2002 PLAYOFFS PREVIEW CFOD WORLD SERIES Seattle Moshers (Young division pennant winner, 97-65) 4-3 over Pitbulls in rd 1, 4-3 over Coneheads RY Conf Finals) vs. Cincinnati Rock (Koufax division pennant winner, 96-66) 4-1 over Shriners in rd 1, 4-3 over Angry Candy in MK conf finals) This year's season has narrowed down to the final series. Two teams, pennant winners in their conference, who have hitting lineups that work the basepaths rather than bash the ball, and have pitchers to be feared (in Cinncinnati's case, the starters, in Seattle's case, the relievers). At this moment 2002 will go down as the best season in Seattle Mosher history. Winning their first pennant in 8 years, and making the playoffs for the first time in 7, the Young division pennant winner survived two tough series against 2 Ruth division powerhouses. Magglio Ordonez has been the best hitter of any slugger in the post-season, leading in average (.414), doubles (10), RBI (18) and 2nd in homeruns (3). Leadoff outfielder Mark Kotsay is hitting .281 with 10 runs scored, while 2B Ray Durham has a .487 on base average with 5 runs scored and 6 RBI in 11 games. Greg Maddux has held his own in the ace position, going 2-0 in 4 starts with a 3.16 ERA. 3rd starter CC Sabathia is pitching the best he's ever pitched, starting 4 games, with a 3.51 ERA and a 3-1 record (2 of those wins from game 7's). Close Keith Foulke is even more dominant in the post-season than he was in the regular season, sporting a 1.35 ERA, 4 saves and 1 win in 5 appearances. Cincinnati returns to the world series for the 3rd time in 4 years. Their retooling in the off-season can be considered a success, resulting in another pennant, but more importantly, two playoff series victories, one over the Shriners and another a 7 game battle against the Angry Candy, last year's world series representative for the MK conference and team with the best record in the MK conference this year. Cincinnati's 2.69 team ERA is best in the post-season. Roy Oswalt has a 1.54 ERA in 3 starts and a 3-0 record. Curt Schilling struggled in the series against the Candy, but was dominant in the Shriner series, evening out to 4 starts with a 2.16 ERA and 25 total innings pitched. Al Leiter and Bartolo Colon have a combined 3-1 record with a 3.00 ERA and 36 innings pitched in 5 starts. The big bat for the Rock this post-season has been catcher Jorge Posada, who is 2nd among post-season batters in RBI with 13. 3B Joe Randa is hitting .340 with 9 runs scored and 9 RBI, while 2B Junior Spivey is hitting .333 with 13 runs scored. Jeremy Giambi has been displaying the Giambi family power, with a .480 slugging average, 8 runs scored and 7 RBI. In regular season play, Cincinnati won the series 3 games to 1. But because Seattle won 1 more game in the regular season, they have home field advantage. Expect a close series. ******************************************************************* GAME ONE -- Rock (Schilling) at Moshers (Maddux). It was a battle between two of the best pitchers in CFOD history, and both Maddux and Schilling lived up to their reputation. In the top of the 3rd, Ken Griffey Jr singled, the first hit of the game. Schilling bunted him over to 2nd and Griffey scored on a single by Eli Marrero. 1-0 Rock. In the 6th, Mark Kotsay tied it up with a solo shot off Schilling. 1-1. In the top of the 8th, Randall Simon hit a grounder to Ray Durham, who biffed the throw to first, sending Simon to 2nd on an error. Jorge Posada walked. Sean Burroughs hit into a potential DP, but got to first in time. Simon to 3rd. With 2 outs, Ken Griffey Jr smacked a base hit, scoring Simon and giving Cincinnati the 2-1 lead. Trevor Hoffman was pitching for the Rock in the bottom of the 9th with the Rock still leading 2-1. Ray Durham was issued a 0 out walk, bringing the potential game winning run at the plate, Corey Koskie. Or not. Koskie struck out for out #1. Todd Greene struck out for out #2. It was up to pinch hitter John Valentin to do something, but Valentin wouldn't be the hero today. Valentin grounded out to end the game. Cincinnati wins a pitcher's duel, 2-1, and takes game one of the world series. ROCK LEADS 1-0. 