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| Bobby Bonds had two home runs and a double in Bainbridge Island's series-clinching 10-1 win over Aberdeen. |
It was a pivotal moment in the game. Allen retired the first two batters he faced, striking out Brown and and getting Craig Biggio on a comebacker to the mound. Cool Papa Bell followed with a double to deep center over the head of Earl Averill. Barry Bonds came to the plate and was walked intentionally. Jeff Bagwell spoiled the strategy, lining a first-pitch single to shallow right; Bell scored easily, and Bonds came in when Henry Aaron made an errant throw trying to retire him at third. It was 3-0 Bainbridge.
The Bees added another in the fourth, when Bobby Bonds doubled with one out and scored on a two-out base hit by the pitcher Brown.
After getting just a walk and a single off Brown in the first four innings, Aberdeen finally got something going in the top of the fifth. With one out Banks booted Joe Adcock's grounder for an error. Averill drew a walk, and catcher Alan Ashby grounded a single to left, moving everyone up one and loading the bases. Down 4-0 and the pitcher Allen due up, Anderson inexplicably let him bat. Allen popped up to first base for the second out, and Roberto Alomar grounded to short to snuff the rally.
Sticking with Allen seemed an even worse idea in the bottom of the frame. Bell led off with a single, Barry Bonds doubled down the left field line to move Cool Papa to third, and Bagwell knocked a triple to deep right center to score both and make it 6-0. That was finally it for Allen; John Axford was called out of the Aberdeen bullpen. George Brett greeted him with a sacrifice fly to center to make it 7-zip.
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| Kevin Brown blanked Aberdeen through eight and drove in a run as well for BI. |
Meanwhile Brown continued to cruise. He'd given up just six hits and a couple of walks through eight innings, and player-manager Lou Boudreau sent him out for the ninth. He gave up singles to Adcock and Averill, then walked catcher Brad Ausmus to load the bases with nobody out. At 123 pitches Brown was out of gas, and Jeff Brantley came on in relief. Pinch hitter Edgardo Alfonso grounded out to second, plating Adcock and moving everyone else up a base. Alomar walked to re-load the bases. But Luke Appling grounded one back to Brantley, who got the force on Averill at the plate, and then Aaron grounded out to second for the final out in Bainbridge Island's 10-1 win.
Boudreau said he'd be going with Bert Blyleven to start game one of the championship series, though Blyleven had a couple of shaky outings in this first-round series. Jim Bunning is penciled in to pitch game two for Bainbridge Island. As of this writing Goldendale leads Moses Lake three games to two in the other first-round series.
Game six box score, October 19
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
Aberdeen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 1 11 0
Bainbridge Island 0 1 2 1 3 2 1 0 x 10 11 1 5 1
A's AB R H BI AVG B's AB R H BI AVG
Alomar,R 2b 3 0 1 0 .304 Biggio 2b 4 0 0 0 .160
Appling ss 5 0 0 0 .231 Bishop 2b 1 0 0 0 .200
Aaron,H rf 5 0 1 0 .240 Bell,CP cf 4 3 3 0 .368
Allen,D 3b 4 0 1 0 .348 Bonds,Ba lf 4 3 2 2 .455
Abreu,B lf 4 0 0 0 .227 Bagwell 1b 4 1 2 3 .304
Adcock,J 1b 4 1 3 0 .417 Brett,G 3b 3 0 0 1 .176
Averill cf 3 0 1 0 .375 Berra,Y c 3 0 0 0 .250
Ashby,Al c 2 0 1 0 .118 Bonds,Bo rf 3 3 3 2 .182
Ashburn ph 1 0 0 0 .111 Banks,E ss 4 0 0 0 .059
Ausmus c 0 0 0 0 .000 Boudreau ss 0 0 0 0 .000
Appier p 0 0 0 0 .000 Brown,K p 4 0 1 1 .250
Allison ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Brantley,J p 0 0 0 0 .000
Allen,Neil p 1 0 0 0 .000 34 10 11 9
Axford p 0 0 0 0 .000
Alou,Mo ph 1 0 0 0 .333
Andersen p 0 0 0 0 .000
Alfonzo ph 1 0 0 1 .000
35 1 8 1
A's INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Appier L 0-1 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 26 18 4.50
Allen,Neil 2.0 7 6 5 1 2 32 21 13.50
Axford 2.0 1 2 2 3 3 51 24 9.00
Andersen 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 18 14 3.86
8.0 11 10 9 4 8 127 77
B's INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Brown,K W 1-1 8.0 8 1 1 3 8 123 83 5.06
Brantley,J 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 21 11 0.00
9.0 8 1 1 4 8 144 94
ADN: Allison batted for Appier in the 3rd
Ashburn batted for Ashby,Al in the 7th
Alou,Mo batted for Axford in the 7th
Ausmus inserted at c in the 7th
Alfonzo batted for Andersen in the 9th
BI : Bishop inserted at 2b in the 7th
Boudreau inserted at ss in the 9th
E-Aaron,H, Banks,E. 2B-Aaron,H(2), Adcock,J(1), Bell,CP(3), Bonds,Ba(1),
Bonds,Bo(2). 3B-Bagwell(1). HR-Bonds,Ba(2), Bonds,Bo 2(2). RBI-Alfonzo(1),
Bonds,Ba 2(5), Bagwell 3(5), Brett,G(6), Bonds,Bo 2(5), Brown,K(1).
SB-Bell,CP(1). K-Alomar,R, Appling 2, Allen,D, Abreu,B, Averill, Allison,
Alou,Mo, Biggio, Bagwell, Berra,Y 2, Banks,E 2, Brown,K 2. BB-Alomar,R 2,
Averill, Ausmus, Bell,CP, Bonds,Ba, Berra,Y, Bonds,Bo. SF-Brett,G.
GWRBI: Bonds,Bo
Kevin Appier was injured for this game only