6th Inning P: Welcome back to Ottawa Stadium where the Senshi and the Overlords are tied at four here at the top of the sixth. Coming up this inning, Nephrite, Malachite, and Ann. C: Tuxedo Mask is still pitching, but there has been action in the Senshi bullpen. Jadeite is still pitching for the Overlords. He has allowed four runs on six hits, striking out just one. SA: Now batting, the right fielder, Nephrite! C: Nephrite is two for two with one RBI and two runs scored. He hit a double in his last at bat. P: Nephrite is proving himself to be in the running for player of the game today. He steps up to the plate. Tuxedo Mask is pitching from the wind-up. He gets the sign from Sailor Venus. Tuxedo Mask pitches. A high fastball looked at for strike one. C: Tuxedo Mask has been able to get ahead of the batter. He's been having problems getting the payoff pitch. P: Tuxedo Mask is set. Nephrite steps into the batter box. The oh-one pitch, from the wind-up. A breaking pitch, outside for ball one. One and one. Sailor Venus runs out to the mound. Tuxedo Masks nods while she talks to him. Greg goes out to break up the meeting. Sailor Venus returns behind the plate. Nephrite steps up. Tuxedo Mask gets the sign. He winds up. The pitch, a hard slider. Nephrite swings! and misses for strike two. One and two. C: Whatever Sailor Venus said to Tuxedo Mask calmed him down. P: Nephrite steps back in the box. Tuxedo Mask is still pitching from the wind-up. The pitch, a forkball. Nephrite swing! and misses for strike three for the first out. SA: Now batting, the catcher, Malachite! C: Malachite is one for one. He flew out to right field in his last at bat. P: Malachite has been calling a good game for Jadeite the past few innings. He steps up to the plate. Tuxedo Mask gets his sign from Sailor Venus. He winds up. The pitch. A sinking fastball. Malachite swings! He grounds the ball between first and second. It's gonna be a tough play. Sailor Mercury dives! for it. She comes up with it! From her knees, the throw to first! He's out! Two away. C: A beautiful play by Sailor Mercury to get Malachite out. SA: Now batting, the shortstop, Ann! C: Ann is two for two with two RBIs. She singled in her last at bat, driving in a run. P: Ann is having a great day at the plate, rivaling both Nephrite and Sailor Venus. Ann steps up to the plate. Tuxedo Mask gets the sign from Sailor Venus. The pitch, a fastball. Ann swings! and misses for strike one. Oh and one. Ann quickly returns to the batters box. Tuxedo Mask winds up, the pitch. It's another fastball. Ann swings! and pops the ball up. Sailor Saturn calls for it, she has it for the third out of the inning. The scoreboard for the top of the fifth: The Overlords go down in order, no runs, no hits, and no runners left on base. After five and a half innings, the score is tied four-four. Due up: Sailor Jupiter (1/1, HBP, HR, 2 RBIs) Sailor Neptune (0/1, 1 RBI) Sailor Mercury (0/2) [Public Service Announcement: _____ ____ _____ / ____|/ __ \ / ____| | (___ | | | | (___ \___ \| | | |\___ \ ____) | |__| |____) | |___ave \___ur|___ailors! SOS Headquarters: http://looney.physics.sunysb.edu/~daffy/sos/index.html ] P: Welcome back to Ottawa Stadium for the bottom of the sixth inning of the Senshi-Overlords game. The score is tied at four all with the Senshi coming to bat. Due up this inning are Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Neptune, and Sailor Mercury. C: This game has been tight all day, with neither team getting a large advantage on the other. The Senshi scored the first run on Sailor Venus's single in the first inning. Sailor Venus later scored on Sailor Neptune's sac fly to right field. The Overlords cut the lead in half in the second with Ann's RBI single. But the Senshi took a four-one lead with Sailor Jupiter's two-run homer in the third inning. The Overlords scored two in the top of the fourth to cut the lead to one run. In the top of the fifth, Rubeus grounded out, allowing Racy to score to tie the game. SA: Now batting, the right fielder, Sailor Jupiter. C: Sailor Jupiter is one for one, with home run and 2 RBIs. She homered in her last at bat. P: She was also hit by a pitch in her first plate appearance to day. Sailor Jupiter steps up to the plate. Jadeite looks in, gets the sign. The pitch. Ouch! Jadeite has hit Sailor Jupiter for the second time today. The Senshi run out of the dugout to restrain her. Greg has thrown Jadeite out of the game. Queen Beryl comes out of the Overlords' dugout to argue Greg's decision. We'll be right back after these messages from our sponsor, with Sailor Neptune and Sailor Mercury due up. [Commercial for Tree Care, featuring Alan and Ann.] P: We're back. There was a lot of excitement on the field during the break. We managed to get our on-field mic working again and recorded the action. [begin playback] Sailor Jupiter: That does it! Sailor Moon: No, Jupiter! It's not worth it! Sailor Mars: Hurry, grab her arms! Sailor Jupiter: Sparkling... Sailor Venus: Venus... Sailor Jupiter: Wide... Sailor Venus: Love-Me Luna: Hurry, Sailor Venus! Sailor Neptune: Everyone down! Sailor Venus: Chain! Sailor Jupiter: Pres- Hey! What's this, Venus! C: Ooh! Hurt me! BN: >SPLANG!