AUTHOR: SportsReleases.com
TITLE: RailCats Win, Even Series Heading to Steel Yard
DATE: 9/12/2007 09:36:00 PM
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September 12, 2007
Calgary, Alberta—Willie Glen allowed just four hits and one run over eight strong innings as the Gary SouthShore RailCats defeated the Calgary Vipers 6-3 on Wednesday night in game two of the Northern League Championship Series. A crowd of 1,291 attended the game at Foothills Stadium as the RailCats evened the series at one win apiece.
Glen allowed a home run to the first batter he faced, Darryl Brinkley, but shutout the Vipers through the rest of his outing, striking out 10. Calgary advanced only two runners as far as second base against Glen after Brinkley's home run.
The RailCats scored four runs in the third inning to take the lead for good. Tanner Townsend started the rally with a base hit to left and stole second. Nate Price walked. With one out, Dave Detienne singled to right to bring in Townsend and tie the game. The next batter, Jay Pecci, grounded to Jason Colson at first, and Colson threw home to try to get Price, but the throw was late and the RailCats took a 2-1 lead. Three batters later, Jose Yepez singled in both Detienne and Pecci to make it 4-1.
Detienne and Pecci connected on back-to-back doubles to start the Gary fifth inning. Detienne scored on Pecci's two base hit to make it 5-1, and Pecci scored on Steve Haake's sacrifice fly to make it 6-1.
Travis Kerber replaced Glen on the mound to start the ninth and ran into trouble. Colson drilled an RBI double with one out, and Buddy Morales singled to left with two out to bring in Colson and make it 6-3. Tony Cogan replaced Kerber with two on and the tying run at the plate and got Jorge Tange to ground out to short to end the game.
Detienne led Gary with three hits as part of an 11 hit attack. Pecci had two hits, scored twice, and drove in two runs.
Glen is now 7-0 in the post-season over his three year RailCats career. Over the 2006-'07 seasons, he has allowed only two earned runs in five playoff starts covering 41 innings.
The series now moves to Northwest Indiana for completion. Game three will be played Friday night at U. S. Steel Yard in Gary. The RailCats will send Josh Habel, the left-handed pitcher on the 2007 Northern League Full-Season All-Star Team to the mound. He went 12-7, 2.96 for the RailCats this season. Calgary will counter with Kazu Minami (10-5, 5.52). Game time is 7:00 p.m. For tickets, call (219) 882-2255.
Gary SS Railcats 6 (4-3)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Detienne, D 1b........... 5 2 3 1 0 1 6 2 0
Pecci, J ss.............. 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 3 0
Blakeley, E dh........... 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Haake, S rf.............. 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Yepez, J c............... 4 0 2 2 0 0 10 1 0
Alnsworth, J cf.......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Townsend, T 3b........... 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 1
Price, N lf.............. 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
McNamee, E 2b............ 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1
Glen, W p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Kerber, T p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cogan, T p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 36 6 11 6 2 4 27 12 6
Calgary Vipers 3 (4-1)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Brinkley, D cf........... 4 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 1
Miller, D lf............. 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0
Duncan, C 3b............. 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
Colson, J 1b............. 4 1 1 1 0 1 9 0 0
Nichols, K dh............ 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Castro, N ss............. 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 1
Morales, B c............. 4 0 3 1 0 1 3 1 0
Tang, J rf............... 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 2
Kuramochi, M 2b.......... 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
Groeger, J p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Klatt, R p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Alexander, J p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lyons, T p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 30 3 7 3 4 10 27 9 5
Score by Innings R H E
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Gary SS Railcats.... 004 020 000 - 6 11 0
Calgary Vipers...... 100 000 002 - 3 7 1
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E - Tang, J(1). DP - Gary 2; CGY 1. LOB - Gary 6; CGY 5. 2B - Detienne,
D(2); Pecci, J(1); Yepez, J(2); Colson, J(4). HR - Brinkley, D(1). SH -
Kuramochi, M. SF - Haake, S. SB - Townsend, T 2(2); Price, N(2); Duncan,
C(2). CS - Tang, J(1).
Gary SS Railcats IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Glen, W............. 8.0 4 1 1 3 10 24 28
Kerber, T........... 0.2 3 2 2 1 0 5 6
Cogan, T............ 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Calgary Vipers IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Groeger, J.......... 4.0 7 6 6 2 3 18 20
Klatt, R............ 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 9 10
Alexander, J........ 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 4 4
Lyons, T............ 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 5 5
Win - Glen, W (3-0). Loss - Groeger, J (1-1). Save - Cogan, T (3).
Umpires - HP: Brad Hungerford 1B: Hank Himanen 2B: Harry Fredenburgh 3B: Neil
Turner Start: 7:14pm Time: 2:54 Attendance: 1291
Game notes:
Game 3 Starters:
GAR Josh Habel (12-7, 2.96) vs CGY Kazu Minami (10-5, 5.52)
Groeger, J faced 2 batters in the 5th.
