Game 3 started out in 55 degree weather, partly cloudy sky and the wind blowing out to right at 12 MPH. The starting matchup: Alex Fernandez going against Mark Portugal. After splitting the first two games, the Chippewae were glad to be home. Fernandez an Portugal both were on their game. Fernandez's only early blemish was a leadoff HR in the 4th by Edgar Martinez - perhaps a foreshadowing of things to come? The Crackers responded with an unearned run in the 6th. Rickey Henderson led off the inning by reaching base via an Albert Belle (motto: "Damn good thing I can hit!") dropped line drive. He then proceeded to be Rickey and stole second. Cangelois popped out to 1st, failing to move Rickey over. David Segui walked. Roberto Alomar whiffed but was picked up when Jim Edmonds singled home Rickey and moved Segui over to 3rd. Chil Davis grounded over to second to end the inning. Both pitchers had only allowed 3 hits and 1 run through the middle of the 8th when the floodgates burst. Some timely hitting by the Chippewae and some poor fielding by the Crackers contributed to a huge inning. The carnage went: Sheffield walked vs. Fernandez. TJ Mathews in to pitch. Edgar flied out to right. Albert Belle walked, Sheff to 2nd. John Valentin made his second error of the game allowing Santiago to reach, Belle to 2nd, Sheffield to 3rd. Lyle Mouton pinch-hitting for Leo Gomez (playing 1b to give Will Clark a rest). Jeff King makes an error, scoring Sheffield, Belle to 3rd, Santiago to 2nd, Mouton safe at first. Bill Mueller (playing 3b to give Shane Andrews a rest) doubles to LF, Belle and Santiago score easily, Mouton beats the relay by Valentin. Jeff Branson lines to 2b for the second out of the inning. Darryl Hamilton walks. Worrell relieves TJ MAthews and promptly gives up a single to Joey Cora, plating Mueller and moving Hamilton to 3rd. Sheffield hits a little tapper between 3b and the pitcher, but Worrell can't handle it - Hamilton scores, Cora to 2nd, Sheff safe at first. Edgar cleans up with a three run shot to end the scoring for the inning. Bell k's to end it. Portugal did give up 3 hits in the top of the 9th, including a 2-run HR to Jeff King, but a nice 543 DP started by Mueller off of the bat of Chili Davis just prior to King's blast minimized the damage. Portugal went the route, striking out Fletcher with Portugal's 10th K of the game to end it. The Crackers pitchers pitched relatively well, only giving up 6 hits, but 7 walks and the 4 errors by the team led to 9 of the 10 Chippewae runs being unearned. Final score 10-3 Chippewae. Boston leads the series 2-1 Fenway Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 97 Crackers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 6 4 4 0 97 Chippewae 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 x 10 6 1 7 2 Crackers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Cangelosi lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 2 0 0 0 Segui 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 6 0 0 0 Alomar 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 4 1 0 0 Edmonds cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 3 0 0 0 Davis dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0 0 0 King 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 2 1 0 Fletcher c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 2 0 0 0 Valentin ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 2 1 2 0 Henderson rf 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 Fernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Mathews p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Worrell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 32 3 6 3 0 0 1 2 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 5 4 0 Chippewae AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Hamilton cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 0 0 0 Cora 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 5 4 0 0 Sheffield rf 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 0 0 0 0 Martinez,E dh 5 2 2 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357 0 0 0 0 Belle lf 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 0 1 0 Santiago c 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 10 0 0 0 Gomez 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 Mouton ph 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Lampkin c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Mueller 3b 3 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 1 6 0 0 Branson ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Portugal p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 32 10 6 8 1 0 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 27 11 1 0 Crackers INN H R ER BB K BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Fernandez L 0-1 7.0 3 2 1 5 1 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.29 Mathews 0.2 1 5 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 Worrell 0.1 2 3 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 6 10 1 7 2 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 Chippewae INN H R ER BB K BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Portugal W 1-0 9.0 6 3 2 2 10 34 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.00 9.0 6 3 2 2 10 34 1 0 0 0 2 0 BOS: Mouton batted for Gomez in the 8th Santiago moved to 1b in the 9th Lampkin inserted at c in the 9th Temperature: 55, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to right at 12 MPH.