WORLD SERIES SEASON 15 GAMES 1-3

Game One Oakland 2 Arizona 10

Phoenix, Arizona (McC) – Twenty-four game winner and season 15 Cy Young award winner Vince Garcia (3-0) started game one of the World Series for the heavily favorite Diamondbacks. Garcia went seven innings, giving up 2 runs on 6 hits to earn the victory. Oakland Athletics pitcher Andres Alfonzo (3-2) and AL Cy Young award winner opened game one on three days’ rest and was knocked around like a pitcher pitching on three days’ rest. Arizona scored 10 runs on 14 hits to seize game one. National League MVP Clarence Finley (CF) had 2 home runs and 5 RBIs and was named player of the game.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	1
Arizona	0	1	2	0	3	2	2	0	X	10	14	1

Player of the Game

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Clarence Finley	CF	3	3	3	5	2

Oakland Athletics											Arizona Diamondbacks
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG		Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Jose Fernandez	LF	4	0	0	0	0	3	2	0.156		Heinie Clark	LF	5	1	1	1	0	2	5	0.441
Tony Zhang	C	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0.512		Don Yamamoto	LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.286
Homer Henry	2B	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.324		Mark Pence	2B	3	1	0	0	2	0	3	0.238
Brian Petrick	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000		Earl Becker	2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
George Brantley	3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0.383		Bob Alston	RF	4	2	2	1	2	0	4	0.304
Jolbert Veras	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.298		Mario Obermueller	1B	3	1	0	0	3	2	6	0.262
Victor Arias	RF	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0.295		Clarence Finley	CF	3	3	3	5	2	0	0	0.231
Russ Rogers	CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.310		Parker Roberts	C	4	1	3	1	0	0	3	0.351
Eliezer Garces	SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.189		Archie Winn	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.455
Andres Alfonzo	P	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.000		Quilvio Garces	3B	5	1	1	1	0	0	7	0.364
Aramis Rojas	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000		Luis Ramirez	SS	5	0	1	0	0	0	4	0.171
Game Totals	--	32	2	6	2	2	8	--	0.188		Tom Sosa	SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.667
											Vince Garcia	P	3	0	1	1	1	0	1	0.231
Batting											Deivi Calderon	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.250
2B: G.Brantley (5)											Game Totals	--	38	10	14	10	10	5	--	0.368
HR: T.Zhang (3)
RBI: T.Zhang (9), V.Arias (6)											Batting
2-Out RBI: T.Zhang											2B: H.Clark (1), B.Alston (4), P.Roberts 2 (5)
Baserunning											HR: C.Finley 2 (3)
Fielding											RBI: H.Clark (4), B.Alston (8), C.Finley 5 (10), P.Roberts (6), Q.Garces (8), V.Garcia (2)
Errors: A.Alfonzo (1)											HBP: A.Winn
											Baserunning
Pitching											SB: H.Clark (4)
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC	ERA		Fielding
Andres Alfonzo, L (3-2)	5	10	8	8	7	2	2	129	4.14		Errors: T.Sosa (1)
Aramis Rojas	3	4	2	2	3	3	0	66	7.59
Game Totals	8	14	10	10	10	5	2	195	---		Pitching
											Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC	ERA
											Vince Garcia, W (3-0)	7	6	2	2	2	7	1	118	2.36
											Deivi Calderon	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	24	4.09
											Game Totals	9	6	2	2	2	8	1	142	---

Game Two Oakland 5 Arizona 8

Phoenix, Arizona (McC) – National League MVP runner-up Mark Pence (2B) drove in 3 runs in the bottom of the 4th when he smacked a homer to left-center field off eventual loser Oakland starter Louie Mercedes (2-2). Arizona takes game 2 and leads the series 2-0. Pence was named player of the game. 

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	9	2
Arizona	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	X	8	10	2

