September 15, 2007

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Gary, Indiana—Jason Shelley allowed just one earned run over seven and two-thirds innings and Nate Price delivered a pinch hit single to drive in the tie-breaking run in the sixth inning as the Gary SouthShore RailCats edged the Calgary 4-3 on Saturday night in game four of the Northern League Championship Series. The RailCats win forces the deciding game five of the series on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. in a winner-take-all scenario. A crowd of 1,629 attended the game at U. S. Steel Yard.

The RailCats will send Northern League Pitcher of the Year Willie Glen (12-1, 3.03) to the mound on Sunday against Calgary's Jeff Groeger (3-3, 5.84).

After a crushing loss on Friday night in which the RailCats took a lead to the ninth but lost for the second time in the series, Shelley responded by allowing just five hits and two runs (one earned) with one walk and eight strikeouts before leaving with two outs in the eighth. Tony Cogan, who had blown two saves in the series, struck out the only two batters he faced to record his fourth save of the post-season.

Calgary scored in the second inning when Drew Miller doubled and Jorge Tang singled him in from second with two outs to make it 1-0.

The RailCats took the lead with two runs in the third. Tanner Townsend walked to start the inning and Mike Reese followed with a triple to center to tie the game. Eric McNamee singled to center to drive in Reese and make it 2-1.

Calgary scored in the fifth on Darryl Brinkley's single to right to bring in Tang from second base to tie the game.

In the Gary sixth, Jose Yepez walked to start the inning and went to second on Jermaine Allensworth's sacrifice. One batter later, Price, pinch hitting for Reese, hit a hard ground ball through the middle to bring in Yepez and give the RailCats a 3-2 lead.

Jim Crowell replaced Shelley on the mound in the eighth with two outs and a runner at second, but threw only one pitch and got Jason Colson to ground out to first to end the inning.

Right-hander David Byard started the ninth on the mound for the RailCats and got Kyle Nichols to ground to third before Cogan struck out Drew Miller and Buddy Morales to end the game.

With the series even at two wins apiece, the RailCats will turn to their ace on Sunday. Glen, who beat Groeger in game two of the series Wednesday in Calgary, is 7-0 with a 1.62 earned run average in eight career post-season starts for the RailCats. Over the 2006-'07 playoffs, Glen is 5-0 with a 0.44 ERA, allowing just two earned runs in 41 innings.

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Calgary Vipers 2 (2-2)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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Brinkley, D cf........... 4 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0

Castro, N ss............. 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0

Duncan, C 3b............. 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1

Colson, J 1b............. 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2

Nichols, K dh............ 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Miller, D lf............. 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0

Morales, B c............. 4 0 0 0 0 2 9 1 1

Tang, J rf............... 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0

Kuramochi, M 2b.......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1

Sarver, S p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Schutt, C p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Alexander, J p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Klatt, R p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals................... 32 2 5 2 1 10 24 8 5

Gary 3 (2-2)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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Dave Detienne 1b......... 4 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 2

Jay Pecci ss............. 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0

Eric Blakeley dh......... 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Steve Haake rf........... 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 3

Jose Yepez c............. 3 1 0 0 1 1 10 0 1

Jermaine Allensworth cf.. 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0

Tanner Townsend 3b....... 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0

Mike Reese lf............ 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0

Nate Price ph/lf........ 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0

Eric McNamee 2b.......... 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 3

Jason Shelley p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Jim Crowell p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

David Byard p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tony Cogan p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals................... 27 3 5 3 7 8 27 10 9

Score by Innings R H E

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Calgary Vipers...... 010 010 000 - 2 5 1

Gary................ 002 001 00X - 3 5 1

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E - Duncan, C(2); Townsend(1). DP - Calgary 1. LOB - Calgary 5; RailCats 9.

2B - Miller, D(1); Pecci(3). 3B - Reese(1). SH - Kuramochi, M; Allensworth;

Townsend. SB - Brinkley, D(2); Castro, N(3); Allensworth(2).

Calgary Vipers IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP

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Sarver, S........... 5.1 3 3 3 4 5 19 24 92

Schutt, C........... 2.0 2 0 0 3 2 6 10 44

Alexander, J........ 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 9

Klatt, R............ 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

Gary IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP

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Jason Shelley....... 7.2 5 2 1 1 8 28 30 115

Jim Crowell......... 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

David Byard......... 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

Tony Cogan.......... 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 11

Win - Shelley (1-1). Loss - Sarver, S (1-1). Save - Cogan (4).