10/24/2002, CIN02-SEA02, Turner Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2002 Rock 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 0 11 0 2002 Moshers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 1 8 0 Rock AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Marrero cf 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 2 0 0 0 Spivey 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320 3 1 0 0 Giambi rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179 3 0 0 0 Randa 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .314 1 2 0 0 Simon 1b 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171 6 0 0 0 Mientkiewicz 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 1 0 0 0 Posada c 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357 10 1 0 0 Eckstein ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196 1 1 0 0 Burroughs ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .625 0 0 0 0 Martinez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 0 1 0 0 Griffey lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Schilling p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .091 0 0 0 0 Crawford ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0 0 Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 Hoffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 34 2 7 2 0 0 0 4 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 27 6 0 0 Moshers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Kotsay cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279 1 0 0 0 Renteria ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 1 1 0 0 Ordonez lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .419 4 0 0 0 Salmon rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236 1 0 0 0 Ortiz 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 8 0 0 0 Graves p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Durham 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 2 4 1 0 Koskie 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 0 2 0 0 Hall c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 8 0 0 0 Greene ph 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 1 0 0 0 Maddux p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 0 1 0 0 Williams,M p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Valentin 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 32 1 5 1 0 0 1 3 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 8 1 0 Rock INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Schilling W 2-2 7.0 5 1 1 1 8 97 67 28 1 0 1 1 0 1.97 Rodriguez H 2 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 11 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 Hoffman S 1 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 24 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 4.91 9.0 5 1 1 3 10 132 83 36 1 0 1 1 0 Moshers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Maddux 5.1 5 1 1 2 4 102 63 24 0 0 1 0 0 2.90 Williams,M L 0-1 2.2 2 1 0 1 3 44 27 12 0 0 0 0 0 1.93 Graves 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 13 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.82 9.0 7 2 1 4 8 159 95 40 0 0 1 0 0 CIN: Burroughs batted for Eckstein in the 8th Crawford batted for Schilling in the 8th Martinez inserted at ss in the 8th Mientkiewicz inserted at 1b in the 9th SEA: Greene batted for Hall in the 7th Greene moved to c in the 8th Valentin inserted at 1b in the 9th GWRBI: Griffey Temperature: 68, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 20 MPH. ******************************************************************* GAME TWO -- Rock (Oswalt) at Moshers (Washburn). With the vets featured in game one, it was time for the young guns (Oswalt and Washburn) to take the stage. In the top of the 1st, David Eckstein hit a leadoff double, moved to 3rd on a flyout by Joe Randa, and scored on Junior Spivey's sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the inning, Mark Kotsay and Edgar Renteria singled. Magglio Ordonez hit into a double play, but Kotsay scored from 3rd. 1-1 ballgame. Cincinnati and Seattle traded another run in the next 3 innings to make it 2-2 after 4. Washburn loaded the bases in the 5th with 0 outs. Aaron Rowand hit a shallow popout, not deep enough to score a runner. Washburn threw a wild pitch, scoring the first run of the inning. 3-2 Rock. Wilkerson was walked. Doug Mientkiewicz doubled, scoring 2 runs. 5-2 Rock, and Washburn was chased from the game. The Rock added another run in the inning to give them the 6-2 lead. David Ortiz has struggled in the post-season, but with 2 men on in the 6th, he got his biggest hit of the series. Home run off Roy Oswalt, 3 runs scored, and Cincinnati's lead was down to 1. Oswalt was done for the day. In the top of the 8th, with runners at 1st & 3rd, Jorge Posada grounded out, a perfect opportunity for Eckstein to score from 3rd. Score he did. 7-5 Rock. The Rock loaded the bases with Seattle hitters in the bottom of the 8th with 0 outs. With Hasegawa on the mound, Mark Kotsay hit a slow roller down the foul line. The Rock let it roll ... fair. Runner scored, 7-6 Cincinnati. Next up was Edgar Renteria. Bunt? Infield single? Nope. Renteria went yard. Grand slam home run, and the Moshers took the 10-7 lead. Steve Karsay replaced Hasegawa on the mound, but was no more effective. Magglio Ordonez took him deep for a back to back home run. 11-7 Seattle. Scott Stewart was the reliever for Seattle in the top of the 9th, enjoying a 4 run lead. Eli Marrero grounded out for out #1. Mientkiewicz singled, chasing Stewart from the game and bringing in closer Keith Foulke. Ramon Martinez singled, moving Mientkiewicz (type that 10 times fast!) to 3rd. The hits kept on coming, as Josh Bard singled Mientkiewicz in. 3 run lead, and the tying run was at the plate. Or was. Eckstein flied out to Gabe Kapler. 