Coming off a tough loss the Expos Saturday night, the Lumberjacks took a 4-2 lead in the second inning as Brad was hit by a pitch, Mike Taylor singled, Tom Macari singled, Brian Karst reached on a throwing error, and Barrett Price singled.
In the top of the 5th inning, the Indians scored 4 runs and took a 6-4 lead, and the Lumberjacks responded with a run in the bottom half of the inning with an RBI Sac Fly from Tom, cutting the deficit down to 6-5.
In what would ultimately end up in a slugfest, the Indians scored another run in the top of the 6th, and 3 more in the top of the 7th, giving them a comfortable 10-5 lead.
The Lumberjacks have shown resiliency against the Indians in games past, with two walk-off wins about a month ago, and tonight was no different. In the bottom of the 8th with 1 out, down 10-5 and Indians ace TJ Christianson was still on the mound, Danny Rico was hit by a pitch, and Barrett Price hit a solid double down the left-field line. Melvin Perdue hit a solid double into the right-center gap, driving in both runners, and cut score down to 10-7, giving us hope for the 9th inning.
The bottom of the 9th will not be soon forgotten. TJ was driven out of the game, and the Indians brought in a new left-handed reliever for the save. Jay Almendral greeted the new pitcher with a solid line drive to right field for a single to open the frame, and Mike Taylor followed with a walk, suddenly putting the tying run at the plate with no outs. Andre White grounded out to first-base, moving the runners to second and third. Tom Macari hit a hard grounder to the right side, pulling the first baseman way off the base, and legged out a single, bringing in a run and cutting the score down to 10-8 with runners and first and third. Danny Rico struck out but Tom, the potential tying run, advanced the second on a wild pitch, giving us two outs with runners on second and third, down 10-8. Barrett Price worked a tough high-pressure walk, loading the bases and putting the winning run on first. Melvin Perdue then forced in a run on catcher's interference, allowing him to advance to first base, and more importantly putting the winning run into scoring position with Barrett at second. Jake Holt, the team leader in RBIs, then stepped up to the plate with 2 outs and the opportunity to be a hero, and he obliged with a sharp clutch single up the middle scoring Barrett on a very very close play at the plate for the walk-off win! This was one of only 20 league games for the Lumberjacks, making the victory that much more sweet.
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