Clemente Championships 2006

Indiana Wins Clemente title 4 games to 2.

THE RED BIRD GAZETTE

Reported by: Skip Duckworth

This is Skip Duckworth as we are setting down with the Clemente league champions Indiana Red Bird mgr. Bob Fidler

Skip: First thing I want to say is congratulations

Bob: Thanks a lot Skip and we want to say thank you mgr Marc Wass on a great series as it was a close one even if it doesn’t look that way.

Skip: Well can you tell us about the last two games that were played since the last time we spoke.

Bob: Yes Skip, Game 5 of course was the last game to be played in Brooklyn and they had their backs to the wall. Both teams scored a run in the second inning and Brooklyn scored another one in the bottom of the third that proved to be the game winner. Then Sammy Sosa put the game away with a long 2 run blast in the 7^th inning. We had runners on but just couldn’t seem to get a big hit. I was getting to think we used everything up in that game 3.

Skip: Well you still came home with a 3-2 games lead you should had felt good about that.

Bob: Yes I did I think the off day was great advantage and to come home and play in front of the great Red Bird fans in the Bird Cage.

Skip: Well tell us about game 6 which ended up being the clincher.

Bob: We had Oswalt going against Colon, we took the lead in the bottom of the 2^nd 1-0  but Brooklyn came back with a 3 spot in the top of the 3^rd. Albert came up in the bottom of the 3^rd with Reyes on and hit a upper deck shot to tie the game up. In the top of the 4^th Brooklyn recaptured the lead with a run then finally in the bottom of the 5^th we were able to 2 across and then another in the 7^th. Hoffman came in to finish it off and he didn’t seem to have his best stuff starting out and he let Brooklyn score the 2 runs to tie it. Trevor was really upset with himself but I told don’t worry about your team mates will pick you up. He kept it close then Ray King who hadn’t made an appearance in the playoffs came in to get 2 outs in the 11^th. Toby Hall lead off with a single and we debated if we should pinch run but decided against hit and try to hit and run with Iguchi but he swung at a bad pitch and popped it up. Brooklyn then brought in Villone to pitch to Grady who we have all the confidence if he is facing a LH pitcher, he laced a double down the right field line. 3^rd base coach Ken Reitz held Hall up with one out knowing we have Polanco coming up and Albert on deck. Brooklyn brought in Rivera to try and get the strike out but he left a curve ball in the middle of the plate and Placido was able to hit it up the middle to give us the 7-6 victory.

Skip: Congratulation on a great series and got get that World Series Champions

Bob: Thanks Skip and I know my team will do their best, as it says in the dugout Play like a Champion.

Well this is Skip Duckworth signing off and we have one last thing to say GO RED BIRDS!

BOXSCORE: 2006 Brooklyn Superbas At 2006 Indiana RedBirds 10/16/2006

[1] Superbas AB R H RBI AVG RedBirds AB R H RBI AVG
J.Vidro 2B 4 0 1 0 .333 G.Sizemore CF 3 1 0 0 .371
T.Helton DH,1B 4 0 2 0 .400 P.Polanco 2B 4 1 2 3 .324
M.Cabrera 3B 4 2 2 1 .368 A.Rodriguez 3B 4 2 2 1 .389
R.Howard 1B 4 0 1 1 .235 J.Bay LF 4 0 0 0 .229
A-J.Spivey PR 0 0 0 0 ---- A.Pujols 1B 3 0 0 0 .281
D.Willis P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.Clark DH 3 0 2 1 .333
V.Wells CF 4 0 0 0 .286 T.Nixon RF 4 0 0 0 .313
J.Drew LF 4 0 0 0 .300 M.Olivo C 4 1 2 0 .500
I.Rodriguez C 3 1 1 1 .294 J.Reyes SS 3 0 0 0 .300
B-M.Jacobs PH 1 0 0 0 .333
R.Mackowiak RF 4 1 3 1 .500
A.Everett SS 2 0 0 0 .188
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
[1] Totals 34 4 10 4 Totals 32 5 8 5

A-Pinch Ran For Howard In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Rodriguez In 9th Inning

Superbas........ 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 10 2
RedBirds........ 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 8 0

[1]Superbas (4-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
D.Willis LOSS(1-1) 8 8 5 5 2 6 2 119 4.41 A1 D6
[1]Totals 8 8 5 5 2 6 2

