* TOP OF THE 1st, Bambinos 0, Dirt Roads 0 So settle in ... this is a championship game * T. HELTON facing C. CARPENTER, T 1st, No Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 The pitch ... swung on ... toward the gap ... GUERRERO races back ... he stabs for it and makes the catch in the webbing ... one away * D. JIMENEZ facing C. CARPENTER, T 1st, 1 Out, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 The pitch ... JIMENEZ hits a comebacker ... CARPENTER knocks it down bare-hands it and throws to first ... a photo finish ... and the ump calls JIMENEZ out * C. LEE facing C. CARPENTER, T 1st, 2 Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 CARPENTER comes to the plate ... driven to right ... it's playable ... GUERRERO moves under it and hauls it in ... side retired * BOTTOM OF THE 1st, Bambinos 0, Dirt Roads 0 * D. MOHR facing C. PAVANO, B 1st, No Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 The pitch ... it's a ground-hugger to short ... GUILLEN gloves it ... and easily throws out MOHR one down * R. QUINLAN facing C. PAVANO, B 1st, 1 Out, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 PAVANO deals ... right down the middle ... strike three! ... two gone * B. BONDS facing C. PAVANO, B 1st, 2 Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 Here's the pitch from PAVANO ... hard two-bouncer to short ... GUILLEN covers it...plenty of time fires ... for the final out * TOP OF THE 2nd, Bambinos 0, Dirt Roads 0 * D. ORTIZ facing C. CARPENTER, T 2nd, No Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 The pitch comes in ... hot smash to KENT ... takes it on one hop ... over to KONERKO at first one down * C. GUILLEN facing C. CARPENTER, T 2nd, 1 Out, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 CARPENTER into his motion ... delivers ... grounded toward third ... QUINLAN fields it ... fires got him ... for out number two * V. MARTINEZ facing C. CARPENTER, T 2nd, 2 Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 And the pitch comes in ... swung on ... lined shot to center ... JONES runs straight back he got a quick start ... turns and reaches ... and brings it down ... he made that look easy three down * BOTTOM OF THE 2nd, Bambinos 0, Dirt Roads 0 * V. GUERRERO facing C. PAVANO, B 2nd, No Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 Here's the delivery ... hit in the air to left field ... LEE backpedals ... plenty of room and he covers it ... one down * P. KONERKO facing C. PAVANO, B 2nd, 1 Out, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 He lets it go ... fastball ... badly fooled ... strike three ... two down * J. POSADA facing C. PAVANO, B 2nd, 2 Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 The pitch ... just off the corner ... a base on balls ... that extends the streak now 5 games in a row on base * M. TEJADA facing C. PAVANO, B 2nd, 2 Outs, Runner on 1st, Tied 0-0 The runner's going ... PAVANO deals ... grounded weakly to first ... HELTON's up with it and he tags the bag ... for the third out * TOP OF THE 3rd, Bambinos 0, Dirt Roads 0 * M. CAMERON facing C. CARPENTER, T 3rd, No Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 Here comes the pitch ... popped up ... back toward the screen ... POSADA throws off his mask it's playable ... and he covers it ... one away * J. PIERRE facing C. CARPENTER, T 3rd, 1 Out, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 CARPENTER to the wind ... grounded hard wide of third ... QUINLAN just reaches it ... over to first in time for the out ... two away * V. CASTILLA facing C. CARPENTER, T 3rd, 2 Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 He lets one go ... OOOOF! ... CASTILLA flails the air ... but fails to make contact with the ball he heads back to the bench ... that's three away * BOTTOM OF THE 3rd, Bambinos 0, Dirt Roads 0 * J. KENT facing C. PAVANO, B 3rd, No Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 Now the pitch ... KENT dribbles one to the left of the mound ... PAVANO can't reach it GUILLEN charges in ... grabs it and throws in one motion ... and nips KENT at first ... one away * A. JONES facing C. PAVANO, B 3rd, 1 Out, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 Here he comes ... grounded hard to short ... GUILLEN fields it ... over to HELTON at first in plenty of time ... for the second out * D. MOHR facing C. PAVANO, B 3rd, 2 Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 The pitch is on the