In the final inning, SS Jon Wilford got mashed in the face with a bad-hop grounder. More on that later...
After another long layoff between games, The Blizzard came out cold, even given two gifts in the first inning by errors, and managed 0 runs on 0 hits. In the second inning, Garrett Gordon hit his first extra-base hit, with a missile triple to right, and was plated by Frattura's single. There were no more hits in the inning, but Frattura scored on 3 fielder's choices (1 with an error) and a walk by Yaeger. In the 3rd, the Blizzard combined 4 hits with 1 error and scored 3 times.
Minnesota did not score until the 4th, with a single run. The Blizzard got 3 more in the 4th as well, highlighted by a double by Jeskey and a triple by Maldonado. In the 5th, Yaeger got things going with a double, and the Blizzard got 2 more runs, to take a 10-1 lead. In the last frame, Minnesota could only muster 2 more runs. in the bottom of the inning, But the real drama was when the first batter of the inning his a grounder to shortstop, which took a NASTY bounce and hit Wilford in the grill. The glasses went flying, and Jon was bleeding. The tough son of a bitch calmly walked to the dugout and tried to dry up the blood, and he put on a bandage to head back on to the field. The umpires would not allow it because of the blood rule, so Jon had to stay out. note: we scored that play an ERROR on Wilford (i'm kidding). After the 4 or 5 minutes stoppage, the game resumed and the VERY NEXT PITCH had another ball to shortstop take another nasty hop (deja vu), catching Frattura in the shoulder...but the Blizzard managed to get a force out at 2B on the play. Scary stuff!
Jon appears to be OK and is ready to rock-n-roll today!!!
In their final at-bat, the Blizzard got a lead-off HOME RUN by Gordon! Moon shot!!! fun fact: Garrett is wearing Sandro's #14 jersey this week...and he is clearly positively influenced by wearing the shirt of a legend (in his own mind). But for the record, the other #14 (yours truly) has never hit a ball out...so I am pleased that at least my jersey has done so! :-)
Hitting leaders:
Gordon: 4-4 (HR, 3B)
Frattura: 4-4
Maldonado: 3-4 (3B)
Jeskey: 2-4 (2B)
Wilford: 2-4
Yaeger: 1-2 (2B BB) (note: time has 4 walks on the tourney! Mr unselfish...)
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