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We flew across the country and started out well, Brown with a leadoff double followed by an RBI single by Erstad and we were up 1-0 after 3 pitches. In the bottom half, Bernard and Lugo singled to start the inning, but a strikeout by Sheffield and double play grounder by Boone ended the inning.
With 1 out in the 2nd Higginson bombed a 428 foot homer to right center to put us up 2-0. Paul Wilson got through the Giants once without harm, but with 1 out in the 3rd, he walked Lugo and with 2 outs, allowed a single to Sheffield and then a 2 run double by Boone to tie things up at 2
The 4th and 5th passed without runs, though each team has made several nice plays in the field. In the 6th, Carlsen hit a 408 foot homer to dead center to put us up 3-2. Wilson got the first 2 outs of the 7th, when after a Bernard single, Wilson threw wildly on a pickoff attempt, and then Lugo singled him in and back to a tie at 3
With Gubicza on the mound in the 8th, Jefferies singled with 1 out and Frias hit a 408 foot homer to left to put us up 5-3 after 8. We brought in Cain for the 9th and after a Dan Wilson ground out, Rivera and pinch hitter Jose Cruz, Jr doubled to bring the Giants to within 5-4. Cain proceeded to walk the bases loaded by walking Bernard and Lugo to bring up Kevin Young. Young hit a fly to center where Erstad threw a missile to home cutting down pinch runner Matt Howard at home to end the game!
We are alive, what a game
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