2003 CDBL Playoff Preview World Series Milwaukee Pilots (110-52, Tiant Division Winner 4-1 over Bulldogs in Round 1, 4-2 over Destroyers in GT Conference Finals) vs. Manhatten Beach Mashers (110-52, Aaron Division Winner, 1st Round Bye, 4-2 over Isotopes in AP Conference Finals) The Pilots dream season continues. After tying for the best record in the majors (with the Mashers) in the regular season and capturing the Tiant division pennant, the Pilots defeated fellow Tiant teams Boston in 5 games in round 1 and the Destroyers in 6 games in the GT Conference Finals to reach the big series. This is their first CDBL World Series Appearance. In the conference finals Casey Blake hit .381 with 3 home runs, 8 runs scored and 7 RBI, while Vernon Wells hit .385 with 3 home runs, 6 runs scored and 9 RBI. Jorge Posada hit .435 with 7 runs scored, and Rafael Furcal hit .440 with 6 runs and 6 RBI. David Wells pitched 6 shutout innings in his only start, and Kevin Brown went 2-0 with a 2.45 ERA. Octavio Dotel pitched 4 shutout innings with a save, and Rafael Soriano's lone appearance was the Conference Finals clincher, where he notched the save with 1 1/3 innings of shutout relief. The Mashers are right where they want to be. After tying for the best record in the majors (with the Pilots), they defeated conference rivals Springfield to advance to the CDBL World Series. This is their *9th* overall CDBL World Series appearance, and the first since 1996. David Ortiz had a stellar Conference Finals, hitting .412 with 2 home runs, 4 runs scored and 6 RBI in 5 games. Lou Merloni and Mike Bordick combined to hit .455+ with 6 runs and 5 RBI between them. Grey Myers hit .429 with 3 runs scored and 3 RBI. Bret Boone hit .280 with 3 runs scored and 3 RBI as well. Darrell May went 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA in 2 starts. John Smoltz pitched 2 shutout innings with 2 saves. Jose Contreras and Juan Rincon combined to throw 6 2/3 innings of shutout relief in 6 appearances. This is the first time since 1995 that the teams with the best record in each conference in the regular season have managed to face each other in the world series. The teams both finished with 110 wins, and battled to a 2-2 regular season draw. The Pilots get home field advantage in this series due to having a higher regular season run differential (+276 vs +221). ******************************************************************* GAME ONE -- Mashers (May) at Pilots (Hernandez). In the opening game of the final series of the season, both starters had their early game going. The first run happened in the bottom of the 5th, when Rafael Furcal hit a solo home run. 1-0 Pilots. In the top of the 6th inning, Bret Boone got a 1 out walk. David Ortiz hit a single. Jody Gerut followed with a base hit, soring Boone. In the ensuing fracas Milton Bradley had a throwing error, allowing Ortiz to advance to 3rd base. Jeff DaVanon singled, scoring Ortiz to put the Mashers up 2-1. They made it 3-1 on a base hit RBI from Jay Payton. The Pilots cut the lead to 1 in the 7th when Vernon Wells doubled and scored on a single from Ichiro Suzuki. The Mashers added an insurance run in the 8th when Ortiz singled, moved to 2nd on a base hit from Gerut, moved to 3rd on a sacrifice bunt from DaVanon and scored on a sacrifice fly from Morgan Ensberg. The game would remain 4-2 Mashers heading into the bottom of the 9th. Closer John Smoltz was on the mound for Manhatten Beach. Milwaukee's small army of pinch hitters went to work, as Michael Ryan singled, and Adam Melhuse walked to put the tying run at first. Smoltz buckled down and got regulars Jorge Posada and Casey Blake to strike out to put 2 outs on the board. Pinch hitter Howie Clark singled, loading the bases. 2 outs, bottom of the ninth, down by 2, bases loaded, with John Smoltz facing leadoff hitter Milton Bradley. A single could tie it, anything more could win it. Bradley worked it to a full 3-2 pitch count, then fouled off 3 straight balls to keep the home crowd in suspense. With the 9th pitch of the at bat, Smoltz got the best of him, striking him out to end the game. The Mashers win game 1 of the 2003 CDBL World Series by a score of 4-2. MASHERS LEAD 1-0. 10/24/2003, MBM03-MIL03, Miller Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 Mashers 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 10 0 8 1 2003 Pilots 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 9 2 8 1 Mashers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Merloni ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 1 2 0 0 Myers c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 Miller c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 Boone 2b 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 5 0 0 Bordick 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Ortiz 1b 4 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 Mabry 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Gerut lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 3 0 0 0 DaVanon rf 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .667 1 0 0 0 Amezaga 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 3 0 0 Ensberg ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 Payton cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 4 0 0 0 May p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Rincon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Smoltz p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 34 4 10 4 1 0 0 3 9 0 1 0 0 1 1 27 10 0 0 Pilots AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Bradley lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0 1 0 Mientkiewicz 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8 1 0 0 Loretta 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 3 3 0 0 Wells cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 0 0 0 Ichiro rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 2 0 0 0 Ryan ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 Furcal ss 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 2 3 1 0 Melhuse ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Crawford pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Posada c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 9 1 0 0 Blake 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 2 0 0 Hernandez p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 Guillen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Clark ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 35 2 9 2 1 0 1 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 11 2 0 Mashers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA May W 1-0 7.0 6 2 2 1 3 88 62 27 1 0 0 0 1 2.57 Rincon H 1 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 11 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Smoltz S 1 1.1 2 0 0 1 3 34 23 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 9 2 2 2 7 133 93 37 1 0 0 0 1 Pilots INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Hernandez L 0-1 7.0 8 3 2 2 8 105 69 30 0 0 0 0 1 2.57 Cordero 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 33 18 9 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 9.0 10 4 3 3 9 138 87 39 0 0 0 0 1 MBM: Ensberg batted for Amezaga in the 8th Ensberg moved to 3b in the 8th Mabry inserted at 1b in the 9th Miller inserted at c in the 9th Bordick inserted at 2b in the 9th MIL: Guillen batted for Hernandez in the 7th Ryan batted for Ichiro in the 9th Melhuse batted for Furcal in the 9th Crawford ran for Melhuse in the 9th Clark batted for Cordero in the 9th GWRBI: DaVanon Temperature: 70, Wind: none. 10/24/2003, MBM03-MIL03, Miller Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 Mashers 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 10 0 8 1 2003 Pilots 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 9 2 8 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Mashers batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Merloni struck out (BFSS) 0-0 1 --- 00 Myers grounded out to the mound (X) 0-0 2 --- 11 Boone to first on an error by the shortstop Furcal (BCX) 0-0 2 1-- 01 Ortiz grounded a single between first and second, Boone to second (CX) 0-0 2 12- 02 Gerut struck out (CFC) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Pilots batting 0-0 0 --- 21 Bradley grounded a single up the middle (BFBX) 0-0 0 1-- 01 Mientkiewicz grounded into a double play, Merloni to Boone to Ortiz (FX) 0-0 2 --- 11 Loretta flied out to center (CBX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Mashers batting 0-0 0 --- 10 DaVanon grounded out to second (BX) 0-0 1 --- 11 Amezaga grounded out to short (FBX) 0-0 2 --- 11 Payton popped out to second (CBX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Pilots batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Wells flied out to center (X) 0-0 1 --- 02 Ichiro grounded out to third (CFFFX) 0-0 2 --- 02 Furcal struck out (FFC) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Mashers batting 0-0 0 --- 12 May struck out (CCBS) 0-0 