Cincy advances to 2nd World Series
The Cincy RedStockings advances to the World Series with a thrilling 4 games to 1 win over the Windsor Tigers
Game #1 Derek Lowe (15-9 4.41) and Mike Mussina (18-11 2.68), lock up in a great pitching duel until the 7th when Jim Edmonds and Frank Thomas hit back-to-back homers. Three Cincy relievers shut the door for the RedStockings.
Cincy 2-0 Windsor W-Matt Smith 1-0 sv-Denny Reyes 1 L-Mike Mussina 0-1
Game #2 10 innings is played before a Mark DeRosa SF plates Jim Edmonds who had reached on a Travis Hafner error. A see saw battle as Jay Payton's 2 out 2 run homer in the 4th breaks open a scoreless pitching performance by Kenny Rogers, 17-12 4.01. Cincy plates single runs in the 5th and 6th versus King Hernandez and then Francisco Liriano, the 2nd run, unearned, after a error by Hafner, who had two for the game, the other, a Frank Thomas home run of Felix. A Beltre homer in the 7th puts the Tigers up but the game is tied up on a 2 out single by Gerald Laird off Mariano Rivera in the 8th. Frank Thomas goes 5-5. Felix Hernandez, 18-7 3.29, tosses 4 1/3 innings, allowing only one unearned run.
Cincy 4-3 Windsor W-Mike Myers 1-0 sv-Denny Reyes 2 L-Trevor Hoffman
Game #3 Cincy goes up 3 games to none as Eric Milton, 9-5 5.34, and six RedStockings relievers limit the potent Tigers offense to six hits and one run. After both teams trade runs in the 1st, a JD Drew triple gives Cincy the lead in the 3rd and they tack on an insurance run on a Hanley Ramirez error in the 4th. Five shutout innings by the Windsor bullpen in relief of Jake Peavy, 18-10 4.28, and a 3-3 night by Jay Payton go for naught.
Cincy 3-1 Windsor W-Brendan Donnelly 1-0 sv-Mike Myers 1 L-Jake Peavy 0-1
Game #4 Windsor pounds Cincy 7-3, spotting them a 3-0 lead in the top of the 1st before storming back with 3 of their own in the bottom. Runs are added in the 3rd, 5th, and 6th off the RedStockings staff while the Tigers bullpen throw 8 consecutive shutout innings. Hafner homers twice, Belte and Wells, once each to lead the offensive onslaught. Jeremy Bonderman, 14-12 4.04 lasts only one innings, allowing 3 earned runs.
Windsor 3-7 Cincy W-Francisco Liriano 1-0 L-Sowers 0-1
Game #5 Derek Lowe gives the RedStockings six strong innings as 3 run homers by Corey Koskie in the 3rd and Frank Thomas in the 5th give Cincy an early 6-1 lead before the bullpen shuts Windsor down. Travis Hafner's 3 run homer spoils what was otherwise a brilliant start by Lowe but only makes the score 7-4.
Cincy 7-4 Windsor W-Derek Lowe 2-0 sv-Denny Reyes 3 L-Mike Mussina 0-2
Other highlights of the series.
Cincy bullpen 17 2/3 2 runs, 1.02 ERA
Windsor bullpen 26 2/3 3 runs 1.01 ERA led by Liriano with 10 innings, 2 runs, 15 strikeouts
Frank Thomas, series MVP, .421 BA, .476 OBP. and .895 SLG. Very timely hitting.
Game #1 Derek Lowe (15-9 4.41) and Mike Mussina (18-11 2.68), lock up in a great pitching duel until the 7th when Jim Edmonds and Frank Thomas hit back-to-back homers. Three Cincy relievers shut the door for the RedStockings.
Cincy 2-0 Windsor W-Matt Smith 1-0 sv-Denny Reyes 1 L-Mike Mussina 0-1
Game #2 10 innings is played before a Mark DeRosa SF plates Jim Edmonds who had reached on a Travis Hafner error. A see saw battle as Jay Payton's 2 out 2 run homer in the 4th breaks open a scoreless pitching performance by Kenny Rogers, 17-12 4.01. Cincy plates single runs in the 5th and 6th versus King Hernandez and then Francisco Liriano, the 2nd run, unearned, after a error by Hafner, who had two for the game, the other, a Frank Thomas home run of Felix. A Beltre homer in the 7th puts the Tigers up but the game is tied up on a 2 out single by Gerald Laird off Mariano Rivera in the 8th. Frank Thomas goes 5-5. Felix Hernandez, 18-7 3.29, tosses 4 1/3 innings, allowing only one unearned run.
Cincy 4-3 Windsor W-Mike Myers 1-0 sv-Denny Reyes 2 L-Trevor Hoffman
Game #3 Cincy goes up 3 games to none as Eric Milton, 9-5 5.34, and six RedStockings relievers limit the potent Tigers offense to six hits and one run. After both teams trade runs in the 1st, a JD Drew triple gives Cincy the lead in the 3rd and they tack on an insurance run on a Hanley Ramirez error in the 4th. Five shutout innings by the Windsor bullpen in relief of Jake Peavy, 18-10 4.28, and a 3-3 night by Jay Payton go for naught.
Cincy 3-1 Windsor W-Brendan Donnelly 1-0 sv-Mike Myers 1 L-Jake Peavy 0-1
Game #4 Windsor pounds Cincy 7-3, spotting them a 3-0 lead in the top of the 1st before storming back with 3 of their own in the bottom. Runs are added in the 3rd, 5th, and 6th off the RedStockings staff while the Tigers bullpen throw 8 consecutive shutout innings. Hafner homers twice, Belte and Wells, once each to lead the offensive onslaught. Jeremy Bonderman, 14-12 4.04 lasts only one innings, allowing 3 earned runs.
Windsor 3-7 Cincy W-Francisco Liriano 1-0 L-Sowers 0-1
Game #5 Derek Lowe gives the RedStockings six strong innings as 3 run homers by Corey Koskie in the 3rd and Frank Thomas in the 5th give Cincy an early 6-1 lead before the bullpen shuts Windsor down. Travis Hafner's 3 run homer spoils what was otherwise a brilliant start by Lowe but only makes the score 7-4.
Cincy 7-4 Windsor W-Derek Lowe 2-0 sv-Denny Reyes 3 L-Mike Mussina 0-2
Other highlights of the series.
Cincy bullpen 17 2/3 2 runs, 1.02 ERA
Windsor bullpen 26 2/3 3 runs 1.01 ERA led by Liriano with 10 innings, 2 runs, 15 strikeouts
Frank Thomas, series MVP, .421 BA, .476 OBP. and .895 SLG. Very timely hitting.
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