Westport Knuckleheads at Milwaukee Mashers: The Mashers ran away and hid from the rest of the teams in the Aaron division, winning their division by 10 games, and was 1 of 2 teams to crack the 100 win barrier. The Mashers had the 3rd lowest team ERA in the league during the regular season. Alejandro Pena was an all-pro this year, winning 18 games with a 2.70 ERA. Acquisition Ray Burris, Scott Sanderson and Pete Falcone should provide a strong pitching front. On the hitting side, the Mashers boast several marquee hitters. All-pro centerfielder Dwayne Murphy led the majors with 40 taters, and Mike Young, Bobby Grich, Mike Easler and all-pro SS Alan Trammell had slugging %ages of at least .484. And let's not forget Rickey Henderson, who only just posted a .412 OBA, 72 steals and 108 runs scored as one of the league's best leadoff hitters. While the Mashers boasted the 3rd best ERA in the league, the Knuckleheads blew everyone away with a 2.79 team ERA, which was nearly 7/10'ths of a run better than the 2nd place team. Mike Mason, Joaquin Andujar, John Denny and Dan Schatzeder all posted ERA's between 2.37 and 2.84. Uber-closer Willie Hernandez threw 122 1/3 innings of sub 2.00 ERA ball, and saved 23 games. The hitting won't remind anyone of the Hurdlers, but it was good enough to net the Knuckleheads 98 wins in the regular season. Anchoring the lineup is all-pro 3B Mike Schmidt, who blasted 37 homers and drove in 106 runs. Catcher Tony Pena had a .388 slugging percentage and drove in 87 runs. Overview: In head-to-head meetings, both teams went 4-4. Will the killer Knucklehead staff be able to shut down Henderson & company? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GAME ONE: Westport Knuckleheads (Joaquin Andujar) at Milwaukee Mashers (Alejandro Pena). Game one started out as a pitcher's due. Andujar was the first pitcher to give up a potential shutout, when Rickey Henderson had the Masher's first post season hit with a solo shot in the bottom of the third, giving the Mashers the 1-0 lead. The Mashers would score again in the bottom of the 6th, when a Trammell single and Mike Young walk would allow Bobby Grich to smack a 3-run tater off of Andujar to make it a 4-0 lead. Rickey Henderson put more runs up on the board in the 7th with another solo shot, and Mike Young made it 6-0 in the bottom of the 8th on a RBI double. The Knucklehead offense never got off the ground, as Alejandro Pena threw a 5 hit shutout to give the Mashers the 6-0 opening round victory. MASHERS LEAD 1-0. Series 1 10/1/1984 -- Game 1 of 1, County Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 84 Kncklheads 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 0 84 Mashers 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 x 6 8 1 6 1 Kncklheads AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Marshall lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 Rivers rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 0 0 0 Driessen 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8 1 0 0 Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 2 0 0 Pena c 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 3 0 0 0 Lemon cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 3 0 0 0 Berra ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Bergman ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 Gardenhire 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 2 0 0 Law,V 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 3 0 0 Andujar p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1 1 0 0 Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 31 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 9 0 0 Mashers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Henderson lf 4 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 3 0 0 0 Trammell ss 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 5 0 0 Easler 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 7 1 0 0 Murphy,Dwa cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 4 0 0 0 Young rf 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 2 0 0 0 Grich 2b 4 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 4 2 0 0 Gross 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Sundberg c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 Pena p 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1 1 0 32 6 8 6 2 0 3 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 10 1 0 Kncklheads INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Andujar L 0-1 7.0 5 5 5 3 2 93 53 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.43 Reed 1.0 3 1 1 1 1 27 16 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 8.0 8 6 6 4 3 120 69 36 3 1 0 0 0 0 Mashers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Pena W 1-0 9.0 5 0 0 1 5 124 79 33 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 9.0 5 0 0 1 5 124 79 33 0 0 0 0 1 0 WPT: Bergman batted for Berra in the 7th Gardenhire inserted at 2b in the 7th Law,V moved to ss in the 7th Dwyer batted for Andujar in the 8th GWRBI: Henderson Temperature: 47, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to center at 3 MPH. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GAME TWO: Westport Knuckleheads (Mike Mason) at Milwaukee Mashers (Scott Sanderson). Oh my. The Milwaukee home crowd got a hitting exhibition treat from the home team in this one. Rickey Henderson went 2-4 with a homer and 3 runs scored, and Joe Morgan went 3-5 with a double, homer and 3 RBI as the Mashers made easy work of the Knuckleheads by a score of 12 to 4. MASHERS LEAD 2-0. Series 4 10/2/1984 -- Game 1 of 1, County Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 84 Kncklheads 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 9 1 5 1 84 Mashers 0 1 1 4 2 2 0 2 x 12 14 0 6 1 Kncklheads AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Marshall lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Rivers rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 0 0 0 Lemon cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 0 0 0 Schmidt 3b 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 0 1 1 0 Pena c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 8 1 0 0 Law,V 2b 4 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 2 3 0 0 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Bergman 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 10 0 0 0 Berra ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 1 0 0 Hodge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Caldwell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Cruz,Ju 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Mason p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0 Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Gardenhire ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Schrom p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 McCatty p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Dybzinski ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0 34 4 9 3 2 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 11 1 0 Mashers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Clark,B rf 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 1 0 0 0 Morgan 2b 5 2 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 0 2 0 0 Trammell ss 4 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 4 3 0 0 Henderson lf 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 4 0 0 0 Sundberg c 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 7 0 0 0 Murphy,Dwa cf 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 3 0 0 0 Brusstar p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 Esasky 3b 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 2 0 0 Easler 1b 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 6 1 0 0 Sanderson p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Young cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 36 12 14 11 1 3 3 4 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 27 9 0 0 Kncklheads INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Mason L 0-1 3.2 5 6 5 2 3 68 41 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.27 Reed 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.75 Schrom 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 McCatty 1.0 2 0 0 0 3 27 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Hodge 0.2 3 2 2 1 0 23 13 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 27.00 Caldwell 1.2 1 1 1 0 1 20 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 Gura 0.2 1 1 1 1 1 19 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 8.0 14 12 11 4 8 165 99 42 3 0 0 0 1 0 Mashers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Sanderson W 1-0 6.1 7 4 4 1 6 92 66 27 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.68 Brusstar 2.2 2 0 0 0 1 39 24 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 9.0 9 4 4 1 7 131 90 36 0 0 0 1 1 0 WPT: Gardenhire batted for Reed in the 5th Dybzinski inserted at ss in the 6th Cruz,Ju inserted at 2b in the 8th MIL: Young inserted at cf in the 7th Scott Sanderson was removed after a rain delay Temperature: 44, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: out to center at 14 MPH, Rain Delays: 69 minutes. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GAME THREE: Milwaukee Mashers (Ray Burris) at Westport Knuckleheads (John Denny). Milwaukee picked up in game three right where they left off, with Rickey Henderson doubling and scoring on an Alan Trammell single to take a quick 1-0 lead. The Knuckleheads tied it up at 1 each in the bottom of the first with a Tony Pena RBI single. The Knuckleheads scored 2 more runs in the next two innings on a Mickey Rivers RBI single and a Tony Pena tater. Then the Knuckleheads get into trouble. John Denny loads the bases in the top of the 7th, with only 1 out. Facing pinch hitter Andre David, Denny gets David to ground out to Mike Schmidt, who throws home to prevent the run. 2 outs, and Rickey Henderson is at the plate, who walks, scoring a run. Knucklehead lead is down to 1. But Denny gets out of the inning when Trammell grounds out to second. In the bottom of the 7th, the Mashers find trouble of their own, with Brusstar facing a bases loaded situation with 1 out. Facing Vance Law, Brusstar gets him to fly out. 2 outs. Brusstar then walks in a run when he gives pinch hitter Jim Dwyer a BB. A Mike Marshall infield hit makes it a 5-2 Knucklehead lead. Mickey Rivers then proceeds to blow the joint open, with a 2 run RBI single to make it a commanding 7-2 Knucklehead lead. Closer Willie Hernandez came on in the last two innings and shut the Mashers down. There will be no sweep in this series. MASHERS LEAD 2-1. Series 8 10/3/1984 -- Game 1 of 1, Royals Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 84 Mashers 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 0 7 0 84 Kncklheads 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 x 7 10 1 12 1 Mashers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Henderson lf 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 3 0 0 0 Trammell ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0 2 0 0 Easler 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 3 2 0 0 Murphy,Dwa cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 6 0 0 0 Young rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 1 0 0 0 Grich 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 2 0 0 0 Gross 3b 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Bailey c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4 1 0 0 Brown,C ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Sundberg c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 3 0 0 0 Burris p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 1 0 0 David ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Brusstar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 McGaffigan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Little ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 32 2 6 2 1 0 0 3 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 24 6 0 0 Kncklheads AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Marshall lf 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 2 0 0 0 Rivers rf 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .417 0 0 0 0 Schmidt 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 0 3 0 0 Bergman 1b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 8 3 0 0 Pena c 5 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .417 7 0 0 0 Lemon cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 3 0 0 0 Berra ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 3 3 0 0 Driessen ph 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Gardenhire 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Law,V 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 