1 --- 22 Merloni grounded a single up the middle (BCBFX) 0-0 1 1-- 12 Myers grounded into a double play, Blake to Loretta to Mientkiewicz (FBFX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Pilots batting 0-0 0 --- 01 Posada flied out to center (SX) 0-0 1 --- 12 Blake flied out to left (BFSX) 0-0 2 --- 11 Hernandez flied out to left (FBX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Mashers batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Boone struck out (CBFBS) 0-0 1 --- 12 Ortiz lined a double to right center (FCBX) 0-0 1 -2- 22 Gerut struck out (CBBCS) 0-0 2 -2- 10 DaVanon grounded a single between first and second, Ortiz to third (BX) 0-0 2 1-3 32 Amezaga struck out (SBSBFFB>F>S) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Pilots batting 0-0 0 --- 32 Bradley grounded out to second (BFBFFFBFX) 0-0 1 --- 00 Mientkiewicz grounded out to third (X) 0-0 2 --- 11 Loretta grounded out to third (CBX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Mashers batting 0-0 0 --- 01 Payton grounded out to first (FX) 0-0 1 --- 02 May struck out (SFS) 0-0 2 --- 31 Merloni walked (BBBCB) 0-0 2 1-- 00 Merloni was caught stealing second (>C) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Pilots batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Wells grounded out to second (X) 0-0 1 --- 00 Ichiro popped out to the catcher (X) 0-0 2 --- 10 Furcal homered deep down the left-field line (BX) 0-1 2 --- 21 Posada lined a single to center (SBBX) 0-1 2 1-- 12 Blake grounded a single between first and second, Posada to second (CBSFX) 0-1 2 12- 01 Hernandez grounded out to second (CX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Mashers batting 0-1 0 --- 00 Myers grounded out to short (X) 0-1 1 --- 32 Boone walked (CBBBCFB) 0-1 1 1-- 10 Ortiz lined a single up the middle, Boone to second (BX) 0-1 1 12- 21 Gerut grounded a single between third and short, Boone scored, Ortiz to third on an error by the left fielder Bradley, Gerut to second (SBBX) 1-1 1 -23 32 DaVanon reached on an infield single to first, Ortiz scored, Gerut to third (BBBCFX) 2-1 1 1-3 02 Amezaga struck out (CFS) 2-1 2 1-3 01 Payton grounded a single between first and second, Gerut scored, DaVanon to second (FX) 3-1 2 12- 00 May grounded to short, forcing Payton at second (X) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Pilots batting 3-1 0 --- 00 Bradley lined out to left (X) 3-1 1 --- 21 Mientkiewicz grounded out to second (CBBX) 3-1 2 --- 00 Loretta flied out to right (X) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Mashers batting 3-1 0 --- 11 Merloni grounded out to third (BCX) 3-1 1 --- 21 Myers grounded out to second (BFBX) 3-1 2 --- 10 Boone flied out to right (BX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Pilots batting 3-1 0 --- 32 Wells doubled deep to left center (BCBFBX) 3-1 0 -2- 12 Ichiro lined a single to left, Wells scored, Ichiro to second (CCBFFX) 3-2 0 -2- 22 Furcal struck out (BSFBFS) 3-2 1 -2- 30 Posada walked (BBBB) 3-2 1 12- 00 Blake popped out to short (X) Guillen pinch hitting for Hernandez 3-2 2 12- 12 Guillen struck out (FCBS) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Mashers batting Cordero now pitching 3-2 0 --- 21 Ortiz lined a single to right (BCBX) 3-2 0 1-- 31 Gerut grounded a single between first and second, Ortiz to second (BCBBX) 3-2 0 12- 00 DaVanon sacrifice bunted to first, Ortiz to third, Gerut to second (Xb) Ensberg pinch hitting for Amezaga 3-2 1 -23 10 Ensberg hit a sacrifice fly to right, Ortiz scored, Gerut to third (BX) 4-2 2 --3 10 Payton lined out to center (BX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Pilots batting Rincon now pitching Ensberg moved to third base 4-2 0 --- 22 Bradley struck out (BFBCC) 4-2 1 --- 02 Mientkiewicz grounded out to short (CCX) 4-2 2 --- 11 Loretta grounded a single between third and short (FBX) Smoltz now pitching 4-2 2 1-- 01 Wells flied out to center (CX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Mashers batting 4-2 0 --- 12 Smoltz struck out (CCBS) 4-2 1 --- 32 Merloni popped out to short (BBBCCX) 4-2 2 --- 32 Myers walked (CBBSBFB) 4-2 2 1-- 01 Boone flied out to center (SX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Pilots batting Mabry now playing first base Miller now playing catcher Bordick now playing second base Ryan pinch hitting for Ichiro 4-2 0 --- 12 Ryan lined a single to shallow center (FBSX) Melhuse pinch hitting for Furcal 4-2 0 1-- 32 Melhuse walked, Ryan to second (BSBSFBB) Crawford pinch running for Melhuse 4-2 0 12- 12 Posada struck out (CSBFS) 4-2 1 12- 12 Blake struck out (CBFC) Clark pinch hitting for Cordero 4-2 2 12- 11 Clark lined a single to shallow center, Ryan to third, Crawford to second (BSX) 4-2 2 123 32 Bradley struck out (FBBBS>F>F>F>S) ******************************************************************* GAME TWO -- Mashers (Prior) at Pilots (Brown). Before the season started, the Mashers traded Brown to the Pilots. Then in the middle of the season, they acquired Mark Prior. Now the two elite pitchers faced off against each other in the World Series. Kevin Brown ran into trouble in the 2nd inning. Austin Kearns smacked a lead off solo home run, and with 1 out and 1 on Morgan Ensberg went yard too. Brown's home run troubles continued in the 3rd with a solo home run from David Ortiz. 4-0 Mashers after 3 innings via 3 home runs. The Pilots scored their first runs in the 6th inning. Casey Blake doubled, moved to third on a groundout from Carl Crawford and scored on a base hit from Doug Mientkiewicz. After Ichiro doubled, Vernon Wells hit a 2-out single, scoring both runners. 4-3 Mashers after 6. Octavio Dotel was on the mound for Milwaukee in the 7th inning, replacing Kevin Brown who pitched 6 innings, giving up 4 runs. Dotel gave up a leadoff single from Prior, and a 1 out walk to Greg Myers. With 2 outs and 2 on, David Ortiz launched one over the wall. 3-run home run, and Manhatten beach was up 7-3 after 7 innings. In the bottom of the 8th inning, Mark Prior gave up a base hit to Chase Utley, then struck out Mientkiewicz and Ichiro. After Vernon Wells singled, Jorge Posada brought them all home with a 3-run blast. 7-6 Mashers. Prior was done for the day, having given up 6 earned runs. In the end neither starter did that well. The game remained 7-6 Manhatten Beach heading into the bottom of the 9th. Juan Rincon was pitching for the Mashers. Rincon started off the inning by giving up a base hit to Jose Guillen. Rafael Furcal singled to put 2 on with 0 outs. Howie Clark put them both in scoring position with a sacrifice bunt. Rincon was able to get a key out by getting Ramon Castro to pop out. 2 on, 2 out, Pilots down by 1 in the bottom of the 9th, and Rincon faced leadoff hitter Doug Mientkiewicz. The Pilots were in a do-or-die situation for the 2nd straight game. A single might just win it, but it was not to be. Mientkiewicz flied out to end the game. Manhatten Beach hangs on for the 2nd straight game to win by a score of 7-6. MASHERS LEAD 2-0. 10/25/2003, MBM03-MIL03, Miller Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 Mashers 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 9 0 5 2 2003 Pilots 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 6 11 0 4 1 Mashers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Merloni ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 4 0 0 Myers c 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 Miller c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Boone 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 3 5 0 0 Bordick 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Ortiz 1b 4 2 2 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 8 0 0 0 Mabry 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Kearns rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 0 0 0 Gerut lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0 0 Ensberg 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 0 0 0 Rincon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Payton cf 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 0 0 0 Prior p 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 0 2 0 0 Amezaga 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 35 7 9 7 0 0 4 4 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 12 0 0 Pilots AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Mientkiewicz 1b 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 9 1 0 0 Ichiro rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 2 0 0 0 Wells cf 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 0 0 0 0 Posada c 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 10 0 0 0 Hasegawa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Loretta 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 1 1 0 0 Guillen lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 3 0 0 0 Gil pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Furcal ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 2 7 0 0 Blake 3b 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Melhuse ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Clark 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 Brown p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Crawford ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Dotel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Utley ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Castro c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 35 6 11 6 2 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 27 9 0 0 Mashers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Prior W 1-0 7.2 9 6 6 0 8 106 76 31 1 0 1 0 2 7.04 Rincon S 1 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 14 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 11 6 6 0 8 120 86 37 1 0 1 0 2 Pilots INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Brown L 0-1 6.0 7 4 4 2 7 104 68 26 3 0 0 0 1 6.00 Dotel 2.0 2 3 3 1 2 36 18 9 1 0 0 0 0 13.50 Cordero 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 18 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.38 Hasegawa 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 9 7 7 4 10 163 98 39 4 0 0 0 1 MBM: Amezaga inserted at 3b in the 8th Mabry inserted at 1b in the 9th Miller inserted at c in the 9th Bordick inserted at 2b in the 9th MIL: Crawford batted for Brown in the 6th Melhuse batted for Blake in the 7th Clark inserted at 3b in the 8th Utley batted for Dotel in the 8th Castro inserted at c in the 9th Gil ran for Guillen in the 9th GWRBI: Kearns Temperature: 70, Wind: none. 10/25/2003, MBM03-MIL03, Miller Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 Mashers 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 9 0 5 2 2003 Pilots 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 6 11 0 4 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Mashers batting 0-0 0 --- 31 Merloni walked (SBBBB) 0-0 0 1-- 12 Myers struck out (CFBS) 0-0 1 1-- 22 Boone grounded a single between first and second, Merloni to second (BFCBX) 0-0 1 12- 11 Ortiz grounded into a double play, Mientkiewicz to Furcal to Mientkiewicz (BSX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Pilots batting 0-0 0 --- 11 Mientkiewicz grounded out to the mound (BFX) 0-0 1 --- 22 Ichiro flied out to right (FFBBX) 0-0 2 --- 01 Wells popped out to third (CX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Mashers batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Kearns homered deep to left (BX) 1-0 0 --- 11 Gerut grounded out to short (BSX) 1-0 1 --- 32 Ensberg grounded a single between third and short (BBBCFFFX) 1-0 1 1-- 02 Payton homered deep to left center, Ensberg scored (SSX) 3-0 1 --- 22 Prior lined a single to right (BCCBX) 3-0 1 1-- 12 Merloni struck out (CFBC) 3-0 2 1-- 02 Myers struck out (CFS) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Pilots batting 3-0 0 --- 12 Posada lined out to first (BFFX) 3-0 1 --- 11 Loretta lined out to center (BFX) 3-0 2 --- 02 Guillen struck out (CCS) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Mashers batting 3-0 0 --- 00 Boone flied out to right (X) 3-0 1 --- 22 Ortiz homered deep to right center (BBSCX) 4-0 1 --- 12 Kearns grounded out to short (CFBX) 4-0 2 --- 32 Gerut flied out to right (FBFBBX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Pilots batting 4-0 0 --- 01 Furcal grounded out to second (CX) 4-0 1 --- 10 Blake grounded out to short (BX) 4-0 2 --- 02 Brown struck out (CSC) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Mashers batting 4-0 0 --- 21 Ensberg flied out to left (BSBX) 4-0 1 --- 01 Payton grounded out to short (SX) 4-0 2 --- 02 Prior struck out (CCC) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Pilots batting 4-0 0 --- 32 Mientkiewicz struck out (BSBBSFS) 4-0 1 --- 01 Ichiro was hit by a pitch (CH) 4-0 1 1-- 12 Wells grounded into a double play, Merloni to Boone to Ortiz (CBCX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Mashers batting 4-0 0 --- 01 Merloni lined a single to shallow center (SX) 4-0 0 1-- 00 Merloni stole second (>C) 4-0 0 -2- 12 Myers grounded out to short (>C.CFBX) 4-0 1 -2- 22 Boone struck out (FCBBS) 4-0 2 -2- 22 Ortiz struck out (CBCBFS) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Pilots batting 4-0 0 --- 10 Posada reached on an infield single to second (BX) 4-0 0 1-- 12 Loretta grounded to second, forcing Posada at second, Loretta to first (CBSX) 4-0 1 1-- 00 Guillen grounded into a double play, Prior to Boone to Ortiz (X) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Mashers batting 4-0 0 --- 32 Kearns struck out (BBFSFBS) 4-0 1 --- 00 Gerut grounded out to first (X) 4-0 2 --- 31 Ensberg walked (BBSBB) 4-0 2 1-- 02 Payton grounded to short, forcing Ensberg at second (CCX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Pilots batting 4-0 0 --- 12 Furcal struck out (FBCS) 4-0 1 --- 22 Blake doubled deep to right center (CSBFBX) Crawford pinch hitting for Brown 4-0 1 -2- 11 Crawford grounded out to short, Blake to third (BCX) 4-0 2 --3 22 Mientkiewicz grounded a single between first and second, Blake scored (CBBFX) 4-1 2 1-- 10 Ichiro lined a double to left center, Mientkiewicz to third (BX) 4-1 2 -23 10 Wells lined a single to shallow left, Mientkiewicz scored, Ichiro scored (BX) 4-3 2 1-- 00 Posada lined out to center (X) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Mashers batting Dotel now pitching 4-3 0 --- 21 Prior lined a single to right (CBBX) 4-3 0 1-- 10 Merloni flied out to left (BX) 4-3 1 1-- 31 Myers walked, Prior to second (CBBBB) 4-3 1 12- 20 Boone lined out to short (BBX) 4-3 2 12- 00 Ortiz homered deep down the right field line, Prior scored, Myers scored (X) 7-3 2 --- 32 Kearns struck out (BSBSBC) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Pilots batting 7-3 0 --- 22 Loretta struck out (BBFSC) 7-3 1 --- 22 Guillen grounded a single between third and short (BCCBX) 7-3 1 1-- 02 Furcal grounded to short, forcing Guillen at second, Furcal to first (SFX) Melhuse pinch hitting for Blake 7-3 2 1-- 22 Melhuse struck out (BCBFFS) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Mashers batting Clark now playing third base 7-3 0 --- 12 Gerut grounded out to first (SBSX) 7-3 1 --- 22 Ensberg grounded out to short (BCSBX) 7-3 2 --- 32 Payton struck out (BBBCFS) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Pilots batting Utley pinch hitting for Dotel 7-3 0 --- 00 Utley reached on an infield single to third (X) 7-3 0 1-- 12 Mientkiewicz struck out (FSBS) 7-3 1 1-- 02 Ichiro struck out (FFS) 7-3 2 1-- 12 Wells lined a single down the left field line, Utley to third (CBFFX) 7-3 2 1-3 12 Posada homered deep to left center, Utley scored, Wells scored (BCCX) Amezaga now playing third base Rincon now pitching 7-6 2 --- 12 Loretta grounded out to second (BCFX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Mashers batting Cordero now pitching 7-6 0 --- 31 Amezaga grounded out to second (BFBBX) 7-6 1 --- 22 Merloni struck out (BCBCFFFS) 7-6 2 --- 31 Myers walked (CBBBB) Castro now playing catcher Hasegawa now pitching 7-6 2 1-- 22 Boone flied out to left (BBFCX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Pilots batting Mabry now playing first base Miller now playing catcher Bordick now playing second base 7-6 0 --- 01 Guillen lined a single to right (CX) Gil pinch running for Guillen 7-6 0 1-- 10 Furcal lined a single up the middle, Gil to second (BX) 7-6 0 12- 00 Clark sacrifice bunted to first, Gil to third, Furcal to second (Xb) 7-6 1 -23 21 Castro popped out to third (BBCX) 7-6 2 -23 00 Mientkiewicz flied out to right (X) ******************************************************************* GAME THREE -- Pilots (Wells) at Mashers (Sabathia). Down 0-2, the Pilots were still looking for their first win of the series, and they'd have to do it on the road. In the top of the 1st inning, Milton Bradley hit a leadoff double and scored on a 2-out single from Ichiro. Manhatten Beach tied it up in the 2nd when Eduardo Perez singled, moved to 2nd on a groundout from Damian Miller and scored on a Bret Boone base hit. 1-1 tie ballgame after 2 innings. In the 5th inning, Jay Payton hit a 0 out single. CC Sabathia laid down the perfect sac bunt, advancing Payton to 2nd. A Mike Bordick single put runners at 1st and 3rd. With 2 outs, Morgan Ensberg put his team ahead with a double, scoring Payton. 2-1 Mashers after 5. In the 6th inning, young 22-year-old CC Sabathia got a major case of the nerves. Doug Mientkiewicz hit a leadoff grounder towards him, which Sabathia could not convert to an out. Error to CC. He next threw a wild pitch, advancing Mientkiewicz to 2nd. Sabathia walked Mark Loretta and gave up a single to Ichiro to load the bases with 1 out. Sabathia threw another wild pitch, scoring Mientkiewicz to tie the game up at 2. After re-loading the bases by walking Rafael Furcal, Sabathia was pulled in favor of Juan Rincon. Jorge Posada added a few more Milwaukee runs with a 2-RBI single. 