#74
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by Snaxx » Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:30 pm
Squirrels starter was Jason Stevenson, who retired out of baseball in 2005 for personal reasons after playing with the Montreal Expos organization starting in 2001. Returned to baseball last year and played this year with the Chico Outlaws of the North American Baseball League (8-0, 1.68 ERA). Signed by the SF Giants August 22 and assigned to AAA Fresno (1-0, 5.56 ERA). Then as an accounting move, SF reassigned him to rookie league, then to the Squirrels. Was supposed to be Friday's emergency starter but arrived too late.
The game got started on time. Squirrels had chances but only one run and that was the result of an outfield error.
Stevenson pitched 7 innings allowing one run on eight hits, most of them singles towards the end of his time on the mound. Score tied 1-1.
Then the rain got heavy in the bottom of the 7th with a Curve runner on 2nd and the Squirrels played that like a sudden-death 9th, walking a man to get to a weaker hitter. A strikeout preserved 1-1 going into the 8th.
They started the top of the eighth and with one out, no one on, Wes Hodges hit a screaming line-drive right over the wall for a HR and a 2-1 Squirrels lead.
However, the tarp came out afterwards.
The rain is rather steady and the ground took a soaking so this could be a long wait. If the game is called, it is a suspended game (tie after 7) and could set up a one-game playoff if Bowie (up 2-0 in their game) should win. However they do have all day to wait.
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