Game 84: A. Rodriguez hits 30th HR to lift Glovers past Thunder

Pujols’ 2 HRs leads Monkey

Alex Rodriguez hit his 30th home run of the season with three RBI to lead the Golden Glovers over the Rolling Thunder 12-5 to give the Glovers home-field advantage in the World Series.

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Kirby Puckett and Willie Stargell each had two hits and two RBI in the win as the Glovers roughed up Greg Swindell and Mr. Geek. Zach Greinke just earned himself a spot in the World Series rotation with 13 strikeouts in a complete game win.

Jeff Bagwell was 2 for 4 with a home run and two RBI in the loss for the Thunder.

In the other game, Albert Pujols made one final push for MVP with a two home run, five RBI performance as the Chunky Monkey held on to beat the Fort Lauderdale Flash 9-8.

Manny Ramirez added a home run and three RBI for the Monkey. David Wright was 2 for 4 with a home run and three RBI for the Flash, while Cory Lidle took the loss to become the only 10-game loser in the league.

Glovers 12, Thunder 5

2017 THUNDER          AB   R   H  BI   
KENDALL          C     4   0   1   0    
DOERR           2B     5   2   2   1    
WALKER          RF     4   0   1   0    
BAGWELL         1B     4   1   2   2    
ORTIZ           DH     3   0   0   0    
CAMINITI        3B     4   0   0   0    
LARKIN          SS     3   1   1   1    
J GONZALEZ      LF     4   0   0   0    
A JONES         CF     4   1   1   1    
           TOTALS     35   5   8   5    

2017 GLOVERS          AB   R   H  BI   
GWYNN           RF     4   2   1   0    
JETER           SS     4   2   2   1    
HELTON          1B     3   1   1   1    
A RODRIGUEZ     3B     5   2   2   3    
PIAZZA           C     4   2   2   1    
STARGELL        DH     5   2   2   2    
PUCKETT         CF     5   0   2   2    
CLEMENTE        LF     3   0   0   0    
YOUNG           2B     3   1   1   2    
           TOTALS     36  12  13  12    

2017 THUNDER        IP  H  R ER BB SO   
SWINDELL        L  0.1  3  5  5  2  1   
MR GEEK            6.0  8  6  6  4  5   
BELL               1.2  2  1  1  0  2   

2017 GLOVERS        IP  H  R ER BB SO   
GREINKE         W  9.0  8  5  5  3 13   

   E:DOERR                              
  2B:DOERR,PIAZZA(2),STARGELL           
  HR:LARKIN,BAGWELL,A JONES,DOERR       
     A RODRIGUEZ                        
  SF:HELTON                             

Monkey 9, Flash 8

2017 MONKEY           AB   R   H  BI   
VAUGHAN         SS     4   1   1   0    
COLLINS         2B     4   2   2   1    
PUJOLS          1B     4   3   2   5    
M RAMIREZ       LF     4   1   1   3    
OLERUD          DH     5   0   1   0    
BOSTOCK         RF     5   0   2   0    
BERRA            C     5   0   0   0    
HOLLIDAY        CF     3   2   1   0    
R VENTURA       3B     4   0   0   0    
           TOTALS     38   9  10   9    

2017 FLASH            AB   R   H  BI   
BONDS           LF     4   2   1   0    
WAGNER          SS     5   0   2   1    
MATTINGLY       1B     4   1   2   0    
ANDERSON        RF     4   1   1   0    
WRIGHT          3B     5   2   2   3    
ZOBRIST         2B     4   1   1   0    
MUNSON           C     4   0   0   0    
BRETT           DH     4   0   0   0    
DAMON           CF     4   1   2   3    
           TOTALS     38   8  11   7    

2017 MONKEY         IP  H  R ER BB SO   
HANSON          W  6.1  9  7  7  2  6   
ROCKER          S  2.2  2  1  1  1  4   

2017 FLASH          IP  H  R ER BB SO   
LIDLE           L  5.1  9  9  9  2  4   
GOSSAGE            3.2  1  0  0  3  2   

   E:VAUGHAN,DAMON                      
  DP:17 JM (1)                          
  2B:COLLINS,WAGNER,BONDS,ANDERSON      
  HR:PUJOLS(2),M RAMIREZ,WRIGHT         
     DAMON                              
  SB:WAGNER                             
 HBP:VAUGHAN(BY LIDLE)                  
     MATTINGLY(BY HANSON)               

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