The #2 seed Pittsburgh Pirates played the #6 seed New York Yankees in
a Semi-final round best-of-7 playoff series. The first two games were to be
played in Pittsburgh, games 3-5 in New York, and games 6 and 7 in
Pittsburgh, if necessary. The winner would be playing in the 1999 CBML World
Series.
GAME 1
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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 0 0 1 7 0
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 - 4 6 0
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Starting Pitchers: New York(AL) - Al Leiter
Pittsburgh - Pete Harnisch
WP - Pete Harnisch (1-0) LP - Al Leiter (0-1) S - Jason Christiansen (1)
E: New York(AL) - None
Pittsburgh - None
HR: New York(AL) - None
Pittsburgh - None
INJURIES: New York(AL) - None
Pittsburgh - None
Highlights: The big blow was a two-out bases loaded fly
ball off the bat of Brian McRae that the Yankees'
Matt Stairs played into a three run triple.
GAME 2
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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 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 5 9 0
Pittsburgh 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 11 0
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Starting Pitchers: New York(AL) - Francisco Cordova
Pittsburgh - Juan Guzman
WP - Jason Christiansen (1-0) LP - Jeff Shaw (0-1)
E: New York(AL) - None
Pittsburgh - None
HR: New York(AL) - Frank Thomas (2)
Pittsburgh - None
INJURIES: New York(AL) - None
Pittsburgh - Ken Caminiti (3 days)
Highlights: The Pirates scored in the first on a Gonzalez RBI double.
New York forged ahead on the strength of two solo shots
and a two RBI triple by Thomas. In the bottom of the ninth,
Jose Hernandez (playing for the injured Caminiti) drove in
the tying run with a one out double and scored when the next
batter (Gonzalez) singled.
GAME 3
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Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 10 1
New York(AL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 11 2
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Starting Pitchers: Pittsburgh - Jeff Fassero
New York(AL) - Rick White
WP - Doug Brocail (1-0) LP - Mariano Rivera (0-1) S - Jason Christiansen (2)
E: Pittsburgh - Jose Hernandez
New York(AL) - Devon White, Jay Bell
HR: Pittsburgh - None
New York(AL) - None
INJURIES: Pittsburgh - None
New York(AL) - Chad Curtis (1 day)
Highlights: Pittsburgh scored first on a two out, based loaded
single from Salmon. The Yanks got their runs on a two-out,
runners on the corners double from the pinch hitting Martinez.
The Pirates finished off the scoring with a pair of singles by
the 8th and 9th place hitters, a sac, a RBI single and a sac fly.
GAME 4
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Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Pittsburgh 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 3 10 12 1
New York(AL) 4 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 9 9 0
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Starting Pitchers: Pittsburgh - Pete Harnisch
New York(AL) - Orlando Hernandez
WP - Scott Service (1-0) LP - Jeff Shaw (0-2) S - Jason Christiansen (3)
E: Pittsburgh - Royce Clayton, Tony Womack
New York(AL) - None
HR: Pittsburgh - Ryan Klesko, Brian McRae, Wally Joyner
New York(AL) - None
INJURIES: Pittsburgh - Pete Harnisch (remainder),
Juan Gonzalez (remainder)
New York(AL) - None
Highlights: The big blows were the three run home runs by McRae
(8th inning) and pinch hitting Joyner (2 out BPHR (1-8) in
the 9th). Pittsburgh wins 3 of the four games in the ninth
inning.