Wow. Put this one up there with the Spirit's win in Quebec in 2004. This game had it all.
Tonight's starting pitchers, Gary Galvez and JC Huguet, cruised early on, and the game settled into a calm pattern. It was scoreless through 5. Then, the runs came fast and furious, and in the end the Spirit emerged with a 5-4 victory and a 2-1 series lead. WOOO!!
With the game tied at 4, Mike Torres smashed a home run off of Surf closer Matt Pike to decide the game. Derek Drage came in and set Keesee, Fischer, and Taylor down 1-2-3 to end the game.
The Spirit struck first in the 6th on Alex Trezza's solo home run, but the Surf came right back to chase Galvez with 3 of their own in the bottom of the frame.
In the top of the 7th, Mike Torres's RBI single and Alex Trezza's bases loaded sac fly tied the score again.
But once again, the Spirit bullpen could not hold it. With Lucas Taylor (who else?) on 3rd and 1 out, Anthony Granato grounded out against Carl Schaeffer to bring home the 4th Surf run.
The Spirit, however, did not give up. Vic Davilla came through with a clutch RBI single in the top of the 8th, scoring Gary Roche and tying the game before Torres's winning blast an inning later.
ONWARD!
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Agreed......this gmae was ultra-intesnse to listen to and resembled 04 in a few respects (closer in way too long?). Good job by these guys....they're making an incredible run for the title
I said it once before and i'll say it again....I'm pumped now. I don't even know when/if I'll go to sleep. XD
ALSO: I still REALLY wanna go down tomorrow ='[
And that's what she said...
Seriously, though it was one of the more exciting Spirit games that I've been privy to attend. I was thrilled to have called Trezza's HR when a fan asked me about him. I said "he's an all-or-nothing type hitter. If he gets a hold of one, this wind won't matter." *CRACK* Awww, man, why'd you have to say that out loud?!
Almost game time. I'm so excited! We're going to win this one. BJ Weed, Alex Trezza & Vic Davilla will all get doubles or homer runs tonight
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