wes_mantooth;776137 wrote:I really think the key to this whole series has been the indians scoring more runs than the reds. That usually contributes to the win.
The Indians have played well at crunch time in the two 50/50 games so far. They have overcome the cardinal sin in both games of the closer walking the lead-off hitter to start the 9th, both times the tying run on first to start. Of course the Reds turned Friday's game from a good working margin to a 50/50 game, but today's was 50/50 the whole way, and a great game. Tomorrow's game, according to Murphy's Law, might be a Reds 12-1 win which would finish the series with the Reds having scored more than twice as many runs, but leaving town having lost the series!
You never know how a game will go. This week in Marietta I have been watching the NCAA D3 regional here. Yesterday it was the #1 and #2 seeds, Marietta and Heidelburg squaring off in the championship of the winners bracket, and after 4 innings it was 18-0, and from there Marietta went on to win 23-6. Today they squared off for the championship and it was a great 2-1 game, never more than a 1 run game, just like the Reds/Indians today. Once the Marietta title was secured, and not knowing the Reds/Indians game result, I came home and watched the Reds/Indians and another great 2-1 game.
Today, I also got to see the epitome of a "rally killing HR"! Top seed Michigan in an NCAA softball regional was nearly run ruled by Kentucky, behind 7-0, then 7-1 to start the last inning. In that 7th inning, Michigan gets a run and has the bases loaded and no outs, when the Michigan hitter hits it out to make it 7-6. Kentucky calmly then gets the last 3 outs without allowing any more baserunners to win it 7-6. Classic rally killing HR!
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