Game Summary

• Game #1 of the 'round robin' style playoff first round, played at Plymouth Park on a cool night.
• The ManBearPigs had just defeated this opponent for the first time in the last game of the regular season.
• Winning the coin toss, the ManBearPigs chose home side.
• After giving up a pair of runs in the top of the 1st inning, the ManBearPigs lit up the score board with 7 runs in the bottom half including a grand slam by #39 Brandon MacKay (1st of the post season).
• Before the ManBearPigs recorded a second out in the bottom of the 1st inning, #19 Michael McKenney had a chance at another grand slam in the same inning.
• The ManBearPigs held the opponents off the score board for the next 3 innings, including a 3 up 3 down top of the 4th inning, while on offense were trickling in a run in the 2nd and 3rd innings and 2 runs in the 4th.
• #46 Paul Eccles hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 3rd inning, his first career over the fence home run.
• It should have been a 2-run shot but the opponent's short stop had an arm to gun down a runner at third base.
• The ManBearPigs had another run cut down at home plate by that same short stop in the 4th inning.
• The score was 11-2 after 4 innings but the momentum shifted in the 5th inning.
• The opponents won the 5th inning 1-0, the 6th inning 2-0 and the 7th inning 2-1 to make the score 12-7.
• An important 8th inning saw the opponents score only one run in the top half despite several 'missed' opportunities by the ManBearPigs' defense to record the final out.
• The score now 12-8, the ManBearPigs came through in the bottom of the 8th inning with 3 runs earned on aggressive base running.
• A blanked top of the 9th inning left the score at 15-8 for a ManBearPigs win.
• Not recorded below in the statistics were sac fly outs by #3 Jamie-Lee Hogan (1st inning), #28 Darryl Palmer (2nd inning) and #45 Todd Skelton (8th inning).
• Starting pitcher #28 Darryl Palmer was on fire, forcing an otherwise patient team to swing on the 1st pitch.
• The win to start the Playoff Round Robin gives the ManBearPigs a legitimate shot at a top 4 position to advance.