Sometimes in a game of Statis Pro, you just have to be the right guy at the right time. Sometimes, that guy is Orlando Mercado.
In the fifth inning, with runners on the corners, Mercado poked a single to score Barry Bonnell. One out later Steve Henderson singled home Spike Owen to give the Mariners a 2-1 lead.
In the sixth inning, the bases were loaded when Mercado was again at the plate. This time, Mike Flanagan plunked him to bring home Bonnell!
In the top of the eighth, Spike Owen hit his fourth triple on the season with one out. Mercado laid down a perfect suicide squeeze to plate Owen, but reliever Mark Brown committed an error and Mercado reached first base as an added bonus. Bonnell added a two run blast in the ninth and that's all the trident-M's would need to carry the day.
Winning Pitcher - Jim Beattie
Losing Pitcher - Mike Flanagan
Save - Edwin Nunez
Player of the Game - Orlando Mercado, RBI hit, RBI hit by pitch, RBI squeeze
Hall of Famers in the Game - Cal Ripken, Eddie Murray
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