Jack Murphy Stadium
Bunning vs Benes
68-PIT 7, 90-SDP 0
The Senator (Bunning) vs the Merchant (Benes) started out as a big time pitcher's duel through 7 inning where the Bucs nursed a nebulous 1-0 lead. Both hurlers used their guts and guile to dance out of the way of impending doom. The lone tally on the board came courtesy of a Matty Alou groundout that plated Gene Alley, who led off the top of the 3rd with a 3 bagger. This 1-0 white knuckle even lasted until the top of the 8th when Benes' luck ran out and the Bucs scored 4 huge runs as Matty Alou doubled home Maz and Alley to make it 3-0. Clemente's triple made it 4-0 and Clendenon's single rounded it up to 5-0. A 2 run shot in the 9th by Gene Alley finished off the scoring and influenced scoreboard watchers into thinking this was a complete blowout. Pittsburgh, who looked dead to right just a week ago moves into he LDS to play the #1 NL seeded Reds. Congratulations to rookie KOD manager Randy Myers for righting the Pirate ship and getting his team back on track. Special thanks to interim Padre Manager Mark Nixon for taking over the Friars mid season and guiding them back toward the post season.
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