Round 1: 1988 vs. 2001

[Providence A's]

1988 wins game 4 by a score 8 - 2. Polonia, Steinbach, and Hubbard homered for 1988. Todd Burns was the player of the game with CG.

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Series is tied 2 - 2.

[Providence A's]

Game 5 will be a rematch of game 1 with Dave Stewart (3.23) vs. Tim Hudson (3.37).

Lineups:

1988 A's
1 LF Luis Polonia
2 3B Carney Lansford
3 RF Jose Canseco
4 1B Mark McGwire
5 DH Dave Henderson
6 C Terry Steinbach
7 SS Walt Weiss
8 2B Glenn Hubbard
9 CF Stan Javier

2001 A's
1 CF Johnny Damon
2 LF Terrence Long
3 3B Eric Chavez
4 1B Jason Giambi
5 SS Miguel Tejada
6 RF Jermaine Dye
7 C Ramon Hernandez
8 DH Jeremy Giambi
9 2B Frank Menechino

[Providence A's]

1988 holds on to a 5 - 3 victory in game 5. Dave Henderson and Terry Steinbach homered for 1988. Eck got the save. Dave Stewart got the win and was the player of the game.

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1988 leads the series 3 - 2.

[Providence A's]

Game 6 is a rematch of game 2. Mark Mulder (3.45) going for 2001 vs. Bob Welch (3.64) for 1988.

Lineups:

2001 A's
1 CF Johnny Damon
2 LF Terrence Long
3 3B Eric Chavez
4 1B Jason Giambi
5 SS Miguel Tejada
6 RF Jermaine Dye
7 C Ramon Hernandez
8 DH Jeremy Giambi
9 2B Frank Menechino

1988 A's
1 LF Luis Polonia
2 3B Carney Lansford
3 RF Jose Canseco
4 1B Mark McGwire
5 DH Dave Henderson
6 C Terry Steinbach
7 SS Walt Weiss
8 2B Glenn Hubbard
9 CF Stan Javier

[Providence A's]

2001 forces a game 7 with a 9 - 2 win in game 6. Mark Mulder was player of the game.

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Series tied 3 - 3.

[Providence A's]

Game 7 will be a rematch of game 3. Storm Davis (3.70) for 1988 vs. Barry Zito (3.49) for 2001.

Lineups:

2001 A's
1 CF Johnny Damon
2 LF Terrence Long
3 3B Eric Chavez
4 1B Jason Giambi
5 SS Miguel Tejada
6 RF Jermaine Dye
7 C Ramon Hernandez
8 DH Jeremy Giambi
9 2B Frank Menechino

1988 A's
1 LF Luis Polonia
2 3B Carney Lansford
3 RF Jose Canseco
4 1B Mark McGwire
5 DH Dave Henderson
6 C Terry Steinbach
7 SS Walt Weiss
8 2B Glenn Hubbard
9 CF Stan Javier

[Providence A's]

2001 wins game 7 by a score of 4 - 1. They take the series. The player of the game was Barry Zito with a CG while giving up 1 earned run.

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2001 wins the series 4 - 3.