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Westheim · 04-11-2022, 03:41 PM

2047 WORLD SERIES
Portland Raccoons (104-58) @ Dallas Stars (100-62)

No, Bryce Toohey would not have been available for Game 3 in Dallas. The claw still ached, and it was hard to hit homers with that.

Game 3 – Sadaharu Okuda (14-8, 2.91 ERA) vs. Daniel Hernandez (15-8, 3.59 ERA)

The 34-year-old Hernandez had enjoyed sort of a second spring after years of mediocrity in the Stars rotation. He had also pitched strong in the FLCS (1.38 ERA), which could not be said of Okuda (5.11 ERA) …

POR: RF Mercado – SS Adame – 1B Maldonado – 2B Waters – C R. Gonzalez – CF Herrera – 3B Martell – LF Fernandez – P Okuda
DAL: SS J. Rivas – 2B Sedillo – CF del Toro – LF O. Gonzalez – RF Cecil – 3B Higareda – C Rollin – 1B Jam. King – P D. Hernandez

The Raccoons managed five hits in the first three innings, and did not score. Mercado and Waters were left on the corners in the first inning, Herrera was stranded in the second, and Adame was caught stealing in the third before Maldo could whack a double into the leftfield corner that might have gotten him home even from first base…

Okuda allowed a single to del Toro, who was caught stealing, and a double to King, who was left on by Hernandez and Rivas, the first time through, whiffing a pair in the meantime. The Coons then tried again, with Ruben Gonzalez legging out a *leadoff triple* in the fourth. The Stars walked Herrera intentionally, which did not turn out to be a winning move. Al Martell dished a double to left, plating the game’s first run and putting a pair in scoring position for Manny Fernandez, who was also walked intentionally to much chagrin on my part. Okuda batted with three on and nobody out, and maybe the Stars were not fully aware of him being good in the clutch? Despite falling behind 2-2, he pushed an RBI single through the right side, increasing the lead to 2-0. Mercado grounded into a force at home plate, but Adame hit a ball all the way up the leftfield line and into the corner for a bases-clearing triple! The Coons!!

After Maldo scored Adame with a groundout to get the score to 6-0, and the Stars scratched the remains of Hernandez off the mound, it was on Okuda to hold up with that big support behind him. He retired the side in order in the bottom 4th, but Cecil singled off him to begin the bottom 5th, then removed himself from the basepaths in a strike-em-out-throw-em-out double play with Higareda.

Was that enough? Was that the game? The Raccoons surely appeared like they *thought* they had enough, and the Stars made no reasonable inroads into the 6-run lead any time soon. In the seventh then, Manny Fernandez plated Herrera with a sac fly. Sedillo countered with a solo homer in the bottom of the inning, but that merely kept the gap at six runs.

The game moved into Bizarroworld in the eighth inning. After two went out against righty Ryan Porter, the Raccoons sent Evan Van Hoy to bat for Maldonado to keep him uninjured until tomorrow (unless he’d bite his tongue or get a teammate’s fork in the paw at all-you-can-eat steak buffet). Van Hoy, the nothing player that was only a warm body on the bench, homered off Porter – and to dead center to boot.

Yeah, I could not compute it either.

A stunned Porter allowed another three batters on base and conceded a run before the inning ended. Okuda went through the eighth rather quickly despite a pinch-hit single by Rick Rowell. He issued two 2-out walks in the ninth inning, but still had enough juice (and a huge cushion) to put the game away in complete-game fashion!

Raccoons 9, Stars 1 – Portland leads series 2-1

Mercado 2-5, BB; Adame 2-6, 3B, 3 RBI; Van Hoy (PH) 1-1, HR, RBI; Waters 2-4, BB, 3B; Gonzalez 2-5, 3B; Herrera 3-4, BB; Okuda 9.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, W (1-1) and 1-5, RBI;

Do I dare say that I wished they’d have saved the last few runs for Game 4?

Game 4 – Jake Jackson (12-4, 3.01 ERA) vs. Roberto Pruneda (14-12, 5.00 ERA)

Jackson had sat out the CLCS and in general had only thrown 6.1 innings in the last two months. On the other paw, we had long relief potential from the left side, and the bullpen looked kind of bored and in need of exercise anyway.

Me and my cocky comments.

