ALCS Game Two:
Following the great pitcher's duel between
Urick and
Hokusai, Nashville's
Rene Romero and Miami's
Jose Caceres tried to recreate it in Game Two. For five full innings, neither team could get a run across. Finally, in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Dolphins'
Jake Foss delivered a sacrifice fly. Miami added to the lead when
Dennis Fernandez belted a 2-run homerun in the seventh inning. And that was it. Miami hung on for a 3-0 victory.
Romero pitched 8 innings and gave up just 5 hits and 2 walks, while striking out 5.
Caceres tossed 7 shutout innings, gave up 5 hits and 2 walks, and struck out 6.
The series is
tied at 1 game apiece.
NLCS Game Two:
San Jose struck quickly in Game Two. In the first inning,
James Lumsden hit a sacrifice fly,
Orlando Escobedo hit an RBI single, and
Robert Clear hit an RBI double, giving the Sharks a 3-0 lead.
Jerry Harmer, Jr. led off the bottom of the first with a solo homerun to make it 3-1.
Clear came through again for San Jose, ripping a 2 out, 2-run double in the third inning to make it 5-1. In the blink of an eye, though, that lead would evaporate.
Javier Rael and
James Sequeira opened the fourth inning with consecutive homeruns, and later in the inning, pitcher
Douglas Malone cut the Sharks' lead to one run with a run-scoring fielder's choice. In the sixth inning,
Tony Francois tied the game at 5 with a sacrifice fly. The game remained tied through the seventh inning. And the eighth. And the ninth. In the tenth inning,
Ugo Momoru drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single. The lead held up, and the Sharks won 6-5. San Jose's
George Ormiston had 4 hits and scored 3 runs in the game.
The series is
tied at 1 game apiece.