San Francisco take Pandos 6-5 in 10 Innings

Discussions for the Cito Gaston League.
Post Reply
chriscrowder25
Posts: 19
Joined: Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:48 pm

San Francisco take Pandos 6-5 in 10 Innings

Post by chriscrowder25 »

San Francisco improved its record in extra innings to 7-1 this season with its seventh straight extra inning win. Miami dealt the Shamrocks their only xtra inning loss on July 7th by a score of 4-3 . Miami dropped to 5-6 in extras.

Joe Becker started for San Francisco and was not effective. Ross Camp, the Miami starter, was only marginally better, thus San Francisco still had a chance and the bullpen gave them some excellent innings improving those chances.

''It was the walks, and particularly the two out walk, that bit Becker in the back side,'' said Manager Al Bankston. ''He was within one out of getting out of that inning could not get it done. We had to take him out when we did.''

Becker is 7-5 in 16 starts with a 3.55 ERA and figures prominently in the Shamrocks post season plans.

Rookie Johnny Smith who took over and went three scoreless innings of long relief issuing one walk gave up no hits and retired the next eight straight batters with three strikeouts drew raves from his manager in the post game press conference.

''Smith had a very good fastball and his breaking stuff was outstanding as well, but he was cool calm and collected out there like a polished veteran.''

This was a game of a very bad first half and a very good second half that ended on a good note in extra innings.

Miami knocked Becker around in the first four innings scoring three runs in the first inning. Jose Forsch doubled, Joe Cummings walked and rookie Toby Comorosky called up on September 13th hit a three run homerun, his first career homer.

Miami added two more in the 3rd inning. Red Boone singled, Steve Kappel walked with two outs and Red Wiedermeier tripled putting Miami in front 5-0.

San Francisco scored two runs in the bottom of the third inning to salvage some life. Burke singled and Camp walked Parker with one out. Both runners advanced on Parent's chopper to first. and Orlando Dilauro drove in two runs with a single. Camp recovered to strike out Dark to end the inning.

Becker pitched the fourth inning and gave up a single to Cummings but Mark Gonzalez threw him out stealing (24 of 62 base stealers for a 38.7% for Gonzalez, 11th among catchers). Comorosky got his second hit of the game. Camp bunted him to second. Red Boone drew another two out walk from Becker but Harold Fenwick grounded out to second.

5-2 Miami

San Francisco went down in order in their half of the fourth inning. Becker departed after just four innings. Twenty three year old rookie right hander Johnny Smith came in. The rookie full of adreniline, struck out Johnny Johnson, then walked Steve Kappel, Miami's catcher. Red Wiedermeyer flied out to left field and Kappel was caught stealing to end Smith's first inning.

Smith batted to start the 5th and struck out. San Francisco went down in order for the second straight inning.

Smith set Miami down in order for the next two innings as well. San Francisco straight inning. Orlando Dilauro hit his 16th homerun with one out and no one on in the 6th to cut the lead to two; 5-3.

The homer gave Dilauro three in the game and 60 runs batted in for the season, tied for the league lead.

Larry Cairo repalced Smith and went two more scoreless inning.

in the 9th inning Karl Miller making his third appearance against San Francisco with one save to his credit against them faced three batters and did not retire any of them.

Mark Gonzalez singled, pinch hitter Joe Brown walked bring up the top of the orsder, lead off hitter Phil Burke who doubled driving in the tying runs 9Gonzalez and Brown).

Tied after nine Dave Campbell got through the top of the 10th in good shape giving hte bullpen six scoreless innings in the game.

Augie Templeton, who pitched well in the 9th, started the 10th for Miami and made just two pitches, the second one was hit far over the left field wall by Julio Gorsica to give San Francisco a walk off win 6-5.

Campbell, 6-0 got the win, Templeton took the loss, 3-2.

it was Gorsica's 4th homerun this season and first career walk off homerun. It was also the first homer surrendered by Templeton.
Post Reply

Return to “Cito Gaston League”