Connie Mack World Series Game 5

Game 5 - Saturday, August 4, 2007
Visitor : Jack Cust Diamond Jacks, Flemington, New Jersey
Home : Arizona Firebirds, Phoenix, Arizona
Game 5
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Game Summary:
1st Inning:
Top:  Chris Berroa hits a shot at the third baseman Riccio Torrez who made a great stop and threw him out at first.  Bill Rice roped a pitch to left center for a stand up double.  Jesse Santo hit a ground out to the pitcher Sammy Solis for out number two.  Frank Florio hit a single to left and Rice tried to score, but Richard Nisbet threw him out at the plate with a great catch and block by Danne Quiroz for the last out.  

Zack MacPhee was struck out by Anthony Ranaudo for the first out.  Matt Nueman was Ranaudo second victim with another strike out for out number two.  Torrez walked to put a runner on first.  Torrez stole second to get into scoring position.  Josh Garcia struck out, and was thrown out by catcher Jeff Melillo for the final out.  0-0 after the first.


2nd Inning:
Top:  Jeran Mathews walked to start off the inning.  Greg Holle hit a fly to center on a hit and run with Mathews, and the Matt Neuman the center fielder made the catch and threw the ball back to first for the double play.  Branden Boykin hit a moon shot over the right field wall for a solo homerun.  Zechino struck out and the catcher dropped the third strike, but threw him out to end the top of the second.  The score is now 1-0 Diamond Jacks.
Bottom: Strazzara flew out to right fielder Bill Rice for the first out.  Schlander struck out for the second out.  Nisbet hit a shot between the right and center fielder for a stand up double.  Quiroz went down looking for the third out.  The score is still1-0. 

3rd Inning:
Top: The catcher Jeff Melillo hit a long fly out to the right fielder MacPhee.  Chris Berroa grounded to the short stop Schlander, who made a great throw to first for the second out.  Solis walked Rice to put a man on first.  Santo hit a grounder up the middle that second baseman Marcias made a great stop on, but couldn't finish the play for a single to put a man on second and first.  Florio hit a fly out to the third baseman Torrez for the final out stranding two runners. The score is still 1-0.
    
Bottom: Marias walked to start off the second half of the inning.  He advanced to second on a fielding error on Mathews at first.  Macphee bunted Marias over to third on a sacrifice to the pitcher for the first out.  Ranaudo walked Neuman to put runners on the corners.  Torrez hit a line to right center to score Marias.  Macphee advanced to third and ran home when the first baseman fell down trying to field a wild throw.  Garcia hit a comebacker to the pitcher and he threw Garcia out at first, while Torrez advanced to second.  Strazzara grounded out to short stop Jake Schlander for the final out.  The Score is now 1-2 Firebirds on top.


4th Inning:
Top: Jeran Mathews flew out to the right fielder MacPhee for the first out.  Holle struck out for the second out.  Boykin hit a fly ball to the right field warning track that was caught by MacPhee for the final out.  The score is still 1-2.

Bottom:   Jake Schlander hit an Oppo' big fly over the right field wall.  Richard Nisbet followed Schlander
With an Oppo' Jack over the right field wall to go back-to-back and make the score 1-4 in favor of the Firebirds.  After the back-to-back Jacks the Diamond Jacks replaced pitcher Anthony Ranaudo with Kevin Toolan.  Quiroz struck out for their first out of the inning.  Marias flew out to the left fielder Florio for out number two. Zack MacPhee hit a P Rod over the left center fence for their third homerun of the inning.  The score is now 1-5 Firebirds.  Newman hit a routine fly ball to the short stop Santo who dropped the ball and Newman advanced to second.  Torrez flew out to second baseman Boykin for the final out.  The score is 1-5 in favor of the Firebirds.

5th Inning:
Top: Zecchino hit a grouder to third that Torrez booted for an error that put a man on first.  Melillo hit a line drive double that left fielder Nisbet picket up and threw Zecchino out at third.  Berroa hit a hard grouder to third that Torrez booted, but still made the play at first for the second out.  Melillo advanced to third on a wild pitch.  Rice hit a fly to center that Newman made a great diving catch to end the top of the 5th.

Bottom:  Garcia hit a Texas Leaguer over first base for a single.  Strazzara bunted and the catcher Melillo threw it away trying to get him at first, Garcia scored and Strazzara ended up on third.  Schlander grounded out to second for the first out.  Nisbet hit a single past short to score Schlander.  Toolan threw the ball away trying to pick Nisbet off at first and he advanced to second.  Quiroz hit a double up the middle to score Nisbet to bring the score to 1-8.  Macias hit a shallow fly to the right fielder Rice for the second out.  MacPhee hit a ground ball to the second baseman Boykin to end the inning.


6th Inning:
Top:   Santo grounded out to the third baseman Torrez for the first out.  Florio hit a high hopper to the short stop Schlander for the second out.  Mathews struck out swinging for the final out.  The score is 1-8 Firebirds lead after five and a half.

Bottom:  Newman hit a weak grounder that the pitcher threw away on an error.  Toolan then hit the next batter Torrez with a wild pitch to put a man on second and one on first.  Garcia bunted a ball to the first baseman Mathews who made another throwing error to load the bases.  Strazzara hit a single to left to put the Firebirds up by 8 when Newman scored from third to end the game by mercy rule in the 6th.
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