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Mountaineer League - The Quarterfinals

Game 1 – Morgantown @ Fairmont, August 31, 2007
FAIRMONT, WV – The Engineers open the series with a 4-3 home victory behind a 2-for-4, 2 RBI performance from All-Start shortstop Dave Lowry and a 2-for-3 outing from CF Chris MacLeister. Engineer second baseman Manuelo Nieve put Fairmont on the board with a two run homerun in the bottom of the sixth after the Engineers found themselves down 3-0 after 5 ½ innings were in the books. Morgantown got a strong outing from SP Jon Krug, who went 8 strong innings while surrendering 10 hits and registering five strikeouts and two walks. All four Engineer runs were earned. Offensively the Monsters were lead by Player of the Game Adelio Ojeda, who when 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Closer Curt Carter picked up the save for Fairmont by pitching the top of the ninth, surrendering one hit while striking out two.

Attendance - 3,640; Fairmont leads 1-0


Game 1 – Parkersburg @ Huntington, August 31, 2007
HUNTINGTON, WV – Huntington took the first game of the series with a hard-fought 2-1 victory at Pullman Park. Both offenses were hamstrung all night, with only a total of nine hits registered between the two teams (five for Parkesburg and four for Huntington, respectively). The Hawks offensive pairing of Jeff Derenberger and Kevin Kingsley went 1-for-6 with a strikeout and two walks. Huntington’s best offensive player was CF Kelly Tennison, who went 2-for-4 with a solo homerun in the seventh that proved to be the game-winning run. The Patriots could muster little in the way of offense all night, as CF Scott Hutton was 0-for-4, 1B Victorino Ortiz was 1-4, and 3B Curt Bagnold ended up 2-for-3 with a walk. For the Hawks, Lawrence Butlin picked up the victory, going seven innings giving up only three hits, while walking four and striking out three. Jonah Williams took the loss for the Patriots, lasting six full innings, and also surrendered just three hits, while striking out five and walking four.

Attendance – 4,920; Huntington leads 1-0


Game 2 – Morgantown @ Fairmont, September 1, 2007
FAIRMONT, WV – The offenses came to life with 15 runs and 20 hits in game two, and Fairmont took a two games to none lead in the series, winning 8-7 at Knowles Field. The Monsters were paced by RF Sansom Wideman who went 1-for-5 with a homerun and four runs batted in. LF Emilo Ruiz also homered for the Monsters. Fairmont all-star Mark Weaver erupted for two homeruns, going 3-for-5 with four runs batted in and three runs scored. SS Dave Lowry aided the cause with a 2-for-4 performance accompanied by two runs batted in and two runs scored.

Attendance - 3,651; Fairmont leads 2-0


Game 2 – Parkersburg @ Huntington, September 1, 2007
HUNTINGTON, WV – Parkersburg dominated, scoring nine runs in the first three innings and never looked back in a 11-3 romp to square the series up at one game apiece. CF Scott Hutton proved game one was a fluke, going 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a run batted in. The player of the game was Patriots C Rawley Overstreet, who exploded for three hits, including a homerun in the 9th, a two runs batted in. For the Hawks, superstar Jeff Derenberger remained hitless in the series, going 0-for-4 with a strikeout and three left-on-base.

Attendance – 5,103; series tied 1-1


Game 3 – Fairmont @ Morgantown, September 3, 2007
MORGANTOWN, WV – Even the first start of the series by pitching ace David Slater couldn’t stop the rolling Fairmont Engineers, as they squeaked out a 3-2 victory in Morgantown to take a commanding three games to none lead in the best-of-seven series. The Monsters’ Slater did all he could, going all nine innings and surrendering just seven hits, only one of them for extra bases (a double in the 7th inning by [/b]CF Cornelio Ramirez[/b]). He struck out twelve Fairmont batters while walking only three. The Engineers scored all their runs in the 7th inning, and were lead by CF Chris MacLeister, who went 2-for-4 with a run scored and two runs batted in. SP David Margueta picked up the win for Fairmont by going six full innings on eight hits with four strikeouts and only one walked batter.

