Nomar helps Flash move into first place
Put that down as one of the epic performances by a reliever in this league’s history.
Goose Gossage pitched 5 2/3 innings of relief, allowing only one hit, one walk and striking out 10 to help the Rolling Thunder get by the Chunky Monkey 9-4 in 14 innings.
Leon Durham was 4 for 7 with three RBI as the Thunder scored five runs in the top of the 14th to beat the Monkey.
Jose Mesa took the loss and falls to 0-5 on the season, while Sadarahu Oh hit his league-leading 16th homer.
In the other game, Nomar Garciaparra was 2 for 5 with three RBI, while Mike Lowell drove in the game-winning hit in the bottom of the 9th as the Fort Lauderdale Flash beat the Golden Glovers 6-5 and move into sole possession of first place.
Danny Graves picked up the win, while Aroldis Chapman earned the loss.
Brad Johnson picked up two more hits and is now hitting .406 as the backup catcher.
Thunder 9, Monkey 4 (14 innings)
2016 THUNDER AB R H BI
MCGEE CF 7 2 3 0
J ROBINSON 2B 5 1 2 0
PARKER RF 6 2 1 1
MOLITOR 3B 7 1 2 2
W CLARK 1B 6 2 1 1
BERRA C 5 0 0 1
DURHAM DH 7 0 4 3
CESPEDES LF 7 1 1 1
JETER SS 5 0 1 0
TOTALS 55 9 15 9
2016 MONKEY AB R H BI
CAMPANELLA C 4 1 1 1
KENT 2B 6 0 0 0
OH 1B 6 1 2 1
SHEFFIELD 3B 6 1 2 1
V GUERRERO CF 6 1 1 0
DELGADO DH 6 0 1 1
CANSECO LF 5 0 0 0
STRAWBERRY RF 5 0 0 0
INFANTE SS 5 0 0 0
TOTALS 49 4 7 4
2016 THUNDER IP H R ER BB SO
P MARTINEZ 8.1 6 4 4 2 11
GOSSAGE W 5.2 1 0 0 1 10
2016 MONKEY IP H R ER BB SO
STEWART 8.2 11 4 4 1 6
MESA L 4.2 3 3 3 3 3
ROCKER 0.2 1 2 2 3 2
E:OH,INFANTE
DP:16 JM (1)
2B:MCGEE,W CLARK,PARKER,DELGADO
HR:MOLITOR,CESPEDES,SHEFFIELD
CAMPANELLA,OH
SB:J ROBINSON,MCGEE
Flash 6, Glovers 5
2016 GLOVERS AB R H BI
ICHIRO CF 5 0 2 0
SABO 3B 5 1 2 0
BONDS LF 5 0 1 0
CABRERA 1B 3 2 2 0
HARPER RF 3 1 1 0
GOMES C 4 1 0 0
GREGORIUS SS 4 0 1 2
SAMUEL 2B 4 0 0 0
GOODEN P 1 0 0 0
RINCON P 1 0 0 0
STANTON PH 1 0 0 0
CHAPMAN P 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 5 9 2
2016 FLASH AB R H BI
B JOHNSON C 5 2 2 0
ALOU LF 4 1 1 0
COBB CF 3 0 2 0
GARCIAPARRA SS 5 1 2 3
CROMARTIE RF 4 1 2 1
KRUK 1B 3 1 1 1
LOWELL 3B 5 0 1 1
KNOBLAUCH 2B 3 0 1 0
HIGUERA P 4 0 0 0
GRAVES P 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 6 12 6
2016 GLOVERS IP H R ER BB SO
GOODEN 2.1 6 4 4 1 2
RINCON 3.2 2 0 0 3 2
CHAPMAN L 2.1 4 2 2 2 3
2016 FLASH IP H R ER BB SO
HIGUERA 7.1 8 5 2 2 6
GRAVES W 1.2 1 0 0 1 2
E:LOWELL,SABO,CROMARTIE,GREGORIUS
2B:BONDS,CABRERA,GARCIAPARRA
LOWELL,B JOHNSON
3B:COBB
SB:CROMARTIE(2)
SH:HARPER,COBB
WP:HIGUERA(2)