[1]RedBirds (5-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Garland WIN(2-0) 8 10 4 4 0 4 3 105 4.68 A1 D5
T.Hoffman SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 1.93 D6
[1]Totals 9 10 4 4 0 5 3

ATTENDANCE- 44,830 DATE- Monday, October 16th 2006 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Scootch Meowe, Bruce Froemming, Brian Gorman, Jeff Nelson
T- 2:55
LEFT ON BASE- Superbas: 4 RedBirds: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Superbas: 1 RedBirds: 2
ERRORS- J.Vidro, A.Everett
DOUBLES- M.Cabrera(3rd), A.Rodriguez(5th), M.Olivo(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Cabrera(1st), I.Rodriguez(1st), R.Mackowiak(1st), P.Polanco(2nd),
A.Rodriguez(6th)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Everett
WALKS- A.Pujols, T.Clark
HIT BY PITCH- G.Sizemore
STRIKE OUTS- T.Helton, R.Howard, J.Drew, I.Rodriguez, A.Everett, G.Sizemore,
A.Rodriguez, T.Nixon-3, M.Olivo
GIDP- M.Cabrera, V.Wells, A.Rodriguez

The Indiana RedBirds nipped the Brooklyn Superbas 5 to 4 at US Cellular Field
in a hard fought contest.

Indiana tallied 4 runs in the 3rd inning with the help of 4 hits. The key
at-bat was by Placido Polanco who electrified US Cellular Field when he
lofted a three-run bomb (his 2nd of the season). Trevor Hoffman, after
tossing a perfect ninth, was credited with his 1st save.

The victory went to Jon Garland(2-0) who went 8 innings, allowing 4 runs.
Dontrelle Willis(1-1) was hit with the loss. He gave up 5 runs and 8 hits in
8 innings.

BOXSCORE: 2006 Brooklyn Superbas At 2006 Indiana RedBirds 10/17/2006

[1] Superbas AB R H RBI AVG RedBirds AB R H RBI AVG
J.Spivey 2B 4 0 0 0 .000 G.Sizemore CF 5 2 3 4 .400
H-R.Mackowiak PH 1 0 0 0 .444 P.Polanco 2B 5 1 3 1 .359
T.Helton 1B 5 1 1 1 .360 A.Pujols 1B 4 0 1 0 .278
M.Cabrera 3B 3 0 0 0 .318 A.Rodriguez 3B 3 1 1 2 .385
V.Wells CF 3 0 0 0 .250 J.Bay LF 4 0 1 0 .231
S.Fasano DH 3 0 0 0 .250 T.Clark DH 4 0 0 0 .294
F-M.Jacobs PH 0 0 0 0 .333 T.Nixon RF 3 0 0 0 .286
G-D.Willis PH 1 0 0 0 .000 T.Hall C 2 0 0 0 .194
J.Payton RF,LF 4 1 2 0 .375 D-J.Conine PH 1 0 0 0 .000
S.Sosa LF 2 0 1 0 .500 E-M.Olivo C 1 1 1 0 .600
A-J.Drew RF 1 1 0 0 .273 J.Reyes SS 4 2 2 0 .324
I.Rodriguez C 3 2 1 0 .300
A.Everett SS 2 0 0 0 .167
B-J.Vidro PH 1 0 1 1 .368
C-J.Castro PR,SS 1 0 1 2 .500
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
[1] Totals 34 5 7 4 Totals 36 7 12 7

A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Sosa In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Everett In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Vidro In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Hall In 7th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Conine In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Fasano In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Jacobs In 8th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Spivey In 9th Inning

Superbas........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 - 5 7 0
RedBirds........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 - 7 12 1

[1]Superbas (4-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Colon LOSS(1-1) 7 9 4 4 2 3 1 113 3.05 A1 D5
R.Villone 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 D6 D7
L.Hawkins 0 1/3 3 3 3 0 0 1 16 81.00 D8
[1]Totals 8 12 7 7 2 3 2

[1]RedBirds (6-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
S.Kazmir WIN(1-1) 7 4 1 1 3 8 0 105 2.57 A1 D2
D.Riske 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0.00 D3 D4
B.Shackelfor 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00 D5 D5
D.Baez 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 16 10.80 D6 D8
B.Wickman 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 9.00 D9 D9
J.Isringhaus SAVE(1st) 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 10 4.50 E1
[1]Totals 9 7 5 5 5 9 1

