Desmond Hits Walk Off Homer, Dukes Win 70th Game.

BOXSCORE: 2112 Montreal Sunsets At 2112 Duluth-Superior Dukes       8/22/2112
 
  Sunsets            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dukes              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Abreu RF          4  1  2  0 .252     M.Bourn CF          4  1  1  0 .276  
  D.Uggla 2B          4  0  0  0 .303     I.Desmond SS        4  1  1  2 .281  
  J.Thome 1B          3  0  1  0 .292     C.Gonzalez RF       3  1  1  1 .341  
  L.Scott LF          4  0  1  1 .246     J.Loney 1B          3  0  0  0 .256  
  R.Zimmerman 3B      4  1  1  1 .259     D.Young LF          2  1  1  1 .291  
  B.McCann C          4  0  1  0 .224     S.Schumaker 2B      3  0  0  0 .258  
  L.Nix CF            4  0  1  0 .250     M.Tejada 3B         3  0  0  0 .285  
  J.Donald SS         4  0  0  0 .293     I.Rodriguez C       3  0  0  0 .249  
  B.Myers P           2  0  0  0 .143     C.Carpenter P       2  0  0  0 .039  
A-K.Youkilis PH       1  1  1  1 .354     A.Rhodes P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Guerrier P        0  0  0  0 .250     N.Figueroa P        1  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  3  8  3                 Totals      28  4  4  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Myers In 7th Inning
 
Sunsets......... 1 0 0  0 0 1  1 0 0  -  3  8  0
Dukes........... 3 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  4  4  0
 
Sunsets (62-52)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Myers                   6       3   3   3   0   4   2  74   3.84
M.Guerrier LOSS(3-5)      2       1   1   1   1   0   1  31   4.42
Totals                    8       4   4   4   1   4   3
 
Dukes (70-51)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Carpenter               7       7   3   3   1  10   2 103   3.65
A.Rhodes                  0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.37
N.Figueroa WIN(2-0)       1 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0  16   2.66
Totals                    9       8   3   3   1  10   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 45,357 DATE- Friday, August 22nd 2112 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Randy Marsh, Marty Foster, Ron Kulpa, Mike Van Vleet
T- 2:14
LEFT ON BASE- Sunsets: 5  Dukes: 1
DOUBLE PLAYS- Sunsets: 0  Dukes: 1
DOUBLES- B.Abreu(21st)
HOME RUNS- R.Zimmerman(17th), K.Youkilis(21st), I.Desmond(5th),
           C.Gonzalez(29th), D.Young(17th)
STOLEN BASES- M.Bourn-2(63rd)
WALKS- J.Thome, D.Young
STRIKE OUTS- D.Uggla-3, L.Scott, B.McCann-2, L.Nix-2, J.Donald, B.Myers,
             M.Bourn, I.Desmond, M.Tejada, I.Rodriguez
GIDP- R.Zimmerman
2-out RBI- L.Scott, D.Young
 
Chris Carpenter retired 10 batters on strikeouts at Dodger Stadium as the
Montreal Sunsets lost a heartbreaker to Duluth-Superior Dukes by the score of
4 to 3.
 
Duluth-Superior won the game with a run in the bottom of the 9th inning.  Ian
Desmond hit a bases-empty home run making Duluth-Superior victorious to the
delight of the the home town crowd.  Although they lost, Montreal did out-hit
Duluth-Superior 8 to 4.  
 
Nelson Figueroa(2-0) was the winner allowing no runs in 1 and 2/3 innings. The
losing pitcher was Matt Guerrier(3-5) in relief.  This win by Duluth-Superior
continues their recent hot streak.  In their last ten games, they have a
record of 8-2.  For the season, they are 70-51.  Daniel Valois was pretty
down after the loss.  'We've really been sputtering along lately, something
like 2-8 in the last week or two.  That won't get it done.'