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Baseball Musings
October 26, 2008
Rays Done in the Ninth

Romero retires the side in order in the ninth. They Phillies will try to keep a long night for their fans from becoming longer.

Update: Howell faces Brunlett to start the bottom of the ninth.

Update: Brunlett gets hit by a pitch, another leadoff man on for the Phillies. Howell is done and Maddon makes a double switch. I guess Maddon doesn't have any trouble with advanced strategy.

Update: A wild pitch and a wild throw to second puts the winning run at third. Now Victorino doesn't have to bunt.

Update: Shane gets walked intentionally.

Update: The Rays walk Dobbs to load the bases with none out.

Update: The Rays have five infielders for Ruiz.

Update: Ruiz taps one down the third base line. Longoria charges, but flips the ball over everyone and the winning run scores from third! The Phillies win game 3 5-4! No error, Bruntlett would have been safe anyway.


Posted by David Pinto at 01:30 AM | World Series | TrackBack (0)
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Wow. Just think about the last two runs that scored. Upton basically goes first to third with his speed and takes home with a bad throw by Ruiz (although he would have scored on the next hit.) Bruntlett gets hit by a pitch, advances to second on a wild pitch, takes third on a bad throw, and ends up scoring on a bad flip (but, would have scored anyway as you said.) Huge win for the Phils. They don't get this one and they would have lost all momentum.

Posted by: Mike at October 26, 2008 01:59 AM

I'm pretty sure Ruiz' ball would have rolled foul. I understand why Longoria played it, but I think his only hope of keeping the game going was to let it go...

Posted by: Sean Callahan at October 26, 2008 02:09 AM
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