Posada's Walk Off Hit Pushes Dukes To 6-0 To Start The Season.

BOXSCORE: 2123 Belmont Park Met Milers At 2123 Duluth-Superior Duke 4/11/2123
 
  Met Milers         AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dukes              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Castro SS         4  1  3  0 .500     M.Bourn CF          5  0  0  0 .333  
  P.Bourjos CF        3  0  0  0 .091     D.Fowler LF         4  2  2  0 .429  
  A.Craig RF,2B       4  0  1  2 .250     J.Loney 1B          3  1  2  1 .333  
  J.Martinez LF       4  0  0  0 .000     C.Gonzalez RF       5  1  2  0 .227  
  P.Goldschmidt 1B    4  2  2  2 .667     S.Schumaker 2B      4  1  1  2 .400  
  J.Turner 2B         3  0  1  0 .222     J.Posada C          4  0  2  1 .529  
B-D.Dejesus PH,RF     1  0  1  0 .667     I.Desmond SS        4  0  1  1 .227  
  R.Paulino C         4  0  0  0 .000     A.Miles 3B          4  0  1  0 .300  
  M.Tejada 3B         4  0  1  0 .125     J.Vargas P          2  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Talbot P          0  1  0  0 ----     M.Capps P           0  0  0  0 ----  
  C.Jakubauskas P     2  0  0  0 .000   A-M.Trumbo PH         0  0  0  0 .182  
  M.Rzepczynski P     0  0  0  0 ----     O.Dotel P           0  0  0  0 .000  
C-A.Dirks PH          1  0  0  0 .200                                          
  G.Mota P            0  0  0  0 ----                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  4  9  4                 Totals      35  5 11  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Capps In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Turner In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Rzepczynski In 9th Inning
 
Met Milers...... 0 1 2  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  4  9  0
Dukes........... 0 0 0  3 0 0  1 0 1  -  5 11  0
 
Met Milers (0-3)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Talbot                  3 2/3   5   3   3   0   0   0  47   7.36
C.Jakubauska              2 2/3   3   1   1   4   2   0  54   3.38
M.Rzepczynsk              1 2/3   1   0   0   1   2   0  17   0.00
G.Mota LOSS(0-1)          0 2/3   2   1   1   1   0   0  19   4.50
Totals                    8 2/3  11   5   5   6   4   0
 
Dukes (6-0)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Vargas                  7       8   4   4   1   5   2 117   5.14
M.Capps                   1       0   0   0   0   1   0  11   0.00
O.Dotel WIN(1-0)          1       1   0   0   0   1   0  11   2.70
Totals                    9       9   4   4   1   7   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 25,897 DATE- Friday, April 11th 2123 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Ed Montague, Lance Barksdale, Mike Fichter, Ted Barrett
T- 3:23
LEFT ON BASE- Met Milers: 5  Dukes:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Met Milers: 1  Dukes: 0
DOUBLES- A.Craig(1st), J.Turner(1st), D.Dejesus(1st), A.Miles(1st)
HOME RUNS- P.Goldschmidt-2(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- D.Fowler(1st), C.Gonzalez(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Bourjos, J.Loney
WALKS- M.Talbot, D.Fowler, J.Loney, S.Schumaker, J.Posada, J.Vargas, M.Trumbo
STRIKE OUTS- S.Castro, J.Martinez-2, J.Turner, R.Paulino, C.Jakubauskas,
             A.Dirks, M.Bourn-2, J.Posada, J.Vargas
2-out RBI- S.Schumaker-2, I.Desmond, J.Posada
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: James Loney robbed Justin Turner of a base hit.
 
In a thriling finish the Duluth-Superior Dukes pulled off the win over the
Belmont Park Met Milers by a score of 5 to 4 at Dodger Stadium.
 
The game was decided in the 9th inning.  Dexter Fowler ripped a single.  James
Loney was next and he laid down a sacrifice bunt.  After another out, Skip
Schumaker stepped up to the plate and he drew a walk.  Jorge Posada stepped
in and he ripped a one-base hit making Duluth-Superior the victors to the
delight of the home town faithful.  Duluth-Superior managed 11 hits in their
victory.  
 
Octavio Dotel(1-0) was the winner allowing no runs in 1 inning. Guillermo
Mota(0-1) took the loss in relief.  Duluth-Superior extended their winning
streak to 6 games.