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Game 1 - Dresden at Antioch Kevin Millwood (23-5,0-0) vs Pete Harnisch (18-5,1-0) Henry Rodriguez smacked a two-out three run homer in the first, and 23-game winner Kevin Millwood took care of the rest. Millwood pitched well enough, scattering seven hits and four walks in 8 innings, but was never seriously threatened as the Blacks added single runs in each of the three middle frames.
123 456 789 Game 2 - Dresden
at Antioch Ortiz threw a two hitter over 5 2/3 innings, leaving in the sixth affter a homer and a walk. Meanwhile, the Antioch offense started out with back to back homers from Melvin Benard and Edgardo Alfonzo. Radke escaped the first via the double play, and the Blacks twice crept back within one run. But in the 8th, Dresden closer Jeff Zimmerman failed to keep it close, allowing an RBI double to Phil Nevin and a 2R pinch hit HR to Cal Ripken. Series tied at 1 heading to Dresden..... Blacks 000 001
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Antioch at Dresden Kenny Lofton went 5-5 and Mark McGwire homered and drove in 5 runs in the rout. Mac started out the fun with a two run homer in the first, and added a two run single during a pivotal 4 run fifth. Dreifort and Rosado shared the pitching chores, with the latter throwing four innings of two hit relief.
Game 4 -
Antioch at Dresden Antioch lit up just about everything Dresden put out there, setting a playoff record for runs (previously RRD's 20-0 rout of RIO). Stottlemyre couldn't get out of the first, and Allen Watson ran into trouble as well. With the score 4-0, Antioch pinch hit for Grieve with the RH Ochoa, which prompted Dresden to go to their ace, Millwood, for a key out. Ochoa singled home two, and the rout was in. Dresden got back to within 6-3 but Matt Stairs hit a grand slam off Donne Wall, answered by McGwire's grand slam in the bottom of the 5th to make it 12-7. Antioch kept hitting, blasting Paul Shuey, a heroic if quixotic effort by Omedo Saenz, before Jeff Zimmerman finally came in to get the final few outs. Series tied at 2. Wizards 240 060
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Antioch at Dresden Defense was the difference as the Wizards committed 3 errors, threw wild pitches and allowed passed balls in a key 6 run Dresden third, and failed to cut down lead runners with key throws. Meanwhile, Antioch pounded Brad Radke with six hits in three innings, to go with 4 runs. But Rosado came in to pitch the middle innings and benefited from three double plays, as the Blacks won a key game 5 going away.
Wizards 022 000 010 5 9 3 Millwood vs Ortiz The Blacks returned to their third world series in four years behind the arm of Kevin Millwood. Dresden got out to a 3-0 lead on RBIs from the relatively quiet Charles Johnson, Tony Fernandez, and Tony Batista. But Batista and Fernandez then both committed errors in the bottom of the third, tightening the game to 3-2. Millwood had some control problems in that period, walking 4 within two innings, but then settled down to face the minimum 17 batters over the next 5 2/3 innings. The Blacks by then had insurance runs driven in by Larry Walker and McGwire, and returned to the Series. 123 456 789 MVP - McGwire, who drove in 15 runs in the series, hitting .526 and slugging 1.106. Henry Rodriguez' three run announcement in game one probably meant Big Mac was seeing more pitches than he usually does in the playoffs. Lofton was brilliant as well, with a .522/.607/.739 line. Pitching stars were Millwood and Rosado, other than that the Blacks were struggling to find anyone to get people out. For Antioch, the offense was pretty well spread out. Nobody put up the headline numbers, but Phil Nevin went 6-10 with a HR and 7 RBI. Doug Johns contributed with five innings of hitless relief, but it was mostly in games which had long since been decided.
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Game 1 - Tidewater
at Carolina Mike Hampton (18-10,0-0) vs Dave Burba (20-5,0-1) A pitchers duel between the two aces. Burba coming out on top 2-1, stretching out 2 hits over 8 innings allowing only a 2nd inning homer by Gonzalez and a 5th inning single by Canseco. Tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the 9th, Santiago singled with 2 outs, and Strawberry walked. Sadler pinch ran for Santiago and Cirillo delivered the game winner to lift the Canes to a 1-0 series lead.
