Cardinals 14, Indians 12 October 14, 2007, 11:00 AM Game Recap
Cardinals 14, Indians 12
CARDINALS REPEAT AS CHAMPS!!
In an epic battle between two veteran MSBL teams a gritty Cardinals squad rallied to overcome a late 4 run deficit and prevail as champs in the 25+ Division.
In a classic 3-game series that featured countless lead changes, umpire controversy, heated exchanges, and too many big plays on both sides to mention, it was ultimately the Cards who emerged victorious. Both teams had numerous contributors up and down their lineups as it was truly team efforts that made this series so exciting.
Game 3 went something like this...
The Indians drew first blood in the top of the first off an RBI single. After being blanked in the bottom of the first Cards answered back in the second with two runs of their own to take a 2-1 lead.
In the 4th the Indians responded with 2 runs of their own to tie it up at 3 a piece...moving forward, the Cardinals plated four in the 5th and one in the 6th to go up by five going into the top of the 7th...and then all hell broke loose...
The Indians, not happy being down 8-3, rallied for nine runs of their own, taking a 12-8 lead and seemingly pinning the Cards against the ropes with this late inning rally.
But the Cardinals would not surrender that easy...after being blanked in their half of the 7th, a furious Cardinal rally in the bottom half of the 8th, brought home six runs for a FINAL lead of 14-12, that the Cards would not reliquish as they held on as repeat Series winners.
Props to the Indians for a great and memorable series, to the new Cards who brought a fire to the belly, and to the league for enabling us to finish the series on Canadas diamond.