2 away, and it was now down to Joe Randa to do something. Other than grounding out, which is what happened for the final out of the game. The hitters for both teams came out in force for game #2, but Seattle's sluggers were more productive, winning game two 11 to 8. The series is tied going back to Cincinnati for a 3-game stand. SERIES TIED 1-1. 10/25/2002, CIN02-SEA02, Turner Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2002 Rock 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 8 14 2 12 1 2002 Moshers 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 6 x 11 14 0 9 1 Rock AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Eckstein ss 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 1 2 1 0 Randa 3b 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .321 0 3 0 0 Spivey 2b 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .340 3 2 0 0 Posada c 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .362 7 0 1 0 Hasegawa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Karsay p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Rowand cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .217 4 0 0 0 Wilkerson rf 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 0 0 0 0 Marrero ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 0 0 0 0 Mientkiewicz 1b 4 2 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .350 7 1 0 0 Martinez lf 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 1 0 0 0 Oswalt p 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 1 0 0 0 Rodriguez p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Ryan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Bard c 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 38 8 14 7 4 0 0 4 5 0 0 1 3 1 1 24 8 2 0 Moshers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Kotsay cf 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 4 0 0 0 Renteria ss 5 1 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 0 4 0 0 Ordonez lf 4 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .439 2 0 0 0 Salmon rf 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 3 0 0 0 Lee 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 2 0 0 0 Ortiz 1b 5 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .175 7 1 0 0 Bloomquist 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 0 1 0 0 Durham 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 3 3 0 0 Kapler rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 0 0 0 Koskie 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 0 1 0 0 Hall c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .317 2 0 0 0 Acevedo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Williams,M p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 LeCroy ph 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Stewart p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Washburn p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 0 0 0 0 Greene c 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 3 0 0 0 37 11 14 10 1 0 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 27 10 0 0 Rock INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Oswalt 5.0 5 5 5 4 2 83 50 23 1 0 0 0 1 2.86 Rodriguez H 3 1.2 3 0 0 0 2 40 27 9 0 0 0 0 0 3.72 Ryan H 1 0.1 0 2 2 2 1 14 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 8.31 Hasegawa BS 1, L 0-1 0.0 3 3 3 0 0 9 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 12.00 Karsay 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 20 12 6 1 0 0 0 0 2.57 8.0 14 11 11 6 5 166 98 44 3 0 0 0 1 Moshers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Washburn 4.1 8 6 6 2 2 87 52 25 0 1 2 1 0 8.74 Acevedo 2.1 1 0 0 1 2 39 22 9 0 0 1 0 1 10.13 Williams,M W 1-1 1.1 2 1 1 1 1 19 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 2.53 Stewart 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 11 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.12 Foulke 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 11 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.23 9.0 14 8 8 4 5 167 103 47 0 1 3 1 1 CIN: Bard inserted at c in the 8th Marrero batted for Wilkerson in the 9th SEA: Greene inserted at c in the 5th LeCroy batted for Williams,M in the 8th Lee inserted at 1b in the 9th Bloomquist inserted at 2b in the 9th Kapler inserted at rf in the 9th GWRBI: Renteria Temperature: 69, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: right to left at 8 MPH. ******************************************************************* GAME THREE -- Moshers (Sabathia) at Rock (Colon). Two good games in a row, would the Moshers and Rock make it three? The Moshers scored first, when an Edgar Renteria sacrifice fly scored Toby Hall from 3rd. In the bottom of the 3rd, with the bases loaded, Jorge Posada singled, scoring 2 runners and giving the Rock a 2-1 lead. Tim Salmon tied things up at 2 with a solo dinger in the 4th. 2-2 after 4 1/2. In the bottom of the 4th, Wilkerson hit a triple, and was driven in by Mientkiewicz's single. Cincinnati takes the lead, 3-2. In the 5th, Junior Spivey walked, and Aaron Roward drove them both in with a 2-run blast off CC Sabathia. 