Safe Bet?
Both teams had their opportune chances to finally break that 5-5 draw over the final five innings. The Flyers will probably rue their biggest of the battle more: with Dave Bacani and Mark Okano on first and second base with only a single out in the seventh inning, Rich Pohle grounded out to shortstop Jesse Kovacs, who began what ended up being an escape-the-threat double play. Thing was, as Pohle crossed first, Jason Van Meetren's effort to retrieve the throw from second appeared to pull him off the bag in the process.
In fairness to base umpire James Lamb, as the play unfolded he appeared to be on top of the call in the position at an angle where he needed to be. No guarantee that's the game right there, but the Flyers are sitting on a two-out, first-and-third situation with Peanut Williams and Scott Goodman, two of the Golden Baseball League's top mashers, next in the order if Pohle's safe. Manager Garry Templeton argued with Lamb afterward and the call stood.