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2005 Fehr Divisional Playoffs
 Scottsdale vs Camano Island; Seoul vs Kissimmee
 

Game 1 - Camano Island at Scottsdale
Carlos Zambrano (10-14) vs Dontrelle Willis (17-8)

Carlos had a disappointing regular season and continued to disappoint in the playoffs. Tied 2-2, Scottsdale launched three homers off him in the 5th, the first with a man on, putting the game out of reach. Carl Crawford hit a 2RHR in the 9th with 2 outs to make the game look a little closer than it was. The teams combined for 7 HRs overall.

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Wormburners     101 000 002   4  8  2
Cougars         110 040 01x   7 14  0
CIS - Zambrano (L,0-1), Flores (7), Ayala (8); SCO - Willis (W,1-0), Reyes (8), R.Hernandez (9). HR - Mohr (1), Crawford (1), Clark (1), Lawton (1), Monroe (1), Counsell (1).

Game 2 - Camano Island at Scottsdale
Jose Contreras (16-8) vs Jeff Weaver (12-14)

Contreras had a bad second inning, as Tony Clark led with a homer, and Clint Barmes got a 2 run single at the end of the inning. The Wormburners got within 4-2 and 6-3 later on Ichiro solo homers, but otherwise Scottsdale was in control, cruising to an 8-3 win..

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Wormburners     001 101 000   3  5  0
Cougars         040 021 01x   8  9  2
CIS - Contreras (L,0-1), Flores (7), Hammond (8); SCO - Weaver (W,1-0), Batista (7)(H,1), Villone (7), Otsuka (8), R.Hernandez (9). HR - Suzuki 2(2), Clark (2).

Game 3 - Scottsdale at Camano Island
Zach Duke (4-6) vs Esteban Loaiza (16-8)

Rookie Zach Duke, Scottsdale's #1 pick, responded to playoff pressure with six shutout innings. The bottom of the Cougar lineup got all four runs. In the fourth Craig Monroe and Craig Counsell doubled for one run, and a bunt and wild pitch made in 2-0. Rafael Palmeiro got a pinchhit 2RHR in the 7th to make it 4-0, as the Wormburners failed to get any clutch hits, scoring none and leaving 9.

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Cougars         000 020 200   4  8  1
Wormburners     000 000 000   0  8  0
SCO - Duke (W,1-0), Batista (7)(H,2), Villone (7), Reyes (8), Hoffman (9); CIS: - Loaiza (L,0-1), Rhodes (8), Wheeler (9). HR - SCO: Palmeiro (1).

Game 4 - Scottsdale at Camano Island
C.C Sabathia  (11-6) vs Felix Hernandez (7-2)

Down 3-0, Camano Island turned to their rookie fiirst round pick, Felix Hernandez. He and former first round pick turned in identical 5 inning, 5 hits, 2 run performances. Camano got their two on a Dustin Mohr 2RHR in the 5th, but Scottsdale tied it quickly in the 6th. A single and a walk brought up Matt Lawton who singled to make it 2-1 with runners on the corners. Camano tried to cut off the tying run on a grounder to Adam Everett but failed and it was 2-2, and Felix was gone. Cougars loaded the bases in the 7th with 2 outs but Craig Monroe grounded out. Camano had a runner on 2nd with one out in the 9th, but Al Reyes came in and got Everett and Delucci. And Everett (0-15 in the series) again grounded out with 2 on in the 11th. Finally in the 12th, Chris Hammond wasn't up to his third inning and walked Atkins and allowed a double to Bobby Keilty. Closer Doug Jones came in but allowed two sac flies and the Cougars led 4-2. Camano got one back in the bottom of the inning on a Soriano homer, but otherwise went quietly, getting swept in the series 4 games to none.

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Cougars         000 002 000 002  4 11  1
Wormburners     000 020 000 001  3 11  1
SCO - Sabathia, Batista (6), Villone (7), R.Hernandez (8), Reyes (9), Otsuka (10)(W,1-0), Hoffman (12)(S,1); CIS: - Hernandez, Ayala (6), Flores (7), Wheeler (8), Rhodes (9), Hammond (10)(L,0-1), Jones (12). HR - CIS: Soriano (1), Mohr (2).

MVP - Tony Clark. 5-14, 2 HRs, and 5 walks, leading the team with 4 RBIs. He outshone his counterpart at 1B, Richie Sexson, who had a dreadful 1-16 series. Camano's Adam Everett was worse; he went 0-15. The Cougars pinchhitting brigade went 6-10 with 3 doubles and a homer in the series, while Camano Island went 0-7 with a walk. Scottsdale seemed quite ready for the Camano lineup in the middle innings, with Tony Batista pitching to the righties followed by Ron Villone pitching to the lefties. It was successful, as they plowed through 16 batters without allowing a hit. A sweep was a bit of a surprise, but Scottsdale looked to have all the answers while the Wormburners had none.

Santana was the story, allowing 3 hits, 2 walks, and no runs, while striking out 10 in 6 innings work. Kissimmee got greedy in the 6th. Up two, they pinch hit with John Mabry with one out 1st & 3rd and he hit into a pop up double play. Kissimmee had to navigate through the middle relief, and the outcome wasn't settled until the Cards got two insurance runs in the 8th on Jose Lopez's pinch hit single and a Matt Wise balk.

