EDMONTON -- Can the Raleigh-Durham Bulls hit? Can the Pope take a massive you-know-what in the you-know-where?
Andrew E.'s Bulls hammered Mark Mulder and four Dragon relievers for 21 hits as the Bulls demolished Alberta 12-1 in Game One to draw first advantage in the Season Nine Finals.
This one was over almost before the Fat Lady finished singing "Oh, Canada." Mike Lieberthal doubled to lead off the game, scoring three batters later when Carlos Delgado came through with a two-out ribbie single. Vlad Guerrero then took Mulder deep to left-center, and it was clear where this game was heading.
Lieberthal, Delgado, and Guerrero all had four hits in the game to lead the assault, with Barry Bonds and A-Rod joining Vlad in the long-ball column. Mulder, an outstanding 16-5 in the regular season, headed to the showers in the second with a butt-ugly pitching line: Nine ]hits and six earned runs in 1 2/3 innings.
The defending champion Dragons will hope to restore order when they send Kevin Millwood to the hill in Game Two against the Bulls' Josh Beckett.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2003 Bulls 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 12 21 0 13 1
2003 Dragons 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 10 0
Bulls AB R H BI AVG Dragons AB R H BI AVG
Lieberthal c 6 3 4 0 .667 Castillo 2b 4 0 2 0 .500
Bonds lf 4 3 2 2 .500 Cintron ss 5 1 1 0 .200
A.Rodriguez ss 5 1 1 3 .200 Beltran cf 4 0 2 1 .500
Delgado 1b 5 2 4 1 .800 Hidalgo lf 3 0 0 0 .000
D.Young ph 1 0 1 0 1.000 Abreu rf 2 0 0 0 .000
Guerrero rf 5 2 4 3 .800 E.Ramirez p 0 0 0 0 .000
Nevin ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Berroa ph 1 0 1 0 1.000
Glaus 3b 5 1 1 1 .200 Pena 1b 0 0 0 0 .000
Amezaga 3b 0 0 0 0 .000 Rolen 3b 4 0 1 0 .250
Loretta 2b 5 0 2 2 .400 Hernandez c 2 0 0 0 .000
Hairston ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Phelps 1b 3 0 0 0 .000
Byrd cf 5 0 2 0 .400 Ordonez ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Prior p 3 0 0 0 .000 Ainsworth p 0 0 0 0 .000
Floyd ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Mulder p 0 0 0 0 .000
Fr.Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 .000 Armas p 1 0 0 0 .000
V.Martinez ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Ponson p 1 0 0 0 .000
Urbina p 0 0 0 0 .000 Green rf 2 0 0 0 .000
48 12 21 12 33 1 7 1
Bulls INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Prior W 1-0 6.0 6 1 1 3 8 103 64 1.50
Fr.Rodriguez H 1 2.0 1 0 0 2 3 41 22 0.00
Urbina 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 9 6 0.00
9.0 7 1 1 5 12 153 92
Dragons INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Mulder L 0-1 1.2 9 6 6 0 1 42 28 32.40
Armas 1.2 2 2 2 1 4 35 22 10.80
Ponson 1.2 3 1 1 0 0 31 19 5.40
E.Ramirez 3.0 4 0 0 1 1 47 26 0.00
Ainsworth 1.0 3 3 3 2 1 32 15 27.00
9.0 21 12 12 4 7 187 110
R-D: Floyd batted for Prior in the 7th
Amezaga inserted at 3b in the 8th
V.Martinez batted for Fr.Rodriguez in the 9th
D.Young batted for Delgado in the 9th
Nevin batted for Guerrero in the 9th
Hairston batted for Loretta in the 9th
Nevin moved to rf in the 9th
D.Young moved to 1b in the 9th
Hairston moved to 2b in the 9th
ALB: Green inserted at rf in the 6th
Berroa batted for E.Ramirez in the 8th
Ordonez batted for Phelps in the 8th
Pena inserted at 1b in the 9th
E-Hidalgo. 2B-Lieberthal 2, Guerrero 2, Glaus, D.Young, Castillo, Beltran,
Rolen. HR-Bonds(1), A.Rodriguez(1), Guerrero(1). K-Lieberthal, Delgado,
Glaus, Loretta, Byrd, Prior, Nevin, Castillo, Cintron, Hidalgo 2, Abreu 2,
Rolen 2, Phelps 2, Ponson, Ordonez. BB-Bonds 2, A.Rodriguez, Amezaga,
Castillo, Hidalgo, Abreu, Hernandez 2. PB-Lieberthal. WP-E.Ramirez.
