Sunday, April 30, 2017

Fowler's Walkoff and Cycle lifts Railriders in Eleven

The Railriders and Indians faced each other in the rubber match on Sunday afternoon at PNC Field. Caleb Smith got the start for the Railriders facing off against Drew Hutchison of the Indians. Smith started off by throwing a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the first. Dustin Fowler hit a one out triple to right then Clint Frazier drew a walk. Ji-Man Choi drove home Fowler on an RBI single for a 1-0 Railriders lead. Rob Refsnyder followed with a single that brought home Frazier and a 2-0 lead. Williams would bring home Choi for the 3-0 lead on an RBI groundout. A groundout would end the inning. Jason Rogers drew a leadoff walk. After a strikeout, Jacob Stalings hit a single to left, then Anderson Feliz hit a three run homer to left to tie the game at 3. After a flyout to left, Justin Maffei singled to left but a flyout ended the top of the second. Hutchison would throw a 1-2-3 bottom of the second to keep the game tied. Max Moroff hit a leadoff single to left, but a lineout and a double play ended the third. With one out, Clint Frazier hit a home run to left for a 4-3 Railriders. A groundout and a fly out ended the inning. Austin Meadows hit a single to lead off the top of the fourth, then Stalings drove home Meadows to tie the game at 4 with an RBI Double. Anderson Feliz moved Stalings to third on a flyout to right, but Eury Perez would single home Stalings for a 5-4 Indians lead. Maffei would follow with a single to center, moving Perez to second. Chris Bostick would draw a walk to load the bases. Tyler Webb would come in to pitch for the Railriders. Max Moroff would bring home Perez on an RBI single to make it 6-4 Indians. A flyout and a strikeout ended the top of the fourth. Hutchison threw another 1-2-3 frame for the Indians. Webb threw a 1-2-3 inning for the Railriders in the fifth. Wilkin Castillo led off by reaching on an error, but was forced out on a grounder to short. Dustin Fowler would bring home Wade on an RBI double to make a one run game. Stalings would throw out Fowler trying to steal third for the second out. Clint Frazier would draw a walk then Ji-Man Choi singled to load the bases, but a strikeout got the Indians out of the inning holding a one run lead. Webb threw a 1-2-3 inning in the sixth. Cito Culver hit a one out single to right. After a flyout, Castillo would double to right to move Culver to third. Dan Runzler would enter the game to pitch for the Indians and would get a strikeout to end the sixth. Giovanny Gallegos came in to pitch the seventh for the Railriders and threw a 1-2-3 inning to keep it a one run deficit. Dustin Fowler led off with a single to center but Runzler induced a 4-3 double play then a strike out ended the inning. Chasen Shreve came in to pitch for the Railriders in the eighth and threw a 1-2-3 inning. Mason Williams hit a one out bunt single but a popout and a ground out ended the eighth. Ben Heller comes in the game to pitch the ninth for the Railriders. Maffei drew a one out walk and Castillo would get Maffei out at second trying to steal for the second out. Bostick would hit a double to left and a wild pitch on the next batter would move him to third but Heller got a strikeout to give the Railriders a chance to tie it or take the win. Angel Sanchez came in for the save in the ninth for the Indians. Tyler Wade drew a one out walk. Dustin Fowler who is a homer away from the cycle was barely short of a home run but got a double to right, moving Wade to third. Clint Frazier ended up being intentionally walked to load the bases. On the next batter, Wade would score from third to tie the game at 6. The Indians elected to intentionally walk Choi to load the bases once again. Fowler would be out at the plate on a forceout, then a flyout ended the ninth as they headed to extra innings. Eric Wood hit a leadoff single to left. After a flyout and a strikeout, Ernesto Frieri came in to pitch for the Railriders. Stalings would draw a walk but got a strikeout to end the top of the tenth. Sanchez would throw a 1-2-3 tenth as we headed toward the eleventh. Bostick hit a two out single and Max Moroff would draw a walk but a strikeout kept the game tied. After Sanchez got Tyler Wade on a groundout, Dustin Fowler would complete the cycle with a home run to right to walkoff the Railriders 7-6 over Indianapolis.

Thoughts on the game: Wow, what a game!! Dustin Fowler tied the franchise record for hits in a game and only the fourth player in SWB history to hit for the cycle. The Railriders made a heck of a comeback in this game, scoring in the ninth. The bullpen was incredible this afternoon for the Railriders, not giving up a run after the fifth innng. Clint Frazier added his third home run of the season for the Railriders. Angel Feliz had a three run homer early in the game, tying up the game.

Indianapolis 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Railriders 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 7

Indianapolis
RF Bostick 5 0 2 0
2B Moroff 5 0 2 1
3B Wood 6 0 1 0
1B Rogers 4 1 0 0
DH Meadows 5 1 1 0
C Stallings 4 2 2 1
SS Feliz 5 1 1 3
CF Perez 5 1 1 1
LF Maffei 4 0 2 0

2B: Stallings, Bostick
HR: Feliz

Railriders
LF Wade 5 2 0 0
CF Fowler 6 2 5 2
RF Frazier 2 2 1 1
1B Choi 4 1 2 1
2B Refsnyder 5 0 1 0
DH Williams 5 0 1 1
SS Culver 5 0 1 0
3B Fleming 5 0 0 0
C Castillo 3 0 1 0
PH Payton 1 0 0 0
C Rodriguez 1 0 0 0

2B: Fowler (2), Castillo
3B: Fowler
HR: Frazier, Fowler

Pitching
Indianapolis
Hutchison 5.2 IP 8 H 5 R 3 ER 2 BB 2 K
Runzler 2.1 IP 2 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 2 K
Sanchez 2.1 IP 2 H 2 R 2 ER 3 BB 3 K

Railriders
Smith 3.1 IP 8 H 6 R 6 ER 2 BB 1 K
Webb 2.2 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 2 K
Gallegos 1 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 1 K
Shreve 1 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 2 K
Heller 1.2 IP 2 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 2 K
Frieri (W) 1.1 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 2 BB 3 K

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