2013 PEBA All-Star Game: Live blog from Bakersfield, CA

[John]

Good pitching beats good hitting! Aguilar get the four-to-six-to-three DP, and suddenly there's nobody on with two away. Big play for the iL!

[John]

We're going to extras!

[John]

The IL starts the 10th off well. Kevin McNeill draws a leadoff walk from Fargo's Raúl Pinto. Guess who's coming up? It's IL Triple Crown threat Rob Raines of the Arlington Bureaucrats. "Abnormal" Pinto better not get to abnormal here...

[John]

Strike-'em-out, throw-'em-out double play!!

[John]

We've moved to the bottom of the 11th now. John Gustafson is going to get his fifth at bat of the game. He'll be facing Charleston's Roberto Bustamente. Imada and Elmore follow Gustafson.

[John]

Bustamente strikes out Gustafson, walks Imada, strikes out Elmore and surrenders a single to Krause that advances Imada to third base. Now it's Aurora's John Knight up with the chance to be the hero for the SL. Don't forget that it was Knight's error back in the 6th that allowed the IL to tie the game. I'm sure he wants some redemption here.

[James Bowman]

Oh, I hope the kid doesn't blow it for the IL!

[Bill]

Rats, I was hoping for a modicum of Warrior glory.

[John]

John Knight will not be the hero for the SL. He's out, and we've moved to the top of the 13th, where the IL is threatening after a two-out triple by Jason Guillén. You know who will be the hero? Florida's Kwang-chih Zhu, who rattles a double down the left field line to score Guillén. IL 3 - SL 2.

[Hitmen]

IL RULES!!!

[John]

It's all down to San Antonio's Danny Hendricks, now in his second inning of work. He starts off the bottom of the 13th poorly, giving up a one-out single to Geoff Green. Yuma's Nick Harris is up next, and he hits into a 5-4-3 double play to clear the bases with two outs. It's all down to Narahiko Imada now...

[John]

Imada is out and the IL takes it in 13! For going 2-for-5 with a walk and a RBI, Arlington's Rob Raines is named the Player of the Game. Danny Hendricks gets the win, and Reno's John Roach takes the loss. Your final score today:

IL 3 - SL 2

After a short break, more from today's game, as well as news from around the PEBAverse! Thanks for tuning in, folks!

[Cole]

Great game and I really enjoyed the broadcast even though the SL was on the short side

[Coqui]

Wow, what a crazy-awesome game! Too bad the SL couldn't pull out the W. Seems like Geoff Green had a good showing today.

[Matt]

The ROOKIE gets the win.