ATTENDANCE- 34,036 DATE- Tuesday, October 17th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Bruce Froemming, Brian Gorman, Jeff Nelson, Scootch Meowe
T- 3:13
LEFT ON BASE- Superbas: 7 RedBirds: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Superbas: 0 RedBirds: 1
ERRORS- A.Rodriguez
DOUBLES- I.Rodriguez(3rd), J.Bay(4th), J.Reyes(1st)
TRIPLES- G.Sizemore(1st)
HOME RUNS- T.Helton(2nd), G.Sizemore(4th), A.Rodriguez(7th)
WALKS- M.Cabrera-2, V.Wells, J.Drew, I.Rodriguez, A.Rodriguez, T.Nixon
STRIKE OUTS- J.Spivey-2, T.Helton-2, M.Cabrera, V.Wells, S.Fasano, S.Sosa,
I.Rodriguez, P.Polanco, T.Clark, J.Reyes
GIDP- R.Mackowiak

Grady Sizemore hit a homerun and had 4 RBI as the Indiana RedBirds outscored
the Brooklyn Superbas 7 to 5.

Sizemore enjoyed a big evening at the plate. He banged out a single in the 5th
inning, tripled plating a run in the 7th inning and lofted a three-run
'big-fly' (his 4th of the season) in the 8th inning. The teams had been
locked in a scoreless duel until the 7th inning.

Scott Kazmir(1-1) got credit for the victory, pitching 7 innings and allowing
1 run. Kazmir got help from Jason Isringhausen who was credited with his 1st
save. Bartolo Colon(1-1) was charged with the loss. He pitched 7 innings
and surrendered 9 hits and 2 walks.

[1]BOXSCORE: 2006 Indiana RedBirds At 2006 Brooklyn Superbas 10/20/2006

[1] RedBirds AB R H RBI AVG Superbas AB R H RBI AVG
J.Reyes SS 5 0 1 0 .318 J.Vidro 2B 4 0 1 0 .407
P.Polanco 2B 5 0 2 0 .423 A.Everett SS 3 0 2 0 .250
A.Pujols 1B 3 0 0 0 .326 A-M.Jacobs PH 1 0 0 0 .250
J.Bay LF 2 0 1 0 .354 B-J.Castro SS 1 1 1 1 .600
A.Rodriguez 3B 3 0 0 0 .400 T.Helton 1B 1 0 0 0 .333
T.Clark DH 4 0 0 0 .293 M.Cabrera 3B 4 0 0 0 .333
T.Nixon RF 4 1 1 0 .295 R.Howard DH 4 0 0 0 .160
M.Olivo C 3 1 1 1 .500 V.Wells CF 3 1 2 1 .267
C-T.Iguchi PH 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Drew RF 4 0 4 0 .389
D-T.Hall C 0 0 0 0 .256 I.Rodriguez C 4 1 1 0 .259
G.Sizemore CF 4 0 1 1 .404 J.Payton LF 4 0 0 0 .250
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
[1] Totals 33 2 7 2 Totals 33 3 11 2

A-Pinch Hit For Everett In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Jacobs In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Olivo In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Iguchi In 9th Inning

RedBirds........ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 1
Superbas........ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 3 11 1

[1]RedBirds (7-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Garland 6 1/3 8 1 1 5 3 1 113 4.02 A1 D3
J.Padilla 1 2/3 2 1 0 0 0 0 21 4.15 D4 E1
B.Wickman LOSS(0-1) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 5 13.50 E2
[1]Totals 8 11 3 2 5 3 2

[1]Superbas (5-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
D.Willis 8 6 2 1 4 8 1 126 3.33 A1 D7
M.Rivera WIN(2-0) BS(2nd) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.00 D8
[1]Totals 9 7 2 1 4 8 1

