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2005 Federal League Divisional Playoff Series
Seattle Falcons (99-63) vs. Louisville Colonels (105-57)
GAME 2 @ Louisville: Luis Gonzalez (9-5) vs. Ray Alexander (18-8)
Alexander has won 35 games for us over the past two seasons, and he deserves this high-profile start.
Louisville got on the board in the first inning. Simon singled, stole second, and scored on a single by Brown. The Colonels scored another run in the second on consecutive singles by Dominguez, Alexander, and Simon. Brown tripled to open the third, but we threatened to strand him until Martinez came up with the big two-out hit to make it 3-0.
Alexander walked the eighth hitter and gave up a warning track fly ball to pinch-hitter Stokes to end the seventh. Byrne decided 109 pitches were enough and Alexander left with a 3-0 lead and the following stat line: 7 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 5 BB, 7 K. He had such great stuff that he could barely control it. Jones, Brooks, and Trejo combined for a scoreless eighth inning. George King pitched a perfect ninth inning for the save.
Simon and Brown each had three hits and an RBI. Ray Alexander was 2-3 at the plate but that’s not why he was the “Player of the Game”.
FINAL: Louisville 3, Seattle 0
Louisville leads the series 2-0.
Other games:
Dallas 7, San Francisco 6 (series tied at 1)
Atlanta 5, New York 0 (series tied at 1)
Charlotte 4, Philadelphia 2 (Charlotte leads 2-0)
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