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2007 Fehr Divisional Playoffs
 Scottsdale vs Bocomo; Seoul vs Galway

Seoul Fighters (84-78) vs Galway Galleons (91-71)

A mismatch on paper, but the Cougars solved Jake Peavy for a Garrett Anderson 2RHR in the first and RBI doubles by Chone Figgins and Joe Mauer in the 5th. In that 5th inning, there was a key error by replacement shortstop Ronny Cedeno that paved the way for the 3 run inning. However, what Ronny gave, Ronny took back, slamming a 3RHR in the bottom of the 6th to restore a 6-4 Bocomo lead. Scottsdale had their chances in the late innings, getting two on in the 7th, three base runners in the 8th - and one run, and getting the bases loaded with one out in the 9th. Closer David Weathers then got Anderson and Frank Thomas on two groundouts stranding three as Bocomo drew first blood.

              123 456 789   R  H  E 
Cougars       200 030 010   3  7  0
Blues         011 113 00x   7 11  1
SCO - Looper (L, 0-1), Neshek (7), Ayala (8);  BOC - Peavy, Embree (6)(W,1-0), Otsuka (7)(H,1), Dempster (8)(H,1), Rodney (8)(H,1), Weathers (9)(S,1). HR - BOC: DeRosa(1), Griffey(1), Ramirez(1), Cedeno(1); SCO: Anderson (1).

Game 2 - Scottsdale at Bocomo
Dontrelle Willis  (14-10) vs Jon Garland (19-9)

Magglio Ordonez' two run fifth inning single broke open a tight 1-0 game, and Jon Garland threw 8 one run innings as Bocomo went up 2-0. Ordonez, who set a single season hitting record in IIBL, went 5-5 with 5 singles and 3 RBIs.

            123 456 789   R  H  E 
Cougars     000 100 001   1  8  3
Blues       100 040 06x  11 17  0
SCO - Willis (L,0-1), Ayala (7), Byrdak (8);  BOC - Garland (W,1-0), Dempster (9). HR - none.

Game 3 - Bocomo at Scottsdale
Derek Lowe (13-9) vs Jeff Suppan (6-12)

A poorly played game, with 4 errors on each side. Blues got to Suppan early and often, registering three crooked numbers in the first five innings. Scottsdale scored five through six themselves, as Moises Alou led the charge with three hits. Bocomo added an insurance run in the ninth, which made management a little more comfortable, as David Weathers endured another harrowing save, finally getting Garrett Atkins to fly out as the tying run.

            123 456 789   R  H  E 
Blues       300 220 001   8  9  4
Cougars     103 011 000   5 11  4
BOC - Lowe, Proctor (5)(W,1-0), Embree (7)(H,1), Rodney (8)(H,2), Weathers (9)(S,2);  SCO - Suppan (L,0-1), Wright (5), Oliver (6), Pena (7), Wood (9), Neshek (9). HR - SCO: Thomas (1).

Game 4 - Bocomo at Scottsdale
Roger Clemens (7-3) vs C.C. Sabathia (21-9)

The premier matchup. Scottsdale ace C.C. Sabathia was held out until game four as he had to pitch the final play-in game against Camano Island. Facing him, Roger Clemens, 2nd on the all time win list. Neither pitched all that well.  Magglio Ordonez' 2RHR in the 5th put Bocomo ahead 5-4. The Bocomo bullpen came into the game in the 7th, looking for 7 outs to preserve Roger's 8th post-season win. They managed 6. Mark Grudzielanek singled of Otsuka to lead off the bottom of the ninth, and was bunted to second. Figgins struck out, putting Bocomo one out away from the sweep, but Mauer came up with the big hit. Scottsdale need only one extra inning atbat to win the game, a HR by Garrett Anderson.

            123 456 789 0   R  H  E 
Blues       201 020 000 0   5  9  0
Cougars     112 000 001 1   6 12  2
BOC - Clemens, Dempster (7)(H,2), Embree (8)(H,2), Otsuka (9)(BS,1), Rodney (9)(L,0-1);  SCO - Sabathia, Pena (8), Hoffman (9)(W,1-0). HR - SCO: Atkins (1), Anderson (2); BOC: Ordonez (1).

Game 5 - Bocomo at Scottsdale
Peavy vs Looper

More true to form than game one, Peavy, though not sharp, kept the Cougars at bay, while the Blues offense pounded Looper for 7 runs and 9 hits in just over 4 innings. Magglio Ordonez had a 2RHR in the first, and Cecil Fielder and Aramis Ramirez homered in the third. The 10-7 score was a lot closer than it looked as Scottsdale had scored four for cosmetics in the final frame.

            123 456 789    R  H  E 
Blues       203 031 010   10 15  0
Cougars     102 000 004    7 11  0
BOC - Peavy (W,1-0), Proctor (8), Dempster (9);  SCO - Looper (L,0-2), Ayala (5), Oliver (6), Wood (7), Byrdak (8), Neshek (8). HR - SCO: Mauer (1); BOC: Ordonez (2), Fielder (1), Ramirez (2), Renteria (1).

