FRANKLIN & CO. 1-HIT BUCS OVER 10 INNINGS
Sexson Homers Twice, 2nd Walk-Off
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 22 (AP) - Wayne Franklin held the Pittsburgh Pirates to a single
hit over nine innings and Richie Sexson's walk-off homer in the bottom of the
10th inning gave the Milwaukee Brewers their third straight win, a 2-1 extra
inning decision, at Miller Park. Sexson's walk-off home run was his second
long ball of the game, accounting for all of Milwaukee's scoring. Valerio
de los Santos pitched an inning of hitless, shutout relief to earn the win for
the Brewers.
As good as Franklin was, his counterpart, Kip Wells, matched him pitch for
pitch. Wells fired eight innings of one-run ball, striking out 10 before
being replaced by a pinch hitter in the top of the ninth.
The Pirates jumped out on top in the third inning. No one had reached base
for either club when, with one out, Jack Wilson drove a Franklin offering over
the right field wall. Wilson's opposite field blast was his seventh home
run of the season. Pittsburgh didn't put another runner on base until Jose
Hernandez drew a one-out walk in the fifth, before being gunned down trying to
steal second by Brewers catcher Keith Osik. Jeff Reboulet drew a lead-off
walk for the Pirates in the seventh, but Franklin stranded him at first base en
route to retiring the final nine batters he faced. For the game, Franklin
faced only 29 batters, retiring 26 of them. After the Wilson home run, as
long as Franklin was in the game, the Brewers never advanced a man past first
base and stranded only one runner in nine innings.
Wells, meanwhile, retired the first 12 batters he faced, but Sexson led off the
bottom of the fifth by driving a 3-2 fastball just inside the left field foul
pole for his 31st home run of the year, tying the game. Over the next 12
outs the Brewers managed a single and a walk, but never advanced a baserunner
past first until after Wells was removed from the game.
In the bottom of the ninth, with reliever Joe Beimel on the mound, Bill Hall
tripled to right-center, but Beimel struck out Geoff Jenkins to end the inning.
In the top of the 10th, de los Santos walked Reggie Sanders with one out and
Sanders promptly stole second base, giving the Pirates their first runner in
scoring position since Wilson was rounding the bases to complete his third
inning home run. The Brewers walked Craig Wilson intentionally, putting
runners on first and second. Hernandez rolled weakly to short for the
second out, with the runners advancing to second and third. J.J. Davis
then struck out to retire the side.
Mark Corey came on for Pittsburgh in the bottom of the 10th, fell behind Sexson
3-1, and tried to slip a fastball past him. Sexson deposited the pitch
into the left field seats for a walk-off home run. It was the second time
this season Sexson had hit two home runs in the same game and the Pirates have
been the victims both times. The first occasion was a 5-4 Milwaukee loss
on April 10 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.
8/22/2003, Pit03-Mil03, Miller Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 2003 Pirates 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 2003 Brewers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 2 0 Pirates AB R H BI AVG Brewers AB R H BI AVG Kendall c 4 0 0 0 .283 Podsednik cf 4 0 0 0 .307 Reboulet 2b 3 0 0 0 .231 Hall,B 2b 4 0 1 0 .271 Giles,B cf 4 0 0 0 .328 de los Santos p 0 0 0 0 .000 Sanders,R lf 3 0 0 0 .310 Jenkins lf 4 0 0 0 .322 Wilson,C 1b 3 0 0 0 .265 Sexson 1b 4 2 2 2 .267 Hernandez,J 3b 3 0 0 0 .261 Clark,B rf 2 0 0 0 .283 Davis,JJ rf 4 0 0 0 .000 Helms 3b 3 0 1 0 .259 Corey p 0 0 0 0 .000 Osik c 3 0 0 0 .256 Wilson,J ss 3 1 1 1 .236 Clayton ss 3 0 0 0 .219 Wells,K p 2 0 0 0 .167 Franklin,W p 2 0 0 0 .184 Redman,T ph 1 0 0 0 .263 Ginter,K ph 1 0 0 0 .252 Beimel p 0 0 0 0 1.000 30 2 4 2 Rivera,C 1b 0 0 0 0 .271 30 1 1 1 Pirates INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Wells,K 8.0 2 1 1 1 10 104 70 2.87 Beimel 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 10 8 6.95 Corey L 0-1 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 5 2 9.72 9.0 4 2 2 1 11 119 80 Brewers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Franklin,W 9.0 1 1 1 2 4 111 72 5.29 de los Santos W 3-3 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 21 10 3.61 10.0 1 1 1 4 5 132 82 Pit: Redman,T batted for Wells,K in the 9th Sanders,R moved to rf in the 10th Wilson,C moved to lf in the 10th Rivera,C inserted at 1b in the 10th Mil: Ginter,K batted for Franklin,W in the 9th Ginter,K moved to 2b in the 10th 3B-Hall,B(3). HR-Wilson,J(6), Sexson 2(32). RBI-Wilson,J(43), Sexson 2(89). SB-Sanders,R(12). CS-Hernandez,J, Clark,B. K-Sanders,R, Davis,JJ 2, Wells,K, Redman,T, Podsednik, Hall,B, Jenkins, Sexson 2, Clark,B, Helms 2, Osik 2, Franklin,W. BB-Reboulet, Sanders,R, Wilson,C, Hernandez,J, Clark,B. GWRBI: Sexson Temperature: 77, Sky: clear, Wind: in from center at 10 MPH. Attendance: 17,498 Game Time: 2:34