Light Monday in the DMBL

Yesterday was a very light day on the DMBL schedule with only three games on the docket.

Vancouver took care of Hillsborough 10-3 to take the best of three series two games to one. Jeff Clement, in a rare start at DH, was 3-5 with 4 RBIs and Chase Utley was 3-5. Amazingly, the Iron Fist didn't hit a single home run in the game. Billy Wagner, for some insane reason, pitched 3.1 innings in relief, ceding one earned run and striking out 5.

D.C. rallied to earn the victory against Philadelphia yesterday. With the score 7-4 in Philadelphia's favor going into the 8th, the O-Bombers scored three runs to tie it up. Dan Uggla and Jose Reyes both made key errors that led to a run that gave Philly the lead back. In the 9th, Jay Bruce led off with a solo home run to tie the game up at 8. Hideki Matsui then hit a 3-run home run to give D.C. an 11-8 lead. That left the 9th to automatic Jonathan Papelbon, who sent down the Endzone Animals in order for his 5th save. Matsui ended up 3-5 with 6 RBIs in the game.

In the last game of the day Team Buddah and the Sugar Bears battled it out into extra innings. The Sugar Bears held a slim 5-4 lead in the 9th, but a Fernando Tatis sac fly tied the game up and sent it to OT. The Sugar Bears did nothing in the top of the 10th. Alfonso Soriano led off the bottom with a double then moved to third on a single by Casey Blake. Finally, Robinson Cano hit a weak dribbler to second base that Mike Fontenot tossed to first base to get the out - but the game was over! "I thought if I really impressed the ump with my fundamentals, he might not notice Soriano scoring" said Fontenot after the game.