Sting 6, Athletics 35+ 5 August 28, 2011, 10:00 AM Game Recap
Sting 6, Athletics 35+ 5
Great game to finish the regular season. Both teams needed this victory in order to gain a spot in the standings.
Eddie Gamez went 8.1 inn with 156 total pitches. He kept the A's off balance all day, but after hitting 4 batters it was left to Josh Ganger to finish what Eddie had started. Rick Rushing threw a runner out at second and then a shot to center that was caught by George Khalaf to end the game.
Jeff Diether's 2 run triple in the 5th put the Sting up. A throwing error at 3rd helped Jeff make the round trip and put the Sting up 5-4. Heads up base running by Chris Justen was the deciding factor in a 6-5 Sting victory.
Eddie Gamez and Jeff Diether both had multiple hits for the game.
And now, the post season.
Opposing mgr addendum: Losing sucks but that game was fun. It had a little of everything -- and I mean everything!!
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