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Strat-O-Sons Top Dads, Four Games To Three, In Father’s Day Inspired Series

Jason Kendall (credit: Justin Lafferty)
Jason Kendall (credit: Justin Lafferty)

Jason Kendall’s run-scoring single in the top of the 10th inning off Brian Harvey plated Travis Shaw with the go-ahead run, giving the team of Sons a 5-4 victory over a squad of Fathers in the seventh game of Strat-O-Matic’s special Father’s Day series featuring an assortment of the best dads and sons ever to play baseball. Game 7 was played on Father’s Day following a standard World Series scheduling format for the previous six games.

The Sons side rallied from a three games to one deficit, earning the win in the decisive contest which was started by Jaret (Sons) and Clyde (Fathers) Wright. The Fathers had tied it in the bottom of the ninth on Tony Gwynn‘s one-out sacrifice fly, scoring Craig Biggio, who had tripled off Rob Nen. Nen pitched a 1-2-3 tenth inning to get the win after blowing the save.

The teams were represented by 30 father-son combinations. Every player on the roster was used at least once during the seven games.

Among the leaders for the Fathers were Felipe Alou, who hit .467 with 4 RBI, Craig Biggio, who drove in six runs, and Bobby Bonds, who hit .355. Moises Alou blasted three home runs in the series, driving in six runs and batting .333.

Each game featured a father-son pitching matchup, with the Wrights starting Games 3 and 7, Todd and Mel Stottlemyre on the hill for Games 1 and 5, Steve and Dizzy Trout toeing the rubber in Games 2 and 6, and Floyd and Brian Bannister on the hill in Game 4.

Game results were as follows:

1 (June 13): at Fathers 9, Sons 4
2 (June 14): at Fathers 2, Sons 1
3 (June 16): at Sons 5, Fathers 3
4 (June 17): Fathers 6, at Sons 5
5 (June 18): at Sons 6, Fathers 4 (11 inn.)
6 (June 20): Sons 7, at Fathers 3
7 (June 21): Sons 5, at Fathers 4 (10 inn.)

About Jerry Milani

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Jerry Milani is a writer and public relations executive living in Bloomfield, N.J. He has worked in P.R. for more than 30 years in college and conference sports media relations, two agencies and for the International Fight League, a team-based mixed martial arts league, and as a freelance professional. His PR clients have included Wizard World and FAN EXPO, which produce pop culture and celebrity conventions across North America, USA Wrestling, the National Lacrosse League, Strat-O-Matic Media, the Pacific Life Open and Pilot Pen Tennis tournaments and dozens of others. Milani is also the director of athletic communications for Caldwell University. He is a proud graduate of North Rockland High School and Fordham University and when not attending a Yankees, Rams or Cougars game can be reached at Jerry (at) JerryMilani (dot) com.

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