< C: Look! Stars! Producer: Where did you find such a huge spatula? P: Trade secret. [end playback] P: In the meantime, the Overlords had Fiore warm up in their bullpen. Here he comes out to the mound now. Sailor Jupiter is on first with none out with Sailor Neptune coming to bat. Sailor Jupiter is still having words with Jadeite. Sailor Uranus is going out there to try to keep Sailor Jupiter under control. SA: Now batting, the left fielder, Sailor Neptune! C: Sailor Neptune is oh for one, with one RBI. She flew out to center field in her last at bat. P: She also had a sac fly in the first inning to open the scoring for the Senshi. Fiore finishes the last of his warm up pitches. Sailor Neptune steps up to the plate. Fiore checks the runner on first. He's pitching from the stretch. Sailor Jupiter takes her lead. Fiore checks the runner again. He pivots and throws to first. Safe! BN: Cluck! P: Sailor Jupiter calls for time and gets up off the ground. C: Sailor Jupiter only has eleven stolen bases this year. P: She doesn't need to steal many bases when she leads the team in doubles. Sailor Jupiter is ready. Sailor Neptune returns to the batters box. Fiore checks the runner. He's pitching from the stretch. Checks the runner again. He pivots and throws! Sailor Jupiter dives in under the tag. BN: Cluck! Cluck! C: Fiore has yet to throw a pitch to the plate. P: Time is called again. C: Looks like Jadeite isn't to concerned. He's fast asleep. P: Sailor Jupiter signals she's ready. Sailor Neptune steps back into the batter's box. Fiore goes into his stretch. He checks the runner. The pitch! It's a hard fastball. Sailor Jupiter breaks for second. Sailor Neptune swings. It's a hard grounder. Zoisite dives for it. She gets it! No chance for a play at second. The throw to first... out! Sailor Jupiter holds at second with one out. SA: Now batting, playing second base, Sailor Mercury! C: Sailor Mercury is oh for two, grounding out to third in her last at bat. P: She comes to the plate with one out and a runner in scoring position. She gets her sign from Artemis. Sailor Mercury steps into the batter's box. Fiore checks the runner, goes into his stretch. He checks the runner again. Sailor Jupiter takes her lead from second. The pitch, it's a fastball. Sailor Mercury swings! She sends the ball up. Zoisite runs out into shallow right field. Here comes Nephrite charging in. The ball falls in between them! Nephrite fields the ball and fires it home. Sailor Jupiter holds at third and Sailor Mercury is safe at first with a bloop single. SA: Now batting, the shortstop, Sailor Saturn! C: Sailor Saturn is oh for two, popping up to the catcher in her last at bat. P: For a rookie, she's doing a great job at short. With time, she could even rival Sailor Mercury in the field. She steps up to the plate with one out and runners at first and third. The defense is at double play depth. Fiore is pitching from the wind-up. The runners take their lead. The pitch, a fastball. Sailor Saturn swings! and misses for strike one. The runners hold. C: Sailor Mercury has stolen only nine bases this season. P: Sailor Saturn steps back up to the plate. Fiore checks Sailor Mercury at first. From the wind-up, the oh-one pitch. It's another fastball. Sailor Saturn swings! She chops it up the middle. Fiore fields it and throws to second for one. Zoisite throws to first and gets! the double play. Sailor Saturn grounds into an inning ending double play. This closes the book on Jadeite. His line: Jadeite pitched five innings, allowing four runs on six hits, all earned, and struck out one. He hit Sailor Jupiter twice with a pitch. There's some commotion on the field. It looks like Sailor Saturn is upset with herself for ending the inning with a double play. Sailor Moon comes out to first. She's speaking with Sailor Saturn. I can't tell what they are discussing. But whatever it is, Sailor Moon is cheering up Sailor Saturn. Sailor Moon hands Sailor Saturn her glove. Sailor Saturn runs out to her position. The scoreboard for this inning: the Senshi had no runs on one hit and left one runner on base. After six full innings of play, the score is tied four-four. Due up: The Tennis Youma (0/2) Zoisite (0/2) Fiore [Commercial: Palmtop computer ad featuring Sailor Mercury.]