Tocci caps IronPigs' comeback with walk-off
After a wild comeback and nearly four hours of baseball, Carlos Tocci put the exclamation point on Triple-A Lehigh Valley's night.Philadelphia's No. 24 prospect smacked a walk-off single in the 12th inning to push the IronPigs past Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 6-5, in Game 1 of the best-of-5 International League semifinals Thursday night
After a wild comeback and nearly four hours of baseball,
Philadelphia's No. 24 prospect smacked a walk-off single in the 12th inning to push the IronPigs past Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 6-5, in Game 1 of the best-of-5 International League semifinals Thursday night at Coca-Cola Park.
Tocci came to the plate against right-hander
"Oh my [gosh], unbelievable feeling," Tocci said. "I was looking for something up and put the ball in play."
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The rest of the IronPigs swarmed the 22-year-old outfielder on the field.
"After a long game, they threw the water [on me] and everybody was happy, obviously," Tocci said.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre built a 5-1 lead through five innings against Lehigh Valley starter
But Lehigh Valley rallied for four runs in the bottom of the sixth.
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"I think it was a great comeback for us and will help us to win the rest of the series," said Tocci, who batted .189 in 17 games with the IronPigs after posting a .307 average in 113 games with Double-A Reading. The 6-foot-2, 160-pounder also doubled to left to lead off the third and singled to right in the 11th.
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The series stays in Lehigh Valley for Game 2, scheduled for 7:05 p.m. ET on Friday,
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