[IBL] Another fun week in the desert

[Larry Merithew]

The recently completed week shows that the Prairie Dogs' season is on track to be interesting.

Fans are growing restless at NYN Parnell's inability to hold leads. In game 1 at HAV, the Dogs led 8-2 after 6. By the ninth, the lead had shrunk to 8-5. Parnell was called on to close out what seemed an easy victory. He gave up 2 singles to start the inning, but then got STL Molina to fly to center and a Dunn whiff. It looked like he would preserve the game. Gattis laced an 0-2 fastball into left to score one run. Moss slammed the next pitch into the lf corner, scoring 2 more and tying the game. The Dogs went on to lose it 9-8 in the 11th inning on a Willingham sac fly.

In game 3 of the series, LAA Williams and CHA Santiago served up a healthy dose of Molotov cocktails, creating a 10-2 deficit after 5 innings. Needless to say, the stands emptied out soon afterward.

At home against NYK, SFP started the series with only 6 hits the first game en route to a 7-0 shellacking. In game 2, the teams traded the lead numerous times. The more loyal of the fans were treated to a 12-inning nailbiter that saw NYK eventually prevail 5-4 on Kelly Johnson's second homer of the game. His pinch-hit HR in the ninth created the tie that sent it into extra innings.

Overnight after the game, a large chunk of roofing material came loose from the inner surface of the dome, forcing a rare postponement. The damage was repaired, and the engineering firm of Seiling, Waal and Pitts has assured management that everything is in good shape for this week's series hosting SDQ.

We would claim SFP is snake-bit this year, but even the local rattlers are boycotting the stadium.

Larry
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