AMERICAN LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES #1

TijuanaAmerican League Division SeriesElyria Indians vs. Tijuana Bottle Rockets

Series Preview:  Tijuana hosts Elyria in this division series. This will be the 3rd time in 5 years these 2 teams have met in the post season. Tijuana has taken the 1st 2 series.

Game #1: A. Sanchez is solid going 7 and giving up 2. Zimmerman gives up 6(5 earned) in his 5 innings of work. D. O’Day finishes the final 2 innings to preserve the win. TIJ 6 ELY 2

Game #2: Greinke goes 7 allowing only 3 runs. Santos and Balfour stink it up and Tijuana takes a 2-0 series lead as they win this one 8-3

Game #3: Elyria wins a 17 inning marathon 4-3 to keep themselves in this series. The bullpens never really recover from this one.

Game #4: Elria’s bullpen implodes, allowing 6 runs in the 9th giving Tijuana the easy 9-3 win.

Game #5: H. Bailey gets Cito’ed for 12 ER in this one, but the bullpen gets a day off. Elyria runs away with this one 13-5

Game #6: Looking to clinch at home, Tijuana sends ace Z. Greinke out to face off with M. Moore. This one was nearly over before it started Greinke had his best stuff and Matt Moore did not. Tijuana wins it 8-0 to advance to the ALCS!

Series Summary:  That makes it 3 straight post season series loses for the Indians at the hands of the Bottle Rockets…on to Hollywood.

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