5-2 Rock. Sabathia lasted just 5 innings. Seattle scored twice in the 7th inning on a 2-RBI triple by Edgar Renteria to narrow the lead to 1. The Rock simply extended it by 2 runs in the bottom of the inning on a double by Sean Burroughs and a single by Mientkiewicz. 7-4 Cincinnati after 7. Steve Karsay started the 9th inning for the Rock, enjoying a 3-run lead. Toby Hall doubled with 0 outs. Exit Karsay, enter closer Trevor Hoffman. Todd Greene struck out. Out #1. Mark Kotsay walked and Edgar Renteria singled to load the bases. Representing the go-ahead run, defensive replacement Gabe Kapler, popped out. No runs scored. With 2 outs, it was up to Tim Salmon to give Seattle the lead, but it was not to be. Salmon struck out, ending the game with the bases loaded. Cincinnati wins game three by a score of 7-4. ROCK LEADS 2-1. 10/26/2002, SEA02-CIN02, Comiskey Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2002 Moshers 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 8 0 9 1 2002 Rock 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 x 7 10 0 8 0 Moshers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Kotsay cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284 3 0 0 0 Renteria ss 4 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .271 0 3 0 0 Ordonez lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .420 1 0 0 0 Graves p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Kapler ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 0 0 0 0 Salmon rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 2 1 0 0 Ortiz 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .186 2 0 0 0 Acevedo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Bloomquist lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Durham 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 4 3 0 0 Koskie 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 1 1 0 0 Hall c 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 7 0 0 0 Sabathia p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 1 0 0 Greene 1b 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 4 0 0 0 34 4 8 4 3 1 1 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 10 0 0 Rock AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Eckstein ss 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 2 2 0 0 Randa 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .311 1 1 0 0 Spivey 2b 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .339 2 1 0 0 Posada c 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .353 7 0 0 0 Rowand cf 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 4 0 0 0 Burroughs ph 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 0 0 0 0 Marrero cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 0 0 0 0 Wilkerson rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 1 0 0 0 Mientkiewicz 1b 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .417 8 0 0 0 Martinez lf 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 2 0 0 0 Colon p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Hasegawa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Crawford ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 0 0 0 0 Karsay p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Hoffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 30 7 10 7 2 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 27 6 0 0 Moshers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Sabathia L 3-2 5.0 5 5 5 5 6 111 62 24 1 0 0 0 0 4.40 Acevedo 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 20 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 9.26 Graves 2.0 4 2 2 0 0 26 19 10 0 0 0 1 0 5.56 8.0 10 7 7 6 6 157 92 39 1 0 0 1 0 Rock INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Colon W 3-1 6.2 6 4 4 3 5 104 64 29 1 0 0 1 0 3.52 Hasegawa H 1 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 21 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 8.31 Karsay 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.57 Hoffman S 2 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 19 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 3.86 9.0 8 4 4 5 7 150 90 40 1 0 0 1 0 SEA: Greene inserted at 1b in the 6th Bloomquist inserted at lf in the 7th Kapler batted for Graves in the 9th CIN: Burroughs batted for Rowand in the 7th Marrero inserted at cf in the 8th Crawford batted for Hasegawa in the 8th GWRBI: Mientkiewicz Temperature: 49, Sky: clear, Wind: in from left at 3 MPH. ******************************************************************* GAME FOUR -- Moshers (Byrd) at Rock (Leiter). Both 4th starters had their stuff early on, but Seattle's Paul Byrd lost it in the 5th. Joe Randa took Byrd deep, solo home run to give the Rock a 1-0 lead. Eckstein and Leiter singled, and Eli Marrero bashed a 3-run homer. Byrd was done for the day. Jeremy Giambi singled, and Randall Simon doubled him in. 5-0 Rock. Seattle could only get within 3 runs for the rest of the game. Cincinnati wins game 4 by a score of 8-3, and are a win away from clinching the CFOD world championship. ROCK LEADS 3-1. 