9/19/2081 to 9/20/2081
The Denver Broncos (87-61)
AT
The Kansas City Royals (73-75)
Pitching Matchups:
LH Robert McNett (19-7, 431 ERA) VS. RH Jaime Alemany (9-14, 4.55 ERA)
RH Larry Waltz (6-8, 3.97 ERA) VS. RH Edward Chambliss (9-13, 4.78 ERA)
Most of the scoring in the first game of this two game series with the Royal came in the later innings.
Joseph Swayze gave Denver an early lead with a solo homer in the second inning. It remained 1-0 until the Royals tied the game in the fifth inning, but the Broncos retook the lead in the seventh on a solo home run from
Lee Chappel. The Broncos added to their lead with a three run ninth inning, getting a 2 run double from Swayze. The Royals garnered one more run, but it was not enough to prevent
Robert McNett from winning his 20th game of the year, and
the Broncos won, 5-2.
McNett pitched 7 2/3 innings, with one run allowed, and 7 strikeouts. Swayze had 2 hits, 3 RBI, and 2 runs scored. Chappel had 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 RBI, and 2 runs scored.
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The second game of the series will be one that stings for awhile. After falling behind 2-0 in the third inning, the Broncos staged a 5 run outburst with two outs in the sixth inning.
Alexis Vazquez hit a two run double,
Russell Thomas followed with an RBI single, and
Lee Chappel ripped a two run double of his own. The Royals immediately got two of the runs back in the bottom of the sixth inning to make the score 5-4.
In the eighth inning, disaster struck for Denver. A tiring
Larry Waltz started the inning, but put a runner on.
Ramon Gomez came in, but was ineffective, retiring only one of five batters and allowing two runs to score.
James Virgen came in to try and get out of Gomez's jam, but after getting the second out of the inning, he gave up a two run single to give the Royals a comfortable three run lead. Kansas City hung to that lead in
an 8-5 win over Denver.
Waltz finished with 7 innings pitched, 5 runs allowed, and 5 strikeouts. Gomez pitched 1/3 of an inning, and gave up 3 hits, 1 walk, and 3 runs, to lose his 9th game of the season.
Thomas, Vazquez, and
Joseph Swayze all collected two hits in the game.
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9/21/2081 to 9/22/2081
The Atlanta Braves (69-81)
AT
The Denver Broncos (88-62)
Pitching Matchups:
RH Jack Patrick (5-18, 6.33 ERA) VS. RH George Buentello (4-0, 3.03 ERA)
RH Orestes Fernandez (3-7, 5.99 ERA) VS. Christopher Kirk (18-10, 4.58 ERA)
One night after an eighth inning collapse, things did not look much better after the top of the first inning againt Atlanta.
Lawrence Sica led off the game for the Braves with a home run, and Atlanta added two more runs in the inning to lead 3-0 before Denver had even gotten a chance to bat.
Mark Bakke erased the early fears, however. With two outs in the bottom of the first, Bakke belted a three run homer to tie up the game. The Broncos went ahead with two runs in the second inning, but the Braves tied it back up in the fourth.
The Broncos erupted for six runs in the bottom of the fourth, however, and then tacked on two more in the seventh inning. The Braves managed to score three runs in the ninth inning, providing
a final score of 13-8, in favor of the Broncos.
George Buentello wasn't great, but he did enough to remain undefeated on the year. He finished with 7 innings pitched, 9 hits allowed, 2 HR allowed, and 5 runs allowed.
Bakke was the offensive hero, banging out 4 hits, driving in 4 runs, and scoring 2 runs.
Russell Thomas,
Tomas Sato, and
Joseph Swayze all managed 3 hits and 1 RBI. Thomas and Sato each scored two runs, as well.
Asbel Fuentez and
Alexis Vazquez each managed 2 hits and 2 RBI; Fuentez also scored 2 runs and stole two bases.
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The Broncos quickly took control of the second game against the Braves, going ahead 1-0 in the first inning on a home run by
Lee Chappel. In the third inning,
Ellis Bolling ripped a two run double and Denver scored 4 runs to take a 5-0 lead. After the Braves got on the board in the top of the fourth inning,
Joseph Swayze slammed a two run homer in the bottom half of the inning.
Tomas Sato hit a run scoring triple in the seventh inning to complete the scoring in
an 8-1 victory for the Broncos.
Christopher Kirk wasn't particularly sharp, giving up 9 hits in 6 innings, but he managed to get out of trouble and allow just the one run.
Sato had 3 hits, 1 walk, and 2 RBI. Chappel had 2 hits, 1 walk, 2 RBI, and 2 runs scored. Bolling had 1 hit, 1 walk, 2 RBI, and 2 runs scored.
Mark Bakke had 2 hits and scored a run.