CL heads back to Japan for game 2 with series tied 1-1
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 9:49 pm
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SPORTS – GNATS NOW
CL heads back to Japan for game 2 with series tied 1-1
Updated: October 29, 2024 – 02:00AM CST
By Howard Heskin, Staff Writer – Twitter @HowardHeskin1
Shin Seiki left-hander Kyoichi Yoshimura shut down the Sandgnats allowing only 3 hits and no runs at Ellison Field at Dole Park in game one. With game time weather conditions of partly cloudy and 34 degrees with wind blowing out to right at 12 mph, runs were few and far between for game one. In the top of the 7th inning with two down and runners on 1st and 3rd, Benton Hawkins hit a 3-run home run. That made the score 3-0, in favor of the Evas. The Sandgnat offense stayed frozen and the game ended with a score 3-0.
Game two began with clear skies and 38 degrees with wind blowing in from center at 9 mph. It took 10 innings for the Sandgnats to defeat the Shin Seiki Evas by a final score of 5-4 today. Ricardo Longoria was he was 2 for 3 with 2 home runs and a walk. The game was still up for grabs in the bottom of the tenth. With two out, Longoria hit a fastball from Shunsen Ueda for a solo home run in dramatic fashion for the walk-off win.
The Sandgnats will head to Genesis Park for the next 3 games where with a closed roof temperatures are certain to be quite warmer.
SPORTS – GNATS NOW
CL heads back to Japan for game 2 with series tied 1-1
Updated: October 29, 2024 – 02:00AM CST
By Howard Heskin, Staff Writer – Twitter @HowardHeskin1
Shin Seiki left-hander Kyoichi Yoshimura shut down the Sandgnats allowing only 3 hits and no runs at Ellison Field at Dole Park in game one. With game time weather conditions of partly cloudy and 34 degrees with wind blowing out to right at 12 mph, runs were few and far between for game one. In the top of the 7th inning with two down and runners on 1st and 3rd, Benton Hawkins hit a 3-run home run. That made the score 3-0, in favor of the Evas. The Sandgnat offense stayed frozen and the game ended with a score 3-0.
Game two began with clear skies and 38 degrees with wind blowing in from center at 9 mph. It took 10 innings for the Sandgnats to defeat the Shin Seiki Evas by a final score of 5-4 today. Ricardo Longoria was he was 2 for 3 with 2 home runs and a walk. The game was still up for grabs in the bottom of the tenth. With two out, Longoria hit a fastball from Shunsen Ueda for a solo home run in dramatic fashion for the walk-off win.
The Sandgnats will head to Genesis Park for the next 3 games where with a closed roof temperatures are certain to be quite warmer.