Thu, 30 September, 7:15PM, at Cambridge - St. Peters
Blue Jays 3, Spinners 2
In one of the most memorable championship series you could witness, this one went to the wire.
Jays lead 1-0 in a pitchers duel with solid D from both sides. The Spinners come back and plate 2 in the 6th to take a 2-1 lead. In the bottom of the 6th Jays leave runners on 2nd and 3rd.
Move to the bottom of the 7th; Jake Stewart, Dakota Happas and Eddie Pickett hit 3 consecutive single to load the bases with no outs. Dana Levensaler hits a sack fly to tie it. Runners on 1st and 2nd, Rob Linn hits a grounder to 2nd and Spinners try to turn 2, Linn barely beats the throw to first. Happas never stops coming around from second and beats the throw to the plate and the Jays score 2 in the bottom 7th for the walk off win.
An unbelievable finish to a great 2010 season. Stephen Shortle goes the distance to pick up the win.
We will utter the 2 words we have said all year: HEY JAYS! |
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Wed, 29 September, 7:15PM, at Cambridge - St. Peters
Blue Jays 11, Spinners 2
Jays bats wake up after being handle by the Spinners pitching staff over the weekend. They put up 11 runs on 9 hits, 6 walks and 5 hit batters. The Spinners have hit an amazing 15 Jay hitters over the course of these 4 games.
Dakota Happas and Kevin Bell had 2 hits each and were on base 3 times while Eddie Pickett led the way going 2-2 with 2 HBP to reach base all 4 times and driving in 3. KBell also stole 2 bases and went the distance on the hill.
Big play in the middle innings of a close game; Jays have bases loaded and Colin Confoey connects with a 3 run triple.
The conclusion of a hard fought series is sure to be exciting and in the immortal words of Jack Buck after Kirby Puckett's homer in game 6 of the 91 world series "we'll see ya tomorrow night"! |
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Sun, 26 September, 2:00PM, at Charlestown - Ryan
Spinners 5, Blue Jays 3
Spinners take game 2 behind a great pitching performance by Brennan.
Game 2 saw Spinners work horse Kevin Brennan taking on Cy Young winner Kyle Buika. The Spinners came out aggressive putting 2 runs up in the 1st on RBIs by O.Caceres and Brennan. The Spinners would give the Jays 2 runs back in the 2nd on three costly errors. But the Spinners would stay one step ahead of the Jays as they tried to battle back. In the 5th, Mori hits a huge triple and would later score the go ahead run on a Walsh sac fly. Spinners aggressiveness at the plate pays off as they had 10 hits on the day.
Brennan was the headliner of the game, as he has been all year for the Spinners. He contributed at the plate with 2 RBIs and finished the game on the mound letting up only 4 hits, no BB and 1 earned run.
Mori led the offense going 3-4 w/ a triple and a SB.
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Sat, 25 September, 2:00PM, at Charlestown - Ryan
Spinners 4, Blue Jays 3
Spinners tie the series at a game a piece.
Happas pitched 9 innings of solid baseball. Through 9 innings Happas only walked 1 batter. Casey struggled the first few innings hitting 4 batters but then settled down and got into his "zone".
With the Spinners down a run in the 7th, pinch hitter Rick Scalzo hits a triple to right field. He would tie the game up on a Megadesian single.
In the bottom of the 9th Nick Bonard stepped to the plate with 2 outs and the bases loaded. Bonard would get his 5th hit of the game with a line drive to left field that scored the tieing and winning run.
Bonard had a finals game to remember going 5-5. Casey improves to 3-0 in the playoffs.
Game 3 tomorrow at Ryan Field. Expecting another sold out game. |
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Thu, 23 September, 7:30PM, at Cambridge - St. Peters
Blue Jays 6, Spinners 1
With Buika and Bell needing more rest the Jays turned to right fielder Dana Levensaler for game 1, his first career start as a Jay.
Early on the Spinners threaten. 1st & 2nd, 1 out, a liner to center where Ed Pickett was playing due to Confoey's suspension. Pick charges in to make the catch & doubles the runner off second to end the rally. The Spinners did break the ice first scoring on a wild pitch.
The Jays answer with a 3 spot. Taking advantage of 4 hit batters & getting enough hits when they needed them to go up 6-1. Rob Linn led the offense going 2-3, 3 RBI that included a key 2 run single down the 3B line.
With the exception or 1 or 2 balls, the Jays play solid D behind Levensaler including a few himself on the mound. He would go the distance striking out 3 & walking just 1.
