2001 Playoffs Preview Round 1 Paxtang Pitbulls (106-56, Ruth division pennant winners) vs. Brookfield Brouhaha (89-73, League wildcard) Brookfield's 2001 season was almost summarized by four words: 10 game losing streak. A disasterous series with the Arizona Thunder sent Brookfield spiraling down the standings, seemingly out of playoff contention. Yet, with the month of September still ahead of them, they clawed their way back into contention, and clinched a league wildcard playoff spot in the final days of the season. Shortstop Rich Aurilia had a career year, hitting 35 homers with 117 runs scored and 108 RBI while hitting .346. Catcher Paul Lo Duca hit .346 as well, along with 37 homers and 110 RBI's. Brouhaha mainstay Edgar Martinez hit 30 homers and scored 108 runs. Starter Terry Adams won 14 games with a 3.30 ERA, and Jason Bere was 14-6 with a 3.54 ERA. Closer Randy Choate saved 16 games with a 3.21 ERA. The Pitbulls jumped out in front early in the season and never looked back, capturing their first ever Ruth division pennant. SS Alex Rodriguez was as good as ever, hitting 62 homers with 159 runs scored and 153 RBI. 1B Carlos Delgado hit 50 homers with 145 runs and 145 RBI, just to be symmetric. OF Brian Giles smacked 41 homers with 147 RBI. 3B Jeff Conine revived his career, hitting .335 with 117 runs scored. Mark Mulder had a strong 2nd half to finish at a league best 22-7 record with a 3.36 ERA. Javier Vazquez went 17-9 with a 3.84 ERA. Closer Chad Fox saved a team high 23 games before being traded to ... the Brouhaha. Octavio Dotel was 2nd on the team in saves with 11, but pitched an iron-man-esque 116 innings with a 2.72 ERA. Brookfield actually won the regular season series 6 games to 3, but the Pitbulls have home field advantage. ******************************************************************* GAME ONE -- Brouhaha (Adams) at Pitbulls (Vazquez) -- The Brouhaha trio of Aurilia, Lo Duca and Martinez got to Vazquez early. In the top of the 1st inning, Rich Aurilia doubled and scored on a double by Edgar Martinez. Martinez himself scored on a Lo Duca RBI single. 2-0 Brookfield. In the bottom of the 3rd inning, the bases were loaded with Pitbulls, 1 out, and ARod was at the plate facing Terry Adams. Pop out to the shallow outfield, no runs could score. With 2 outs, Carlos Delgado stepped up to the plate ... and ended the inning with a groundout. 2-0 Brookfield. In the top of the 5th, Rich Aurilia walked and was sacrificed to 2nd base. Edgar Martinez filled the empty space at first with a walk. Paul Lo Duca added to the Brouhaha lead with a single. Matt Williams made it 5-0 with a 2-RBI double. In the bottom of the 5th, the Pitbulls started their comeback. With Marcus Giles on 1st, Brian Giles hit a double, scoring Marcus. ARod cleared the bases with a 2-run homer. 5-3 Pitbulls. Marcus Giles hit a solo homer in the 7th to shorten the lead to 1. The Pitbulls would remain 1 run down going into the bottom of the 9th. Closer Randy Choate was on the mound for Brookfield. Up first was John Vander Wal, who singled. He was replaced by pinch runner Brian Roberts, who made his presence immediately known with a steal at 2nd. 0 outs. Pinch hitter Brent Abernathy hit a double, scoring Roberts and tying up the game at 5-up. Pinch hitter Matt LeCroy singled, moving Abernathy to 3rd. 0 outs. Marcus Giles walked to load the bases, all with 0 outs. Things were looking bleak for the Brouhaha. Enter Chad Fox. Jeff Conine was at the plate ... and struck out. Brian Giles was at the plate ... and struck out. Suddenly, there were 2 outs. The Pitbulls could no longer hit a sacrifice fly to win the game. ARod was at the plate. Fox worked ARod to a 3-2 count, before the final pitch ... ARod didn't swing ... and it was a ball. ARod gets the bases loaded walk, and Abernathy walks into home for the game winner. Paxtang comes back from a 5 run deficit to win it in the bottom of the 9th, 6 to 5. PITBULLS LEAD 1-0. 10/5/2001, BRK01-PAX01, game 1, Enron Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2001 Brouhaha 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 8 0 9 0 2001 Pitbulls 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 6 8 0 7 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 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 2 0 0 Jones,J lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Martinez 1b 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 9 0 0 0 Young 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Lo Duca c 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 9 1 0 0 Williams 3b 5 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 1 2 0 0 Gipson 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Cordova rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 Hidalgo cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 3 0 0 0 Belliard 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 4 0 0 Adams p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Sprague ph 1 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 Fox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 33 5 8 5 3 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 26 9 0 0 Pitbulls AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Giles,M 2b 3 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 