<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>ODM and EDG had an instant classic with several lead changes in the deciding game of the wildcard series.</div><div><br></div><div>ODM too a quick 3-0 lead in the first. Aroldis Chapman came in to the 5th to protect a 3-1 lead with a runner on and no one out. He promptly blew the lead and EDG went ahead by a single run 4-3. In the 7th Josh Donaldson hit a 3 run homer to put ODM up 6-4. But the ODM bullpen could not close it out as Andrew Miller allowed an inherited runner in the bottom of the 7th to score. The run was unearned as Aaron Judge hit a hg to 2b. Cesar Hernandez tossed the ball to the normally sure handed Pat Valaika at ss and got the first leg of the double play but Valaika's throw to 1b sailed into the dugout and Aaron Hicks scored to make it 6-5.<br></div><div><br></div><div> The score remained 6-5 until the bottom of the 9th. Miller became fatigued to start the bottom of the ninth and gave up a
single to Aaron Hicks. Groundball specialist Dan Otero was summoned
from the bullpen to face righty Carlos Correa who singled. Up to the
plate stepped Aaron Judge who hit a screamer right at Josh Donaldson who bobbled the ball to load the bases for Justin Smoak with no one out. ODM's last relief pitcher Chase Whitley came in to face Smoak who blasted a walk off grand slam.</div><div><br></div><div>There will be questions in the media about the ODM managers bullpen strategy in game 5 but it appear this is the end of the road for this ODM squad as rumours are swirling that the franchise is moving to a new city and the roster will be blown up. The ODM streak of 6 consecutive playoff appearances has been a good run but the team's inability to get out of the WC round the past two years after winning the IBL Championshp in 2016 has led ownership to question the strategy of winning at all costs by trading future draft picks to support the current squad.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The news is not all good for EDG however as starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks was sent for an MRI immediately after his removal from the game reporting arm discomfort. His status for the divisional round is unkown at this time (EDG did not do injury roll yet)<br></div><div><br></div><div>Congrats to Rob for a hard fought victory in the series. <br></div><div><br></div> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E<br>-------------------------------------------<br>ODM 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 6 2<br>EDG 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 9 9 0<br>-------------------------------------------<br><br><br>BATTERS ODM AB R H RI 2B 3B HR SB CS BB K PL PR<br>1 lf ODM PHI Nava 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4<br>1 rf ODM ARI Peralta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br>2 3b ODM TOR Donaldson 4 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 4<br>3 rf ODM DET Presley 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3<br>3 ph-rf ODM DET Mahtook 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1<br>3 c ODM OAK Garneau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br>4 2b ODM PHI Hernandez 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4<br>5 dh ODM LAA Phillips 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3<br>6 1b ODM CLE Santana 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3<br>7 ss ODM ARI Marte 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2<br>7 ph-ss ODM COL Valaika 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1<br>8 cf ODM WAS Taylor 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3<br>9 c ODM TB Sucre 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2<br>9 ph-rf-lf ODM COL Parra 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1<br><br>TOTALS for ODM 33 6 6 6 1 0 1 1 0 5 13 7 31<br><br>PITCHERS ODM IP H R ER BB K HR BF<br>- ODM CLE Salazar 4.0 3 2 2 4 4 1 18<br>- ODM NYA Chapman 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 6<br>- ODM SF Strickland 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1<br>- ODM BOS Abad 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3<br>- ODM KC Moylan 0.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2<br>- ODM CLE Miller 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 8<br>L ODM CLE Otero 0.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2<br>- ODM TB Whitley 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1<br><br>TOTALS for ODM 8.0 9 9 7 8 7 2 41<br><br>LOB: 5<br>E: 2 - Valaika, Donaldson.