Palms 7, Astros 3 (10 innings)

The Palms started their post season with a victory that proved they didn't have many nerves headed into the playoffs. They scored their first run in the 2nd when Carlos Ruiz had a timely single to bring Chris Korb across. The Astros would tie it back up in the bottom of the 2nd when Marwin Gonzalez homered. The Palms loaded the bases in the 4th against Justin Verlander, and Coco Crisp dropped a double over the short fence in left, scoring two runs, which was the lead until the bottom of the 8th, when the Astros' big bats would strike again. Houston's George Springer and Alex Bregman hit back to back, 2 out solo home runs to tie things back up and send it to extras. Francisco Liriano was particularly ineffective against the Palms, who had 6 straight hits, including the game winner from Tony Abreu, but also an RBI from Crisp and a pair from John Jaso.
 Miami Palms 7, Houston Astros 3
 Thursday, October 5, 2017


 Miami Palms (101-61)                                     Houston Astros (1-6)                                   
 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave     
 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---     
 J Jaso dh       6  0  2  2  0  1  0  0  0  2   .295      G Springer cf   5  1  2  1  0  0  2  0  0  0   .333
 N Markakis rf   6  0  2  0  0  1  3  0  0  2   .287      A Bregman 3b    5  1  2  1  0  0  1  2  0  0   .286
 F Sohn lf       5  0  1  0  1  3  7  0  0  0   .280      J Altuve 2b     5  0  1  0  0  0  2  2  0  1   .290
 E Encarnacion 1b6  1  1  0  0  0  5  1  0  4   .315      C Correa ss     4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0   .185
 C Korb 3b       5  2  2  0  0  1  0  2  0  0   .265      E Gattis dh     4  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  2   .250
 T Abreu ss      5  2  2  1  0  2  1  0  0  3   .278      J Reddick rf    3  0  1  0  1  1  1  0  0  0   .077
 C Ruiz c        5  1  2  1  0  1  5  0  0  0   .268      Y Gurriel 1b    3  0  0  0  1  0  7  0  0  1   .269
 J Giavotella 2b 5  1  3  0  0  1  2  2  0  0   .304      M Gonzalez lf   4  1  1  1  0  1  3  0  0  2   .261
 C Crisp cf      5  0  3  3  0  1  5  0  0  1   .214      B McCann c      4  0  0  0  0  1  12 0  0  0   .261

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---           
 Totals          48 7  18 7  1  11 30 5  0  12            Totals          37 3  7  3  2  4  30 4  0  6 


                        1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 11     R  H  E
                        -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -
 Miami Palms            0  1  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  4         7  18 0 
 Houston Astros         0  1  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0         3  7  0 



 LOB- Miami Palms 12, Houston Astros 6; 2B- C Crisp(30), J Jaso(48), C Korb(27), G Springer(4);
 HR- G Springer(2), M Gonzalez(2), A Bregman(2); RBI- C Ruiz(44), C Crisp 3(53),
 J Jaso 2(83), T Abreu(85), G Springer(3), M Gonzalez(3), A Bregman(5); RLSP- E Encarnacion 3,
 N Markakis, J Jaso 2, T Abreu 2, M Gonzalez, E Gattis; 

 
 


 Miami Palms               IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 L Harrell(W 15-9)         9.0  6  3  3  2  4    3.08 
 M Morin                   1.0  1  0  0  0  0    3.40 

 Houston Astros            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 J Verlander               5.0  8  3  3  1  6    5.40 
 C Devenski                2.0  3  0  0  0  3    0.00 
 W Harris                  2.0  1  0  0  0  1    0.00 
 F Liriano(L 0-1)          1.0  6  4  4  0  1   36.00

 Pitches-strikes- L Harrell 102-69, M Morin 8-5, J Verlander 80-55, C Devenski 36-24,
 W Harris 24-16, F Liriano 25-18; Batters faced- L Harrell 35, M Morin 4, J Verlander 24,
 C Devenski 9, W Harris 7, F Liriano 9;

Player of the Game: Coco Crisp

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