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.
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)