Attendance – 3,166; Fairmont leads 3-0


Game 3 – Huntington @ Parkersburg, September 3, 2007
PARKERSBURG, WV – Parkersburg left their bats in Huntington, as they mustered only three hits and one run as they fell 4-1 to the visiting Huntington Hawks to fall down two game to one in the series. CF Scott Hutton lead the Patriots with two hits and the rest of Parkersburg’s starting lineup could not muster a single strike against Hawks pitching. Hawks pitcher Teofilo Santos picked up the victory on the strength of a 6 1/3 inning performance of one-hit pitching. He struck out six and walked four. CL Darwin Lopez closed out the Patriots over the final two innings and collected the save.

Attendance – 4,392; Huntington leads 2-1


Game 4 – Fairmont @ Morgantown, September 4, 2007
MORGANTOWN, WV – The Monsters managed to stave off elimination for at least one more game, finally derailing the Engineers, 5-2, on the strength of LF Emilo Ruiz’s 3-for-4, one homerun, three RBI performance. C Buinton Hevia and 1B Eduardo Fernandez each added an RBI for the Monsters. The Engineers were again lead by CF Chris MacLeister, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Luke Baldazo picked up the win for Morgantown, going eight full innings for the Monsters.

Attendance – 3,155; Fairmont leads 3-1


Game 4 – Huntington @ Parkersburg, September 4, 2007
PARKERSBURG, WV – Huntington found their offense, crossing home plate seven times on their way to downing the home-standing Parkersburg Patriots for the second straight game, 7-2. [b]RF Jeff Derenberger hit his first homerun of the series, a solo shot in the 9th, to put the final nail in the Patriots coffin. A four-run 8th had all but sunk the Patriots before the booming 404-foot dinger by Derenberger. Parkersburg’s offensive woes continued, as the trio of Hutton, Bagnold, and Ortiz managed just one hit in 11 chances.

Attendance – 4,406; Huntington leads 3-1


Game 5 – Fairmont @ Morgantown, September 5, 2007
MORGANTOWN, WV – Fairmont advanced to the Mountain States Series by defeating the Morgantown Monsters, 8-5, to capture their Quarterfinal Series four games to one. Offensively, the Engineers were lead by 1B Mike Weaver who lead the team with four runs batted in, and SS Dave Lowry, who went 2-for-3, with two runs batted in, two walks, and two runs scored. The Monsters were paced by LF Emilo Ruiz’s, with two runs batted in on a 1-for-4 evening at the plate.

Attendance – 3,177; Fairmont wins 4-1


Game 5 – Huntington @ Parkersburg, September 5, 2007
PARKERSBURG, WV – Early offense lead the way as the Patriots forced a game six by doubling up the Huntington Hawks, 12-6, at Dupont Field. The Patriots scored nine runs in the first three innings, managing to chase not one but two Huntington pitchers off the mound before the game was a third over. Offensively, the Patriots’ bats finally woke up, with CF Scott Hutton going 1-for-4 with a homerun and three RBI’s. 3B Curt Bagnold lead the team, going 4-for-5, with a homerun and two runners batted in. Huntington’s Jeff Derenberger continued to slump, going 0-for-3, dropping his series average to a dismal .111.

Attendance – 4,396; Huntington leads 3-2


Game 6 – Parkersburg @ Huntington, September 7, 2007
HUNTINGTON, WV – The Huntington Hawks advanced to their second straight Mountain State Series by eliminating the Parkersburg Patriots four games to two on the strength of a 4-2 victory at Pullman Park. Patriot bats returned to silence, as Hutton and Ortiz combined for an 0-for-6 performance. Hutton ended the series batting .227 with one homerun and four RBIs; Ortiz finished with .250-0-4 numbers. Player of the Game, Huntington pitcher Leonel Hilton, hurled seven strong innings to even his playoff record a 1-1.

Attendance – 4,879; Huntington wins 4-2

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2007 Mountain State Series
Huntington Hawks vs. Fairmont Engineers
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