Round 1: 1988 vs. 2001

[Providence A's]

07. 1988 AL Champion A's 104-58 (.642)
vs.
10. 2001 Wild Card A's 102-60 (.630)

[Providence A's]

Game 1
2001
Oakland Athletics
102 - 60 (0.630)
Tim Hudson (3.37)
@
1988
Oakland Athletics
104 - 58 (0.642)
Dave Stewart (3.23)

[Porter]

Hudson vs Stewart

Id take Stewart in this matchup.

[Providence A's]

1988 in 6 games

[awefullspellare]

20000001! Hudson is the bomb, even if he is worse.

[realmofotalk]

The 1988 offense will tee off Hudson.

[Providence A's]

Game 1 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 takes game 1 by a score of 8 - 4 with a 6 run 7th. Stewart gets ruffed up giving up 7 earned runs. Huddy was player of the game with a CG.

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2001 leads the series 1 - 0.

[Providence A's]

Game 2 will have 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

[awefullspellare]

Seems like Stewart was in too long.

[Providence A's]

1988 wins game 3 by a score of 3 - 2 with a run crossing the plate in the bottom of the 10th. Dye knocked in both runs for 2001 including a solo homer. Canseco knocked in the winning run. Mulder went 9 and 1/3 in a losing effort. Eck gets the win. Bob Welch was player of the game holding 2001 to 2 runs in 8 and 2/3 innings.

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The series is tied 1 - 1.

[Providence A's]

Game 3 will feature Storm Davis (3.70) for 1988 vs. Barry Zito (3.49) for 2001.

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

[redsrbetter]

Good pitching matchup in this one. I think it will come down to the better lineup, which 1988 has it.

[Providence A's]

2001 wins game 3 by a score of 4 - 3 scoring the winning run in the bottom of the 11th. Eck took the loss. Mark Bellhorn knocked in the winning run in his only AB. Zito was player of the game.

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2001 leads the series 2 - 1.

[Providence A's]

Game 4 will feature Todd Burns (3.16) for 1988 vs. Cory Lidle (3.59) for 2001.

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