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Fighters      000 000 010   1  7  0
Cardinals     100 001 020   4 10  1
SEO - Oswalt (L,0-1), Rincon (7), Wise (9); KIS - Santana (W,1-0), Redman (7)(H,1), Chulk (7)(H,1), Dickey (8)(H,1), Carrasco (9)(H,1), Linebrink (9)(S,1). HR - None.

Game 2 - Seoul at Kissimmee
Randy Johnson (16-10) vs Dan Haren (13-12)

Johnson continued the Cards' strong starting pitching by scattering 6 hits over 8 innings.Haren was better, allowing 4 hits, no walks, and 10Ks over 7, but the difference was Johnny Damon's 2RHR in the 3rd, which opened a 3-1 Kissimmee lead and proved the difference. Hafner led off the Seoul 9th to make it 3-2, and Gomes singled with two out, but Linebrink came on to get Jorge Posada for the save and a 2-0 Kissimmee lead.

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Fighters      100 000 001   2  8  2
Cardinals     102 000 00x   3  6  0
SEO - Haren (L,0-1), Calero (8), Schoeneweis (8); KIS - R.Johnson (W,1-0), Carrasco (9)(H,2), Linebrink (9)(S,2). HR; SEO - Damon (1), Hafner (1).

Game 3 - Kissimmee at Seoul
Jon Lieber (14-10) vs Rich Harden (10-4)

Back in the Rogers Center, the complexion of the series changed immediately. Seoul got 4 in the first, Harden threw 5 one hit innings, and the Fighters got 5 homers en route to an easy 8-0 win. .

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Cardinals     000 000 000    0  4  1
Fighters      402 011 00x    8 13  0
KIS - Lieber (L,0-1), Kim (6), Redman (7); SEO - Harden (W,1-0), Reitsma (6)(S,1). HR: SEO - Cabrera (1), Hafner (2), C.Jones (1), Gomes (1), Posada (1).

Game 4 - Kissimmee at Seoul
Jason Johnson (17-10) vs Jamie Moyer (12-11)

Johnson got through the Seoul lineup the first time without damage, but in the home third it was brutal, as the Fighters went 8-9 the second time through. The big blow was Posada's three run shot to right, turning it from 4-0 to 7-0. But Mark Ellis continued the carnage against R.A. Dickey, adding a 2RHR to make it 9-0 after three. It wasn't over though. Moyer tired in the 5th, walking home a run and allowing a sac fly, and in the 6th 5 straight hits capped by Jose Vidro's homer made it 9-7. Juan Rincon came on, shakily loaded the bases, but got pinchhitter John Mabry with the bases loaded. The rest of the way the bullpen was a little more stable as Seoul evened the series at 2 games apiece.

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Cardinals     000 025 000   7 11  0
Fighters      009 000 01x  10 15  0
KIS - Jas.Johnson (L,0-1), Dickey (3), Redman (5), Kim (7), Chulk (8); SEO - Moyer (W,1-0), Rincon (6)(H,1), Wise (8)(S,1). HR - Vidro (1), Ellis (1), Posada (2).

Game 5 - Kissimmee at Seoul
Santana vs Oswalt

Seoul completed the sweep at home against Santana. Down 2-0 in the third, Gomes hit a 3RHR, and Chipper followed with another. Cabrera hit a 2RHR in the 6th as Seoul opened a 6-2 lead. Fighters' pitching retired 18 in a row until Bill Mueller's two out single in the 9th.

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Cardinals      011 000 000   2  6  0
Fighters       000 420 01x   7  7  0
KIS - Santana (L,1-1), Julio (7); SEO - Oswalt (W,1-1), Schoeneweis (7). HR: SEO - Hafner (3), Cabrera (2), Gomes (2), C.Jones (2).

Game 6 - Seoul at Kissimmee
Haren vs R.Johnson

Back in Shea, the Cardinals tried to forget about the drubbing at Seoul, and the teams hung close. Haren was shaky, allowing 5 hits and 5 walks in 5 innings, but left down only 2-1, a deficit that was made up immediately by Mark Ellis' 6th inning HR. It stayed 2-2 for a while whith nobody having a good chance until the home ninth. Damon singled and was bunted to second. Dunn grounded out and Nick Johnson walked. Rincon came in and balked the runners over, but got Gary Mathews on a grounder to second. More importantly, Rincon lined a single to right in the 10th. Dickey, shocked, then threw a wild pitch, allowed a game untying triple to Grady Sizemore, and Vinny Chulk threw a wild pitch to make it 4-2. 1-2-3 in the Cards' 10th, and Seoul wins the series 4 games to 2.

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Fighters      000 101 000 2  4 10  0
Cardinals     100 010 000 0  2  8  1
SEO - Haren, Thompson (6), Schoeneweis (7), Rincon (9)(W,1-0); KIS - R.Johnson, Carrasco (7), Dickey (9)(L,0-1), Chulk (10). HR; SEO - Ellis (2).

MVP - Mark Ellis. Despite the more illustrious names in the lineup it was Ellis who did the damage: 11-22, 2 HRs, 7 runs scored. The Fighters had 13 homers in the series, 12 in their last 4 games. On the other side, Kissimmee managed but two, and never did rev up their offense, aside from smacking around a tired Jamie Moyer in the middle innings of game 4. It was a little odd seeing so much R.A. Dickey in the playoffs, especially in a leveraged situation in game 6, when the Cards' ace reliever, Scott Linebrink, had only pitched 1 inning in the series.