2001 CFOD RUTH/YOUNG CONFERENCE FINALS California Coneheads (4-1 over Arizona in rd 1) vs. Brookfield Brouhaha (4-3 over Paxtang in rd 1) California underwhelmed themselves in the regular season to come into the playoffs as a wildcard team with no first round home field advantage. They came through round 1 as a revitalized team with no more pitching problems. Their biggest concern was how starters Tim Hudson and Freddy Garcia would perform. No worries here. Hudson allowed 2 runs in 7 innings, Garcia 2 runs in 6 2/3, and both won their games. The team ERA is 2.86 in the post-season. In 5 games, Mike Piazza has 6 RBI, while Jim Thome has 6 runs scored. Brookfield nearly missed the playoffs after a long regular season losing streak, but came back to capture a league wildcard spot. Their reward was to face the Paxtang Pitbulls, who had the league's best regular season record. Brookfield had a tough fight, but always seemed to have the upper hand, and won the series in 7 games. Rich Aurilia is hitting .387 with 6 runs scored and 4 RBI, while Edgar Martinez is slugging .538 with 6 RBI's. Jason Bere is 2-0 and has yet to allow a run in 15 1/3 innings. Calfornia won the regular season series 7 games to 2, and due to their better record/higher "RY Conference Wildcard" standing have home field advantage. ******************************************************************* GAME ONE -- Brouhaha (Bere) at Coneheads (Johnson) -- Round 1 game 7 Brouhaha hero Jason Bere got the game 1 start for this conference finals matchup. In the top of the 4th, Edgar Martinez hit a 0 out double. Matt Williams hit an infield grounder, Randy Johnson picked it up and peppered it to 1st, but it went into the stands instead. Martinez scored for a 1-0 Brouhaha lead. Paul Lo Duca added a solo home run in the 6th inning. 2-0 Brouhaha. Through 6 1/3 innings, Bere had yet to give up a hit, although that was countered by 6 walks. In the 7th, Durazo had reached 1st base on a walk. Jose Valentin doubled, moving Durazo to 3rd and knocking Bere out of the game. Max Venafro was now pitching. Doug Glanville walked to load the bases. The next batter, Royce Clayton, hit into a potential inning-ending double play, but beat the throw to first, allowing a run to score. 2-1 Brookfield. In the top of the 8th inning, with runners at 1st & 3rd, Richard Hidalgo singled to score a run. 3-1 Brookfield. Scott Rolen homered in the bottom of the inning to reduce the Brouhaha's lead to 1. The Brouhaha added to their lead in the top of the 9th when Edgar Martinez hit a sacrifice fly with 1 out. 4-2 Brookfield. Chad Fox was on the mound for the Brouhaha in the bottom of the 9th. California needed 2 runs to continue the game, and 3 to win it. Doug Glanville popped out for out #1. Homer Bush struck out for out #2. The next batter, Mark McLemore, hit a grounder to 3B Charles Gipson. Gipson made a bad throw to 1st, and McLemore wound up at 2nd. Rolen was now the player at the plate and represented the tying run. Rolen hit a foul popup that neared the dugout, and Gipson wasn't going to mess up a second chance. Gipson caught the ball before tumbling into the dugout, ending the game. Brookfield wins game 1 by a 4-2 score. 10/13/2001, BRK01-CAL01, game 1, Edison Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2001 Brouhaha 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 8 1 9 1 2001 Coneheads 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 9 1 Brouhaha AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Winn lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 1 0 0 0 Jones,J ph 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .316 0 0 0 0 Aurilia ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .361 0 4 0 0 Martinez 1b 4 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267 9 0 0 0 Fox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Lo Duca c 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 11 0 0 0 Williams 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 0 3 0 0 DeJean p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Choate p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Young 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 0 0 0 Cordova rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 0 0 0 0 Hidalgo cf 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .370 0 0 0 0 Hairston 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 3 5 0 0 Bere p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 0 0 0 0 Venafro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Gipson 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 2 0 1 0 34 4 8 3 2 0 1 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 12 1 0 Coneheads AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB McLemore 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130 3 2 0 0 Rolen 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 1 0 0 0 Thome 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 6 0 0 0 Gonzalez rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 0 0 0 0 Durazo lf 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .444 3 0 0 0 Mateo ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 Piazza c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 10 1 0 0 Valentin ss 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .056 0 3 0 0 Agbayani ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Nunez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Erstad cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 2 0 0 0 Glanville ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Johnson p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0 1 0 Clayton ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 0 0 0 0 Foulke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Bush ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 30 2 3 2 1 0 1 8 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 7 1 0 Brouhaha INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Bere W 3-0 6.1 1 1 1 6 9 112 64 25 0 0 0 0 1 0.42 Venafro H 2 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 13 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 DeJean 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 16.88 Choate H 2 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 17 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 Fox S 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 11 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.75 9.0 3 2 2 8 11 157 90 38 1 0 0 0 1 Coneheads INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Johnson L 1-1 7.0 5 2 1 3 9 123 78 29 1 0 0 0 1 2.21 Foulke 2.0 3 2 2 2 2 38 22 11 0 0 0 0 0 4.76 9.0 8 4 3 5 11 161 100 40 1 0 0 0 1 BRK: Gipson inserted at 3b in the 8th Jones,J batted for Winn in the 9th Young inserted at 1b in the 9th Jones,J moved to lf in the 9th CAL: Glanville batted for Erstad in the 7th Clayton batted for Johnson in the 7th Glanville moved to cf in the 8th Mateo batted for Durazo in the 8th Agbayani batted for Valentin in the 8th Nunez inserted at 2b in the 9th McLemore moved to ss in the 9th Mateo moved to lf in the 9th Bush batted for Foulke in the 9th Temperature: 67, Sky: clear, Wind: out to center at 1 MPH. ******************************************************************* GAME TWO -- Brouhaha (Adams) at Coneheads (Garcia) -- Terry Adams and Freddy Garcia kept each other in check, allowing 3 hits between them through 3 innings. In the bottom of the 4th, Mike Piazza hit a solo home run for the first run of the game. In the bottom of the 7th, Piazza singled, Carl Everett doubled, and Jose Valentin hit a sacrifice fly to make it 2-0. It would remain that score leading into the bottom of the 9th. Coneheads fearsome closer Mariano Rivera was on the mound with 3 outs to go. Brookfield had 3 outs to make up at least 2 runs. First batter up, Rich Aurilia, made that task a little easier by hitting a 0 out home run. 2-1 California. Next batter, Jacque Jones, grounded out. 1 out. Next batter, Edgar Martinez, singled, and was replaced at first by pinch runner Jerry Hairston. Hairston wasn't all that effective, as Rivera threw to first and picked him off. 2 outs. Paul Lo Duca made it anti-climatic by grounding out to end the game. Freddy Garcia continues his impressive post-season performance by throwing 8 shutout innings as the Coneheads edged the Brouhaha 2-1. SERIES TIED 1-1. 10/14/2001, BRK01-CAL01, game 1, Edison Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2001 Brouhaha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 3 1 2001 Coneheads 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 x 2 6 0 4 1 Brouhaha AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Aurilia ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .350 1 2 0 0 Jones,J lf 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .348 1 0 0 0 Martinez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 9 0 0 0 Hairston pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 0 0 0 0 Lo Duca c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 9 0 0 0 Williams 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 0 2 0 0 Houston ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 0 0 0 Cordova rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207 1 1 0 0 Hidalgo cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 2 1 0 0 Belliard 2b 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 0 2 0 0 Winn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 0 0 0 0 Gipson 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Adams p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 1 0 0 Hillenbrand ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Venafro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 31 1 6 1 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 9 0 0 Coneheads AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB McLemore 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 2 6 0 0 Rolen 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .160 0 0 0 0 Thome 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 13 0 0 0 Gonzalez rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .360 2 0 0 0 Piazza c 3 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .440 5 1 0 0 Clayton ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 