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Game of the Week: D2 Montreal Expos at Vancouver Mounties, May 10, 2039
After Two Wild Days, a Tight Duel Goes to Vancouver
The Montreal Expos and Vancouver Canucks have played 32 innings of baseball over the last two nights, including a nineteen-inning marathon. But tonight’s game clocked in at a breezy 2:58 minutes, as the clubs split five hits and Vancouver came away with the win 2-0 behind Carlos Sanchez’s gem.
Sanchez, who was excellent in limited time with Vancouver in 2038, has gotten off to a good start this season. Tonight’s game was his high-water mark so far, as he blanked the Expos over eight innings of work, allowing just five hits and two walks while striking out 11.
Sanchez was perfect in the first inning,with two Ks and a ground out, before his teammates got him all the runs he’d need.With Sonny Scoggins on second after a 3-1 single and uncontested steal, Leo Rodriguez launched the third homer of his season to put the Mounties on top 2-0. Rodriguez has been hitting for average, but his power has lagged with just a .409 SLG coming into the game, so the homer was no doubt a welcome sight for Vancouver fans and management.
Joe Fuller buckled down thereafter, allowing only three hits for the rest of the game while striking out nine. But Sanchez was better: he worked out of a second and third, no-out jam in the second inning, and scattered three hits after that, allowing only two runners into scoring position with none advancing as far as third. In the ninth, Matt Greene came in to set the Expos down, allowing a lone walk and striking out Juan Garcia on three straight to end the game.
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