3 2 0 0 Conine 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 2 0 0 Giles,B cf 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 0 0 0 Rodriguez,A ss 3 1 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 3 0 0 Delgado 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 Stynes ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Guzman c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 Burks rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Vander Wal lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 6 1 0 0 Roberts,B pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Santiago c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 Nelson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Guardado p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Abernathy ph 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 Vazquez p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Garcia ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Benitez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 LeCroy c 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 0 0 0 33 6 8 6 2 0 2 7 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 27 10 0 0 Brouhaha INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Adams 7.0 5 4 4 5 7 105 60 30 2 0 0 0 0 5.14 Choate BS 1, L 0-1 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 20 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 Fox 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 15 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.2 8 6 6 7 9 140 80 40 2 0 0 0 0 Pitbulls INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Vazquez 5.0 6 5 5 4 2 95 57 25 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 Benitez 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 23 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Nelson 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 26 14 4 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 Guardado W 1-0 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 30 19 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 8 5 5 6 6 174 103 41 0 0 1 0 0 BRK: Sprague batted for Adams in the 8th Young inserted at 1b in the 9th Gipson inserted at 3b in the 9th PAX: Garcia batted for Vazquez in the 5th LeCroy inserted at c in the 7th Stynes batted for Delgado in the 8th Guzman inserted at c in the 9th LeCroy moved to 1b in the 9th Abernathy batted for Guardado in the 9th Roberts,B ran for Vander Wal in the 9th GWRBI: Rodriguez,A Temperature: 91, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 8 MPH. ******************************************************************* GAME TWO -- Brouhaha (Escobar) at Pitbulls (Mulder) -- For the first half of the game, the two starters kept the batters in check .. mostly. Brian Giles hit a solo homer in the 3rd inning for a quick 1-0 Paxtang lead. In the top of the 5th inning, Richard Hidalgo walked and was sacrificed to 2nd by Hairston. Randy Winn got plunked to put runners at 1st & 2nd. The next batter, Rich Aurilia, hit a grounder to the outfield, scoring Hidalgo. Winn goes to 3rd, and Glaus tried to throw him out ... emphasis on tried. Conine can't reach the throw, and Winn scores. 2-1 Brouhaha. Edgar Martinez caps the inning with a 2-run homer, making it 4-1 Brookfield. The score would remain 4-1 going into the bottom of the 9th. Randy Choate was on the mound for Brookfield. Vander Wal walked. On comes Chad Fox. Next batter, Karim Garcia, popped out. 1 out. Paxtang catcher Matt LeCroy hit a double, moving Vander Wal to 3rd. Brent Abernathy, the tying run, was at the plate ... for at least a few pitches. Fox struck him out for out #2. Now it was up to Jeff Conine, the new tying run at the plate. But it was just not Conine's day. Fox strikes him out, ending the game. Brookfield evens up the series by winning game 2 by a score of 4 to 1. SERIES TIED 1-1. 10/6/2001, BRK01-PAX01, game 1, Enron Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2001 Brouhaha 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 5 1 2001 Pitbulls 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 10 0 Brouhaha AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Winn lf 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 Jones,J lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Aurilia ss 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .571 1 1 0 0 Martinez 1b 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 4 0 0 0 Gipson 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Lo Duca c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 12 1 0 0 Williams 3b 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 0 2 0 0 Choate p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Fox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Cordova rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 Hidalgo cf 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 2 0 0 0 Hairston 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 1 3 0 0 Escobar p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Young 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 30 4 5 3 2 0 1 4 8 0 1 0 1 1 0 27 8 0 0 Pitbulls AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Giles,M 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .600 1 1 0 