Playoffs: Sluggers vs Utes

Game 1.

Starters Jojo Lewis and Mike Langford were both hit hard. Rob Block homered twice. Utah took a 6-5 lead into the 9th with closer Frank Runge on the mound. Runge struck out the first two Sluggers before walking the next two. Hal Glover followed with a game tieing single. Nicholas Dark followed with a walk and Jason Foster cleared the bases with a double. Sluggers win 9-6.

Game 2.

Sluggers win 3-2 as Josh Block homers and Andre Castillo pitches 7 strong innings.

Game 3.

Utah takes a 7-0 lead in the second inning off Rusty Miller. Miller had trouble throwing strikes, walking 6 Utes. Louisville's bullpen held Utah scoreless for the rest of the game. Cory Schaeffer left the game in the 5th inning with an injury, but Utah's bullpen was able to hold the Sluggers for a 7-4 win. Bill Wright struck out 5 in 2 1/3 innings and Frank Runge pitched a scoreless 9th for the save.

Game 4.

Utah piles up a 7-1 lead through 7 innings behind Frank Lewis's 3 run homer and 2 RBI doubles by Ryan Ballard. Louisville tries a comeback, getting 5 in the bottom 8th, including Rob Block's 3 run homer, his 4th of the series. With the tieing run on first, Battletrap brings Frank Runge in to get the last out of the 8th, and he gets Juan Biras to ground out to Lou Zamuda. Runge pitches a scoreless 9th for the save.

Series tied 2-2.