The #3 seed Los Angeles Duhsasters played the #6 seed New York Yankees in
a first round best-of-5 playoff series. The first two games were to be
played in New York, while games 3-5 would be in Los Angeles, if necessary.
The winner would advance to the Semi-final round against Pittsburgh.
GAME 1
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Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Los Angeles 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 8 3
New York(AL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
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Starting Pitchers: Los Angeles - Chan Ho Park
New York(AL) - Francisco Cordova
WP - Pete Schourek (1-0) LP - Francisco Cordova (0-1) S - Matt Mantei (1)
E: Los Angeles - Mike Bordick, Tony Fernandez, Roberto Alomar
New York(AL) - None
HR: Los Angeles - Sammy Sosa, Bernie Williams
New York(AL) - None
INJURIES: Los Angeles - Chan Ho Park (5 days)
New York(AL) - None
Highlights: LA gets 1st and 3rd with nobody out in the first and
doesn't score. To one-up LA in the bottom of the 1st,
the Yankees load the bases with no one out and doesn't
score. Sosa and Williams homer for LA which provides
all the offense needed to win the game. NYY only had
2 hits...one in the first and one in the 9th...despite
Park being injured for the series in the 3rd inning.
GAME 2
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Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Los Angeles 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 14 3
New York(AL) 0 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 - 8 9 0
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Starting Pitchers: Los Angeles - Tom Glavine
New York(AL) - Al Leiter
WP - Al Leiter (1-0) LP - Tom Glavine (0-1)
E: Los Angeles - Tony Fernandez, David Dellucci, Fred McGriff
New York(AL) - None
HR: Los Angeles - None
New York(AL) - Doug Glanville
INJURIES: Los Angeles - None
New York(AL) - None
Highlights: Glanville hits 2-run shot in 2nd and NYY scores 5
runs (3 unearned) in the 5th. The ironic part of
the 5th inning is that the leadoff batter for NYY
walked and the next batter bunted into a double.
NYY got 5 hits, a walk, and an error to get the 5
runs.
GAME 3
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Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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New York(AL) 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 8 13 2
Los Angeles 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 0
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Starting Pitchers: New York(AL) - Rick White
Los Angeles - Steve Trachsel
WP - Rick White (1-0) LP - Steve Trachsel (0-1)
E: New York(AL) - Jay Bell
Los Angeles - None
HR: New York(AL) - Jay Bell
Los Angeles - Tony Fernandez, Rusty Greer
INJURIES: New York(AL) - None
Los Angeles - None
Highlights: Homers by Bell(NYY), Greer(LA) and Fernandez(LA)
provide an early LA lead at 4-3. In the 5th, NY
gets triples by the speedster Frank Thomas and
Chad Curtis to score 4 runs. Relievers take over
for NYY in the 6th who hold the lead the rest of
the way.
GAME 4
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Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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New York(AL) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 4 1
Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
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Starting Pitchers: New York(AL) - Brian Moehler
Los Angeles - Pete Schourek
WP - Brian Moehler (1-0) LP - Pete Schourek (1-1) S - Jeff Shaw (1)
E: New York(AL) - Ruben Rivera
Los Angeles - Darren Fletcher
HR: New York(AL) - None
Los Angeles - None
INJURIES: New York(AL) - None
Los Angeles - None
Highlights: Pitchers duel this game as LA only gets 5
singles and NYY only gets 3 singles and a
double. Glanville scored the first run for NYY
on a single, stolen base, error by the catcher
on the throw and a sac fly. In the 8th, NY scored
on a double, FC, and a wild pitch. In the 9th,
NYY scored on 3 walks and a FC. NYY brings in
relievers, again starting in the 6th, to finish
the game.