Alan Trammell and the Marauders would like to congratulate San Jose
on a fine season, and an incredible series.
MCM 4-1 SJC

Game 5

MCM  4  0  1  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  2    9
MCM  0  0  0  0  1  1  2  2  1  0  0  0    7

W - Lopez
L - Wall

This time it was the Marauders who jumped out to an early lead.  The
first 6 batters reached base against Bruce Chen, with the last of four
runs scoring when Dmitri Young's deep drive was caught just short of the
fence in left center for a sac fly.  Enrique Wilson, who had a 2-run
single in the 1st, knocked Chen out of the game in the second with a 
solo shot.  To this point in the series, the Marauders bullpen had 
pitched 23.2 IP and allowed only 6 earned runs, so it appeared as though
the season was over for SJC.  Instead, the Canusis knocked around the
MCM pen for 7 runs over the final 5 innings of regulation.  Robb Nen
was victimized by a 2-run dinger in the 8th by Geoff Jenkins but had
recovered to get within one out of closing out the game.  Corey Koskie
then hit an unbelievable (Nen 28 DF #'s, Koskie Fr power, rolled 93!)
home run to tie the game end force extra innings.  San Jose had a
chance to win in the 10th but Jeff Frye popped into a double-play on a
squeeze bunt attempt.  The Marauders won it once again off their
former teammate Wall, as Ryan Klesko had a clutch 2-out single to
score Piazza and Ochoa.



Game 4

MCM  0  2  1  0  0  0  0  3  1     7
SJC  5  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     5

W - Wunsch
L - Wall
S - Nen

Tim Wakefield's knuckleball wasn't working for him, as the first three
batters walked and Todd Pratt followed that up with a 2-run single.
Wakefield then managed to get two outs, before Geoff Jenkins took him
deep and put the Marauders in a quick 5-0 hole.  Manager Alan Trammell
once again went to the bullpen early and hoped that the Marauders bats
could scrape up enough runs to make it a game.  MCM did manage to get
a few runs off of Dave Burba, but trailed 5-3 going into the 8th inning.
After Edgar Renteria singled, Rick Wong called on bullpen ace (and former
Marauder) Donne Wall to face the meat of the order.  Wall walked Frank
Thomas, but got Ryan Klesko to fly out, before pitching to Mike Piazza
who had gone 0-for-4 to that point.  This time however, Piazza came
through with his biggest hit of the season, a deep drive to left
center which cleared the bases and put the Marauders ahead.  MCM
tacked on an insurance run in the 9th on an Alex Ochoa homer, and Robb
Nen closed out the game for his second save of the series.



Game 3

MCM  0  4  4  0  0  0  1  1  1    11
SJC  1  0  0  3  2  0  0  0  0     6

W - Rivera
L - Gardner

MCM jumped out to a big lead, as they capitalized on two early
bases-loaded opportunities.  In the second, Tyler Houston
doubled down the right field line to clear the bases, later
scoring on an RBI single by Quilvio Veras, and in the third
Ben Grieve sent Mark Gardner to the showers by hitting a grand
slam.  San Jose clawed back into the game, with a Jay Payton
double scoring two and knocking Shane Reynolds out of the game
in the 4th.  The Canusis got two more in the 5th off reliever
Mike James, but five Marauders relievers combined to shut out
SJC over the last 4 innings.



Game 2:

SJC  000 110 000 - 2 6 1
MCM  110 010 00x - 3 5 0

The Marauders got right to work, as seven of the first 11 batters reached
base, sending SJC starter Dave Burba to an early exit. Bruce Chen got Mike
Piazza to ground into a bases-loaded double play to end the 2nd inning and
hold the deficit to two runs. A Todd Pratt sacrifice fly and Barry Larkin
homerun tied the score, but the Marauders loaded the bases and scored on an
Alex Ochoa warning track out. In a turnaround from game 1, both relief corps
held down the offenses the rest of the way this time, the one big threat
coming on a Rickey Henderson pinch-walk that eventually culminated in a
failed attempted steal of home to end the 8th.



Game 1:

SJC  000 120 300 - 6 13 0
MCM  000 001 210 - 4 12 3

Jamey Wright was the surprise starter for SJC, but he had been the only
Canusis starter with regular-season success against the heavily favored
Marauders. Wright scattered four hits and four walks to shut out the vaunted
MCM offense for five innings. Shane Reynolds allowed only a solo run in his
short 3.2 start for MCM. The relievers did not fare as well. Chuck McElroy
surrendered back-to-back doubles to Jeromy Burnitz and Barry Larkin in the
5th, and Mark McGwire followed with an RBI single. Mariano Rivera
surrendered three runs in the 7th, aided by two MCM errors, while four
different SJC relievers allowed runs to score, and SJC escaped only by
stranding eight MCM runners (six in scoring position) over the last four
innings. Larkin and Cory Koskie had three hits apiece for the Canusis. Alex
Ochoa and Quilvio Veras had three hits each for the Marauders.

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