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Series 17 Game 1

2008 Milwaukee Brewers 90-72 NL Wild Card, Lost to Philadelphia Phillies 1-3 in NLDS
2009 Minnesota Twins 87-76 AL Central Champ, Lost to New York Yankees 0-3 in ALDS

Starting Pitchers MIL CC Sabathia MIN C Pavano
Game Summary- Both Sabathia and Pavano were sharp in this one but Sabathia gave up his hits in bunches while Pavano spread them out, leading to a Minnesota victory. An Orlando Cabrera Double and Jon Mauer single drove in 2 runs in the third and a Mauer Sac fly in the 8^th added an insurance run. That was plenty for Pavano as he pitched 8 shutout innings and Joe Nathan came in the close it in the 9^th.

Final Score
2008 Milwaukee Brewers 0
2009 Minnesota Twins 3
WP- C Pavano LP- CC Sabathia
Player of the Game C Pavano 8 IP 7H 0ER 0BB 4K


Series 18 Game 1
2010 Texas Rangers 90-72 AL West Champ, Defeated Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 in ALDS, Defeated New York Yankees 4-2 in ALCS, Lost to San Francisco Giants 1-4 in World Series.
2011 Texas Rangers 96-66 AL West Champ, Defeated Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in ALDS, Defeated Detroit Tigers 4-2 in ALCS, Lost to Saint Louis Cardinals 1-4 in World Series.

Starting Pitchers 2010 TEX C Lee 2011 TEX M Harrison
Game Summary- The Battle of Texas was a Game of high scoring offenses turned on errors and poor bullpen performances by the 2010 club. The 2010 version came out of the gate strong with a four run first that included home runs by Ian Kinsler and Nelson Cruz. The 2011 club came back with a 3 run Beltre Homer in the bottom of the frame to pull within 1. 3 fielding errors by the 2010 club lead to 3 unearned runs and the 2011 bullpen was able to make it stand.

Final Score
2010 Texas Rangers 5
2011 Texas Rangers 9
WP- M Harrison LP- C Lee S K Uehara
HR 2010 TEX I Kinsler, N Cruz 2011 TEX M Napoli, A Beltre, E Chavez
Player of the Game Adrien Beltre 4-5 1HR 1R 5 RBI


Series 19 Game 1
2007 Arizona Diamondbacks 90-72 NL West Champ, Defeated Chicago Cubs 3-0 in NLDS, Lost to Colorado Rockies 0-4 in NLCS.
2006 St. Louis Cardinals 83-78 NL Central Champ, Defeated San Diego Padres 3-1 in NLDS, Defeated New York Mets 4-3 in NLCS, Defeated Detroit Tigers 4-1 in World Series.
Starting Pitchers ARI B Webb STL C Carpenter
Game Summary- The Diamondbacks jumped right out of the gate scoring six runs in the top of the first on a ton on singles and a 3 run Chad Tracy triple. St Louis came rich back in the bottom of the frame with a 2 run home run by Chris Duncan. What looked to be a high scoring game suddenly changed complexion as Brandon Webb shut the Cardinals down the rest of the way and the cardinal’s bullpen did the same to Arizona after Carpenter was chased in the first. No more runs were scored and Arizona took the game 6-2

Final Score
2007 Arizona Diamondbacks 6
2006 St. Louis Cardinals 2
WP- B Webb LP- C Carpenter
HR STL C Duncan
Player of the Game Brandon Webb 8.1 IP 7H 2 ER 1BB 7K


Series 20 Game 1

2005 Atlanta Braves 90-72 NL East Champ, Lost to Houston Astros 1-3 in NLDS.
2011 St. Louis Cardinals 90-72 NL Wild Card, Defeated Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 in NLDS, Defeated Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 in NLCS, Defeated Texas Rangers 4-3 in World Series.

Starting Pitchers ATL J Smoltz STL C Carpenter
Game Summary- Tight well-played game that stayed close all the way through. Both teams scored two in the second, The Braves on a two run Adam LaRoche homer and the cardinals scoring their pair on a Nick Punto Triple. Atlanta regained the lead on LaRoche’s second home run in the 4^th and added 1 more run in the 6^th on a Johnny Estrada single. St Louis Got 1 run back in the 7^th on a Nick Punto solo shot but could not close the gap anymore as Karl Farnsworth came in for the save.

Final Score
2005 Atlanta Braves 4
2011 St. Louis Cardinals 3
WP- J Smoltz LP- C Carpenter SV K Farnsworth
HR ATL A LaRoche 2 STL N Punto
Player of the Game Adam LaRoche 3-4 2HR 2 R 3 RBI