Meanwhile, Harper's team had closed within 15-8, and delivered the big blow in the top of the 6th. Tony Connor led off with a walk, and Gil Schmerler laid down a sacrifice bunt. Both runners were safe when Marvin Cohen couldn't hold onto the throw. Glen Lawrence then singled to right scoring Connor, and in a comedy of throwing errors, Schmerler and Lawrence came all the way around to score. Robert Waxman got things started again by working out a walk, and Patrick Harper bunted for a base hit. O'Connor finally got an out when Ian Parfrey lined out to right, and then Cid Rivera singled in Waxman. Freddie Melendez took over on the mound, and promptly served up a 3-run bomb to Dave Rodriguez, which tied the game.
Parfrey relieved Harper for the bottom of the 6th, and escaped a bases-loaded jam when Harper made a nifty backhand stop of Sam Melendez's grounder to first. In the 7th, Glen Lawrence led off with an infield single to deep shortstop, and advanced to second on a throwing error. Robert Waxman singled to left-center scoring Lawrence, and that one run stood up. O'Connor's squad made one last threat, with back to back 2-out singles from Mark Rodriguez and Sam Magnus, but Havelock Hewes lined out to left to end the game.
Almost lost in all this insanity was the incredible batting performance from Aldys Cruz, who had 7 hits in 9 at bats over both games, scoring 5 runs, driving in 8, with 3 home runs, 2 doubles, and a triple. Batting left handed, Cruz hit three monster shots to the deepest part of the park, landing one on the lawn of the apartment building across the street.