GWRBI: Delgado
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2003 Bulls 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 12 21 0 13 1
2003 Dragons 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 10 0
Bulls -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Lieberthal c 1>D S k 63 S.1-2
Bonds lf 53 HR.1-H 4>W S 15/f.1-2
A.Rodriguez ss 3/g.2-3 9 7 9 wp.2-3;1-2
W
Delgado 1b S.3-H S S.1-3 6>E.Ramirez k
S
D.Young ph
Guerrero rf HR.1-H S.1-2 Ponson 46/f 8>D
D.3-H;1-3
Nevin ph
Glaus 3b D Armas 43.3-H;2-3 3/L 9
k
Amezaga 3b
Loretta 2b note 1 3>k S.3-H 7 5/L
Hairston ph
Byrd cf k S 9 7>S 9
Prior p 2>63 k 5>8
Floyd ph 6/f
Fr.Rodriguez p 9>Ainsworth
V.Martinez ph 13
Urbina p
1: S.2-H;B-3(e7/th)
Dragons -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Castillo 2b 1>D 43 5>S 7>note 1 k
W
Cintron ss 7 S k 8 5/L
Beltran cf 8.2-3 D.1-H S.1-2 13/ldp
Hidalgo lf W 9 k 8>k
Abreu rf k 4>k W.2-3;1-2
E.Ramirez p
Berroa ph S
Pena 1b
Rolen 3b 2>9 D k/f pb.1-2
k
Hernandez c 53 W 6>3 W
Phelps 1b 43 k k
Ordonez ph k
Ainsworth p
Mulder p
Armas p 3>63
Ponson p k
Green rf 4 9>Urbina
53
1: Fr.Rodriguez
Bulls -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------
Lieberthal c D
Bonds lf W
A.Rodriguez ss HR.2-H;1-H
Delgado 1b
D.Young ph D
Guerrero rf
Nevin ph k
Glaus 3b
Amezaga 3b W
Loretta 2b
Hairston ph 9
Byrd cf
Prior p
Floyd ph
Fr.Rodriguez p
V.Martinez ph
Urbina p
Dragons -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------
Castillo 2b
Cintron ss
Beltran cf
Hidalgo lf
Abreu rf
E.Ramirez p
Berroa ph
Pena 1b
Rolen 3b
Hernandez c
Phelps 1b
Ordonez ph
Ainsworth p
Mulder p
Armas p
Ponson p
Green rf
Bulls IN OUT ER Dragons IN OUT ER
Prior A1 C9 1 W 1-0 Mulder A1 B5 6 L 0-1
Fr.Rodriguez D1 D8 0 H 1 Armas B6 C4 2
Urbina D9 E2 0 Ponson C5 D3 1
E.Ramirez D4 E8 0
Ainsworth E9 F7 3
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EDMONTON -- After giving up four runs in the fifth to fall behind 5-4, the Alberta Dragons
were looking at the strong possibility of falling behind two games to none. Instead,
Stephon Lentz's boys cowboyed up for a three-run rally in the bottom half and then
rode home on the impeccable bullpen work of Tony Armas and Eric Gagne to win 7-5 and even
the series at one game apiece.Dragons starter Kevin Millwood had the powerful R-D lineup under control until things fell apart with two out in the fifth. Mike Lieberthal's two-run jack to center cut Alberta's lead to 4-3, and after A-Rod and Delgado reached base, Vlad Guerrero clubbed a two-run double to put R-D in the lead.
No problemo for Alberta. Bobby Abreu's two-out ribbie single in the bottom half knotted the score, and two more scored when Scott Rolen bashed a single to right and Guerrero uncorked a wild throw to third, allowing Abreu to scoot home with an unearned run.
Armas and Gagne were lights out in relief, giving up a combined zero hits and two walks in in four innings of work.
The series now moves to the Bullpen in North Carolina, where Joel Pineiro and Roy Oswalt will hook up in Game Three.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2003 Bulls 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 5 1
2003 Dragons 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 x 7 12 1 6 2
Bulls AB R H BI AVG Dragons AB R H BI AVG
Lieberthal c 4 1 1 3 .500 Castillo 2b 5 1 3 1 .556
Bonds lf 2 1 0 0 .333 Cintron ss 4 2 2 1 .333
A.Rodriguez ss 3 1 1 0 .250 Beltran cf 4 0 1 1 .375
Delgado 1b 3 0 0 0 .500 Hidalgo lf 3 0 0 0 .000
Guerrero rf 2 0 1 2 .714 Abreu rf 4 1 1 1 .167
D.Young 3b 4 0 0 0 .200 E.Ramirez p 0 0 0 0 .000
Loretta 2b 3 0 0 0 .250 Gagne p 0 0 0 0 .000
Urbina p 0 0 0 0 .000 Rolen 3b 4 1 2 1 .375
Byrd cf 4 2 2 0 .444 Hernandez c 2 1 0 0 .000
Beckett p 0 0 0 0 .000 Phelps 1b 3 1 2 1 .333
Contreras p 1 0 0 0 .000 Millwood p 1 0 0 0 .000
Hairston 2b 1 0 0 0 .000 Armas p 1 0 0 0 .000
27 5 5 5 Stewart rf 1 0 1 0 1.000
32 7 12 6
Bulls INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Beckett L 0-1 4.2 8 7 6 3 3 103 59 11.57
Contreras 2.1 3 0 0 1 2 39 23 0.00
Urbina 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 13 9 0.00
8.0 12 7 6 4 6 155 91
Dragons INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Millwood 4.2 5 5 4 5 6 94 50 7.71
Armas W 1-0 2.1 0 0 0 1 2 32 18 4.50
E.Ramirez H 1 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 10 4 0.00
Gagne S 1 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 20 13 0.00
9.0 5 5 4 7 10 156 85
R-D: Hairston inserted at 2b in the 8th
ALB: Stewart inserted at rf in the 8th
E-Guerrero, Abreu. 2B-Guerrero, Stewart. 3B-Beltran. HR-Lieberthal(1).
SB-Cintron(1). K-Lieberthal, Bonds, A.Rodriguez, Delgado 2, Guerrero,
D.Young, Loretta 2, Byrd, Cintron, Beltran 2, Abreu, Hernandez, Phelps.
BB-Bonds 2, A.Rodriguez, Delgado, Guerrero 2, Loretta, Hidalgo, Hernandez 2,
Phelps. SH-Beckett 2, Millwood. SF-Lieberthal.
