Monkey edges Flash
Miguel Cabrera hit two home runs and Barry Bonds added another to help the Golden Glovers get past the Rolling Thunder 4-3.
Ichiro Suzuki’s RBI single in the top of the 9th broke a 3-3 tie, giving the Glovers the victory. Aroldis Chapman got the win, while Takashi Saito got the save. Goose Gossage took the loss after Annibel Sanchez had 13 strikeouts in eight innings.
In the other game, the Chunky Monkey took advantage of two Chuck Knoblauch errors to nip the Fort Lauderdale Flash 6-5.
Vladimir Guerrero had two RBI, while Gary Sheffield added two hits an a RBI. Heathcliff Slocumb ended up getting the win in relief, while Jose Mesa got the save.
Victor Martinez had three hits and two RBI, while Nomar Garciaparra had a home run for the Flash.
Glovers 4, Thunder 3
2016 GLOVERS AB R H BI ICHIRO CF 5 0 1 1 SABO 3B 4 0 0 0 BONDS LF 5 1 2 1 CABRERA 1B 4 2 2 2 HARPER RF 4 0 0 0 YOUNT SS 4 0 1 0 C JOHNSON C 3 0 0 0 SAMUEL 2B 4 1 2 0 PALMER P 1 0 0 0 SIMON PH 1 0 0 0 CHAPMAN P 0 0 0 0 PENDLETON PH 1 0 1 0 SAITO P 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 36 4 9 4 2016 THUNDER AB R H BI J ROBINSON 2B 5 1 2 0 MCGEE CF 4 0 1 0 MOLITOR 3B 5 1 0 0 W CLARK 1B 4 1 1 1 PARKER RF 4 0 2 0 BERRA C 4 0 0 0 P GUERRERO LF 4 0 3 1 T FERNANDEZ SS 4 0 0 0 SANCHEZ P 3 0 1 0 JOHJIMA PH 1 0 0 0 GOSSAGE P 0 0 0 0 TUKULVE P 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 38 3 10 2 2016 GLOVERS IP H R ER BB SO PALMER 6.0 9 3 0 0 1 CHAPMAN W 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 SAITO S 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2016 THUNDER IP H R ER BB SO SANCHEZ 8.0 6 3 3 2 13 GOSSAGE L 0.2 3 1 1 0 1 TUKULVE 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 E:ICHIRO,SABO,W CLARK,HARPER 2B:SAMUEL,PARKER,P GUERRERO HR:BONDS,CABRERA(2) SB:MOLITOR,P GUERRERO SH:MCGEE WP:PALMER
Monkey 6, Flash 5
2016 MONKEY AB R H BI DYKSTRA LF 6 2 1 0 CAMPANELLA C 4 1 1 1 OH 1B 5 0 1 0 V GUERRERO CF 5 2 1 2 KENT 2B 2 1 0 0 SHEFFIELD 3B 5 0 2 1 STRAWBERRY RF 5 0 0 1 O SMITH SS 5 0 1 0 STEWART P 4 0 0 0 SLOCUMB P 0 0 0 0 DELGADO PH 1 0 0 0 ROCKER P 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 42 6 7 5 2016 FLASH AB R H BI V MARTINEZ C 6 0 3 2 ALOU LF 6 0 0 0 COBB CF 5 1 1 0 GARCIAPARRA SS 4 1 2 2 CROMARTIE RF 5 0 0 0 CASTILLA 3B 5 1 1 0 KRUK 1B 4 0 2 0 KNOBLAUCH 2B 5 1 1 1 NOMO P 1 1 0 0 KIM P 0 0 0 0 CONINE PH 1 0 0 0 RIVERA P 0 0 0 0 H MATSUI PH 1 0 0 0 GRAVES P 0 0 0 0 RENTERIA PH 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 44 5 10 5 2016 MONKEY IP H R ER BB SO STEWART 8.2 10 5 5 0 9 SLOCUMB W 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 ROCKER S 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 2016 FLASH IP H R ER BB SO NOMO 4.2 5 5 4 5 6 KIM 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 RIVERA 2.0 0 0 0 0 5 GRAVES L 3.0 2 1 0 0 2 E:KENT,DYKSTRA,KNOBLAUCH(2) 2B:V MARTINEZ(2),COBB,GARCIAPARRA CASTILLA HR:V GUERRERO,GARCIAPARRA SB:CAMPANELLA,KENT,DYKSTRA SH:KRUK WP:NOMO HBP:NOMO(BY STEWART) KENT(BY NOMO) GARCIAPARRA(BY STEWART)