4-2 Pilots after 6 innings. The score remained 4-2 in Milwaukee's favor heading into the bottom of the 9th. Rafael Soriano was pitching. Leadoff batter Bret Boone popped out. Jay Payton struck out. And with 2 outs, Lou Merloni hit a fly out to end the game. Milwaukee wins game 3 by a score of 4-2. MASHERS LEAD 2-1. 10/26/2003, MIL03-MBM03, Shea Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 Pilots 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 7 1 9 1 2003 Mashers 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 1 7 0 Pilots AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Bradley lf 5 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 2 0 0 0 Mientkiewicz 1b 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 9 0 0 0 Loretta 2b 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 2 2 0 0 Wells cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 1 0 0 0 Ichiro rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 5 0 0 0 Furcal ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 0 5 0 0 Posada c 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 7 1 0 0 Blake 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 1 1 1 0 Wells p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0 Hasegawa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Guillen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Soriano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 35 4 7 3 1 0 0 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 11 1 0 Mashers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Bordick ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 1 2 0 0 Mabry ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Mota p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Myers c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Buchanan rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 Ensberg 3b 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 3 2 0 0 Perez 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 5 0 0 0 DaVanon lf 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 0 0 0 0 Miller c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 Contreras p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Boone 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 2 1 0 0 Payton cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .273 3 0 0 0 Sabathia p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 1 0 Rincon p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Merloni ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 0 1 0 0 34 2 8 2 2 0 0 1 7 0 0 1 0 1 0 27 6 1 0 Pilots INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Wells W 1-0 6.0 8 2 2 1 5 106 68 27 0 1 0 0 1 3.00 Hasegawa H 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 17 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Soriano S 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 11 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 8 2 2 1 7 134 88 36 0 1 0 0 1 Mashers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Sabathia L 0-1 5.1 4 4 3 3 4 104 64 24 0 0 0 2 0 5.06 Rincon 1.2 2 0 0 1 3 41 26 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Mota 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 36 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Contreras 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 7 4 3 5 9 186 117 40 0 0 0 2 0 MIL: Guillen batted for Hasegawa in the 9th MBM: Mabry batted for Bordick in the 7th Merloni inserted at ss in the 8th Myers inserted at c in the 9th GWRBI: Posada Temperature: 41, Sky: cloudy, Wind: in from center at 8 MPH. 10/26/2003, MIL03-MBM03, Shea Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 Pilots 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 7 1 9 1 2003 Mashers 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 1 7 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Pilots batting 0-0 0 --- 32 Bradley lined a double down the third base line (CBFBBFX) 0-0 0 -2- 11 Mientkiewicz popped out to center (BFX) 0-0 1 -2- 30 Loretta walked (BBBB) 0-0 1 12- 22 Wells flied out to right, Bradley to third (CCBBFFFFX) 0-0 2 1-3 31 Ichiro grounded a single between first and second, Bradley scored, Loretta to second (BSBBX) 1-0 2 12- 12 Furcal grounded to third, forcing Loretta at third (BCSFX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Mashers batting 1-0 0 --- 10 Bordick grounded out to the mound (BX) 1-0 1 --- 01 Buchanan flied out to center (CX) 1-0 2 --- 10 Ensberg grounded out to short (BX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Pilots batting 1-0 0 --- 11 Posada flied out to right (FBX) 1-0 1 --- 00 Blake grounded out to short (X) 1-0 2 --- 11 Wells grounded out to short (CBX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Mashers batting 1-0 0 --- 32 Perez lined a single down the right field line (BBSSFBX) 1-0 0 1-- 22 DaVanon struck out (CCFFBBFC) 1-0 1 1-- 10 Miller grounded out to short, Perez to second (B1>X) 1-0 2 -2- 11 Boone lined a single to shallow center, Perez scored (BFX) 1-1 2 1-- 02 Payton struck out (1FSS) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Pilots batting 1-1 0 --- 12 Bradley popped out to third (CBFX) 1-1 1 --- 02 Mientkiewicz grounded out to second (SFX) 1-1 2 --- 01 Loretta popped out to short (CX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Mashers batting 1-1 0 --- 00 Sabathia grounded out to short (X) 1-1 1 --- 32 Bordick lined a single to center (FBBBFX) 1-1 1 1-- 12 Bordick to second, Buchanan to first on an error by the third baseman Blake (SSBX) 1-1 1 12- 21 Ensberg grounded into a double play, Furcal to Loretta to Mientkiewicz (FBBX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Pilots batting 1-1 0 --- 00 Wells popped out to third (X) 1-1 1 --- 22 Ichiro struck out (BBFSFS) 1-1 2 --- 22 Furcal lined a single to shallow right (BCFBX) 1-1 2 1-- 22 Posada flied out to right (BCSBX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Mashers batting 1-1 0 --- 10 Perez lined a single to right (BX) 1-1 0 1-- 32 DaVanon struck out (FBBBSFS) 1-1 1 1-- 22 Miller struck out (FFFBFFBFS) 1-1 2 1-- 10 Boone grounded out to the mound (BX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Pilots batting 1-1 0 --- 22 Blake struck out (SBBFS) 1-1 1 --- 32 Wells grounded out to third (BCBBSX) 1-1 2 --- 12 Bradley struck out (BCFC) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Mashers batting 1-1 0 --- 12 Payton grounded a single between first and second (CBFFX) 1-1 0 1-- 31 Sabathia sacrifice bunted to the catcher, Payton to second (BbBbFbBbXb) 1-1 1 -2- 21 Bordick lined a single to shallow right, Payton to third (BFBX) 1-1 1 1-3 21 Buchanan flied out to right (BCBX) 1-1 2 1-3 01 Ensberg grounded a double down the first base line, Payton scored, Bordick to third (FX) 1-2 2 -23 12 Perez flied out to right (CBSX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Pilots batting 1-2 0 --- 11 Mientkiewicz to first on an error by the pitcher Sabathia (SBX) 1-2 0 1-- 10 Sabathia threw a wild pitch, Mientkiewicz to second (BB) 1-2 0 -2- 31 Loretta walked (BB.CBB) 1-2 0 12- 22 Wells struck out (FbBSBFS) 1-2 1 12- 01 Ichiro grounded a single between first and second, Mientkiewicz to third, Loretta to second (FX) 1-2 1 123 10 Sabathia threw a wild pitch, Mientkiewicz scored, Loretta to third, Ichiro to second (BB) 2-2 1 -23 32 Furcal walked (BB.SFFBB) Rincon now pitching 2-2 1 123 01 Posada lined a single down the left field line, Loretta scored, Ichiro scored, Furcal to third (CX) 4-2 1 1-3 12 Blake struck out (BSSFS) 4-2 2 1-3 22 Wells struck out (BCBFFS) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Mashers batting 4-2 0 --- 01 DaVanon doubled deep down the left-field line (CX) 4-2 0 -2- 00 Miller popped out to left (X) 4-2 1 -2- 32 Boone flied out to left, DaVanon to third (CBBFBFFX) 4-2 2 --3 30 Payton was walked intentionally (IIII) 4-2 2 1-3 02 Rincon struck out (FFS) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Pilots batting 4-2 0 --- 32 Bradley lined a single to right center (BCFBBFX) 4-2 0 1-- 11 Mientkiewicz grounded to third, forcing Bradley at second, Mientkiewicz to first (CBX) 4-2 1 1-- 32 Loretta walked, Mientkiewicz to second (BSBFFFBB) 4-2 1 12- 11 Wells popped out to first (CBX) 4-2 2 12- 32 Ichiro struck out (B+2SFFBB>S) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Mashers batting Hasegawa now pitching Mabry pinch hitting for Bordick 4-2 0 --- 00 Mabry flied out to right (X) 4-2 1 --- 12 Buchanan grounded out to third (BSSX) 4-2 2 --- 12 Ensberg grounded out to second (FBSX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Pilots batting Merloni now playing shortstop Mota now pitching 4-2 0 --- 12 Furcal flied out to center (BFFFX) 4-2 1 --- 12 Posada struck out (CBSS) 4-2 2 --- 12 Blake struck out (BCSFS) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Mashers batting 4-2 0 --- 10 Perez grounded out to short (BX) 4-2 1 --- 00 DaVanon flied out to right (X) 4-2 2 --- 22 Miller struck out (BSSBS) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Pilots batting Guillen pinch hitting for Hasegawa 4-2 0 --- 21 Guillen flied out to center (CBBX) 4-2 1 --- 22 Bradley flied out to right (BBCFX) 4-2 2 --- 31 Mientkiewicz walked (BBBCB) 4-2 2 1-- 12 Loretta grounded a single up the middle, Mientkiewicz to second (CFFFFBFX) Myers now playing catcher Contreras now pitching 4-2 2 12- 22 Wells grounded to short, forcing Loretta at second (CBBCX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Mashers batting Soriano now pitching 4-2 0 --- 01 Boone popped out to third (CX) 4-2 1 --- 12 Payton struck out (CCBC) 4-2 2 --- 22 Merloni flied out to right (BCCBX) ******************************************************************* GAME FOUR -- Pilots (Escobar) at Mashers (Batista). The starters at the end of the rotation made their final start of the season in this game 4 matchup. In the 1st inning, Ichiro hit a 1 out double and scored on a base hit from Vernon Wells. In the 4th, Rafael Furcal hit a 1 out single, moved to third on a base hit from Casey Blake, and scored on a sacrifice fly from Kelvim Escobar. 