Jays lead the series 1-0. Game 2 Saturday at 2pm in Charlestown. There will be no blackout as tickets are sold out for this event. |
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Tue, 21 September, 7:30PM, at Cambridge - St. Peters
Spinners 7, Tigers 1
The Cambridge Spinners win the Bay State Division in 3 games against a good Tigers ball club.
Kevin Brennan lead the charge with his pitching and his hitting. Brennan threw a complete game, 3 hit, 1 walk, 1 run gem. At the plate he went 1-3 with a double and 2 RBI. Brennan didn't do it alone though, the fielding behind him was great! From 1 through 9, the hitting stepped it up.
100% total team effort to advance to the MABL Finals to play the Blue Jays. |
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Sun, 19 September, 1:00PM, at Roslindale - Fallon
Spinners 4, Tigers 2
Spinners take Game 2 behind the arm of Randy Casey.
Spinners scored 4 in the first, 1 run came on a double by Steve Walsh. Spinners would strand a lot of runners but 4 runs would be enough behind the arm of Casey. Casey pitched 7 innings, letting up 4 hits, walking 3 and having 5 Ks.
The Tigers CF, Silk, had a great diving web gem doubling up the runner at second and getting the Tigers out of a bases loaded jam.
Game 3 Tuesday night in Cambridge. |
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Fri, 17 September, 7:30PM, at Roslindale - Fallon
Spinners 6, Tigers 4
Thanks to the tigers for their help getting the field ready for the game.
Spinners take game 1 on a combine pitching performance by Mori, 4 ip; Alcott, 1ip; and work horse Brennan, who picks up the save.
Mike Tufo came through for the Spinners with a bases loaded double scoring 3 runs. The Tigers would fight back each inning but the Spinners were able to hold them off.
Game 2 is Sunday, Fallon Field. |
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Sun, 12 September, 1:00PM, at Roslindale - Fallon
Spinners 4, Senators 3
Spinners win series.
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Sat, 11 September, 7:00PM, at Cambridge - St. Peters
Spinners 6, Senators 3
| Spinners tie the series tonight but it wasn't pretty from both sides. Casey and Cook both struggled to throw strikes tonight with a TIGHT strike zone. Regardless Casey picks up the victory allowing only 2 hits all game. Spinners only had 4 hits on some timely hitting. Alcott had 3 RBI, while Brennan pitched in with 2. Bonard reached base safety with 3 BB. The Spinners look to take the series Sunday at Fallon Field. |
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Wed, 8 September, 8:00PM, at Charlestown - Ryan
Senators 1, Spinners 0
It was Matt Coyne night at Ryan field as Coyne spun a 3 hit complete game gem to put the Sens ahead 1-0 in the first round. Coyne kept the Spinners' bats off balance all night and worked out of a bases loaded, one out jam in the bottom of the 7th by striking out the last two batters to secure the win.
John Maryanski led the offense with two hits and drove in the winning run after a double by rookie sensation Steve McKeown. OF McKeown had two hits on the night and had a key assist at second to kill the rally.
David Timmons chipped in with a hit and had several key defensive plays at first. |
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Wed, 1 September, 7:30PM, at Cambridge - St. Peters
Brewers 6, Spinners 4
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Mon, 30 August, 7:30PM, at Cambridge - St. Peters
Spinners 9, Senators 4
The Spinners clinch the division for the 1st time in franchise history with a win over the Senators Monday night. Winners of 4 straight and 6-3 in the month of August, the Spinners avoid the frenzied tie break discussions on the MABL message boards.
Led by valiant pitching efforts from position players Steve Walsh and Mike Mori and an inspired performance by Joe Tufo, the Spinners emerged victorious. After scoring an early run in the 1st, the Spinners lost momentum by giving up 4 runs in the 3rd. But for the first time this season, the Spinners came from behind for the win by scoring 6 runs of their own in the fourth. The rally was punctuated by a 2 out, 2 strike, 2 RBI single by Joe Tufo who also turned in a gold glove performance in the OF. Spinners would add 2 more late to give Kevin Brennan enough runs to seal the deal. All told, 6 players chipped in RBIs and the Spinners look to bring their hot bats to the playoffs. |
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Sun, 29 August, 4:00PM, at Roslindale - Fallon
Spinners 4, Reds 1
Spinners hopped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first inning on a double by Omar Caceres. The Reds would get one back in the 5th. Kevin Brennan pitched a complete game with 6 SO and 5 hits.
