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| Jeff Bagwell went 4-for-5 with a grand slam and five RBI in Bainbridge Island's 9-7 win over Goldendale in game three of the A to Z League championship series. |
Bainbridge Island started the top of the inning with back-to-back singles from Biggio and Cool Papa Bell to put runners on first and second. Barry Bonds came to the plate and hit a potential double-play ball right back to the box, but Glavine fumbled the ball for an error and the sacks were full with nobody out. Jeff Bagwell cleared them off in a hurry, crushing a 2-2 pitch deep into the seats in left center for a grand slam and the Bees had the lead 5-2.
Glavine finished the inning without further incident, and Goldendale got back up off the mat in the bottom of the sixth. Tony Gwynn beat out an infield single with one out and, with two gone Gibson laced a double to left center and Gwynn scored all the way from first to make it 5-3. Bainbridge player/manager Lou Boudreau opted not to mess with Lou Gehrig and issued an intentional walk to the Iron Horse. With Goose Goslin at the plate Yogi Berra mishandled Brown's pitch for a passed ball, and the runners advanced to second and third. Boudreau then decided on a free pass to Goslin as well, loading the bases for righty-hitting shortstop Dick Groat. It was BI manager Clark Griffith's turn to make a move, sending Curtis Granderson up to hit for Groat. Griffith won the chess game when Granderson smoked a grounder just inside the bag at first, easily scoring Gibson and Gehrig. Goslin was cut down at the plate on a good throw from Bobby Bonds and relay by Biggio, and the sixth ended with the score knotted at 5-5.
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| Rod Beck pitched two perfect innings to seal Bainbridge Island's 9-7 win in game three. |
"Everyday Eddie" Guardado started the ninth on the hill for Goldendale. He'd come in to face some tough lefty batters in the eighth and pitched a 1-2-3 inning. He got Berra on a line-out to center for the first out in the ninth, and then Griffith brought in his closer, Goose Gossage. Boudreau sent up Wade Boggs to bat for Bobby Bonds, and Boggs grounded out to short for the second out. Boudreau then took himself out of the game and called on Jim Bottomley to pinch hit. Bottomley cracked a 1-0 pitch from The Goose deep to right center for a home run, and it was 7-6 and Goldendale was still just an out away from a much needed win. Next up was Lou Brock, hitting for Brantley, and he took a 1-1 pitch right down the right field line and into the stands for a game-tying homer. Those were the first at-bats in the series for both Bottomley and Brock. Boudreau, seeing the pinch hitter working, sent in Carlos Beltran to bat for Biggio, but he grounded to third to end the inning in a 7-all tie.
Closer Rod Beck came in for Bainbridge Island and retired Goldendale in order in the bottom of the ninth, sending the contest into extra innings. Tom Gordon took the hill in the tenth, replacing Gossage, who was lifted for a pinch hitter in the ninth. Gordon got ahead of Bell 1-2, but he grounded a single right up the middle for a base hit. Bell swiped second on the first pitch to Barry Bonds, and Griffith called for an intentional walk. Bagwell came through again, hitting a 2-2 pitch to deep left for a double, scoring Bell to make it 8-7 Bainbridge Island and moving Bonds to third. Gordon fanned George Brett, who fouled off three 1-2 pitches before missing on a nasty curve. Berra, though, ripped a single to shallow center, scoring Bonds; Bagwell tried to score with two outs and Griffey nailed him at the plate, but Bainbridge Island had the lead 9-7.
Beck stayed in for his second inning of work and retired Goldendale in order in the tenth. Griffey hit a routine fly to right, Gibson grounded to short, and Gehrig struck out. Bainbridge Island went up three games to none.
Game four will be played October 26 at Ekone Park. Griffith plans to send Dwight Gooden to the mound to start the contest. Boudreau will go with Tommy Bridges.
