Konerko's Walk Off Base Hit Gives SoCal Another Victory!

Paul Konerko won the game with a walk off base hit with the bases loaded.



Encarnacion went 3 for 4, 3 RBI, 2 runs, and hit his 5th HR in 8 games.

BOXSCORE: 2012 Hessville Everreadys At 2012 SoCal Wildfires         4/24/2012
 
  Everreadys         AB  R  H RBI AVG     Wildfires          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Rollins SS        4  2  2  0 .500     B.Upton CF          4  1  1  0 .243  
  G.Sanchez DH        4  0  1  3 .250     M.Holliday LF       5  0  1  0 .345  
  D.Young LF          5  1  2  0 .400     M.Napoli C          4  0  2  1 .261  
  C.Young CF          4  1  2  3 .500     P.Konerko 1B        5  0  1  1 .355  
  R.Howard 1B         5  0  1  0 .200     D.Uggla 2B          4  0  0  0 .000  
  K.Kouzmanoff 3B     3  0  1  0 .333     M.Stanton RF        4  1  1  0 .250  
A-S.Smith PH          0  0  0  0 ----     E.Thames DH         3  2  2  2 .333  
B-L.Chisenhall 3B     1  0  0  0 .000     R.Santiago SS       3  1  1  0 .208  
  C.Crawford RF       4  0  0  0 .000     E.Encarnacion 3B    4  2  3  3 .484  
  L.Marson C          4  0  0  0 .000                                          
  E.Johnson 2B        4  2  2  0 .500                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  6 11  6                 Totals      36  7 12  7
 
A-Pinch Hit For Kouzmanoff In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Smith In 7th Inning
 
Everreadys...... 1 2 0  1 0 2  0 0 0  -  6 11  0
Wildfires....... 1 0 0  4 0 1  0 0 1  -  7 12  2
 
Everreadys (0-1)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Guthrie                 5 1/3   9   6   6   0   5   2  10.13  A1 C7
B.Wood LOSS(0-1) BS(1st)  2 2/3   2   1   1   2   5   0   3.38  C8 E1
F.Cordero                 0 1/3   1   0   0   1   0   0   0.00  E2
Totals                    8 1/3  12   7   7   3  10   2
 
Wildfires (7-1)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Saunders                6      10   6   4   3   4   1   2.50  A1 D5
B.League                  2       1   0   0   1   2   0   2.25  D6 E3
C.Wade                    0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00  E4 E4
J.Peralta WIN(1-0)        0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00  E5
Totals                    9      11   6   4   4   6   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 41,508 DATE- Friday, April 24th 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Brian Runge, Charlie Reliford, Kerwin Danley, Greg Gibson
T- 3:41
LEFT ON BASE- Everreadys: 9  Wildfires: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Everreadys: 0  Wildfires: 2
ERRORS- P.Konerko, E.Encarnacion
DOUBLES- E.Johnson(1st), B.Upton(3rd), M.Holliday(5th), M.Stanton(2nd),
         R.Santiago(2nd)
TRIPLES- M.Napoli(1st)
HOME RUNS- C.Young(1st), E.Thames(1st), E.Encarnacion(5th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Rollins-2(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Santiago
WALKS- J.Rollins, G.Sanchez, C.Young, S.Smith, B.Upton, M.Napoli, E.Thames
STRIKE OUTS- G.Sanchez, R.Howard, C.Crawford-2, L.Marson, E.Johnson, B.Upton,
             M.Holliday, M.Napoli-2, P.Konerko-2, D.Uggla-2, M.Stanton-2
GIDP- D.Young, C.Crawford
2-out RBI- C.Young-3, G.Sanchez-2, E.Thames-2, E.Encarnacion-3
 
Edwin Encarnacion hit a homerun and had 3 RBI as the SoCal Wildfires won a
heart-stopping victory over the Hessville Everreadys, 7 to 6.
 
The game was decided in the bottom of the 9th inning.  Encarnacion lined a
base-hit.  B.J. Upton stepped into the batter's box and he drew a walk.
After an out was recorded, Mike Napoli stepped in and he drew a walk to load
the bases.  Paul Konerko came up and he stroked a one-base hit giving SoCal
the victory as 41,508 happy fans celebrated wildly.  A wild affair, this game
saw the lead change 5 times.  
 
The winning pitcher was Joel Peralta(1-0) who allowed no runs in 2/3 of an
inning. Blake Wood(0-1) was hit with the loss in relief.  Despite the loss,he struckout 5 SoCal batters in 2 and 2/3 innings.