Sunday, October 21, 2007

Flashes use Longballs late to tie Series at 2

The Finger Lakes Flashes used four homeruns, including two from Manny Ramirez, to first erase a 5-2 Rollers lead, and finally earn a 9-6 victory in Game 4.

Ramirez, who homered in the bottom of the first to put the the Flashes ahead, had three hits on the night, to go with his four RBI's. His second homer, a 3-run shot off of Ruddy Lugo in the eighth, gave the Flashes some breathing room after they had taken a one run lead.
Bronson Arroyo wasn't as sharp as he would have liked, allowing five runs in 6 innings, including a solo homer to Raul Ibanez and a 3-run shot to Stan Musial.
His opponent, Ervin Santana, was better, allowing just 2 runs in 6 innings and departed with a 5-2 lead, but the normally stingy Ybor City Rollers bullpen allowed the Flashes back into the game. B.J. Ryan allowed 3 runs in the seventh on a Rich Aurilia homerun to tie the game, and Lugo allowed homers to Michael Barrett and Ramirez to take the loss.

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