Kelly freaking Johnson, that is what Rockport Manager Hatrack Hines mumbled under his breath as the ball sailed over the outfield wall. Hatrack spat disdainfully on the dugout steps as Johnson circled the bases. Kelly Johnson who had up to this point been 0-7 on the season with 5 strikeouts. Kelly Johnson who was only playing because Omar Infante had moved from 2B to RF today because Jeremy Hermida had picked up a minor injury and was sitting this one out. That Kelly Johnson, Kelly freaking Johnson had just hit a solo homer in the top of the ninth to put the Brockway Knights out front and would hand the Rockport Clippers their 10th loss in a row. So now the young season had two teams with 10 straight losses. The Harbor Robins however, had turned things around. The Clippers where firmly alone in the cellar and Hatrack was just hoping they could somehow, someway stop the bleeding. As Johnson crossed home plate Hatrack stood at the bottom of the steps stone faced and wondered why he ever thought his club had a chance.

5/20/2009, BKW09-RKP09
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2009 Knights           2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1     3  9  0     8  1
2009 Clippers          0  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0     2  6  0     5  0
 
Knights              AB  R  H BI   AVG    Clippers             AB  R  H BI   AVG
Ellsbury          cf  5  0  1  0  .278    Suzuki,I          rf  4  0  1  0  .301
Jeter             ss  5  0  2  0  .290    Coghlan           lf  4  0  1  0  .241
Mauer             c   3  1  1  0  .356    McCann            c   4  0  1  0  .300
Bay               lf  3  1  1  2  .186    Fielder           1b  2  2  1  1  .348
Wright,D          3b  2  0  1  0  .255    Lowell            3b  4  0  1  0  .270
Cantu             1b  4  0  1  0  .250    Hamilton          cf  3  0  0  1  .273
Johnson,N         dh  4  0  0  0  .262    Furcal            ss  4  0  0  0  .230
Infante           rf  4  0  1  0  .315    Keppinger         dh  3  0  0  0  .176
Johnson,K         2b  4  1  1  1  .125    Matsui,K          2b  3  0  1  0  .167
                     34  3  9  3                               31  2  6  2
 
Knights                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Hernandez,F      W 1-4           8.0  6  2  2  2  7 108  66  6.43
Rivera,Ma        S 6             1.0  0  0  0  0  3  15  10  2.25
                                 9.0  6  2  2  2 10 123  76 
 
Clippers                         INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Vazquez,J                        7.0  8  2  2  1  9 113  75  3.86
Grabow                           0.1  0  0  0  0  0   6   5  1.93
Saito            L 0-3           1.0  1  1  1  2  1  24  11  5.65
Ziegler                          0.2  0  0  0  0  1  10   6  4.80
                                 9.0  9  3  3  3 11 153  97 
 
2B-Mauer, Infante, McCann, Lowell, Matsui,K. HR-Bay(4), Johnson,K(1), 
Fielder(10). CS-Ellsbury, Wright,D. K-Jeter 2, Mauer, Bay 2, Wright,D, 
Cantu 2, Infante, Johnson,K 2, Suzuki,I, Coghlan 2, Fielder, Lowell 2, 
Hamilton 2, Furcal 2. BB-Mauer, Bay, Wright,D, Fielder 2. SF-Hamilton. 
HBP-Wright,D. HB-Vazquez,J. WP-Hernandez,F. 
GWRBI: Johnson,K
Temperature: 83, Sky: cloudy, Wind: left to right at 8 MPH.

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