2006 IIBL WORLD SERIES
Washington Vs Seoul

VS

Game 1 Seoul at Washington
Scott Kazmir vs Roy Halladay

A well rested Washington team that swept both their series faced a Seoul team that labored through 2 seven game series. Seoul had to go with their #3 starter in Kazmir, who allowed a homer to Bay in the first and a two run double to McCann in the 2nd. Matt Wise allowed a run scoring triple to Reyes in the 5th; Jose then scored on a McCann sac fly. Halladay allowed 4 hits in 7.1 innings and goes 4-0 in the post season.

                    123 456 789   R  H  E
Fighters           100 000 010   2  6  1
Grays              120 002 00x   5  8  2
SEO - Kazmir (L,0-1), Rincon (5), Wise (6), Riske (6), Silva (8); WAS - Halladay (W,1-0), Reyes (8)(H,1), Shields (9)(S,1). HR - WAS: Bay (1); SEO: Hafner (1).

Game 2 Seoul at Washington
Dan Haren vs John Lackey

Washington won its 10th straight playoff game as John Lackey spread only six hits and no walks through seven innings. The Grays scored in three of the first four innings, with 2 RBIs by Austin Kearns. The game got out of hand in the late innings against the Seoul bullpen when the Grays went longball four times.

                    123 456 789   R  H  E
Fighters           000 000 010   1  6  0
Grays              110 101 24x  10 14  0
SEO - Haren (0-1), Silva (6), Tomko (6), Tomko (8); WAS - Lackey (W,1-0), Milton (8), Carrasco (8). HR- WAS: Berkman(1), Bay(2), Beltran(1), Kearns(1)

Game 3 Washington at Seoul
Josh Beckett vs Roy Oswalt

Roy Oswalt broke the Greys 10 game winning streak and set a record with 5 wins in one postseason. He was staked to a 3 run lead in the first on Travis Hafner's three run shot. Washington came back with single runs in the 2nd and 3rd to narrow the lead to 1. McCann finally tied it with a solo homer in the 6th. But, in the bottom of the 6th, Seoul got their first two on to bring up Hafner, and Washington went to Eric Milton. He walked to load the bases, and Washington brought in Charlie Haeger. Posada struck out, but Greg Norton singled home two for a 5-3 lead. The Seoul bullpen sailed through the 7th and 8th, and Billy Wagner came on with one out in the ninth. Two pinchhits and a pinch walk and the bases were loaded for Berkman. Grounder to short, but Berkman beat the relay, keeping the game alive, only for Bay to strike out to end it.

                               123 456 789    R  H  E
Grays           011 001 001    4 11  0
Fighters        300 002 00x    5 12  0
WAS - Beckett, Carrasco (6)(L,0-1), Milton (6), Haegar (6), Otsuka (6), Sampson (6); SEO - Oswalt (W,1-0), Jenks (7)(H,1), Wagner (9)(S,1). HR - WAS: McCann (1); SEO - Hafner (2).

Game 4 Washington at Seoul
Roy Halladay vs Freddy Garcia

Carlos Beltran's homer in the 2nd evened the game at 1, and the Grays added another on an Aaron Hill RBI before the inning was out. Greg Norton tied it in the 4th on an RBI double, chasing Hafner home from first; then Omar Vizquel's RBI single gave the Fighter a 3-2 lead in the 6th. That lead didn't last long, as McCann homered off Rincon to start the 7th. Next run wins. Bottom of the ninth, Jason Michaels singles with one out, steals second, and scores on a single by Mark Ellis. Series is toed at 2.

                    123 456 789    R  H  E
Grays           020 000 100    3  7  2
Fighters        100 101 001    4 10  0
WAS - Halladay, Reyes (7), Sampson (8), Otsuka (8)(L,0-1); SEO - Garcia, Rincon (7)(BS,1), Wagner (9)(W,1-0). HR- WAS: Beltran (2), McCann (2)

Game 5 Washington at Seoul
John Lackey vs Dan Haren

Tied 2-2, game 5 was the best game of the series. Dan Haren plowed through the tough Washington lineup, while Lackey matched the zeroes, twice getting Melky Cabrera with two on and two outs. Lackey loaded the bases with one out in the 6th, but he got Michaels on strikes and Lackey gave way to Haegar, who got Vizquel to end the inning. Meanwhile, Haren had a no-hitter going, and had retired 21 in a row between the 2nd and the 9th.  In still a scoreless game, Chris Coste came up as a pinchhitter in the 9th and singled to break up the no-no. Berkman flied out, bringing up Beltran. On his 7th pitch he homered to right center and the shutout was history, and so was the game after Shields threw a 1-2-3 ninth for the Gray's save.

                    123 456 789    R  H  E
Grays           000 000 002    2  2  0
Fighters        000 000 000    0  6  0
WAS - Lackey, Haegar (6), Reyes (7), Bush (8)(W,1-0), Shields (9)(S,1); SEO: Haren (L,0-2). HR- WAS: Beltran (3).

Game 6 Seoul at Washington
Roy Oswalt vs Hector Carrasco

iSeoul went to Oswalt on three days rest, and he ran into deep trouble in the third, but it was caused by the defense. Todd Walker' and Miguel Cabrera committed errors early in the inning, then there was a walk and wild pitch for the second run. An infield out made it 3-0 with two outs, then Oswalt walked Reyes to get to Ensberg. Ensberg doubled a run home, then Mike Lamb singled in 2 more and it was 6-0. Seoul got half of them back quickly after surprise starter Mark Sweeney homered in the 4th. Washington got an insurance run they'd need in the 5th, because Hafner, Norton, and Hafner again homered in consecutive innings, cutting the margin to 7-6. With one out in the 9th Walker singled, bringing up Melky Cabrera. Washinton turned the double play, giving them the first world series flag in their history.

                   123 456 789   R  H  E
Fighters           000 301 110   6 10  2
Grays              006 010 00x   7  8  1
SEO: Oswalt (L,1), Jenks (7), Wagner (8); WAS: Carrasco (W,1-1), Bush (6)(H,1), Haegar (7)(H,1), Otsuka (7)(H,1), Milton (8), Shields (8)(S,3). HR-Hafner 2(4), Sweeney (1), Norton (1).

MVP: Brian McCann had 8 RBIs to Carlos Beltran's 5, with essentially similar stats, but Beltran's home run in the 9th inning of game 5 was the defining moment in the series. Austin Kearns had a nice series as well. On the Seoul side, Travis Hafner was the big gun, with 4 HRs and 8 RBIs, trying single-handedly to rescue game 6. The Grays also got some good relief work from Charlie Haegar and Chris Sampson, who combined with Reyes and Shields on 12 shutout innings. The Seoul bullpen wasn't bad either, aside from the blowup in game 2.