{"id":98,"date":"2008-10-13T16:05:15","date_gmt":"2008-10-14T00:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/?p=98"},"modified":"2009-07-13T12:54:45","modified_gmt":"2009-07-13T20:54:45","slug":"boston-holds-off-minnesotas-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/2008\/10\/13\/boston-holds-off-minnesotas-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Holds Off Minnesota&#8217;s Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/images\/100908\/shot0001.png\" alt=\"Game\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tim&#8217;s Boston team held on to edge out Minnesota on Thursday after blowing a three-run lead in the later innings.  Minnesota was downtrodden the whole game after falling behind 2-0 in the first inning after Duncan&#8217;s two-run home run.  After falling further behind 3-0, Minnesota battled back with three home runs of their own and came within one swing of tying the game.<\/p>\n<p><!--more Click here to read more and see highlight of the game! --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We knew they&#8217;d battle back,&#8221; said Tim.  &#8220;We were just hoping to hold on, and fortunately we had enough pichers left in the bullpen to finish them off.&#8221;  Boston was fortunate enough to score two insurance runs in the top of the ninth, both of which were needed to fend off Minnesota and their two ninth inning runs.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n            function startGallery_9() { \n              var myGallery = new gallery($(\"myGallery_9\"), {                  timed: true,         showCarousel: false,         showInfopane: true,           showArrows: true,           embedLinks: true, slideInfoZoneOpacity: 0.80, delay: 7000, defaultTransition: \"fadebg\"   });\n              \n              document.getElementById(\"myGallery_9\").style.display = \"block\";\n           }\n            window.addEvent(\"domready\", startGallery_9);\n          <\/script>\n         <div style=\"width: 480px; height: 450px; border:0px solid; margin:0px auto; clear:both;\"><div id=\"myGallery_9\" class=\"myGallery\" style=\"display:none; width: 480px !important; height: 450px !important;\"><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> October 9, 2008 - Boston Holds Off Minnesota's Comeback<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Boston Holds Off Minnesota's Comeback in the 9th inning to win it.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/shot0001.png\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/shot0001.png\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0001.png\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> October 9, 2008 - Boston Holds Off Minnesota's Comeback<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Duncan's first inning homer was the only offense for either team until the later innings.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/shot0016.png\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/shot0016.png\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0016.png\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> October 9, 2008 - Boston Holds Off Minnesota's Comeback<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Gordon puts Minnesota on the board in the seventh, cutting their deficit to 3-1.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/shot0018.png\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/shot0018.png\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0018.png\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> October 9, 2008 - Boston Holds Off Minnesota's Comeback<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Boston center fielder Dick watches as Ozzie's 8th inning home run puts Minnesota within one.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/shot0020.png\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/shot0020.png\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0020.png\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> October 9, 2008 - Boston Holds Off Minnesota's Comeback<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Ozzie celebrates with teammates after his shot leaves the park.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/shot0022.png\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/shot0022.png\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0022.png\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> October 9, 2008 - Boston Holds Off Minnesota's Comeback<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Benny's ninth inning shot gives fans a reason to see the game to the end.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/shot0024.png\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/shot0024.png\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0024.png\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div><div class=\"imageElement\">  <h3> October 9, 2008 - Boston Holds Off Minnesota's Comeback<\/h3>  <p style=\"color: #FFF000;\"> Boston fans celebrate after dodging a ninth inning bullet.<\/p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/shot0026.png\" title=\"open image\" class=\"open\"><\/a>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/shot0026.png\" class=\"full\" \/>  <img src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wordpress\/..\/images\/100908\/thumbs\/thumbs_shot0026.png\" class=\"thumbnail\" \/><\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/images\/out\/OutMINSmall.gif\" alt=\"Out\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tim: Wins by 1 runs ($0.25 + $0.05), 5 K&#8217;s ($0.25), 1 HRs ($0.05) = $0.60<br \/>\nDavey: 5 K&#8217;s ($0.25), 3 HRs ($0.15) = $0.40<br \/>\nTotal: Davey owes Tim $0.20<br \/>\nLifetime: Davey owes Tim $1.00<\/p>\n<p>Series Lifetime: Tim 6, Davey 5<br \/>\nK&#8217;s Lifetime: Tim: 53, Davey 63<br \/>\nHR Lifetime: Tim 18, Davey 23<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim&#8217;s Boston team held on to edge out Minnesota on Thursday after blowing a three-run lead in the later innings. Minnesota was downtrodden the whole game after falling behind 2-0 in the first inning after Duncan&#8217;s two-run home run. After falling further behind 3-0, Minnesota battled back with three home runs of their own and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102,"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions\/102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.badnewsbaseball.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}