2 3 1 0 Denny p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 2 2 0 0 Dwyer ph 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 32 7 10 7 0 0 1 9 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 27 15 1 0 Mashers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Burris L 0-1 6.0 6 3 3 6 3 107 56 30 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.50 Brusstar 0.2 2 4 4 3 0 31 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.80 McGaffigan 1.1 2 0 0 0 2 22 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 10 7 7 9 5 160 86 43 1 0 0 1 0 0 Kncklheads INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Denny W 1-0 7.0 5 2 1 3 3 106 63 29 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.29 Hernandez 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 35 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 6 2 1 3 6 141 83 36 0 0 1 0 1 0 MIL: Brown,C batted for Bailey in the 7th David batted for Burris in the 7th Sundberg inserted at c in the 7th Bevacqua batted for Gross in the 9th Little batted for McGaffigan in the 9th WPT: Driessen batted for Berra in the 7th Dwyer batted for Denny in the 7th Gardenhire inserted at 2b in the 8th Law,V moved to ss in the 8th GWRBI: Rivers Temperature: 65, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 9 MPH. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GAME FOUR: Milwaukee Mashers (Pete Falcone) at Westport Knuckleheads (Dan Schatzeder). Ahhh, the comfort of home. Westport schooled Milwaukee in this game. Dan Schatzeder was masterful, going 8 1/3 innings, allowing only 4 hits and 1 run in the 9th (after which he was relieved, and Willie Hernandez easily got the other 2 outs). The Westport Mike's, Mike Marshall and Mike Schmidt, each had 2 hits, 1 homer, and 2 RBI as the Knuckleheads evened up the series at 2 each. SERIES TIED 2-2. Series 10 10/4/1984 -- Game 1 of 1, Royals Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 84 Mashers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 6 1 84 Kncklheads 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 x 7 10 1 8 0 Mashers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Clark,B rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 1 0 0 0 Morgan 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .556 4 3 0 0 Trammell ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .429 3 4 0 0 Henderson lf 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 4 0 0 0 Sundberg c 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .455 4 0 0 0 Murphy,Dwa cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0 0 0 Venable ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Esasky 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 0 3 1 0 Easler 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 7 1 1 0 Grich ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 1 0 0 0 Falcone p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 McGaffigan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Brouhard ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Howell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 31 1 4 1 1 1 0 2 7 0 0 1 0 1 0 24 12 3 0 Kncklheads AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Berra ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 1 3 0 0 Marshall rf 5 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 2 0 0 0 Schmidt 3b 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 2 1 0 Lemon cf 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 4 0 0 0 Pena c 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 7 0 0 0 Law,V lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 1 0 0 0 Cruz,Ju 2b 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 1 2 0 0 Driessen 1b 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 10 0 0 0 Schatzeder p 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 2 0 0 Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 35 7 10 7 1 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 9 1 0 Mashers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Falcone L 0-1 5.2 8 6 4 3 1 110 66 30 2 0 0 0 1 0 6.35 McGaffigan 1.1 2 1 1 0 2 29 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.38 Howell 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 9 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 10 7 5 3 4 148 90 39 2 0 0 0 1 1 Kncklheads INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Schatzeder W 1-0 8.1 4 1 1 2 6 125 70 32 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.08 Hernandez 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 4 1 1 2 7 130 74 34 0 1 0 0 0 0 MIL: Grich batted for Easler in the 8th Brouhard batted for McGaffigan in the 8th Grich moved to 1b in the 8th Venable batted for Murphy,Dwa in the 9th GWRBI: Marshall Temperature: 58, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to center at 7 MPH. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GAME FIVE: Milwaukee Mashers (Alejandro Pena) at Westport Knuckleheads (Joaquin Andujar). Two ace pitchers in a pitcher's park equals a low scoring game. But Joaquin Andujar wasn't exactly an ace in the first inning. Rickey Henderson singled, and Alan Trammell walked to put 2 aboard with 0 outs. Then Andujar tried to pick off Henderson at 2nd .. big mistake. Andujar's throw goes into center field, and Henderson advances to third. A Mike Easler sacrifice fly scored Henderson from third and made it a 1-0 game. Each pitching staff would settle down for the next several innings. The next scoring opportunity came for the Knuckleheads in the 7th. Tony Pena tripled with 0 outs, but couldn't advance on a Chet Lemon infield out. With 1 out, Jim Dwyer walked. The next batter was Vance Law, who hit a potential double play ball to Alan Trammell. But Trammell decided to throw home .. big mistake. Tony Pena evaded the tag, and tied up the game at 1 each, with still 1 out. Next, Joaquin Andujar's sacrifice managed to advance Dwyer and Law advanced to 3rd & 2nd. Mashers reliever Brent Gaff proceeded to choke, walking Marshall to load the bases, and walking Mickey Rivers to score Dwyer to give the Knuckleheads the 2-1 lead. 2 runs was all the Knuckleheads needed, as Willie Hernandez came on in the 8th to shut the Mashers down. Hernandez threw 2 hitless innings, and struck out 4 Masher batters to get the save as the Knuckleheads defeat the Mashers 2-1. So far each team has won all games on