Philly sweeps Bushslappers

The Endzone Animals finished off D.C. yesterday with a marathon 13-inning win. It started off well enough for the Animals. Mark Teixeira lined a two-RBI single in the first inning to give the Animals a 2-0 lead. But in the third inning, the Slappers erupted to score 6 runs and took a 6-3 lead. In the fifth, after a Magglio Ordonez solo homer, Teixeira again came through with a 2-run homer to tie the game up at 6. It was soon becoming the Mark Teixeira show - in the sixth inning, Tex did it again, this time another 2-run single to put the Animals up 8-6. But the Slappers would not go away quietly. They scraped back until Jason Giambi tied the game up with a solo home run in the eighth. The two teams would battle for the next four innings, taking turns working out of various jams. The Animals took the lead for good in the 13th when Albert Pujols hit a solo home run and the Slappers went down in order in the bottom of the inning. Tex ended the game 5-6 with 7 RBIs, 2 doubles and a home run. Hillsborough-Las Vegas resumes today in Hillsborough.