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| Pedro Martinez pitched a no-hitter as Moses Lake won game two of their playoff series against Goldendale. |
Charlie Gehringer walked to lead off the ninth, but Tony Gwynn bounced one to third that Eddie Mathews turned into a 5-4-3 double play, and Ken Griffey, Jr. hit a routine fly ball to left that Stan Musial gloved for the final out.
Offensively, Moses Lake made quick work of Goldendale starter Tom Glavine, who went 16-6 and posted an ERA of 3.16 during the regular season. Glavine got out of the first two innings unscathed, with the help of a double play in each, but things fell apart in the third. Martinez started the trouble with one out, fighting off an inside fastball for a soft line-drive single to left. Back to the top of the order, Paul Molitor hit a hard grounder between third and short, sending Martinez to second. Willie Mays then crushed a 2-2 pitch from Glavine for a booming double off the wall in left center, scoring both Martinez and Molitor for a 2-0 lead. Musial walked on a 3-2 pitch, and then Mantle singled to left on a 2-2 offering, plating Mays to make it 3-0 and moving Stan the Man to second. Edgar Martinez pulled one down the left field line for a double, scoring Musial and moving Mantle to third. Griffith had seen enough and pulled Glavine with the score 4-0 and brought in Dave Giusti to face Joe Medwick. Moses Lake manager Connie Mack countered with Mize to pinch hit; he grounded out to second but Mantle scored to make it 5-0.
Moses Lake added an unearned run in the bottom of the fourth thanks to two errors by Garciaparra, his second and third miscues of the game, making it 6-0.
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| Slugging catcher Josh Gibson left game two with an injury, but should be ready for game three. |
After a day off, the series will resume October 15 with game three at Ekone Park in Goldendale. Griffith is without Lefty Grove, who suffered a late-season injury and will not likely pitch in this series. He is wavering between Ron Guidry, Lefty Gomez, and Dwight Gooden to start game three. Mack will go with Mike Mussina.
Game two box score, October 13
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
Goldendale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 4
Moses Lake 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 x 6 11 0 8 1
G's AB R H BI AVG M's AB R H BI AVG
Gehringer 2b 3 0 0 0 .000 Molitor 2b 4 1 3 0 .600
GwynnSr,T rf 4 0 0 0 .125 Maranville ss 0 0 0 0 .500
GriffeyJr cf 3 0 0 0 .143 Mays,W cf 5 1 1 2 .333
Gibson,J c 2 0 0 0 .500 Musial 1b 3 1 0 0 .143
Gowdy c 1 0 0 0 .000 Mantle rf 4 1 2 1 .333
Gehrig 1b 2 0 0 0 .200 Martinez,E 3b 2 0 1 1 .667
Garciaparra ss 2 0 0 0 .000 Morgan,J pr 1 0 0 0 .167
Goslin lf 3 0 0 0 .143 Medwick lf 1 0 1 0 1.000
Gaetti 3b 3 0 0 0 .000 Mize ph 2 0 1 1 .333
Glavine p 1 0 0 0 .000 Munson,T c 3 0 0 0 .000
Giusti p 0 0 0 0 .000 Marion ss 3 0 0 0 .000
Greenberg ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Mathews,E ph 1 0 1 0 .333
Garber p 0 0 0 0 .000 Martinez,P p 4 2 1 0 .250
Granderson ph 1 0 0 0 .000 33 6 11 5
Gordon,T p 0 0 0 0 .000
26 0 0 0
G's INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Glavine L 0-1 2.1 7 5 5 1 0 46 26 19.29
Giusti 2.2 1 1 0 2 1 37 18 0.00
Garber 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 22 15 0.00
Gordon,T 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 13 9 0.00
8.0 11 6 5 4 2 118 68
M's INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Martinez,P W 1-0 9.0 0 0 0 4 4 126 77 0.00
9.0 0 0 0 4 4 126 77
GOL: Gowdy inserted at c in the 5th
Greenberg batted for Giusti in the 6th
Granderson batted for Garber in the 8th
ML : Mize batted for Medwick in the 3rd
Musial moved to lf in the 4th
Mize moved to 1b in the 4th
Morgan,J ran for Martinez,E in the 5th
Molitor moved to 3b in the 6th
Morgan,J moved to 2b in the 6th
Mathews,E batted for Marion in the 8th
Maranville inserted at ss in the 9th
Mathews,E moved to 3b in the 9th
E-Garciaparra 3. 2B-Mays,W(1), Martinez,E(2), Mize(1), Mathews,E(1).
RBI-Mays,W 2(4), Mantle(1), Martinez,E(1), Mize(1). K-GriffeyJr, Gibson,J,
Goslin, Gaetti, Mays,W, Marion. BB-Gehringer, GriffeyJr, Gehrig, Garciaparra,
Molitor, Musial, Martinez,E, Mize. HBP-Munson,T. HB-Giusti. WP-Martinez,P.
BALK-Garber.
GWRBI: Mays,W
Josh Gibson was injured for this game only