Here’s what happened. The New Orleans bats, silent from the fourth through the eighth innings, erupted. And it all started after Josh Tarnow struck out against Noah Krol to start the top of the ninth.
The New Orleans rally, which has seen the Privateers score three times to take a 7-6 lead, started with a wild pitch from Krol after New Orleans’ Nick Schwaner swung at a pitch in the dirt for strike 3. He reached first and the next three Privateers’ hitters _ Drew Anderson, pinch-hitter Ryan Eden and Brandon Bowser _ followed with hits. Bowser’s, against Noah Booth, drove in two runs to give NO the lead.
Amazing.
We go to the bottom of the ninth _ New Orleans 7, Shockers 6.