123 456 789 Game 2 - Tidewater
at Carolina
A blowout, Hurricanes
winning going away 12-2. Cirillo had 4 hits and scored 3 runs,
while Griffey had 2 homers with 6 rbi's. Schilling went 7 strong
innings to earn the victory. Erickson gave up 9 walks and 5
earned runs in 5 innings of mopup work. The Tides now have 7
hits in the first two games.
123 456 789 Game 3 - Carolina
at Tidewater
Al Leiter scattered 2
hits over 6.1 innings as the Hurricanes scored on Kent's blast and
Leiter's bunt. Tides were 5 outs away from going 3-0 down when Travis
Fryman pinch hit a two run triple in the eighth off Rheal Cormier.
Vizquel tried to squeeze home the game winner, but missed the pitch.
Didn't matter much, as Juan Gonzalez homered in the ninth for the
gamewinner. Canes up 2-1
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456 789 R H E Game 4 - Carolina
at Tidewater Juan Gonzalez hit a grand slam in the 3rd, and Fryman hit a pinch 2RHR in the 7th as the Tides came back to tie the series. Tides picked up 7 walks to go with their 9 hits in scoring double figues in the minirout.
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456 789 R H E Game 5 - Carolina
at Tidewater Burba won his second in the series, holding on to a shutout until 2 were out in the ninth inning. Canes used a lineup 8 right handers against Hampton. The replacement outfield of Bubba Trammell, Jeff Barry, and Matt Mieske each contributed 2 hits and an RBI.
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456 789 R H E Game 6 - Tidewater
at Carolina Facing elimination, the Tides and Roger Clemens came up big. Roberto Alomar had three hits, including a 2RHR in the 2nd which helped open a 4-0 lead. Clemens was pulled in the 6th after losing his shutout, and Burnitz doubled home 2 more against Rick Wilkins to narrow it to 4-3. But the Tides pulled away again, with Olerud's 2R 7th inning homer, and Shawon Dunston's 8th inning 2 run single, while Danny Graves pitched 1-2-3 innings for the Tides. All tied for Carolina's 3rd consecutive 7 game series. 123 456 789 R H E Game 7 - Tidewater
at Carolina
Neither starting
pitcher was around at the end of the 2nd inning. Both managers
decided to give it to the bullpen early. Canseco homered in the
first for the Tides, and Greer answered in the Canes 1st. The
Tides go up 4-3 in the 4th on a Howry wild pitch to Alomar, but the
Canes tied it in the bottom on a rbi single from Cirillo. The
Tide never threatened again till the 9th, when Santiago nailed
Anderson at 3b on a sacrifice attempt by Dunston. Vizquel
promptly single up the middle, but was again nailed at 2b by Santiago
on the attempted steal. Meanwhile, the Canes had their scoring
chances thwarted as well when Santiago twice couldnt deliver on
two-out run scoring opportunities in the 5th and 7th innings.
The Tides never seriously threatened in the extra inning affair but shut the door on the Canes in the 10th when BAnderson threw out Strawberry at the plate with the Series on the line. With the bases loaded the the 11th, Santiago grounded out on fielders choice to home and Bordick fouled out on tuff play by Vizquel. The Canes won it in the 12th on a leadoff walk to Cirillo, a botched bunt attempt by Tomko and a double by Griffey. With runners at 2nd and 3rd, the Tide walked Young intentionally setting up Burnitz for the Series winning single to right-center. Both managers were exhausted and stunned.
123 456 789 012 R H E MVP - Dave Burba, with a 3 hit win in game 1 and a 5 hitter in game 5, both times downing Tide ace Mike Hampton. Jeff Cirillo was on base 18 times in the series with 10 singles, a double, and 7 walks. Juan Gonzalez had 4 HR and 8 RBI for Tidewater, and was in the middle of most of the important Tide rallies. And Danny Graves would have won the MVP had the Tides scored somewhere before the 12th in game 7. |
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