{"id":2227,"date":"2019-09-18T14:49:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T18:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/?p=2227"},"modified":"2019-09-18T15:14:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T19:14:44","slug":"navarro-keeps-red-sox-season-alive-red-sox-vs-outlaws-g3-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/18\/navarro-keeps-red-sox-season-alive-red-sox-vs-outlaws-g3-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Navarro Keeps Red Sox Season Alive | Red Sox vs Outlaws G3 RECAP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SPORTSPLEX<\/strong>– The Sports Aux Puces Red Sox staved off elimination last night in Game 3 of the 2019 Tier 2 Championships, defeating the \u201cNo All-Star\u201d Outlaws 12-8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Outlaws won the first two games of the series, 6-5 and 10-3, and were poised for the sweep with ace Jeremy Pluym on full rest set for the start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armando Navarro, who was once part of an organization that overcame a 2-0 Tier 2 championship series deficit (sup Cornwall?!?), was seen right before first pitch motivating his new team with an emotional pregame speech.\u00a0\u00a0This obviously fired up the Red Sox, who plated 5 of their first 6 batters in the top of the first, highlighted by a Phil St-Martin 2-run single.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tony Carbonetti and Ron Martelle, who were once upon a time Outlaws themselves (before being Outlawed by the Outlaws they left behind), took care of the scoring for the Red Sox in the 2nd.\u00a0Antonio lead off with a triple, and Ronald knocked him in on a ROE RBI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cPanthers of Tier 2\u201d weren\u2019t going to let the Red Sox run away with this one (yet), answering with 4 runs of their own over the first 2 inning; trailing by just 2 through 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Pluym (2x Tier 3 MVP<\/em>) and Dave Rotari (2004 Hurricanes MVP of the Tier 4 Playoff Quarterfinals<\/em>) settled in and kept runs off the board in the 3rd and 4th innings, leading to the first big decision of the night in the 5th:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With 2 outs and the top of the order coming up for the 4th time, but with one of the most unpredictable yet predictable runners in the world standing on 1st (SPOILER<\/em><\/strong>: he\u2019s going to run on the first pitch), the Outlaws removed Pluym (who’s pickoff game is weak) from the game, turning the ball over to the bullpen to keep things close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relief pitcher Garrett Brown had issues finding the strike zone, leading to the first of 6 Red Sox runs to cross the plate on the bullpen’s watch.\u00a0\u00a0Brown didn\u2019t have any issues finding actual Red Sox though, plunking 2 of the 3 he faced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Red Sox lead was 12-4 heading into the bottom half of the final frame, but they had to sweat it out just a bit when the Outlaws put together a little rally that eventually brought the tying run \u201cin-the-hole\u201d.  The outcome of this one was never in doubt though.  Red Sox win 12-8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Outlaws won\u2019t have to wait long for another opportunity at hoisting their 3rd Tier 2 Championship trophy.\u00a0\u00a0Game 4 of the Tier 2 Finals takes place tonight across the border at Allen Parc.\u00a0\u00a0Feels like a Nick Hall (Outlaws) vs Justin Deroy-Dunn (Red Sox) kind of night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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@NCBLREDSOX<\/a> back at it tonight looking to tie up the series, game is at 8pm at Allen Parc<\/p>— NCBLREDSOX (@NCBLREDSOX) September 18, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>