Game 151: Chuck Finley strikes out nine Keystone batters and Jay Buhner drives home three runs as the Spectres open the series with a 6-2 victory. Finley gets his 12th win. Buhner has 145 RBI and a real shot at reaching 150.

Game 152: Scott Erickson allows six runs in three innings, all earned, and Rick Aguilera allows five more in nearly three innings (but only one earned). Philly rolls, 12-4.

Game 153: Brady Anderson and Carlos Delgado drive in four runs each as the Spectres pound Frank Rodriguez and a series of Philly relievers for a 17-4 win. Dave Burba is the beneficiary, improving to 11-12.

Game 154: Mike Mussina strikes out 12 Spectres to pick up his sixth win of the season as the Keystones forge a split with Montreal, winning the finale 6-4.

The first-place Cosmos come to town next. The Spectres have a slim opportuntity to make this a race as the Cosmos are slumping and their division lead is down to four games.

Game 155: Montreal gets to Tom Candiotti early, putting four on the board in the first inning. Chuck Finley pitches seven scoreless innings before tiring in the eighth, but the Spectres have a 7-0 lead at the time and hang on for a 7-4 victory.

Game 156: New York outhits the Spectres 10-6, but Bret Boone, starting for defensive purposes, hits a three-run homer in the eighth to bring Montreal back from a 5-3 deficit. Robb Nen pitches a scoreless ninth and the Spectres win 6-5.

Game 157: Alex Fernandez gets his 19th win, striking out nine batters in seven innings. The lineup backs him with three home runs and the Spectres win 7-1. Jay Buhner reaches the 150-RBI mark. Brady Anderson hits his 54th homer.

Game 158: Carlos Delgado answers Mike Stanley's game-tying home run with a three-run shot of his own in the sixth, and Scott Sanders pitches 3.2 scoreless innings in relief of Dave Burba as the Spectres beat the Cosmos 8-4 to tie the division race back up with four games remaining. Delgado becomes the fifth Spectre to reach 100 RBI for the season.

Montreal will be at Pittsburgh to close the season while New York hosts Philadelphia.

Game 159: Montreal falls a game back immediately, dropping a 4-3 decision in Pittsburgh while the Cosmos defeat Philly. Brady Anderson hits two home runs but both are solo shots; Ken Caminiti strands four runners and Eddie Taubensee five. Chuck Finley takes the loss.

Game 160: Pittsburgh reliever Marc Wilkins breaks a scoreless tie in the twelfth inning when he throws a wild pitch with the bases loaded; Montreal goes on to score three more runs in the inning and wins 4-0 as Eddie Guardado pitches a scoreless bottom half. The Cosmos also win, maintaining their one-game lead.

Game 161: Montreal ties the division race back up, rallying for four runs in the ninth to steal game 3, 8-6. Ken Caminiti hits a two-run single and Ken Griffey Jr. hits a two-run double. Robb Nen allows a single in the bottom half but erases him with a game-ending double play.

Game 162: Alex Fernandez is brilliant, striking out eight in eight innings, and the Spectres get home runs from Greg Gagne and Ken Caminiti as they defeat Pittsburgh 12-1. Fernandez gets his 20th win of the season.

The Cosmos defeat Philadelphia, so it looks like there will be a tiebreaker game to decide the NL East. Montreal has some serious considering to do as they try to pick a starting pitcher for that contest.

Quote: Originally Posted By kermit on 9/08/2008
With all playoff hopes gone, the Spectres head to Cincinnati to start playing out the string.

a day that will live in infamy!

I take it that that it's between Burba and Finley or are other pitchers ready? Scott Erikson?

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SF and Montreal were 6-6 vs. each other


Montreal SWEEPS Sf at the bay

SF takes 2 of 3 in Montreal

SF takes 2 of 3 in Montreal

SF takes 2 of 3 in California


winning those last 3 series should give us confidence...but I dont know , all we remember were the losses

Montreal wins the coin flip to host the tiebreaker game.



Game 163: Dave Burba (11-13), Montreal's second-best starter (by ERA) during the season and the best at Olympic Stadium, gets the assignment (but on a tight leash). He is opposed by New York's Tim Belcher (14-11).

Burba walks the first two Cosmos batters but recovers to get out of the inning with no damage. Belcher also walks the leadoff man, and Brady Anderson follows with a two-run homer, his 57th of the season.

