AMAZING GAME FROM MY FRANCHISE (Boston @ Philadelphia)
I just had maybe the most intense /crazy / fun game I can ever remember playing in The Show. I post these recaps and boxscores in the thread for my sliders and figured I would share this one on the main board......it was one of those epic games that doesn't happen often throughout your franchise.
BOSTON RED SOX @ PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES GAME #40 of the season (Pitching Matchup - Daniel Bard vs. Joe Blanton)
The Red Sox begin an interleague series with the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park as they send Daniel Bard to the hill against Joe Blanton. The Phillies had runners at the corners with two outs in the bottom of the 2nd for the pitcher Joe Blanton but Bard got him to ground out to Pedroia and the game was tied 0-0 after 2 innings. Blanton was very sharp early as he had not allowed a base runner through the first 3 innings on the mound. Daniel Bard struck out the side in the bottom of the 3rd to give him 6 K's through 3 innings and we would head to the 4th with no score 0-0. Jacoby Ellsbury led off the 4th inning with a single for the Red Sox 1st hit of the game and was picked off of 1st base as Blanton caught him napping with a good pickoff move. The Phillies opened the scoring in the bottom of the 4th as Chase Utley doubled and came in to score on an RBI single by Ty Wigginton to make it 1-0. Carlos Ruiz singled to and Wigginton went to 3rd to give the Phillies runners at the corners with 1 out. Pete Orr was up next and he delivered an RBI single for Philadelphia's 4th straight hit to make it 2-0. Blanton was up next and he bunted the runners over to 2nd & 3rd for Shane Victorino but Bard would rebound to strike him out and end the inning without any further damage as the Phillies took a 2-0 lead into the 5th inning. The Red Sox had a chance in the top of the 5th when Will Middlebrooks doubled but he wass thrown out at the plate trying to score on a Ryan Sweeney single to LF for the final out of the inning. Bard labored through the 5th inning but got out of trouble when Chase Utley flew out to the warning track in CF to end the inning and send the game to the 6th with Philly leading 2-0. Boston went to work in the top of the 6th when Marlon Byrd walked to leadoff the inning. Daniel Bard was up next and he failed to get the bunt down on the 1st two pitches then lined a single into CF when he was forced to swing with 2 strikes as Byrd scampered to 3rd base to setup runners at the corners with nobody out for Jacoby Ellsbury. The Red Sox got on the board as Ellsbury singled to RF to score Byrd and make it 2-1. Mike Aviles sac bunted to move the runners to 2nd & 3rd with one out for Pedroia and Blanton drilled Pedroia on the arm with a pitch to load the bases for Adrian Gonzalez. Pedroia had to leave the game with an injury as a result of being hit and Nick Punto came on to run for him. Gonzalez hit into an inning ending 4-6-3 double play as Blanton gets out of the jam with a 2-1 lead. Bard pitched around a single in the bottom of the 6th and struck out Blanton for his 8th K of the game to end the 6th and end his night as he was over 100 pitches thrown as we went to the 7th with the Phillies on top 2-1. Blanton pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the 7th. Andrew Miller replaced Bard on the mound and he got into a trouble after a single and a walk with one out. Miller struck out John Mayberry for the 2nd out and got Utley to ground out to Punto at 2nd base for the final out of the 7th and we would go to the 8th with the Sox trailing 2-1. Kevin Youkilis pnch hit in the pitchers spot with one out in the top of the 8th and he lined a double into the gap and Boston would have the tying run in scoring position with one out. Charlie Manuel went to the pen as he brought in Antonio Bastardo to replace Blanton with Jacoby Ellsbury coming up. Bastardo struck out Ellsbury and Mike Aviles thought he tied the game but he was robbed as he lined a ball towards right center field and Shane Victorino made an outstanding diving catch to end the inning and preserve the 2-1 lead. Vicente Padilla came on to pitch the bottom of the 8th and should have had a K against Ty Wigginton as the homeplate ump missed a clear strike and Wigginto crushed the next pitch for a solo HR to LF to make it 3-1. Carlos Ruiz doubled and moved to 3rd base on a ground out by Orr. The Red Sox brought the infield in with Juan Pierre pinch hitting in the pitchers spot and got a grounball to Punto who threw home to nail Ruiz but he ran over Saltalamacchia and jarred the ball loose to make it 4-1 and Pierre moved up to 2nd base. Things went from bad to worse for Boston as Victorino tripled to make it 5-1 and he came in to score on a sac fly by Jimmy Rollins to make it 6-1. The Phillies went to their closer with a 5 run lead as former Red Sox Jonathan Papelbon came on to pitch the 9th. Papelbon issued a leadoff walk to Nick Punto and Adrian Gonzalez followed with a double and the Red Sox had a glimmer of hope. Will Middlebrooks was up next as the ump called strike 3 on a pitch way off the plate. Papelbon hit Jarrod Saltalamacchia with a pitch to load the bases for Ryan Sweeney. The Red Sox have David Ortiz on the bench but Bobby Valentine chose to let Sweeney hit and hold onto Ortiz for another batter and Sweeney rewarded his manager for sticking with him as he worked a full count and got a fastball right down the middle from Papelbon and launched a grand slam