OOTP 20 Challenge - Championship Game 2
 

New York @ Canton

Partly cloudy
60 degrees
Wind Blowing Out to Left at 11 mph

New York
RF Ichiro Suzuki
2B Rogers Hornsby
CF Tris Speaker
3B George Brett
DH Mickey Mantle
1B Dan Brouthers
C King Kelly
LF Pete Rose
SS Lou Boudreau

P Ed Walsh (4-1, 6.04)


Canton
DH Rod Carew
3B Wade Boggs
SS Alex Rodriguez
RF Stan Musial
1B Jeff Bagwell
CF Duke Snider
LF Hack Wilson
C Mickey Cochrane
2B Roberto Alomar

P Chris Sale (5-0, 5.57)

Top 1st

Leading Off: Suzuki

1-2 pitch...

Swing and a miss, struck him out

1 out
bases empty

At Bat: Hornsby

1st pitch...

driven into the gap in left center, to the wall and kicks off.... Hornsby rounds 2nd and tries for three... the throw to third, not in time, a triple for Hornsby.

1 out
3rd: Hornsby

At Bat: Speaker

2-2...

Called 3rd strike.

2 outs
3rd: Hornsby

At Bat: Brett

0-2...

Swing and a miss, struck him out. He gets out of the jam and strands Hornsby at 3rd.

Bottom 1st

Leading Off: Carew

1st pitch...

Driven into the gap in left center, it rolls to the wall, Carew races around 2nd and is going for three, he is in ahead of the throw for a leadoff triple.

No outs
3rd: Carew

At Bat: Boggs

3-2...

outside, ball 4

No outs
1st: Boggs
3rd: Carew

At Bat: Rodriguez

1-2...

Crushed into the gap in left, it will be extra bases. Carew scores, Boggs to 3rd and Rodriguez into 2nd with a stand up double.

Canton leads 1-0.

No outs
2nd: Rodriguez
3rd: Boggs

At Bat: Musial

2-2...

Grounded to 3rd, he has it and fires to 1st for the out, Boggs scores, Rodriguez holds at 2nd.

Canton leads 2-0.

1 out
2nd: Rodriguez

At Bat: Bagwell

1st pitch...

Grounded up the middle, the shortstop has it and fires to first for the out. Rodriguez moves up to 3rd on the play.

2 outs
3rd: Rodriguez

At Bat: Snider

1-0...

Fly ball to right, Suzuki has it to end the inning.

Through one inning Canton leads 2-0.

Top 2nd

Leading Off: Mantle

3-1...

ball 4, walks him.

No outs
1st: Mantle

AB: Brouthers

1st pitch...

base hit to center, Mantle stops at 2nd.

No outs
1st: Brouthers
2nd: Mantle

AB: Kelly

0-2...

The pitch gets away and hits him to load the bases.

No outs
1st: Kelly
2nd: Brouthers
3rd: Mantle

AB: Rose

2-2...

inside and it gets a piece of him, everyone advances and New York is on the board at 2-1.

No outs
1st: Rose
2nd: Kelly
3rd: Brouthers

AB: Boudreau

2-0...

lined deep to right and caught Kelly and Brouthers each tag and advance.

The game is tied 2-2.

1 out
1st: Rose
3rd: Kelly

AB: Suzuki (0 for 1)

0-1...

fly ball to shallow left, caught and too shallow to tag.

2 outs
1st: Rose
3rd: Kelly

AB: Hornsby (1 for 1)

3-0...

ball 4, walks to load the bases.

2 outs
1st: Hornsby
2nd: Rose
3rd: Kelly

AB: Speaker (0 for 1)

2-1...

grounded to right, through for a single. Two runs are going to score.

New York takes a 4-2 lead.

2 outs
1st: Speaker
2nd: Hornsby

AB: Brett (0 for 1)

1st pitch...

lined to left for a single, Hornsby rounds 3rd and scores to make it 5-2.

2 outs
1st: Brett
2nd: Speaker

AB: Mantle (0 for 0)

** pitching change ***

Canton has brought Chapman in to pitch.

3-2...

swing and a miss, struck him out.

New York scores 5 runs to take a 5-2 lead through one and a half.

Bottom 2nd

LO: Wilson