0 Liefer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Abernathy 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 0 0 0 Conine 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0 1 0 0 Giles,B cf 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 2 0 1 0 Rodriguez,A ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 1 3 0 0 Delgado 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 11 0 0 0 Buchanan ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Guzman c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 1 0 0 Burks rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 Sanchez 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Nelson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Vander Wal lf 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 0 0 0 0 Santiago c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 Benitez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Garcia rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Mulder p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0 LeCroy c 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 2 1 0 0 31 1 6 1 2 0 1 6 11 1 1 0 1 0 0 27 9 1 0 Brouhaha INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Escobar W 1-0 7.0 5 1 1 4 8 109 57 29 1 0 1 0 1 1.29 Choate H 1 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 17 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 Fox S 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 13 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 6 1 1 6 11 139 74 38 1 0 1 0 1 Pitbulls INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Mulder L 0-1 4.2 4 4 4 2 3 70 42 21 1 0 1 0 0 7.71 Benitez 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 20 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Sanchez 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 19 15 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Nelson 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 17 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 5 4 4 4 8 126 78 36 1 0 1 0 0 BRK: Young inserted at 1b in the 8th Gipson inserted at 3b in the 8th Jones,J inserted at lf in the 9th PAX: LeCroy inserted at c in the 5th Garcia inserted at rf in the 7th Liefer batted for Giles,M in the 7th Abernathy inserted at 2b in the 8th Buchanan batted for Delgado in the 8th Clark batted for Sanchez in the 8th Guzman inserted at c in the 9th LeCroy moved to 1b in the 9th Temperature: 94, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to left at 12 MPH. ******************************************************************* GAME THREE -- Pitbulls (Kile) at Brouhaha (Bere) -- Darryl Kile and Jason Bere made the hitters look like California, because there was no power to be seen. In the bottom of the 1st, Aurilia slapped a single as did Jacque Jones. Paul Lo Duca singled, and Aurilia tried to score from 2nd. Unfortunately for Rich, the ball reached home before he did and was tagged out. With 2 outs, Bernie Williams popped out in foul territory to keep the game tied at 0. In the bottom of the 4th, Matt Williams doubled (one of only 2 extra base hits in the entire game). Marty Cordova singled, moving Williams to 3rd. Jason Bere drove the 1st run of the game in on an RBI single. 1-0 Brookfield. The Pitbulls had an opportunity to manufacture some runs in the 8th inning. Marcus Giles singled, and Brian Giles walked to bring Chad Fox to the mound for his 3rd straight game. Alex Rodriguez walked, loading the bases with 2 outs. Up came Carlos Delgado, who struck out to end the inning, and made him 0-fer-10 in the post-season. The Pitbulls only had to score 1 run in the top of the 9th inning to continue the game. Choate was on to relieve (do the Brouhaha have any other releivers other than Fox & Choate? Sounds like a CNN political show!) John Vander Wal hit a ground rule double to start the inning. Brian Buchanan struck out. Out #1. Edwards Guzman grounded out for out #2. Now it was all up to 1B Matt LeCroy, who for a part-timer is seeing an awful lot of action this series. But LeCroy couldn't come through for Paxtang, grounding out to end the game. Brookfield wins game 3 by a slim 1-0 margin. BROUHAHA LEAD 2-1. 10/7/2001, PAX01-BRK01, game 1, Network Associates Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2001 Pitbulls 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 9 1 2001 Brouhaha 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 x 1 11 0 7 0 Pitbulls AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Giles,M 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .444 2 3 0 0 Conine 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 0 1 0 0 Giles,B cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 3 0 0 0 Rodriguez,A ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 2 0 0 0 Delgado 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5 1 0 0 Nelson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Vander Wal lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 0 0 0 0 Stynes pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Buchanan rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 1 0 0 Santiago c 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 6 0 0 0 Liefer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Guzman