AAA
Down 3 games to 1 to the Boise Buckskins, the Colorado Springs Chickens make a surprising come back highlighted by the deflating game 6. Footsie Lewis gives up a single and double in the bottom of the 8th to allow the lone run to score with 2 out. Ivan Castilla gave up 5 walks and a lone hit in his 8 innings of work giving way to Daryle Ramirez for the save in the 9th. The game 7 finale was a slug fest with Colorado coming out on top.
AA
Ottawa Naughty Kitties downs Montreal Maroons in 6. The Maroons held their own in the first three games, but hitting went south (or would that be west in this case) and was never a threat afterwards. Scoring only 2 runs in the final three games sealed their fate.
High A
Norfolk Destroyers beat the Vancouver Fighting Moose in 7. Most of these games were slugfests until the final 2 games when home field advantage took over and the Mooses bull pen let down.
Low A
Durham Entombed Spiders downs the New Orleans Voodoo in 7. It was thought the Voodoo would win this series after winning game 5 with a spectacular 1 - 0 win. That particular game featured 5 scattered hits and 5 walks by Voodoo pitching in 10 innings. Not to be out done in the pitching department, the Voodoo never had a hit till the 9th inning, but crossed the plate in 10th on a walk, double and single. Ninth inning heroics in game 6 by the Voodoo kept their dreams alive. Game 7 saw the Voodoo carry a 1 - 0 lead into the 8th inning where pitching ruled the day again, but the bull pen let the team down as the Destroyer hitters got 3 of their 4 hits to plate 3.
Rookie
Las Vegas Gamblers drop the Philadelphia Blue Jays in 6. Blue Jays were surprised as the Gamblers evenness in pitching and hitting ruled the series. The Gamblers jumped the Blue Jays with 3 wins to start the series. But an 11 inning affair in game 5, taxed the Blue Jay bull pen and the Gamblers brought all their aces out to pitch game 6 in a do or die fashion.
Note: The Gamblers were the only wild card to advance to a WS .
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