2-0 Pilots after 4. Escobar was chugging right along, holding a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the 8th. He gave up a leadoff double to pinch hitter Jeff DaVanon. Lou Merloni smacked a grounder to Furcal, who bobbled it. Safe at first, safe at third, and an error to the shortstop. Greg Myers smacked a base hit, scoring DaVanon to cut Milwaukee's lead to 1. Milwaukee's manager still had faith in Escobar, leaving him in to get Bret Boone to fly out to center field. 1 out. David Ortiz popped out to put 2 outs on the board, runners at 1st & 3rd. Escobar uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Merloni to score from 3rd to tie up the game at 2. After walking Austin Kearns, the Milwaukee manager had enough, pulling Escobar from the game. The Pilots were able to stop the bleeding, as Shigetoshi Hasegawa got Jody Gerut to ground out to end the inning. But the damage was done, as the game was now tied 2-2 heading into the 9th inning. Mashers closer John Smoltz pitched the top of the 9th. After giving up a walk to Jose Guillen, Smoltz got Furcal to pop out and Casey Blake to strike out. Howie Clark singled, advancing Guillen to 2nd. That was it for Smoltz, on came Jose Contreras, who struck out Doug Mientkiewicz to end the inning. Still 2-2. Hasegawa was still pitching for the Pilots in the bottom of the 9th, tie ball game. Morgan Ensberg smacked a 0 out double to put himself in scoring position. Jay Payton was walked intentionally to set up the double play. Juan Rivera hit a fly out, allowing Ensberg to move to 3rd. 1st & 3rd, 1 out. Lou Merloni was intentionally walked to load the bases, once again setting up the double play. Hasegawa was done for the day, on came closer Rafeael Soriano to face Greg Myers. Bases loaded, 1 out, bottom of the 9th, score tied. The Pilots had bad luck the first two games, losing them in teh final at bat. Would the Mashers win it in this at bat? Not in the 9th. The call for a double play situation was correct, as Myers did just that to end the inning. Still 2-2, and the game would head into extra innings. Contreras was pitching for Manhatten Beach in the top of the 10th. Ichiro hit a leadoff single. With Vernon Wells at the plate, Contreras threw a wild pitch, moving Ichiro into scoring position. Wells got a base hit, scoring Ichiro to put the Pilots up 3-2. Jorge Posada doubled, moving Wells to 3rd. Contreras struck out Soriano and Guillen to put 2 outs on the board. Rafael Furcal singled, scoring Wells. Casey Blake doubled, scoring Posada. 4-2 Pilots. Guillermo Mota relieved Contreras, and Alfredo Amezaga was the new shortstop. Howie Clark smacked a grounder towards Amezaga, who misplayed it. Furcal scored on the error, and the Pilots completed a 4-run 10th to go up 6-2. Soriano's job in the bottom of the 10th was much easier than it was in the 9th. He struck out Bret Boone to start the inning. After walking David Ortiz, Soriano got Austin Kearns to pop out and struck out Amezaga to end the game. Milwaukee wins game 4 in extra innings by a score of 6-2 to tie up the series. SERIES TIED 2-2. 10/27/2003, MIL03-MBM03, Shea Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 2003 Pilots 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 16 2 10 4 2003 Mashers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 1 10 1 Pilots AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Mientkiewicz 1b 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .053 6 1 0 0 Ichiro rf 5 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .533 3 0 0 0 Wells cf 5 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 2 0 0 0 Posada c 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 10 1 0 0 Loretta 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 3 3 1 0 Hasegawa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Soriano p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Guillen lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 3 0 0 0 Furcal ss 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 2 2 1 0 Blake 3b 5 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 3 0 0 Escobar p 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 Clark 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 0 0 0 0 44 6 16 5 4 0 0 1 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 30 11 2 0 Mashers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Merloni ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .231 4 4 0 0 Mota p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Myers c 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 14 1 0 0 Boone 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 1 3 0 0 Ortiz 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 6 0 0 0 Kearns rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 2 0 0 0 Gerut lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 1 0 0 0 Contreras p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Amezaga ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 Ensberg 3b 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .364 1 1 0 0 Payton cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .214 1 0 0 0 Batista p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 DaVanon ph 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Smoltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Rivera,J lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 36 2 9 1 2 0 0 6 9 0 1 2 0 0 0 30 9 1 0 Pilots INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Escobar 7.2 8 2 0 3 7 112 68 32 0 0 0 1 3 0.00 Hasegawa 0.2 1 0 0 2 0 24 10 5 0 2 0 0 0 0.00 Soriano W 1-0 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 19 9 5 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 10.0 9 2 0 6 9 155 87 42 0 2 0 1 4 Mashers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Batista 8.0 10 2 2 0 8 93 66 32 0 0 0 0 1 2.25 Smoltz 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 17 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Contreras L 0-1 1.0 5 4 3 0 3 38 23 8 0 0 0 1 0 20.25 Mota 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.0 16 6 5 1 13 154 102 46 0 0 0 1 1 MIL: Clark inserted at 2b in the 8th MBM: DaVanon batted for Batista in the 8th Rivera,J inserted at lf in the 9th Amezaga inserted at ss in the 10th GWRBI: Wells Temperature: 53, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 4 MPH. 10/27/2003, MIL03-MBM03, Shea Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 2003 Pilots 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 16 2 10 4 2003 Mashers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 1 10 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Pilots batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Mientkiewicz popped out to third (X) 0-0 1 --- 20 Ichiro grounded a double down the first base line (BBX) 0-0 1 -2- 10 Wells grounded a single up the middle, Ichiro scored (BX) 1-0 1 1-- 00 Posada grounded into a double play, Boone to Merloni to Ortiz (X) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Mashers batting 1-0 0 --- 10 Merloni grounded out to short (BX) 1-0 1 --- 31 Myers walked (BFBBB) 1-0 1 1-- 22 Boone grounded into a double play, Loretta to Furcal to Mientkiewicz (BFBSX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Pilots batting 1-0 0 --- 00 Loretta grounded a single between first and second (X) 1-0 0 1-- 22 Guillen struck out (1SCBBC) 1-0 1 1-- 10 Furcal grounded to second, forcing Loretta at second, Furcal to first (BX) 1-0 2 1-- 00 Blake grounded a single between third and short, Furcal to second (X) 1-0 2 12- 02 Escobar grounded out to short (FFX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Mashers batting 1-0 0 --- 20 Ortiz flied out to right (BBX) 1-0 1 --- 32 Kearns struck out (FBBBCS) 1-0 2 --- 22 Gerut struck out (CBSFBC) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Pilots batting 1-0 0 --- 00 Mientkiewicz grounded out to third (X) 1-0 1 --- 01 Ichiro grounded a single to left (FX) 1-0 1 1-- 11 Wells doubled deep to left center, Ichiro to third (FBX) 1-0 1 -23 22 Posada struck out (BCBSFS) 1-0 2 -23 12 Loretta struck out (CBSS) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Mashers batting 1-0 0 --- 11 Ensberg lined a single to right center (FBX) 1-0 0 1-- 00 Ensberg was caught stealing second after being picked off first by Escobar (1) 1-0 1 --- 10 Payton flied out to left (1.BX) 1-0 2 --- 10 Batista flied out to right (BX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Pilots batting 1-0 0 --- 32 Guillen grounded out to short (BFBBFFX) 1-0 1 --- 02 Furcal lined a single between third and short (CFX) 1-0 1 1-- 01 Blake lined a single to right center, Furcal to third (SX) 1-0 1 1-3 10 Escobar hit a sacrifice fly to right, Furcal scored (BX) 2-0 2 1-- 21 Mientkiewicz popped out to short (BBSX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Mashers batting 2-0 0 --- 12 Merloni flied out to center (CBCX) 2-0 1 --- 12 Myers grounded a single between first and second (SBFX) 2-0 1 1-- 31 Boone grounded into a double play, Blake to Loretta to Mientkiewicz (BBFBX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Pilots batting 2-0 0 --- 20 Ichiro lined a single to left (BBX) 2-0 0 1-- 01 Ichiro was caught stealing second (1>F>S) 2-0 1 --- 02 Wells struck out (1>F>S.C) 2-0 2 --- 00 Posada flied out to right (X) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Mashers batting 2-0 0 --- 12 Ortiz struck out (CSBC) 2-0 1 --- 00 Kearns lined a single between third and short (X) 2-0 1 1-- 30 Gerut walked, Kearns to second (BBBB) 2-0 1 12- 01 Ensberg flied out to left (CX) 2-0 2 12- 12 Payton struck out (CBCC) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Pilots batting 2-0 0 --- 02 Loretta popped out to the catcher (SFX) 2-0 1 --- 10 Guillen reached on an infield single to short (BX) 2-0 1 1-- 22 Furcal lined out to center (BBCFX) 2-0 2 1-- 12 Blake struck out (BFCS) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Mashers batting 2-0 0 --- 22 Batista struck out (BSFBS) 2-0 1 --- 22 Merloni grounded a single up the middle (CBSBX) 2-0 1 1-- 22 Myers struck out (SBFBS) 2-0 2 1-- 00 Boone grounded a single up the middle, Merloni to second (X) 2-0 2 12- 02 Ortiz struck out (FCS) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Pilots batting 2-0 0 --- 02 Escobar struck out (CCS) 2-0 1 --- 10 Mientkiewicz flied out to left (BX) 2-0 2 --- 12 Ichiro struck out (BFCS) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Mashers batting 2-0 0 --- 11 Kearns grounded a single up the middle (BCX) 2-0 0 1-- 01 Kearns to second, Gerut to first on an error by the second baseman Loretta (CX) 2-0 0 12- 00 Ensberg grounded into a double play, Loretta to Mientkiewicz, Kearns to third (X) 2-0 2 --3 00 Payton popped out to second (X) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Pilots batting 2-0 0 --- 12 Wells struck out (CCFBC) 2-0 1 --- 00 Posada grounded out to short (X) 2-0 2 --- 21 Loretta grounded out to second (BBSX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Mashers batting DaVanon pinch hitting for Batista 2-0 0 --- 12 DaVanon lined a double to left center (CBSX) 2-0 0 -2- 00 DaVanon to third, Merloni to first on an error by the shortstop Furcal (X) 2-0 0 1-3 22 Myers lined a single between first and second, DaVanon scored, Merloni to second (FBSBFX) 2-1 0 12- 22 Boone flied out to center, Merloni to third (CBBCX) 2-1 1 1-3 01 Ortiz popped out to left (CX) 2-1 2 1-3 01 Escobar threw a wild pitch, Merloni scored, Myers to second (SB) 2-2 2 -2- 32 Kearns walked (SB.BFBB) Clark now playing second base Hasegawa now pitching 2-2 2 12- 22 Gerut grounded out to third (SSBBFX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Pilots batting Smoltz now pitching 2-2 0 --- 30 Guillen walked (BBBB) 2-2 0 1-- 11 Furcal popped out to short (BCX) 2-2 1 1-- 22 Blake struck out (1BCSBFFC) 2-2 2 1-- 11 Clark grounded a single up the middle, Guillen to second (BSX) Rivera,J now playing left field Contreras now pitching 2-2 2 12- 32 Mientkiewicz struck out (CBBBF>C) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Mashers batting 2-2 0 --- 22 Ensberg lined a double to right center (BSBFFX) 2-2 0 -2- 30 Payton was walked intentionally (IIII) 2-2 0 12- 21 Rivera,J flied out to right, Ensberg to third (FbBbBX) 2-2 1 1-3 30 Merloni was walked intentionally, Payton to second (IIII) Soriano now pitching 2-2 1 123 31 Myers grounded into a double play, Blake to Posada to Mientkiewicz (BFBBX) ************** Top of the 10th inning, Pilots batting 2-2 0 --- 22 Ichiro grounded a single between first and second (CBSBX) 2-2 0 1-- 10 Contreras threw a wild pitch, Ichiro to second (BB) 2-2 0 -2- 32 Wells lined a single down the right field line, Ichiro scored (BB.CBSX) 3-2 0 1-- 10 Posada doubled deep to left, Wells to third (BX) 3-2 0 -23 12 Soriano struck out (CBFFS) 3-2 1 -23 32 Guillen struck out (CSBBBFFS) 3-2 2 -23 11 Furcal lined a single to center, Wells scored, Posada to third (BFX) 4-2 2 1-3 11 Blake doubled deep down the right field line, Posada scored, Furcal to third (SBX) Amezaga now playing shortstop Mota now pitching 5-2 2 -23 00 Furcal scored, Blake to third, Clark to first on an error by the shortstop Amezaga (X) 6-2 2 1-3 22 Mientkiewicz struck out (CBCBS) ************** Bottom of the 10th inning, Mashers batting 6-2 0 --- 22 Boone struck out (SBBCS) 6-2 1 --- 30 Ortiz walked (BBBB) 6-2 1 1-- 10 Kearns popped out to third (BX) 6-2 2 1-- 02 Amezaga struck out (CSC) ******************************************************************* GAME FIVE -- Pilots (Hernandez) at Mashers (May). These two elite teams had battled to a 2-2 tie in the first 4 games of the CDBL World Series, so whoever won the next 2 of 3 games would be champions. In the top of the 1st, Darrell May walked Milton Bradley, then gave up a 2-run blast to Doug Mientkiewicz. With 1 out, Vernon Wells smacked one over the wall, a solo home run to put the Pilots up 3-0. In the bottom of hte inning, Bret Boone hit a 2 out double and scored on a single from David Ortiz. Milwaukee added to their lead in the 3rd, when Mark Loretta singled, advanced to 3rd on a Vernon Wells double and scored on a groundout from Ichiro. 4-1 Pilots after 3. In the bottom of the 6th, Jody Gerut singled, moved to 2nd when Bret Boone walked, and scored on an Austin Kearns single. 4-2 Pilots after 6. By the 8th inning, Milwaukee starter Livan Hernandez had thrown over 100 pitches, but Milwaukee kept him in the game. Greg Myers struck out in the 1st at bat. Bret Boone smacked a double and scored on a base hit from Ortiz. 4-3 Pilots. Hernandez remained in the game. Pinch hitter Juan Rivera struck out. 2 outs, 1 on. Morgan Ensberg singled, putting runners at 1st & 3rd with 2 outs. Still Hernandez remained in the game. Milwaukee's confidence in their starter was rewarded, as Hernandez struck ou Jay Payton to end the inning. The score remained 4-3 Pilots heading into the bottom of the 9th. Rafael Soriano was on the mound for Milwaukee. Lou Merloni struck out. Jeff DaVanon struck out. And Jody Gerut grounded out to make it an uneventful 1-2-3 9th. Milwaukee wins game 5 by a score of 4-3, and are a win away from the 2003 CDBL Championship. PILOTS LEAD 3-2. 10/29/2003, MIL03-MBM03, Shea Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 Pilots 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 1 8 0 2003 Mashers 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 8 0 7 1 Pilots AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Bradley lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 0 1 0 0 Mientkiewicz 1b 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 12 0 0 0 Loretta 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 2 4 0 0 Wells cf 3 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 0 0 0 0 Ichiro rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .526 0 0 0 0 Furcal ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 0 3 0 0 Posada c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 13 1 1 0 Blake 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .278 0 3 0 0 Hernandez p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 1 0 0 Ryan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Soriano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 36 4 10 4 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 13 1 0 Mashers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Gerut lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 4 0 0 0 Myers c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 2 0 0 0 Boone 2b 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 3 4 0 0 Ortiz 1b 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .533 7 0 0 0 Kearns rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 4 0 0 0 Rincon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Contreras p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Rivera,J ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Smoltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Ensberg 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 3 1 0 0 Payton cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 