GWRBI: Rolen
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2003 Bulls 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 5 1
2003 Dragons 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 x 7 12 1 6 2
Bulls -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Lieberthal c 1>63 8/SF.3-H HR.2-H 7>63 k
Bonds lf W 8 W k
A.Rodriguez ss 63/gdp 4>W S.1-2 k
Delgado 1b 2>k k W.2-3;1-2 8>E.Ramirez
53
Guerrero rf W k note 1 W
D.Young 3b k 64/f Armas Gagne
43 8
Loretta 2b k 5>k 6>W 7
Urbina p
Byrd cf 3>S+e9.B-2 S 143/gdp 9>k
Beckett p 14/SH.2-3 34/SH.1-2
Contreras p 63
Hairston 2b 5/L
1: D.3-H;2-H;1-3
Dragons -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Castillo 2b 1>43 S.3-H;2-3 5>S S.1-2 5
Cintron ss 7 note 1 S.1-2 k
Beltran cf k SB2 k 54/f
T.2-H
Hidalgo lf 2>7 13 4 7>W
Abreu rf 8 4>k S.2-H;1-3 643/gdp
E.Ramirez p
Gagne p
Rolen 3b 9 S Contreras 8
note 2
Hernandez c 3>W W.1-2 k 8>Urbina
7
Phelps 1b W.1-2 note 3 6>S k
Millwood p note 4 43
Armas p 1/b
Stewart rf D
1: S.3-H;1X3(95) 2: S.3-H;1-H(e9/th);B-2 3: S.2-H;1-3;BX2(936) 4: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Bulls IN OUT ER Dragons IN OUT ER
Beckett A1 C5 6 L 0-1 Millwood A1 C5 4
Contreras C6 D6 0 Armas C6 D3 0 W 1-0
Urbina D7 E1 0 E.Ramirez D4 D5 0 H 1
Gagne D6 E1 0 S 1
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DURHAM, N.C. -- Eric Gagne found himself in an uncustomary position in the ninth inning of
Game Three. He was struggling, in the midst of a huge jam of his own making, and he was
on the verge of blowing the game.But with the bases loaded and no one out, Gagne cowboyed up to whiff Victor Martinez and Mike Lieberthal before retiring Barry Bonds on a routine fly to preserve the Dragons' 5-3 win. Alberta now leads the series 2-1.
With the game tied at 2-2 through six, the Dragons broke through with a pair in the seventh. Scott Rolen and Ramon Hernandez hit back-to-back doubles for the lead run, and Roy Oswalt -- who had already tossed six solid innings -- hit a ribbie single to make it a two-run lead. Alberta added another in the eighth on an Alex Cintron solo homer.
With Gagne coming in from the pen, things looked good for Lentz and his Alberta club going into the home half of the ninth. But Gagne looked strangely human, giving up consecutive singles to Guerrero, Young, and Loretta to start the inning. He then proceeded to walk pinch-hitter Cliff Floyd, and R-D had the tying and winning runs on base with no outs.
After a conference on the mound, Gagne was suddenly his old self. After the two strikeouts, Bonds strode to the plate for a classic matchup with the Bulls' home crowd going crazy. Hopes rose for a moment when Bonds lifted one high to left, but it was just a can of corn for Richard Hidalgo, and Alberta had the game and the series lead.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2003 Dragons 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 7 0 4 1
2003 Bulls 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 8 0 8 2
Dragons AB R H BI AVG Bulls AB R H BI AVG
Castillo 2b 3 0 0 0 .417 Lieberthal c 5 0 1 2 .400
Cintron ss 4 1 1 1 .308 Bonds lf 4 0 0 0 .200
Beltran cf 3 1 0 0 .273 A.Rodriguez ss 3 0 1 0 .273
Hidalgo lf 4 1 1 1 .100 Delgado 1b 3 0 0 0 .364
Abreu rf 3 0 0 1 .111 Guerrero rf 4 1 1 0 .545
E.Ramirez p 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Young 3b 4 0 1 0 .222
Gagne p 0 0 0 0 .000 Loretta 2b 4 1 2 1 .333
Rolen 3b 3 1 2 0 .455 Hairston pr 0 0 0 0 .000
Hernandez c 4 1 1 1 .125 Byrd cf 2 1 2 0 .545
Phelps 1b 4 0 1 0 .300 Floyd ph 0 0 0 0 .000
Oswalt p 2 0 1 1 .500 Pineiro p 0 0 0 0 .000
Stewart rf 1 0 0 0 .500 Urbina p 0 0 0 0 .000
31 5 7 5 Glaus ph 1 0 0 0 .167
Fr.Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 .000
Contreras p 0 0 0 0 .000
V.Martinez ph 1 0 0 0 .000
31 3 8 3
Dragons INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Oswalt W 1-0 7.2 5 2 2 4 10 111 67 2.35
E.Ramirez H 2 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 0.00
Gagne S 2 1.0 3 1 1 1 2 29 18 3.38
9.0 8 3 3 5 13 145 88
Bulls INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Pineiro L 0-1 6.2 5 4 4 3 8 103 63 5.40
Urbina 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0.00
Fr.Rodriguez 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 19 9 3.00
Contreras 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 11 8 0.00
9.0 7 5 5 4 9 139 83
ALB: Stewart inserted at rf in the 8th
R-D: Glaus batted for Urbina in the 7th
Floyd batted for Byrd in the 9th
Hairston ran for Loretta in the 9th
V.Martinez batted for Contreras in the 9th
2B-Rolen 2, Hernandez, Phelps, Lieberthal. HR-Cintron(1), Hidalgo(1).