c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 1 0 0 Kile p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 Allen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 LeCroy 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 0 0 0 33 0 6 0 1 0 0 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 8 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 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .545 1 3 0 0 Jones,J lf 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 3 0 0 0 Martinez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .300 4 0 0 0 Young 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Lo Duca c 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 11 0 0 0 Williams 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 0 0 0 0 Choate p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Cordova rf 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 2 0 0 0 Hidalgo cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 3 0 0 0 Belliard 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 1 1 0 0 Bere p 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 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 Gipson 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 32 1 11 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 27 5 0 0 Pitbulls INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Kile L 0-1 7.0 10 1 1 0 7 98 71 29 0 0 0 0 1 1.29 Nelson 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 12 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 11 1 1 0 7 110 79 32 0 0 0 0 1 Brouhaha INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Bere W 1-0 7.2 5 0 0 2 9 102 64 30 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Fox H 1 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Choate S 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 16 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 9.0 6 0 0 3 11 126 77 36 0 0 0 0 0 PAX: Liefer batted for Santiago in the 7th Guzman inserted at c in the 7th Allen batted for Kile in the 8th LeCroy inserted at 1b in the 8th Stynes ran for Vander Wal in the 9th BRK: Gipson inserted at 3b in the 9th Young inserted at 1b in the 9th GWRBI: Bere Temperature: 56, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 6 MPH. ******************************************************************* GAME FOUR -- Pitbulls (Carpenter) at Brouhaha (Ortiz) -- This series has certainly turned into one of pitching, and game four was no different. By the start of the 6th inning, pitchers Chris Carpenter and Russ Ortiz had combined for a 3-hit shutout of both teams. The first real action started in the bottom of the 6th. Brian Giles hit a 1 out double. Alex Rodriguez hit a fly out. With 2 outs, the Brouhaha curiously intentionally walked Carlos Delgado, who had yet to get a hit in the post-season. Up came Ellis Burks. Would the intentional walk pay off? Nope. Burks singled, and Giles made a play for home. The throw went hope, but Burks was able to touch home plate before the tag. 1-0 Pitbulls. The next batter, John Vander Wal, was intentionally walked to load the bases and bring on Benito Santiago, who despite starting each game was being substituted for in each one. Would this intentional walk pay off? Nope, again. Santiago gets the walk off of Ortiz, forcing in Delgado from 3rd and making it 2-0 Pitbulls. In the bottom of the 7th, Brookfield closed the gap to 1 when Hidalgo doubled, and was himself doubled in by Ronnie Belliard. In the top of the 8th inning, Carlos Delgado got his 1st hit of the post-season in style, taking a Mike DeJean fastball into the stands. 3-1 Pitbulls. Octavio Dotel was on the mound for Paxtang in the bottom of the 9th to protect a 2-run lead. Pinch hitter Charles Gipson singled to lead off the inning. Tyler Houston struck out for out #1. Rich Aurilia popped out to Delgado. 2 outs. Up next was Randy Winn, who represented the tying run. Alas, Winn couldn't come through, grounding out to the 2nd baseman to end the game. Paxtang wins game 4 by a score of 3-1, and tie up the series. SERIES TIED 2-2. 10/8/2001, PAX01-BRK01, game 1, Network Associates Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2001 Pitbulls 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 5 1 8 1 2001 Brouhaha 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 0 10 1 Pitbulls AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Giles,M 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357 1 3 0 0 Conine 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 0 1 0 0 Giles,B cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 0 0 0 0 Rodriguez,A ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 1 3 1 0 Delgado 1b 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .083 8 0 0 0 Burks rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0 0 0 0 Vander Wal lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .364 3 0 0 0 Santiago c 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 14 0 0 0 Carpenter p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Guardado p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Dotel p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 31 3 5 3 1 0 1 7 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 27 8 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 