2 outs and 4 hitters later Arturo Mendoza slams a 2 run homer to give Florida a 3-0 lead after a half inning of play.
Kody Pollock responds by fanning the side in the bottom half of the 1st.
KC answers with a run in the 4th but Pollock is masterful through 7.1 innings. With runners on 1st and 2nd, one out Burgess calls on Closer Ernesto Galindo who had not thrown a pitch in 11 days. He strikes out Dave Manzer and PH Katsumoto Sakamoto to end the threat.
And with two outs in the 9th game 6 hero Juan Reyna steps to the plate with one man on.
“Galindo comes set, gets the sign from Funicello, here comes the 0-2 pitch...
SWUNG ON AND MISSED! THE FLORIDA TARPONS HAVE WON THE 2009 WORLD SERIES! THE TARPONS ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS!”
- Florida 3 Kansas City 1
- W-Pollock (3-1) L-Dunay (0-2) S-Galindo (2)
- HR FLA-Mendoza (1) Bursey (4)
- SERIES MVP – Funicello 12-24 3 HR 5 RBI
- Florida wins the series 4 games to 3