ugh, Iowa loaded the bases with walks by McGehee, Pie, and Ojeda with no outs and proceeded to get 2 K's from Coats and Deardorff before Sing flew out to end the inning. still 5-4 Memphis.
Iowa and Memphis tied at 4 after 5. Jerome's line after 5: 5 IP, 8 hits, 4 ER's, 2 BB's, 0 K's, 2 HR's given up. definitely not the best night for Jerome tonight. Jaxx get 1 in the top half of the 5th on an RBI groundout by Reyes which scored Micah.
Matt Craig hits his 3rd homer of the year, a 2 run shot, putting Daytona up 12-2 in the 4th. through 2 in Iowa, Jerome Williams' line: 2 IP, 4 hits, 1 earned run, 0 BB's, 0 K's, 1 HR allowed. Peoria allows another run in the 8th to make it 9-8.
Daytona puts up an 8 spot in the 2nd including Jake Fox's 9th blast of the year, a 3 run shot! Here's the recap of the inning: Daytona Top 2nd Jake Fox singles on a ground ball to shortstop Brent Dlugach. Matt Craig hit by pitch. Jake Fox to 2nd. Alan Rick singles on a line drive to right fielder Victor Mendez. Jake Fox to 3rd. Matt Craig to 2nd. Joseph Simokaitis reaches on force attempt, throwing error by pitcher Dallas Trahern. Jake Fox scores. Matt Craig scores. Alan Rick to 3rd. Nate Spears singles on a line drive to left fielder Jeffrey Frazier. Alan Rick scores. Joseph Simokaitis to 2nd. Sam Fuld grounds out to pitcher Dallas Trahern. Joseph Simokaitis to 3rd. Nate Spears to 2nd. Jemel Spearman singles on a line drive to left fielder Jeffrey Frazier. Joseph Simokaitis scores. Nate Spears scores. Ryan Harvey flies out to right fielder Victor Mendez. Aaron Weston singles on a line drive to right fielder Victor Mendez. Jemel Spearman to 2nd.
Veal's night is done. 4 2/3's IP, 3 hits, 4 ER, 6 walks, 5 K's, 2 homers allowed. Definitely not a good night for Veal. Estrada came in to finish the 5th for Peoria and he is now in line for the win if Peoria can hold on.
Detroit is looking dominant, again. (against a pretty good offensive team, to boot) 'Nother finals appearance? out of the 4 times Cleveland played Detroit this season, they were only close to 100 once and that was when they scored 97. That was also the only game they were able to beat Detroit in the regular season. They lost by double digits the other 3 games. Detroit's defense is real good. No team in the East is close to them. I'll be real surprised if Cleveland takes this series to 6.