| Top of the 1st - Joplin Fireballs batting - Pitching for Birmingham Bobcats : LHP Keith Bent |
| Pitching: LHP Keith Bent | |
| Batting: RHB Wilson Thompson | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M) |
| Batting: LHB Jeff Johnson | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Strikes out looking |
| Batting: RHB Scott Walters | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Hit by Pitch |
| Batting: RHB Jeffrey Hall | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 78XD) Scott Walters to third Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw or cutoff |
| Batting: RHB Juan Gómez | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Top of the 1st over - 1 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Joplin 1 - Birmingham 0 |
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| Bottom of the 1st - Birmingham Bobcats batting - Pitching for Joplin Fireballs : LHP Paul Carter |
| Pitching: LHP Paul Carter | |
| Batting: LHB Gustavo López | 0-0: Bunt for hit - play at first, batter OUT! 5-3 |
| Batting: RHB Alonso Beltrán | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6) |
| Batting: RHB José Pérez | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6M) |
| Batting: RHB Jeff Shelton | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Called Strike 3-2: Base on Balls José Pérez to second |
| Batting: RHB Martin Boatwright | 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD) |
| Bottom of the 1st over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 2 left on base; Joplin 1 - Birmingham 0 |
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| Top of the 2nd - Joplin Fireballs batting - Pitching for Birmingham Bobcats : LHP Keith Bent |
| Batting: RHB Brian Moore | 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 4D) |
| Batting: RHB Royce Foley | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Joaquín Cordero | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3F) |
| Batting: LHB Mende Leal | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34) |
| Top of the 2nd over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Joplin 1 - Birmingham 0 |
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| Bottom of the 2nd - Birmingham Bobcats batting - Pitching for Joplin Fireballs : LHP Paul Carter |
| Batting: LHB Henry Bell | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Base on Balls |
| Batting: LHB Ted Nichols | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9S) |
| Batting: RHB Pedro Vega | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Drake Dickerson | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 8RD), Distance : 415 ft |
| Batting: LHB Gustavo López | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78XD) |
| Batting: RHB Alonso Beltrán | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 3D) Gustavo López to third Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw or cutoff |
| Batting: RHB José Pérez | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6) |
| Bottom of the 2nd over - 3 run(s), 3 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Joplin 1 - Birmingham 3 |
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| Top of the 3rd - Joplin Fireballs batting - Pitching for Birmingham Bobcats : LHP Keith Bent |
| Batting: RHB Wilson Thompson | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4D) |
| Batting: LHB Jeff Johnson | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Grounds into double play, 4-3-6 (Groundball, 34) |
| Batting: RHB Scott Walters | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-1: Swinging Strike 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Top of the 3rd over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Joplin 1 - Birmingham 3 |
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| Bottom of the 3rd - Birmingham Bobcats batting - Pitching for Joplin Fireballs : LHP Paul Carter |
| Batting: RHB Jeff Shelton | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L) |
| Batting: RHB Martin Boatwright | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6) 1-2: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6) |
| Batting: LHB Henry Bell | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M) Jeff Shelton to third |
| Batting: LHB Ted Nichols | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Joplin 1 - Birmingham 3 |
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| Top of the 4th - Joplin Fireballs batting - Pitching for Birmingham Bobcats : LHP Keith Bent |
| Batting: RHB Jeffrey Hall | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Juan Gómez | 0-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S) |
| Batting: RHB Brian Moore | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 34D) |
| Top of the 4th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Joplin 1 - Birmingham 3 |
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| Bottom of the 4th - Birmingham Bobcats batting - Pitching for Joplin Fireballs : LHP Paul Carter |
| Batting: RHB Pedro Vega | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34) |
| Batting: RHB Drake Dickerson | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34) |
| Batting: LHB Gustavo López | 0-0: Ball Wild Pitch! Drake Dickerson to second 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34) Drake Dickerson to third |
| Batting: RHB Alonso Beltrán | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 56) |
| Bottom of the 4th over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Joplin 1 - Birmingham 3 |
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| Top of the 5th - Joplin Fireballs batting - Pitching for Birmingham Bobcats : LHP Keith Bent |
| Batting: RHB Royce Foley | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Strikes out looking |
| Batting: RHB Joaquín Cordero | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Called Strike 3-2: Base on Balls |
| Batting: LHB Mende Leal | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7M) |
