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In front of the home town Portland fans, the Wild Things jump out to a 1-game lead in the best-of-seven series versus the Night Train. All 3 of the runs scored in this game came courtesy of solo homeruns. The first, which gave the Night Train the lead in the 5th inning, came off the bat of an unlikely source: light-hitting catcher Matt Crout.
Portland would tie it up in the 6th when a much more likely candidate- former MVP and premiere slugging superstar Frank Hernandez clubbed a slider that stayed flat into the rightfield seats.
Then, with the score tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the 9th, with one out, Akke Holierhoek, the pride of the island of Curacao, snuck a line-drive just over the rightfield fence to give the Wild Things the win.
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