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Game 1 - Sycamore at Antioch Roy Halladay vs Ramon Ortiz An old fashioned rout against one of post-season's most successful pitchers, though Ortiz was pitching on three days rest. Marcus Giles had an outstanding game. In the first he homered with one on; in the third he hit a bases clearing double, and in the fourth he cleared the bases with another double. 8 RBIs is a post season record.
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Sycamore at Antioch Barry Bonds homered in the 1st and Sycamore led 2-0. But Prior ran into trouble in the first, giving up 3 runs. The game settled into a 3-3 tie until the bottom of the seventh. With two outs Alex Rodriguez homered off of Octavio Dotel and the Wizards took a 4-3 lead. Sycamore loaded the bases in the 8th but Bonds flew to right to end the threat. Ramon Hernandez hit a 2RHR in the 8th to provide insurance runs. Series tied one game each.
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Antioch at Sycamore Kevin Brown tossed 6 innings of 2 hit baseball in leading Sycamore to a 7-1 win in game 3. With two outs in the 5th, Kevin Brown singled to prolong a rally, and Larry Walker and Jason Kendall followed with RBI hits to break open a 0-0 tie. Runelvys Hernandez and Jason Kershner made a mess of the home seventh, as Sycamore broke it open.
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Antioch at Sycamore Eric Gagne, working in his second inning of relief, allowed a two out two run homer to Adam Melhuse to tie the game at 3. Bonds struck out in the 10th with two on, and A-Rod came up in the 12th with the bases loaded and one out. He lined a double for 2 runs, and the Wizards withstood a solo homer in the bottom of the frame to knot the series at 2 games apiece. 123 456 789 012 r h e Game 5 -
Antioch at Sycamore Antioch scored on early on a Tim Salmon triple and a sacrifice fly, but could only manage one more hit against Mark Prior in his 8 strong innings. Marcus Giles singled home Bobby Bonds in the 7th to tie. In the home eighth, Lofton doubled and advanced to third on a Larry Bigbie single. Scott Williamson came in to pitch, but uncorked a wild pitch to bring in the winning run. Jose Valverde pitched the ninth for the save, as Sycamore went up 3 games to 2.
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Game 6 - Sycamore at Antioch An error by Dievi Cruz in the first inning allowed Jerry DaVanon to score, and that was it. Antioch had the better chances off Kevin Brown, but left the bases loaded in the 2nd and 3rd. Sycamore left the bases loaded in the 4th when Cruz flew out. In the 9th, Delgado singled to lead off the inning, and pinch runner Kenny Lofton stole second. A fly moved him to third, but David Riske got Jason Kendall on a comebacker before Wilson Alvarez got Cory Koskie to fly out for the save. Series tied a 3 games each.
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Antioch Classic game seven saw Roger Clemens and Antioch toss a no hitter until the sixth, then blow a 2-0 lead in the seventh, and finally come back in the 8th to win and defeat the defending champions. Antioch advanced to their 3rd World Series in 4 years. Sycamore trailed 2-0 in the seventh when Bonds walked, Giles singled, and Delgado doubled to narrow the lead to 2-1. After a bit of cat and mouse, Michael Ryan's groundout tied it. After Koskie struck out Antioch walked Valentin to get to Eric Gagne. Sycamore pinchhit, but Aaron Rowand struck out. Octavio Dotel survived a shaky seventh, but got Podsednik to end the inning. But Antioch wasn't going to be denied in the 8th. A-Rod doubled with one out and after an intentional walk to Helton, Payton's infield hit loaded the bases. Jerry DaVanon lofted a sacrifice fly to center to give the Wizards a 3-2 lead and the series win.
123 456 789 R H E MVP - Marcus Giles in a losing cause for Sycamore, who had 11 hits and 11 RBIs, though most of them came in game 1.... Alex Rodriguez had the key hits for Antioch, but only hit .269 and struck out 10 times... They key was the Antioch bullpen, who pitched superbly... Barry Bonds went 3-23 on the series, including 0-13 against RH pitching... Jose Valentin and Carlos Delgado also had atrocious series for the Flatlanders.... Leadoff hitter Scott Podsednik went 0-27 for the series. |
Game 1 - Rosehaven at Rio Salado Ryan Franklin vs Javier Vazquez Ichiro Suzuki had four hits and Richie Sexson a home run and three RBI as Rio Salado coasted to an 8-1 win in the opener. Javier Vazquez pitched seven shutout innings and gave way to the bullpen which finished relatively uneventfully.
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Game 2 - Rosehaven at Rio Salado The Scorpions had this one in the bag by the third inning when Alfonso Soriano connected with one on and one out against Tomo Ohka. By the end of the inning, Carl Crawford would add the fifth extra base hit in the inning, a two run double, and the Scorpions never looked back from a 5-0 lead.
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Game 3 - Rio Salado at Rosehaven Returning home down 2 games to none, Rosehaven came back three times to tie, including winning on three runs in the ninth inning. Derek Jeter's sixth inning ground out knotted the game at 6 and his 8th inning double tied it at 7. Rio Salado came back with two in the ninth, on Benito Santiago's sac fly and a RBI double by Carl Crawford. But Rosehaven rallied in the ninth. With one out Stairs was hit by a pitch and Sosa doubled him to third, Rio Salado put the winning run on base to set up the double play for Scott Rolen. He struck out, but Mike Piazza lined a single down the right field line to tie the score. Steve Kline came on for Hasegawa, and Rosehaven went to Desi Relaford, who lined a single for the gamewinner. Sammy Sosa was the offensive hero, going 3-5 with three runs and three RBIs.
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Game 4 - Rio Salado at Rosehaven A 2-2 pitchers duel into the late innings, Rio Salado broke through in the 11th to take a 3-1 lead in the series. But when Rio Salado went to the bullpen, Rosehaven had their best chances to win the game. In the 9th Palmiero was thrown out at the plate on Rolen's single, and the River Dogs threatened in the tenth putting two runners on with one out. But Rio Salado came through when Carl Crawford tripled home Santiago off Steve Sparks with two outs in the 11th , and scored on Chone Figgins' single.
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Game 5 - Rio Salado at Rosehaven Rosehaven won and cut the series margin to 3 games to 2 with a 3-2 win. Most of the offense was provided by Mike Piazza, who homered and doubled and scored two runs. The Scorpions had their chances, but couldn't manage to tie the game, leaving 8 including the tying run on second in the ninth inning.
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Game 6 - Rosehaven at Rio Salado Rio Salado scored a run in the second on Karim Garcia's home run, and then got four in the third off Tomo Ohka. Ichiro's double featured in the middle of the rally, but an error and a wild pitch also contributed. Zambrano didn't pitch well, but got Ohka with the bases loaded in the 2nd, 3 outs with two on in the 3rd, and Edmonds with the bases loaded in the 4th. Stairs struck out with the bases loaded in the 6th, but by then it was 7-2. By the time Rosehaven finally broke through, it was the ninth inning, and Piazza and Rolen homered in a lost cause. Rosehaven advances, 4 games to 2.
123 456 789 R H E MVP - Carl Crawford. 14-26 on the series, with a team leading 7 RBIs. Included were the gamewinner in pivotal game 4, as well as key RBIs in games two and three... Ichiro, Blalock, and Soriano each reached double figures in hits over the six game series... Mike Piazza, in limited action, went 9-17 with 2 doubles and 2 HRs.... There was a big difference in the pitching, largely because of the games 1 and 2 blowouts, but even Carlos Zambrano and Javier Vazquez weren't that sharp.... 8 Rosehaven errors lead to 6 unearned Rio Salado runs.
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