POR: RF Mercado – SS Adame – 1B Maldonado – 2B Waters – C R. Gonzalez – CF Herrera – 3B Martell – LF Baskins – P Jackson
DAL: RF O. Gonzalez – 3B J. Rivas – CF Cecil – 1B Jam. King – LF del Toro – SS Villacorta – 2B Sedillo – C Castaneda – P Pruneda

After Rivas singled and Cecil doubled to right, Jamie King struck out in quite the big, if early, at-bat. Juan del Toro flew out to Baskins in deep left, but Jackson’s first inning was not entirely convincing. In the second, he walked Sedillo before ringing up Castaneda and Pruneda, then got the lead in the third inning.

Adame and Maldonado hit a pair of 1-out doubles up the leftfield line to get the team on the board, and Waters hit an RBI single through the hole on the left side, advancing to second on del Toro’s throw to home plate, which was nowhere near in time to get Maldo. Gonzalez grounded out, as did Herrera, while Jackson fudged a Rivas comebacker for an error in the bottom 4th, which was the second time a Coons right-hander errored a runner on base in front of Cecil. This time the slugger singled to right, moving Rivas to third base, all with one gone. And this time Jamie King struck a gap double to tie the game, too.

Singles by Baskins, who was bunted to second base by Jackson, and Mercado gave the Coons a new 3-2 lead in the top 4th, but Cecil tied that one up with an RBI single to score Omar Gonzalez in the bottom 5th. Jackson didn’t retire another batter, allowing a single to King and a walk to del Toro before being yanked from a 3-3 tie with three aboard and only one out. The Coons went to Aaron Curl, but he allowed an RBI single to Villacorta and another run on a Sedillo groundout. Castaneda grounded out to strand a pair, but the Raccoons were now down by as many.

Pellicano batted for Curl in the sixth after Baskins had reached base with one gone. It was his first appearance in the series and he made it a memorable one, hitting a ball into the rightfield corner for an RBI triple, at once putting himself at third base with the tying run. Pruneda walked Mercado, while Adame fell behind 0-2. He then hit a pop into shallow left, near the line… and… where they getting to it? Yes, and no! Rivas reached up and made the catch as he went backwards, but that was already mid-stumble. He lost the ball as he fell, and Pellicano scored once he did, tying the game at five. The Stars somehow still hung with Pruneda, at least with another righty coming up here. It was a righty too many – Jesus Maldonado hit a 440-footer to left-center, and the Raccoons took an 8-5 lead on a 5-spot!

Of course, there was still a lot of pitching to do. Josh Rella turned in a scoreless sixth, after which Bonnie got the ball for the 3-4-5 batters and maybe more – he in any case entered the bottom 7th in the #8 slot, with Manny replacing Baskins in the double switch. Cecil hit a leadoff single and stole a base, but was still stranded as Bonnie completed the inning. He was back for the eighth, but allowed a single to Sedillo and a walk to Sal Ayala to bring the tying run to the plate with one out. Time for Nelson Moreno! …who walked Gonzalez, then allowed an infield single for a run to Rivas.

With Cecil twitching a twig in the box, the Raccoons went to Mike Lynn, needing five outs to complete the game, and now with little cushion left, 8-6. Cecil grounded to Waters at 1-0, but the Coons could not turn two and a run scored. Higareda then pinch-hit to bring up a righty bat, but fouled out near first base to strand runners on the corners.

Mrazek kept the Critters off the bases in the ninth, so it would be all on Lynn. Del Toro grounded out to begin the bottom of the hopefully final frame. Joreao Porfirio whiffed. And then Sedillo scratched out a 2-out walk. Dan Rollin pinch-hit for Castaneda, another righty bat that had already done plenty of harm in this series. Not now, though – he struck out.

Raccoons 8, Stars 7 – Portland leads series 3-1

Adame 2-5, 2B, RBI; Maldonado 3-5, HR, 2B, 4 RBI; Waters 2-5, RBI; Pellicano (PH) 1-1, 3B, RBI;

Tight, but a win!

So, Vic? How about getting a playoff win, huh?

Game 5 – Victor Merino (14-10, 3.34 ERA) vs. Arthur Pickett (15-9, 3.63 ERA)

The Game 1 matchup was back for Game 5, which could also be the final game of the year – but only if Merino reversed fortunes from back then…!

