TUG 4
OSH 1
GAME 1 (13 innings)
TUG 5
OSH 4
W - Logan
L - Cobb
S - Valdes
HR: Jeter
Top of the 2nd: Heyward singles. After Rosario K's and Rollins flies out, OSH walks Walker to get to Detwiler. Heyward and Rollins advance on a WP, and Detwiler comes through with a 2-run single. (TUG 2-0).
Bottom of the 3rd: Cabrera singles with two outs. Ortiz drives him home on a hit-and-run double. And Craig singles home Ortiz to tie it at two.
Top of the 5th: Bernadina singles with one out and steals 2nd. Beltre singles to drive him in. (TUG 3-2).
Bottom of the 5th: Wright singles and scores on Cabrera's hit-and-run double. (Tied at 3).
Top of the 7th: Jones doubles with two outs. Heyward singles to give TUG the 4-3 lead.
Bottom of the 9th: Jeter ties it up on his one-out, solo HR. (Tied at 4).
Top of the 13th: Walker doubles with one-out. Pinch-hitter Ronny Cedeno (a former Outsider from the Kading days) steps up to deliver the RBI single to play Walker. (TUG 5-4).
Bottom of the 13th: Lemahieu leads off with a single, but can't get moved to 2nd on Iannetta's sac-bunt attempt. Valdes retires Moore and Jeter as TUG takes game 1.
Beltre, Heyward, and Craig collect 3 hits in game 1.
GAME 2
TUG 12
OSH 7
W - Capuano
L - Dempster
HR: Beltre, Jones. Wright (2), Cabrera
Bottom of the 1st: Jeter walks. Wright follows with a 2-run blast. (OSH 2-0).
Top of the 3rd: Beltre blasts a solo HR. (OSH 2-1).
Top of the 4th: Jones and Heyward lead off by reaching on errors. Rosario walks to load the bases. Walker singles with one-out to plate two. Capuano walks to load the bases again. Bernadina K's. Beltre delivers a bases clearing triple. After a Bruce walk, Jones blasts a HR as TUG takes a commanding lead. (TUG 9-2).
Bottom of the 6th: Wright leads off with a solo HR. Ortiz, Craig, and Paul all walk with one-out. Lemahieu beats the double play throw to first to allow a run to score. (TUG 9-4).
Bottom of the 7th: Jeter singles. Cabrera hits a 2-run HR to cut the deficit to three. (TUG 9-6).
Top of the 8th: Beltre walks. Jones walks. Heyward hits a 2-run double, and Rosario follows it up with a sac-fly. (TUG 12-6).
Bottom of the 9th: Iannetta doubles. Moore singles to put runners on the corners. Jeter hits into the DP, but a run scores. Wright ends the game with a F8.
Tug takes the 2-0 series lead heading to wherever Tug Ford is...
Beltre falls a double short of the cycle, goes 3x4, with a HR, BB, and 4 RBI.
GAME 3
OSH 8
TUG 1
W - Lynn
L - Happ
HR: Cabrera. Walker
Top of the 2nd: Craig and Paul single to lead off the inning. Lynn drives home Craig with a two-out single.
Top of the 3rd: Wright walks. Cabrera blasts a 2-run HR. (OSH 3-0).
Bottom of the 5th: Walker hits a solo shot. (OSH 3-1).
Top of the 7th: Jeter reaches on an E5 (Beltre had 3 errors in game 3). Wright singles. Ortiz plates Jeter on his RBI single.
Top of the 8th: Lemahieu and Iannetta reach on erros. Cuddyer drives home a run on his single. Wright drives in a pair on his RBI double. (OSH 7-1).
Top of the 9th: Craig hits a solo HR.
Oshkosh starts to feel a little better after cutting the series lead to one game...especially with Hudson and his 20 wins this year.
GAME 4
OSH 0
TUG 4
W - Detwiler
L - Hudson
HR: Jones
Bottom of the 1st: Beltre singles with one out. Jones hits a two-out, 2-run HR to jump start TUG.
Bottom of the 3rd: Bernadina singles and steals 2nd. Bruce drives him home with a single. (TUG 3-0).
Bottom of the 8th: Rollins singles and steals 2nd. Walker is walked. Rollins steals 3rd. Walker steals 2nd and Rollins scores as the throw went to 2nd. (TUG 4-0).
Detwiler: CG, 4 hits, 2 BB's, 5 K's.
GAME 5
OSH 0
TUG 5
W - Capuano
L - Dempster
HR: Jones
Bottom of the 2nd: Jones starts the scoring with a solo HR. Bottom of the 6th: Rosario singles. Rollins walks. Kotchman walks to load the bases. Jepsen enters the game to relive Dempster. He walks Bernadina to force in a run. Marmol enters. And he subsequently gives up a bases clearing triple to Beltre. (TUG 5-0).
Oshkosh manages a walk and a hit the final three innings, but no real chance against a good relief core.
Congratulations to Rob and TUG. Good luck in the series.
Derek (OSH)