SB-Beltran(1). K-Cintron, Beltran, Hidalgo, Abreu 2, Phelps 3, Oswalt,
Lieberthal 3, Bonds, A.Rodriguez 2, Delgado 2, D.Young, Loretta 2, Glaus,
V.Martinez. BB-Castillo, Beltran, Rolen, Oswalt, Bonds, A.Rodriguez, Delgado,
Byrd, Floyd. SH-Pineiro 2. SF-Abreu. WP-Pineiro.
GWRBI: Hernandez
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2003 Dragons 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 7 0 4 1
2003 Bulls 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 8 0 8 2
Dragons -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Castillo 2b 1>W 3/g 54/f Urbina
53
Cintron ss 463/gdp 8 6>k 8>note 1
HR
Beltran cf 3/g 4>W k 43
Hidalgo lf 2>HR SB2 6/L 7
wp.2-3
k
Abreu rf k 9/SF.3-H 7>53 k
E.Ramirez p
Gagne p
Rolen 3b D 13 D 9>W
Hernandez c 7.2-3 5>8 D.2-H Contreras
463/gdp
Phelps 1b k k k D
Oswalt p 3>k W S.2-H;B-2
Stewart rf 9
1: Fr.Rodriguez
Bulls -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Lieberthal c 1>k 63.3-H D.2-H 8>k k
Bonds lf 8 W k 4/L 7
A.Rodriguez ss k note 1 6>k W
Delgado 1b 2>k 4>W 53 E.Ramirez
k(23)
Guerrero rf 3 7 43 9>Gagne
S
D.Young 3b k 643/gdp 7>7 S.1-2
Loretta 2b 3>S 5>k k S.2-H;1-3
Hairston pr
Byrd cf W.1-2 S S
Floyd ph W.1-2
Pineiro p note 2 13/SH.1-2
Urbina p
Glaus ph k
Fr.Rodriguez p
Contreras p
V.Martinez ph k
1: S.2XH(72);1-2 2: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Dragons IN OUT ER Bulls IN OUT ER
Oswalt A1 D3 2 W 1-0 Pineiro A1 C9 4 L 0-1
E.Ramirez D4 D4 0 H 2 Urbina D1 D1 0
Gagne D5 E2 1 S 2 Fr.Rodriguez D2 D6 1
Contreras D7 D9 0
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DURHAM, N.C. -- Mark Prior outpitched Mark Mulder for the second time in the series as the
R-D Bulls clobbered Alberta 9-4 at the Bullpen, evening the ABA Finals at two games apiece.Marlon Byrd and Prior delivered RBI singles in the second as R-D jumped out to a 2-0 lead against Mulder, who the Bulls bombed in Game One. After R-D added three more to lead 5-0, Alberta made a game of it when Josh Phelps hit a three-run bomb in the seventh. But the Bulls put it away with four in the eighth, Cliff Floyd helping out with a three-run pinch homer.
Lasting just four innings in this one, Mulder is 0-2 in the series with a 17.47 ERA. Prior improved to 2-0 in the finals.
The pitching plot now thickens as the series heads into a pivotal Game Five at the Bullpen. Alberta is coming back with Game Two starter Kevin Millwood on three days' rest. With Bulls' Game Two starter Beckett reportedly too fatigued to work, GM Andrew E. has not revealed his pitching plans for tomorrow. Most speculation centers around Kip Wells, the ostensible No. 4 man, who was skipped over for Game Four.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2003 Dragons 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 5 0 5 4
2003 Bulls 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 4 x 9 12 2 5 0
Dragons AB R H BI AVG Bulls AB R H BI AVG
Castillo 2b 4 0 1 0 .375 Lieberthal c 3 1 2 0 .444
Cintron ss 3 0 0 0 .250 Urbina p 0 0 0 0 .000
Berroa ph 1 0 0 0 .500 Floyd ph 1 1 1 3 .500
Beltran cf 4 0 0 0 .200 Williamson p 0 0 0 0 .000
Hidalgo lf 4 0 0 0 .071 Bonds lf 4 1 1 2 .214
Abreu rf 3 2 2 1 .250 A.Rodriguez ss 2 0 0 0 .231
Rolen 3b 3 1 0 0 .357 Delgado 1b 4 0 0 0 .267
Hernandez c 4 0 1 0 .167 Guerrero rf 3 1 1 0 .500
Phelps 1b 4 1 1 3 .286 Glaus 3b 3 2 2 0 .333
Mulder p 2 0 0 0 .000 Amezaga 3b 0 0 0 0 .000
Armas p 0 0 0 0 .000 Loretta 2b 4 2 2 0 .375
Ordonez ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Byrd cf 3 1 2 2 .571
MacDougal p 0 0 0 0 .000 Prior p 3 0 1 1 .167
Ainsworth p 0 0 0 0 .000 V.Martinez c 1 0 0 0 .000
Stewart ph 1 0 0 0 .333 31 9 12 8
34 4 5 4
Dragons INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Mulder L 0-2 4.0 10 5 5 2 4 71 47 17.47
Armas 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 24 18 3.00
MacDougal 1.2 2 4 4 4 3 42 18 21.60
Ainsworth 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 20.25
8.0 12 9 9 6 10 140 86
Bulls INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Prior W 2-0 7.0 3 3 3 2 7 99 69 2.77
Urbina H 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 9 7 0.00
Williamson 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 20 13 9.00
9.0 5 4 4 2 9 128 89
ALB: Ordonez batted for Armas in the 7th
Berroa batted for Cintron in the 8th
Berroa moved to ss in the 8th
Stewart batted for Ainsworth in the 9th
R-D: V.Martinez inserted at c in the 8th
Floyd batted for Urbina in the 8th
Amezaga inserted at 3b in the 9th
E-A.Rodriguez, Glaus. HR-Abreu(1), Phelps(1), Bonds(2), Floyd(1).
