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Group A, Round 4, Game 1
Oakland at St. Louis
Starting Pitchers
Guillermo Moscoso (OAK) vs. Jake Westbrook (StL)
Game Recap
St. Louis- 6, Oakland- 5 -- Colby Rasmus starting the scoring with a 3 run homer in the bottom of the 1st. A Josh Willingham homer made it 3-1 in the top of the 2nd, then a single by Landon Powell in the top of the 4th, followed by a 3 run homer from Conor Jackson made it 5-3 Oakland. St. Louis chipped away and got 2 in the bottom of the 7th. The bottom of the 9th created drama, as David Freese walked off with an RBI single with 1 out and runners on first and second, to give the Cardinals the come from behind win.
WP: Maikel Cleto
LP: Jordan Norberto
Group A, Round 4, Game 2
Arizona at Boston
Starting Pitchers
Josh Collmenter (ARI) vs. Clay Buchholz (BOS)
Game Recap
Arizona- 6, Boston- 4 -- Boston scored 4 runs in the 1st inning on 2 RBI doubles from Darnell McDonald and Jason Varitek, but got nothing after that. Despite the first inning woes, Collmenter ended up pitching 8 innings, giving up just 2 singles and 2 walks in his other 7 innings. Cole Gillespie had a pair of 2 run homers for Arizona, and Kelly Johnson had a pair of solo homers to give Arizona their scoring. 2 players were lost for the Red Sox, as Buchholz left the game due to injury after in the top of the 3rd, and after the game Darnell McDonald was suspended for 3 games due to testing positive for a banned substance (special results chart for the suspension, and I rolled a single die to determine # of games, 1-9).
WP: Josh Collmenter
LP: Andrew Miller
SV: Aaron Heilman
Group A, Round 4, Game 3
New York Mets at Minnesota
Starting Pitchers
Dillon Gee (NYM) vs. Francisco Liriano (MIN)
Game Recap
Minnesota- 3, New York Mets- 0 -- Liriano, Kevin Slowey, and Joe Nathan combined on a 7 hit shutout and the Twins got all 3 of their runs in the bottom of the first. A Carlos Beltran throwing error helped the process, as he threw the ball away after a Jason Kubel double, letting Kubel advance to 3rd. He scored on a Joe Mauer single after that. Slowey retired all 4 batters he faced, and Joe Nathan gave up a mere single in the 9th as the Twins continue to surprise as the #6 seed in their group.
WP: Francisco Liriano
LP: Dillon Gee
SV: Joe Nathan
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