| Batting: RHB Wilson Thompson | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7M) |
| Top of the 5th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Joplin 1 - Birmingham 3 |
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| Bottom of the 5th - Birmingham Bobcats batting - Pitching for Joplin Fireballs : LHP Paul Carter |
| Batting: RHB José Pérez | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S) |
| Batting: RHB Jeff Shelton | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5) |
| Batting: RHB Martin Boatwright | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5) |
| Bottom of the 5th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Joplin 1 - Birmingham 3 |
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| Top of the 6th - Joplin Fireballs batting - Pitching for Birmingham Bobcats : LHP Keith Bent |
| Batting: LHB Jeff Johnson | 0-0: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 8LD) |
| Batting: RHB Scott Walters | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D), Distance : 377 ft |
| Batting: RHB Jeffrey Hall | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4M) |
| Batting: RHB Juan Gómez | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56) |
| Batting: RHB Brian Moore | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D) |
| Pitching: RHP Graham Burt | |
| Batting: RHB Royce Foley | 0-0: Called Strike Brian Moore steals 2nd base 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ground out 3-4 (Groundball, 3) |
| Top of the 6th over - 2 run(s), 3 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Joplin 3 - Birmingham 3 |
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| Bottom of the 6th - Birmingham Bobcats batting - Pitching for Joplin Fireballs : LHP Paul Carter |
| Batting: LHB Henry Bell | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Base on Balls |
| Batting: LHB Ted Nichols | 0-0: Grounds into double play, 4-3-6 (Groundball, 34) |
| Batting: RHB Pedro Vega | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Base on Balls |
| Batting: RHB Drake Dickerson | 0-0: Ball Pedro Vega is caught stealing 2nd base |
| Bottom of the 6th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Joplin 3 - Birmingham 3 |
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| Top of the 7th - Joplin Fireballs batting - Pitching for Birmingham Bobcats : RHP Graham Burt |
| Batting: RHB Joaquín Cordero | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first. |
| Batting: LHB Mende Leal | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34) |
| Batting: RHB Wilson Thompson | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Base on Balls Mende Leal to second |
| Batting: LHB Jeff Johnson | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike Mende Leal steals 3rd base Wilson Thompson to second 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Scott Walters | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Top of the 7th over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 2 left on base; Joplin 3 - Birmingham 3 |
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| Bottom of the 7th - Birmingham Bobcats batting - Pitching for Joplin Fireballs : LHP Paul Carter |
| Batting: RHB Drake Dickerson | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78XD) |
| Batting: LHB Gustavo López | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4) |
| Batting: RHB Alonso Beltrán | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34) |
| Pitching: RHP Kevin Brown | |
| Pinch Hitting: LHB Dae-hee Cho | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball Wild Pitch! Alonso Beltrán to second 3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34) |
| Bottom of the 7th over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Joplin 3 - Birmingham 3 |
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| Top of the 8th - Joplin Fireballs batting - Pitching for Birmingham Bobcats : RHP Graham Burt |
| Pitching: RHP Chris Neal | |
| Now in LF: Alfredo Martínez | |
| Batting: RHB Jeffrey Hall | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls |
| Pinch Runner at 1st Johnny Hudson: | |
| Batting: RHB Juan Gómez | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6) |
| Batting: RHB Brian Moore | 0-0: Ball 1-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 9S) |
| Batting: RHB Royce Foley | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4M) Brian Moore to second |
| Batting: RHB Joaquín Cordero | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S) |
| Top of the 8th over - 0 run(s), 2 hit(s), 0 error(s), 2 left on base; Joplin 3 - Birmingham 3 |
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| Bottom of the 8th - Birmingham Bobcats batting - Pitching for Joplin Fireballs : RHP Kevin Brown |
| Now at 3B: Johnny Hudson | |
| Pinch Hitting: LHB Jim Unknown | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 13) |
| Batting: RHB Martin Boatwright | 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5) |
| Batting: LHB Henry Bell | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56) |
| Bottom of the 8th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Joplin 3 - Birmingham 3 |
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| Top of the 9th - Joplin Fireballs batting - Pitching for Birmingham Bobcats : RHP Chris Neal |
| Now at 2B: Jim Unknown | |
| Batting: LHB Mende Leal | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Wilson Thompson | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: LHB Jeff Johnson | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Strikes out looking |
| Top of the 9th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Joplin 3 - Birmingham 3 |
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| Bottom of the 9th - Birmingham Bobcats batting - Pitching for Joplin Fireballs : RHP Kevin Brown |
| Pitching: RHP Felipe Díaz | |
| Batting: LHB Ted Nichols | 0-0: Ball 1-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9LD), Distance : 359 ft |
| Game Over ... Birmingham defeats Joplin, 4 to 3 |