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .467 1 2 0 0 Jones,J lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 2 0 0 0 Young ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Winn rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Martinez 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .231 7 1 0 0 Lo Duca c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 5 0 0 0 Sprague 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 DeJean p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Brown,K ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 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 Cordova rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 2 0 0 0 Hidalgo cf 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 7 0 0 0 Belliard 2b 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 1 2 0 0 Gipson ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 Ortiz p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Houston 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 35 1 8 1 4 0 0 2 14 0 0 1 1 0 0 27 6 0 0 Pitbulls INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Carpenter W 1-0 6.1 5 1 1 1 11 94 59 26 0 0 1 0 1 1.42 Guardado H 1 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 10 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 Dotel S 1 2.0 3 0 0 0 3 31 19 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 8 1 1 2 14 135 82 38 0 1 1 0 1 Brouhaha INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Ortiz L 0-1 6.0 3 2 2 6 4 124 64 27 0 2 0 0 0 3.00 DeJean 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 26 15 7 1 0 0 0 1 4.50 Hernandez 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 5 3 3 7 5 156 84 38 1 2 0 0 1 BRK: Houston inserted at 3b in the 7th Young batted for Jones,J in the 7th Winn inserted at rf in the 8th Cordova moved to lf in the 8th Brown,K batted for DeJean in the 8th Gipson batted for Belliard in the 9th GWRBI: Burks Temperature: 68, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 15 MPH. ******************************************************************* GAME FIVE -- Paxtang (Vazquez) at Brouhaha (Adams). Game one was a nail- biter that wasn't decided until the final innings, and the 2nd matchup would be no different. In the top of the 1st, Jeff Conine hit a 1 out triple, and scored on a groundout by Brian Giles. 1-0 Paxtang. In the bottom of the 1st, Rich Aurilia singled, Edgar Martinez walked, and Paul Lo Duca tied the game up at 1 with an RBI single. In the top of the 2nd inning, Ellis Burks walked to bring on John Vander Wal. Vander Wal was Paxtang's hottest hitter in the post-season, and his at bat showed why ... Vander Wal takes Adams deep with a 2 run dinger. 3-1 Pitbulls. In the bottom of the 4th inning, Paul Lo Duca singled and scored on an RBI single by Cordova. 3-2. Richard Hidalgo doubled in Cordova to tie the game up at 3. Ronnie Belliard was issued a 2 out walk to bring Brouhaha pitcher Terry Adams to the plate. Bad move. Adams hit a double, driving in 2 runs and giving Brookfield the 5-3 lead. John Vander Wal started the top of the 7th inning with a single, and Benito Santiago walked off of reliever Mike DeJean. The next batter, pinch hitter, Jeff Liefer, took DeJean deep for a 3-run homer, giving Paxtang the lead again and making the score 6 to 5. Marcus Giles doubled, while finally knocked DeJean out of the game. Jeff Conine walked with 0 outs. With 1 out, Alex Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly, giving Paxtang a 2-run lead. Richard Hidalgo reduced the lead to 1 in the bottom of the inning with an RBI single. Brookfield would go into the bottom of the 9th inning down by 2 runs. Brian Giles had taken Roberto Hernandez deep with a solo tater in the top of the 9th. Octavo Dotel was pitching for Paxtang. First batter up, Jacque Jones, singled. A passed ball moved Jones to second. The extra base maneuvering wouldn't matter, as Edgar Martinez brought everyone home with a 2-run homer, tying the game up at 8. Dotel was done, and Eddie Guardado was brought on board. Paul Lo Duca grounded out for the first out of the inning. Next batter, Tyler Houston, struck out. Marty Cordova walked. Richard Hidalgo singled, moving Cordova to 3rd. With 2 outs and runners at 1st and 3rd, pinch hitter Charles Gipson lined it to Conine, who caught it it end the inning with a tie ballgame. In the bottom of the 10th inning, Guardado remained in the game. Ed Sprague hit a fly out. Rich Aurilia doubled with 1 out. Pinch hitter Kevin Young doubled, scoring Aurilia and ending the ballgame. Brookfield wins game 5 by a score of 9-8 in extra innings, and are 1 win away from advancing to the RY conference finals. BROUHAHA LEAD 3-2. 