Saturday, October 13, 2007

Hollywood at Philadelphia Game 5

Matchup of lefties, Joey Szaza for Hollywood facing Charlie Zito of Philly. Hollywood jumps on Zito in the 1st, getting 4 runs. In the second, they take a 5-1 lead and chase Zito from the game. Philly gets back into the game in the 4th, on a Travis Palmer 2 run homer. In the 7th, Jimmy Taylor's 2 out 2 run single ties the game at 5. The game remains tied in the bottom of the 9th, when Mark Pressley came in for Hollywood and struck out the side...onto extra innings. In the tenth, Geoff Favre singles, and then Miguel Tejawa connects for a 2 run Homer. In the bottom of the 9th with a 2 run lead, Hollywood opts to pull Pressley for closer Nuke McDougal. Heres the inning:

PH for Pitcher, Peter Cooney...Strike Three!
Jimmy Taylor...single to center
Rocky Balboni....grounder to first, Connor knocks it down, no play...infield single.
Paul White....Shot down the line to right, near the foul pole....Gone....Three run Homer.
Philadelphia wins the game 8-7 on the 3 run walk-off homer, and now leads the series 3 games to 2.

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