SBa Top 10 - s08w01

10. Joc Pederson Goes Yard off Cole

Game four between Waikiki and Milwaukee: Joc Pederson faced Gerrit Cole in the bottom of the 6th inning. The Whale Sharks trailed 2-1 until Big Cock Joc ambushed a fastball from Cole! It was a towering flyball to right-center field chasing both outfielders to the wall, but it left the park scoring Gimenez from first to give the Whale Sharks a 3-2 lead. We'll return to game 4 later in the top 10...

9. Rafael Devers Knocks in Go-Ahead Run

A day before the hellish extra-innings game, the Kaiju entered the top of the 9th inning tied at 3. Freddie Freeman led the inning off with a double followed by a Locastro strikeout. Devers came to the plate with the go-ahead run on second facing Vatican closer, Paul Sewald, and he lined a single into the left-center field gap! Locastro cuts it off holding Devers to a single, but Freeman scores without a throw!

Kaiju would win 4-3

8. Cedric Mullins Gives Denver the Lead

Hamburg fans would like to forget the game 2 performance from Karinchak. He entered the game with a 2-1 lead in the top of the ninth and immediately gives up a Bryan Reynolds double who would later score on Ryan McMahon's single. Following a wild pitch, McMahon would end up on second as Cedric Mullins steps up to face Karinchak. There is no escaping Cedric and he pulls the inside pitch into right-center! It scores McMahon easily and the Zephyr take the lead 3-2

Zepher would win 3-2

7. Willson Contreras Crushes Thielbar

It's the top of the 7th in Chicago and Kampala's Willson Contreras digs in against Caleb Thielbar with two on and no outs. The game is tied at 7 when Willson cranks one to dead-center field! Springer gives that one a few steps then watches it fly! Urias and Quinn score ahead of Contreras and the Shoebills take a 10-7 lead. More on this game later...

6. Yordan Takes Wright Deep

It was Opening Day in Dallas and Kyle Wright was trying to work his way out of trouble in the fifth. He followed up a leadoff single with two Ks, but a two-out single from Pete Alonso brought Yordan Alvarez to the plate. Wright checks the runners and delivers the 1-1 pitch and it's pulled down the line in right field! Renfroe tracks it all the way to the wall, but it's gone giving the Mussels a 4-2 lead!

Mussels would win 5-2

5. Rizzo Hits Go-Ahead Dinger in the 7th

It was a tough week for Anthony Rizzo to start the season, but he made an impact top 7 of game 4. Facing Reyes Moronta with two on and two away the cleanup hitter sends a drive into right-center field that lands in the third row! That shot erases the lead from Pederson's earlier dong and gives the Bovines a 5-3 lead that they would hold onto to complete the week 1 sweep.

Bovines would win 5-4

4. Yaz Flips a 1-Run Deficit

More from Waikiki and it's Buck Farmer entering in the top of the 8th to protect a 2-1 lead. It doesn't go great for him. Austin Slater leads off the inning with a single followed by a another Bovine big fly! This one off the bat of Mike Yastrzemski it scores two, put Milwaukee up 3-2 which was the final score of game 3.

Bovines would win 3-2

3. Taylor Ward Ties it in the 9th

We're back to Chicago in game 4. Contreras put the Shoebills up 10-7 in the seventh - now Kampala is one out away from taking the 10-7 win. That was the plan. Taylor Ward had another idea. With two runners aboard, Giovanny Gallegos tries to put Ward away with a slider that hangs at the knees and it's crushed to left-center field! That ball is outta here - tying the game up at 10!

Cyclones would win 11-10 in 10 innings

2. Waters Hits Timely Grand Slam

In the fifth inning of WV-PHP game four Noah Syndergaard had to protect a two-run lead after a pair of failed defense checks by Jeff McNeil. Drew Waters dug in with two outs and the bases loaded and blasts a no-doubter to dead center field! That shot put the Black Bears up 5-3 and West Virginia would hold on to that lead.

Black Bears would win 5-4

1. Arenado Wins It for Denver

It's the top of the ninth in Hamburg and Alexis Diaz is on the mound to close out an 8-5 game. Denver scores one on a Nico Hoerner single which came between a flyout and a strikeout. Now with two outs and a two-run deficit, Nolan Arenado comes to the plate with speed on the basepaths but he embraces Denver's !cc smallball motto and hits a nuke to left field! That ball soars into the Hamburg night sky and some say it still hasn't landed! Diaz is charged with 4 runs and Arenado won Player of the Game for his performance.

Zephyr would win 9-8