10/10/2001, PAX01-BRK01, game 1, Network Associates Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 2001 Pitbulls 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 8 11 0 6 0 2001 Brouhaha 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 1 9 15 0 9 2 Pitbulls AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Giles,M 2b 5 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .368 1 3 0 0 Conine 3b 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 3 1 0 0 Giles,B cf 5 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 4 1 0 0 Rodriguez,A ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278 3 2 0 0 Guardado p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Delgado 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067 4 0 0 0 Nelson p 0 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 Roberts,B ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Burks rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 2 0 0 0 Vander Wal lf 5 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .438 0 1 0 0 Santiago c 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 8 0 0 1 Allen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Guzman c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Vazquez p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Benitez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Liefer ph 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 LeCroy 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 3 0 0 0 38 8 11 8 1 1 3 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 28 9 0 1 Brouhaha AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Aurilia ss 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 0 7 0 0 Jones,J lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 0 0 0 Young ph 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Martinez 1b 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 16 0 0 0 Lo Duca c 5 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 6 0 0 1 Williams 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 3 0 0 Houston ph 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 2 0 0 Cordova rf 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 1 0 0 0 Hidalgo cf 5 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .353 1 0 0 0 Belliard 2b 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .273 3 5 0 0 Winn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Gipson 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 1 0 0 Adams p 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 DeJean 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 Hillenbrand 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 Sprague ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 41 9 15 9 6 0 1 6 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 30 18 0 1 Pitbulls INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Vazquez 4.1 7 5 5 4 2 80 46 23 0 1 0 0 0 9.64 Benitez 1.2 1 0 0 0 4 22 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Nelson H 1 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 25 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 2.25 Dotel BS 1 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 17 12 5 1 0 0 0 0 6.00 Guardado L 1-1 1.1 3 1 1 1 1 24 14 8 0 0 0 0 0 2.25 9.1 15 9 9 6 8 168 102 47 1 1 0 0 0 Brouhaha INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Adams 6.0 5 4 4 3 3 104 65 25 1 0 0 0 1 5.54 DeJean BS 1 0.0 2 3 3 1 0 12 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 18.00 Fox 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 25 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Hernandez W 1-0 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 34 20 8 1 0 0 0 1 3.00 10.0 11 8 8 5 6 175 107 44 3 0 0 0 2 PAX: Liefer batted for Benitez in the 7th LeCroy inserted at 1b in the 7th Roberts,B inserted at ss in the 9th Allen batted for Santiago in the 10th Guzman inserted at c in the 10th BRK: Houston batted for Williams in the 7th Houston moved to 3b in the 8th Winn batted for Belliard in the 8th Hillenbrand batted for Fox in the 8th Gipson inserted at 2b in the 9th Sprague batted for Hernandez in the 10th Young batted for Jones,J in the 10th GWRBI: Young Temperature: 63, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 24 MPH. ******************************************************************* GAME SIX -- Brouhaha (Escobar) at Pitbulls (Mulder) -- Paxtang won the most games of any team in the CFOD in 2001, but they would have to win at least one more to keep their season alive. In the bottom of the 1st inning, Marcus Giles hit a 0 out double and moved to 3rd on a Brian Giles deep flyout. Alex Rodriguez brought him home with a 2-run shot. 2-0 Paxtang. In the top of the 2nd inning, Hairston hit a 2 out single, and Tyler Houston brought Hairston and Houston (say that 6 times fast) around the bases with a homer. Tie ballgame at 2. In the 3rd inning, Randy Winn doubled and scored on a Paul Lo Duca double. Marty Cordova cleared the bases with a homer, giving Brookfield the 5-2 lead. Paxtang whittled away at the lead in the bottom of the inning on a Brian Buchanan sacrifice fly. Aurilia, Edgar Martinez and Lo Duca drove in runs in the 5th and 7th to give Brookfield a commanding 8-3 lead after 6 1/2 innings. All they would have to do now is run a prevent defense and a berth in the RY conference finals would be theirs. In the bottom of the 7th inning, with ARod at 1st, John Vander Wal hit a "deep" single. Rodriguez motored around third to go home. The throw went home, but Lo Duca dropped the ball, allowing Rodriguez to score. 