Brennan picks up his 7th win of the season.
The Spinners will try to take the division tomorrow night against a hot Senators team. |
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Sat, 28 August, 10:00AM, at Charlestown - Ryan
Spinners 3, Rangers 2
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Randy Casey and Shane Steffens met today for the 2nd time this season. It was a pitching duel at its finest.
The Spinners started the game off by scoring in the 1st on a sac fly and then again in the 3rd, both off the bat of Omar Caceres. The Rangers would get one run back in the 4th inning on a throwing error to second base and they would tie the game in the 6th on a Bracco double.
The game would stay even with no real threats until the bottom of the 10 inning. With 1 out J.Tufo would walk followed by a single by Scalzo and a Mori walk. With bases loaded, team avg. leader, Bonard would ground to a shallow Katz at 2nd, who makes the play to home.
With 2 outs and the bases loaded rookie Steve Walsh had a battle with Steffans, fighting to a full count. After fouling off a few pitches Walsh would draw the game winning walk.
Both pitchers went all 10 innings. Randy Casey picks up his 5th win in a row. |
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Sun, 22 August, 1:00PM, at Lawrence - Lawrence HS
Spinners 4, Lawrence DBacks 3
Another closely contested game between these two teams on a rainy Sunday afternoon but the Spinners Kevin Brennan goes 8 innings for the win against a tough DBacks squad.
The Spinners would jump out to a 3 run lead in the 2nd after a double by Greg Megerdichian scored 2 and a SAC fly by Brennan would bring in 1 more. The DBacks would fire right back in the bottom of the 2nd led by a Steve VanReenen (2 for 4), they'd score 2 runs and then 1 more in the 4th to tie the game at 3. After 3 scoreless innings by both teams, the Spinners Eric Rochon would walk then eventually score off a DBack error. Brennan would then come back in for the 8th to finish out the game and get the victory for the Spinners. |
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Wed, 18 August, 8:00PM, at Chelsea - Chelsea HS
Orioles 4, Spinners 2
Bo Gillette threw a complete game for Orioles, scattering 5 hits.
In the 3rd inning, Gillette would get all the run support he would need as the O's batted around and plated 4. Bobby Shady, Chris McGeary and Mike Ballard each chipped in with an RBI apiece. |
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Sun, 15 August, 9:00AM, at Cambridge - St. Peters
Brewers 6, Spinners 4
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Sat, 14 August, 7:00PM, at Cambridge - St. Peters
Spinners 6, Reds 1
The Spinners, led by Randy Casey, beat a tough Reds team. Casey went the distance pitching a shut out until the last inning. He finished the game with 3 hits, 9 SO and 1 run.
Mike Mori reached base safely in all 4 ABs with 3 hits and a BB. Steve Walsh also had a 3 hit night with 2 RBI.
Jordan Alcott pitched in with 2 RBI.
Congrats to Nick Bonard, who continued his 18 game hitting strike on his last AB of the game. |
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Sun, 8 August, 4:00PM, at Charlestown - Ryan
Rangers 3, Spinners 1
Andy Katz and Chris Plant each had two hits, leading the Rangers to their eighth win in nine games. Kevin Delaney pitched four shutout innings and three relievers combined to hold the Spinners to one run.
The scoring didn't come until the third inning when Steve Pinner led off with a single, followed by a single by Jason Skypeck. After Travis Weiner came in to run for Pinner and Jeffrey Rausch was hit by a pitch, Chris Plant hit a sacrifice fly to bring the first run home.
The next inning, Davin Wilfrid singled and scored on a single by Chad Besegai. The Rangers added an insurance run in the sixth when Tim Sheflin singled home Besegai with two outs.
Kevin Brennan went the distance for the Spinners, allowing no walks and only one earned run. |
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Sun, 1 August, 9:00AM, at Cambridge - Rindge Park
Spinners 11, Grays 3
The Spinners pick up there 2nd win of the weekend behind a solid pitching performance by Randy Casey, who picks up his 4th win.
Spinners jumped on top early scoring 3 in the first. The Grays answered back in the 2nd with a Homerun. After the homerun Casey settled down and the Spinners tacked on some more runs.