<br>PB: none.<br>GIDP: none.<br>SH: none.<br>SF: none.<br>HBP: none.<br>WP: none.<br>IBB: none.<br>BALK: none.<br><br><br>BATTERS EDG AB R H RI 2B 3B HR SB CS BB K PL PR<br>1 dh EDG CLE Brantley 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2<br>2 cf EDG NYA Hicks 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 3<br>3 ss EDG HOU Correa 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 4<br>4 rf EDG NYA Judge 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3<br>5 1b EDG SEA Smoak 5 1 3 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 3<br>6 c EDG ARI Iannetta 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2<br>7 2b EDG PTI Harrison 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3<br>8 3b EDG ARI Lamb 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2<br>8 ph-3b EDG BOS Devers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0<br>9 lf EDG TEX DeShields 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 2<br><br>TOTALS for EDG 33 9 9 8 3 0 2 3 0 8 7 17 24<br><br>PITCHERS EDG IP H R ER BB K HR BF<br>- EDG CHN Hendricks 5.0 4 3 3 3 5 0 22<br>- EDG STL Lyons 1.1 2 3 3 1 2 1 7<br>- EDG MIL Barnes 1.2 0 0 0 1 3 0 6<br>- EDG COL Neshek 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3<br><br>TOTALS for EDG 9.0 6 6 6 5 13 1 38<br><br>LOB: 8<br>E: none.<br>PB: none.<br>GIDP: 1 - Lamb.<br>SH: none.<br>SF: none.<br>HBP: none.<br>WP: none.<br>IBB: none.<br>BALK: none.<br><br>grs version 3.2.1 (grs3_21-3-g01cd357)<br><br>ODM at EDG <br>Cool Cloudy No Wind Night<br>Starting pitchers - Salazar for ODM, and Hendricks for EDG<br><br>ODM 1: Nava K. Donaldson BB. Presley BB, Donaldson to second. Hernandez K.<br>Phillips 1b, Donaldson scores, Presley to second. Santana 1b gcf,<br>Presley scores, Phillips to third. Marte 1b lrf, Phillips scores,<br>Santana to second. Taylor 1b inf, Marte to second, Santana to third.<br>Sucre ground out. <br>ODM 3 EDG 0<br><br>EDG 1: Brantley HG. Hicks PO. Correa LF. <br>ODM 3 EDG 0<br><br>ODM 2: Nava HF. Donaldson fly out. Presley ground out. <br>ODM 3 EDG 0<br><br>EDG 2: Judge HR, Judge scores. Smoak K. Iannetta 2b. Harrison RG<br>43, Iannetta to second. Lamb BB. DeShields HF. <br>ODM 3 EDG 1<br><br>ODM 3: Hernandez HG. Phillips RG. Santana RG. <br>ODM 3 EDG 1<br><br>EDG 3: Brantley line drive. Hicks BB. Correa K. Judge K. <br>ODM 3 EDG 1<br><br>ODM 4: Marte BB. Taylor K. Sucre K. Nava HF. <br>ODM 3 EDG 1<br><br>EDG 4: Smoak 2b. Iannetta K. Harrison BB. Lamb GDP, Harrison out. <br>ODM 3 EDG 1<br><br>ODM 5: Donaldson RG. Presley K. Hendricks fatigues. Hernandez PO. <br>ODM 3 EDG 1<br><br>EDG 5: DeShields BB. Chapman now pitching for ODM. SB, DeShields to second.<br>Brantley 1b, DeShields scores. SB, Brantley to second. Hicks K. Correa<br>1b, Brantley scores. Judge ground out 53, Correa to second. Smoak<br>2b, Correa scores. Iannetta K. <br>ODM 3 EDG 4<br><br>ODM 6: Lyons now pitching for EDG. Phillips K. Santana RG. Valaika<br>ph for Marte, batting 7. Valaika PO. <br>ODM 3 EDG 4<br><br>EDG 6: Strickland now pitching for ODM. Harrison RG. Abad now pitching<br>for ODM. Lamb SG. DeShields 1b. SB, DeShields to second. Brantley RG. <br>ODM 3 EDG 4<br><br>ODM 7: Taylor K. Parra ph for Sucre, batting 9. Parra 2b rfl. Nava<br>BB. Donaldson HR, Donaldson scores, Nava scores, Parra scores. Mahtook<br>ph for Presley, batting 3. Barnes now pitching for EDG. Mahtook K.<br>Hernandez BB. SB, Hernandez to second. Phillips HG. <br>ODM 6 EDG 4<br><br>EDG 7: Moylan now pitching for ODM. Garneau now c for ODM, batting<br>3. Parra moves to rf. Hicks BB. Correa BB, Hicks to second. Miller<br>now pitching for ODM. Judge safe on E 6, Hicks scores, Correa out,<br>Judge to second. Smoak K. Iannetta HG. <br>ODM 6 EDG 5<br><br>ODM 8: Santana HG. Valaika K. Taylor K. <br>ODM 6 EDG 5<br><br>EDG 8: Harrison HF. Devers ph for Lamb, batting 8. Devers BB. DeShields<br>line drive. Brantley line drive 8. <br>ODM 6 EDG 5<br><br>ODM 9: Devers moves to 3b. Neshek now pitching for EDG. Parra K. Nava K.<br>Donaldson K. <br>ODM 6 EDG 5<br><br>EDG 9: Peralta now rf for ODM, batting 1. Parra moves to lf. Hicks<br>1b. Otero now pitching for ODM. Correa BB, Hicks to second. Judge<br>safe on E 5, Judge to first, Correa to second, Hicks to third. Whitley<br>now pitching for ODM. Smoak HR, Smoak scores, Judge scores, Correa<br>scores, Hicks scores. <br>ODM 6 EDG 9<br><br><br></div></div></div>