Game: CGY9120
The Automated ScoreBook
Gary SS Railcats at Calgary Vipers - Play-by-Play
Sep 12, 2007 at Calgary, AB Canada (Snake Pit)
Score by Innings R H E
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Gary SS Railcats.... 004 020 000 - 6 11 0
Calgary Vipers...... 100 000 002 - 3 7 1
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Gary SS Railcats starters: 3/1b Detienne, D; 12/ss Pecci, J; 35/dh Blakeley, E; 9/rf
Haake, S; 25/c Yepez, J; 16/cf Alnsworth, J; 24/3b Townsend, T; 22/lf Price, N;
18/2b McNamee, E; 23/p Glen, W;
Calgary Vipers starters: 22/cf Brinkley, D; 18/lf Miller, D; 23/3b Duncan, C; 40/1b
Colson, J; 50/dh Nichols, K; 4/ss Castro, N; 34/c Morales, B; 10/rf Tang, J; 5/2b
Kuramochi, M; 27/p Groeger, J;
Gary SS Railcats 1st - Detienne, D struck out looking. Pecci, J flied out to
lf. Blakeley, E grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Calgary Vipers 1st - Brinkley, D homered to left field, RBI. Miller, D struck
out. Duncan, C walked. Colson, J out at first 1b to p; Duncan, C advanced to second.
Nichols, K flied out to cf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Gary SS Railcats 2nd - Haake, S singled to center field. Yepez, J lined into
double play p to 1b; Haake, S out on the play. Alnsworth, J flied out to rf. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Calgary Vipers 2nd - Castro, N struck out. Morales, B struck out looking.
Tang, J singled to center field. Tang, J out at second c to 2b, caught stealing.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Gary SS Railcats 3rd - Townsend, T singled to left field. Townsend, T stole
second. Price, N walked. McNamee, E popped up to p. Detienne, D singled, advanced to
second on an error by rf, RBI; Price, N advanced to third; Townsend, T scored.
Pecci, J reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Detienne, D advanced to third; Price, N
scored. Blakeley, E struck out looking. Haake, S walked; Pecci, J advanced to
second. Yepez, J singled to center field, 2 RBI; Haake, S advanced to third; Pecci,
J scored; Detienne, D scored. Alnsworth, J flied out to rf. 4 runs, 3 hits, 1
error, 2 LOB.
Calgary Vipers 3rd - Kuramochi, M walked. Brinkley, D grounded into double
play 3b to 2b to 1b; Kuramochi, M out on the play. Miller, D grounded out to p. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Gary SS Railcats 4th - Townsend, T struck out, out at first c to 1b. Price, N
singled to right field. Price, N stole second. Price, N out at second p to ss,
picked off. McNamee, E flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Calgary Vipers 4th - Duncan, C walked. Duncan, C stole second. Colson, J
struck out. Nichols, K popped up to 2b. Castro, N popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Gary SS Railcats 5th - Detienne, D doubled to right center. Pecci, J doubled
down the rf line, RBI; Detienne, D scored. Klatt, R to p for Groeger, J. Blakeley, E
grounded out to p; Pecci, J advanced to third. Haake, S flied out to cf, SAC, RBI;
Pecci, J scored. Yepez, J popped up to ss. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Calgary Vipers 5th - Morales, B singled to right field. Tang, J struck out.
Kuramochi, M grounded into double play p to ss to 1b; Morales, B out on the play.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Gary SS Railcats 6th - Alnsworth, J grounded out to ss. Townsend, T singled
to center field. Townsend, T stole second. Price, N flied out to lf. McNamee, E
grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Calgary Vipers 6th - Brinkley, D struck out. Miller, D struck out looking.
Duncan, C grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Gary SS Railcats 7th - Detienne, D lined out to 2b. Pecci, J popped up to ss.
Blakeley, E popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Calgary Vipers 7th - Colson, J flied out to lf. Nichols, K popped up to ss.
Castro, N struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Gary SS Railcats 8th - Alexander, J to p for Klatt, R. Haake, S flied out to
cf. Yepez, J doubled to center field. Alnsworth, J struck out. Townsend, T grounded
out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Calgary Vipers 8th - Morales, B singled to left center. Tang, J struck out.
Kuramochi, M grounded out to 3b, SAC; Morales, B advanced to second. Brinkley, D
struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Gary SS Railcats 9th - Lyons, T to p for Alexander, J. Price, N grounded out
to 2b. McNamee, E grounded out to ss. Detienne, D singled to left center. Pecci, J
singled to left field; Detienne, D advanced to second. Blakeley, E flied out to rf.
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Calgary Vipers 9th - Kerber, T to p for Glen, W. Miller, D singled to third
base. Duncan, C grounded out to ss; Miller, D advanced to second. Colson, J doubled
to left center, RBI; Miller, D scored. Nichols, K walked. Castro, N reached on a
fielder's choice; Nichols, K out at second 1b to ss; Colson, J advanced to third.
Morales, B singled to left field, RBI; Castro, N advanced to second; Colson, J
scored. Cogan, T to p for Kerber, T. Tang, J reached on a fielder's choice; Morales,
B out at second ss to 2b. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
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