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Old 05-28-2012, 04:22 PM   #12
woodse2
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Series 5 Game 2

2008 Tampa Bay Rays 97-65 AL East Champs, Defeated Chicago White Sox 3-1 in division series, Defeated Boston Red Sox 4-3 in AL Championship series, Lost to Philadelphia Phillies 1-4 in World Series.
2011 Arizona Diamondbacks 94-68 NL West Champs, Lost to the Milwaukee Brewers 2-3 in the NL Division Series

Series Recap
Game 1 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks 3 2008 Tampa Bay Rays 2

Starting Pitchers TB- J Shields ARI- J Collmenter
Game Summary- This game was all Rays as the bottom half of the Rays lineup lite up Arizona pitching and James Shields pitched a magnificent game. 3 hits and 3 walks in the bottom of the second lead to 4 Tampa runs, and then home runs by willy Aybar and Gabe Gross pushed the lead to 8-0 in the sixth. 6th hitter Gabe Gross was 2-5 with a 5HR, 2R and 2RBI, 7th hitter Carl Crawford was 2-3 with 4R, 1RBI and 2 BB and 8th hitter Willy Aybar was 2-3 with 1 HR 3R and 4RBI.

Final Score
2008 Tampa Bay Rays 11
2011 Arizona Diamondbacks 0
WP- J Shields (1-0) LP- J Collmenter (1-0)
HR TB- G Gross (1), W Aybar (1)
Player of the Game James Shields 8.1 IP 6H 0ER 1BB 8K
Series tied 1-1



Series 6 Game 1
2009 Los Angeles Dodgers 95-67 NL West Champs, Defeated St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 in Division Series, Lost to Philadelphia Phillies 1-4 in NLCS
2005 New York Yankees 95-67 AL East Champs, Lost to Los Angeles Angels 2-3

Series Recap
Game 1 2005 New York Yankees 3 2009 Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Starting Pitchers LAN - H Kuroda NYA - M Mussina
Game Summary- Another tight hard fought game in this series. Pitching dominated early as it was not until the bottom of the 4th that Tino Martinez hit a solo shot for the Yankees which put them up 1-0. The Dodgers came right back in the top of the 5th when Ron Belliard led off the inning with a solo home run of his own to tie the score. In the bottom of the 7th the Yankees regained the lead on a run scoring double by Derek Jeter. The Yankees got one more in the 8th on a Gary Sheffield sacrifice fly before Mariano Rivera came in the close out the game in the 9th.

Final Score
2009 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
2005 New York Yankees 3
WP- M Mussina (1-0) LP- H Kuroda (0-1) SV M Rivera (2)
HR LAN- R Belliard (1) NYA- T Martinez (1)
Player of the Game Mark Mussina 7.2 IP 5 H 1ER 4BB 2K

Series 7 Game 2
2010 Cincinnati Reds 91-71 NL Central Champs, Lost to Philadelphia Phillies 0-3 in Division Series
2009 Philadelphia Phillies 93-69 NL East Champs, Defeated Colorado Rockies 3-1 in Division series, Defeated LA Dodgers 4-1 in NLCS, Lost to New York Yankees 2-4 in World Series

Series Recap
Game 1 - 2010 Cincinnati Reds 8 2009 Philadelphia Phillies 0
Starting Pitchers CIN- A Harang NYA - C Hamels
Game Summary- Phillies started the scoring off with a 2 run homer by Ryan Howard in the bottom of the first. The Reds rallied in the mid innings to retake the lead. A run scoring single by Ramon Hernandez in the 3rd, Run scoring hits by Brandon Phillips and Jonny Gomes in the 4th, and run scoring hits by Scott Rolen and again by Brandon Phillips in the 5th turned the game 6-2 in the Reds favor. The Phillies rallied to within two on run scoring singles by Matt Stairs and Jason Werth but the Reds put on an insurance run and won the game 7-4 to take a 2-0 lead in the series.

Final Score
2010 Cincinnati Reds 7
2009 Philadelphia Phillies 4
WP- A Harang LP- C Hamels SV F Cordero
HR PHI - R Howard (1)
Player of the Game Brandon Phillips 2-4 1R 3RBI 1 2B



Series 8 Game 1

2007 Chicago Cubs 85-77 NL Central Champs, Lost to Arizona Diamondbacks 0-3 in Division Series
2008 Philadelphia Phillies 92-70 NL East Champs, Defeated Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 in Division series, Defeated LA Dodgers 4-1 in NLCS, Defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in World Series

Series Recap
Game 1 2008 Philadelphia Phillies 1 2007 Chicago Cub 0

Starting Pitchers CHN- C Zambrano PHI - J Moyer
Game Summary- Jim Rollins lead off the bottom of the 1st for the Phillies with a solo home run to start the scoring and Pat Burrell hit a solo shot of his own in the second to give the Phillies a 2-0 lead. Both teams scored a run in the third, the Cubs on a Derek Lee solo home run and the Phillies on a Chase Utley single. Aramis Rameriz hit a solo home run to get the Cubs within 1 in the fourth before another Chase Utley single brought the lead back to 2. The Cubs finally took the lead with 3 runs in the 6th including another Derek Lee solo shot. Two more runs in the 7th (on Daryl Ward and Cliff Floyd Singles) gave the Cubs the cushion they needed to win the game and tie the series 1-1.

Final Score
2007 Chicago Cub 7
2008 Philadelphia Phillies 5
WP- C Zambrano LP-R Madson SV B Howry
HR CHN D Lee 2 (2), A Rameriz (1) PHI J Rollins (1), P Burrell (2)
Player of the Game Derek Lee 2-2 2HR 3R 2RBI 3BB
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