{"id":79,"date":"2008-09-26T11:09:54","date_gmt":"2008-09-26T19:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/?p=79"},"modified":"2009-07-13T12:55:41","modified_gmt":"2009-07-13T20:55:41","slug":"boston-survives-atlantas-9th-inning-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/2008\/09\/26\/boston-survives-atlantas-9th-inning-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Survives Atlanta&#8217;s 9th Inning Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/images\/92508\/shot0016.png\" alt=\"Game\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Boston&#8217;s hopes of holding on started to wane in the ninth inning as Atlanta seemed to have Boston closer Mark&#8217;s number.  With the score at 6-5 Boston, Atlanta opened the inning with a single from speedster Carlos, who wasted no time in stealing second.  Things started to fall apart after that though as Carlos failed to steal third on a strike two pitch to Harry, then got caught stealing third on strike three as Harry couldn&#8217;t lay down the sacrifice bunt.  The double-play, however, didn&#8217;t end Atlanta&#8217;s threat as the power hitters Scott, Rod, and Marty, with a combined 90 home runs on the season, could tie the game with one swing of the bat.  A single by Scott, followed by another from Rod, gave Atlanta runners on first and third with Marty coming to the plate.  Marty, who had already hit a home run earlier, seemed to have the upperhand against closer Mark, who was clearly fatigued facing his fifth batter of the inning.  &#8220;All I could do was throw strikes and hope we could get him out,&#8221; said Mark.  Fortunately for Boston, that&#8217;s exactly what happened as a pop out ended the game.<\/p>\n<p><!--more Click here to read more and see highlight of the game! --><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n            function startGallery_6() { \n              var myGallery = new gallery($(\"myGallery_6\"), {                  timed: true,         showCarousel: false,         showInfopane: true,           showArrows: true,           embedLinks: true, slideInfoZoneOpacity: 0.80, delay: 7000, defaultTransition: \"fadebg\"   });\n              \n              document.getElementById(\"myGallery_6\").style.display = \"block\";\n           }\n            window.addEvent(\"domready\", startGallery_6);\n          <\/script>\n         <div style=\"width: 480px; height: 450px; border:0px solid; margin:0px auto; clear:both;\"><div id=\"myGallery_6\" class=\"myGallery\" style=\"display:none; width: 480px !important; height: 450px !important;\"><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> September 25, 2008 - Boston Defeats Atlanta<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Boston breaks the 5-5 tie in the ninth and holds on to win.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/92508\/shot0016.png\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/92508\/shot0016.png\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/92508\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0016.png\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> September 25, 2008 - Boston Defeats Atlanta<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Atlanta right fielder Harry watches as Duncan goes yard.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/92508\/shot0006.png\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/92508\/shot0006.png\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/92508\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0006.png\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> September 25, 2008 - Boston Defeats Atlanta<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Duncan celebrates Boston's only home run that actually left the park.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/92508\/shot0007.png\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/92508\/shot0007.png\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/92508\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0007.png\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> September 25, 2008 - Boston Defeats Atlanta<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Marty high-fives teammates after hitting a home run.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/92508\/shot0011.png\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/92508\/shot0011.png\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/92508\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0011.png\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> September 25, 2008 - Boston Defeats Atlanta<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> An Atlanta baserunner gets caught off first on a fly out to left field.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/92508\/shot0012.png\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/92508\/shot0012.png\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/92508\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0012.png\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Atlanta&#8217;s troubles in the field today are what really led to Boston&#8217;s victory.  Center fielder Ernie misjudged a line drive, diving for it and missing.  The ball went to the fence and Boston was credited with an inside-the-park home run.  This marks Atlanta&#8217;s second straight one-run defeat.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/images\/out\/OutATLSmall.gif\" alt=\"Out\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tim: Wins by 1 runs ($0.25 + $0.05), 5 K&#8217;s ($0.25), 2 HRs ($0.10) = $0.65<br \/>\nDavey: 5 K&#8217;s ($0.25), 1 HR ($0.05) = $0.30<br \/>\nTotal: Davey owes Tim $0.35<br \/>\nLifetime: Tim owes Davey $1.20<\/p>\n<p>Series Lifetime: Tim 4, Davey 4<br \/>\nK&#8217;s Lifetime: Tim: 39, Davey 45<br \/>\nHR Lifetime: Tim 15, Davey 18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston&#8217;s hopes of holding on started to wane in the ninth inning as Atlanta seemed to have Boston closer Mark&#8217;s number. With the score at 6-5 Boston, Atlanta opened the inning with a single from speedster Carlos, who wasted no time in stealing second. Things started to fall apart after that though as Carlos failed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130,"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}