way ... slow bounder to the right side ... HELTON to his right ... scoops it flips to PAVANO ... just in time * TOP OF THE 4th, Bambinos 0, Dirt Roads 0 * T. HELTON facing C. CARPENTER, T 4th, No Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 Here's a pitch ... swung on ... big K ... and HELTON's retired ... one down * D. JIMENEZ facing C. CARPENTER, T 4th, 1 Out, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 The pitch ... JIMENEZ tops it down the third base line ... it'll be a tough play for QUINLAN the off-balance peg ... yes! ... got him by a stride ... sweet play by QUINLAN ... two away * C. LEE facing C. CARPENTER, T 4th, 2 Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 CARPENTER winds up ... looped into short right ... it dunks in for a base hit nothing anyone could do about that ... that's a single for Carlos LEE ... for Kersey the 1st hit in this game ... for Carlos LEE, his 8th hit of the series * D. ORTIZ facing C. CARPENTER, T 4th, 2 Outs, Runner on 1st, Tied 0-0 Big hole on the right side ... LEE not wandering too far ... and the pitch comes in off-balance swing ... missed ... side retired * BOTTOM OF THE 4th, Bambinos 0, Dirt Roads 0 * R. QUINLAN facing C. PAVANO, B 4th, No Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 The pitch ... just off the corner ... a base on balls that was QUINLAN's first walk of the series * B. BONDS facing C. PAVANO, B 4th, No Outs, Runner on 1st, Tied 0-0 The pitch ... BONDS waves at it ... strike! ... there goes QUINLAN! ... good jump MAKE THROW? (1-yes*, 2-no) MARTINEZ digs it out and fires ... OUT!...strong throw by MARTINEZ ... they lose a runner one down * B. BONDS facing C. PAVANO, B 4th, 1 Out, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 The pitch ... swung on ... lofted down the line to right ... CAMERON was playing that way he gets there ... BONDS's gone ... two gone * V. GUERRERO facing C. PAVANO, B 4th, 2 Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 PAVANO comes home ... upstairs with a fast one ... GUERRERO doesn't offer and PAVANO gets the call ... he's out on strikes ... side retired * TOP OF THE 5th, Bambinos 0, Dirt Roads 0 * C. GUILLEN facing C. CARPENTER, T 5th, No Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 CARPENTER to the wind ... he goes down on strikes ... one away * V. MARTINEZ facing C. CARPENTER, T 5th, 1 Out, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 The offering ... MARTINEZ hits a frozen rope ... to straightaway center ... right there is JONES and he gloves it for the putout ... two down * M. CAMERON facing C. CARPENTER, T 5th, 2 Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 CARPENTER comes to him ... there's called third strike ... right down the pike ... side retired * BOTTOM OF THE 5th, Bambinos 0, Dirt Roads 0 * P. KONERKO facing C. PAVANO, B 5th, No Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 He comes home ... KONERKO hits a frozen rope ... to straightaway center ... right there is PIERRE and he gloves it for the putout ... one down * J. POSADA facing C. PAVANO, B 5th, 1 Out, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 PAVANO brings it ... grounded to short ... GUILLEN's there ... the throw to first ... gets him for out number two * M. TEJADA facing C. PAVANO, B 5th, 2 Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 PAVANO into his motion ... delivers ... that's high and deep by TEJADA ... PIERRE is on the run on the run ... it's starting to tail away from him ... and it drops in TEJADA is headed for second ... he's in to second ahead of the throw and that's the 1st base knock for the Dirt Roads in this game for TEJADA, his 2nd double of the series ... for Miguel TEJADA, his 8th hit of the series * J. KENT facing C. PAVANO, B 5th, 2 Outs, Runner on 2nd, Tied 0-0 TEJADA extending his lead ... the pitch ... it's popped foul behind third ... GUILLEN's over and he's got it ... and that's out number three * TOP OF THE 6th, Bambinos 0, Dirt Roads 0 * J. PIERRE facing C. CARPENTER, T 6th, No Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 CARPENTER brings it to the plate ... it's hopped to the right side KONERKO fields it on the big bounce ... he will flip to CARPENTER ... and PIERRE is retired * V. CASTILLA facing C. CARPENTER, T 6th, 1 Out, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 Now CARPENTER comes home with it ... hit to straightaway center field ... plenty of room JONES moves