Inherited runners/scored: Schutt, C 1/1; Alexander, J 1/0; Klatt, R 1/0; Crowell

1/0. Pitches/strikes: Sarver, S 92/53; Schutt, C 44/27; Alexander, J 9/6; Klatt,

R 1/1; Shelley 115/77; Crowell 1/1; Byard 1/1; Cogan 11/7.

Umpires - HP: Harry Fredenburg 1B: Hank Himmanen 2B: Brad Hungerford 3B: Mike

Baker Start: 6:03 Time: 3:07 Attendance: 1629

Game notes:

Sunday Probables: Calgary TBA

Gary RHP Willie Glen (12-1, 3.03)

Calgary Vipers 1st - Brinkley, D struck out (2-2). Castro, N flied out

to cf (0-0). Duncan, C singled through the left side (0-2). Colson, J grounded

out to 2b (1-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Gary 1st - Detienne grounded out to 2b (1-0). Pecci struck out (2-2).

Blakeley grounded out to p (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Calgary Vipers 2nd - Nichols, K flied out to rf (1-2). Miller, D doubled

down the lf line (1-1). Morales, B popped up to 3b (1-2). Tang, J singled to

right field, RBI (0-2); Miller, D scored. Kuramochi, M reached on a fielder's

choice (1-1); Tang, J out at second ss to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1

LOB.

Gary 2nd - Haake struck out looking (2-2). Yepez grounded out to 2b

(0-1). Allensworth struck out (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Calgary Vipers 3rd - Brinkley, D struck out (1-2). Castro, N struck out

(3-2). Duncan, C struck out (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Gary 3rd - Townsend walked (3-2). Reese tripled to right center, RBI

(0-1); Townsend scored. McNamee singled up the middle, RBI (3-0); Reese scored.

Detienne struck out (1-2). Pecci popped up to c (0-2). Blakeley reached on a

throwing error by 3b (1-0); McNamee advanced to third. Haake struck out (2-2).

2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Calgary Vipers 4th - Colson, J grounded out to 2b (2-2). Nichols, K

flied out to lf (2-2). Miller, D singled through the right side (1-1). Morales,

B struck out (0-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Gary 4th - Yepez flied out to rf (1-2). Allensworth walked (3-2).

Townsend flied out to lf (0-0). Allensworth stole second. Reese walked (3-1).

McNamee flied out to cf (1-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Calgary Vipers 5th - Tang, J reached on an error by 3b (0-1). Kuramochi,

M grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (1-0); Tang, J advanced to second. Brinkley, D

singled through the right side, RBI (0-2); Tang, J scored, unearned. Brinkley,

D stole second. Castro, N struck out (1-2). Duncan, C grounded out to 2b (0-1).

1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Gary 5th - Detienne flied out to cf (2-2). Pecci doubled down the lf

line (0-0). Blakeley flied out to lf (2-1). Haake popped up to 1b (2-1). 0

runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Calgary Vipers 6th - Colson, J grounded out to 2b (3-2). Nichols, K

struck out (3-2). Miller, D grounded out to ss (0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0

errors, 0 LOB.

Gary 6th - Yepez walked (3-0). Allensworth grounded out to c, SAC, bunt

(0-1); Yepez advanced to second. Schutt, C to p for Sarver, S. Townsend

grounded out to 2b (0-1). Price pinch hit for Reese. Price singled up the

middle, RBI, advanced to second on the throw (1-1); Yepez scored. McNamee

walked (3-2). Det

ienne struck out (1-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Calgary Vipers 7th - Price to lf. Morales, B grounded out to 3b (1-1).

Tang, J struck out looking (2-2). Kuramochi, M grounded out to 3b (1-1). 0

runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Gary 7th - Pecci singled to center field (1-0). Blakeley grounded into

double play 2b to ss to 1b (1-2); Pecci out on the play. Haake walked (3-2).

Yepez struck out (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Calgary Vipers 8th - Brinkley, D flied out to cf (2-2). Castro, N walked

(3-0). Castro, N stole second. Duncan, C fouled out to 1b (3-2). Crowell to p

for Shelley. Colson, J grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits,

0 errors, 1 LOB.

Gary 8th - Allensworth walked (3-2). Townsend grounded out to p, SAC,

bunt (0-0); Allensworth advanced to second. Alexander, J to p for Schutt, C.

Price struck out (3-2). Klatt, R to p for Alexander, J. McNamee flied out to lf

(0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Calgary Vipers 9th - Byard to p for Crowell. Nichols, K grounded out to

3b (0-0). Cogan to p for Byard. Miller, D struck out looking (2-2). Morales, B

struck out (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.