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...Walsh trotted to the mound and made the call for a first-pitch changeup...
...Nyweide followed orders, and Nickerson promptly bashed the off-speed pitch over the left field fence for a three-run homer to tie the game...
...Crimson two outs away from nailing down a 2-1 victory, Nickerson came up with the tying run at second. After a lengthy discussion with Birtwell on the mound, Walsh made the decision to challenge Nickerson-who had already gone 2-for-3 on the day-rather than pitch around...
...didn't want to pitch around Nickerson because you'd be putting what would have been the go-ahead run on. You had to pitch to him," Walsh said. "I just told [Birtwell]... to make him chase a bad pitch. And if he did lose [Nickerson], I thought we could get the next...
...Birtwell did lose Nickerson, leaving a pitch too far over the plate that Nickerson crushed for an RBI-double to tie the game...