Majors: 6/2/03
Carman 9, Peterson 3

  The league-ending regular season game, between Carman and Peterson, saw quite a number of "firsts" for individual players. To wit:
- Brian Mehalick was the starting pitcher for Peterson;
- Kevin Gillen got his first-ever "dinger", as leadoff in the first, on a two-strike count;
- Troy Clifton likewise "went yard" for the first time, also in the first;
- Andrew Snow had a delayed-steal of third (which this writer never thought he would see happen);
- And, finally, Troy Clifton, later in the game, had the league's only two-strike sacrifice-bunt
   of the year, and he did it on purpose!

Wow!

Top of the first, Still pitching, and Goldsmith drew a walk. Runner on first. CJ Gamber was the next
batter, and Still was struggling a bit, when Goldsmith inexplicably broke for second, challenging
Carman's catcher, Matt Snow, to throw her out, which he did. Gamber then was retired on a full-count
strikeout, and Wenzel ended the inning on a 6-3 grounder.

Bottom of the first, and Mehalick took the mound. Gillen homered on a 1-2 count. 1-0. McGough singled,
and stole second and third. Still walked. Matt Snow singled, driving in McGough. 2-0. Clifton homered.
5-0. Andrew Snow doubled. Boyer singled, driving in A Snow. 6-0. Wenzel replaced Mehalick on the
mound, and ended the inning with a "backwards K", a 1-6 forceout at second (with Wenzel cleanly
fielding a grounder by Kotkamp and smartly firing to second), and an inning-ending groundout.

Still fared better in the second, as he speared Kevin Luffey's line drive right at him for the first
out. Then he got the next two batters on K's.

Wenzel pitched again in the bottom of the inning, as McGough doubled, then came around to score on
an errant throw to second, which made it almost all the way to the fence, as the outfield was playing
deep, deep. Wenzel then escaped further damage as he went K, 1-2, 4-3.

Still returned to go K, K, K.

Wenzel gave up a leadoff single to A Snow, who then stole second, and delay-stole third (a thing of
beauty, to be sure), but Wenzel cooly got out of the inning with a fielder's-choice and 2 K's. Score
still 7-0.

Gillen relieved Still to start the 4th, and got a groundout to first, and a K. Wenzel then singled,
and stole second and third, before Gillen got out of the inning unscathed with his own "backwards K."

Wenzel once again pitched well in his half of the inning, getting a 4-3, allowing a single by McGough,
and a 1-3, and finally a flyout to second to end the inning.

Clifton relieved Gillen, and started well, with a strikeout. Then Gorby walked, Buttery took one for
the team, and Panaccio hit into a fielder's-choice, erasing Gorby. Buttery scored, and then Clifton got
the final out to end the inning, but Peterson was on the board, score 7-1.

Carman got a couple of insurance runs in the bottom of the 5th, as Coleman walked, stole second,
Andrew Snow doubled, scoring Coleman. Newby singled, scoring Snow. Hobson put the ball in play, but
hit into a fielder's choice, and Wenzel got the final out of the inning on a K. 9-1.

Top of the sixth, and Peterson refused to go away quietly, as Goldsmith walked, Gamber went 6-3,
Wenzel singled, Luffey singled, and Mehalick walked, in all scoring two runs, to close the score to
9-3. Gorby was at bat, when Weathers decided to attempt to steal second, once again daring Snow to
make the two-out throw to second, which he did, to end the game. Final score, Carman 9, Peterson 3.

After the first inning, Peterson played Carman to a 3-3 tie, despite losing 5 runners on the
basepaths, while Carman lost none.

          1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Peterson  0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 3
Carman    6 1 0 0 2 - 9 12 0