Glovers sweep Flash behind Clemens (14 Ks)
Dave Winfield to the rescue.
Winfield hit a grand slam off of Bobby Shantz in the top of the 9th inning to lead the Chunky Monkey past the Rolling Thunder 8-5.
Lee Smith got the win despite giving up three earned runs on four hits and three walks in three innings. He basically gave it up to allow the Thunder to take the lead. Ryne Sandberg was 2 for 5 with a home run, while Mike Napoli did it again, picking up two more hits.
In the other game, Roger Clemens pitched a complete game with 14 strikeouts to lift the Golden Glovers over the Fort Lauderdale Flash 4-2.
Ivan Rodriguez was 2 for 4 with a RBI, while Frank Thomas had a home run. Ken Griffey was 3 for 4 in the loss for the Flash.
Monkey 8, Thunder 5
2016 MONKEY AB R H RBI PHILLIPS 3B 4 1 2 1 HENDERSON CF 4 0 0 0 ROBINSON LF 3 2 1 0 OH 1B 5 1 1 1 WINFIELD DH 5 1 2 4 KENDALL C 5 0 1 1 FRANCO 2B 5 0 1 0 HUNTER RF 5 2 2 0 O SMITH SS 3 1 1 1 TOTALS 39 8 11 8 2016 THUNDER AB R H RBI APPLING SS 5 0 0 1 MURRAY 1B 5 0 2 0 EDMONDS CF 3 0 0 0 BONDS LF 3 1 1 1 HELTON DH 5 1 2 0 ROLEN 3B 5 1 2 1 SANDBERG 2B 5 2 2 2 NAPOLI C 4 0 2 0 B JACKSON RF 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 38 5 11 5 2016 MONKEY IP H R ER BB SO LANGSTON 5.2 4 0 0 2 7 ECKERSLEY 0.1 3 2 2 0 1 L SMITH W 3.0 4 3 3 3 3 2016 THUNDER IP H R ER BB SO HALLADAY 8.0 8 5 4 2 5 SHANTZ L 1.0 3 3 3 1 2 E:OH,MURRAY 2B:O SMITH HR:WINFIELD,BONDS,ROLEN,SANDBERG SB:HELTON(2),ROLEN HBP:ROBINSON(BY HALLADAY) O SMITH(BY HALLADAY)
Glovers 4, Flash 2
2016 GLOVERS AB R H BI ICHIRO RF 3 0 1 0 WAGNER SS 4 1 0 0 MCGEE CF 4 1 1 1 THOMAS 1B 4 1 1 1 ZOBRIST 3B 3 1 0 0 RODRIGUEZ C 4 0 2 1 DARST 2B 3 0 1 1 KOTSAY LF 4 0 0 0 CLEMENS P 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 33 4 6 4 2016 FLASH AB R H BI LOFTON LF 4 0 1 0 BANKS SS 3 1 1 0 BENCH C 4 0 0 0 GRIFFEY CF 4 1 3 1 PALMEIRO 1B 4 0 1 0 ALOMAR 2B 4 0 1 0 JORDAN RF 3 0 0 0 B ROBINSON 3B 4 0 1 1 MCDONALD P 2 0 0 0 K HERNANDEZ PH 1 0 0 0 GUARDADO P 0 0 0 0 WALLACH PH 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 34 2 8 2 2016 GLOVERS IP H R ER BB SO CLEMENS W 9.0 8 2 2 2 14 2016 FLASH IP H R ER BB SO MCDONALD L 7.0 4 4 2 4 3 GUARDADO 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 E:ALOMAR,WAGNER DP:16 BJ (1) 2B:MCGEE,RODRIGUEZ 3B:BANKS HR:THOMAS SB:WAGNER,LOFTON HBP:ICHIRO(BY MCDONALD)