0 1 0 0 Everett lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 2 0 0 0 Valentin ss 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .053 1 5 0 0 Bennett c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Erstad cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067 2 0 0 0 Garcia p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Mateo ph 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 Rivera,M p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 27 2 6 2 2 0 1 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 15 0 0 Brouhaha INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Adams L 0-1 7.0 5 2 2 2 8 99 64 26 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 Venafro 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 14 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 6 2 2 2 9 113 71 30 1 0 0 0 0 Coneheads INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Garcia W 2-0 8.0 4 0 0 0 4 81 59 27 0 0 0 0 1 1.23 Rivera,M S 4 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 12 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 2.45 9.0 6 1 1 0 4 93 68 31 1 0 0 0 1 BRK: Houston batted for Williams in the 7th Houston moved to 3b in the 7th Winn batted for Belliard in the 8th Hillenbrand batted for Adams in the 8th Gipson inserted at 2b in the 8th Hairston ran for Martinez in the 9th CAL: Clayton inserted at ss in the 8th Bennett inserted at c in the 8th Mateo batted for Garcia in the 8th GWRBI: Piazza Temperature: 74, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to center at 12 MPH. ******************************************************************* GAME THREE -- Coneheads (Hudson) at Brouhaha (Escobar) -- Sometimes players elevate their game enough to carry a whole team. For game three, that player was California 3B Scott Rolen. Rolen scored the game's first run in the 4th with a solo home run. In the 6th, Rolen walked and scored on Jim Thome's double. Rolen hit an RBI double of his own in the 8th, scoring Mark McLemore. Jose Valentin made the outcome apparant in the top of the 9th with a 3-run homer. Tim Hudson pitches effectively, throwing 7 innings of shutout ball. California wins game 3 by a score of 6-0, and take the lead in the series. CONEHEADS LEAD 2-1. 10/15/2001, CAL01-BRK01, game 1, Network Associates Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2001 Coneheads 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 6 7 0 4 0 2001 Brouhaha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 6 0 Coneheads AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB McLemore 2b 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .097 2 4 0 0 Rolen 3b 3 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 1 2 0 0 Thome 1b 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 10 1 0 0 Everett lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 0 0 0 Gonzalez rf 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .379 2 0 0 0 Piazza c 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .414 5 0 0 0 Clayton ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 0 0 0 0 Valentin ss 3 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 2 4 0 0 Bennett c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Erstad cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .053 3 0 0 0 Hudson p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 Agbayani ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Foulke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Rivera,M p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 34 6 7 6 3 0 2 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 13 0 0 Brouhaha AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Aurilia ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .349 0 1 1 0 Jones,J lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296 3 0 0 0 Lo Duca c 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 13 0 0 0 Vaughn rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 1 0 0 0 Williams 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 1 1 0 0 Hidalgo cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 1 0 0 0 Young 1b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 6 0 0 0 Houston ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 0 0 0 0 Belliard 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 1 1 0 0 Escobar p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 2 0 0 DeJean p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Winn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 0 0 0 0 Maduro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 32 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 5 1 0 Coneheads INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Hudson W 2-0 7.0 4 0 0 0 3 87 55 25 0 0 0 0 0 1.29 Foulke H 3 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 13 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.26 Rivera,M S 5 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 13 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.80 9.0 5 0 0 1 5 113 70 33 0 0 0 0 0 Brouhaha INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Escobar L 1-1 7.1 3 3 