|
`
2006 Miller Divisional Playoffs |
||
|
Cambridge Longfellows (93-69) vs Mystic Sea Horses (93-69) |
Nashua Nonames (93-69) vs
|
|
|
Game 1 - Cambridge at Mystic Javier Vazquez (13-12) vs Mike Mussina (16-9) This game turned before most fans had even stumbled down to their seats with their first hot dog and beer. With two outs, Vlad singled, VMart walked and Andruw Jones belted a 3-2 pitch just over the 315 sign in left. Two innings later, Andruw's double plates VMart and Brian Jordan followed with a 2-run job of his own. This was already five more runs than Javy Vazquez needed. Every Longfellow player that came to the plate contributed to the 18-hit barrage except David Wright. Keep this in mind moving towards game two.
123 456 789 R H E
Game 2 - Cambridge at Mystic Battle of the Tims. David Wright leads off the game with a HR to left. Two pitches later, VMart homers. Mystic ties on a Kenji Johjima HR in the 4th. The Sea Horse luck seemed to be on an upswing. Reed Johnson led off the Mystic 6th with a double but failed to score. That newfound momentum seemed to dwindle here, but a tie-score must be preserved for the sake of the Sea Horse season. Then, in the 7th, any doubt about momentum or luck or karma was decided when Tim Hudson hit the go-ahead and soon to be game-winning HR.
123 456 789 R H E
Game 3 -
Mystic at Cambridge A Minky error in the second opens the door for three Mystic runs... that are all relinquished on a Vlad 3-run shot in the bottom of the third. The Longfellows go up 7-5 in the 5th on five singles. Johjima's second HR of the series, against Cla Meredith, evens the game at 8 in the 8th. Eric Chavez doubles in the 10th but Mystic fails to bring him home. Francisco Cordero comes out to pitch his second full inning in the bottom half of the same inning. He plunks Minky before Mark Derosa puts the derby to bed.
123 456 789 0 R H E
Game 4 - Mystic
at Cambridge Cambridge plans too far ahead, trying to set up their rotation for the winner of the Nashua/Washington series, and hands Bartolo Colon the ball for Game Four. Colon's a righty, the majority of the Mystic lineup is righty. What could go wrong? 8-0 by the end of the second is pretty damn wrong. But when luck's on your side, sometimes there's nothing the opposition can do but watch helplessly as things unravel. With two outs in the bottom of the second, Glavine walks Loretta and Marcus Giles pinch hits a HR. 8-2. Wright singles, Derosa singles, VMart walks. Guerrero singles. 8-3. Andruw Jones singles. 8-4. Bottom 3 - Colon replacement Baek doubles home two. 8-6. Bottom 5 - A DeRo sacrifice fly plates Luke Scott. 8-7. Bottom 8 - Andruw Jones homers. 8-8. And we're tied. We go to bonus baseball after Sheffield throws out Loretta at home to end the 9th. League and Turnbow trade scoreless innings. League, however, stumbles in the 11th allowing another HR to the roid-raging Kenji Johjima. But if there's one thing that should be learned from the rest of this series and this game in particular, Mystic needs more help that just a lead to win a game. Bottom of the 11th - Minky leads off with a single and advances to second on a hit and run. Loretta grounds out to the pitcher Turnbow and then Brian Jordan enters as a pinch-hitter. 3-2 count, two down, runner on second Jordan lines a triple down the right field line. on we go to the 12th. Then to the 13th. Only Nate Robertson remains available to pitch in the Cambridge pen if Trever Miller can't complete his second inning. It's a shocker the Longfellows didn't want Nate to pitch this series. Trever holds. Mystic's Chan Ho Park, not so much. Matsui singles, Loretta singles, pinch-hitter Loney is walked intentionally. David Wright, still angry about missing out on the Game One hit parade dances a single between the drawn in infield to advance Cambridge to the Miller LCS.
123 456 789 012 3 R H E MYS - Glavine, Cabrera (3), Tavarez (5)(H,1), Nelson (7)(BS,1), Cordero (9), Turnbow (10), Saarloos (11), Park (12)(L,0-1), ERamirez (12); CAM - Colon, Baek (4), Bauer (6), Meredith (9), League (10), T.Miller (12)(W,1-0). HR - CAM: Guerrero (1), Martinez (2). Series Notes: MVP - A. Jones (.381/.381/.801, 3 2B, 2 HR, 5 R, 5 RBI) As a team: Longfellows - .341/.400/.614, 37 runs scored, 11 HR Sea Horses - .267/.302/.435, 20 runs scored, 5 HR Most shocking statistics: Longfellow pitchers hit .417/.417/.750 Albert Pujols goes hitless for the entire series - .000/.053/.000
|
Game 1 - Nashua at Washington Pedro Martinez (7-7) vs Roy Halladay (15-5) Austin Kearns belted a 2RHR in the bottom of the second to give Washington all the space they needed. Roy Halladay allowed 2 hits through 6 innings, departed after a leadoff single in the seventh, and the bullpen took it from there.
123 456 789 R H E
Game 2 - Nashua at Washington Carlos Beltran went 3-4 with 2 doubles and 3 RBIs leading the Washington Grays to an 8-2 win over Nashua. Nashua trailed 4-2 in the 5th and had the bases loaded with one out but Eric Milton came on and got Ortiz and Bonds on harmless fly balls. In the bottom of the sixth after a leadoff HBP, Nashua tried three relievers, none effective, and wound up on the short end of the final 7-2 margin.
123 456 789 R H E NAS: Contreras (L,0-1), Stanton (6), Ray (6), Lugo (6), Loewen (7), Hancock (8); WAS - Beckett, Milton (5), Carrasco (6)(W,1-0), Bush (7)(S,1). HR - None.
Game 3 -
Washington at Nashua Nonames were down 2 games to zero and fell behind quickly 2-0 by the 4th inning, as Morgan Ensberg hit two solo homers. It was the 5th though that caused the damage. With one on and one out Reyes walked, Kearns doubled, Cirillo and Bay singled, and Ensberg hit a sac fly. It was way too much for the Nonames who only managed 4 hits.
123 456 789 R H E WAS: Lackey (W,1-0), Milton (7); NAS - Sowers (L,0-1), Ray (7), Gorzelanny (8), Loewen (9). HR - Ensberg 2(3), Beltran (1).
Game 4 -
Washington at Nashua Washington completed a convincing sweep with a 7-1 win in game 4. The Nonames never led in the series and did not get within 4 runs after the seventh innings. Beltran led the way with 4 hits in the game, capping off an 8-16 series. Morgan Ensberg enjoyed a 6-15 series with 3 HRs, and Roy Halladay won two games for the staff which limited Nashua to a team .149 batting average. David Ortiz went 1-14 in the series, and only Ryan Church had more than 2 Nashua hits over the 4 game series.
123 456 789 R H E WAS: Halladay (W,2-0), Milton (9); NAS - Hill (L,0-1), Hancock (4), Gorzelanny (6), Ray (6), Stanton (7), Papelbon (8). HR - None.
|
|
