Amigos Forge First-Place Tie With Sweep of Mistakes

Paul's difficult West season continued on Sunday afternoon as his Huge Mistakes couldn't come from behind against the Santa Poco bullpen. The Amigos, now the winners of four straight, find themselves in a first-place deadlock with After The Snow.


Game 1: Santa Poco 6, Huge 4
W-Z.Greinke (3-2), L-J.Saunders (0-2). S-J.Putz (9)
Zack Greinke came with his best start of the 2007 campaign, allowing only two hits over a season-high 7 innings along with six strikeouts. Mike Redmond had 3 hits and 2 RBI for Santa Poco while Justin Morneau and Travis Buck contributed home runs for the Amigos. The Mistakes mounted a furious late rally with four runs off reliever Ryan Bukvich before J.J. Putz was called on to retire one batter and earn the save.

Game 2: Santa Poco 4, Huge 2
W-D.Braden (2-1), L-B.McCarthy (0-2), S-J.Soria (4)
With the tying run on 2nd for Huge with one out in the top of the 6th, the Amigos turned to workhorse reliever Joakim Soria. Soria struck out the next two batters, and then went on to earn a 3 1/3 inning save with no hits allowed. Justin Morneau hit his league-high 9th home run in the victory.

Game 3: Santa Poco 6, Huge 5

W-J.Bale (1-0), L-S.Baker (2-3), S-J.Putz (10)
With the #5 starters pitching their teams into a 5-5 tie after 6 innings, Travis Buck's RBI double in the 7th turned out to be the decisive tally. The Amigos right fielder totaled a triple, double and 3 RBI on the day. J.J. Putz tossed the final two frames to earn his 10th save.

Next up -- BLOCK 3 INTERDIVISION:
Santa Poco Amigos (18-12) vs. Finer Things Club (18-12)
Huge Mistakes (6-24) vs. Army of Steamrollers (15-15)