MVP - Magglio Ordonez: 13-22 with 9 RBI, clearly. There were good performances up and down the Bocomo linuep, as they hit .333 and slugged .529. hitting 9 HR in the 5 game series... Joe Mauer almost matched Ordonez for the Cougars, hitting .421/.478/.895 in the series with 8 RBIs... Aside from Garland's gem in game 2 of the series, there weren't really dominating pitching performances by anyone.

A lusty game with six lead changes and lots of innings. At the end of the day, it was Seoul's last bench player, Luis Rodriguez, who delivered the knock out blow: a solo homer with two outs in the visitors' 13th. Donnie Murphy's eighth inning double off Billy Wagner knotted the game at 6, an inning later after the Galway defense failed to turn two double plays in a Seoul 3-run 7th.

          123 456 789 012 3  R  H  E 
Fighters  100 101 300 000 1  7 13  0
Galleons  010 031 010 000 0  6 13  1 

SEO: Halladay, Madson (7)(H,1), Timlin (8)(H,1), Wagner (8)(BS,1), Lopez (10)(W,1-0), Jenks (13)(S,1); GAL: Shields, Feliciano (7)(BS,1), Rauch (7), Slaten (9), Moylan (9), Marcum (12)(L,0-1).  HR – SEO: Hafner (1), L.Rodriguez (1); GAL: Hart (1).

Game 2 - Seoul at Galway
Dan Haren (16-12) vs Mark Buehrle (9-13)

Galway got four doubles in the first three innings, two by Kelly Johnson, in building an early 4-0 lead. A bases loaded double by David Murphy in the 6th padded two runs onto the 4-2 lead, and Marc Jabobs added a 2RHR in the 8th.

            123 456 789   R  H  E 
Fighters    000 200 030   5 14  0
Galleons    202 003 12x  10 15  2 

SEO: Haren (L,0-1), Timlin (6), Casilla (7), T.Johnson (8); GAL - Buehrle (W,1-0), Feliciano (7)(H,1), Rauch (8), Slaten (8), Tavarez (8)(S,1). HR - SEO: McCann (1); GAL: Jacobs (1).

Game 3 - Galway at Seoul
Jared Weaver (9-9) vs Roy Oswalt (12-13)

Galway built an early 3-0 and 4-2 lead, but Miguel Tejada homered and singled in another in the middle innings as Seoul took command 7-4 in the late innings. Galway wasn't done yet. The Galleons loaded the bases off Ryan Madson, Delmon Young hit a sac fly, and Billy Wagner came in for the Fighters. Joe Dillon pinchhit for Galway and doubled to tie it. In the home 10th, Mark Loretta singles, and Tony Batista pinchhit a double sending Loretta to 3rd. An intentional walk loaded them, and Rauch's unintentional walk to Vidro ended the game. Seoul leads two games to one.

           123 456 789 0   R  H  E 
Galleons   110 110 030 0   7 11  0
Fighters   000 223 000 1   8 15  0 

GAL: Weaver, Feliciano (6), Tavarez (7), Moylan (8), Rauch (9)(L,0-1); SEO - Oswalt, Madson (7)(H,2), Wagner (8)(BS,2), T.Johnson (9)(W,1-0). HR - GAL: Hart (2); SEO: Bonds (1), Tejada (1).

Game 4 - Galway at Seoul
Shaun Marcum (12-3) vs Halladay

A Mark Loretta error allowed Corey Hart the opportunity to hit a 3RHR in the 4th to break a 1-1 tie, but Seoul clipped Marcum for three runs in the bottom of the frame to tie. From that point on the Seoul pitching was just better; Galway did not get a hit thereafter. Feliciano came on in the bottom of the 7th and allowed Barry Bonds' 2nd home run, this one with a man on. And that was enough.

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Galleons   000 400 000   4  4  0
Fighters   001 300 21x   7 10  1 

GAL: Marcum, Feliciano (7)(L,0-1), Slaten (8); SEO - Halladay (W,1-0), Wagner (8)(H,1), Jenks (9)(S,2). HR - GAL: Hart (3); SEO: Bonds 2(3), Willits (1).

Game 5 - Galway at Seoul
Shields vs Scott Kazmir(12-11)

Travis Hafner's double featured in the middle of a 2 run foutth inning, as Seoul pitching again prevailed. Alex Rodriguez, fairly quiet in the series, doubled home an also quiet Jimmy Rollins in the 5th, but that was all the offense the Galleons could manage, as they succumbed 4 games to 1.

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Galleons   000 010 000   1  4  0
Fighters   000 200 00x   2  5  1

GAL: Shields (L,0-1),Feliciano (7), Slaten (8); SEO: Kazmir (W,1-0), Jenkes (7)(S,1). HR: none.

MVP - Bobby Jenks saved three games including a 3 inning stint in game 5 to close down the Galleons. He allowed only one hit over his innings... Galway's best player was Corey Hart with 3 HRs and 7 RBIs, while the stalwarts of A-Rod and Rollins were quieter... Bobby Bonds had three home runs in the series that drove home 6 runs between games 3 and 4...Reggie Willits also had a nice series from the top of the lineup, getting on base 12 of his first 22 times.