Friday, January 02, 2015

Playoff Coverage

Most games can be found by following @ edbird117 on twitter.  A quick recap :

Texas defeated Baltimore 2-0

Florida over Toronto 2-1

Utah wins the opener against Cleveland.

Miami vs. Texas:

Texas took a 2-0 lead as Andy Moore and Miggy Fernandez hit back to back homers off Jered DeMario.  DeMario settled down, and allowed no more runs in 7 1/3 innings.  Rufus Anderson held Miami scoreless until Brian Kaat homered in the 6th.  He left with 7 innings and 3 hits allowed.

In the 8th, facing Jared Pollard, Trevor Burton came on as a pinch hitter and homered to tie the game.  Other than that, Pollard gave Texas 3 strong innings, with 5 strikeouts.  Miami got strong relief from Ervin Russell, Brad Moulds, and Bob Belardi.

In the 11th Kaat led off with a single off Charles Morrow, and promptly stole second.  MVP Joe Young came up, 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts to that point.  Young singled to center, sending the cat around with the winning run.

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