The Boise Hawks looked sharp in their traveling grey uniforms with florescent lettering across the chest. And they ALL had their socks showing - that gets extra points from both Bob and myself...
Chris Kirkland was pitching for the Aquasox and pitched well other than a couple stretches where he gave up hits in bunches (3 in a row in the 4th and 5th innings). While he gave up 4 runs in 5 innings, he seemed comfortable throwing off speed pitches and his fastball on the stadium gun was up to 95 mph (not sure we trust it though...). He was followed by Philip Roy (who has one of the most "overhand" deliveries I've ever seen - the ball comes right over the top of his head in the delivery) , Jose Rios (just 18 years old), and Daniel Cooper (who got the save striking out the two hitters he faced).
The Hawks had Su-Min Jung start the game - one of three Koreans (Jae-Hoon Ha in right field and Hak-Ju Lee at shortstop being the other two). Jung also threw 95 on the radar gun and pitched well for 3 innings giving up a lead-off home run to Matt Cerione and only one other hit while striking out 3. Trey McNutt made his professional debut and threw 96 on the suspect gun. He gave up 3 runs and struck out 3. Ryan Sontag came into the game in the bottom of the 8th inning with the go ahead run on third. When facing Ben Billingsley he shook off a pitch and then shook off another. But then he started his motion to the plate and (I think) realized that he and the catcher hadn't decided on a pitch yet! So he quickly took his foot off the rubber - but not before I said "balk" and the home plate umpire echoed my opinion. The go ahead (and winning) run (Mario Martinez) scored.
On the offensive side, Matt Cerione went 4 for 4 with two solo home runs. The second one was high and long - over the netting above the center field wall. He also made a spectacular play in centerfield when he ran into the left-center gap and dove for a line drive off the bat of Jae-Hoon Ha - catching it while parallel to the ground. A great catch.
Mario Martinez was robbed of a hit in the 3rd inning when Runey Davis made a diving catch in center. Mario was trying to set an Aquasox consecutive game hitting streak record, so that looked like it might stop him. But he doubled off the center field wall in the 8th inning to set the record.
For Boise, they got home runs from Hak-ju Lee and Bobby Wagner. Nothing special until you realize that the team had 6 home runs total in the season!
John Tamargo, Everett Manager, was thrown out of the game between the 7th and 8th innings when he complained from the dugout about the home plate umpire's foul call on a hard hit ground ball down the third base line. He certainly is a fun manager to watch during the games.
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