(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v37/fightonusc/RBI%20Baseball/BmCpWk5.bmp)
Note: Although the game scoreboard shows 19-9, it cut off Strawberry's run scoring on his game-ending home run because of the 10-run rule. The run should count, and the official score is 20-9.
Game Summary:
Dale Murphy picked a good time to have a bad day. He's spent the first part of the Fantasy RBI League season picking up his teammates, but on Tuesday against BeefMaster, it was their turn to return the favor, as the Creamy Pirates cruised to a 20-9, six-inning rout despite Murphy's 0 for 4 day.
Darryl Strawberry cracked three home runs for the Creamy Pirates (3-2), including a 579 foot bomb to end the game. Mike Heath and Tom Brookens each were 4 for 4 with a home run, with Heath driving in four and Brookens scoring four.
BeefMaster (1-4) wasted a breakout performance by Dave Henderson, who broke out of a season-long slump with three-home run performance. However, they stranded 11 runners in five innings. Twice they failed to deliver with two outs and the bases loaded, once when Reggie Jackson struck out in the second, and later when Glenn Davis grounded out in the sixth.
BeefMaster (1-4)
Batting:
Schofield: 3-5, R
G. Davis: 2-5, HR, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI
Baylor: 3-4, 2B, R, RBI
Jackson, 1-4, HR, R, RBI, K
Carter: 2-4, 2B, R, RBI
Henderson: 3-4, 3 HR, 3 R, 4 RBI
Brett: 2-4, 2B
Sandberg: 2-4
Key: 0-2
(t5) Baines: 1-1
(b5) Hurst: 1-1
Pitching:
Key: 4 IP, 10 H, 8 R, 7 ER
Hurst (L 0-1): 1 2/3 IP, 13 H, 12 R, 9 ER
The Creamy Pirates (3-2)
Batting:
Ripken: 3-5, 2 2B, 4 R
Maldanado: 4-5, HR, 2B, 3 R, 3 RBI
Strawberry: 3-5, 3 HR, 3 R, 6 RBI
Murphy: 0-4
DeCinces: 3-4, 2B, 3 R
Brookens: 4-4, HR, 2 2B, 4 R, 2 RBI
Heath: 4-4, HR, 2B, 2 R, 4 RBI
Wilfong: 1-4, R, 2 RBI
Krukow: 0-2
Viola: 1-2
Pitching:
Krukow: 4 IP, 15 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 1 K
Viola (W 3-0): 2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER
Scoring:
BeefMaster – Top of the 1st
Schofield singled. Davis doubled, Schofield scored. Baylor doubled., Davis scored. Jackson grounded out. Carter singled, Baylor scored. Henderson popped out. Brett flied out.
3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors.
The Creamy Pirates - Bottom of the 1st
Ripken doubled. Maldanado hit two-run home run. Strawberry grounded out. Murphy grounded out. DeCinces grounded out.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors.
The Creamy Pirates - Bottom of the 2nd
Brookens hit solo home run. Heath doubled. Wilfong grounded out, Heath scored on throwing error. Krukow popped up. Ripken doubled. Maldanado doubled.. Strawberry hit into fielder's choice, Maldanado out at third.
3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error.
BeefMaster – Top of the 3rd
Carter doubled. Henderson hit two-run home run. Brett doubled. Sandberg popped out. Key grounded out. Schofield popped out.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors.
The Creamy Pirates - Bottom of the 3rd
Murphy popped out. DeCinces singled. Brookens doubled. Heath singled, DeCinces scored. Wilfong reached on fielder's choice, Heath out at second, Brookens scored. Krukow popped out.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors.
BeefMaster – Top of the 4th
Davis hit solo home run. Baylor grounded out. Jackson hit solo home run. Carter grounded out. Henderson hit solo home run. Brett singled. Sandberg hit into fielder's choice, Brett out at second.
3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors.
The Creamy Pirates - Bottom of the 4th
Ripken popped out. Maldanado popped out. Strawberry hit solo home run. Murphy grounded out.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors.
The Creamy Pirates - Bottom of the 5th
DeCinces doubled. Brookens doubled, DeCinces scored. Heath hit two-run home run. Wilfong grounded out. Viola grounded out. Ripken singled. Maldanado singled. Strawberry hit three-run home run. Murphy grounded out.
6 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors.
BeefMaster – Top of the 6th
Carter grounded out. Henderson hit solo home run. Brett popped out. Sandberg singled. Hurst singled. Schofield singled. Davis grounded out.
1 run, 4 hits, 0 errors.
The Creamy Pirates - Bottom of the 6th
DeCinces singled. Brookens singled. Heath singled, DeCinces scored. Wilfong singled, Brookens scored. Viola singled. Ripken grounded into fielder's choice, reached second on error, Heath forced out at home, Wilfong scored on throwing error to third base, Viola tagged out at third. (With bases loaded, Ripken grounded to third, who threw home to get Heath. C threw to third to attempt to get Wilfong, but no fielder was there. Throw went to OF. Wilfong scored, but Viola was out trying to get to third on error.) Maldanado singled. Strawberry hit two-run home run.
"Note: Although the game scoreboard shows 19-9, it cut off Strawberry's run scoring on his game-ending home run because of the 10-run rule. The run should count, and the official score is 20-9."
Maybe he just ran off the field in celebration, how do you really know?
My team sucks. Don Baylor and Reggie Jackson have had a combined one good game, I think.
I'm thinking that perhaps Strawberry started running down the first base line, saw a big line of white stuff on the ground, and just followed it out into right field and through the wall, like a human, coke-sniffing Wallzie. Kinda like Robbie Fowler:
(http://mrankin.home.cern.ch/mrankin/Robbie2.jpg)
Yeah, I don't get what is going on with Potatoes. And it's not just that he's not hitting HRs - he's getting jammed and popped up way too much. Like I said, next season I'm placing more emphasis on contact than I did this season.