Player of the Game

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Mark Pence	2B	4	2	1	3	1

Oakland Athletics											Arizona Diamondbacks
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG		Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Jose Fernandez	LF	5	0	0	0	0	2	4	0.140		Don Yamamoto	LF	5	2	1	0	0	1	4	0.269
Tony Zhang	C	4	1	1	0	1	1	4	0.489		Mark Pence	2B	4	2	1	3	1	0	3	0.239
Homer Henry	2B	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0.310		Mario Obermueller	1B	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	0.267
George Brantley	3B	5	1	1	1	0	2	4	0.365		Heinie Clark	1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.441
Jolbert Veras	1B	4	0	2	2	1	1	0	0.314		Clarence Finley	CF	3	1	1	0	2	1	2	0.238
Victor Arias	RF	4	0	1	2	0	1	4	0.292		Parker Roberts	C	4	0	1	2	1	1	3	0.341
Russ Rogers	CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	5	0.304		Archie Winn	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.455
Eliezer Garces	SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.195		Bob Alston	RF	4	0	1	1	0	1	5	0.300
Louie Mercedes	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		Quilvio Garces	3B	4	1	2	1	0	2	2	0.375
Onan Suh	P	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000		Luis Ramirez	SS	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0.182
Matt Taylor	PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.375		Vic Benitez	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.286
Brandon Stark	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		Chick Shaw	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000
Game Totals	--	37	5	9	5	2	9	--	0.243		Arthur Stanley	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.143
											Vince Ellenwood	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Batting											Game Totals	--	33	8	10	8	7	8	--	0.303
2B: J.Veras (2), V.Arias (2)
RBI: G.Brantley (6), J.Veras 2 (20), V.Arias 2 (8)											Batting
2-Out RBI: G.Brantley, J.Veras 2, V.Arias 2											HR: M.Pence (3)
HBP: O.Suh											RBI: M.Pence 3 (9), M.Obermueller (8), P.Roberts 2 (8), B.Alston (9), Q.Garces (9)
SH: L.Mercedes											2-Out RBI: M.Pence 3, P.Roberts, B.Alston, Q.Garces
Baserunning											SH: V.Benitez
Fielding											Baserunning
Errors: T.Zhang (1), H.Henry (1)											SB: D.Yamamoto (3)
											Fielding
Pitching											Errors: D.Yamamoto (1), Q.Garces (1)
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC	ERA
Louie Mercedes, L (2-2)	3.2	6	6	4	4	5	1	91	5.79		Pitching
Onan Suh	3.1	2	1	1	3	2	0	62	2.49		Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC	ERA
Brandon Stark	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	15	6.75		Vic Benitez	4.2	8	5	3	0	5	0	84	5.87
Game Totals	8	10	8	6	7	8	1	168	---		Chick Shaw, W (1-0)	2.1	0	0	0	2	3	0	39	2.57
											Vince Ellenwood, SV (1)	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	22	0
											Game Totals	9	9	5	3	2	9	0	145	---

Game Three Arizona 8 Oakland 2

Oakland, California (McC) – 35 year-old Bob Alston smashed a solo homer in the 7th and crushed a 3-run bomb in the top of the ninth to help the Diamondbacks move to within one game of the World Series Championship. The Bay Area Bombers were down 5-0 before scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th on a double by Oakland leadoff man Jose Fernandez. Antonio Takahashi (1-0) took home the victory, giving up 2 runs on 5 hits, walking 2 and striking out 4. The brooms are out in Arizona.     

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Arizona	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	8	13	1
Oakland	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	2

Player of the Game

Player Pos AB R H RBI BB Bob Alston RF 4 2 2 4 1

Arizona Diamondbacks											Oakland Athletics
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG		Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Mark Pence	2B	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0.255		Jose Fernandez	LF	5	0	1	2	0	0	2	0.145
Earl Becker	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000		Tony Zhang	C	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.451
Arthur Stanley	DH	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0.182		Homer Henry	2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0.304
Mario Obermueller	1B	4	2	2	2	0	0	4	0.286		George Brantley	3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.339
Heinie Clark	1B	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.457		Jolbert Veras	1B	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0.302
Clarence Finley	CF	5	0	2	1	0	1	1	0.255		Matt Taylor	DH	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0.417
Parker Roberts	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.311		Victor Arias	RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	5	0.269
Archie Winn	C	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.500		Russ Rogers	CF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0.300
Bob Alston	RF	4	2	2	4	1	0	1	0.315		Eliezer Garces	SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.222
Don Yamamoto	LF	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	0.233		Game Totals	--	35	2	7	2	3	7	--	0.200
Quilvio Garces	3B	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	0.358
Luis Ramirez	SS	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0.191		Batting
Tom Sosa	SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.667		2B: J.Fernandez (4)
Game Totals	--	40	8	13	7	3	7	--	0.325		RBI: J.Fernandez 2 (7)
											2-Out RBI: J.Fernandez 2
Batting											Baserunning
2B: M.Obermueller (2), C.Finley (2)											SB: H.Henry (1), G.Brantley (3)
HR: M.Obermueller (3), B.Alston 2 (5)											Fielding
RBI: M.Obermueller 2 (10), C.Finley (11), B.Alston 4 (13)											Errors: G.Brantley (1), R.Rogers (1)
2-Out RBI: B.Alston
HBP: A.Stanley											Pitching
Baserunning											Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC	ERA
SB: A.Stanley (1)											Rafael Fernandez, L (2-2)	5	8	3	3	2	5	1	82	4.79
Fielding											Vic Guillen	4	5	5	4	1	2	2	72	9.00
Errors: Q.Garces (2)											Game Totals	9	13	8	7	3	7	3	154	---
Pitching
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC	ERA
Antonio Takahashi, W (1-0)	6.2	5	2	2	2	4	0	101	1.74
Vince Ellenwood	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	22	0
Angel Duran, SV (2)	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	0.75
Game Totals	9	7	2	2	3	7	0	145	---

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