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2003 IIBL
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Game 1
Rio Salado at Antioch Esteban Loiaza threw seven innings of 2 hit baseball in leading underdog Rio Salado to a Game 1 victory. Alfonso Soriano broke open a scoreless tie with a 2RHR in the sixth, and Carl Crawford's triple led to a third run in the 8th. The third run was necessary. In Steve Kline's second inning, A-Rod and Helton led off the 9th with solo homers, cutting the margin to 3-2, but Shiggy Hasegawa came in to get the final three outs. 123
456 789 R H E Game 2
Rio Salado at Antioch Rio Salado had the chances but Antioch got the run. In the seventh, the Wizards grrouped two of their three hits - - a Tim Salmon double and a Jeff DaVanon single - - to score the only run of the game. The Scorpions stranded 12. In the fifth, RIO failed to score with runners on the corners with one out; in the sixth Vazquez left the bases loaded. In the seventh, Buchanan struck out to end the inning with two on; and in the 9th the tying run died on second base, as Antioch evened the series at 1 game each. 123
456 789 R H E Game 3 Antioch at Rio
Salado Neither pitcher had a particularly good outing as each gave up 6 runs and 9 hits in 6 innings, though an error by A-Rod allowed a game tying 3RHR in the 6th by Hank Blalock. But after Zambrano was pinchhit for in the 6th, Rio Salado went to first round pick Jose Contreras. He got two outs, allowed two baserunners, and John VanderWal then came up with the key hit of the game, a game winning 3RHR. Both teams loaded the bases in the 9th but neither scored. Brendon Donnelly got Richie Sexson to ground out to end it and give Antioch a 2-1 series lead. 123 456 789 R H E Game 4 Antioch at Rio
Salado Joel Piniero, who had thrown 2 hit ball of seven innings, was pinchhit for with one on and two outs. On came Tim Redding, who got one out in the eighth, but then allowed a single and double. John VanderWal came on to bat for Pettitte (four hits over seven innings), but this was more successful. Though Steve Kline came on to face VanderWal, Jason Michaels hit for VanderWal, and blooped a single in for the gamewinner. Scott Podsednik squeezed home an insurance run. 123 456 789 R H E Game 5 Antioch at Rio
Salado After four close games, Antioch won their first World Series in a relative rout. The Wizards scored in each of the first three innings, and answered a Scorpion run in the 6th to make it 4-1. Chad Fox's started the 8th and had no control, walking four of the five batters he faced. A Tim Salmon double then completed the rout. 123 456 789 R H E Series stuff: MVP: Alex Rodriguez, 7-17, 2 HRs, 5 RBIs, 4 BB... Helton and Grudzie, batting around A-Rod, also each hit .400 on the series... Rio Salado hit .206 as a team for the series, scoring only 10 runs in the 5 game series... The Scorpions, despite 15 innings against LHP, did not score a run against a lefty... As expected, the middle relief was shaky for the Scorpions, as Contreras, Fox, Kline, and Redding were all ineffective.
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