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Trailing 5-2 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Senators did what they did all year: refuse to submit. Four clutch hits tied the game, and the Nats delivered a 6-5 win in the bottom of the 10th! After Ken Bevenour and Jim McAllister both lined out sharply to the infield to start the fateful 9th, Miles Reader hit a sharp grounder to short that apparently hit a pebble and hopped over Giant shortstop Jeff Behrend's head and went into left for a bad-hop single. Nick Frese then took two called strikes and ripped a single down the right-field line, sending Reader to third. Frank Rose worked himself a 2-1 count and then slugged a double into the gap in right-center to score Reader and send Frese to third, bringing pitcher John DiPietro to the dish. DiPietro battled Doug Kepple to full count and then absolutely RIPPED a single down near the left field line to plate the tying runs. Kepple retired Bill Trotman on a grounder to third to send the game to extra innings, but the damage was done. In the 10th, Mark Alessandrini led off with a double down the left field line, his second double of the game. Chris Lawrence executed a perfect sacrifice to move Alessandrini to third. At this point, Behrend relieved Kepple on the mound, and the Giant righty induced Dan Laudisio to pop to third. But Bevenour had his back. After falling behind in the count, the Nat cleanup hitter lofted a soft, semi-check-swing flopper to right that found the soft turf at Lindenwold Park for a game-winning, season-ending, Championship-nabbing single -- the first-ever time a Senators Championship has ever been won in walk-off fashion. For the complete story of the game, visit the Schedule link at left and seek out the September 11 game. May the winter be short and warm!! Nick GM
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