2005 CDBL Playoff Preview Round 0 Manhatten Beach Mashers (96-66, #1 League Wildcard) vs. DBL Fishbiscuits (96-66, #2 League Wildcard) The Mashers battled the Friars for the Aaron division pennant all season before losing the critical final game of the season and the Aaron division pennant. David Ortiz had a strong year, hitting 46 home runs with 110 runs scored and 104 RBI. Morgan Ensberg hit .270 with 36 home runs, 103 runs scored and 108 RBI, while Rafael Furcal had 14 triples, 111 runs scored and 44 stolen bases. Marcus Giles added 92 runs scored. Chad Cordero saved 38 games with a 2.12 ERA, and Matt Wise added 7 wins and a 1.99 ERA in relief. Round 0 starter Jorge Sosa was acquired mid-season, and went 4-1 with a 2.76 ERA in 13 starts. The DBL Fishbiscuits played catch-up all season, and only in the final weeks did they overtake Seattle for the last league wildcard. Albert Pujols had a monster year, hitting .328 with 47 home runs, 148 runs scored, 129 RBI and 25 stolen bases. Miguel Tejada hit .322 with 34 home runs, 115 runs scored and 126 RBI. Juan Encarnacion hit .287 with 20 home runs and 78 runs scored. Matt Holliday slugged 27 home runs with 101 RBI. Closer Hector Carrasco saved 28 games and won another 7 with a 2.55 ERA. Jim Mecir and Bob Wickman were a combined 11-0 with 6 saves in relief. Round 0 starter David Wells was a acquired mid-season, and went 3-1 with a 3.31 ERA in 8 starts. In 9 regular season games, the Mashers won the series 7-2. With both teams winning 96 games, the 7-2 advantage gives the Mashers home field advantange for this winner takes the round matchup. ******************************************************************* ROUND 0 -- Fishbiscuits (Wells) at Mashers (Sosa). A high stakes matchup for both teams, whoever won would advance to round 1. The loser would be done for the year. In the bottom of the 1st, the Mashers jumped out to a 1-0 start with a solo home run from Morgan Ensberg. In the 4th inning, with 2 on, Todd Pratt went yard. 3-run blast, and Manhatten Beach was up 4-0. David Wells would last just 4 innings, giving up 4 earned runs. David Ortiz added an insurance run in the 8th, smashing a solo home run to give Manhatten Beach the 5-0 lead. Jorge Sosa pitched 7 1/3 shutout innings for the Mashers. Matt Wise was pitching for the Mashers in the top of the 9th with a comfortable 5 run lead. Wise perhaps got a bit too comfortable, giving up singles to Robinson Cano and Shawn Green. Chad Cordero came on in relief. Pedro Feliz reached on an infield single, loading the bases with 0 outs. Cordero got Milton Bradley to strike out for out #1. The follow-up batter, pinch hitter Juan Encarnacion, smacked a clutch double, driving in 2 runs. Pinch hitter Adam Kennedy hit a sacrifice fly, scoring another runner and made the score 5-3 with a runner at third. What was looking like a straightforward win for the Mashers turned into a nail biter in the top of the 9th. With 2 outs and DBL down by 2 runs, representing the tying run as franchise slugger Albert Pujols to face Mashers closer Chad Cordero. A home run would tie up the game, but DBL's rally fizzled out. Pujols grounded out to 3rd to end the game. Manhatten Beach hangs on to win the Round 0 wildcard game by a score of 5-3. MASHERS WIN ROUND 0 GAME. 10/8/2005, DBL05-MBM05, Angel Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2005 Fishbiscuits 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 10 0 8 2 2005 Mashers 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 x 5 10 0 7 1 Fishbiscuits AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Navarro c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 Kennedy ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 Pujols 1b 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 4 2 0 0 Tejada ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 5 0 0 Holliday lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 Cano 2b 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 4 3 0 0 Green,S rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Freel 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Shealy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Feliz 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 Bradley cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 Wells