Jefry Marte comes alive!
Just stand there and take it in.
After three games won by wide margins, it made sense that the final game in the series would be a tough back-and-forth match that was up for grabs until the final swing. The Fisher Cats offense knocked in 5 runs against shaky B-Mets starter Greg Peavey, but the B-Mets offense was back in action after getting shut out on Saturday, knocking in 7 runs on a single, double, and three home runs. The Fisher Cats rallied back for one run off Robert Carson in the 9th, but Carson ended the inning without further incident for his first save with the B-Mets.
Matt den Dekker, Sean Kazmar, and Jefry Marte all homered for the B-Mets and all three made key defensive plays to keep the game close. Marte was busy fielding balls at third, Kazmar made a spectacular grab to rob Mike McDade of a base hit, and den Dekker kept busy chasing down anything that dropped in center to limit the damage when he wasn’t driving runs in. Marte’s 2-run shot in the 7th was his first with the B-Mets and gave them the lead for good.
With so many balls in play, defense and baserunning were key in this game and both teams had their great plays and blunders. The B-Mets botched their first pickoff attempt when the throw from catcher Juan Centeno went into right field, but they nabbed John Tolisano trying to steal second and picked off Justin Jackson at first.
Juan Lagares reached base twice on bad throws from Fisher Cats third baseman Mark Sobolewski, but he pushed his luck the second time and was caught stealing.
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