Philadelphia at Denver Game 6

Philadelphia elects to go with Game 1 and 4 starter Lee Harvey Oswalt on short rest, since he is actually better rested than Game 3 starter Rudy Baker. Roscoe Savage is ready to pitch Game 7 if it happens. Denver goes with Game 2 starter Bill Neuman, who is on 5 days rest. In the first 2 innings, Philadelphia scores 2 runs on sacrifice fly outs from Paul White and Jerry Ruiz. In the 4th, Philadelphia scores 2 more runs with 2 outs on a Bulger single, Ruiz triple, and then Oswalt single. Meanwhile, Harvey the Robot instructs the Denver hitters to be patient, take lots of pitches, and in the middle innings, he calculates a 77.2% chance to get some runs off a less than fresh Oswalt. Well, Harvey turned out to be right. Butters leads off with a single and gets to third on a Stan Marsh double. Kyle Broslofski singles to score the first run and advances Marsh to third. Keith Cerrano then doubles off the centerfield wall to make it 4-3. In the bottom of the 5th, Ozzie Gaedel leads off with a walk. Butters then singles to right, and Philadelphia right fielder Corey Sloan does not hustle after the ball, and Gaedel scores from first to tie the game. Joey Renseller than blasts an opposite field home run to give Denver the 6-4 lead, and chase Oswalt from the game. Oswalt goes 4-8-6-6-2-2. In the top of the 6th, Corey Sloan leads off the inning with a homerun. After a Ron Foreman single, Marc Bulger doubles to tie the game, but is thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a triple. In the top of the 7th, Philadelphia gets runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out, but Mark Morelock gets Corey Sloan and Ron Foreman to strike out to end the inning. In the bottom of the 8th with the game still tied, Philadelphia elects to use their best reliever, Steve King, to try to preserve the tie. Jason Hopper leads off with a single, and advances to second base on a wild pitch. Denver then instructs catcher Bobby Hoffman to lay down the sacrifice bunt, which he does perfectly to advance the go-ahead run to third base. With the infiled in, Jack Hollis grounds to Paul White, who makes the strong throw to the plate to cut off the go-ahead run. With 2 outs and Hollis on first base, Ozzie Gaedel grounds to Jerry Ruiz. Ruiz fires to first, and the ball is butchered by Paul White! The ball squirts into right field as Hollis streaks around the bases. He scores and Denver takes the 7-6 lead. In the top of the 9th, Denver's bullpen ace Luther Trautwein takes on the heart of Philadelphia's lineup. Paul White, looking to redeem himself, grounds out to first base. Domingo Chavez also grounds out to first. And finally, Corey Sloan strikes out to end the game and the series. Denver wins the game 7-6, and wins the series 4-2. They will be rooting for Bay Area since that would mean Denver would get homefield advantage.