Marlins Tie It Up

"The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every game."

- Gabe Paul (1910-1998), Cleveland Indians General Manager

Over four hours after it started, the Marlins finally won the fourth game of the series 4-3 on a 12th inning home run by Alex Gonzales off Yankee reliever, Jeff Weaver.  It was a line drive that barely cleared the left field wall.  This ties the series at two games apiece.

Clemens wasn't as sharp as he could have been, giving up three runs in the first inning, but then settling down and keeping things on an even keel until he was relieved in the 7th inning. He left the field to a standing ovation led by the Marlins team, I might add.

Carl Pavano, on the other hand, did a rather masterful job of containing the Yanks until he turned it over to Ugueth Urbina in the eighth.  Urbina allowed New York to come back in the ninth when Ruben Sierra tripled to right, driving in two runs to tie the game 3-3.  From then until the game winning homer, it was nip and tuck with both teams' bullpens turning in good performances.

We now have a horse race, my friends.  I predict it will go seven games, and hope it does.  Phew!  I'm too old to be staying up this late!