The combo of Bonard and Alcott led the charge with 3 hits and 2 RBI a piece. D.Caceres pitched in with 3 RBI and 2 hits. |
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Sat, 31 July, 1:30PM, at Chelsea - Chelsea HS
Spinners 5, Brewers 0
Kevin Brennan has another All Star worthy performance improving to 5-1 on the season. Brennan threw 7 scoreless innings against a Brewers team coming off a big win. Bonard stayed hot going 2-2 with 2 BB. Randy Casey helped the team off the bench in the 5th with a single and 2 rbis. Overall the Spinners played very good team baseball.
McClorey went 2-3 for the Brewers. Gentile pitched well in the loss.
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Sat, 24 July, 12:00PM, at Brighton - Cassidy (CCircle)
Spinners 11, Rangers 1
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Sun, 18 July, 10:00AM, at Scituate - Scituate HS
Spinners 14, Grays 5
WP - Casey
The Spinners pick up a win at sunny Scituate High School. Casey went the distance and pitched a solid game despite having to really work for outs in the 3rd with the Spinners making 3 errors. But they made it up with the bats putting up 14 runs.
Rookie Steve Walsh led the charge going 3-3 with two doubles and a BB. Greg Megadesian also reached base every AB with a 1B and 3 BB.
Great team effort with a extra small bench. |
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Wed, 30 June, 8:00PM, at Chelsea - Chelsea HS
Reds 5, Spinners 3
Collin Johnson picks up his first MABL win going the distance.
Offense was provided by Mike Knell who had a 3-rbi double in the 5th and scored 2 runs to account for all 5 the Reds would put up on the night. |
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Sat, 26 June, 7:00PM, at Cambridge - St. Peters
Spinners 10, Blue Jays 3
| Kevin Brennan leads the Spinners to their 5th win of the season on the mound and at the plate. The Blue Jays would start early, putting up 2 runs in the first inning. After batting through the order once the Spinners bats finally woke up in the 4th when Omar Caceres blasted a 3 run homer over the left field fence. The Jays would immediately strike back in the bottom of the 4th tieing the game but that would be the last run Brennan would let up. From the 5th-7th inning the Spinners scored 7 more runs. Big Kev continued to swing a hot bat contributing 2 rbis (3 for 4), J.Tufo and S.Walsh both had key SACs and an rbi/hit a piece. |
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Sat, 19 June, 1:30PM, at Chelsea - Chelsea HS
Senators 9, Spinners 7
The Senators get back on the winning track with some timely hitting and an effective pitching performance from starter Verne Rheault. Rheault kept the Spinners off balance scattering 6 hits over 5 innings, while allowing only 2 earned runs.
Offensively, the Senator 1-4 hitters set the pace going 6-12, with 5 runs, 8 rbis, a triple and a home run.
Pandolfo (1-3, 2R, 1RBI, BB)
Maryanski (1-3, 1R, 3RBIs, BB)
Sinopoli (2-3, 1R, 3RBIs, 3B)
McKeown (2-3, 1R, 1RBI, HR)
The Spinners chipped away in the 6th and 7th but Steve McKeown and Nate Laliberte (S) held on for the win. |
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Mon, 14 June, 8:00PM, at Roxbury - Clifford
Tigers 8, Spinners 7
The Spinners came out of the gates early, scoring three runs in the 1st inning on three hits, two walks and a HBP. They would put up runs in each of the first four innings and take a quick 7-1 lead. In the 4th, the Tigers' bats finally came alive led by Nick Mirabello (2-4, 3 RBI), plating six runs on six hits to tie the game at 7 in the blink of an eye.
In his first relief appearance of the season, Mike Vernon came up huge in two innings of work, battling out of a bases loaded jam with just one out in the 6th. With the score still knotted at 7, Jack Lamoreaux took over on the hill in the top of the 7th, quickly recording three outs facing just four batters, setting the stage for the Tigers offense.
With one out in the bottom of the 7th, red hot Jon Mayes hit a shot to right field. An unsuccessful diving attempt by Allcott allowed Mayes to head to 3B but an overthrow from the cut off man allowed Mayes to come home and give the Tig |
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Fri, 11 June, 8:00PM, at Chelsea - Chelsea HS
Spinners 11, Red Sox 1
The Spinners bats finally woke up and helped Brennan pick up his 3rd win of the season striking out 10 and walking 1. He helped his own cause by going 2-2 with 2 BB and breaking the game open with a 3 run double. Alcott and Casey both chipped in with 2 RBIs a piece. Omar Caceres broke out with a big triple.