2 0 0 0 Bordick ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 1 3 0 0 Mabry ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Merloni ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 1 1 0 0 May p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 DaVanon rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 0 0 0 0 35 3 8 2 2 0 0 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 9 0 0 Pilots INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Hernandez W 1-1 8.0 8 3 2 2 11 126 85 34 0 0 0 0 0 2.40 Soriano S 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 11 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 8 3 2 2 13 137 92 37 0 0 0 0 0 Mashers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA May L 1-1 6.0 8 4 4 2 1 93 60 27 2 1 0 0 1 4.15 Rincon 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 20 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Contreras 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 16 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 10.13 Smoltz 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 19 12 4 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 9.0 10 4 4 3 2 148 93 39 2 1 0 1 1 MIL: Ryan batted for Hernandez in the 9th MBM: DaVanon inserted at rf in the 7th Mabry batted for Bordick in the 7th Merloni inserted at ss in the 8th Rivera,J batted for Contreras in the 8th GWRBI: Mientkiewicz Temperature: 59, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: in from center at 3 MPH. 10/29/2003, MIL03-MBM03, Shea Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 Pilots 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 1 8 0 2003 Mashers 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 8 0 7 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Pilots batting 0-0 0 --- 31 Bradley walked (BBBCB) 0-0 0 1-- 02 Mientkiewicz homered deep down the right field line, Bradley scored (CCX) 2-0 0 --- 01 Loretta flied out to right (CX) 2-0 1 --- 00 Wells homered deep to center (X) 3-0 1 --- 11 Ichiro reached on an infield single to the pitcher (FBX) 3-0 1 1-- 11 Furcal grounded into a double play, Boone to Bordick to Ortiz (CBX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Mashers batting 3-0 0 --- 20 Gerut grounded out to third (BBX) 3-0 1 --- 10 Myers grounded out to first (BX) 3-0 2 --- 00 Boone grounded a double down the first base line (X) 3-0 2 -2- 12 Ortiz lined a single to right center, Boone scored (BSSX) 3-1 2 1-- 01 Kearns grounded out to the mound (SX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Pilots batting 3-1 0 --- 00 Posada flied out to left (X) 3-1 1 --- 32 Blake grounded out to second (BSBBSX) 3-1 2 --- 01 Hernandez lined a single to shallow center (CX) 3-1 2 1-- 32 Bradley flied out to left (CBSFBB>F>X) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Mashers batting 3-1 0 --- 11 Ensberg grounded out to the catcher (BSX) 3-1 1 --- 02 Payton struck out (SFS) 3-1 2 --- 12 Bordick grounded out to second (CBSX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Pilots batting 3-1 0 --- 11 Mientkiewicz popped out to second (CBX) 3-1 1 --- 22 Loretta reached on an infield single to second (BFFBX) 3-1 1 1-- 11 Wells lined a double to right center, Loretta to third (BFX) 3-1 1 -23 02 Ichiro grounded out to third, Loretta scored, Wells to third (CFX) 4-1 2 --3 32 Furcal flied out to center (BBFBFX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Mashers batting 4-1 0 --- 00 May grounded out to short (X) 4-1 1 --- 02 Gerut struck out (FCC) 4-1 2 --- 22 Myers struck out (FFBBS) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Pilots batting 4-1 0 --- 02 Posada popped out to right (CFX) 4-1 1 --- 00 Blake flied out to left (X) 4-1 2 --- 22 Hernandez grounded out to short (FBSBFFX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Mashers batting 4-1 0 --- 20 Boone grounded out to second (BBX) 4-1 1 --- 32 Ortiz walked (FSBBBB) 4-1 1 1-- 12 Kearns struck out (FBSS) 4-1 2 1-- 22 Ensberg struck out (SBBFC) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Pilots batting 4-1 0 --- 31 Bradley popped out to right (BBCBX) 4-1 1 --- 11 Mientkiewicz lined out to third (FBX) 4-1 2 --- 00 Loretta flied out to center (X) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Mashers batting 4-1 0 --- 22 Payton grounded out to short (BBCFFX) 4-1 1 --- 10 Bordick grounded out to second (BX) 4-1 2 --- 12 May struck out (BCFFS) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Pilots batting 4-1 0 --- 11 Wells grounded a single up the middle (CBX) 4-1 0 1-- 01 Ichiro grounded a single up the middle, Wells to second (CX) 4-1 0 12- 01 Furcal flied out to right (FbX) 4-1 1 12- 01 Posada grounded out to second, Wells to third, Ichiro to second (SX) 4-1 2 -23 30 Blake was walked intentionally (IIII) 4-1 2 123 32 Hernandez struck out (CBBSB>S) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Mashers batting 4-1 0 --- 21 Gerut lined a single to right center (BCBX) 4-1 0 1-- 01 Myers popped out to second (SX) 4-1 1 1-- 31 Boone walked, Gerut to second (CBBBB) 4-1 1 12- 22 Ortiz struck out (SFFFBBS) 4-1 2 12- 01 Kearns grounded a single between third and short, Gerut scored on an error by the catcher Posada, Boone to second (SX) 4-2 2 12- 11 Ensberg grounded out to third (BFX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Pilots batting DaVanon now playing right field Rincon now pitching 4-2 0 --- 00 Bradley popped out to third (X) 4-2 1 --- 22 Mientkiewicz lined a single up the middle (CBFBX) 4-2 1 1-- 32 Loretta popped out to left (CBFFFBBFFX) 4-2 2 1-- 30 Wells walked, Mientkiewicz to second (BBBB) Contreras now pitching 4-2 2 12- 00 Ichiro grounded to short, forcing Wells at second (X) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Mashers batting 4-2 0 --- 12 Payton grounded out to second (CBSX) Mabry pinch hitting for Bordick 4-2 1 --- 00 Mabry lined a single to right (X) 4-2 1 1-- 12 DaVanon struck out (FCFBFS) 4-2 2 1-- 02 Gerut grounded to short, forcing Mabry at second (CCX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Pilots batting Merloni now playing shortstop 4-2 0 --- 32 Furcal lined out to third (BBSFBX) 4-2 1 --- 32 Posada popped out to second (BBBCSX) 4-2 2 --- 02 Blake struck out (FSS) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Mashers batting 4-2 0 --- 32 Myers struck out (FBBBFFS) 4-2 1 --- 01 Boone lined a double to right center (FX) 4-2 1 -2- 22 Ortiz lined a single to left center, Boone scored (BBCFX) Rivera,J pinch hitting for Contreras 4-3 1 1-- 12 Rivera,J struck out (CSBS) 4-3 2 1-- 22 Ensberg singled to left center, Ortiz to third (CBBFX) 4-3 2 1-3 12 Payton struck out (SFBS) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Pilots batting Smoltz now pitching Ryan pinch hitting for Hernandez 4-3 0 --- 12 Ryan grounded out to short (CFBX) 4-3 1 --- 22 Bradley lined a single to shallow right (CBBFFFX) 4-3 1 1-- 11 Mientkiewicz lined out to short (BCX) 4-3 2 1-- 00 Smoltz threw a wild pitch, Bradley to second (B) 4-3 2 -2- 31 Loretta grounded out to second (B.FBBX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Mashers batting Soriano now pitching 4-3 0 --- 12 Merloni struck out (BSCS) 4-3 1 --- 32 DaVanon struck out (BBFBFS) 4-3 2 --- 00 Gerut grounded out to third (X) ******************************************************************* GAME SIX -- Mashers (Prior) at Pilots (Brown). A big game for both teams. A win by Milwaukee and they would cap off their best season ever. A win by Manhatten Beach would force a game seven, where the Mashers would have a chance to become champions for the first time since 1994. And game six would once again match up former Masher Kevin Brown against his old team facing off against mid-season acquisition Mark Prior. Both pitchers had their stuff early on. After 4 innings neither side had scored and the teams combined for 3 double plays. In the 5th inning, Rafael Furcal broke the deadlock with a solo home run. 1-0 Pilots after 5. Kevin Brown would pitch well, throwing 7 shutout innings, giving up 8 hits and struck out 10. Mark Prior would also pitch well, throwing 8 innings, giving up 9 hits, 1 earned run and struck out 11. Both aces effectively dueling to a draw. The score would remain 1-0 heading into the top of the 9th. Closer Rafael Soriano was on the mound, 3 outs from delivering Milwaukee their first ever championship. First batter up, pinch hitter Jeff DaVanon, popped out in foul territory to Doug Mientkiewicz. 2 outs away. The next batter, Lou Merloni, grounded out to Mientkiewicz. 1 out separated the Pilots from being CDBL champions. Greg Myers would give the Mashers some hope, smacking a base hit to put the tying run aboard. Now it was up to Bret Boone. Boone, acquired before the season as a big bat in the middle, who hit 32 home runs in the regular season but was still looking for his first post-season home run. Soriano, who had pitched 7 1/3 innings of shutout relief this post-season, racking up 4 saves. On a 1-2 pitch, Soriano got Boone out on a swinging strike to the delight of the home crowd. The Pilots had just won their first ever CDBL Championship by winning game 6 on a score of 1-0. PILOTS WIN 4-2, 2003 CDBL CHAMPIONS! 