milagros317
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Last night, I attended a game between the Hudson Valley Renegades and the Brooklyn Cyclones at the home of the Cyclones, Maimonides Park in Coney Island.
After 1.5 innings, the Cyclones trailed 7-0.
After 8.5 innings, the Cyclones still trailed, 9-7, never having tied the game in between.
In the bottom of the ninth, the first two batters struck out, so it was two outs with nobody on base.
The count on the third batter (Colin Houck) was 1-2, so the Cyclones were down to their last strike.
Houck lined a single to right field, so the Cyclones did bring the tying run to the plate.
Ronald Hernandez, representing the tying run, walked.
The manager of the Renegades, dissatisfied with a pitcher who had failed twice to get the 27th out, made a pitching change.
The new pitcher got to an 0-2 count on the fifth batter of the inning, Nick Roselli. So, the Cyclones were down to their last strike again.
The third pitch was ball one, and the base runners executed a double steal, putting both tying runs into scoring position.
On the fourth pitch, Roselli slammed a walk-off home run deep over the right center field wall.
Final score was 10-9 Cyclones.
I had never been in the stadium when a team overcame a 7 run deficit before.
(Previous record was a 5 run deficit: In the 1990's, I was in Shea Stadium when the Dodgers overcame a 10-5 deficit to win 12-10.)
After 1.5 innings, the Cyclones trailed 7-0.
After 8.5 innings, the Cyclones still trailed, 9-7, never having tied the game in between.
In the bottom of the ninth, the first two batters struck out, so it was two outs with nobody on base.
The count on the third batter (Colin Houck) was 1-2, so the Cyclones were down to their last strike.
Houck lined a single to right field, so the Cyclones did bring the tying run to the plate.
Ronald Hernandez, representing the tying run, walked.
The manager of the Renegades, dissatisfied with a pitcher who had failed twice to get the 27th out, made a pitching change.
The new pitcher got to an 0-2 count on the fifth batter of the inning, Nick Roselli. So, the Cyclones were down to their last strike again.
The third pitch was ball one, and the base runners executed a double steal, putting both tying runs into scoring position.
On the fourth pitch, Roselli slammed a walk-off home run deep over the right center field wall.
Final score was 10-9 Cyclones.
I had never been in the stadium when a team overcame a 7 run deficit before.
(Previous record was a 5 run deficit: In the 1990's, I was in Shea Stadium when the Dodgers overcame a 10-5 deficit to win 12-10.)
