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Game 5 continued ...
Scribbles from the Press Box — by Chase Murphy
Top 8th (eruption): Josh Fleisher delivers! Rogers comes charging home on Fleisher's clean single to left, and Angier makes the desperate throw to the plate. Too late. Rogers slides in safe, the Robins take the lead and Fleisher alertly trots into second on the play. The dugout is alive, the press box is shaking, and I’m yelling into my notes — 3-2 Red Springs, one out, runner on second.
Top 8th (cont.): Chaos! Steve Bowser takes one off the arm — plunked clean, no doubt about it — and now the Robins have two aboard. And here comes the man of the hour, Justin Stubbs. The press box leans forward like church pews before communion. He’s hitting .431 this postseason, he’s already ripped the go-ahead double today… and now he can blow this thing open. Come on Stubbs! Oh wait, I'm not supposed to cheer in here. Screw it. Come on Stubbs!
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