3 3 10 105 63 28 1 0 0 0 0 3.57 DeJean 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 16 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 Maduro 1.0 3 3 3 0 2 24 15 6 1 0 0 0 0 8.10 9.0 7 6 6 3 13 145 86 37 2 0 0 0 0 CAL: Agbayani batted for Hudson in the 8th Clayton inserted at ss in the 9th Bennett inserted at c in the 9th BRK: Houston batted for Young in the 7th Houston moved to 1b in the 8th Winn batted for DeJean in the 8th GWRBI: Rolen Temperature: 66, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 11 MPH. ******************************************************************* GAME FOUR -- Coneheads (Sele) at Brouhaha (Ortiz) -- The Coneheads nickeled and dimed their way to the lead in the early innings. In the 1st inning, Mark McLemore hit a 0 out triple, and scored on Everett's single. In the 2nd, Jose Valentin hit a solo home run, and Jim Thome hit a solo homer in the 3rd to make it 3-0 California. In the bottom of the 6th inning, Russ Ortiz hit a double, moved to 3rd on a Rich Aurilia groundout, and scored on Jacque Jones' single. 3-1 California. Aaron Sele issued a walk to Cordova. Paul Lo Duca singled, and Jones went around third to try and score. The ball went home, but sailed over Piazza's head, scoring both Jones and Cordova. 3-3 ballgame. Richard Hidalgo eeked out a 2-out infield single, allowing Lo Duca to score from 3rd. Brouhaha take the lead, 4-3 after 6. In the top of the 7th inning, the Coneheads loaded the bases, but Carl Everett hit a deep fly out with 2 outs, ending the inning without a score. In the bottom of the 7th, Ronnie Belliard walked, was sacrificed to 2nd by Ortiz, and scored on Aurilia's single. 5-3 Brouhaha. Choate was on the mound for Brookfield in the top of the 9th trying to protect a 2-run lead. Pinch hitter Doug Glanville struck out, and pinch hitter Royce Clayton grounded out. 2 outs. Mark McLemore walked. Into the game came Chad Fox. Scott Rolen was issued a walk, to bring the leading run, Jim Thome, at the plate. But Thome would have only 1 home run in total this game, striking out to end the inning. Brookfield had a big 6th inning to win game 4 by a score of 5 to 3, and even up the series. SERIES TIED 2-2. 10/16/2001, CAL01-BRK01, game 1, Network Associates Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2001 Coneheads 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 1 9 1 2001 Brouhaha 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 x 5 8 1 4 0 Coneheads AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB McLemore 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 3 5 0 0 Rolen 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 0 3 0 0 Thome 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 9 0 0 0 Everett lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 0 1 0 Gonzalez rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 1 0 0 0 Piazza c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 7 0 0 0 Valentin ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .115 1 3 0 0 Erstad cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091 2 0 0 0 Glanville ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Sele p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Baez p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Clayton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 35 3 7 3 1 1 2 4 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 12 1 0 Brouhaha AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Aurilia ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .340 1 2 0 0 Jones,J lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 1 0 0 0 Cordova rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 2 0 0 0 Lo Duca c 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .302 9 0 0 0 Williams 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .156 0 1 1 0 Choate p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Fox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Hidalgo cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 2 0 0 0 Young 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 9 1 0 0 Belliard 2b 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 4 0 0 Ortiz p 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 1 1 0 0 Gipson 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 1 0 0 30 5 8 4 1 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 27 10 1 0 Coneheads INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Sele L 0-2 5.1 6 4 3 1 4 65 46 22 0 0 0 0 1 8.59 Baez 2.2 2 1 1 1 2 32 24 11 0 0 0 0 0 3.38 8.0 8 5 4 2 6 97 70 33 0 0 0 0 1 Brouhaha INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Ortiz W 1-1 8.0 7 3 3 2 7 124 67 34 2 0 0 0 0 3.21 Choate H 3 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 12 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.76 Fox S 3 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 12 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.35 9.0 7 3 3 4 9 148 80 39 2 0 0 0 0 CAL: Glanville batted for Erstad in the 9th Clayton batted for Baez in the 9th BRK: Gipson inserted at 3b in the 9th GWRBI: Hidalgo Temperature: 65, Sky: cloudy, Wind: out to left