POR: RF Mercado – SS Adame – 1B Maldonado – 2B Waters – C R. Gonzalez – CF Herrera – 3B Martell – LF Baskins – P Merino
DAL: SS J. Rivas – 2B Sedillo – CF del Toro – LF O. Gonzalez – RF Cecil – 3B Higareda – C Rollin – 1B Jam. King – P Pickett

Adame was nicked in the first, but left aboard, then turned a double play on Omar Gonzalez in the bottom of the inning to bail out Merino with Sedillo and del Toro on the corners. The Portlanders had no hits through three innings, while Pickett had a double off Merino in the bottom 3rd. He tried to score on Rivas’ single to center, but was thrown out by Herrera at the plate…! Sedillo popped out to complete three scoreless.

The first five batters in the fourth inning were all sat down before Cecil hit a 2-out single. The bags then filled up on Higareda getting nailed on 0-2, and Martell’s bad throw that pulled Maldo off the bag on Rollin’s roller. Jamie King, hitting .139 in the playoffs, went down on strikes to strand all the runners…!

Pickett walked Martell in the fifth, but otherwise did not allow runners, a.k.a. still no hits for the Critterfolk. Rivas (single) and Sedillo reached with one out in the bottom half of that inning, but then embarked on a double steal that saw Rivas thrown out at third base by Ruben Gonzalez. Del Toro flew out to Baskins, ending the fifth.

Then it was Merino who took the no-hitter away, singling up the middle to begin the sixth. Whatever works! Mercado hit a jammer in front of the plate in a full count, but legged out Rollin’s throw to first base to add a *second* runner at the same time – what luxury! While Adame lined out to the other shortstop, Maldonado turned a 1-2 pitch around and singled over Sedillo’s head to load the bases. Matt Waters swung away at the very next pitch, grounding to the right side, and past Sedillo! Merino in! Mercado in! 2-0 lead! You go, boys!!

From there, Gonzalez grounded out, and Herrera drew a walk to fill the sacks again. Martell grounded to Higareda, who threw wildly to first, the ball bounced off King’s wrist, and into foul ground, allowing two runs to score! Intentional walk to Baskins to force up Merino again – and the Raccoons did NOT go for a pinch-hitter. Nor did the Stars go for a reliever – surely Pickett would get Merino out *this* time, right?

Wrong.

Single up the middle, two runs were in, 6-0, and the park went absolutely silent. Now Pickett was yanked. Rodger Arrendell replaced him. Too late? Mercado grounded out, but now the Raccoons were 12 outs away from back-to-back championships, and their starter was still going good so far – unless he considered himself a hitter after two singles and two RBI’s in one inning and was no longer effective on the mound, of course. Cecil singled in the bottom 6th, but was left on first. No Stars appeared on the basepaths in the seventh at all.

The Stars pen did what they could, keeping the Raccoons off the bags as well. But by now the 6-run gap had only six more outs to withstand. Bottom 8th, Sedillo popped out to begin the inning. Del Toro however singled to right, and then Merino lost Gonzalez on balls, his first walk in the game. Cecil was next, but Merino would remain in for one more batter; the old aversion to switching lefty-for-lefty, I guess. Cecil took the first pitch to right, and it dinked for a single. Mercado collected the ball and fired home, and del Toro also made for home plate – and he was beaten! A catastrophic out for the Stars! They could have had the bases loaded with one out and the tying run on the dugout steps, but instead del Toro was thrown out, and the tying run was moved back to the bat rack…! Two on, two outs, but Merino was now finished. Nelson Moreno came on for Higareda, entering in a double switch that put Coen on third base. Higareda struck out, completing the eighth inning.

The Raccoons did not reach base in the ninth, and they did not need to. They still had Moreno back for the ninth, and the Stars would cart up the bottom of the order. So they started to rake against Moreno. Rollin hit a leadoff double, and after King struck out, Rick Rowell stroked an RBI triple. Rivas poked at 1-0, flying out to Gene Pellicano in shallow right, and Rowell held. One more out to go – either from Moreno and Sedillo, or if not, with Aaron Curl taking over.

Aaron Curl did not take over. Nelson Moreno threw one more pitch, and Sedillo popped it up. Ruben Gonzalez made the catch in foul ground, and that was the baseball season completed, and a winner found.

Raccoons 6, Stars 1 – Portland wins series 4-1

Merino 7.2 IP, 9 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, W (1-1) and 2-3, 2 RBI;

They had 11 hits. We had five.

