1999
Fehr Divisional Playoffs |
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| Rosehaven River Dogs (98-64) vs Carolina Hurricanes (96-66) | Tidewater Tides (97-65) vs Savannah Generals (105-57) | |
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Game 1 - Rosehaven at Carolina
Ismael Valdes (19-6)
vs Dave Burba (20-5)
Questionable call for
Canes skipper, but Burba was a 20 game winner and had outstanding
results. The Canes were cruising with a 3-1 lead in the 4th when
Rolen ripped a 3 run shot to give the RDogs a lead that lasted till
the 7th when Greer knocked in a run on a chopper to short....Griffey
followed with a rocket to right to give the Canes the lead at 6-4.
A solo homer by Jeter in the 9th was not enough against Benitez and the
Canes held on to the 6-5 win.
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David Cone (12-13)
vs Curt Schilling (12-7)
Locked into a pitchers
duel, Schilling protected a 1 run lead till the RDogs tied it in the
7th on a Piazza solo shot. Canes manufactured a run in the 7th
on a SF by KYoung. Everything looked great till Piazza hit a
2-out, 2-run homer in the top of the 9th off a rested but rusty
Benitez. Timlin was perfect in the 9th for the final 3-2 RDog
win.
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R H E Al Leiter (8-14) vs Woody Williams (12-8)
Canes were reeling
from the game 2 shocker but reeled off back to back homers from
Griffey and Young in the 1st for a 3-0 lead. After that it was
all RDogs. RDogs came back with one in the 1st and 3 in the 2nd,
highlighted by an astounding at bat by Woody Williams. He fouled
off seemingly dozens of pitches on a full count to finally single off
Leiter. Though the runner was thrown out at home, the top of the
order was so inspired afterwards, they scored 3 runs with two men out.
That seemed to take the wind out of the Canes and they never recovered
enough to catch the RDogs, who settled in for a final 8-4 win.
Hurricanes 300 000 100
4 7 0 Kirk Reuter (12-7) vs Hideo Nomo (13-8)
Down by a game,
Rueter took the mound for the Canes. Pitching out of jam after
jam, the Canes led 6-3 in the 6th when Rueter departed.
His gut-check pitching and a 4-4, 2 double/triple performance by
Burnitz led the Canes to a series tying 8-3 win. Nomo just didn't have
it, allowing 9 hits including back to back 5th inning
HRs to Griffey and Young.
Hurricanes 010 230 110
8 15 2
Ismael Valdes vs Dave Burba
All Valdes. A
solid 7 inning/100 pitch performance completely shutdown the Canes
attack. He scattered 7 hits in his stint, turning it over to
Timlin to nail it down in the 9th for a 4-1 win. Palmeiro was
instrumental in all 4 RDog runs, scoring 1 and driving in 3.
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Cone vs Schilling
Cone was
magnificent through 7, shutting down the Canes on just 2 hits.
Sosa supported him with 2 long home runs and the River Dogs led 5-0
six outs away from the Conference finals. In the
home 8th, Kent led off and was plunked by Cone, followed
by a pinch single by Redmond. Dogs went to Magnante who threw
a wild pitch, then walked Trammell. That
brought Wendell for Rosehaven, after which the Canes hit
for Sadler with Mieske. Mieske fanned, but
Cirillo singled
in two, and following a walk to Greer, Wendell allowed by a bases
loaded-clearing double by Series MVP Ken Griffey Jr to tie it. One
out later, Burnitz drove in Griffey for the improbable 6-5
Cane lead. Benitez was solid in the 9th for his second save.
This set up the second consecutive dramatic game 7 showdown between
the two clubs.
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Leiter vs Williams.
Not the starting
pitcher either manager preferred, but best rested pitchers
available. The
game featured 4 lead changes in the first 6 innings. It was
a game full of drama, lead changes, interesting hitter-pitcher
matchups and adjustments. The River Dogs hammered 5 home
runs (4 solo shots), but made 4 miscues allowing 4 unearned
innings. The Canes scored 6 runs in the last 3 innings,
highlighted by a 2 run double from KYoung in the 6th, a solo HR by
Kent in the 7th, and a two-run double by Kent again in the 8th.
