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Game 1 - Dresden at Antioch Brad Radke (12-9, 1-0) vs Roger Clemens (23-5, 1-1) Brad Radke allowed 2 hits between the 2nd and 7th innings, as Dresden won the opener, 4-2. Larry Walker's homer in the 3rd tied it, and Manny Ramirez' homer in the 6th seized the lead. Antioch was able to advance only one runner past first base after the first inning. Radke needed only 69 pitches over 7 innings. Roger Clemens left after 1 inning after his arm stiffened following a long rain delay.
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Dresden at Antioch Game two of the 2001 Miller Conference championship series, like game 2 of the 2000 Miller Championship, went 13 innings with Antioch prevailing. The Wizards built up a 7-1 lead, much against Dave Coggin, pressed into action when Jarrod Washburn, like Clemens the day before, had to leave in the first inning. Edgar Martinez homered with a man on in the sixth, Ramirez with two on in the eighth, and Dresden tied it on Donnie Sadler's suicide squeeze. Antioch had the better chances from then out, and finally through in the 13th when Randy Velarde walked and scored on two out singles by Craig Counsell and Brady Clark. The Wizards left 16 on compared to 4 by the Blacks, helped by their 11-1 advantage in bases on balls. The Wizards saw an amazing 250 pitches.
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Antioch at Dresden Both pitchers were forced out by injuries in the first inning of their respective starts in game two, and they matched up here in game 3. Dresden struck first, but Ben Grieve hit a two run homer in a 4 run 4th. The lead held until the 7th, when RBI hits by Walker and Ramirez tied it. But Dave Weathers in his second inning of work walked Randall Simon and Mike Darr. After a bunt moved the runners over, A-Rod's infield single scored the goahead run. A wild throw by Charles Johnson allowed another. The Blacks got their first two on in the bottom of the 9th, but this time Mendoza got Walker to hit into a DP and Ramirez to end it. Craig Biggio went 5-5 with 3 SB.
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Antioch at Dresden The only bad game of the series, as David Bell's error set up Ramon Hernandez's 1st inning grand slam home run. Blacks got their first 2 on in the 6th, but struck out 9 times over the last 12 batters.
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Antioch at Dresden Blacks were 9 out away from elimination as homers by Randy Velarde and Alex Rodriguez hit home runs establishing two run leads. In the seventh, the first two reached, causing Antioch to go to Ramiro Mendoza. Carlos Pena pinch hit with a single, cutting the lead to 5-4, Tony Batista tied it with a sac fly, and Greg Myers pinchhit a 2RHR for the game winners. Edgar Martinez and Mike Darr traded meaningless HRs in each team's final frame.
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Game 6 - Dresden at Antioch In a game which will go down in IIBL history, Russ Ortiz no-hit Dresden as Antioch advanced to the World Series for the second consecutive year. Shawn Chacon also pitched no-hit ball over his start, but left after 83 pitches over 5 innings. Chacon stranded the bases loaded in the first and was helped by 2 DPs later. With two outs in the sixth, doubles by A-Rod and Paquette would be the only hits of the game. Larry Walker led off the seventh with a walk, but Ortiz picked him off (he wasn't trying to steal, BTW). Carlos Pena pinch hit a walk in the 9th, but Ortiz got Biggio and Lofton on strikes, and got Walker to end the game.
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MVP - Ortiz, naturally. The Antioch offense was spread around, with nobody with more than 6 hits, 5 runs scored, or 5 RBI. Helton had 2 of the team's seven homers. Manny Ramirez homered 4 times and drove in a series high 9 runs, but also struck out 12 times and had an OB% of .231. The highly regarded Antioch bullpen saved 1 and blew 3. But the Blacks were let down by their defense, allowing 10 unearned runs in the series. The Blacks finished second in the conference to South Texas during the season in fielding percentage. |
Game 1 - Hub City at Rosehaven C.C. Sabathia (16-9, 1-0) vs Chan Ho Park (13-10,1-1) Spock Rockers got two homers in the first, good for four runs, while Rosehaven got only two hits the entire game. Five walks and a passed ball brought the game back to 4-3, and while Ray King walked four more in an inning and two thirds, Jeff Wallace got Rolen with the bases loaded and pitched a 1-2-3 ninth
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Game 2 - Hub City at Rosehaven Russ Branyan put the Rockers ahead 2-0 in the second with a 2RHR, but in the 4th Jeff VanderWal tripled home two to tie, and later scored on Rolen's sac fly. Rosehaven didn't threaten after that, and it was Hub City's to win, they left two on in the 7th and 8th.
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Game 3 - Rosehaven at Hub City Hub City scored all of their runs on homers, as Estallela tied it in the first, Mora hit a go ahead HR in the 4th, and Ordonez won it with a 2RHR in the 7th. Mulder struck out 13. Woody Williams had three hits for Rosehaven, but got the loss allowing the 3HRs.
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Game 4 - Rosehaven at Hub City Rosehaven caught the HR bug, slamming 5 in a must win game 4. The fifth, by John VanderWal, gave the River Dogs a 6-5 lead in the 13th. An insurance run would be needed, as Jose Cruz homered again in the bottom of the inning. Hub City's two run rally in the 7th were the first Spock Rocker runs scored without benefit of a home run.
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Game 5 - Rosehaven at Hub City A rematch of game one. Sabathia had no control, walked 8, threw a wild pitch, a gopher ball, and made an error. He left down 3-0 in the fifth with the bases loaded and none out. Jeff Wallace got a DP, scoring the 4th run. But then Roberto Hernandez gave up homers to Palmeiro, Sosa, and Rolen in the next two innings and the rout was on. River Dogs up 3 games to 2 going back to Rosehaven.
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Game 6 - Hub City at Rosehaven Chad Kreuter's two run homer in the 3rd gave Hub City a lead they'd never relinquish. Sammy Sosa closed the gap to 3-2 in the 4th with a 2RHR, but then Jeff Weaver settled down, allowing only one hit until two were out in the ninth. By then, Melvin Mora had driven in an 8th inning insurance run, and Magglio Ordonez' 2RHR made it 6-2. However, with 2 out in the 9th, three straight hits made it 6-3, but Weaver closed by getting VanderWal to ground out to end the game.
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7 - Hub City at Rosehaven Rockers got one in the first, but Magglio Ordonez was hurt in the 1st inning and the offense couldn't produce the clutch hit after that. Rosehaven put together a 5 spot in the third, capped by Sammy Sosa's 3RHR. Hub City got runners on after that, but couldn't put anything together until the 8th. Joe McEwing, in the Ordonez spot singled in a run to make it 5-2, but then Terry Adams got tying run Jose Cruz to hit into a DP to end the inning. Palmeiro hit an insurance homer and defending champs Rosehaven go back to the world series in a rematch against Antioch.
123 456 789 R H E MVP - Magglio Ordonez in a losing cause. Aside from the game 5 9-0 whitewash, Ordonez had two hits in each game, along with 5 walks in the series. He only got one hit in game 7 having had to be removed. Sammy Sosa gets an honorable mention for homering in the last three games.
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