Rainiers Lose Close One.

BOXSCORE: 2012 Illinois Gamblers At 2012 Tacoma Rainiers            5/19/2012
 
  Gamblers           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Rainiers           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  N.Morgan CF         3  2  1  0 .180     J.Carroll SS        3  0  0  0 .271  
  R.Johnson RF        2  0  0  1 .333     I.Suzuki RF         4  0  0  0 .258  
  D.Ortiz 1B          4  0  2  2 .292     L.Duda LF           3  0  0  0 .361  
C-B.Lillibridge 1B    0  0  0  0 .233     R.Howard 1B         4  1  2  0 .241  
  J.Willingham LF     4  0  0  0 .349     M.Reynolds 3B       4  1  1  1 .202  
D-J.Bay LF            0  0  0  0 .280     O.Infante 2B        4  0  1  0 .289  
  C.Jones 3B          3  0  0  0 .244     Y.Molina C          3  0  2  1 .352  
E-A.Gonzalez 3B       1  0  1  0 .533     J.Schafer CF        2  0  0  0 .343  
  J.Hardy SS          4  0  1  0 .160   A-J.Tabata PH,CF      1  0  0  0 .404  
  A.Pierzynski C      4  0  0  0 .261     B.McCarthy P        2  0  0  0 .000  
  O.Hudson 2B         3  0  0  0 .298     B.Fuentes P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  J.Verlander P       2  1  1  0 .200     L.Coleman P         0  0  0  0 .000  
  E.O'Flaherty P      0  0  0  0 .000   F-M.Carp PH           1  0  1  0 .240  
B-R.Ankiel PH         1  0  0  0 .148   G-W.Bloomquist PR     0  0  0  0 .333  
  M.Rivera P          0  0  0  0 ----     M.Capps P           0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  3  6  3                 Totals      31  2  7  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Schafer In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For O'Flaherty In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Ortiz In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Willingham In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Jones In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Coleman In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Ran For Carp In 8th Inning
 
Gamblers........ 0 0 0  0 0 2  0 1 0  -  3  6  0
Rainiers........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  2 0 0  -  2  7  0
 
Gamblers (18-8)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Verlander               6 2/3   6   2   2   0   7   0  84   2.79
E.O'Flaherty WIN(3-0)     0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.77
M.Rivera SAVE(9th)        2       1   0   0   1   1   0  26   1.88
Totals                    9       7   2   2   1   8   0
 
Rainiers (22-10)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.McCarthy                7       3   2   2   0   9   0  94   3.49
B.Fuentes LOSS(1-1)       0 2/3   2   1   1   0   1   0  14   1.80
L.Coleman                 0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.82
M.Capps                   1       1   0   0   0   0   0  12   3.09
Totals                    9       6   3   3   0  11   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 49,140 DATE- Saturday, May 19th 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:14
LEFT ON BASE- Gamblers: 4  Rainiers: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Gamblers: 2  Rainiers: 1
DOUBLES- D.Ortiz-2(12th), R.Howard(5th), M.Reynolds(7th), Y.Molina(14th)
TRIPLES- N.Morgan(1st)
STOLEN BASES- W.Bloomquist(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Carroll
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Johnson
WALKS- L.Duda
HIT BY PITCH- N.Morgan, R.Johnson
STRIKE OUTS- N.Morgan-2, R.Johnson-2, J.Willingham-3, C.Jones, A.Pierzynski,
             O.Hudson, R.Ankiel, J.Carroll, L.Duda-2, M.Reynolds, O.Infante,
             Y.Molina, B.McCarthy-2
GIDP- J.Hardy, M.Reynolds
2-out RBI- D.Ortiz-2, Y.Molina
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Ichiro Suzuki robbed Chipper Jones of a Homerun!
 
First baseman David Ortiz hit 2 doubles and had 2 RBI as the Illinois Gamblers
defeated the Tacoma Rainiers by the score of 3 to 2 at SAFECO Field.
 
The deciding run was scored by Illinois in the 8th.  After an out was
recorded, Nyjer Morgan tripled.  Reed Johnson came next and he hit a
sacrifice fly.  Ortiz then doubled.  Josh Willingham was a strikeout victim,
unable to help out.  The teams had been locked in a scoreless duel until the
6th inning.  
 
Eric O'Flaherty(3-0) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 1/3 of an
inning. Mariano Rivera preserved the game for O'Flaherty, recording his his
9th.  Brian Fuentes(1-1) absorbed the loss in relief.  
 
'Ahhh, that victory was surely needed.  Man alive, things were getting awfully
grim,' noted Matt Lamphear.  'Now, we need to string a bunch of wins together
and turn things around!'