CS-Guerrero. K-Cintron 2, Beltran 2, Hidalgo, Abreu, Hernandez 2, Phelps,
Bonds, A.Rodriguez, Delgado 4, Guerrero, Glaus, Prior, V.Martinez. BB-Abreu,
Rolen, Lieberthal, Bonds, A.Rodriguez, Guerrero, Glaus, Byrd.
HBP-A.Rodriguez. PB-Hernandez. HB-Armas. WP-MacDougal.
GWRBI: Byrd
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2003 Dragons 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 5 0 5 4
2003 Bulls 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 4 x 9 12 2 5 0
Dragons -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Castillo 2b 1>13 63 6>S 5/fl
Cintron ss k k 8 8>Urbina
Berroa ph 63
Beltran cf 8 4>k 8 k
Hidalgo lf 2>e6/th.B-1 e5/th.B-1 k 8
Abreu rf W.1-2 k 7>S 9>Williamson
HR
Rolen 3b 9.2-3 5/L W.1-2 7
Hernandez c 4/fl 5>k k S
Phelps 1b 8 31 HR.2-H;1-H k
Mulder p 3>43 6
Armas p
Ordonez ph 8
MacDougal p
Ainsworth p
Stewart ph 3
Bulls -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Lieberthal c 1>S 63/gdp 5>S 7>MacDougal
W
Urbina p
Floyd ph HR.3-H;2-H
Williamson p
Bonds lf W.1-2 3>k HR.1-H 463/gdp Ainsworth
53
A.Rodriguez ss note 1 k Armas W
HP
Delgado 1b k k k k
Guerrero rf 2>S 4>W pb.1-2 8>k
9.2-3
Glaus 3b S.1-2 S.1-2 k W
Amezaga 3b
Loretta 2b note 2 note 3 6>7 S.1-2
S.2-3
Byrd cf S.3-H;1-3 S.3-H 7 W.2-3;1-2
Prior p S.3-H;1-2 4 k
V.Martinez c note 4
1: 463/gdp.2-3 2: CS3(25).1-2 3: 543/gdp.2-3 4: k+wp.3-H;2-3;1-2
Dragons IN OUT ER Bulls IN OUT ER
Mulder A1 C2 5 L 0-2 Prior A1 D1 3 W 2-0
Armas C3 C9 0 Urbina D2 D4 0 H 1
MacDougal D1 E1 4 Williamson D5 D9 1
Ainsworth E2 E2 0
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DURHAM, N.C. -- "If we had only stuck with Millwood." That's what they were muttering
across Canada after the Dragon bullpen blew a 3-0 lead and the Bulls eked out a 4-3
extra-inning win in Game Five, taking a 3-2 lead in the series.After Barry Bonds knotted the score with a three-run blast off Erasmo Ramirez, Dmitri Young ended it in the 10th with an RBI single up the middle off Tony Armas.
Millwood was in command through seven, giving up no runs and just five hits. The Dragon hitters, meanwhile, had scored him a single run in the first and a pair in the fourth on Josh Phelps' two-run single.
Millwood, working on three days' rest, was beginning to show signs of fatigue, so Alberta made the call to the bullpen starting the home half of the mistake. It didn't take long for the Bulls to make them pay. A walk and a single sent Mike MacDougal to the showers, and Bonds welcomed Ramirez to the game with a bomb to right, tying the score at 3-3.
With Contreras, Isringhausen, and Urbina keeping the Alberta bats quiet in the late innings, the Bulls got busy bottom 10. With two on and no one out, Young hit a sharp grounder up the middle. Carlos Delgado rounded third and headed for home, just beating the throw from Carlos Beltran.
The series now moves back to Alberta, with Vicente Padilla expected to start for the Dragons. R-D's pitching plans were not known at press time.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
2003 Dragons 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 8 1
2003 Bulls 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 10 0 11 0
Dragons AB R H BI AVG Bulls AB R H BI AVG
Castillo 2b 5 0 0 0 .286 Lieberthal c 4 1 2 0 .455
Cintron ss 4 0 1 0 .250 Bonds lf 4 1 1 3 .222
Beltran cf 5 1 1 1 .200 A.Rodriguez ss 5 0 0 0 .167
Hidalgo lf 5 1 1 0 .105 Delgado 1b 4 1 2 0 .316
Abreu rf 3 1 1 0 .267 Guerrero rf 4 0 1 0 .444
Armas p 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Young 3b 5 0 1 1 .214
Rolen 3b 3 0 0 0 .294 Loretta 2b 3 0 2 0 .421
Hernandez c 4 0 1 0 .188 Byrd cf 4 0 0 0 .444
Phelps 1b 3 0 1 2 .294 K.Wells p 2 0 0 0 .000
MacDougal p 0 0 0 0 .000 Contreras p 0 0 0 0 .000
E.Ramirez p 0 0 0 0 .000 Floyd ph 0 1 0 0 .500
Stewart rf 0 0 0 0 .333 Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0 .000
Millwood p 3 0 0 0 .000 Nevin ph 1 0 1 0 .500
Pena 1b 1 0 0 0 .000 Urbina p 0 0 0 0 .000
36 3 6 3 36 4 10 4
Dragons INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Millwood 7.0 5 0 0 1 4 95 62 3.09
MacDougal 0.0 1 2 2 1 0 9 4 32.40
E.Ramirez BS 1, L 0-1 2.0 3 2 2 4 2 53 24 3.18
Armas 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3.00
9.0 10 4 4 6 6 159 91
Bulls INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
K.Wells 6.1 6 3 3 3 3 111 62 4.26
Contreras 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 25 14 0.00
Isringhausen 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 0.00
Urbina W 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 10 5 0.00
10.0 6 3 3 4 5 156 89
ALB: Pena inserted at 1b in the 8th
Stewart inserted at rf in the 10th
R-D: Floyd batted for Contreras in the 8th
Nevin batted for Isringhausen in the 9th
2B-Hidalgo, Abreu. HR-Beltran(1), Bonds(3). SB-Abreu(1). K-Beltran, Abreu,
Hernandez, Phelps, Millwood, Lieberthal, Bonds 2, D.Young, Byrd, K.Wells.
