strike to Wallace
3-1
strike 2 at the knees
and Marquez just kicked Murphy out
and Murphy has to get his money's worth
and they keep jawing
c'mon break it up - you two in love or something?
and here comes Hallion
and get him out of there

3-2 on Wallace
swing and a miss
6-4 AZ going to last of 8
3 hours 15 minutes
in

ball barely touched the low outside corner
coin-flip pitch
we lucked out and got the call

Joaquin Benoit now pitching

Ahmed
swing and a miss 0-1
check swing foul 0-2
Ahmed singled last time which Upton turned into a triple
low and away 1-2
low and away 2-2
Rocky Gale is now catching BTW
long foul right
low and away 3-2
grounds to Spangy
1 out

Lamb
foul back 0-1
foul back 0-2
low 1-2
swing and a miss
2 out

Chances of this being a quick 123 inning for the win? You just know there will be drama.

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"Fortunes always hiding, i've looked everywhere"

Pollock
grounds to short
LAST CALL SAN DIEGO
6-4 AZ

Melvin B.J. Upton batting
foul left
fouls it off 0-2
grounds to Ahmed
1 out

Jankowski
2 singles tonight
inside 1-0
low 2-0
strike on the inside 2-1
foul back 2-2
low and away 3-2
foul right
slow roller to Ahmed
high throw pulls Goldy off the bag
safe
replay says he's clearly off the bag
E-6

And there is the drama. never ever easy.

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"Fortunes always hiding, i've looked everywhere"

Myers
ball 1
foul back 1-1
slow roller to Ahmed
goes to first for the sure out
2 out

BIG FAT F-ing PHEW!!

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"Fortunes always hiding, i've looked everywhere"

Solarte
low and away 1-0
low 2-0
3 hours 32 minutes
shot up the middle
diving stop by Owings
no play
single

Kemp
as the go ahead run
0-4
2 fly outs
2 K's
low ball 1
strike on the low outside 1-1
slow bouncer to Ahmed
out at first
Dbacks HOLD ON for a 6-4 win

3rd place is ours. Who hoo.

The Padres sending out two of their weaker relievers in the 7th inning was a gift.

They get through that inning, the Dbacks weren't touching Benoit and Kimbrel

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Kevin Towers, not smarter than the so called experts

ESPN says 15,000+ and 17,000+ tickets sold last night and tonight. Seeing the nearly empty stands, could there have really been more than 10,000 actual people in the stadium either night?

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“Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.”
― Joe Garagiola

I see I missed all the fun! Norris walked 2 and AJ got Quakenbush again!

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"Right at Peralta in left, it's over his head and gone!" 7 rows back, that was our great PBP broadcaster Steve B.

I doubt Buddy would have played it that way
He might well have sent Quack out to start the inning
but starting the inning with the castoff Norris made no sense
If that game had really been important, maybe he would have sent
out Benoit in the seventh hoping to get a two inning setup.
The walks to Owings and to Hill which came around to score
were enough to win.
Back in the Seattle days, Lou had no tolerance for relief pitchers walking the first batter they faced, and would frequently yank them. Once Norris walked Owings, that should have been a sign to Murphy that he was in trouble.
Probably should have yanked Norris right then and there, but Murphy apparently was not hired because of experience.
Upton caught a lefthanded break when his Fup turned out not to matter.
Ahmed was going to be on anyway and later score on Pollock's bomb
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and then when Quack came in, I wonder if he thought Pollock was not going to swing on the first pitch and he could get away with a cripple, get-me-ahead strike. I like Pollock, smart dude. He must have been looking for something like that and was all over it. We have the same philosophy on hitting: Throw me a fat puppy for the first pitch and I'm gonna spank it.
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so with a 3-1 lead and everything going their way, the Pads blew it in the 7th.
nothing for Kimbrel to save. Sad that Ross lost his effectiveness after 100 pitches. If he could have gone one more inning, the outcome might have been totally different.
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not really a satisfying win. More like they blew it.