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Show IF" 'W.-,,,. Ml .J, II I ... " " " " I - - ; L ' .. . I " -. ' . ff v - ; , 1 - . ' ' , ' - ' ' ! k . , ... 1 ' . ; ' i v ; "t . s . . V ? '. mL -t I ..r-' . 1 i 1 " " c. I I .. v". - I ' - -". , . , , , : i .- .'''''' - i k . - I S f . ; ... - sv ' . : .... ' '' . ; r . '. " ' A , 1 A FEET FIRST slide occurs at second base during a game between the Cubs and the Dodgers for first place honors. Dodgers rally in final inning for 11 tfo 10 vicfory over Cubs Everything was going wrong for the Dodgers, Tuesday, July 12 in a playoff game for first place as the Cubs owned own-ed a 10-3 lead after 42 innings, but all of a sudden the Dodgers did everything right and scored eight runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to beat the Cubs. 11 to 10. The Cubs grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Jason Simper led off w ith a single and Brian Pilcher struck out. Simper scored on a triple by Eric Enloe. Enloe remained on third base as Lynn Sylcox struck out and Dillon Hooks flied out to the shortstop. A 3-1 advantage w as acquired by the Dodgers in the bottom of the first inning. inn-ing. Mike Rinks was walked and scored on a hit by Shutie Wade to tie up the game at 1-1. Wade scored on a double by Jeff Price and Price scored on a single by David Olsen to give the Dodgers a 3-1 lead. Kaisy Camp struck out for the second out and Olsen was Lagged out at home plate for the final nut The Cubs overcame the Dodger lead w ith four runs in the top of the second inning for a 5 to 3 advantage. Wesley McLaren was walked and Jed Murray singled in McLaren. Murray scored on a single by Tony Sands and Sands stomped on home plate due to a single by Elton Black. Simper singled, but was tagged out at home plate. Pilcher grounded out and Enloe singled. Silcox struck out for the third out. A one, two, three inning was encountered en-countered by the Dodgers in the bottom bot-tom of the second as Khett Smuin and Guy Kidd were whiffed and Brewer delivered a shot to the pitcher for the third out of the inning. Two runs were scored in the top of the third inning by the Cubs for a lead of 7 to 3. Rooks and Mcl-aren were w alked and Murray and Sands struck out. Black was walked with two outs to load up the bases. Hooks scored when Simper was walked and a walk by Pilcher scored McLaren. The third out was gained when Enloe struck out. - - 1 p-w- ... . ..... VJV- J ,. i 'V ill; - I : x ( : i x Cm PITCHI U, Jed Muir.iy, hurls tho h, !, cb. ill in tho (In cr.t ion of home pl.ito. Tho Cubs lumped out to a 10 3 le.id, but The Dodgers had a threat going in the bottom of the third inning, but the run opportunity died and the team was blanked. Greg Roberts reached first base on an error. Rinks struck out and Wade singled. Roberts w as forced out and Price got on base on an error. Wade was tagged out at third base. Three counters in the top of the fourth inning gave the Cubs a seven run lead of 10 to 3. Silcox struck out. but Hooks, Mcljiren and Murray were walked. Sands was walked and Black struck out. Simper also received a free pass to first base. Hooks, Mcl-iren and Murray scored in the inning for the Cubs. The Dodgers were shutout in the txit-totn txit-totn of the fourth inning The first two batters struck out and Jonathan Hanks got on base on an error. However, Brian Timothy struck out to end the inning. A shutout inning was experienced by the Cubs in the top of the fifth inning Enloe flied out and Mcl-iren struck tho Dodr.ets won the n.inm when they scoicd oir.ht runs in the 1iii.il inning. out Rooks was walked, but Joseph McLean was w tutted for the third out. The Dodgers appeared to be dead in the haseUill world, but they found new-life new-life as they ripped the baseball for eight runs in the bottom of the fifth inning in-ning to beat the Cubs by one run. 11 to 10 Roberts committed the first out. but Bulks and Price were walked and Wade singled to load up the bases A walk by Olsen knocked in Rinks and a hit by Camp scored Wade and Price Justin Espmoza struck out for the second se-cond out, but Hanks kept the todger threat alive with a single, which scored Olsen and cut the Cub lead three runs at 10 7. Timothy was walked walk-ed and RolxTts slugged a double to drive insonie runs Camp. Hanks and Timothy scored on the double by Rotx-rts to tie up the game at 10 10 Rinks was walked to place men on first and second and the game w as w on by the Dodgers when Wade singled in Rolx-rts w ith the game w inning run to make the final score: Dodgers, 11 and Cubs, 10. The Dodgers and Cubs ended the regular season tied for first place at 14 wins and 3 losses The Mets finished finish-ed in third place at 13 A The Mels weir in first place for most of the season, tint suffered one run losses (o the Cubs, fi 5 and Rraves, 13 2, to drop out of the top sxit. The Pirates and Yankees tied for fourth at '. 7 and the W hite Sox placed sixth at it 8 Wade had two singles for the Dodgers and Kolwrts and Price produced pro-duced doubles. Rinks was walked three times Price also was walked. Olsen singled and walked Simper singled and w alked three tunes for the Cubs. Enloe nil a triple and a single Rooks was walked three limes Murray Mur-ray and Sands singled and walked Black also singled and walked Mcl-aren w alked, Iw ice. ttmww-wm 1 1 : I .... . . A. I ' ' v' i ' I SECOND BASEWOMAN, Kaisy Camp, waits for the batter-put batter-put the bat on the ball and gets ready in case the ball corns her way. I ' ' A y i ' - J ' i . - J 1 i THE DODGERS' Mike Binks sends the baseball on a trip t: home plate during a game with the Cubs, Tuesday. July 1" |
