Bohs win two epic overtime games to claim 11th championship

Game 1
Bliz 002-000-012 5-7-0
Bohs 000-201-50x 8-11-1
WP Kluber
LP Strasburg 
HR
Bliz 
Conforto (3rd 1 on) 1 
Encarnacion (9th 1 on) 1
Bohs
Donaldson (4th 1 on) 1
Santana (7th 2 on) 1

Batteries
Strasburg , Hader (6), Robertson (7), Alexander (8) - Zunino
Kluber - Pina

The Bohs broke a tight game with a 5 run outburst in the 7th culminated by a 3
 run shot by Domingo Santana off relief ace Robertson.  The Blizzard mounted a
 9th inning rally against a tiring Kluber, but could never bring the potential
 tying run to the plate.


Game 2
Bliz 031-010-002 7-11-0
Bohs 021-010-001 5-9-1
WP Neshek
LP Greinke
S Madson
HR
Bliz
Bour (2nd, 1 on) 1
Stanton (5th, 0 on) 1
Bohs
Taylor (5th, 0 on) 1
Merrifield (9th, 0 on) 1

Batteries 
Clevinger, Neshek (5th), Robertson (8th), Madson (9th) - Zunino
Greinke, Giles (8th), Bradley (9th) - Pina 

A typically modern baseball game.  The Blizzard struck out 16 times and won.
  The critical insurance runs were provided by hits in the 9th by Stanton and
 Ozuna off relief ace Bradley.


Game 3
Bohs 001-011-500 8-13-1
Bliz 010-010-100 3-8-0
WP Sale
LP Madson
HR
Bliz
Zunino (2nd, 0 on) 1
Arenado (5th, 0 on) 1
Bohs
Merrifield (5th, 0 on) 2

Batteries 
Sale, McAllister (7), Reed (8), Giles (9) - Suzuki.
DeGrom, Hader (6), Madson (6), Alexander (6) - Zunino 

The Bohs batted around in the 7th to break open another tight game.   Fatigue
 begins to set in on the Blizzards’ as another of their starters makes an early
 exit.


Game 4
Bohs 001-000-000 1-6-1
Bliz 030-020-21x 8-7-0
WP Strasburg 
LP Kluber 
HR
Bliz
Zunino (3rd, 2 on; 5th, 0 on) 3
Murphy (7th, 1 on)
Bohs
None

Batteries 
Strasburg, Madson (6th), Robertson (8th), Cole (9th), Alexander (9th) - Zunino
Kluber - Pina

The Zunino power show continues with his 2nd and 3rd homers of the series.  In
 his next at bat, he was hit by a pitch from Kluber.  For the Blizzard, the only
 negative in this game was the continued drain on their bullpen.


Game 5
Bohs 002-300-010-000-000-001 7-11-0
Bliz 001-002-201-000-000-000 6-11-1
WP Reed
LP Hader
Bohs 
Santana (3rd, 1 on) 2
Merrifield (4th, 2 on) 3
Bliz
Zunino (4th, 0 on; 7th 1 on) 5

Batteries 

Greinke, Rogers (6th), Giles (6th), Bradley (8th), Price (11th), McAllister (12th), Reed (14th) - Pina, Suzuki (15th)
Clevinger, Hader (4th), Madson (7th), Neshek (9th), Robertson (12th), Hader (17th) - Zunino


The longest game in championship history?  
Power continues to come from unexpected sources as Santana and Merrifield stake
 the Bos to an early lead, but Zunino’s 4th and 5th homers fuel a Blizzard
 comeback.  In the bottom of the 9th, Realmutto’s sacrifice fly ties the game.
  And so it would remain until the 18th by which time both bullpens were
 exhausted The Blizzard had not only exhausted their bullpe,, but had used all
 of their bench players and had forfeited their designated hitter.

In the top of the 18th, Turner led off with a walk, stole 2nd and scored on a 
throwing on Beintendi’s sacrifice bunt.  In the bottom of the inning, Reed 
retired the first two batters and then proceeded to intentionally walk the next 
3 batters to reach the pitcher’s spot in the order.  Having no one left on the 
bench, the Blizzard were forced to bat their pitcher resulting in an automatic 
strikeout ending the game.


Game 6
Bliz 031-010-001 6-9-0
Bohs 100-000-000 1-9-0
WP deGrom
LP Sale
S Neshek 
HR
Bliz
Murphy (2nd, 2 on) 2
Bohs
None

Batteries 
DeGrom, Madson (7th), Hader (8th), Neshek (9th) - Zunino, Realmutto (8th)
Sale, Reed (5th), Price (6th), McAllister (7th), Rogers (9th), Giles (9th)

Faced with elimination, the Blizzard got a 3 run homer from Murphy.  The Bohs
 finally contained Zunino, but twice hit him with a pitch and walked him once.
  Boh manager Joe Morgan denied he ordered either beanball, but remarked, “pain
 is part of the game.”

The key moment in the game came in the 7th.  Faced with a nascent Boh rally, the
 Blizzard again turned to their pen to close out the game.  They did so, but
 paid the price in the next game.


Game 7
Bliz 001-001-001-0 3-5-0
Bohs 000-000-300-1 4-8-1
WP Bradley
LP Hader
HR
Bliz
Bour (3rd, 0 on) 2, Conforto (6th,  0 on) 2
Bohs
Donaldson (7th, 0 on) 2

Batteries 
Strasburg, Madson (7th), Neshek (7th), Hader (8th) - Zunino 
Kluber, (Bradley 9) - Pina, Suzuki (9th)

With little bullpen left, the Blizzard needed a strong start from their ace
 Strasburg and they got it.  Homers by Bour and Conforto staked the Blizzard to
 a 2 run lead while Strasburg held the Bohs scoreless.  A lead off homer by
 Donaldson led the Blizzard to use the last right handlers in their pen but
 Turner’s 2 run double climaxed the 3 run inning.  With Kluber now on cruise
 control and the Blizzard have only the left handed Hader to pitch, the game
 seemed over.  In the top of the 9th, Kluber retired the first 2 batters and
 then was relieved by closer Bradley who yielded a walk to Ozuna and the a run
 scoring double to Arenado.  Hader stymied the Bohs in the bottom of the inning
 so we went to extra frames.

In top of the 10th, Realmutto walked to lead of the inning.  Then, although
 Zunino had been the power hitting and on base star of the series, the Blizzard
 asked him to bunt.  His weak pop up crippled the Blizzards’ efforts to break
 through.  In the bottom of the inning Hader retired the first two hitters, but
 then Brantley singled and promptly stole second.  Taylor’s two out double
 brought home the winning run ending the series.