Dave Nillson and Keith Lockhart hit doubles in the second to produce New York's first run, but the Spectres answer in the bottom half as Ken Caminiti hits a three-run shot.

Burba allows one hit and two walks in the third but strands all three runners, then pitces a 1-2-3 fourth. In the bottom of that inning, Jay Buhner connects for Montreal's third home run of the game, a two-run blast that chases Belcher and brings in Mark Langston. Montreal leads 7-1.

Rick Aguilera enters to relieve Burba and pitches well; Montreal tacks on three more runs in the sixth with Jay Buhner contributing a two-run single.

New York gets a two-run home run from Dave Magadan in the ninth off Willie Blair but that's as close as they get. Montreal wins 10-3 and is headed to the postseason!

Quote: Originally posted by coldfoot on 9/09/2008dont take this the wrong way.....

but, could you add the words "under" and "achievers" somewhere in the title?

an 18-6 run after this comment. i am a MOTIVATOR!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted By bagchucker on 9/17/2008

Quote: Originally Posted By kermit on 9/08/2008

With all playoff hopes gone, the Spectres head to Cincinnati to start playing out the string.

a day that will live in infamy

so's kermie!

you two should get together and put out a video

maybe take it out on the road



rubber chicken circuit here they come!

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Montreal will face the hated 69ers in the first round.



GAME 1: at San Francisco

Alex Fernandez (20-12) vs. Shane Reynolds (22-4)

Montreal gets off to a good start, collecting four hits and three runs off Shane Reynolds in the first. Frisco gets two back in the bottom half off Alex Fernandez, however, then takes the lead on Paul Sorrento's three-run homer in the third.

Montreal leaves the bases loaded in the fourth and Ellis Burks chases Fernandez with a two-run blast in the bottom half. Rick Aguilera enters but suffers the same fate, allowing a two-run shot to Reggie Jefferson.

Burks homers again in the fifth to make it 10-3. Montreal pulls a bit closer in the seventh, when Ken Griffey Jr. greats reliever Wilson Alvarez with a three-run homer, but the Spectres fall 12-7.



GAME 2 : At San Francisco

Scott Erickson (12-16) vs. Jimmy Key (9-8)

Montreal makes the surprising decision to give Scott Erickson the ball for Game 2. Erickson, manager Kermit explains, pitched well against the Niners during the regular season, facing them three times and not getting shelled in any of those appearances. (Fernandez, meanwhile, had suffered 10-run and 9-run outings against the Niners).

A leadoff walk to Ken Griffey Jr. in the second is followed by consecutive singles to give the Spectres an early 1-0 lead. Erickson pitches well, allowing only an RBI single in the fourth to tie the game. After six innings, the score is tied at one.

Mark Grudzielanek's error in the seventh puts the leadoff runner on. One out later, Tony Phillips walks. Brady Anderson, second in the league MVP voting, puts one just over the fence to give the Spectres a 4-1 lead.

Bob Wickman allows a one-out two-run triple to Reggie Jefferson in the eighth, but keeps Jefferson at third. Robb Nen allows a two-out single to Ellis Burks in the ninth but coaxes a grounder to short from Tino Martinez to save a 4-3 win for the Spectres.



GAME 3: at Montreal

Ken Hill (16-12) vs. Dave Burba (11-12)

Dave Burba, who started the tiebreaker game for Montreal, is back on the mound. He allows a leadoff single, but Grudzielanek is cut down trying to steal second and Burba retires the next two batters.

Neither team scores, in fact, until the third, when Bret Boone leads off with a double, is sacrificed to third by Burba, and scores on Greg Gagne's fly ball. Frisco needs somewhat fewer events to tie the game in the next frame, as Scott Brosius hits a solo home run.

In the fourth, with Ken Griffey Jr. on second with two out, Eddie Taubensee is walked to bring up Boone again. Boone, a .218 hitter during the regular season, smashes a three-run blast to give Montreal a 4-1 lead.

Brady Anderson adds a home run in the fifth to extend the lead to 5-1. Burba allows two 69er runs in the sixth, one unearned, and gives way to Scott Sanders. Sanders pitches two perfect innings and Robb Nen allows a harmless single in the ninth as the Spectres win 5-3.



GAME 4: at Montreal

Shane Reynolds (22-4) vs. Chuck Finley (13-19)

Scott Brosius starts the scoring with a second inning solo homer off Chuck Finley, who surrendered 26 during the regular season. Montreal strands two runners in both the second and third, and the 69ers extend the lead to 2-0 on Tino Martinez' fourth-inning single.

