Game 3 of 3
This is Jeremy Hermida. He is, indeed, very good at baseball.
With today’s pitching matchup between Bats RHP Travis Wood and Clippers RHP Justin Germano, the expected occurs…a solid start from both, with Germano really showing his upper hand with 6IP on 2 hit shut-out ball, 7 punchouts and Wood faring not as well, but still holding on after 7 exhausting innings of work and the Bats down 2-0.
Travis Wood on the mound…
Justin Germano
KIPNIS!!! I was just as excited to see Jason Kipnis in the lineup for the Clippers tonight (having not been in the lineup 2 days ago) as I was to be at this game tonight.
KIPNIS: The best batting stance in baseball!!
Kipnis reaches on a single in the 6th, with Todd Frazier manning 1B, here’s a nice segue for the often-obligatory Todd Frazier photo sequence…
Here Todd is manning 1B, this first shot he’s holding Luis Valbuena…
Todd Frazier at bat…
The Bats were looking to sweep the IL stud Columbus team at home; heading into the bottom of the 9th things were starting to look shaky.
The call to the bullpen in Minor League Baseball, even moreso than in most MLB contests, is the supreme strategic crapshoot. Anybody can have an off day, today that ‘off’ belonged to Clippers RHP Zach Putnam. After holding the Bats down to 1 hit, 2 walks, and 3 strikeouts in the 8th, the hit parade for the Bats started with Dave Sappelt’s leadoff single and continued with Yonder Alonso’s crushing 2B to LF. Devin Mesoraco walks, and here comes Jeremy Hermida…
The bases are loaded for Hermida…
Hmmm, there’s a meeting on the mound…
Putnam fires, and Hermida launches a grounder up the middle for a 2-RBI double!
The game is now tied at 2-2, Danny Dorn is intentionally walked and Putnam gets the green light to pitch to Todd “Put the Ball in Play” Frazier, with 3 on and nobody out…
Todd flies out to deep right for a Sacrifice that allows Mesoraco to score from 2B and in the second game in 3 days, Todd Frazier walks off in uncanny fashion…tonight, with a SAC fly! Another truly exciting game, ending in an equally thrilling fashion, as the Bats sweep the Clippers.
UPDATE: See this post for the story of how I got this scoresheet signed by Jason Kipnis and Mike Costanzo. Still waiting for Todd Frazier to sign this one.
Official Scorecard and Bat Chat:
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