ATTENDANCE- 44,335 DATE- Friday, October 20th 2006 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Ron Kulpa, Paul Schreiber, Larry Young, Mike Winters
T- 3:18
LEFT ON BASE- RedBirds: 9 Superbas:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- RedBirds: 2 Superbas: 0
ERRORS- A.Pujols, J.Drew
DOUBLES- J.Reyes(3rd), J.Bay(5th), A.Everett-2(5th), I.Rodriguez(4th)
TRIPLES- T.Nixon(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Olivo(1st), J.Castro(1st), V.Wells(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Iguchi
WALKS- A.Pujols, J.Bay-2, A.Rodriguez, J.Vidro, T.Helton-3, V.Wells
STRIKE OUTS- J.Reyes, A.Pujols, A.Rodriguez, T.Clark, T.Nixon, M.Olivo-2,
G.Sizemore, R.Howard-3
GIDP- A.Everett, M.Cabrera

Center fielder Vernon Wells connected with a 'big fly' at House of Pain {Col}
as the Brooklyn Superbas won in their last at-bat beating the Indiana
RedBirds by the count of 3 to 2.

The deciding run was scored by Brooklyn in the 9th. Juan Castro smashed a
bases-empty 'big-fly' (his 1st of the season) giving Brooklyn the victory as
44,335 happy fans celebrated wildly. Brooklyn had 11 hits for the game and
Indiana had 7.

Mariano Rivera(2-0) went 1 inning allowing no runs for the win. Bob
Wickman(0-1) was given the loss in relief. He allowed 1 hit and no walks
without retiring a batter.

BOXSCORE: 2006 Indiana RedBirds At 2006 Brooklyn Superbas 10/21/2006

[1] RedBirds AB R H RBI AVG Superbas AB R H RBI AVG
G.Sizemore CF 4 0 0 0 .375 J.Spivey 2B 4 1 2 0 .250
P.Polanco 2B 3 0 2 0 .436 A.Everett SS 4 0 1 1 .250
A.Pujols 1B 3 0 0 0 .306 T.Helton 1B 4 0 0 0 .294
A.Rodriguez 3B 4 0 0 0 .370 M.Cabrera 3B 4 1 1 1 .324
J.Bay LF 4 1 2 1 .365 V.Wells CF 4 0 0 0 .235
T.Clark DH 3 0 0 0 .273 S.Fasano DH 1 0 0 0 .200
T.Nixon RF 4 0 1 0 .292 A-D.Willis PR,DH 0 1 0 0 .000
T.Hall C 4 0 1 0 .256 I.Rodriguez C 2 0 1 0 .276
J.Reyes SS 3 0 1 0 .319 J.Payton RF,LF 3 0 0 0 .222
S.Sosa LF,RF 3 1 1 2 .429
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
[1] Totals 32 1 7 1 Totals 29 4 6 4

A-Pinch Ran For Fasano In 7th Inning

RedBirds........ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0
Superbas........ 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 6 0

[1]RedBirds (7-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Washburn LOSS(0-1) 8 6 4 4 1 6 2 123 6.59 A1
[1]Totals 8 6 4 4 1 6 2

[1]Superbas (6-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Penny WIN(1-0) 7 6 1 1 2 5 1 110 1.29 A1 D1
M.Rivera SAVE(2nd) 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 27 0.00 D2
[1]Totals 9 7 1 1 3 8 1

ATTENDANCE- 46,258 DATE- Saturday, October 21st 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Mark Carlson, Gary Cederstrom, Eric Cooper, Ted Fiorita
T- 2:34
LEFT ON BASE- RedBirds: 7 Superbas: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- RedBirds: 0 Superbas: 2
DOUBLES- J.Bay(6th), J.Reyes(4th), A.Everett(6th), I.Rodriguez(5th)
HOME RUNS- J.Bay(6th), M.Cabrera(2nd), S.Sosa(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- I.Rodriguez
WALKS- P.Polanco, A.Pujols, T.Clark, S.Fasano
HIT BY PITCH- S.Fasano
STRIKE OUTS- G.Sizemore, P.Polanco, A.Pujols, A.Rodriguez, T.Clark-2, T.Hall-2,
T.Helton-3, J.Payton-2, S.Sosa
GIDP- A.Pujols, A.Rodriguez

At House of Pain {Col} the Brooklyn Superbas outscored the Indiana RedBirds 4
to 1.

Brad Penny(1-0) pitched well for Brooklyn in their victory. He went 7 innings
allowing 6 hits and 2 walks. Brooklyn managed only 6 on the night.

Mariano Rivera got the save, his 2nd. Jarrod Washburn(0-1) absorbed the loss.
He allowed 4 runs and 6 hits in 8 innings.
 

