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2004 Fehr Divisional Playoffs |
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| Maui Stingrays (89-73) vs Madiba United (99-63) | Kiev Cossacks (96-66) vs Seoul Fighters (84-78) | |
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Game 1 -
Maui at Madiba Roger was unhittable, scattering 3 singles and two walks over 8 innings. Nobody reached third base. Buehrle kept working out of trouble, but allowed 3 runs over 5 innings. Juan Rincon pitched the ninth for the save, though he made it interesting by loading the bases before getting Jamie Burke to fly out to end the game.
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Game 2 - Maui at Madiba Maui's scoreless string reached 14 1/3 innings before Paul Konerko turned things around with a 2RHR in the 6th to give Maui a 2-1 lead. But Carpenter couldn't hold it. Pinchhitter Geoff Jenkins hit a sac fly to tie it in the 7th, Ryan Freel was hit by a pitch, Aramis Ramirez botched Mark Loretta's inning ending grounder, and Carlos Guillen lined a bases clearing triple inside the left field line, chasing Carpenter. The Madiba bullpen took it from there.
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Game 3 - Madiba at
Maui Maui led 2-0 in the bottom of the 5th when Jamie Burke doubled with 2 out. Rather than walk the #8 hitter to get to the pitcher, Westbrook pitched to Bret Boone and the game was tied. It stayed tied until Moises Alou greeted Jesus Colome with an RBI single in the 8th to give Madiba a 3-2 lead. Damien Easley was hit by a pitch to lead off the bottom of the 8th. A bunt and a flyout later, United went to Juan Rincon for the third straight game, but Aramis Ramirez crunched a homer to give Maui a 4-3 lead which Armando Benitez had no trouble converting.
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Game 4 - Madiba at
Maui Washburn pitched poorly, but a key error by Mike Lowell was in the middle of a 5 run 3rd, which essentially ended it early. Buehrle was brilliant, allowing 5 singles over his 6 innings of work. Pitching on 3 days rest, he tired in the 7th, needing Dustin Hermanson to get Mike Lowell to fly out with the bases loaded and 2 in. Julio Lugo had 4 hits, and Paul Konerko and Aramis Ramirez 3 each as Maui won going away, 10-2.
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Game 5 - Madiba at
Maui Carpenter outpitched Clemens, leading 3-0 going into the 7th on a 2 hitter. But Maui had a bad inning. Errors by Lugo and Easley, a hit batsman, and a sloppy relief effort added up to four runs, giving Madiba back the lead. And it stayed that way into the 9th when Juan Rincon came on again for the save. With one out in the inning, Jose Guillen homered to tie it up, sending the game into extra innings. Madiba loaded the bases in the 10th but couldn't score, when Maui got the chance in the bottom of the11th, Julio Lugo's two out single plated Guillen and Maui swept at home, giving them a 3-2 series lead.
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Game 6 - Maui at Madiba Another low scoring game that saw Maui stave off elimination, sending the series to a game seven where home teams had won the first six. Carlos Guillen opened the scoring with a 2RHR in the first, and Madiba tied it when Bret Boone blooped a 2 run single with two outs in the 4th. Guillen tripled in the 6th and scored on Alou's single. Madiba loaded the bases but couldn't score another. It wouldn't matter, as the Madiba bullpen struggled through the last three innings, with Juan Rincon picking up his 3rd save by striking out Aaron Rowand to end the game.
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Game 7 - Maui at Madiba Mark Buehrle came back again on three days rest, and kept Maui in the game, allowing only a 2 run homer to Sean Casey over six innings. The Stingrays had scored first on Rowand's RBI single in the 3rd, tied the game on Todd Greene's homer in the 5th (Greene went 4-4), and went ahead on Rowand's homer in the 6th. Tom Martin, Jesus Colome, and Armando Benitez finished up.
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H E MVP - A difficult choice. Sean Casey was Madiba's best player, going 12-24 with two homers. But even with all hits (and four walks), he only managed 3 RBIs and 4 runs scored. His trouble was that nobody else managed to hit better than .269... On the Maui side, there were a lot of heroes. Offensively: Greene and Rowand in game 7, Jose Guillen and Julio Lugo in game 5, and Aramis Ramirez in game 3. Armando Benitez was lights out in the bullpen (Rincon wasn't, blowing two games), and the three Maui starters managed five quality starts. So in the end, the vote goes to Mark Buehrle, who started three games, winning two, including game 7, 'cause people don't do that any more.
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Game 1 - Kiev at Seoul Randy Johnson (18-8) vs Roy Oswalt (7-12) The Unit didn't open with his best stuff, allowing a leadoff homer to Jorge Posada and a two run single to Jermaine Dye in the first, but the Kiev offense was equal to the task. Ageless Julio Franco had 2 RBIs and Mark Bellhorn had three hits in building a 6-3 lead after 4 1/2 innings. Johnson tired in the 7th, but a steady stream of relievers secured victory for the Cossacks.
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Game 2 - Kiev at Seoul It's not often that a post-season Game 2 starter boasts a 5-10, 6.53 record, but Gil Meche pitched 7 strong innings in leading Seoul to victory. Wily Mo Pena broke a 2-2 tie with a 2RHR in the 5th, and the Fighters feasted on the underside of the Kiev bullpen.
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Game 3 - Seoul at Kiev 3-2 after one inning, the last twelve innings were full of twists and turns. A combined 28 runners were left on base following a 12 inning struggle which eventually saw Seoul win, 6-4. Kiko Calero coughed up the tying run in the 9th; Scott Linebrink gave up a go-ahead run in the 10th, Julio Franco doubled home the tying run in the 10th, but it was Chipper Jones' two run double in the 12th that proved the gamewinner.
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Game 4 - Seoul at Kiev Alvarez proved to be Kiev's key lefty, throwing a 3 hitter over 7 innings and striking out 13. Oswalt, coming back on three days rest, matched the zeroes, but left after 125 pitches in the 7th. Mercker got out of the inning, but Franco singled and Adam Dunn hit a 2RHR in the 8th. That was it.
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Game 5 - Seoul at Kiev Meche came back on three days rest, but only lasted 3 innings before ceding to Gary Knotts. They matched Randy Johnson, who scattered one run over 7 innings. Tied 1-1 in the ninth, Miguel Cabrera led off against Ramiro Mendoza with a single, bringing in Giovanni Carrera. Another hit and an out later, Travis Hafner pinchhit a 3RHR. Seoul returned home up three games to two.
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Game 6 - Kiev
at Seoul Knotts, coming on with one day rest following his 5 inning relief performance, pitched well, but allowed a 2RHR to Adam Dunn in a 3 run third. It turned out to be all that Santana needed, though he struggled through his 7 innings. Javier Valentin provided key insurance runs in the 9th with a 2 run double.
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Game 7 - Kiev
at Seoul A spirited game 7, but Rich Harden fell prey to the longball. Vidro homered with a man on in the 1st, Dunn with a man on in the 4th, and Choi hit a solo shot in the 6th. Mark Bellhorn's triple figured in the middle of 2 more runs before the inning was out, and Kiev led 7-3. Wily Mo Pena hit a 2-run shot in the bottom of the 8th, but Kiev could get no closer, as Seoul dropped the final two games at home and the Cossacks advance.
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