8-4 Brookfield. The bottom of the 8th inning saw Randy Choate on the mound for the Brouhaha. Jeff Conine doubled, Brian Giles walked, and ARod walked to load the bases with 2 outs. Up came pinch hitter Brent Abernathy. Abernathy got a key walk, forcing in a run and making the score 8 to 5. John Vander Wal had a hot bat this series, but didn't have it in the bottom of the 8th inning, grounding out to end the 8th with the bases loaded. Paxtang's entire season was reduced to 3 outs in the bottom of the 9th if they could not produce at least 3 runs. Chad Fox, who had yet to allow a run in the post-season, was closing for Brookfield. The first batter up, Buchanan, singled. Pinch hitter Brady Clark hit a fly out. 1 out. Pinch hitter Matt LeCroy doubled, moving Buchanan to 3rd. Marcus Giles, the tying run, was at the plate .. and singled. Buchanan scored, 8-6 Brookfield. Brian Roberts replaces Giles at 1st as a pinch runner, and right away makes an impact, stealing 2nd. 1 out. Jeff Conine walked to load the bases. Up now was Brian Giles. Would Giles come through for Paxtang with 2 outs remaining in their season? YES. Giles hit a strong double, scoring an easy 2 runs...Conine moves around 3rd and is also able to score standing up. 3-RBI double, and Paxtang wins game six in their last at bat, 9-8. There will be a deciding game 7 for all of the round 1 marbles. SERIES TIED 3-3. 10/11/2001, BRK01-PAX01, game 1, Enron Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2001 Brouhaha 0 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 8 11 1 4 1 2001 Pitbulls 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 9 13 0 14 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 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 4 0 0 0 Young 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Aurilia ss 5 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .423 0 1 0 0 Martinez 1b 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 7 2 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 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .304 6 0 1 0 Cordova rf 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .238 0 0 0 0 Hidalgo cf 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 3 1 0 0 Hairston 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 1 2 0 0 Venafro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 DeJean p 1 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 1 0 0 Jones,J lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Houston 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 2 0 0 Gipson 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Escobar p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 Maduro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Belliard 2b 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 1 1 0 0 36 8 11 8 5 0 3 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 25 11 1 0 Pitbulls AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Giles,M 2b 6 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .360 1 2 0 0 Roberts,B pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Conine 3b 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130 2 3 0 0 Giles,B cf 3 0 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 1 0 0 0 Rodriguez,A ss 4 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318 1 4 0 0 Delgado 1b 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 8 0 0 0 Abernathy ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Nelson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Vander Wal lf 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .476 1 0 0 0 Buchanan rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 5 0 0 0 Santiago c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 7 0 0 0 Clark ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Mulder p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Benitez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Allen ph 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Sanchez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Liefer ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Stynes ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 LeCroy 1b 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 0 0 0 36 9 13 8 7 0 1 11 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 27 9 0 0 Brouhaha INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Escobar 3.1 5 3 3 6 3 81 42 21 1 0 0 0 0 3.48 Maduro 2.1 1 0 0 1 2 32 19 8 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Venafro H 1 0.2 2 1 0 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 DeJean 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 Choate 1.0 1 1 1 3 1 38 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 6.75 Fox BS 1, L 0-1 0.1 4 4 4 1 0 18 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 8.31 8.1 13 9 8 11 6 186 103 48 1 0 0 0 1 Pitbulls INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Mulder 4.1 7 6 6 0 1 70 40 20 3 0 0 0 0 10.00 Benitez 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 22 13 6 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 Sanchez 2.0 4 2 2 0 2 32 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 Nelson W 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 11 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 1.80 9.0 11 8 8 1 6 135 83 39 3 0 1 0 1 BRK: Belliard inserted at 2b in the 6th Gipson inserted at 3b in the 8th Jones,J inserted at lf in the 9th Young inserted at 1b in the 9th PAX: Allen batted for Benitez in the 6th Liefer batted for Sanchez in the 8th Stynes batted for Liefer in the 8th Abernathy