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Voice-over pro. Former broadcaster. Current president of Harrisburg Senators Fan Club. My passion is "baseball" - the strategic nine-player game (without a DH) where each player must run, hit and field.
2015 Third Period

Lymebees at Shooting Stars II

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Game 1; Arrieta vs Weaver; Stars get a lead off double by Pagan followed by a run-scoring single by Crisp in the 1st inning. Bees get a solo HR by Avila in the 3rd and add 2 more in the 3rd with one of these unearned. Bees get a solo HR by Tulowitzki in the 4th. Bees get a gifted leadoff HR by Nieuwenhuis in the 7th. Stars would get a 3-run HR by Frazier in the 8th, but the Bees would hold on for the 5-4 win.

Game 2; Gray vs Lynn; Bees get one run in the 1st. In the 2nd after 4 straight walks, Lind hits a 1-out triple to score 3 more. Bees would add 1 run in the 6th and 5 runs in the 8th. The Stars would get a 2-run HR by Pence in the 7th and add 2 more runs in the 8th, but Bees win 11-4.

Game 3; Hendricks vs Beckett; Bees get a leadoff HR by Upton in the 3rd followed by a walk, single and walk with Lind coming up. Adam hits into a double play, but plated another run followed by an unearned run. Bees get a solo HR by Reddick in the 7th and a 2-run HR by Upton in the 9th. Hendricks pitches a complete game shutout for a 6-0 Bees win.

Bees record at 54-31 with 5 series remaining.

2015 Third Period

Speakers at Eliminators

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Game 1 – Buster Posey (9) takes David Price deep with Anthony Rizzo on base in the 1st, and then the Speakers bats take the next 9 innings off, accumulating 3 measly hits. Cruising with a 1-hitter, Felix Hernandez (as has been the pattern) surrenders 3 extra-base hits in the 5th, including Josh Harrison’s 2-run HR. Felix loses another 4-hitter, 3-2.

W – Price; L – Hernandez (8-10); S – Darren O’Day

Game 2 – 3 more extra-base hits in the 1st, this time featuring Victor Martinez’s 2-run HR is all Chris Sale needs. The Speakers string together 3 hits in the 2nd to score twice … and then take off the next 9 innings again. Jordan Zimmermann (+42) walks 2 in the 5th, one with the bases loaded. Jay Bruce and Jonathon Lucroy solos add to the misery in the Eliminators 6-2 win.

W – Sale (CG); L – Zimmermann (7-6)

Game 3 – Jon Lester takes pity on his former teammates, allowing 10 hits and 5 ER through 6 IP. Mookie Betts (3-5, D, HRs #5&6, 5-RBI, 3-R) shows promise for the Speakers 2016 outfield. Jesse Hahn allows just 2 RBI singles in the 4th following a pair of walks to earn his first win, 8-2 Speakers.

W – Hahn (1-4); L – Lester

2015 Third Period

Devil Dogs at Speakers

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Game 1 – The Dogs tally 9 before the Speakers use their 6th hit to dent the scoreboard in the 8th. Adam LaRoche slugs a 2-run HR; Orlando Arcia gets 2 RBI singles; Yoenis Cespedes commits the Speakers’ 23rd OF error that leads to a pair of runs; and, Jordan Zimmermann walks 4 (+42) — the usual. 9-1 final.

W – Michael Wacha; L – Zimmermann (7-5)

Game 2 – Alex Wood walks the first 3 batters in the 2nd, allowing the Devil Dogs to score without a hit. The Speakers finally score again (after getting blanked for another 9 innings) in the 7th for a 1-1 tie that lasts about 2 seconds. Josh Hamilton singles to lead off the Dogs 8th and scores on David Wright’s 2-out RBI double. The Dogs add insurance in the 9th on Sal Perez’s 2-out RBI single following Wood’s fielding miscue. 3-1 Dogs.

W – Stephen Strasburg; L – Wood (4-5); S – Tony Watson

Game 3 – The Speakers score as many runs in the 1st inning as they have all series: 2 runs … and then get 3 singles (all in different innings) the rest of the way. Meanwhile, LaRoche and Chris Carter each smoke 2-run HRs in the 4th for a 4-2 win and Dogs’ sweep.

W – James Shields; L – Bud Norris (3-6)

The Speakers roll zero offensive 66s, zero 11s, 1-22 (Andrelton Simmons 7) and 3-33s (2 Stephen Vogt doubles and a Cespedes 2nd column single) in the series. With those paltry rolls, a team of Babe Ruth cards would score 4 runs on 17 hits in a 3-game set.

2015 Third Period

Arrogant Bastards at Speakers

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Game 1 – Because the Speakers are simply destined to be miserable, the ABs put up crooked numbers in 5 consecutive innings (2nd-6th) for a 21-4 laugher. Manager Williams states, “We’re fortunate to collect 21 runs in half a 30-game period.” The ABs load the bases in the 2nd: Mike Trout strokes a 3-run triple. Same situation in the 3rd: Evan Longoria knocks a salami. Same situation in the 4th: Marcel Ozuna clears ’em with a triple. That marks 4 consecutive bases loaded situations (back to last series) where the Speakers were victims of 3 3-run triples and a grand slam.

W – Max Scherzer; L – Chris Archer (4-8, 4.17)

Game 2 – The Speakers rally for 3 in the 9th to … lose 4-3. They’ve now scored 5 runs in the 9th innings of this series, only to be out-scored overall, 25-7. “You can’t make this stuff up, Harry.” Alex Wood makes 2 mistakes: a 1st inning 2-run shot by Giancarlo Stanton and a David Ortiz 2-run blast in the 6th. Oh, and Rajai Davis was cut down at the plate in the 3rd.

W – Cole Hamels; L – Wood (4-4, 3.91)

Game 3 – Stephen Vogt’s 2-run single and Anthony Rendon’s 3-run HR (#9) support poor Felix Hernandez for a change. Speakers salvage a 7-0 5-hitter by backing the King’s first CG shutout of the season with a 13-hit attack.

W – Hernandez (8-9, 3.08); L – Shelby Miller

The Speakers have now pitched 3 shutouts while the offense has been blanked a dozen times through 82 games.

2015 Third Period

Lemonheads at Birds of Pray

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G-1 Leading 1-0 on a 1st inning RBI double by Loney, the Heads scored twice in the 3rd on an Altuve error. They increased the lead to 4-0 on a 5th inning solo by JD Martinez. Birds scored 3 in the bottom of the 5th on C. Headley’s 3-run homer (#7). Heads then got 2.2 innings of 2-hit ball to preserve their 4-3 win.

G-2 Heads score 3 in the 1st ripping 5 hits in the first 6 batters, with RBIs by Sandoval, Desmond and Murphy. Heads then got back-to-back doubles to lead off the 2nd (Blackmon RBI) for a 4-0 lead. Birds bats then woke up, scoring 3 in the 3rd (N. Cruz homer #10), 2 in the 4th (Headley homer #8) and 6 in the 5th en route to the Birds 12-8 win. Heads got a bases clearing triple from Desmond in the 6th.

G-3 J. Teheran scattered 4 singles in a CG 5-0 shutout. Birds got a 2-run homer by Lagares (#2).

Heads hit 1 homer, with 3 turned back in game 2 by Richards. Birds hit 5 homers (1 gift) and scored 20 runs on 31 hits.