The Florida/Philadelphia series was completed on Wednesday. Philadelphia
won the series 3 games to 1, and will face Baltimore in the 2nd round.
GAME 1
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Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Philadelphia 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 0
Florida 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 7 9 2
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Starting Pitchers: Philadelphia - Ismael Valdes
Florida - John Smoltz
WP - Smoltz LP - Valdes
HR: Philadelphia - Thome
Florida - McGwire(2), Biggio, D.Fletcher
Highlights: McGwire hit a HR in each of his first two atbats to
lead Florida to victory.
GAME 2
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Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 6 7 0
Florida 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 0
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Starting Pitchers: Philadelphia - Steve Avery
Florida - Denny Neagle
WP - R.Myers LP - To.Worrell
HR: Philadelphia - Buhner, Gilkey
Florida - NONE
Highlights: A 3-run HR in the 6th and a 3-run HR in the 9th led
Philadelphia to a win, and evens the series at 1.
GAME 3
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Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Florida 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
Philadelphia 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 1
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Starting Pitchers: Florida - Pedro Astacio
Philadelphia - Sid Fernandez
WP - Astacio LP - Fernandez
HR: Florida - D.Fletcher
Philadelphia - M.Simms
Highlights: Mike Simms hit a 3-run HR (1-4, out the rest) to
account for all of Philadelphia's scoring.
GAME 4
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Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Florida 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 1
Philadelphia 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 - 8 10 0
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Starting Pitchers: Florida - Ismael Valdes
Philadelphia - John Smoltz
WP - Valdes LP - Smoltz
HR: Florida - Livingstone
Philadelphia - Thome, Palmeiro
Highlights: A no-out bases loaded double off Todd Worrell (first batter
he faced in the inning) started a rally for Philadelphia in
the 7th to put the game away.
Philadelphia wins the series 3 games to 1, and now faces Baltimore in
the second round best-of-7 series.
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