under it ... and takes it in ... two down * T. HELTON facing C. CARPENTER, T 6th, 2 Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0 CARPENTER brings it to the plate ... swing and a fly ball ... pretty well hit ... right field may not be caught ... it's history! ... home run for HELTON Bambinos 1, Dirt Roads 0 * D. JIMENEZ facing C. CARPENTER, T 6th, 2 Outs, Bases Empty, Ahead 1-0 CARPENTER brings it ... checked swing ... strike three ... that's three away * BOTTOM OF THE 6th, Bambinos 1, Dirt Roads 0 * A. JONES facing C. PAVANO, B 6th, No Outs, Bases Empty, Behind 0-1 PAVANO to the wind ... big swing ... hit deep to left field ... toward the gap LEE got a late start ... he won't get it ... JONES's trying for two ... here comes the throw too late ... double for JONES ... the tying run is now at second base for JONES, his 2nd double of the series ... for Andruw JONES, his 5th hit of the series * D. MOHR facing C. PAVANO, B 6th, No Outs, Runner on 2nd, Behind 0-1 JONES stretches his lead off second ... he's on with a lead-off double ... PAVANO comes home on the ground ... JIMENEZ gloves it ... no play at third ... and he flips to first ... in time one away! ... JONES moves up ... the tying run is now at third base * R. QUINLAN facing C. PAVANO, B 6th, 1 Out, Runner on 3rd, Behind 0-1 Bambinos playing for the out at first ... JONES takes his lead at third ... the pitch grounded hard to GUILLEN ... and he spears it! ... he'll turn down the play at the plate the throw to first ... and he's gone ... but the run scores ... tie game Bambinos 1, Dirt Roads 1 * B. BONDS facing C. PAVANO, B 6th, 2 Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 1-1 PAVANO winds up ... BONDS hits one ... high ... hard ... right field ... but it won't be enough CAMERON covers it ... it looked for a minute like it was gone ... that's three away * TOP OF THE 7th, Bambinos 1, Dirt Roads 1 * C. LEE facing C. CARPENTER, T 7th, No Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 1-1 Now the pitch ... broken bat fly ball left field ... MOHR coming on ... dives for it and makes the catch ... LEE's racing to second ... he's there ... but he'll head for the dugout he's gone ... one away * D. ORTIZ facing C. CARPENTER, T 7th, 1 Out, Bases Empty, Tied 1-1 CARPENTER into his motion ... delivers ... popped high in front of the plate POSADA's calling for it ... and he drops it! ... ORTIZ takes a big turn around first but he'll have to hold ... a faster runner might have taken the extra base Jorge POSADA takes the E ... the go ahead run has reached For the Dirt Roads ... now has Damian MILLER catching ... QUINLAN is out of the game Chipper JONES is now playing third for Shady ... takes POSADA out of the game Bambinos manager looking at his scoresheet We have a break in the action ... there will be a runner for ORTIZ at first base Dave ROBERTS is headed out there now ... that makes him the DH for now ... he has excellent speed CARPENTER will keep an eye on him ... ROBERTS has 4 stolen bases in the 3 games he's played * C. GUILLEN facing C. CARPENTER, T 7th, 1 Out, Runner on 1st, Tied 1-1 Space on the right ... ROBERTS leading off ... CARPENTER kicks and delivers ... GUILLEN swings strike! ... ROBERTS breaks for second MAKE THROW? (1-yes*, 2-no) MILLER turns it around fast ... the slide ... going to be close ... the ump signals ... out! that kills the go ahead run ... two away * C. GUILLEN facing C. CARPENTER, T 7th, 2 Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 1-1 He lets one go ... routine grounder to second ... KENT scoops it ... flips to first ... bad throw! but KONERKO gets his foot on the bag ... that's the third out! * BOTTOM OF THE 7th, Bambinos 1, Dirt Roads 1 * V. GUERRERO facing C. PAVANO, B 7th, No Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 1-1 PAVANO winds and fires ... a towering fly ball to right ... plenty of room CAMERON moves under it ... and makes the catch ... one away * P. KONERKO facing C. PAVANO, B 7th, 1 Out, Bases Empty, Tied 1-1 Here's the pitch ... checked swing ... he went around ... two down * C. JONES facing C. PAVANO, B 7th, 2 Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 1-1 PAVANO into the wind ... JONES gets plenty of wood on this ball headed for the gap in right center ... it may carry ... go crazy, folks, go crazy! it's a home run! Bambinos 1, Dirt Roads 2 * M. TEJADA facing C. PAVANO, B 7th, 2 Outs, Bases Empty, Ahead 2-1 The