BB-Cintron, Abreu 2, Phelps, Lieberthal, Bonds, Delgado, Guerrero, Loretta,
Floyd. HBP-Rolen. HB-K.Wells. WP-E.Ramirez, Contreras.
GWRBI: D.Young
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
2003 Dragons 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 8 1
2003 Bulls 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 10 0 11 0
Dragons -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Castillo 2b 1>53 43 13 7>9 13
Cintron ss 8 W 5>63 S 7
Beltran cf HR 64/f 63 Contreras 0>Urbina
k 8
Hidalgo lf 9 4>D 53 wp.1-2 43
7
Abreu rf 2>D W 6>43 8>W k
Armas p
Rolen 3b 7.2-3 HP.2-3;1-2 8 4
Hernandez c k 6 S SB2
53
Phelps 1b k note 1 W.1-2 63
MacDougal p
E.Ramirez p
Stewart rf
Millwood p 3>63 k 43
Pena 1b 9>note 2
43
1: S.3-H;2-H;1-3 2: Isringhausen
Bulls -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Lieberthal c 1>8 4>S 6>k S.1-2 IW.1-2
Bonds lf 4 W.1-2 k E.Ramirez k
HR.2-H;1-H
A.Rodriguez ss 43 43/gdp.2-3 63 7 7
Delgado 1b 2>6 43 7>S S 0>W
Guerrero rf 7 5>S 8 9 wp.1-2
IW
D.Young 3b 8 9 4 k Armas
S.2-H;1-2
Loretta 2b 3>7 S.1-2 S.1-2 9>W
Byrd cf 7 k 4 8
K.Wells p k 3/g
Contreras p 8>MacDougal
Floyd ph W
Isringhausen p
Nevin ph S.1-3
Urbina p
Dragons IN OUT ER Bulls IN OUT ER
Millwood A1 C8 0 K.Wells A1 D2 3
MacDougal C9 D1 2 Contreras D3 D8 0
E.Ramirez D2 E5 2 BS 1, L 0-1 Isringhausen D9 E2 0
Armas E6 E6 0 Urbina E3 E5 0 W 1-0
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EDMONTON -- After trailing 3-1 halfway through, the Dragons ponied up for a hitting barrage
over the second half of the contest to claim at crucial Game Six win at the Lair,
11-5 over the Bulls.Alberta's victory set up a classic Game Seven showdown for the Season Nine championship, with Mark Prior and Roy Oswalt tentatively slated to duel in a match for all the marbles.
Held in check through four, Alberta got it going in the fifth, with Alex Cintron delivering a ribbie single and scoring the tying run the next play on Vlad Guerrero's wild throw following Carlos Beltran's single.
The Dragons then took the lead for good the next frame. Carlos Pena's double in the corner plated two to make it 5-3, and Pena then came around to score on Cintron's single.
Alberta proceeded to pour it on in the seventh and eighth. Beltran, who has been a monster this post-season, ended up with four hits to lead a 17-hit Dragon attack.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2003 Bulls 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 10 2 9 2
2003 Dragons 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 4 x 11 17 2 9 3
Bulls AB R H BI AVG Dragons AB R H BI AVG
Lieberthal c 5 1 1 0 .407 Castillo 2b 5 1 1 0 .269
Bonds lf 4 2 1 1 .227 Cintron ss 5 2 3 2 .320
A.Rodriguez ss 3 0 2 0 .238 Beltran cf 4 2 4 2 .333
Delgado 1b 3 1 1 1 .318 Hidalgo lf 4 0 1 0 .130
Guerrero rf 3 0 0 1 .381 Abreu rf 5 1 2 2 .300
D.Young 3b 4 1 2 0 .278 Rolen 3b 5 2 2 1 .318
Loretta 2b 4 0 2 1 .435 Hernandez c 2 1 1 0 .222
Byrd cf 3 0 1 1 .429 Phelps 1b 1 0 0 0 .278
Floyd ph 1 0 0 0 .333 Armas p 0 0 0 0 .000
Grissom cf 0 0 0 0 .000 Stewart ph 1 0 1 1 .500
Beckett p 3 0 0 0 .000 E.Ramirez p 0 0 0 0 .000
Contreras p 0 0 0 0 .000 Gagne p 0 0 0 0 .000
Buehrle p 0 0 0 0 .000 Green ph 1 0 0 0 .000
V.Martinez ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Ainsworth p 0 0 0 0 .000
Pettitte p 0 0 0 0 .000 Padilla p 1 0 0 0 .000
Fr.Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 .000 Pena 1b 3 2 2 2 .500
34 5 10 5 37 11 17 10
Bulls INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Beckett L 0-2 5.1 9 6 5 3 4 106 64 9.90
Contreras 0.2 3 1 1 1 0 15 7 1.59
Buehrle 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 16 7 0.00
Pettitte 0.2 4 4 4 0 1 28 19 54.00
Fr.Rodriguez 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 2.70
8.0 17 11 10 5 6 173 100
Dragons INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Padilla 4.1 6 3 2 6 2 82 42 4.15
Armas W 2-0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 23 15 2.08
E.Ramirez 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 6 4 3.00
Gagne H 1 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 15 11 2.70
Ainsworth 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 18 11 15.43
9.0 10 5 3 6 2 144 83
R-D: Floyd batted for Byrd in the 8th
V.Martinez batted for Buehrle in the 8th
Grissom inserted at cf in the 8th
ALB: Pena inserted at 1b in the 5th
Stewart batted for Armas in the 7th
Green batted for Gagne in the 8th
E-Guerrero, D.Young, Rolen, Pena. 2B-A.Rodriguez, D.Young, Cintron, Abreu,
Rolen, Pena 2. 3B-Beltran. HR-Bonds(4), Rolen(1). SB-Abreu(2). K-Lieberthal,
Beckett, Cintron, Hidalgo 2, Rolen 2, Phelps. BB-Bonds, A.Rodriguez 2,
Delgado 2, Guerrero, Beltran, Hidalgo, Hernandez 2, Phelps. SH-Armas.
