Sunday, February 19, 2012

Game #4 - The Carolina All Stars




The second game of the doubleheader was against a team of players all wearing different uniforms, hence the nickname Carolina All Stars. For this game the GAB was the home team. Stefan Livsey took the hill to start the game, pitching five complete innings and only giving up three runs. Stefan recorded 6 K's on the day. Ron Emanuelson was again at shortstop and even recorded a nice 6-6-3 doubleplay with Buddha Blake to help close out the second inning.



Stefan gave up one run in the first and another in the top of the third but the GAB came storming back in the bottom half of the inning with a single by Larry Pagano, which was followed by a walk to Stefan Livsey. With two runners on Will Ramos made them pay with a 2 RBI double to tie the game at 2-2 after three innings of play.



The tie didn't last long as Stefan surrendered another run in the fourth but the GAB couldn't match the offense and leaving Emanuelson and Mickey on base when the inning ended. Stefan pitched a scoreless fifth but was showing signs of tiring in the Puerto Rican heat.



Carlito Arroyo pitched a scoreless sixth and final inning. These series of games were part of a round-robin tournament and we were playing under a time limit. In the bottom of the sixth Carlito helped his own cause with a single but was thrown out on a stealing attempt. With Buddha Blake, Ron Emanuelson and Dallas Mickey coming up the GAB had to like thier chances to tie or win this game but it wasn't to be. Buddha got the K, Ron a walk, and Dallas got a single and the runners advanced to second and third on an error. So with two runners in scoring position, the GAB down 3-2, and two outs, Barrett hit a comebacker to the pitcher for a 1-3 putout to end the game.

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