10/27/2002, SEA02-CIN02, Comiskey Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2002 Moshers 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 8 2 8 1 2002 Rock 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 x 8 11 0 7 2 Moshers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Kotsay cf 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306 4 0 0 0 Lee 1b 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .350 6 0 0 0 Ordonez lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .397 2 0 0 0 Salmon rf 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 2 1 0 0 Miller c 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 5 0 0 0 Young 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 1 2 0 0 Durham ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 1 0 0 0 Renteria ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .264 1 4 1 0 Shuey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 Koskie 3b 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 2 1 0 0 Byrd p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 0 0 0 0 Graves p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Greene ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 0 0 0 0 Witasick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Valentin ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 32 3 8 3 2 0 1 5 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 9 2 0 Rock AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Marrero cf 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279 3 0 0 0 Spivey 2b 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .311 4 2 0 0 Giambi rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 0 0 0 0 Hasegawa p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Simon 1b 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .211 3 0 0 0 Mientkiewicz 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .417 2 0 0 0 Griffey lf 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 1 0 0 0 Posada c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .327 11 0 0 0 Randa 3b 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .328 0 0 0 0 Eckstein ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .197 1 1 0 0 Ryan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Rowand rf 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 1 0 0 0 Leiter p 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0 0 0 Martinez ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 1 2 0 0 34 8 11 8 3 0 2 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 6 0 0 Moshers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Byrd L 0-3 4.1 5 4 4 1 2 55 38 19 2 0 1 0 1 6.23 Graves 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 11 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 Witasick 2.1 3 3 3 3 3 52 29 12 0 0 0 0 0 6.23 Shuey 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.38 8.0 11 8 8 4 5 128 83 39 2 0 1 0 1 Rock INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Leiter W 2-0 6.0 5 2 2 4 9 108 66 27 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 Ryan H 2 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 15 9 4 1 0 0 0 1 8.44 Hasegawa S 1 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 24 16 7 0 0 0 0 1 5.68 9.0 8 3 3 5 11 147 91 38 1 0 0 0 2 SEA: Greene batted for Graves in the 6th Durham batted for Young in the 8th Durham moved to 2b in the 8th Valentin inserted at ss in the 8th CIN: Martinez inserted at ss in the 7th Mientkiewicz inserted at 1b in the 8th Rowand inserted at rf in the 8th GWRBI: Randa Temperature: 62, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: in from left at 22 MPH. ******************************************************************* GAME FIVE -- Moshers (Maddux) at Rock (Schilling). Cincinnati was one game away from winning it all, but to do it they'd have to go through the greatest pitcher in Seattle Mosher history: Greg Maddux. Eli Marrero would have none of this Maddux mystique, bashing a leadoff homer in the 1st inning for a quick 1-0 Cincinnati lead. In the top of the 5th inning, Toby Hall hit a 0 out double, moved to 3rd on a Maddux groundout, and scored on Mark Kotsay's sacrifice fly. 1-1. In the bottom of the inning, Marrero singled and was singled in by Giambi. 