SF-Guerrero. HBP-Hernandez. HB-Fr.Rodriguez.
GWRBI: Pena
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2003 Bulls 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 10 2 9 2
2003 Dragons 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 4 x 11 17 2 9 3
Bulls -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Lieberthal c 1>S 3>k 13 7>41 9>Ainsworth
3/g
Bonds lf W.1-2 7 5>63 4 HR
A.Rodriguez ss e5/fl S W 43 D
W.2-3;1-2
Delgado 1b note 1 S.1-3 W.1-2 8>E.Ramirez 43.2-3
e3.B-1
Guerrero rf note 2 8 W.2-3;1-2 7 3/fl
D.Young 3b 3/g 4>D Armas S.1-3
123/gdp
Loretta 2b 2>S 43.2-3 6>9 Gagne
S.3-H;1-2
Byrd cf 643/gdp S.3-H 8
Floyd ph 43.2-3;1-2
Grissom cf
Beckett p k note 3 8
Contreras p
Buehrle p
V.Martinez ph 9
Pettitte p
Fr.Rodriguez p
1: W.3-H;2-3;1-2 2: 7/dp/SF.3-H;2X3(75) 3: 16/b.1X2;B-1
Dragons -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Castillo 2b 1>63 3>23 43.2-3 Contreras 8>Pettitte
43.2-3 S
Cintron ss 7 k S.3-H S.3-H D.1-3
Beltran cf S S note 1 W.1-2 T.3-H;2-H
Hidalgo lf k W.1-2 note 2 note 3 k
Abreu rf 2>6/L note 4 643/gdp 7>S 43.3-H
Rolen 3b k 4>43 6>D Buehrle HR
SB2
k
Hernandez c S 3/L W IW note 5
HP
Phelps 1b W.1-2 k
Armas p note 6
Stewart ph S.2-H;1-3
E.Ramirez p
Gagne p
Green ph 9
Ainsworth p
Padilla p 3
Pena 1b 5>D D.3-H;2-H 463/gdp
1: S.1-H(e9/th);B-2 2: e5/th.2-3;B-1 3: S.2XH(72);1-2 4: D.2-H;1XH(862)
5: Fr.Rodriguez 6: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Bulls IN OUT ER Dragons IN OUT ER
Beckett A1 C9 5 L 0-2 Padilla A1 C5 2
Contreras D1 D5 1 Armas C6 D3 0 W 2-0
Buehrle D6 D9 0 E.Ramirez D4 D6 0
Pettitte E1 E6 4 Gagne D7 D9 0 H 1
Fr.Rodriguez E7 E8 0 Ainsworth E1 E5 1
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EDMONTON -- Clinging to a thin one-run lead, with starter Mark Prior struggling
and the Alberta fans crying for blood, the Raleigh-Durham Bulls turned their
fate over the bullpen. Four innings -- and no runs later -- Andrew E.'s Bulls had their second ABA championship
in hand.Ugie Urbina, Francisco Rodriguez, and Jason Isringhausen pitched four clutch frames of one-hit ball to key R-D's 5-4 win in Game Seven, closing out the gritty Dragons in the final game.
"What a job by those three," a jubilant Andrew E. said in the champagne-drenched Bulls locker room. "Forget about Bonds, A-Rod, Vlad and all those big-name sluggers of mine. It was these unheralded guys out out of the pen who made the difference."
Trailing 3-2, Raleigh-Durham took the lead for good in the fourth. Dmitri Young tripled with one out and scored on Mark Loretta's base hit. Loretta later came around to score on Mike Lieberthal's two-out single, staking the Bulls to a 4-3 lead.
Loretta's ribbie single the next inning gave R-D provided some cushion, but the lead was back to one in no time when Alberta took advantage of a Mark Prior error to score in the bottom half, Bobby Abreu coming through with a ribbie double.
That would end the scoring, but the Bulls did have to sweat it out in the eighth when a walk and a single put two on with no one out. After a visit from Lieberthal, F-Rod got it together to get Scott Rolen on a harmless fly and Ramon Hernandez on a called third strike. With Angel Berroa stepping in to pinch hit, Rodriguez uncorked a wild pitch, and suddenly the tying and winning runs were in scoring position.
