MABL BEST WINS OF 2001

In Game #3 of the Baystate Conference Semi-Finals, the Rockies overcame a 4-run deficit in the bottom of the 7th inning to win 6-5 and advance to the Baystate Conference Finals. While impressive, this isn't the first time the Rockies have made this type of comeback. And many other MABL games were won this year in the final inning! The best 18 are documented here:

• Rockies 6, Dodgers 5. In likely the most amazing turnaround of events this season, the Rockies overcame a 5-1 seventh inning deficit to win the deciding Game 3 of the Baystate Semi-Finals to head to the Baystate Finals. Bart Lawyer was the hero with the walk-off game-winning, series-winning RBI on an infield single with 2-out.
  
  
• Braves 13, Red Sox 12 (11 innings). Mark Doucette's 2-out single in the top of the 7th inning past the outstretched dive of Jeremy LeBlanc tied the game at 12-12. The game was then suspended after 8 innings. About 1 month later, picking up where they left off, and in the top of the 11th inning, Mark Doucette singled home the go-ahead run.
  
  
• Rockies 3, Astros 2 (9 innings). The Rockies won an exciting 9-inning affair -- their 4th extra inning win in four attempts. In the bottom of the 9th, Rick Corson scored on a Sean Kennedy wild pitch that rolled out of play.
  
  
• Tigers 5, Mets 4 (9 innings). The Mets led 4-1 until the Tigers tied the score in the 6th inning. Then, the Tigers pulled off victory on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly by Mike Baker to end the game.
  
  
• Indians 8, Cardinals 7 (8 innings). Going into the bottom of the 7th and the Cardinals leading 7-5, the Indians Grant Emde and Jason DeVeau came up clutch with base hits to score Josh Hale and Mark Bowles knotting the game up at 7 each. In the 8th, Hale beat out an infield hit and Bowles plated him with the game-winning hit to left field.
  
  
• Dogers 5, Rockies 4 (8 innings). Mario Saenz' RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the 8th capped a comeback by the Dodgers.
  
  
• Braves 7, Royals 6 (8 innings). The Braves somehow managed to dodge the rain, dodge the Royals by coming from behind to win in 8 innings, and keep their playoff hopes alive. Mike Bertolami's 2-run, 2-out double in the bottom of the 7th scoring Mark Doucette and Sean McCarty tied the score at 6, sending the game into extra innings. In the bottom of the 8th, with runners on 1st and 3rd with 2 outs, a balk was called, scoring Angelo Amico with the game winning run.
  
  
• Diamondbacks 6, Indians 5 (8 innings). The Indians took broke open a 2-2 game with 2 runs in the top of the 7th inning to take a 4-2 lead. Then, in the bottom of the 7th inning, the D'backs responded with 2 runs to tie the game. In the 8th inning, Josh Congdon-Martin kept a rally alive with a hard earned single after falling 0-2 in the count. Then the game's hero Scott Hruzd came to bat and blasted a walk-off single to deep center for the victory.
  
  
• Rockies 8, Royals 7 (8 innings). With the score 5-5 going into the Top of the 8th inning, the Royals score 2 runs with 2 out to take a 7-5 lead. But then, in the bottom of the 8th, the Rockies rallied for 3 runs capped by a 2-out RBI single by Dave Mitrou to win the game.
  
  
• Dodgers 8, Diamondbacks 7. Kevin Beliveau's 2-run home run to deep center in the bottom of the 7th capped an important comeback victory for the Dodgers Tuesday night at the Circle.
  
  
• Royals 9 Tigers 8. In a back and forth nail-bitter with 7 lead changes, it came to a close as Drew Kowalevicz scored the winning run in the bottom of the 7th on a Tom Spoth single.
  
  
• Cardinals 7, Diamondbacks 6. Jeff James came up big in the bottom of the 7th inning with a walk-off game-winning single to give the Cards the victory.
  
  
• Cubs 6, Yankees 5. Down 5-1 with 2 innings to play, the Cubs marched back, capped by a dramatic single by Alex Keyes to knock in the game-tying and game-winning run in the bottom of the 7th inning.
  
  
• Pirates 3, Braves 2. Eric August delivered a bases-loaded walk-off single in the bottom of the 7th inning for the Buc's victory.
  
  
• White Sox 10, Mets 9. The White Sox overcame a 0-7 deficit to defeat the Mets. With the score 9-9 in the top of the 7th inning, Mike Gennaro doubled home Jon Mead to take a 10-9 lead. Al Wiesner pitched the bottom of the 7th inning for the save, stranding the tying and winning Mets runners in scoring position.
  
  
• Giants 9, Royals 8. Joe Cavaleri's 2-out single in the bottom of the 7th brought home Marty Henning with the walk-off winning run in the Giants come from behind victory over the Royals, 9-8.
  
  
• Mets 2, Astros 1. Astro, Sean Kennedy, had a one-hitter through 6 innings retiring 17 in a row from the 1st to the 7th. With two outs in the bottom of the 7th and the Astros leading 1-0, Al Becker of the Mets laced a double down the right-field line. Greg Cote came through with a clutch base hit to left to tie the game. In the bottom of the 8th, Mets Bill Beauchesne and Steve Julian drew back-to-back walks to lead off. Beauchesne scored the winning run on an infield hit by Jeremy Whitsitt.
  
  
• Indians 4, Giants 3. With the game tied at 3, Mark Bowles led off the bottom of the 7th with a triple and Jay McGilvery came up with the clutch RBI base-hit to left field that ended the game.