Week 2, Game 2 - St @ Td

[fightonusc]

Game Summary:

John Morris is a Blank no longer. The previously unheralded Morris had a breakout game, hitting for the cycle and driving in five runs to lead the Stiffs to the top of the Fantasy RBI League standings with a convincing 19-6, eight inning victory over the winless Fighting Tony Danzas in a game played Wednesday at Tengen Stadium.

Morris cracked two home runs as part of his 5-for-5 day to help Bobby Ojeda (2-0) become the first two-game winner this season. Ojeda cruised until he ran into trouble in the fifth inning, giving up a three-run homer to Keith Hernandez to let the Fighting Tony Danzas close to 10-6. Danny Cox continued to shine in relief work for the Stiffs, scattering three hits over three shutout innings to pick up his first save.

Roger Clemens (1-1) had decent stuff despite getting tagged for the loss, as he gave up five runs in four innings. For the second consecutive game, Nolan Ryan was ineffective. The loser in the Fighting Tony Danza's season opener was roughed up coming out of the bullpen, giving up 16 hits and 11 earned runs in three innings of work. Brian Downing's grand slam off of Ryan in the seventh inning finished off the scoring, and eventually lead to the 10-run rule being enforced.

The Stiffs (2-0)

Batting:

Spilman: 1-5, 2B, R, K
Joyner: 1-5, R, RBI
Canseco: 3-5, 2B, 2 R, RBI
Hrbek: 3-5, 2 HR, 3B, 3 R, 3 RBI
J. Clark: 3-5, HR, 2B, 3 R, 2 RBI
Downing: 2-5, HR, 2B, 2 R, 4 RBI
Brenly: 2-5, 2B, 2 R, RBI, K
Morris: 5-5, 2 HR, 3B, 2B, 4 R, 5 RBI
Ojeda: 2-3, 2B, 3B, RBI
Cox: 1-2, R, RBI

Pitching:

Ojeda (W 2-0): 4 IP, 11 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Cox (S 1): 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

The Fighting Tony Danzas (0-2)

Batting:

Trammell: 0-4
Raines: 2-4, 2B
Gibson: 3-4, HR, 2B, 2 R, RBI
E. Davis: 2-4, 2 2B, 2 R
Hernandez: 2-4, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
Reynolds: 3-4, 2B, RBI
Santiago: 2-4, 3B, RBI
Knight: 0-4
Clemens: 0-1
Guerrero: 0-1
Ryan: 0-1, K

Pitching:

Clemens (L 0-1): 4 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Ryan: 3 IP, 16 H, 14 R, 11 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Scoring:

The Fighting Tony Danzas – Bottom of 1st:

Trammell popped out
Raines grounded out
Gibson hit 468 ft. home run to RCF
Td 1, St 0
E. Davis doubled
Hernandez singled
Reynolds doubled, E. Davis scored
Td 2, St 0
Santiago singled, Hernandez scored (Grounder to SS, who threw to 3B to tag out Reynolds, who ran on contact. But instead of chasing Reynolds back to third, 3B threw home to get out Hernandez, who was heading home. The throw was late, and everyone was safe.
Td 3, St 0
Knight flied out

The Stiffs – Top of 2nd

J. Clark flied out
Downing doubled
Brenly struck out
Morris hit 351 ft. home run to RF, J. Clark scored
Td 3, St 2
Ojeda grounded out

The Stiffs – Top of 4th

Hrbek tripled
J. Clark hit 368 ft. home run to RCF, Hrbek scored
St 4, Td 3
Downing popped out
Brenly flied out
Morris doubled
Ojeda doubled, Morris scored
St 5, Td 3
Spilman flied out

The Stiffs – Top of 5th

Joyner flied out
Canseco doubled
Hrbek hit 503 ft. home run to RCF, Canseco scored
St 7, Td 3
J. Clark doubled
Downing flied out
Brenly singled, J. Clark scored
St 8, Td 3
Morris hit 361 ft. home run to RF, Brenly scored
St 10, Td 3
Ojeda tripled
Spilman struck out

The Fighting Tony Danzas – Bottom of 5th

Gibson singled
E. Davis doubled
Hernandez hit 348 ft. home run to RF, Gibson and E. Davis scored
St 10, Td 6
Reynolds singled
Santiago safe on Fielder's Choice, Reynolds forced out at second
Knight safe on Fielder's Choice, Santiago forced out at second
Ryan struck out

The Stiffs – Top of 6th

Joyner flied out
Canseco flied out
Hrbek hit inside the park home run (ball hit into RF corner and became "stuck")
St 11, Td 6
J. Clark singled
Downing grounded to third, J. Clark forced out at second

The Stiffs – Top of 7th

Brenly doubled
Morris tripled, Brenly scored
St 12, Td 6
Cox singled, Morris scored
St 13, Td 6
Spilman doubled
Joyner singled, Cox scored
St 14, Td 6
Canseco singled, Spilman scored
St 15, Td 6
J. Clark reached on error (LF dropped fly ball)
Downing hit 381 ft. home run to LCF, Joyner, Canseco and J. Clark scored
St 19, Td 6
Brenly grounded out
Morris singled
Cox flied out

[ultimate7]

GreatScott new exactly what he was doing all along.

[defen]

Who cares, red sox won.

Ryan sucks on balls.

[Mike D.]

I love the game summary.

[defen]

And how about Trammell pulling a disappearing act for 2 straight games?  Worthless.

[fightonusc]

I just stunned that you haven't been able to get some quality innings out of either Clemens or Ryan...and the A-Tram is killing you in the lead-off spot (look at my game today against ShitPaw, and you can see that wilfong did everything he could to kill me, too).

[GreatScott]

i might have to move morris to the clean up spot