2-1 Rock. Super-defensive replacement Willie Bloomquist was the leadoff batter in the 7th, and scored a single off reliever Felix Rodriguez. By the 7th both Maddux and Schilling had finished their starts. Mark Kotsay hit a ground rule double, halting Bloomquist at 3rd. With 2 outs, Edgar Renteria hit a clutch single, scoring 2 runners and giving Seattle the 3-2 lead. A David Ortiz double scored Renteria, making it 4-2. In the top of the 8th, Corey Koskie walked and eventually scored on another single by Bloomquist. 3 run lead by the Moshers. In the bottom of the 8th, with 2 outs and runner on board, Carl Crawford scored a base hit, driving in the run and narrowing Seattle's lead to 2. With the game going to the bottom of the 9th, Cincinnati had 3 outs to win the CFOD championship, and needed 3 runs to win, and 2 runs to tie. But they'd have to do it against Keith Foulke. First batter up, the hot Eli Marrero, lined out to Magglio Ordonez. Junior Spivey flied out to Kotsay. 2 away. Jeremy Giambi got the walk, putting the tying run at the plate, pinch hitter Doug Mientkiewicz. Mientkiewicz hit a grounder to first baseman Travis Lee, who tagged him out before he reached first. Seattle wins game 5 by a score of 5-3, and shifts the series back to Seattle for the conclusion of the series. ROCK LEADS 3-2. 10/29/2002, SEA02-CIN02, game 1, Comiskey Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2002 Moshers 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 5 12 0 9 1 2002 Rock 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 11 0 10 0 Moshers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Kotsay cf 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .303 2 1 0 0 Renteria ss 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 1 5 0 0 Ordonez lf 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .410 1 0 0 0 Salmon rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 2 0 0 0 Lee 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .350 1 0 0 0 Ortiz 1b 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 11 1 0 0 Kapler rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 0 0 0 0 Durham 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 2 3 0 0 Graves p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Stewart p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Koskie 3b 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 1 2 0 0 Hall c 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .347 4 0 0 0 Maddux p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .077 1 0 0 0 Bloomquist 2b 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .625 1 2 0 0 35 5 12 5 3 0 0 4 10 0 1 0 0 1 1 27 14 0 0 Rock AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Marrero cf 5 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 2 0 0 0 Spivey 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .308 2 2 0 0 Giambi rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 0 1 0 0 Jenkins lf 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 3 0 0 0 Bard ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 Ryan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Karsay p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Mientkiewicz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 0 0 0 0 Simon 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 7 0 0 0 Posada c 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .339 10 2 0 0 Randa 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .328 1 1 0 0 Eckstein ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 1 1 0 0 Crawford ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Martinez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 0 1 0 0 Schilling p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 0 0 0 0 Burroughs ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 0 0 0 0 Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Hasegawa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Griffey rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 1 0 0 0 36 3 11 3 2 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 8 0 0 Moshers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Maddux 5.0 8 2 2 2 2 89 59 23 1 0 0 0 1 3.00 Graves W 1-0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 17 9 6 0 0 1 0 0 5.40 Stewart H 2 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 21 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.72 Foulke S 5 1.2 1 0 0 1 0 32 19 7 0 0 0 0 0 1.00 9.0 11 3 3 3 4 159 99 40 1 0 1 0 1 Rock INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Schilling 6.0 5 1 1 2 8 103 65 25 0 0 0 0 0 1.89 Rodriguez BS 1, L 0-1 0.1 3 3 3 0 0 18 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 Hasegawa 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 25 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.14 Ryan 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 14 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 9.53 Karsay 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 