For the next day of the playoffs I travelled out to the desert south west to watch the Phoenix Speed Devils take on the Detroit Falcons and look to even up the series.
And this time it was a more one-sided slug-fest with Phoenix accomplishing their task, knocking Detroit starter Marc Franks out in the 4th inning. Phoenix starter Rick Smiley walked 6 batters but otherwise was terrific, giving up just 2 runs on 2 hits over his 8 innings pitched. In spite of suffering from a sprained knee Jason Puglisi, Phoenix third baseman, clubbed two homers.
Meanwhile, in the Windy City, the reigning WPK champion Chicago Fire extended their series lead to 2-0 when they got to young Jacksonville starter David Parker early, sending him to the showers after just 2 innings pitched. Every batter in the Fire lineup had at least one hit and from 4 through 7 in the lineup, each batter had 2 hits.
