Excerpts from game reports

(1). Senators' big victory extends series, meaning fireworks at Dodd
Chuck Crumpton pitched eight scoreless innings and Brett Roneberg drove in three runs to help the Harrisburg Senators defeat the Norwich Navigators, 11-2, taking the third game in their best-of-five League Championship Series.
Roneberg singled home two runs, followed by a two-run blast by Val Pascucci, in a six-run second inning and delivered a sacrifice fly with one out in the third.
Roneberg now has six RBI and Pascucci has four homers and seven RBI in the playoffs this season.

(2). Senators break out
Only instead of turning the inning-ending double play to keep the game scoreless, second baseman Teuris Olivares let the grounder skip between his legs for an error.
McKinley scored on the costly error, which mutated into five more runs on Albenis Machado's double, Brett Roneberg's two-run single and Valentino Pascucci's two-run homer.

(3). Senators Stay Alive
Albenis Machado and Brett Roneberg each added a pair of hits for Harrisburg.

(4). Harrisburg 11, Norwich 2
Norwich second baseman Teuris Olivares made a costly fielding error in the second on a ground ball that should have resulted in an inning-ending double play.
The Senators went on to score six times.
Pascucci had the big hit in the inning, which came one batter after Brett Roneberg singled home two runs.

(5). Navigators Lose Their Feel
Navigators starter Andy Beal got out of a bases loaded mess in the first, stranding three runners who had reached on an error, single and walk.
He was not nearly as fortunate in the second inning, when the Senators scored six runs on five hits and an error.
Val Pascucci had a two-run homer and Brett Roneberg a two-run single.

(6). Game three a dud for Gators
Any anticipation felt throughout the ballpark for a possible series-clincher fizzled quickly when the Senators scored six runs in the second inning.
Norwich starter Andy Beal induced what should have been an inning-ending double play ball to Teuris Olivares, who watched it roll under his glove and allow a run to score.
Albenis Machado hit an RBI double, Brett Roneberg a two-run single and Valentino Pascucci a majestic two-run homer to make it 6-0.

(7). Notes
Less than 24 hours after manager Dave Huppert dismissed the notion of activating Scott Hodges from the disabled list, the Expos activated the hobbling third baseman for last night's game.
Hodges, on the DL since Aug. 30 with an infected right quadriceps, pinch-hit in the ninth inning for Roneberg and popped out on the first pitch he saw.

Listening to the game on Internet Radio - emails sent to Sharon and Tanya as the game was played

Brett's first at bat
Left hander pitching
One down, and a runner at first base
Ball
Called strike - and the commentator said he felt Brett was calling time because he only had one hand on the bat!!!
Single to centrefield
Figueroa went to second - the commentator "thought" he should have been at third base

Brett's second at bat
One down, runners at second and third base
Swing and a miss
Foul
Ball
Another drive up the middle - single to centrefield
2 x RBI!!!
(Great stuff, #17!!!)
Score 4 - 0 to The Good Guys!!!
Pascucci hit a homer!!!
Brett scored
Score is now 6 to a zero!!!

Brett's third at bat
One down - Bases loaded!!!
Ball
Foul
Ball
Check swing - trying to get out of the way of an inside pitch!!! - but called a strike!!!
Ball
Full count!!!
High fly ball into left centre field
Sacrifice fly - another RBI!!!
Commentator has just said that "Roneberg has had three excellant at bats tonight"

Brett's fourth at bat (three actually, plus a SF!!!)
Led off the inning
Jumped on the first pitch
Fly to leftfield
Out F7
No hit this time!!!
No RBI this time!!!
C'Mon Brett, whatcha doing!!!

Brett's fifth plate appearance
Two down, and a runner at first
Facing a righthander for the first time this game
Broken bat - hit to second base
Out 4 to 3

Brett out of the game
Replaced by third baseman Scott Hodges who has been on the DL for sometime

Email to Brett

Hi again, Brett.
Another good one,
and a great win!!!
Heaps of luck and success tomorrow
Bye, bye.

......and a note from Sharon

I told you - none of this coming from behind!!
Still it is exciting!
You Senators show those schmucks how to play!
Love Ya
Mumxxxooo