batted for Delgado in the 8th LeCroy inserted at 1b in the 9th Clark batted for Santiago in the 9th Roberts,B ran for Giles,M in the 9th GWRBI: Giles,B Temperature: 79, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 9 MPH. ******************************************************************* GAME SEVEN -- Brouhaha (Bere) at Pitbulls (Kile) -- This one was for all the round 1 marbles. Veteran Greg Vaughn got his 1st start in the outfield for the Brouhaha. In the top of the 2nd inning, Vaughn put the Brouhaha ahead with a solo home run. In the top of the 4th, Greg Vaughn walked, Hidalgo singled, and Vaughn scored on a single by Jason Bere. Rich Aurilia hit a 2 RBI double to make it 4-0 Brookfield. In the bottom of the 5th inning, Vaughn dropped a potential fly out from Jeff Conine, allowing Conine to reach 2nd on error. Brian Giles drove Conine in with a double. 4-1 Brookfield. In the top of the 8th inning, Bernie Williams doubled and scored on a single by Greg Vaughn. 5-1 Brookfield. Max Venafro was pitching for the Brouhaha in the bottom of the 9th inning. Paxtang was in a familiar position of being down multiple runs with only a few outs remaining. First batter up, John Vander Wal, got a base hit. Pinch hitter Chris Stynes flied out for out #1. Next batter, Brent Abernathy, struck out. 2 outs. It was now up to Marcus Giles to extend the season for Paxtang. But there would be only so much magic to give out for the Pitbulls, and it ran out in game 6. Giles grounded out to end the game. Brookfield wins game 7 by a score of 5 to 1, and advance to the RY conference finals. BROUHAHA WINS 4-3. 10/12/2001, BR K01-PAX01, game 1, Enron Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2001 Brouhaha 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 10 2 5 0 2001 Pitbulls 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 9 1 Brouhaha AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Aurilia ss 5 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .387 2 3 0 0 Jones,J lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .316 2 0 0 0 Martinez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 2 1 0 0 Young 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Lo Duca c 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 9 1 0 0 Williams 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 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 Vaughn rf 3 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 1 0 1 0 Winn rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 Hidalgo cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .360 5 0 0 0 Belliard 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 4 1 1 0 Bere p 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Cordova rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 1 0 0 0 35 5 10 5 3 0 1 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 27 7 2 0 Pitbulls AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Giles,M 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 2 1 0 0 Conine 3b 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0 1 0 0 Giles,B cf 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 7 0 0 0 Rodriguez,A ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 1 2 0 0 Delgado 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 5 0 0 0 Burks rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 3 0 0 0 Vander Wal lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .440 2 0 0 0 Santiago c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 5 0 0 0 Liefer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0 0 Guzman c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 1 0 0 Stynes ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Kile p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Allen ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Sanchez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0 Roberts,B ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Nelson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Abernathy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 33 1 5 1 1 0 0 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 27 7 0 0 Brouhaha INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Bere W 2-0 7.2 4 1 0 3 7 107 64 31 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Venafro 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 22 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 5 1 0 4 8 129 76 37 0 0 0 0 0 Pitbulls INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Kile L 0-2 5.0 8 4 4 2 3 86 52 24 1 0 0 0 1 3.75 Sanchez 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 26 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 Nelson 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 28 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 2.57 9.0 10 5 5 2 7 140 88 37 1 0 0 0 1 BRK: Gipson inserted at 3b in the 8th Winn inserted at rf in the 8th Cordova inserted at rf in the 8th Young inserted at 1b in the 9th PAX: Allen batted for Kile in the 5th Liefer batted for Santiago in the 7th Roberts,B batted for Sanchez in the 7th Guzman inserted at c in the 8th Stynes batted for Guzman in the 9th Abernathy batted for Nelson in the 9th GWRBI: Vaughn Temperature: 86, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to left at 11 MPH.