Benitez retired all 6 batters he faced in the 8th and 9th, fanning
4.
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Series Highlights
Neither team fielded
well, with 14 unearned runs in the series. ....Canes with 11 errors,
Dogs with 10. Dogs
outhomered the Canes 13-8, but the Canes had 25 extra base hits to 18
for Dogs Canes
up 11-6 in SB's
Series MVP ....Ken Griffey Jr. 357/419/714 with 3 homers, 6 runs, 7 rbi, 3 sb's.... Sosa: .333/419/778....4 homers, 6 runs, 7 rbi
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Game 1 - Tidewater at Savannah
Orel Hershiser
(17-8) vs Randy Johnson (15-12)
Tides outlasted the Generals as the Generals could manage no more than 6 hits over 12 innings. After Marty Cordova tied up the game at 3 with a 7th inning RBI single, the Generals went hitless against three Tidewater relievers. Meanwhile, the Tides couldn't do much better, although Trevor Hoffman had to come in to get Juan Gonzalez with two on in the 10th. Finally, in the 12th, Doug Glanville misplayed John Olerud's pinchhit flyball, allowing it to drop and score Brady Anderson. Gonzalez followed with an RBI single for an insurance run and that was that.
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Tidewater at Savannah Juan Gonzalez staked the Tides to a 2-0 lead, but Chris Holt couln't hold it. Vladimir Guerrero capped a 4 run third with a two run homer as the Generals took a 5-2 lead. Tides managed a run back, but RBIs by Matt Williams and Greg Colbrunn sealed a relatively easy 7-3 win.
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James Baldwin
(12-10)
vs Mike Hampton (18-10)
Todd Zeile hit a three run homer in the 4th, and the Generals finally caught up on a 2 run Sandy Alomar double following a couple of walks. But the Generals bats fell silent, getting only 4 hits in 8 innings off Tidewater ace Mike Hampton. Savannah cycled through most of their bullpen, finally losing in the 10th. Brady Anderson singled and an inning later went to second when Canseco walked. Trevor Hoffman came in but hit John Olerud, and Zeile's grounder was booted by Royce Clayton, scoring Anderson with the gamewinner.
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Ienny Neagle (7-1)
vs Roger Clemens (14-10)
A
back and forth game
with the Tides tying in the 3rd and 5th innings and the Generals
coming back to tie in the 8th. Tony Grafannino's tied it with a
single, and Danny Graves came in to face Clayton with one out and
runners on the corners. Clayton's grounder produced a fielder's choice
out at the plate, and pinchhitter Cordova struck out. Graves and
Hoffman sailed through until the bottom of the 10th, when Hoffman ran
out of steam, allowing singles to Darren Fletcher, Gonzalez, and
Olerud, and the Tides were up 3-1.
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Johnson vs Hershiser
Rain delays forced both starters after one, and that cost the Generals. Jason Johnson couldn't hold a 2-0 lead, allowing a HR by Zeile in the 2nd and RBI singles to Vizquel and Edgar Martinez in the 4th (around an error by Ron Belliard). Savannah bats were quiet again, managing only 5 hits against a half dozen Tidewater pitchers, and the Tides upset the division winners 4 games to 1.
123 456 789 R H E MVP - Danny Graves, who won 3 games, and pitched 6 2/3 hitless innings. Edgar Martinez went 5-8 on the series with 4 RBIs, and Trevor Hoffman pitched effectively in all 5 games, despite being hung with the loss in game 3. The goat was Bagwell, who hit .063 with a lone HR in 16 at bats. The real problem was the Savannah defense, which committed 8 errors in 5 games, good for 7 unearned runs. Belliard, Clayton, and Glanville each committed 2 errors. |
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