They world stops when the Yankees come to town. Not the vintage Yanks of the early 60's, but still enough remnants of those great teams to draw a crowd. Nobody wants to do well in this series more than "the bulldog" himself. When a team gives up on you and casts you off like a sack of moldy potatoes you really want to get a pound of flesh back from them. The opener was a tight 6-5 game until the Bombers came alive and scored 3 runs in the top of the 9th to run away with it. Again Schultz went with Segui out of the pen and he was rewarded with 1/3 of a inning of work and 3 runs, which blew a 6-5 Pilot lead. This was Segui's 2nd blown save opportunity of the young season. It all started with Gene "Stick" Michael leading off with a pinch hit double. Michael replaced Tommy Tresh, who looks to be in full decline. Fernandez reached second on a throwing error by McNertney on a bunt attempt. Stick scored as the throw went into left. Sammy Ellis registered the second pinch hit double of the inning for NY and played Fernandez to put the Bombers up by 1. Jerry Kenney singled him home after Horace Clarke advanced him on a bunt. The game took 3 hours and 41 minutes as the Pilots fell below the .500 mark again.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
May 12, 1969...GAME 29 (NYY 8, SEA 6)
They world stops when the Yankees come to town. Not the vintage Yanks of the early 60's, but still enough remnants of those great teams to draw a crowd. Nobody wants to do well in this series more than "the bulldog" himself. When a team gives up on you and casts you off like a sack of moldy potatoes you really want to get a pound of flesh back from them. The opener was a tight 6-5 game until the Bombers came alive and scored 3 runs in the top of the 9th to run away with it. Again Schultz went with Segui out of the pen and he was rewarded with 1/3 of a inning of work and 3 runs, which blew a 6-5 Pilot lead. This was Segui's 2nd blown save opportunity of the young season. It all started with Gene "Stick" Michael leading off with a pinch hit double. Michael replaced Tommy Tresh, who looks to be in full decline. Fernandez reached second on a throwing error by McNertney on a bunt attempt. Stick scored as the throw went into left. Sammy Ellis registered the second pinch hit double of the inning for NY and played Fernandez to put the Bombers up by 1. Jerry Kenney singled him home after Horace Clarke advanced him on a bunt. The game took 3 hours and 41 minutes as the Pilots fell below the .500 mark again.
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