And yet, we were the ones running around the big trophy in the on-field ceremony!

…

2047 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS
Portland Raccoons
(7th title)

04-11-2022, 03:41 PM	#3871
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,823	2047 WORLD SERIES Portland Raccoons (104-58) @ Dallas Stars (100-62) No, Bryce Toohey would not have been available for Game 3 in Dallas. The claw still ached, and it was hard to hit homers with that. Game 3 – Sadaharu Okuda (14-8, 2.91 ERA) vs. Daniel Hernandez (15-8, 3.59 ERA) The 34-year-old Hernandez had enjoyed sort of a second spring after years of mediocrity in the Stars rotation. He had also pitched strong in the FLCS (1.38 ERA), which could not be said of Okuda (5.11 ERA) … POR: RF Mercado – SS Adame – 1B Maldonado – 2B Waters – C R. Gonzalez – CF Herrera – 3B Martell – LF Fernandez – P Okuda DAL: SS J. Rivas – 2B Sedillo – CF del Toro – LF O. Gonzalez – RF Cecil – 3B Higareda – C Rollin – 1B Jam. King – P D. Hernandez The Raccoons managed five hits in the first three innings, and did not score. Mercado and Waters were left on the corners in the first inning, Herrera was stranded in the second, and Adame was caught stealing in the third before Maldo could whack a double into the leftfield corner that might have gotten him home even from first base… Okuda allowed a single to del Toro, who was caught stealing, and a double to King, who was left on by Hernandez and Rivas, the first time through, whiffing a pair in the meantime. The Coons then tried again, with Ruben Gonzalez legging out a leadoff triple in the fourth. The Stars walked Herrera intentionally, which did not turn out to be a winning move. Al Martell dished a double to left, plating the game’s first run and putting a pair in scoring position for Manny Fernandez, who was also walked intentionally to much chagrin on my part. Okuda batted with three on and nobody out, and maybe the Stars were not fully aware of him being good in the clutch? Despite falling behind 2-2, he pushed an RBI single through the right side, increasing the lead to 2-0. Mercado grounded into a force at home plate, but Adame hit a ball all the way up the leftfield line and into the corner for a bases-clearing triple! The Coons!! After Maldo scored Adame with a groundout to get the score to 6-0, and the Stars scratched the remains of Hernandez off the mound, it was on Okuda to hold up with that big support behind him. He retired the side in order in the bottom 4th, but Cecil singled off him to begin the bottom 5th, then removed himself from the basepaths in a strike-em-out-throw-em-out double play with Higareda. Was that enough? Was that the game? The Raccoons surely appeared like they thought they had enough, and the Stars made no reasonable inroads into the 6-run lead any time soon. In the seventh then, Manny Fernandez plated Herrera with a sac fly. Sedillo countered with a solo homer in the bottom of the inning, but that merely kept the gap at six runs. The game moved into Bizarroworld in the eighth inning. After two went out against righty Ryan Porter, the Raccoons sent Evan Van Hoy to bat for Maldonado to keep him uninjured until tomorrow (unless he’d bite his tongue or get a teammate’s fork in the paw at all-you-can-eat steak buffet). Van Hoy, the nothing player that was only a warm body on the bench, homered off Porter – and to dead center to boot. Yeah, I could not compute it either. A stunned Porter allowed another three batters on base and conceded a run before the inning ended. Okuda went through the eighth rather quickly despite a pinch-hit single by Rick Rowell. He issued two 2-out walks in the ninth inning, but still had enough juice (and a huge cushion) to put the game away in complete-game fashion! Raccoons 9, Stars 1 – Portland leads series 2-1 Mercado 2-5, BB; Adame 2-6, 3B, 3 RBI; Van Hoy (PH) 1-1, HR, RBI; Waters 2-4, BB, 3B; Gonzalez 2-5, 3B; Herrera 3-4, BB; Okuda 9.