With the series tied 1-1, the teams took the long flight to Brisbane, Australia for Games 3-5. The Koalas send staff ace Chad Billingsley (15-9, 3.45) to the mound to face Bison ace Ted Lilly (13-5, 3.72). Both starters are 1-0 in the playoffs.
Billingsley wiggled out of some early trouble in the top of the first. Rollins lead off with a single and moved to second on a passed ball. After Ibanez walked, Iwamura grounded into a 1-4-3 double play to retire the side.
Brisbane opened in the scoring in the bottom of the first. Rafael Furcal lead off with a walk, then scored all the way from first on a Carl Crawford double to the gap. Lilly held the Koalas at one, stranding Crawford at third.
The Bison took the run right back in the top of the second. Carlos Gonzalez lead off with a walk and stole second before moving to third on a Ryan Ludwick single. Evan Longoria followed with a base hit, scoring CarGo and tying the score at one all. OKC then took the lead on Brayan Pena's single. With nobody out, Ted Lilly came to the plate and immediately poked a single up the middle, giving the Bison a 3-1 lead with nobody out. Billingsley finally got it together, and retired the next three batters on a K and two groundouts.
The next several innings were full of missed opportunities. Both teams got runners on base in every frame, but failed to push anyone across the plate. After five innings, the score remained 3-1.
Oklahoma City broke through for another run in the top of the sixth. Longoria lead off with a double, then moved to third on an infield single off the bat of Pena. Lilly struck out, but Rollins hit a single up the middle to score Longoria. Fowler followed with a 3 run shot that just snuck over the fence in right, pushing the score to 7-1. Billingsley was chased from the game, and Trevor Hoffman came in to retire the side.
Brisbane wasn't going down without a fight. Yunel Escobar opened the bottom of the inning with a single, and Joey Votto parked one 370 feet into right field for a two run homer.
The game was now in the hands of the bullpens, and neither side budged. Oklahoma City won 7-3 and took back home field advantage. The winning pitcher was Ted Lilly, who gave up 3 earned runs over 7 innings, giving up 7 hits, 3 walks, and striking out 11. Billingsley got the loss, giving up 7 earned runs on 11 hits and 3 walks in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out 8.
Game 4 will pit Aaron Cook against Josh Johnson.
BOX SCORE
SCORING SUMMARY
BOT 1st
- (0-1) - Carl Crawford doubled, Rafael Furcal scored.
TOP 2nd
- (1-1) - Evan Longoria singled, Carlos Gonzalez scored, Ryan Ludwick to third and Evan Longoria to second on throw home.
- (2-1) - Brayan Pena singled, Ryan Ludwick scored.
- (3-1) - Ted Lilly singled, Evan Longoria scored.
TOP 6th
- (4-1) - Jimmy Rollins singled, Evan Longoria scored.
- (7-1) - Dexter Fowler homered to right, Brayan Pena and Jimmy Rollins scored.
BOT 6th
- (7-3) - Joey Votto homered, Yunel Escobar scored.
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