p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Martinez,T ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Wickman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Rivera ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 Carrasco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Encarnacion ph 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 34 3 10 3 2 0 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 24 10 0 0 Mashers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Giles 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 2 3 0 0 Murton lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Catalanotto lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 3 0 0 0 Matsui 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Ensberg 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 2 0 0 Furcal ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 2 0 0 Mohr rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 1 0 0 Ortiz 1b 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 5 1 0 0 Snow 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Matos cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 5 0 0 0 Pratt c 3 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 5 0 0 0 Sosa p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 2 2 0 0 Wise p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Cordero,C p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 32 5 10 5 0 0 3 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 11 0 0 Fishbiscuits INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Wells L 0-1 4.0 7 4 4 0 2 64 40 18 2 0 0 0 1 9.00 Wickman 3.0 2 0 0 2 4 44 26 12 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Carrasco 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 31 17 6 1 0 1 0 0 9.00 8.0 10 5 5 3 7 139 83 36 3 0 1 0 2 Mashers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Sosa W 1-0 7.1 6 0 0 3 2 110 63 29 0 1 0 0 1 0.00 Wise H 1 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 14 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 27.00 Cordero,C 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 12 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 9.0 10 3 3 3 3 136 82 38 0 1 0 0 1 DBL: Martinez,T batted for Wells in the 5th Shealy batted for Freel in the 7th Feliz inserted at 3b in the 7th Rivera batted for Wickman in the 8th Encarnacion batted for Carrasco in the 9th Kennedy batted for Navarro in the 9th MBM: Murton inserted at lf in the 8th Matsui inserted at 2b in the 8th Snow inserted at 1b in the 9th GWRBI: Ensberg Temperature: 72, Sky: clear, Wind: out to center at 9 MPH. 10/8/2005, DBL05-MBM05, Angel Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2005 Fishbiscuits 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 10 0 8 2 2005 Mashers 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 x 5 10 0 7 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Fishbiscuits batting 0-0 0 --- 11 Navarro flied out to left (BFX) 0-0 1 --- 00 Pujols doubled deep to right (X) 0-0 1 -2- 22 Tejada flied out to center, Pujols to third (CCBBFX) 0-0 2 --3 01 Holliday grounded out to third (CX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Mashers batting 0-0 0 --- 01 Giles flied out to center (CX) 0-0 1 --- 10 Catalanotto flied out to left (BX) 0-0 2 --- 32 Ensberg homered deep to left (FFBBBX) 0-1 2 --- 11 Furcal grounded out to short (CBX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Fishbiscuits batting 0-1 0 --- 11 Cano grounded a single up the middle (FBX) 0-1 0 1-- 20 Green,S grounded to second, forcing Cano at second, Green,S to first (BBX) 0-1 1 1-- 00 Green,S stole second (1>B) 0-1 1 -2- 11 Freel popped out to the catcher (1>B.SX) 0-1 2 -2- 30 Bradley was walked intentionally (IIII) 0-1 2 12- 11 Wells grounded to third, forcing Green,S at third (FBX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Mashers batting 0-1 0 --- 12 Mohr reached on an infield single to first (BCCFX) 0-1 0 1-- 01 Ortiz grounded into a double play, Cano to Tejada to Pujols (CX) 0-1 2 --- 21 Matos flied out to left (BBCX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Fishbiscuits batting 0-1 0 --- 32 Navarro flied out to left (BBSFFBFX) 0-1 1 --- 32 Pujols lined a single to left center (SBSFBBX) 0-1 1 1-- 00 Tejada lined a single to shallow left, Pujols to second (1>X) 0-1 1 12- 12 