Game 3 box score, October 25
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
Bainbridge Island 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 9 11 1 4 1
Goldendale 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 7 9 1 4 1
B's AB R H BI AVG G's AB R H BI AVG
Biggio 2b 4 1 1 1 .500 Gehringer 2b 3 1 1 0 .250
Beltran,C ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Gordon,J ph 2 0 0 0 .000
Bell,CP cf 5 2 2 0 .357 GwynnSr,T rf 4 1 1 0 .231
Bonds,Ba lf 4 2 0 0 .250 GriffeyJr cf 4 0 0 1 .083
Bagwell 1b 5 1 4 5 .308 Gibson,J c 4 3 2 2 .250
Brett,G 3b 5 0 0 0 .100 Gehrig 1b 4 2 1 0 .300
Bench c 1 0 0 0 .000 Goslin lf 3 0 1 1 .200
Berra,Y c 4 0 1 1 .250 Groat ss 2 0 0 0 .000
Bonds,Bo rf 3 1 1 0 .222 Granderson ph 1 0 1 2 .333
Boggs,W ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Garciaparra ss 1 0 0 0 .000
Banks,E ss 1 0 0 0 .000 Gaetti 3b 4 0 2 0 .250
Boudreau ss 1 0 0 0 .250 Glavine p 2 0 0 0 .000
Bottomley ph 1 1 1 1 1.000 Guerrero,V ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Bishop 2b 0 0 0 0 .000 Guardado p 0 0 0 0 .000
Brown,K p 3 0 0 0 .000 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 .000
Britton p 0 0 0 0 .000 Greenberg ph 1 0 0 0 .333
Benitez p 0 0 0 0 .000 Gordon,T p 0 0 0 0 .000
Brantley,J p 0 0 0 0 .000 36 7 9 6
Brock,L ph 1 1 1 1 1.000
Beck,R p 0 0 0 0 .000
40 9 11 9
B's INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Brown,K 6.0 7 5 5 2 1 75 48 7.50
Britton 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 13 7 0.00
Benitez 0.0 2 2 2 1 0 15 8 13.50
Brantley,J 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0.00
Beck,R W 1-0 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 22 15 0.00
10.0 9 7 7 4 4 130 82
G's INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Glavine 7.0 6 5 4 2 3 101 65 5.14
Guardado 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 14 8 0.00
Gossage BS 1 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 11 9 27.00
Gordon,T L 0-1 1.0 3 2 2 1 1 21 15 18.00
10.0 11 9 8 3 4 147 97
BI : Berra,Y inserted at c in the 2nd
Boggs,W batted for Bonds,Bo in the 9th
Bottomley batted for Boudreau in the 9th
Brock,L batted for Brantley,J in the 9th
Beltran,C batted for Biggio in the 9th
Banks,E inserted at ss in the 9th
Bishop inserted at 2b in the 9th
Beltran,C moved to rf in the 9th
GOL: Granderson batted for Groat in the 6th
Garciaparra inserted at ss in the 7th
Guerrero,V batted for Glavine in the 7th
Gordon,J batted for Gehringer in the 7th
Gordon,J moved to 2b in the 8th
Greenberg batted for Gossage in the 9th
E-Bonds,Ba, Glavine. 2B-Bagwell(1), Bonds,Bo(1), Gibson,J(1), Gaetti 2(2),
Granderson(1). HR-Bagwell(1), Bottomley(1), Brock,L(1), Gibson,J(1).
RBI-Biggio(3), Bagwell 5(5), Berra,Y(1), Bottomley(1), Brock,L(1),
GriffeyJr(2), Gibson,J 2(3), Goslin(1), Granderson 2(2). SB-Bell,CP(1).
K-Brett,G 2, Brown,K 2, Gehringer, Gehrig, Gordon,J, Greenberg. BB-Bonds,Ba,
Boudreau 2, GwynnSr,T, Gibson,J, Gehrig, Goslin. SF-GriffeyJr. PB-Berra,Y.
GWRBI: Bagwell
Johnny Bench was injured for this game only