at 14 MPH. ******************************************************************* GAME FIVE -- Coneheads (Johnson) at Brouhaha (Bere) -- The two RY conference contenders traded runs in the early innings. In the top of the 1st, Jim Thome hit a 2 out double, and scored on a single by Juan Gonzalez. In the bottom of the inning, Rich Aurilia hit a solo home run. 1-1. In the top of the 2nd inning, Jose Valentin hit a solo home run. In the bottom of the inning, Hairston hit a 2 out double, and was driven in by a double from Bere. 2-2 ballgame. In the top of the 5th, Scott Rolen and Thome were issued walks. Durazo whacked a double, driving both of them in. 4-2 Coneheads. In the ensuing mayhem Durazo tried to stretch it into a triple, but was thrown out. Mike Piazza doubled, and Valentin drove him in with a double to make it a 3 run 5th inning, 5-2 Coneheads, and knocked Jason Bere out of the game. In the bottom of the 5th inning, Paul Lo Duca doubled and scored on a Matt Williams double. 5-3 Coneheads. The Brouhaha had another opportunity in the 6th inning. Hidalgo walked and Hairston stingled to put 2 on. Maduro sacrificed them up a base with 1 out. But Randy Winn struck out and Aurilia popped out to end the inning with the game still 5-3. The Brouhaha had another opportunity to score in the bottom of the 7th inning. Edgar Martinez singled, and moved to 2nd on a Lo Duca groundout. Cordova singled, and Martinez tried to score from 2nd. However, the ball got there before Martinez did and was tagged out. No runs scored, game still at 5-3. California added to their lead in the top of the 8th with a 2 run shot by Mark McLemore. Brookfield whittled away at the lead in the bottom of the 8th with a Winn sacrifice fly. But this was to be California's game. Jose Valentin hit his 2nd homer of the game and collected his 3rd & 4th RBI's in the 9th off of Rick White, and Keith Foulke struck out the side in the bottom of the 9th. California wins game 5 by a score of 9-4, and are one win away from advancing to the 2001 CFOD World Series. CONEHEADS LEAD 3-2. 10/18/2001, CAL01-BRK01, game 1, Network Associates Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2001 Coneheads 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 9 14 0 9 0 2001 Brouhaha 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 12 0 10 0 Coneheads AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB McLemore 2b 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .175 2 1 0 0 Rolen 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 2 0 0 Thome 1b 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 7 1 0 0 Gonzalez rf 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .342 1 0 0 0 Durazo lf 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .385 1 1 0 0 Everett lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0 0 Piazza c 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .378 10 0 0 0 Clayton ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Valentin ss 5 2 3 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 0 2 0 0 Bennett c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 Erstad cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .154 2 0 0 0 Johnson p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 1 2 0 0 O'Leary ph 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 0 0 0 0 Foulke p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 39 9 14 9 5 0 3 6 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 27 9 0 0 Brouhaha AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Winn lf 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .211 2 0 0 0 Aurilia ss 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .327 3 0 0 0 Martinez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 8 1 0 0 Lo Duca c 5 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 8 1 0 0 Williams 3b 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 2 0 0 0 Brown,K ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Cordova rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 1 0 0 White p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Hidalgo cf 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 2 0 0 0 Hairston 2b 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .300 1 6 0 0 Houston ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 0 0 0 0 Belliard 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 1 0 0 Bere p 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 0 0 0 0 Maduro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Gipson rf 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 35 4 12 4 5 0 1 3 11 0 0 0 0 2 1 27 10 0 0 Coneheads INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Johnson W 2-1 7.0 11 3 3 2 7 116 80 33 1 0 0 0 0 2.63 Foulke 2.0 1 1 1 1 4 30 18 8 0 0 0 0 0 4.32 9.0 12 4 4 3 11 146 98 41 1 0 0 0 0 Brouhaha INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Bere L 3-1 4.2 9 5 5 4 3 93 48 25 1 1 0 0 0 2.05 Maduro 2.2 2 2 2 2 2 54 28 12 1 1 0 0 0 7.50 White 1.2 3 2 2 0 3 30 18 8 1 0 0 0 0 10.80 9.0 14 9 9 6 8 177 94 45 3 2 0 0 0 CAL: O'Leary batted for Johnson in the 8th Everett inserted at lf in the 9th Clayton inserted