BOXSCORE: 2006 Brooklyn Superbas At 2006 Indiana RedBirds 10/23/2006

[1] Superbas AB R H RBI AVG RedBirds AB R H RBI AVG
J.Vidro 2B 5 1 3 2 .438 G.Sizemore CF 5 2 2 0 .377
D-J.Spivey PR,2B 1 1 0 0 .222 P.Polanco 2B,3B 6 0 2 2 .426
A.Everett SS 2 0 0 0 .233 A.Pujols 1B 3 1 1 3 .308
A-M.Jacobs PH 1 0 0 0 .200 A.Rodriguez 3B,SS 4 1 2 1 .379
B-J.Castro SS 1 0 1 0 .667 J.Bay LF 5 0 0 0 .333
E-R.Mackowiak PH,SS 2 1 1 1 .455 T.Clark DH 5 0 0 0 .245
T.Helton 1B 6 1 2 1 .300 T.Nixon RF 5 0 1 0 .283
M.Cabrera 3B 5 0 3 2 .359 T.Hall C 5 1 1 0 .250
R.Howard DH 5 0 3 0 .233 J.Reyes SS 2 2 1 0 .327
V.Wells CF 5 0 1 0 .231 C-T.Iguchi PH,2B 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Drew RF 5 0 0 0 .304
J.Payton LF 5 0 0 0 .188
I.Rodriguez C 5 2 2 0 .294
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
[1] Totals 48 6 16 6 Totals 41 7 10 6

A-Pinch Hit For Everett In 4th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Jacobs In 4th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Reyes In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Vidro In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Castro In 9th Inning

Superbas........ 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 6 16 2
RedBirds........ 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 7 10 0

[1]Superbas (6-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Colon 7 2/3 7 6 5 3 7 1 120 3.81 A1 D8
L.Hawkins 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 16.20 D9 E4
S.Hasegawa LOSS(0-1) 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 0 19 11.57 E5 E9
R.Villone 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7.71 F1 F1
M.Rivera 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 F2
[1]Totals 10 1/3 10 7 6 4 8 1

[1]RedBirds (8-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
R.Oswalt 4 2/3 11 4 4 0 2 0 96 9.82 A1 C6
B.Wickman 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 8.10 C7 D2
J.Isringhaus HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.37 D3 D5
D.Baez HOLD(2nd) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 9.82 D6 D6
J.Padilla HOLD(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.37 D7 D9
T.Hoffman BS(1st) 2 1/3 3 2 2 0 2 0 34 3.86 E1 F1
R.King WIN(1-0) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.00 F2
[1]Totals 11 16 6 6 0 5 0

ATTENDANCE- 43,488 DATE- Monday, October 23rd 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Larry Poncino, Svooge Nybroutiv, Ed Rapuano, Tim Welke
T- 3:58
LEFT ON BASE- Superbas: 9 RedBirds: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Superbas: 0 RedBirds: 0
ERRORS- J.Vidro, M.Cabrera
DOUBLES- J.Vidro-2(5th), R.Mackowiak(1st), T.Helton(2nd), M.Cabrera-2(5th),
I.Rodriguez(6th), G.Sizemore(4th), T.Nixon(4th), J.Reyes(5th)
HOME RUNS- A.Pujols(7th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Pujols
WALKS- A.Pujols, A.Rodriguez, J.Reyes, T.Iguchi
HIT BY PITCH- G.Sizemore
STRIKE OUTS- M.Jacobs, M.Cabrera, V.Wells-2, J.Drew, G.Sizemore, J.Bay,
T.Clark-3, T.Hall-2, J.Reyes

The Indiana RedBirds nipped the Brooklyn Superbas in 11 innings 7 to 6 at US
Cellular Field in a hard fought contest.

The score was knotted at 6 after nine innings. Finally, Indiana pulled the
game out in the 11th inning. Toby Hall stroked a single. After an out was
recorded, Grady Sizemore came up and he doubled. Placido Polanco then lined
a base-hit making Indiana the victors to the delight of the home town
faithful. This was the kind of game that many fans love as the lead changed
hands 5 times.

Ray King(1-0) got the win allowing no runs in 2/3 of an inning. Shigetoshi
Hasegawa(0-1) was the losing pitcher in relief. He surrendered 1 hit and no
walks in 1 and 1/3 innings.