offering from PAVANO ... TEJADA dribbles one to the left of the mound ... PAVANO can't reach it GUILLEN charges in ... grabs it and throws in one motion ... or tried to the ball travels about three feet ... and TEJADA is on at first so the Dirt Roads have a runner on the error ... score that E6 on Carlos GUILLEN * J. KENT facing C. PAVANO, B 7th, 2 Outs, Runner on 1st, Ahead 2-1 TEJADA going with the pitch ... he hits it well to LEE ... it'll be out of here ... but very foul the crowd buzzes ... strike one * J. KENT facing C. PAVANO, B 7th, 2 Outs, Runner on 1st, Ahead 2-1 TEJADA well off first ... the runner's going ... PAVANO fires it in ... looped toward short and he's got it Brad LIDGE will take the mound for Shady ... so CARPENTER gets his innings ... he pitched seven his line ... one earned run ... on 2 hits ... a homer ... he struck out 6 ... he stands to win it for LIDGE ... his 3rd appearance in the series the right-hander LIDGE has worked three and two thirds ... he has a 0.00 ERA ... his record one win ... no losses ... it's his game to save Bambinos manager looking at his scoresheet He's going to his bench ... coming in to bat for MARTINEZ ... Jeff DaVANON that's MARTINEZ out, DaVANON to the plate ... switch-hitter ... he wheels out with a wagon spoke walks confidently before the crowd * TOP OF THE 8th, Bambinos 1, Dirt Roads 2 * J. DaVANON facing B. LIDGE, T 8th, No Outs, Bases Empty, Behind 1-2 The pitch ... just catches the plate ... see ya later ... one down! * M. CAMERON facing B. LIDGE, T 8th, 1 Out, Bases Empty, Behind 1-2 Here's the delivery ... fly ball right field ... GUERRERO's there ... and he makes the catch two away! Bambinos manager looking at his scoresheet Trying to stir up a little magic ... who is it? ... Rod BARAJAS will bat for PIERRE ... bats right he grabs some timber ... walks confidently before the crowd * R. BARAJAS facing B. LIDGE, T 8th, 2 Outs, Bases Empty, Behind 1-2 The pitch is on the way ... the high hard one ... BIG SWING! ... strike three and he lost his helmet ... that's three away Jeff DaVANON ... he'll be playing right for Kersey Mike CAMERON ... he'll be playing center field for Kersey Rod BARAJAS ... now catching for the Bambinos Taking the mound for the Bambinos is Trevor HOFFMAN ... the right-hander so PAVANO gets his innings ... he pitched seven ... the game for PAVANO ... 2 runs ... on 3 hits a homer ... walked 2 ... he struck out 4 ... he can only lose it so despite a fine performance from Carl PAVANO ... he cannot win this game for HOFFMAN his first appearance in the series ... he's a right-handed pitcher * BOTTOM OF THE 8th, Bambinos 1, Dirt Roads 2 * A. JONES facing T. HOFFMAN, B 8th, No Outs, Bases Empty, Ahead 2-1 Here's a pitch ... swung on ... it's popped to short right field ... JIMENEZ races out and he's got it ... and there's one away * D. MOHR facing T. HOFFMAN, B 8th, 1 Out, Bases Empty, Ahead 2-1 HOFFMAN with the offering ... MOHR's called out on strikes ... two down * D. MILLER facing T. HOFFMAN, B 8th, 2 Outs, Bases Empty, Ahead 2-1 The pitch ... it's lofted to shallow center ... CAMERON runs in on it ... still coming and he makes the catch ... to retire the side Torii HUNTER is in left field for Shady ... takes MOHR out of the game The wheels are still turning ... makes his move ... Orlando CABRERA is now playing short TEJADA is out Is bringing in Mike GONZALEZ to face CASTILLA ... he'll lose the platoon advantage so LIDGE goes one inning in relief ... he yielded ... no runs or hits ... he struck out 2 for GONZALEZ ... his 2nd appearance in the series the lefty GONZALEZ has worked an inning and two thirds ... he has a 5.40 ERA ... no record yet it's his game to save * TOP OF THE 9th, Bambinos 1, Dirt Roads 2 * V. CASTILLA facing M. GONZALEZ, T 9th, No Outs, Bases Empty, Behind 1-2 Now the delivery ... right down the middle ... strike three! ... one down! * T. HELTON facing M. GONZALEZ, T 9th, 1 Out, Bases Empty, Behind 1-2 GONZALEZ winds up ... swung on ... big K ... and HELTON's retired ... two down! Bambinos manager looking at his scoresheet Trying to stir up a little magic ... who is it? ... Keith GINTER will bat for JIMENEZ ... bats right he shoulders the bat ... and heads toward the plate * K. GINTER facing M. GONZALEZ, T 9th, 2 Outs, Bases Empty, Behind 1-2 Now the delivery ... taken for a strike ... GINTER goes down looking ... and that does it FINAL SCORE : Bambinos 1, Dirt Roads 2