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SEVENTH HEAVEN
Last-AB win is Blasters' seventh in a row; hit five home runs
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YONKERS, N.Y. (June 28, 2008) -- They came from behind. They held off opposition rallies. And they're champions again.
Rebekah Goodhue drove in Trevor Wiessmann from second base with one out in the bottom of the 12th, and the Blasters defeated the Patches 16-15 in the Performance Enhancing JAM at Cook Field for their seventh consecutive championship.
The game was scheduled for 12 innings, but it would have become the first extra-inning JAM had it been set for nine. The Patches took an 11-8 lead in the top of the ninth, but the Blasters tied it, sparked by back-to-back homers by Kevin Gourdine and Mike Campoli, the second of the day for both. The Blasters scored four runs in the bottom of the 11th; the Patches rallied to tie it in the top of the 12th.
But two hits, around a lineout, set the stage for Goodhue's final heroics. She had been heroic earlier, throwing eight innings of relief that stymied the Patches' early offensive outburst.
The Patches scored in each of the first four innings and had an 8-4 lead before the Blasters rallied with four runs in the sixth.
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PATCHES 313 100 003 004--15
BLASTERS 301 004 003 041--16
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Better than 'Good': She's MVJ
Pitching, clutch hitting wins it
Rebekah Goodhue (l) and Kevin Gourdine were top MVJ candidates at the Performance Enhancing JAM. Goodhue took home the trophy.
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YONKERS, N.Y. (June 28, 2008) -- Rebekah Goodhue pitched eight strong innings of relief, then drove in the winning run in the Blasters' 16-15 win in the 2008 Performance Enhancing JAM. Her performance made her Most Valuable JAMmer.
Goodhue came on to pitch the fifth inning with the Blasters trailing 8-4. She didn't allow a run until the ninth; she had pitched to one over the minimum in her first four innings. She struck out two in eight innings.
She drove in Trevor Wiessmann from second base in the bottom of the 12th to end the game.
On a day when the teams combined for 67 hits, there were several strong MVJ candidates. Kevin Gourdine went 4-for-5 with two homers; Mike Campoli had a pair of homers and five RBIs. Had the Patches won, Brad Sherman's five RBIs might have made him the choice. Goodhue's all-around day made her the choice.
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Jones wins Rookie of the Year
YONKERS, N.Y. (June 28, 2008) -- He may have been hitting 12th in the lineup, but Alex Jones added some pop for the Patches in Saturday's JAM.
Jones had RBI singles in the second and fourth innings, then drove in the tying run in the top of the 12th to earn JAM Rookie of the Year honors at Cook Field.
He is only the second Patch to win the award, which has been given annually since 2001.
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Try the JAMmie Dodger, the JAM's official cocktail
YONKERS, N.Y. (June 28, 2008) -- Jag Bath's "JAMmie Dodger" won a taste test Saturday night to become the first Official Cocktail of The JAM. The concoction beat out three other competitors for the title.
The JAMmie Dodger -- Malibu rum, white rum, pineapple and orange juices, plus nutmeg -- got high marks from the four-judge panel to earn the nod. Saturday's mix was missing the prescribed lime juice, but it won anyway.
The hoped-for finale of last year's "JAM's Strongest Man" competition didn't come off, because finalists Ed McDowell and R.T. McShane were both absent. They still need to arm wrestle to determine the champion.
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