Ninth-Inning Lightning Strikes a Second Time as Aguilas Rally Past Seals in 9th
October 11, 2024
San Francisco (UBAN) - In a thriller the Mexico City Aguilas Doradas staged a dramatic comeback then
held on to win over the San Francisco Seals by a score of 6 to 5 at Seals Park. The Aguilas will now travel to Chicago for Game One of the Conference Championship on Sunday evening.
Mexico City scored the winning runs in the 9th inning when they tallied 4 runs on 2 hits. The critical plate appearance was by Austin Riley who disappointed the partisan hometown fans with a grand slam home run. Both teams finished the game with 9 hits.
The victory went to Bryan Baker(1-0) who went 2 innings, allowing no runs. Camilo Doval got the save, his 1st. Carmen Mlodzinski(0-1) was the loser in relief.
'The only way this one could have been better', said Baker, 'was if we had played it at home.'
