ALCS Game Seven:
With a World Series appearance at stake, Nashville and Miami went to battle for the last time this season. The Dolphins struck quickly.
Roy Springs hit an RBI triple in the first inning and
Edmond McGurk followed with a single to knock him in. Miami led, 2-0. In the second inning, Nashville got on the board, getting an RBI single from
Robert Perkins. An inning later, the Predators grabbed a 3-2 lead when
Daniel Lane blasted a 2 out, 2-run homerun. In the fourth, however,
Thomas Fuentes, Jr. hit a leadoff homerun, tying the game at 3 apiece. The game remained tied through the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings. With one out in the bottom of the eighth, Miami's
McGurk crushed a solo homerun to put the Dolphins ahead. 4-3 Miami was the final score of the game, and 4-3 Miami was how the American League Championship Series ended up. The defending champion Dolphins will get a chance to defend their title.
Miami wins the series, 4 games to 3.
NLCS Game Seven:
Pittsburgh grabbed control of Game Seven when
Matias Santos hit a 2 out, 2 run double in the third inning. In the fourth inning,
Javier Rael drew a bases-loaded walk, and
Robert Able delivered a 2-run single to give the Pirates a 5-0 lead. San Jose crept back into the game.
Victor Zurcher hit an RBI single in the fifth inning to make it 5-1. In the sixth,
Orlando Escobedo belted a three run homerun, cutting Pittsburgh's lead to a single run. The Pirates pulled away, however.
Rael hit a two run homer in the bottom of the sixth, and
Jose Arruza led off the seventh inning with a solo shot. 8-4, Pirates. The Sharks kept hope alive, getting RBI singles from
Simon Martinez and
Ugo Momoru in the eighth inning, but they were unable to getting any closer. Pittsburgh prevailed, 8-6, to win the series.
Pittsburgh wins the series, 4 games to 3.