THE VIRTUAL BASEBALL LEAGUE
CORPUS CHRISTI HONEY BUTTER CHICKEN BISCUITS AT PUERTO RICO TROPICS
07/28/2031
 
THE VIRTUAL BASEBALL LEAGUE
CORPUS CHRISTI HONEY BUTTER CHICKEN BISCUITS AT PUERTO RICO TROPICS
GAME ID: 1677 - MONDAY, JULY 28TH , 2031 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Corpus Christi Honey Butter Chicken Biscuits (47-58) 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 5 15 0
Puerto Rico Tropics (70-35) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 6 10 1
Tropics Walk It Off for 70th Win of Season
Puerto Rico and Corpus Christi duked it out and the Tropics came out victorious.

The Puerto Rico Tropics beat the Corpus Christi Honey Butter Chicken Biscuits, 6-5, at Roberto Clemente Park. The win was due in part to left fielder José Rivero, who was 3-5 with a home run and 2 singles. He scored 2 runs and drove in 2. The second-place Tropics improved to 70-35.

The game was decided with one out in the bottom of the ninth. With Puerto Rico trailing 5-4, Ron Hankins hit a slider from Noah Syndergaard to right-center for a 2-run double. Just like that, the Tropics had a walk-off win.

"It's great to see the crowd jacked up," Rivero said.
CORPUS CHRISTI BATTING LINESCORE PUERTO RICO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
M. López RF 5 1 4 1 0 1 2 .282 15 52
F. Morán LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .273 9 43
   a-T. Newman CF 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .278 1 9
C. Hernández CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .311 15 44
   b-T. McCann LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222 1 2
M. Rivera DH 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .256 14 65
A. Ordóñez 3B 5 2 4 0 0 1 0 .242 10 41
F. Slooters 1B 5 1 2 3 0 0 4 .297 10 45
L. Brown 2B 4 0 1 0 1 1 5 .311 9 59
A. Maldonado C 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 .349 0 35
A. Álvarez SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .244 0 25
Totals 38 5 15 5 3 5 24      
a - T. Newman substituted for F. Morán in the 7th
b - T. McCann substituted for C. Hernández in the 7th

BATTING
Home Runs: F. Slooters (10, 4th Inning off J. Cortéz, 2 on, 0 outs) , M. López (15, 7th Inning off D. Baker, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: M. López 7 , C. Hernández , T. McCann , M. Rivera , A. Ordóñez 4 , F. Slooters 5 , L. Brown , A. Maldonado
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. López , F. Morán , L. Brown
GIDP: A. Maldonado 2
Sac Fly: A. Maldonado
Team LOB: 11

BASERUNNING
CS: T. Newman (9)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
F. Castillo CF 4 1 1 0 1 0 4 .286 7 51
M. Morales RF 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .277 9 47
J. Rivero LF 5 2 3 2 0 1 2 .303 14 47
J. Vázquez 1B 5 1 1 1 0 2 3 .285 14 61
R. Hankins DH 4 0 2 2 1 1 2 .286 2 22
R. Craig C 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 .220 1 27
J. Metcalf 3B 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .258 11 38
   a-J. Saldaña PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .288 22 72
   b-E. Medina 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 1 9
P. DeJong 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .268 12 59
R. Lewis SS 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 .269 7 40
Totals 36 6 10 6 5 6 24      
a - J. Saldaña pinch hit for J. Metcalf in the 8th
b - E. Medina substituted for J. Saldaña in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: R. Hankins 2 (15, 2nd Inning off G. Cole, 0 on, 0 outs; 9th Inning off N. Syndergaard, 2 on, 1 out) , F. Castillo (30, 9th Inning off N. Syndergaard, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: J. Rivero (14, 7th Inning off V. De Los Ángeles, 1 on, 2 outs) , R. Lewis (7, 9th Inning off N. Syndergaard, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: F. Castillo 2 , M. Morales , J. Rivero 6 , J. Vázquez , R. Hankins 4 , R. Lewis 5
2-out RBI: J. Rivero
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: F. Castillo , J. Vázquez , R. Craig , P. DeJong
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: F. Castillo (60) , J. Rivero (33) , R. Hankins (20) , R. Lewis (38)

FIELDING
Errors: R. Craig (3)
Double Plays: 2 (Lewis-DeJong-Vázquez, Metcalf-DeJong-Vázquez)
CORPUS CHRISTI PITCHING LINESCORE PUERTO RICO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
G. Cole 4.0 4 0 0 3 4 0 78 6.27   
J. Herrera 2.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 38 9.69   
V. De Los Ángeles 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 22 2.57   
N. Syndergaard L (4-3), BS (2) 0.1 4 4 4 0 1 1 23 4.02   
PITCHING
Game Score: G. Cole 55
Batters Faced: G. Cole 19, J. Herrera 10, V. De Los Ángeles 6, N. Syndergaard 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: G. Cole 5-3, J. Herrera 3-5, V. De Los Ángeles 2-1, N. Syndergaard 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: G. Cole 78-45, J. Herrera 38-22, V. De Los Ángeles 22-12, N. Syndergaard 23-14
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Herrera 1-0 , V. De Los Ángeles 1-1
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Cortéz 4.0 8 3 3 1 3 1 72 4.01   
D. Baker 3.0 3 1 1 0 1 1 38 3.20   
C. Marín 1.1 3 1 1 2 1 0 35 2.86   
M. Dijk W (8-2) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 4.08   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Cortéz 36
Batters Faced: J. Cortéz 20, D. Baker 11, C. Marín 9, M. Dijk 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Cortéz 5-3, D. Baker 4-3, C. Marín 1-1, M. Dijk 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: J. Cortéz 72-45, D. Baker 38-22, C. Marín 35-19, M. Dijk 10-7
Inherited Runners - Scored: M. Dijk 2-0
WP: C. Marín
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: José Rivero
Ballpark: Roberto Clemente Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy (72 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 3:47
Attendance: 44876
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