Montreal strands two more runners in the fourth and an error by Eddie Taubensee sets up a two-run fifth for the Niners. In the fifth, Montreal strands yet two more runners, but then only one in the sixth. The score remains 4-0.

In the seventh, the first two Spectre batters reach base but don't move as Ken Caminiti and Jay Buhner are retired. Ken Griffey Jr. changes things, blasting a ball deep over the field fence to trim the deficit to 4-3. Scott Sanders induces an inning-ending DP in the eighth and with two down in the bottom half, Montreal goes to work. Brady Anderson doubles home the tying run. After an intentional walk to Caminiti, Jay Buhner doubles home both runs to break the tie off new reliever Billy Wagner. Griffey Jr. follows with his second home run of the game.

Bob Wickman allows only a two-out single in the ninth and the Spectres win 8-4, taking the series three games to one!

It's Montreal's first playoff series victory since 1983.

In the next round we will face Orange County, who won 94 games this year and eight of the 12 they faced us.

hell of a game!

League Championship Series

Montreal vs. Orange County

Game 1: at Orange County

Scott Erickson vs. Kevin Brown

Montreal strikes first, getting an RBI single from Greg Gagne in the third, followed by a Brady Anderson home run, his third of the playoffs. Marty Cordova hits a two-run shot in the fourth to trim the lead, but Erickson settles down after that. Neither team can push a run across the plate again, and the Spectres take a 1-0 series lead with a 3-2 win.



Game 2: at Orange County

Alex Fernandez vs. Ismael Valdes

Greg Gagne singles to lead off the game and scores ahead of Brady Anderson on Anderson's home run. Fernandez is strong, not allowing a run until the seventh, as the Spectres tack on single runs in the 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 7th. Edgardo Alfonzo homers in the eighth to cap the scoring and Montreal wins 8-1.



Game 3: at Montreal

Jose Rosado vs. Dave Burba

Orange County strikes first in this one, getting RBI singles in the top of the first from Larry Walker and Marty Cordova. Montreal strands runners on second and third in the bottom half, and Brian McRae extends the Chopper lead with an RBI double in the second.

Ken Caminiti homers in the fourth, making it a 3-2 game, but Benito Santiago answers with a solo shot.

In the seventh, things really fall apart for Burba. After retiring the first two batters he allows three hits, a walk, and a double. Mike Remlinger enters and allows a double. A close game is suddenly 9-2.

Montreal does little to make it closer, Remlinger tires, and the Choppers continue to bash away, taking their first game of the series by a 20-4 score.



Game 4: at Montreal

Kevin Brown vs. Chuck Finley

Chuck Finley is not exactly ready for prime time. After retiring the first OC batter, he allows a double, then walks the NEXT FOUR BATTERS. OC takes a 4-0 lead, and extends it to 5-0 when Benito Santiago homers in the third.

Finley allows a leadoff home run to Brian McRae in the fourth and exits, with Rick Aguilera entering. Little relief is gained, as the Choppers score three more times to take a 9-0 lead.

Mike Remlinger is called on again to mop up; Montreal scores two meaningless late-inning runs and loses 12-2. After taking two on the road, the Spectres have lost two at home to even the series.



Game 5: at Montreal

Ismael Valdes vs. Scott Erickson

Jeff Bagwell is heard from for the first time in the playoffs, cracking a two-run homer off Erickson in the first. Montreal gets half that back on Brady Anderson's blast in the bottom half, but the Choppers score twice more in the fourth to take a three-run lead.

In the bottom of that frame, Carlos Delgado singles home a run and Bret Boone follows with a three-run homer. That gives the Spectres a 5-4 lead, and Erickson lasts through the sixth without any further damage.

Scott Sanders works through two shaky but scoreless innings and the Spectres add single runs in the seventh and eighth. Robb Nen finishes off and the Spectres regain the series lead with a 7-4 victory.



Game 6: at Orange County

Alex Fernandez vs. Jose Rosado

Brady Anderson hits a home run in the first, then scores ahead of Jay Buhner on Buhner's three-run blast in the third. Fernandez pitches efficiently, allowing only four hits in seven innings, and then leaves things up to the bullpen.

Eddie Guardado retires the side in order in the eighth and Scott Sanders allows only a one-out single in the ninth to send the Spectres to the World Series! with a 5-1 win.