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, W (1-1) and 1-5, RBI; Do I dare say that I wished they’d have saved the last few runs for Game 4? Game 4 – Jake Jackson (12-4, 3.01 ERA) vs. Roberto Pruneda (14-12, 5.00 ERA) Jackson had sat out the CLCS and in general had only thrown 6.1 innings in the last two months. On the other paw, we had long relief potential from the left side, and the bullpen looked kind of bored and in need of exercise anyway. Me and my cocky comments. POR: RF Mercado – SS Adame – 1B Maldonado – 2B Waters – C R. Gonzalez – CF Herrera – 3B Martell – LF Baskins – P Jackson DAL: RF O. Gonzalez – 3B J. Rivas – CF Cecil – 1B Jam. King – LF del Toro – SS Villacorta – 2B Sedillo – C Castaneda – P Pruneda After Rivas singled and Cecil doubled to right, Jamie King struck out in quite the big, if early, at-bat. Juan del Toro flew out to Baskins in deep left, but Jackson’s first inning was not entirely convincing. In the second, he walked Sedillo before ringing up Castaneda and Pruneda, then got the lead in the third inning. Adame and Maldonado hit a pair of 1-out doubles up the leftfield line to get the team on the board, and Waters hit an RBI single through the hole on the left side, advancing to second on del Toro’s throw to home plate, which was nowhere near in time to get Maldo. Gonzalez grounded out, as did Herrera, while Jackson fudged a Rivas comebacker for an error in the bottom 4th, which was the second time a Coons right-hander errored a runner on base in front of Cecil. This time the slugger singled to right, moving Rivas to third base, all with one gone. And this time Jamie King struck a gap double to tie the game, too. Singles by Baskins, who was bunted to second base by Jackson, and Mercado gave the Coons a new 3-2 lead in the top 4th, but Cecil tied that one up with an RBI single to score Omar Gonzalez in the bottom 5th. Jackson didn’t retire another batter, allowing a single to King and a walk to del Toro before being yanked from a 3-3 tie with three aboard and only one out. The Coons went to Aaron Curl, but he allowed an RBI single to Villacorta and another run on a Sedillo groundout. Castaneda grounded out to strand a pair, but the Raccoons were now down by as many. Pellicano batted for Curl in the sixth after Baskins had reached base with one gone. It was his first appearance in the series and he made it a memorable one, hitting a ball into the rightfield corner for an RBI triple, at once putting himself at third base with the tying run. Pruneda walked Mercado, while Adame fell behind 0-2. He then hit a pop into shallow left, near the line… and… where they getting to it? Yes, and no! Rivas reached up and made the catch as he went backwards, but that was already mid-stumble. He lost the ball as he fell, and Pellicano scored once he did, tying the game at five. The Stars somehow still hung with Pruneda, at least with another righty coming up here. It was a righty too many – Jesus Maldonado hit a 440-footer to left-center, and the Raccoons took an 8-5 lead on a 5-spot! Of course, there was still a lot of pitching to do. Josh Rella turned in a scoreless sixth, after which Bonnie got the ball for the 3-4-5 batters and maybe more – he in any case entered the bottom 7th in the #8 slot, with Manny replacing Baskins in the double switch. Cecil hit a leadoff single and stole a base, but was still stranded as Bonnie completed the inning. He was back for the eighth, but allowed a single to Sedillo and a walk to Sal Ayala to bring the tying run to the plate with one out. Time for Nelson Moreno! …who walked Gonzalez, then allowed an infield single for a run to Rivas. With Cecil twitching a twig in the box, the Raccoons went to Mike Lynn, needing five outs to complete the game, and now with little cushion left, 8-6. Cecil grounded to Waters at 1-0, but the Coons could not turn two and a run scored. Higareda then pinch-hit to bring up a righty bat, but fouled out near first base to strand runners on the corners. Mrazek kept the Critters off the bases in the ninth, so it would be all on Lynn. Del Toro grounded out to begin the bottom of the hopefully final frame. Joreao Porfirio whiffed. And then Sedillo scratched out a 2-out walk. Dan Rollin pinch-hit for Castaneda, another righty bat that had already done plenty of harm in this series. Not now, though – he struck out. Raccoons 8, Stars 7 – Portland leads series 3-1 Adame 2-5, 2B, RBI; Maldonado 3-5, HR, 2B, 4 RBI; Waters 2-5, RBI; Pellicano (PH) 1-1, 3B, RBI; Tight, but a win! So, Vic? How about getting a playoff win, huh? Game 5 – Victor Merino (14-10, 3.34 ERA) vs. Arthur Pickett (15-9, 3.63 ERA) The Game 1 matchup was back for Game 5, which could also be the final game of the year – but only if Merino reversed fortunes from back then…! POR: RF Mercado – SS Adame – 1B Maldonado – 2B Waters – C R. Gonzalez – CF Herrera – 3B Martell – LF Baskins – P Merino DAL: SS J. Rivas – 2B Sedillo – CF del Toro – LF O. Gonzalez – RF Cecil – 3B Higareda – C Rollin – 1B Jam. King – P Pickett Adame was nicked in the first, but left aboard, then turned a double play on Omar Gonzalez in the bottom of the inning to bail out Merino with Sedillo and del Toro on the corners. The Portlanders had no hits through three innings, while Pickett had a double off Merino in the bottom 3rd. He tried to score on Rivas’ single to center, but was thrown out by Herrera at the plate…! Sedillo popped out to complete three scoreless. The first five batters in the fourth inning were all sat down before Cecil hit a 2-out single. The bags then filled up on Higareda getting nailed on 0-2, and Martell’s bad throw that pulled Maldo off the bag on Rollin’s roller. Jamie King, hitting .139 in the playoffs, went down on strikes to strand all the runners…! Pickett walked Martell in the fifth, but otherwise did not allow runners, a.k.a. still no hits for the Critterfolk. Rivas (single) and Sedillo reached with one out in the bottom half of that inning, but then embarked on a double steal that saw Rivas thrown out at third base by Ruben Gonzalez. Del Toro flew out to Baskins, ending the fifth. Then it was Merino who took the no-hitter away, singling up the middle to begin the sixth. Whatever works! Mercado hit a jammer in front of the plate in a full count, but legged out Rollin’s throw to first base to add a second runner at the same time – what luxury! While Adame lined out to the other shortstop, Maldonado turned a 1-2 pitch around and singled over Sedillo’s head to load the bases. Matt Waters swung away at the very next pitch, grounding to the right side, and past Sedillo! Merino in! Mercado in! 2-0 lead! You go, boys!! From there, Gonzalez grounded out, and Herrera drew a walk to fill the sacks again. Martell grounded to Higareda, who threw wildly to first, the ball bounced off King’s wrist, and into foul ground, allowing two runs to score! Intentional walk to Baskins to force up Merino again – and the Raccoons did NOT go for a pinch-hitter. Nor did the Stars go for a reliever – surely Pickett would get Merino out this time, right? Wrong. Single up the middle, two runs were in, 6-0, and the park went absolutely silent. Now Pickett was yanked. Rodger Arrendell replaced him. Too late? Mercado grounded out, but now the Raccoons were 12 outs away from back-to-back championships, and their starter was still going good so far – unless he considered himself a hitter after two singles and two RBI’s in one inning and was no longer effective on the mound, of course. Cecil singled in the bottom 6th, but was left on first. No Stars appeared on the basepaths in the seventh at all. The Stars pen did what they could, keeping the Raccoons off the bags as well. But by now the 6-run gap had only six more outs to withstand. Bottom 8th, Sedillo popped out to begin the inning. Del Toro however singled to right, and then Merino lost Gonzalez on balls, his first walk in the game. Cecil was next, but Merino would remain in for one more batter; the old aversion to switching lefty-for-lefty, I guess. Cecil took the first pitch to right, and it dinked for a single. Mercado collected the ball and fired home, and del Toro also made for home plate – and he was beaten! A catastrophic out for the Stars! They could have had the bases loaded with one out and the tying run on the dugout steps, but instead del Toro was thrown out, and the tying run was moved back to the bat rack…! Two on, two outs, but Merino was now finished. Nelson Moreno came on for Higareda, entering in a double switch that put Coen on third base. Higareda struck out, completing the eighth inning. The Raccoons did not reach base in the ninth, and they did not need to. They still had Moreno back for the ninth, and the Stars would cart up the bottom of the order. So they started to rake against Moreno. Rollin hit a leadoff double, and after King struck out, Rick Rowell stroked an RBI triple. Rivas poked at 1-0, flying out to Gene Pellicano in shallow right, and Rowell held. One more out to go – either from Moreno and Sedillo, or if not, with Aaron Curl taking over. Aaron Curl did not take over. Nelson Moreno threw one more pitch, and Sedillo popped it up. Ruben Gonzalez made the catch in foul ground, and that was the baseball season completed, and a winner found. Raccoons 6, Stars 1 – Portland wins series 4-1 Merino 7.2 IP, 9 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, W (1-1) and 2-3, 2 RBI; They had 11 hits. We had five. 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