This series was the most stressful but yet also the most fun series yet this season. Game 1 Hendricks on the mound for visiting Bees , Gonzales for Juggs. Bottom of first Juggs jump all over Hendricks, Smith in lead off spot as DH gets a double, Peralta rbi single, Votto double, Peralta holds at 3rd , Muncy k, judge walk fills bases , Hicks rbi walk , Lowrie hits into a DP. Juggs up 2-0 . Top 3rd Bees runners 1st and 2nd one out Mondesi hits into DP. Bottom 3rd Votto solo homer Juggs up 3-0. Top 4th cano one out double left stranded. Top 5th Andujar one out single Hernandez two out double scores him. 3-1 juggs. Bottom of 5th and 7th smith will steal second only to be left there . Top 8th Yelich two out single cano hit and run single Yelich to 3rd , Hernandez pulled after 9 batters sat first 7 down, Hirano in throws a WP scoring Yelich, but Cano thrown out at 3rd for final out . Bees down 3-2 . Hirano still in Zunino single, Laureano single, Pham line out , Oh in now for Juggs , Andujar rips rbi double game tied 3-3 , Olson then cracks a 3 run homer Bees up 6-3 . Bottom 9th two outs , Leclerc going for save since he faced last batter of 8th struck out first two in bottom of 9th , but hits Iglesias then walks Grichuk, Voit in to PH for Smith rolls a 15 =8 for final out and Bees win . Smith would have had an 11 single there . Leclerc gets save McFarland win for Bees . Hirano loss for Juggs . Bees 6/10/1. Juggs 3/5/0 . Game 2 : lefty Snell (25 1XY 0 +24) for Bees . Chacin for Juggs. Bottom of first Juggs score two judge walk followed by Voit homer . Top 2nd Bees answer right back Hosmer double Chapman homer , they can still score more runners on 1st and 2nd one out but Puig hits into DP. Game tied 2-2 . Bottom 3rd Voit lead off single will be knocked in by Smith two out double. Juggs up 3-2 . Top 4th Bees bat 9 and crush chacin for 5 ER all with two outs , Hosmer walk , Chapman grounder to second, Torres grounder to second, Hernandez two run homer , Zunino single, Puig single, Yelich rbi single, Andujar two run triple , Bees up 7-3 . Juggs ready to let Chacin eat this game . Top 5th Bees get another run up 8-3 . Bottom 5th two out double by Donaldson Grichuk rbi single Bees up 8-4 . Bottom 7th one out judge solo shot off Snell, Voit walk, Grichuk two out homer knocked down to double by Snell scores Voit 8-6 Bees, Snell pulled, Crick in Peralta PH for Iglesias rbi single scores Grichuk, Bees lead cut to one run , Villar PR for Peralta steals second, Votto PH for Smith , lefty Alvarado in to face Votto gets him . Bees up 8-7. Chacin goes 7 ip 8 ER 12 hits . Top 8th oh faces Zunino, two base error by springer no outs , Hernandez in gets 3 outs end inning. Top 9th Upton single off Hernandez no outs , Juggs bullpen exhausted, Carasco makes Relief appearance gets next three batters out . Bottom of 9th Juggs down 8-7 , Alvarado still in judge flyout left , Voit k two outs , Fields brought in to face Donaldson, Muncy PH walk Grichuk 66=1 2 run homer off Fields Juggs win 9-7 in miraculous come from behind win . Grichuk 3/5 with 4 rbi , single, double and a homer . Hernandez for Bees 3/4 with 3 rbi homer and two singles. Bees 8/13/1. Juggs 9/9/1. Game 3 : will be another nail biter. Clevinger for Bees. Wood for Juggs. Top 1st Mondesi leads off game with a 4 double but wood makes it a 7 single, left him at first. Bottom 1st Peralta one out double gets to 3rd on PH but can’t score . Top second Pham lead off walk , Laureano HBP, Contreras rbi single, Chapman k, Olson walk fills bases Mondesi hits his second DP of Series. Bees up 1-0 . Bottom 2nd Hicks on first Mondesi error with one out , lowrie walk , both stranded. Top of 3rd Yelich to first on Muncy error no outs ,Cano goes to RP board where Hicks makes a running catch but slams into the wall and injured for 3 games. Yelich tags to second , one out ,with two outs Pham will get an rbi single, Bees up 2-0. Top 4th Chapman lead off double , with one out Mondesi will roll a 5 ( potentially two run homer) but becomes a 7 against wood , then Yelich hits into a DP no runs scored. Bottom of 6th Muncy homer but Clevinger +16 makes it a lead off double, Judge rolls a 0 but a 17 pitcher with runner on second makes it a 7 single, runners 1st and 3rd no outs ,Clevinger done . Bees bring in relief and get next 3 batters no runs for Juggs. Bees up 2-0 . Bottom of 8th Votto lead off walk , Villar PR Leclerc into face Muncy 66=1 , Leclerc +56 can’t stop it 2 run homer ties game 2-2 . Bottom of 9th still tied 2-2 , Leclerc lead off walk to Barnhart, Molina PR , Smith HBP , Peralta walk fills bases no outs , Donaldson k one out , Muncy up negative control Leclerc pulled, Crick in to face Muncy 18 +14/+43 , one out bases full , Bees play close , Muncy Roll 62=22 not HBP roll Again 62 =22 to catcher Bees have Zunino in 9 catcher, must roll fielding one to prevent runner on 3rd from scoring winning run , 56 or less Bees drop one die , IT IS a 6 errror catcher runner scores Juggs win another come from behind game 3-2 . Bees 2/7/2. Juggs 3/5/2. Bradley who finished game gets the win 1.1 ip 4 batters faced 3 strikeouts. Juggs are now 38-31 and only need to play Mike to finish 3rd quarter . Thank you to John for being a good sport in a crazy series.
Manager Tim