The Denver Broncos (107-55)
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The Nashville Predators (82-80)
If you wanted to describe Game Five in one word, with regards to the Broncos, that word would be:
Disaster.
Kenny Pillsbury got rocked, and he neither got help from his fielders nor helped himself with the glove. Nashville tagged Pillsbury for 9 runs in 5 1/3 innings, and only 4 of those runs were earned because Denver committed 5 errors in the contest, including one by Pillsbury himself. Pillsbury also found himself struggling to find the strikezone at times, as he walked 4 batters, and on two occasions, walked in runs.
The Broncos' lineup was held at bay for most of the game, mustering only 2 runs late in the game when the outcome was all but decided already. Fittingly, the final out of the game involved
Asbel Fuentez getting picked off of first base.
Nashville's 10-2 thumping of Denver gives them a 3 games to 2 advantage in the series.
Around the league:
Once more, Tucson's
Cleveland Lauria shut down Miami, and the Diamondbacks won 4-2 over the Dolphins to take a 3 games to 2 lead in the series. Lauria went 8 innings, allowed just 2 runs, and whiffed 9 batters. Tucson's
Thomas Stallman hit his fourth homerun of the series. Miami infielder
Bill Tovar left the game with an injury, and will miss at least the remainder of the series.
It was the
Roger Salazar show in Buffalo, as the Sharks took a 3 games to 2 lead over the Bills with a 6-0 victory. Not only did Salazar toss a 2-hit shutout, but he collected 2 hits, including a triple, and both drove in a run and scored a run.
Pittsburgh raced to a big lead over San Diego, scoring 4 runs in the first inning. After the Padres crept to within 4-2 after five innings, the Pirates put the nail in the coffin with a 4 run sixth inning, and another run in the seventh, to lead 9-2. San Diego managed two more runs, but Pittsburgh took a 3 games to 2 lead with the 9-4 whipping. Veteran shortstop
Dean White had 4 hits, 2 RBI, and 2 runs scored for the Pirates.