Game of the Week #15

[size=18:ab2667d4d6][b:ab2667d4d6]Game of the Week #15[/b:ab2667d4d6][/size:ab2667d4d6]
[i:ab2667d4d6]06/26/2006 - 07/23/2006[/i:ab2667d4d6]
Okay, please excuse the delay in the posting of this GotW...
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2006/league/boxscore.html?group_id=2122&g_id=229][b:ab2667d4d6]GotW #15: EIGHT-RUN 9th-inning comeback to win 12-11[/b:ab2667d4d6][/url]
This is a game at which I definitely would NOT have liked to be part of the home crowd. It had all the makings of a laugher for the host Bulls Eyes, who had ridden 4 HRs (2 by LF Jason Bay) to an 11-4 lead over the Angkor Wat Anasazis going into the 9th inning. Then the wheels came off. And exploded.
ELEVEN consecutive batters reached base to start off the top of the 9th, off of 4 different pitchers, and the Anasazis had exactly the 8 runs they needed to storm back from being down by 7 runs and take a 1-run lead. Derrick Turnbow then calmly pitched a perfect bottom of the 9th to preserve the insane victory.
As reported in the recap, winning pitcher Joaquin Benoit said, "The only way this one could have been better was if we had played it at home." Okay, would somebody smack this guy?
[b:ab2667d4d6]Nominate your SOM 2006 boxscore for Game of the Week #16![/b:ab2667d4d6]
Post the URL of the game here; if there's some context that goes with the game, be sure to write that up too. We're considering games for the whole week, Monday through Sunday. And, at the end of the year, we'll pick one game from the list of GotW's whose winning team [b:ab2667d4d6]will win a free 1-year subscription to The Sporting News weekly magazine![/b:ab2667d4d6]
Game of the Week archive
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=76491]GotW #1[/url] - Johan Santana's Opening Day No-No
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=79281]GotW #2[/url] - Doug Davis - perfect for a day
- [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2006/league/boxscore.html?group_id=401&g_id=142]GotW #3[/url] - East Granby Home Wreckers get no-hit, throw a 2-hit shutout
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=83995]GotW #4[/url] - 18 innings? No, 20.
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=86069]GotW #5[/url] - Chipmunks shut-out Hoosier Daddy for the series
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=88528]GotW #6[/url] - 11-10 Thrill Ride in 10
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=90633]GotW #7[/url] - Willie Harris steals the win in the 12th
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=92696]GotW #8[/url] - Dweebs turn Triple Play, come back vs. Wagner
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=94717]GotW #9[/url] - Pujols crushes 3 HRs; 2 in the 10th
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=96381]GotW #10[/url] - Gibbons Gone Wild - walkoff HRs in back-to-back extra-inning games
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=98150]GotW #11[/url] - A-Rod goes yard 5 times
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=100021]GotW #12[/url] - Tony Clark hits SIX (6) (VI) homeruns
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=101976]GotW #13[/url] - Peavy throws no-hitter; carries Chumps to the Title
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=103953]GotW #14[/url] - Squeeze-Off: Walkoff squeeze caps 4-run 9th inning 11-10 comeback
[i:ab2667d4d6]06/26/2006 - 07/23/2006[/i:ab2667d4d6]
Okay, please excuse the delay in the posting of this GotW...
[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2006/league/boxscore.html?group_id=2122&g_id=229][b:ab2667d4d6]GotW #15: EIGHT-RUN 9th-inning comeback to win 12-11[/b:ab2667d4d6][/url]
This is a game at which I definitely would NOT have liked to be part of the home crowd. It had all the makings of a laugher for the host Bulls Eyes, who had ridden 4 HRs (2 by LF Jason Bay) to an 11-4 lead over the Angkor Wat Anasazis going into the 9th inning. Then the wheels came off. And exploded.
ELEVEN consecutive batters reached base to start off the top of the 9th, off of 4 different pitchers, and the Anasazis had exactly the 8 runs they needed to storm back from being down by 7 runs and take a 1-run lead. Derrick Turnbow then calmly pitched a perfect bottom of the 9th to preserve the insane victory.
As reported in the recap, winning pitcher Joaquin Benoit said, "The only way this one could have been better was if we had played it at home." Okay, would somebody smack this guy?
[b:ab2667d4d6]Nominate your SOM 2006 boxscore for Game of the Week #16![/b:ab2667d4d6]
Post the URL of the game here; if there's some context that goes with the game, be sure to write that up too. We're considering games for the whole week, Monday through Sunday. And, at the end of the year, we'll pick one game from the list of GotW's whose winning team [b:ab2667d4d6]will win a free 1-year subscription to The Sporting News weekly magazine![/b:ab2667d4d6]
Game of the Week archive
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=76491]GotW #1[/url] - Johan Santana's Opening Day No-No
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=79281]GotW #2[/url] - Doug Davis - perfect for a day
- [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2006/league/boxscore.html?group_id=401&g_id=142]GotW #3[/url] - East Granby Home Wreckers get no-hit, throw a 2-hit shutout
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=83995]GotW #4[/url] - 18 innings? No, 20.
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=86069]GotW #5[/url] - Chipmunks shut-out Hoosier Daddy for the series
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=88528]GotW #6[/url] - 11-10 Thrill Ride in 10
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=90633]GotW #7[/url] - Willie Harris steals the win in the 12th
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=92696]GotW #8[/url] - Dweebs turn Triple Play, come back vs. Wagner
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=94717]GotW #9[/url] - Pujols crushes 3 HRs; 2 in the 10th
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=96381]GotW #10[/url] - Gibbons Gone Wild - walkoff HRs in back-to-back extra-inning games
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=98150]GotW #11[/url] - A-Rod goes yard 5 times
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=100021]GotW #12[/url] - Tony Clark hits SIX (6) (VI) homeruns
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=101976]GotW #13[/url] - Peavy throws no-hitter; carries Chumps to the Title
- [url=http://forums-beta.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=103953]GotW #14[/url] - Squeeze-Off: Walkoff squeeze caps 4-run 9th inning 11-10 comeback