Oh man, so this is what it feels like? We like it. It was scarily close to another blown lead. Up 6-3 into the bottom of the sixth, a guy of theirs smacked one deep to left for a three run dinger
. Having no homerun fence meant the Shane-meister had to go for a bit of a long sprint.. It could've been Rickey Henderson in left, and the result would've been the same (3-run dinger if you've forgotten). At this point it looked like we were being sucked into weekly patterns...BUT, in the final inning, with a 6-6 tie game on our hands, we the Indians pulled together a clutch inning with three runs scored. With runners at second and third, Lee went down in the count 0-2. After fouling off a pitch, he proceeded to smack a liner ("off the end of my bat"), through the left side of the infield to plate the go ahead and the first insurance run. He then scored another insurance run when Jeff smacked a hit of his own, his third of the day. We have used the word "smack" way too much already. Someone please get us a thesaurus.
We haven't had the delight of writing a post-win post in a while, please give us a sec as we savor this moment ........................... Okay. That's good. Thanks for indulging us.
Lee was without a doubt the player of the game. Not only did he have the clutch game-winning hit, he pitched without peer. 11 K's in 5 innings? Are you kidding us? There are only 15 outs total, which means that Lee produced 73.33333333333333333% of the outs without the ball being put into play. And if you subtract the 3-run dinger, Enrique also pitched a heckuva game. Letting the questionable ball/strike calls roll right off his back, Enrique picked up his first win of the season.
As mentioned above, Jeff had a solid day at the plate with three hits: a double and two singles. Also with a double and two singles, Raubert was feeling a little bit too chuffed for a guy who failed to hold to the maxim of never being the first-or-third out of the inning at third base. C'mon kiddo, being on second with no outs is plenty good. Do you even read this, you greedy jerk?
Before the game there were the requisite comments you'd expect for a 9am game in Richmond. "It's too early. It's too cold. I'm too hungover. It's too Richmondy." However, based on the outcome, we'll take all the 9am Richmond games we can take. Or not..
Way to cowboy up boys. Let's keep this wagon wheel going..
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YOU GUYS ARE AWSOME!!!!!!SURREY INDIANS RULE.....Chris
Yes, we are awesome aren't we.. Thanks for noticing, and for taking the time to comment on it. We would've been even more awesome for the June 26th game but were without our ace starter, who happens to be your namesake.. Imagine that.. Quite the coincidence eh?
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