HR into the RF stands to make it a 1 run game at 6-5. Charlie Manuel made a ballsy move and removed Papelbon who was clearly struggling and went to Joe Slavery looking for the final two outs. Marlon Byrd came up and he singled up the middle to put the tying run on base and now Bobby Valentine called on David Ortiz to pinch hit in the pitchers spot. Bobby Valentine made a gutsy call as Marlon Byrd stole 2nd base and the Sox had the tying run in scoring postion. Ortiz lined Savery's next pitch into CF and Byrd raced around to score the tying run as the Red Sox have stormed back to tie the game 6-6. Bobby Valentine then used speedy pitcher Clay Buchholz as a pinch runner for Ortiz. David Herndon came in from the pen for the Phillies and Jacoby Ellsbury then laid down a perfect bunt and beat the throw to 1st base as Buchholz moved into scoring position. Mike Aviles was up next and Herndon got him to hit into a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning. Scott Atchison came in to pitch the bottom of the 9th for Boston and recorded the 1st two outs before Ty Wigginton doubled and the Phillies had the winning run on 2nd base. Placido Polanco came in to pinch run for Wigginton as the potential winning run. Bobby Valentine decided to intentionall walk Carlos Ruiz to give his team the chance of a force out at 2nd base and take their chances against Pete Orr with Franklin Morales coming in from the pen for the lefty on lefty matchup. Morales struck out Orr looking with a 95 mph fastball on the outside corner to send the game to extra innings tied 6-6. Will Middlebrooks made a bid to take the lead in the top of the 10th as he crushed a ball deep to CF but Victorino caught the ball right at the wall against the 409 foot marker to end the inning. Morales retired the Phillies in order in the bottom of the 10th and we would go to the 11th inning tied 6-6. Chad Qualls would take over on the mound to begin the 11th for Philadelphia and gave up back to back singled to Saltalamacchia and Sweeney to begin the inning. Marlon Byrd was up next and he laid down the sac bunt but Qualls was unable to pick the ball up and the Red Sox had the bases loaded with nobody out. Cody Ross was called on to pinch hit in the pitchers spot and he choked away an opportunity as he struck out. Jacoby Ellsbury was up next with one out and he laid a bunt down the 1st base line and Saltalamacchia scored to give the Sox a 7-6 lead as the only play the Phillies had was at 1st base. Jose Contreras came on and struck out Mike Aviles to end the inning and we would go to the bottom of the 11th with Boston leading 7-6. Red Sox closer Alfredo Aceves entered the game looking to close it out and pickup the save. Aceves got Hunter Pence to ground out to Aviles at SS for the 1st out. John Mayberry grounded out to Punto at 2nd base and the Phillies were down to their final out. Chase Utley was the Phillies last hope and he gave the ball a ride but Marlon Byrd caught it at the warning track in LF for the final out as Aceves nails down the save and the Red Sox come back from 5 runs down in the 9th inning for a thrilling 7-6 victory in extra innings.......WHAT A GAME!!!
This was the most fun and rewarding game I have played on The Show in a long long time. It was intense throughout the game as it was 2-1 in the bottom of the 8th before Philadelphia blew it open with a 4 run inning to take a 6-1 lead into the 9th. Jonathan Papelbon faced his former team for the 1st time ever and the Red Sox put together an epic 9th inning rally with Ryan Sweeney of all people mashing a grand slam to make it 6-5 and the Sox strung together a few more hits to tie the game and send it to extra innings. I made some very tough managing decisions that all seemed to work out and pulled off the extra innings victory
Red Sox at Phillies |
May 18, 2012
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Extras
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H
E
Boston (23-17)
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0
0
0
0
1
0
0
5
0 1
7
14
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Philadelphia (23-17)
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0
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0 0
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13
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W: Franklin Morales (2-1) L: Chad Qualls (0-2) S: Alfredo Aceves (13)
Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS
BOS
PHI
PHI
4
Ty Wigginton singled to LF (Utley scores)
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1
PHI
4
Pete Orr singled to RF (Wigginton scores)
0
2
BOS
6
Jacoby Ellsbury singled to RF (Byrd scores)
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2
PHI
8
Ty Wigginton solo HR to LF
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3
PHI
8
Juan Pierre reached on fielders choice (Ruiz scores)
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4
PHI
8
Shane Victorino tripled to CF (Pierre scores)
1
5
PHI
8
Chase Utey sac fly to LF (Victorino scores)
1
6
BOS
9
Ryan Sweeney grand slam HR to RF (Punto, Gonzalez & Saltalamacchia score)
5
6
BOS
9
David Ortiz singled to CF (Byrd scores)
6
6
BOS
11
Jacoby Ellsbury sac bunted to pitcher (Saltalamacchia scores)
Re: AMAZING GAME FROM MY FRANCHISE (Boston @ Philadelphia)
That's a hell of a game! I had just the opposite yesterday with my Yankees franchise, we blew a 7-0 lead to the Rays and lost 8-7 in 11 innings...ugh! Oh, almost forgot, you're slider set is amazing.
05-21-2012, 03:17 AM
