ALCS Game Four:
Are the Nashville Predators a team of destiny? After easily dispatching the Denver Broncos in the first round, they have the defending champion Dolphins on the ropes after routing them in Game Four. Miami drew first blood, when
Jake Foss scored on a wild pitch by
Mose Urick in the first inning, but Nashville quickly took control.
Carlo Romero led off the second inning with a homerun, and
Jerry Hise gave the Predators the lead with an RBI single in the same inning. In the fourth inning,
Douglas Vogl hit an RBI single. He was followed by a 2-run homerun from
David Rosier, making it 5-1 Nashville.
Hise drove in another 2 runs with a single in the fifth inning, and
Romero hit a 2-run double in the sixth to make it 9-1. Miami got its second run in the seventh inning when
Albert Chichester scored on a
Jason Mather wild pitch.
Angelo Vazquez completed the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning to make it 10-2.
Nashville leads the series, 3 games to 1.
NLCS Game Four:
It was a wild see-saw battle in Game Four of the NLCS as Pittsburgh tried push San Jose to the brink of elimination and San Jose tried to even the series. In the first inning,
Javier Rael and
Robert Able hit back to back solo homeruns with two outs to give the Pirates an early 2-0 lead. San Jose pitcher
James Myatt tied the game in the second inning with a 2-run double.
Matias Santos gave the Pirates the lead again with an RBI single in the sixth inning. But once again,
Myatt came through for the Sharks, hitting an RBI double in the bottom of the sixth. Still in the sixth inning,
William Natali and
Ugo Momoru hit RBI singles, giving San Jose a 5-3 lead. That lead lasted until the eighth inning, when
Rael hit an RBI double,
Santos hit an RBI single, and
Ralph Triado hit an RBI double. That gave Pittsburgh a 6-5 lead. The Pirates added to the lead when
James Sequeira hit a pinch-hit, leadoff homerun in the ninth inning. In the bottom of the ninth, however,
James Lumsden and
Victor Zurcher each hit RBI singles, tying the game up at 7. The game remained tied through the tenth and eleventh innings. In the 12th inning,
Matias Santos hit a solo homerun to the Pirates on top once more. This time, San Jose was out of magic. The 8-7 lead held up and the Pirates were winners.
Momoru had 5 hits and
Myatt struck out 10 for San Jose.
Pittsburgh leads the series, 3 games to 1.