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Although the first couple of games in the San Diego-Pittsburgh series had been close, the later games began seeing wider margins of victory. Pittsburgh won Games 4 and 5 by a combined 12-4, while San Diego routed Pittsburgh in Game Six by a score of 9-3. This trend continued in an anticlimactic Game Seven.

In the first inning, Pittsburgh's Aaron Quijada ripped a 2 run homerun. Robert Able added an RBI double, and the Pirates led 3-0. Pitcher Andreas Fajardo got into the act with an RBI single in the fourth inning. 4-0. In the same inning, Jerry Harmer, Jr. drew a bases-loaded walk. 5-0. Still in the fourth, Javier Rael delivered a 2 out, 2-run single to make it 7-0. Harmer capped the scoring with an RBI single in the sixth inning. Fajardo tossed a 4-hit shutout and the Pirates won the game, and the series, 8-0.


The Pirates win the series in 7 games.



James Lumsden hit an RBI single in the first inning for San Jose, but Rochester quickly took control of Game Seven. Anthony Champ hit a run-scoring triple in the third inning. Later in the third, Rick Ahn belted a 2-run homerun. In the fifth inning, Paul Bibbs, who has had a fantastic series, crushed a 2-out, 2-run homerun, giving the Rhinos a commanding 5-1 lead. And then, the sixth inning happened.

Lusmden ripped a two run homerun. 5-3. Simon Martinez delivered a pinch-hit sacrifice fly. 5-4. Roy Isenhour hit an RBI double. 5-5. Eric Alexander hit an RBI single. 6-5.

Clinging to that one run lead, the Sharks blew open the game in the ninth. Alberto Cisneros hit a sacrifice fly. 7-5. Robert Clear hit a 2-run double. 9-5. Simon Martinez hit an RBI single. 10-5. Rochester was unable to rally in the bottom of the ninth, giving San Jose the game and the series.


The Sharks win the series in 7 games.