10 Best Memphis Sports Moments Of 2010 Part Two

4) Redbirds 8, Bees 7 (August 19) — Over the first eight innings of this roller-coaster ride, the teams combined for six runs. Then they scored a total of nine in the final frame. The Redbirds had what looked like a comfortable 5-1 lead with three outs to go, and brought in closer Fernando Salas to finish the job. (Salas was 18 for 18 in save opportunities, though with a four-run lead, this didn’t qualify.) The Bees attacked the PCL All-Star, though, and scored six runs to take a 7-5 lead. But then in the bottom of the ninth, Joe Mather — having struck out a franchise-record six times in a game earlier in the week — drilled a two-run homer to tie things up. Mather was immediately followed by Mark Hamilton, who snuck an opposite-field homer inside the leftfield foul pole, his second bomb of the game, and a walk-off memory-maker for a sparse Thursday-night crowd.

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