at ss in the 9th Bennett inserted at c in the 9th BRK: Gipson inserted at rf in the 8th Houston batted for Hairston in the 8th Belliard inserted at 2b in the 9th Brown,K batted for Williams in the 9th GWRBI: Durazo Temperature: 67, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 19 MPH. ******************************************************************* GAME SIX -- Brouhaha (Adams) at Coneheads (Garcia) -- Brookfield was looking to force a game seven, California was looking to advance to the world series. In the top of the 2nd inning, Paul Lo Duca hit a 0 out double and moved to 3rd on Matt Williams' groundout. The expert baserunning was uncessary, however, as Richard Hidalgo took Garcia deep with a 2-run shot. California put themselves on the board in the 3rd inning when a Scott Rolen single scored Erstad. 2-1 Brouhaha. The Brouhaha and Coneheads traded solo shots in the 3rd inning (Williams) and 4th inning (Gonzalez). 3-2 Brouhaha. Brookfield still had a slim 1 run lead heading into the bottom of the 9th. 3 outs here would secure a game 7. Chad Fox was on the mound. Mike Piazza hit a 0 out single, bringing in Choate to relieve. Izturis replaced Piazza at first as a pinch runner. Ruben Mateo pinch hit for the Coneheads. Mateo was 2 for 2 in the post-season, yet his third hit turned out to be most important. Mateo hits a 1 out triple, scoring Izturis and tying the game at 3. Royce Clayton was up next, with 1 out. A sacrifice fly would clinch it for California. Clayton does it even better, getting a base hit, and in came Mateo to home plate, the conference finals winning run. California wins game 6 in the last at bat by a score of 4 to 3, and win the closely-fought series 4 games to 2. Next stop, world series. CONEHEADS WIN 4-2. 10/19/2001, BRK01-CAL01, game 1, Edison Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2001 Brouhaha 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 6 3 2001 Coneheads 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 11 1 5 1 Brouhaha AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Aurilia ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .327 1 3 0 0 Jones,J lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .265 1 0 0 0 Martinez 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 6 0 0 0 Young 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 0 0 0 Lo Duca c 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 9 0 0 0 Williams 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 1 0 0 Gipson 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Cordova rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 0 0 0 0 Hidalgo cf 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .302 1 0 0 0 Belliard 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 4 4 0 0 Adams p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 0 3 0 0 DeJean p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Houston ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0 0 Fox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Choate p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 32 3 6 3 2 0 2 3 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 24 11 0 0 Coneheads AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB McLemore 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 3 4 0 0 Rolen 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 0 5 0 0 Thome 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 10 1 0 0 Gonzalez rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 0 0 0 Piazza c 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 9 0 0 0 Izturis pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Everett lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 1 0 0 0 Mateo ph 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 Valentin ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 1 2 0 0 Clayton ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 0 0 0 0 Erstad cf 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207 2 0 0 0 Garcia p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 0 2 0 0 Foulke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 30 4 11 4 0 1 1 2 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 27 14 1 0 Brouhaha INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Adams 7.0 8 2 2 2 9 105 74 29 1 0 0 1 2 4.00 DeJean H 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 10.38 Fox 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.94 Choate BS 2, L 0-2 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.35 8.0 11 4 4 2 9 121 82 34 1 0 0 1 3 Coneheads INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Garcia 7.2 5 3 3 3 8 105 65 30 2 0 1 0 1 2.01 Foulke W 2-0 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 19 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 3.72 9.0 6 3 3 3 9 124 79 36 2 0 1 0 1 BRK: Young inserted at 1b in the 8th Houston batted for DeJean in the 9th Gipson inserted at 3b in the 9th CAL: Mateo batted for Everett in the 9th Izturis ran for Piazza in the 9th Clayton batted for Valentin in the 9th GWRBI: Clayton Temperature: 72, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 2 MPH.