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ATHLETICS 10 REDS 4
The A’s broke a 4-4 in the bottom of the 8th inning, scoring six runs with two outs to capture their second divisional championship. They took the title in the Spring 2012 league, playing as the Blue Jays.
After the third seeded Reds, the North Division playoff winner, scored two runs in the top of the eighth to tie, the A’s pushed across the winning runs on a hit batsman, a walk and five consecutive hits.
Eric Gandossy was hit by a pitch and Justin Martella drew a walk. Danny Moya singled in the go ahead run, Curt Hibbs followed with a two single, and after Henry Wilson singled, and Matt Judkins drilled a two run double and Keaton Ijams’ RBI single closed the scoring.
Paul Chasse, who was added to the roster early last month, struck out twelve Reds in a route-going performance to earn the championship game Most Valuable Player award.
The Reds scored first in the top of the first as Juan “Taco” Barrera singled and eventually scored on an RBI single by cleanup hitter/first baseman Jose Abreu. The hit was the first of three for Barrera. He was to add a double and single later in the game.
After spotting the Reds that first inning run, the A’s tied in the bottom of the second when Martella singled and scored on an infield error. They took a 2-1 lead in the next inning when Sawyer Ijams scored on an errant throw on an attempted pickoff play.
The Reds tied it with one in the top of the fourth. Abreu singled and came around to score on a run scoring single by Grant Koenigsman and it was a 2-2 game.
ATHLETICS 10 REDS 4
The A’s broke a 4-4 in the bottom of the 8th inning, scoring six runs with two outs to capture their second divisional championship. They took the title in the Spring 2012 league, playing as the Blue Jays.
After the third seeded Reds, the North Division playoff winner, scored two runs in the top of the eighth to tie, the A’s pushed across the winning runs on a hit batsman, a walk and five consecutive hits.
Eric Gandossy was hit by a pitch and Justin Martella drew a walk. Danny Moya singled in the go ahead run, Curt Hibbs followed with a two single, and after Henry Wilson singled, and Matt Judkins drilled a two run double and Keaton Ijams’ RBI single closed the scoring.
Paul Chasse, who was added to the roster early last month, struck out twelve Reds in a route-going performance to earn the championship game Most Valuable Player award.
The Reds scored first in the top of the first as Juan “Taco” Barrera singled and eventually scored on an RBI single by cleanup hitter/first baseman Jose Abreu. The hit was the first of three for Barrera. He was to add a double and single later in the game.
After spotting the Reds that first inning run, the A’s tied in the bottom of the second when Martella singled and scored on an infield error. They took a 2-1 lead in the next inning when Sawyer Ijams scored on an errant throw on an attempted pickoff play.
The Reds tied it with one in the top of the fourth. Abreu singled and came around to score on a run scoring single by Grant Koenigsman and it was a 2-2 game.
The A’s again took the lead in the bottom half of the fourth when Greg Kelm singled and courtesy runner Chris Saxton scored on a sacrifice fly to center by Hibbs.
The Athletics made it 4-2 in the sixth when Gandossy was hit by a pitch and came around to score on Moya’s base hit.
Barrera again figured in the scoring in the top of the 8th inning as he, Grant Koenigsman and Abreu had base hits and manager Papo Torres’ infield roller accounted for two runs.
When the Reds scored twice in the top of the 8th to make it a 4-4, it looked like the game would go extra innings, especially when the first two A’s batters made outs to start the bottom of the frame. Then came the fateful six run inning to carry the A’s to the second championship in the franchise’s history. They captured the crown in the Spring 2012 season as the Blue Jays.
While Josh Mowery (4-0), Saxton (4-1) carried the brunt of the pitching success during the season, the addition of Chasse was a huge factor in bringing the title to the A’s. Winning in their last at-bat became the team’s trademark in both the division and league championship games.