Holliday struck out (BFSFS) 0-1 2 12- 21 Cano lined a single between first and second, Pujols out at home, Tejada to second (SBBX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Mashers batting 0-1 0 --- 10 Pratt flied out to center (BX) 0-1 1 --- 21 Sosa lined a single down the left field line (CBBX) 0-1 1 1-- 01 Giles grounded a single up the middle, Sosa to second (CX) 0-1 1 12- 21 Catalanotto grounded to short, forcing Giles at second, Sosa to third, Catalanotto to first (FBBX) 0-1 2 1-3 31 Ensberg grounded out to first (BBBCX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Fishbiscuits batting 0-1 0 --- 32 Green,S grounded out to the mound (BFCBBFX) 0-1 1 --- 22 Freel grounded out to short (CBFBX) 0-1 2 --- 11 Bradley lined out to center (BFX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Mashers batting 0-1 0 --- 22 Furcal struck out (BFBCS) 0-1 1 --- 12 Mohr grounded out to second (CFBX) 0-1 2 --- 11 Ortiz lined a single to left center (BCX) 0-1 2 1-- 01 Matos grounded a single between third and short, Ortiz to second (CX) 0-1 2 12- 21 Pratt homered deep to left, Ortiz scored, Matos scored (BBSX) 0-4 2 --- 22 Sosa struck out (FBBSC) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Fishbiscuits batting Martinez,T pinch hitting for Wells 0-4 0 --- 00 Martinez,T grounded out to second (X) 0-4 1 --- 00 Navarro flied out to left (X) 0-4 2 --- 00 Pujols flied out to center (X) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Mashers batting Wickman now pitching 0-4 0 --- 00 Giles grounded a single between third and short (X) 0-4 0 1-- 12 Catalanotto grounded a single up the middle, Giles to second (SBFX) 0-4 0 12- 00 Ensberg flied out to center (X) 0-4 1 12- 00 Furcal grounded into a double play, Tejada to Cano to Pujols (X) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Fishbiscuits batting 0-4 0 --- 22 Tejada lined out to second (BBCSX) 0-4 1 --- 10 Holliday grounded out to the mound (BX) 0-4 2 --- 31 Cano lined out to right (BBBCX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Mashers batting 0-4 0 --- 31 Mohr walked (CBBBB) 0-4 0 1-- 32 Ortiz walked, Mohr to second (CBBBFFB) 0-4 0 12- 10 Matos grounded out to first, Mohr to third, Ortiz to second (BX) 0-4 1 -23 11 Pratt lined out to second (BFX) 0-4 2 -23 12 Sosa struck out (SBFC) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Fishbiscuits batting 0-4 0 --- 30 Green,S walked (BBBB) Shealy pinch hitting for Freel 0-4 0 1-- 02 Shealy grounded into a double play, Furcal to Giles to Ortiz (SCX) 0-4 2 --- 22 Bradley grounded out to first (FCBBX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Mashers batting Feliz now playing third base 0-4 0 --- 32 Giles struck out (FBBBSFS) 0-4 1 --- 22 Catalanotto struck out (BFBFS) 0-4 2 --- 12 Ensberg struck out (CCBS) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Fishbiscuits batting Murton now playing left field Matsui now playing second base Rivera pinch hitting for Wickman 0-4 0 --- 11 Rivera lined a single to left center (CBX) 0-4 0 1-- 32 Navarro struck out (BBBCCS) 0-4 1 1-- 32 Pujols walked, Rivera to second (BBSFBB) Wise now pitching 0-4 1 12- 00 Tejada flied out to center, Rivera to third (X) 0-4 2 1-3 21 Holliday flied out to center (BBSX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Mashers batting Carrasco now pitching 0-4 0 --- 32 Furcal popped out to third (BCCBBFX) 0-4 1 --- 22 Mohr struck out (BCBSFS) 0-4 2 --- 31 Ortiz homered deep to center (BCBBX) 0-5 2 --- 12 Matos was hit by a pitch (SBSH) 0-5 2 1-- 32 Pratt walked, Matos to second (CBFBB>F1>B) 0-5 2 12- 01 Wise grounded to short, forcing Pratt at second (SX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Fishbiscuits batting Snow now playing first base 0-5 0 --- 12 Cano lined a single to shallow left (CSBX) 0-5 0 1-- 22 Green,S reached on an infield single to third, Cano to second (CBBCX) Cordero,C now pitching 0-5 0 12- 00 Feliz reached on an infield single to short, Cano to third, Green,S to second (X) 0-5 0 123 02 Bradley struck out (CFS) Encarnacion pinch hitting for Carrasco 0-5 1 123 01 Encarnacion doubled deep to right, Cano scored, Green,S scored, Feliz to third (CX) Kennedy pinch hitting for Navarro 2-5 1 -23 02 Kennedy hit a sacrifice fly to left, Feliz scored, Encarnacion to third (FCX) 3-5 2 --3 20 Pujols grounded out to third (BBX)