Wild Pitch in Extras is Enough

John Bale let go a wild pitch in the top of the 10th and then Akinori Otsuka struck out Corpus Christi's 1-2-3 hitters to secure his 1st save of the season.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2007 Baltimore Engineers At 2007 Corpus Christi Lightning  4/8/2007
 
  Engineers          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Lightning Bolts    AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Branyan 3B        5  0  1  0 .174     J.Ellsbury LF,CF    5  0  0  0 .303  
  M.Bordick SS        5  1  1  0 .462     L.Castillo 2B       4  2  1  0 .300  
  M.Bradley RF        5  1  2  0 .370     J.Lugo SS           5  1  1  2 .310  
  S.Fasano C          4  1  2  1 .393     F.McGriff 1B        4  1  1  0 .259  
  D.Hamilton CF       5  0  1  0 .174     J.Varitek C         4  0  1  1 .250  
  A.Hyzdu LF          5  2  5  2 .571     S.Pearce RF         3  0  1  1 .407  
  J.Wehner 1B         5  0  1  0 .167     J.Cirillo 3B        3  0  1  0 .346  
  R.Brown DH          5  0  1  0 .233     J.Ortiz DH          4  0  1  0 .286  
  M.Cairo 2B          4  0  0  0 .143     A.Escobar CF        2  0  0  0 .214  
                                        A-R.Brogna PH         1  0  0  0 .000  
                                        B-P.Ozuna LF          1  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      43  5 14  3                 Totals      36  4  7  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Escobar In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Brogna In 8th Inning
 
Engineers....... 0 0 0  0 0 3  0 1 0  1 -  5 14  0
Lightning Bolts. 0 0 0  2 0 2  0 0 0  0 -  4  7  0
 
Engineers (2-4)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
A.Lopez                   6       6   4   4   1   3   1  10.45
J.Speier WIN(1-0)         3       1   0   0   2   1   0   7.71
A.Otsuka SAVE(1st)        1       0   0   0   0   3   0   0.00
Totals                   10       7   4   4   3   7   1
 
Lightning Bolts (3-4)    IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
E.Milton                  6       8   3   3   0   6   2   5.02
T.Tankersley HOLD(2nd)    0 1/3   2   0   0   1   0   0  36.00
C.Bradford BS(1st)        1 2/3   2   1   1   0   3   1  10.38
J.Bale LOSS(0-1)          2       2   1   1   3   3   0   9.00
Totals                   10      14   5   5   4  12   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 40,861 DATE- Sunday, April 8th 2007 TIME- Day 
T- 2:58
LEFT ON BASE- Engineers:15  Lightning Bolts: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Engineers: 0  Lightning Bolts: 1
DOUBLES- R.Branyan(1st), S.Pearce(1st), J.Ortiz(2nd)
TRIPLES- M.Bradley(1st)
HOME RUNS- S.Fasano(1st), A.Hyzdu-2(5th), J.Lugo(1st)
STOLEN BASES- L.Castillo(2nd)
WALKS- R.Branyan, M.Bordick, S.Fasano, D.Hamilton, L.Castillo, S.Pearce,
       J.Cirillo
HIT BY PITCH- M.Bradley, S.Fasano, M.Cairo
STRIKE OUTS- R.Branyan-3, D.Hamilton-3, J.Wehner, R.Brown-3, M.Cairo-2,
             J.Ellsbury-2, L.Castillo, J.Lugo-2, J.Varitek-2
GIDP- D.Hamilton
WILD PITCHES- E.Milton-2, J.Bale
WEB GEMS- Bot 6th: Sal Fasano blocked the plate, saving a run!
 
Adam Hyzdu launched 2 homeruns as the Baltimore Engineers topped the Corpus
Christi Lightning Bolts in 10 innings by a score of 5 to 4 at Labaonte
Field.
 
The score was knotted at 4 after nine innings.  Baltimore won it in the 10th
inning.  After two were out Mike Bordick drew a walk.  Milton Bradley next to
the plate and he was hit by a pitch.  Sal Fasano then drew a walk to load the
bases.  John Bale then unleashed a wild pitch scoring the run.  Baltimore
finished with 14 hits while Corpus Christi ended up with 7.  
 
The winning pitcher was Justin Speier(1-0) who allowed no runs in 3 innings.
Speier got relief help from Akinori Otsuka who gained credit for his 1st
save.  Bale(0-1) took the loss in relief.  
 

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