Then came the play of the season for the R-D Bulls. Berroa hit a high hopper just to the right of Bulls' first-sacker Carlos Delgado, and the ball appeared headed into right-field for a hit. But Loretta ranged far to his left and speared the ball, flipping a toss to Rodriguez at first to nip Berroa by an eyelash.
Isringhausen made short work of Alberta in the ninth, and the party was on.
By winning the championship of Season Nine, Andrew E. and the Bulls claimed the second title in franchise history in this, their fourth straight trip to the finals.
Congratulations to Andrew E. and the Raleigh-Durham Bulls, your Season Nine champions!
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2003 Bulls 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 13 1 8 0
2003 Dragons 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 9 0 7 2
Bulls AB R H BI AVG Dragons AB R H BI AVG
Lieberthal c 5 0 2 1 .406 Castillo 2b 5 0 0 0 .226
Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0 .000 Cintron ss 3 2 1 0 .321
Bonds lf 5 1 3 0 .296 Ordonez ph 2 0 0 0 .000
A.Rodriguez ss 4 1 1 2 .240 Beltran cf 4 1 1 1 .321
Delgado 1b 5 0 1 0 .296 Hidalgo lf 4 1 2 1 .185
Guerrero rf 3 1 0 0 .333 Abreu rf 3 0 3 1 .391
D.Young 3b 4 1 2 0 .318 Rolen 3b 4 0 2 1 .346
Amezaga 3b 0 0 0 0 .000 Hernandez c 4 0 0 0 .182
Loretta 2b 3 0 3 2 .500 Phelps 1b 3 0 0 0 .238
Byrd cf 4 1 0 0 .360 Berroa ph 1 0 0 0 .333
Prior p 3 0 1 0 .222 Pena 1b 0 0 0 0 .500
Urbina p 0 0 0 0 .000 Oswalt p 3 0 0 0 .200
Nevin ph 1 0 0 0 .333 E.Ramirez p 0 0 0 0 .000
Fr.Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 .000 Stewart ph 1 0 0 0 .400
V.Martinez c 0 0 0 0 .000 37 4 9 4
37 5 13 5
Bulls INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Prior W 3-0 5.0 8 4 3 0 8 87 60 3.50
Urbina H 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 19 14 0.00
Fr.Rodriguez H 2 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 21 12 2.08
Isringhausen S 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 15 11 0.00
9.0 9 4 3 1 12 142 97
Dragons INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Oswalt L 1-1 6.1 11 5 5 1 5 103 70 4.50
E.Ramirez 2.2 2 0 0 0 4 30 21 2.08
9.0 13 5 5 1 9 133 91
R-D: Nevin batted for Urbina in the 8th
Amezaga inserted at 3b in the 8th
V.Martinez inserted at c in the 9th
ALB: Ordonez batted for Cintron in the 7th
Ordonez moved to ss in the 8th
Berroa batted for Phelps in the 8th
Pena inserted at 1b in the 9th
Stewart batted for E.Ramirez in the 9th
E-Prior. 2B-Abreu. 3B-D.Young, Cintron. HR-A.Rodriguez(2), Hidalgo(2).
K-Lieberthal 2, A.Rodriguez 2, Guerrero, Byrd 2, Prior 2, Castillo 2,
Cintron, Beltran, Hidalgo, Rolen, Hernandez, Phelps 2, Oswalt 2, Ordonez.
BB-Loretta, Abreu. HBP-A.Rodriguez, Guerrero. HB-Oswalt 2. WP-Prior,
Fr.Rodriguez.
GWRBI: Lieberthal
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2003 Bulls 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 13 1 8 0
2003 Dragons 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 9 0 7 2
Bulls -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Lieberthal c 1>8 3>S S.2-H;1-3 k 9>k
Isringhausen p
Bonds lf S 6 7 7>S S
A.Rodriguez ss HR.1-H k 5>HP 5/fl k
Delgado 1b 53 8 543/gdp S.1-2 53
Guerrero rf 13 4>9 HP E.Ramirez
k
D.Young 3b 2>8 T S.1-2 43
Amezaga 3b
Loretta 2b W S.3-H note 1 8>S
Byrd cf 7 54/f 6>k k
Prior p k S.1-2 k
Urbina p
Nevin ph 143/gdp
Fr.Rodriguez p
V.Martinez c
1: S.2-H;1X3(75)
Dragons -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Castillo 2b 1>8 k k 7>8 53
Cintron ss T 3>k 5>e1.B-1
Ordonez ph 4/L k
Beltran cf S.3-H 3/g wp.1-2 43
k
Hidalgo lf k HR 4 8>note 1
S
Abreu rf S.1-3 S D.2-H W.1-2
Rolen 3b S.3-H;1-3 S.1-2 k 8
Hernandez c 7 9 6>Urbina k
6
Phelps 1b 2>k 4>7 k
Berroa ph wp.2-3;1-2
41
Pena 1b
Oswalt p 53 k k
E.Ramirez p 9>note 2
Stewart ph 6
1: Fr.Rodriguez 2: Isringhausen
Bulls IN OUT ER Dragons IN OUT ER
Prior A1 C6 3 W 3-0 Oswalt A1 D4 5 L 1-1
Urbina C7 D3 0 H 2 E.Ramirez D5 E4 0
Fr.Rodriguez D4 D8 0 H 2
Isringhausen D9 E2 0 S 1