2003 CDBL WORLD SERIES MVP: Quite a few players had stellar performances in the world series. Ichiro Suzuki hit .478 with 4 runs scored and 3 RBI. Vernon Wells hit .360 with 4 runs scored and 5 RBI. Rafael Furcal hit .318 with 2 home runs and 4 runs scored. The team pitching ERA was 2.29. The world series MVP goes to closer Rafael Soriano, who saved 3 games and won another in 4 scoreless appearances, giving up 1 hit along the way. Soriano was money all post-season, failing to give up a run in 7 appearances, striking out 10 batters and giving up just 3 hits. 10/30/2003, MBM03-MIL03, Miller Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 Mashers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 12 2 2003 Pilots 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x 1 9 2 6 1 Mashers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Merloni ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158 2 1 0 0 Myers c 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 12 0 0 0 Womack pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Boone 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192 2 3 0 0 Ortiz 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .421 4 0 0 0 Kearns rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357 1 0 0 0 Gerut lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0 0 Ensberg 3b 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .389 0 2 0 0 Payton cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .136 3 0 0 0 Prior p 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 0 1 0 0 DaVanon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 0 0 0 0 37 0 10 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 7 0 0 Pilots AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Mientkiewicz 1b 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 8 0 0 0 Ichiro rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .478 1 0 0 0 Wells cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .360 2 1 0 0 Posada c 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 13 0 0 0 Loretta 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 1 3 0 0 Guillen lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 1 0 0 0 Furcal ss 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318 1 2 1 0 Blake 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 0 1 0 0 Brown p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 Dotel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Bradley ph 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Soriano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 31 1 9 1 2 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 7 2 0 Mashers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Prior L 1-1 8.0 9 1 1 0 11 107 78 31 1 0 0 0 2 4.02 8.0 9 1 1 0 11 107 78 31 1 0 0 0 2 Pilots INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Brown W 1-1 7.0 8 0 0 1 10 112 77 31 0 0 0 0 1 2.77 Dotel H 1 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 22 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 Soriano S 3 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 10 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 10 0 0 2 12 144 99 39 0 0 0 0 1 MBM: DaVanon batted for Prior in the 9th Womack ran for Myers in the 9th MIL: Bradley batted for Dotel in the 8th GWRBI: Furcal Temperature: 70, Wind: none. 10/30/2003, MBM03-MIL03, Miller Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 Mashers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 12 2 2003 Pilots 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x 1 9 2 6 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Mashers batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Merloni struck out (SFBS) 0-0 1 --- 00 Myers grounded out to short (X) 0-0 2 --- 12 Boone struck out (FCBC) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Pilots batting 0-0 0 --- 11 Mientkiewicz lined a single between first and second (BFX) 0-0 0 1-- 01 Ichiro lined a single to shallow left, Mientkiewicz to second (FbX) 0-0 0 12- 11 Wells popped out to short (CBX) 0-0 1 12- 32 Posada struck out (BBSBSS) 0-0 2 12- 02 Loretta struck out (FSS) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Mashers batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Ortiz struck out (BBCFS) 0-0 1 --- 00 Kearns lined a single to left center (X) 0-0 1 1-- 00 Gerut flied out to left (X) 0-0 2 1-- 12 Ensberg lined a single down the right field line, Kearns to third (FBCX) 0-0 2 1-3 01 Payton grounded out to third (CX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Pilots batting 0-0 0 --- 01 Guillen grounded out to first (CX) 0-0 1 --- 10 Furcal lined a single up the middle (BX) 0-0 1 1-- 00 Blake grounded into a double play, Merloni to Boone to Ortiz (X) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Mashers batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Prior lined a single to shallow center (BX) 0-0 0 1-- 22 Merloni struck out (CSBBS) 0-0 1 1-- 12 Myers grounded a single between first and second, Prior to second (CBSX) 0-0 1 12- 01 Boone grounded out to first, Prior to third, Myers to second (CX) 0-0 2 -23 22 Ortiz grounded out to second (BCSFBX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Pilots batting 0-0 0 --- 02 Brown struck out (SSFC) 0-0 1 --- 02 Mientkiewicz grounded a single up the middle (FFFFX) 0-0 1 1-- 01 Ichiro grounded to second, forcing Mientkiewicz at second, Ichiro to first (1CX) 0-0 2 1-- 21 Wells flied out to right (1BBFX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Mashers batting 0-0 0 --- 31 Kearns walked (BBBCB) 0-0 0 1-- 11 Gerut grounded a single up the middle, Kearns to second (CBX) 0-0 0 12- 22 Ensberg flied out to center, Kearns to third (SBBFX) 0-0 1 1-3 32 Payton grounded into a double play, Furcal to Loretta to Mientkiewicz (BBSFBFFX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Pilots batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Posada grounded a single between first and second (BX) 0-0 0 1-- 22 Loretta grounded into a double play, Prior to Boone to Ortiz (BSBCX) 0-0 2 --- 32 Guillen struck out (BBBCFFFS) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Mashers batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Prior flied out to right (BX) 0-0 1 --- 22 Merloni struck out (FBBCS) 0-0 2 --- 01 Myers to first on an error by the pitcher Brown (CX) 0-0 2 1-- 01 Boone flied out to center (CX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Pilots batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Furcal homered deep to left (X) 0-1 0 --- 01 Blake flied out to center (CX) 0-1 1 --- 12 Brown struck out (CBCS) 0-1 2 --- 22 Mientkiewicz struck out (BFBSS) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Mashers batting 0-1 0 --- 20 Ortiz to first on an error by the shortstop Furcal (BBX) 0-1 0 1-- 02 Kearns struck out (CCC) 0-1 1 1-- 12 Gerut struck out (CFFFFBS) 0-1 2 1-- 10 Ensberg lined a single to right center, Ortiz to third (BX) 0-1 2 1-3 12 Payton struck out (BFSS) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Pilots batting 0-1 0 --- 11 Ichiro grounded out to third (FBX) 0-1 1 --- 11 Wells flied out to center (CBX) 0-1 2 --- 01 Posada doubled deep to right center (CX) 0-1 2 -2- 22 Loretta flied out to center (CFBBX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Mashers batting 0-1 0 --- 12 Prior grounded a single up the middle (FBFFX) 0-1 0 1-- 22 Merloni struck out (BbFbBCS) 0-1 1 1-- 00 Myers grounded a single to right, Prior to third (X) 0-1 1 1-3 12 Boone grounded to second, Prior out at home, Myers to second, Boone to first (BSFX) 0-1 2 12- 22 Ortiz struck out (BCBFS) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Pilots batting 0-1 0 --- 12 Guillen struck out (BSCC) 0-1 1 --- 12 Furcal struck out (CFBS) 0-1 2 --- 02 Blake struck out (CSS) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Mashers batting Dotel now pitching 0-1 0 --- 22 Kearns struck out (BCCBFFC) 0-1 1 --- 12 Gerut lined a single to right center, Gerut out at second (SCFBX) 0-1 2 --- 32 Ensberg walked (BBSSBB) 0-1 2 1-- 12 Payton popped out to first (BFFX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Pilots batting Bradley pinch hitting for Dotel 0-1 0 --- 11 Bradley lined a double down the left field line (BFX) 0-1 0 -2- 20 Mientkiewicz lined a single to right, Bradley to third (BBX) 0-1 0 1-3 22 Ichiro struck out (BFBSFC) 0-1 1 1-3 00 Wells grounded to third, Bradley out at home, Mientkiewicz to second, Wells to first (X) 0-1 2 12- 12 Posada struck out (SCFFBS) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Mashers batting Soriano now pitching DaVanon pinch hitting for Prior 0-1 0 --- 01 DaVanon popped out to first (FbX) 0-1 1 --- 00 Merloni grounded out to first (X) 0-1 2 --- 11 Myers lined a single to center (SBX) Womack pinch running for Myers 0-1 2 1-- 12 Boone struck out (BCSS)