World Series – Washington versus Scottsdale
November 29, 2011 in Results
Game 1 – Ervin Santana(Sco) vs Josh Johnson(Was) at Was. In the top of the 4th Blanco singled to lead off, and Mauer followed with a double. Holliday walked to make it bases loaded and nobody out. Scott grounded to first and Blanco was eliminated at the plate. Chris Johnson followed with a 1-2-1 double play grounder to eliminate the threat. In the bottom of the 6th Longoria tripled with one out but was stranded when Berkman struck out and Posada grounded out. Santana left for a pinch-hitter in the top of the 7th, having pitched 6 shutout innings, Johnson departed for a pinch hitter in the bottom of the 7th. In the bottom of the 9th, with Papelbon pitching for Scottsdale, Berkman walked, Posada flied out and Orlando Hudson singled with Berkman advancing to second. Axford came in for Scottsdale. He struck out Jose Reyes. Beltran then pinch hit for Stubbs and delivered a game winning double. The final was 1-0 Washington, with the win going to Acosta and the loss to Papelbon.
Game 2 - Sabathia(Sco) vs Lackey(Was) at Was . With 1 out in the top of the 1st Figgins reached second on an error by Reyes. Following a ground out Scottsdale strung together 2 singles and a 2 out triple by Chris Johnson to plate 3 unearned runs. In the bottom of the inning a walk and 3 singles yielded 2 runs to make it 3-2. Scottsdale added a run in the 3rd and that was it for the scoring. Sabathia went 7 innings for the win. Arthur Rhodes got the save. Lackey took the loss.
Game 3 – Carmona(Was) vs Lilly(Sco) at Was. Lilly pitched 6 shutout innings and 5 other relievers accounted for 3 more as Scottsdale won 3-0 with Raphael Soriano getting the save.
Game 4 – Zambrano(Was) vs DiceK(Sco). Cust and Ethier hit back to back homers to put Washington out to a 2-0 lead at the end of 1. Washington added a run in the third and another in the 4th on a Longoria HR. In the bottom of the 5th Scott walked for Scottsdale with one out, one out later, Scottsdale strung together 4 singles to cut Washington’s lead to 4-3. In the bottom of the 6th Scott hit a 2 run HR to give Scottsdale the lead. Washington tied it up in the 7th on a Cust double and an Ethier single. In the bottom of the 8th Scottsdale broke it open on a Mauer single, a Victorino double, an intentional walk and a Scutaro double. The lead held up as Scottsdale won it 8-5. Zumaya with the win, Acosta with the loss.
Game 5 Johnson(Was) vs Santana(Sco) The game was never close as Johnson gave up 6 runs and Scottsdale won 8-1. Ervin Santana getting the win to clinch Scottsdale’s first ever world series championship. Scottsdale hit only one home run during the series but their pitchers held Washington, the 2nd highest scoring team in the league during the regular season, to only 5 runs.