their home turf. The Mashers now have to hope that holds true for the rest of the series as the games shift back to Milwaukee for the 6th game of the series. KNUCKLEHEADS LEAD 3-2. Series 14 10/5/1984 -- Game 1 of 1, Royals Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 84 Mashers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 9 1 84 Kncklheads 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 x 2 4 1 7 0 Mashers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Henderson lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .444 2 0 0 0 Trammell ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .353 0 3 0 0 Easler 1b 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .214 10 0 0 0 Murphy,Dwa cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 2 0 0 0 Young rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 2 0 0 0 Grich 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 4 3 0 0 Gross 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 5 0 0 Bevacqua ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Brock pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Bailey c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 Pena p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 0 1 0 0 David ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Gaff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0 Brown,C ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 31 1 5 1 0 0 0 4 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 24 14 0 0 Kncklheads AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Marshall lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 3 0 0 0 Rivers rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 3 0 0 0 Cruz,Ju 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Driessen 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 5 2 0 0 Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 1 1 0 0 Pena c 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .389 9 1 0 0 Lemon cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 1 0 0 0 Berra ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0 0 0 Dwyer ph 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Dybzinski ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Law,V 2b 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 3 0 0 0 Frobel rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Andujar p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 2 1 1 0 Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 27 2 4 2 0 1 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 27 5 1 0 Mashers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Pena 6.0 3 0 0 2 4 78 48 22 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Gaff L 0-1 2.0 1 2 2 3 0 38 20 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 8.0 4 2 2 5 4 116 68 33 0 0 0 0 1 0 Kncklheads INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Andujar W 1-1 7.0 5 1 0 3 6 111 67 30 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.21 Hernandez S 1 2.0 0 0 0 1 4 32 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 5 1 0 4 10 143 85 37 0 0 1 0 0 0 MIL: David batted for Pena in the 7th Bevacqua batted for Gross in the 9th Brock ran for Bevacqua in the 9th Brown,C batted for Gaff in the 9th WPT: Dwyer batted for Berra in the 7th Dybzinski inserted at ss in the 8th Frobel inserted at rf in the 8th Cruz,Ju inserted at 2b in the 8th GWRBI: Rivers Temperature: 77, Sky: clear, Wind: in from left at 9 MPH. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GAME SIX: Westport Knuckleheads (Mike Mason) at Milwaukee Mashers (Scott Sanderson). If there's one name Mike Mason doesn't want to hear again, it's Bobby Clark. Today Clark had Mason's number. But was it enough to get the Mashers to a game seven? Clark's first encounter with Mason was in the bottom of the first, when Clark homered in the Masher's first at bat for the 1-0 lead. Both pitching staffs would shut the other offense down for several innings, until the bottom of the 6th, when Bobby Clark again faced Mike Mason, with 2 men aboard. Same matchup, same result. Clark parks another one over the fence, making it a 4-0 Masher lead. But the Knuckleheads were not ready to give up. They made their comeback in the 9th inning. Vance Law got things started with a 2-run homer, making the lead just 2 runs. With 2 outs, left handed Masher reliever Rod Scurry faced Mike Marshall, with a man on base. Marshall absolutely kills lefties. Think he provided some late inning heroics? Nope. Marshall flied out, and the game was over. The series concludes with game seven at the Mashers, winner take all. SERIES TIED 3-3. Series 18 10/6/1984 -- Game 1 of 1, County Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 84 Kncklheads 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 2 8 1 84 Mashers 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 x 4 9 1 13 0 Kncklheads AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Marshall lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .174 1 0 0 0 Lemon cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 1 0 0 0 Driessen 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357 8 1 0 0 Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 1 1 1 0 Pena c 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .381 11 1 0 0 Law,V 2b 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 2 4 0 0 Berra ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 0 0 1 0 Bergman ph 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Frobel rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Gardenhire 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Mason p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Dybzinski ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Schrom p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Benedict ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 35 2 7 2 0 0 1 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 7 2 0 Mashers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Clark,B rf 4 2 2 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 6 0 0 0 Morgan 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Trammell ss 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318 1 4 1 0 Henderson lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .391 0 0 0 0 Sundberg c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 10 0 0 0 Murphy,Dwa cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 3 0 0 0 Esasky 3b 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 2 0 0 Easler 1b 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 7 0 0 0 Sanderson p 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Grich ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0 0 0 Gaff p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Scurry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 34 4 9 4 1 0 2 7 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 6 1 0 Kncklheads INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Mason L 0-2 5.2 6 4 1 4 6 113 68 28 2 0 0 0 1 0 5.79 Reed 1.1 1 0 0 3 3 36 17 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.38 Schrom 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 14 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 8.0 9 4 1 7 9 163 96 41 2 0 0 1 1 0 Mashers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Sanderson W 2-0 6.0 5 0 0 0 8 87 62 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.92 Gaff 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 29 15 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.75 Scurry 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 18 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 9.0 7 2 2 2 10 134 86 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 WPT: Bergman batted for Berra in the 7th Dwyer batted for Frobel in the 7th Gardenhire inserted at 2b in the 7th Law,V moved to ss in the 7th Bergman moved to rf in the 7th Dybzinski batted for Reed in the 8th Benedict batted for Schrom in the 9th MIL: Grich batted for Sanderson in the 6th GWRBI: Clark,B Temperature: 55, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to right at 15 MPH. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GAME SEVEN: Westport Knuckleheads (John Denny) at Milwaukee Mashers (Ray Burris). This one was for all the marbles. The Mashers got out to the early lead when Rickey Henderson scored in the first inning. The Mashers made it 2-0 in the 5th when a Vance Law error let Ray Burris on base, who eventually scored when Mike Easler hit a sacrifice fly. The Knuckleheads put a run on the board in the 7th inning when, with 0 outs, Doug Frobel scored from third on a double play (shortstop-to-2B-to-1B, that is) ball. But that was all the Knuckleheads could muster. In the 9th, with 2 outs, reliever Rod Scurry got Jerry Dybzinski to fly out to end the game. The Knuckleheads had only allowed an average of 2 runs per game over the past 5 games, but their offense just couldn't put up the runs. The Mashers win the series in 7 games, and advance to the AP conference finals. MASHERS WIN SERIES 4-3. Series 19 10/7/1984 -- Game 1 of 1, County Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 84 Kncklheads 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 1 8 0 84 Mashers 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x 2 5 0 8 1 Kncklheads AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Marshall lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192 0 0 0 0 Law,V 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .160 0 6 1 0 Driessen 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 9 0 0 0 Schmidt 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185 0 2 0 0 Pena c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .375 6 0 0 0 Lemon cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .172 4 0 0 0 Frobel rf 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 0 0 0 Benedict ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Berra ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 3 0 0 0 Bergman ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 0 0 0 0 Gardenhire 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Denny p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 2 0 0 Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Waddell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Dybzinski ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 31 1 6 0 1 0 0 5 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 24 10 1 0 Mashers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Henderson lf 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .360 2 0 0 0 Trammell ss 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 2 1 0 0 Easler 1b 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 8 0 0 0 Murphy,Dwa cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 4 0 0 0 Young rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 2 0 0 0 Grich 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 2 4 0 0 Gross 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 2 0 0 Brown,C 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Sundberg c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 6 1 0 0 Burris p 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 1 0 0 Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Gaff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Scurry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 29 2 5 2 1 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 9 0 0 Kncklheads INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Denny L 1-1 5.1 5 2 1 2 2 90 62 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.46 Reed 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.70 Hernandez 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 19 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Waddell 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 17 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 5 2 1 4 5 135 87 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mashers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Burris W 1-1 7.0 6 1 1 3 4 111 64 28 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.77 Gaff 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 26 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 Scurry S 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 16 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 9.0 6 1 1 5 6 153 87 36 0 0 0 0 1 0 WPT: Bergman batted for Berra in the 7th Dwyer batted for Reed in the 7th Gardenhire inserted at 2b in the 7th Law,V moved to ss in the 7th Benedict batted for Frobel in the 9th Dybzinski batted for Waddell in the 9th MIL: Bevacqua batted for Burris in the 7th Brown,C inserted at 3b in the 8th GWRBI: Young Temperature: 59, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 16 MPH.