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Sat, 22 May, 4:30PM, at Chelsea - Chelsea HS (Game 2 of DH)
Tigers 2, Spinners 0
| In Game 2, starter Chad Griffiths took to the hill giving the Tigers all the inspiration they could ask for. The Tigers jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead in the 1st hightlighted by a Jake Perkins RBI single scoring Johnny Silk (1-3, R, BB). Pitching would once again take over as Griffiths and Casey went toe to toe. This time the Tigers and Griff would come out on top, taking advange of some fine defensive plays, and a little help from above to snap their 3 game losing streak. The Spinners would threaten in the 4th when Oicaceres singled to center and Silky gunned down Mori trying to score, and then in the 6th, at a moment when he seemed to need it most, Griff started up a huge 1-6-3 DP to end the inning. In the 7th, Jon Mayes (2-3, 2B, RBI, SAC) singled in Massey with an insurance run, and Griff came back to finish the game out getting Dicacere to ground back to him to end the CG shutout. |
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Sat, 22 May, 1:30PM, at Chelsea - Chelsea HS (Game 1 of DH)
Spinners 1, Tigers 0
| The Spinners take the 1st game of the hot double header at Chelsea High. Kevin Brennan threw a scoreless gem letting up only 2 hits and walking 1. Houlding pitched 6 strong innings letting up only 3 hits. The Spinners took advantage of a couple walks in the 7th and Eric Rochon got the lone RBI of the ball game. Only 6 hits combine between both teams, not much more to say but good pitchers dual! |
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Sat, 15 May, 7:00PM, at Cambridge - St. Peters
Athletics 4, Spinners 1
The Spinners manufactured their only run in the bottom of the first with a double by Mori and a SAC fly by Alcott. Rookie JT Mooney would settle down the rest of the way to throw his 2nd consecutive CG, giving up no more runs, allowing only 4 hits (none past the second inning), and striking out 6.
The A's scored in the 2nd inning on an RBI single by Kyle Breidenstine. Nick Tapper provided another RBI single in the 3rd. The A's put up two insurance runs in the 6th on a double by Jamie Aldoupolis and RBI singles by JT Mooney and Justin Komins.
For the Spinners, Randy Casey threw a complete game, surrendering 4 earned runs on 8 hits, while striking out 10. |
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Sun, 9 May, 9:00AM, at Cambridge - Rindge Park
Grays 7, Spinners 2
| Grays get their first win behind a strong pitching performance by Pat Potter.Potter went the distance striking out 9 and letting up only 2 runs. The grays offense got going in the 4th when a double by Jay O'hara scored 2 runs.The Grays added 3 more in the fifth with a 2rbi double by Rob Prenovitz. |
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Wed, 5 May, 7:30PM, at Roslindale - Fallon
White Sox 10, Spinners 3
| Tomaro, possibly spurred by the appearance of two real live female fans, powered the Sox to a 10-3 win. He threw 5 no hit innings and added 5 RBI. Gardner was on base all four times with two hits/two walks. Pollard didn't see a pitch and O'Hara looked old, bolstering his injury total for the season. Justin Real made his White Sox debut behind the dish, catching a great game. And in a moral victory the stats were posted within one calendar day. |
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Sat, 1 May, 7:00PM, at Cambridge - St. Peters
Spinners 7, Senators 5
The Spinners make their 2010 St. Peters debut Saturday night with a win over division rival Senators. After a 1 year stint playing baseball in California, Randy Casey makes his first start on the hill wearing a Spinners jersey since 2008. He would lead the Spinners to victory, giving up no runs until the 5th and 6th innings but the Spinner offense would have his back scoring 7 runs. 3rd baseman Eric Rochon had a stand out game knocking in 2 runs on a double and acting like a vacuum at the hot corner. Joe Tufo also helped the offense with a double and 2 RBI’s of his own.
Senators Jonathen Rheault had a quality day at the plate going 2 for 2 with 1 RBI. |
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Sat, 24 April, 4:00PM, at Chelsea - Chelsea HS
Spinners 5, Cutters 4
The Spinners opened their 2010 season by getting a big win against the 2009 MABL Champion Cutters.
Both starting pitchers were on a roll the first 3 innings giving up no runs, then in the 4th the Spinners would break it open.
The big inning was started by leadoff batter Mike Mori (2 for 4, 1 SB) followed by Nick Bonard (3 for 4, 1 double), the next few batters would walk and after a few more hits the Spinners put up 5 runs.
Cutters would fight back putting up 4 in the bottom of the 4th but Spinners starting pitcher Kevin Brennan would get through the next 3 innings without giving up another run leading the Spinners to victory. |
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