15 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 2.08 9.0 12 5 5 4 10 175 105 41 0 0 0 0 0 SEA: Bloomquist inserted at 2b in the 6th Lee inserted at 1b in the 9th Kapler inserted at rf in the 9th CIN: Burroughs batted for Schilling in the 6th Bard batted for Jenkins in the 7th Griffey inserted at rf in the 8th Giambi moved to lf in the 8th Crawford batted for Eckstein in the 8th Martinez inserted at ss in the 9th Mientkiewicz batted for Karsay in the 9th GWRBI: Renteria Temperature: 53, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 15 MPH. ******************************************************************* GAME SIX -- Rock (Oswalt) at Moshers (Washburn). For Seattle, a win would mean a game seven for all the marbles on their home turf. For Cincinnati, a win would mean their 2nd CFOD championship. The Rock got to Washburn early. In the 2nd inning, Aaron Rowand singled, and Brad Wilkerson drove them both in with a 2-run shot. In the 3rd, Junior Spivey and Jorge Posada singled, and Doug Mientkiewicz drove them all in, 3 run homer, 5-0 Cincinnati. Cincinnati maintained a comfortable lead going into the bottom of the 9th when the score was 7-1 Rock. Seattle's season was down to 3 outs. Oswalt remained on the mound. Todd Greene grounded out to David Eckstein. Mark Kotsay singled. Edgar Renteria singled, moving Kotsay to 3rd. Up next was Magglio Ordonez, Seattle's best hitter all season, and in the playoffs. But the hitter magic would finally run out. Ordonez hit into the game ending, series ending, playoffs ending, and season ending double play. Cincinnati wins game 6 by a score of 7-1, and clinch the CFOD championship in 6 games. ROCK WINS 4-2, 2002 CFOD CHAMPIONS 2002 PLAYOFF MVP: Lots of contenders here. Rock 2B Junior Spivey hit .333 with 19 runs scored. Jorge Posada hit .328 with a .563 slugging percentage, 12 runs scored and 16 RBI in 18 games. One could even make a case for Seattle's Magglio Ordonez, who hit .390 with a .671 slugging average and 21 RBI in 20 games. But the post-season MVP award this year goes to Roy Oswalt of the Cincinnati Rock. In 5 starts, Oswalt was 4-0, had a 2.41 ERA, and averaged 7 1/3 innings per start. 10/30/2002, CIN02-SEA02, Turner Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2002 Rock 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 14 0 10 2 2002 Moshers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 2 2 2 Rock AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Eckstein ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .206 0 2 0 0 Randa 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306 0 3 0 0 Spivey 2b 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 6 4 0 0 Posada c 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .328 7 0 0 0 Rowand cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 0 0 0 Wilkerson rf 5 2 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296 1 0 0 0 Mientkiewicz 1b 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .414 9 0 0 0 Martinez lf 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 3 0 0 0 Oswalt p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 0 1 0 0 40 7 14 6 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 27 10 0 0 Moshers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Kotsay cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 4 0 0 0 Renteria ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 1 7 2 0 Ordonez lf 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .390 1 0 0 0 Salmon rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 2 0 0 0 Ortiz 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196 9 0 0 0 Durham 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 6 2 0 0 Koskie 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221 1 2 0 0 Hall c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .327 3 1 0 0 Shuey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Washburn p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0 0 0 0 Acevedo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Kapler ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0 0 0 Graves p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Greene c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 0 0 0 0 30 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 13 2 0 Rock INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Oswalt W 4-0 9.0 5 1 1 0 7 115 79 30 0 0 0 0 2 2.41 9.0 5 1 1 0 7 115 79 30 0 0 0 0 2 Moshers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA Washburn L 1-4 4.2 10 6 6 0 1 74 49 24 3 0 0 0 0 9.22 Acevedo 1.1 0 0 0 2 1 24 11 7 0 0 1 0 1 8.31 Graves 2.2 4 1 0 0 0 42 29 12 0 0 0 0 1 4.50 Shuey 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 9.0 14 7 6 2 2 141 90 44 3 0 1 0 2 SEA: Kapler batted for Acevedo in the 6th Greene inserted at c in the 9th GWRBI: Wilkerson Temperature: 66, Sky: cloudy, Wind: right to left at 17 MPH.