Toronto Clinches Post Season

Game 1 Chicago 3 Toronto 11. Both teams were limited with available starters and Chicago was also facing over usage penalties for hitters. Chicago started McDowell their last starter with innings left. Toronto countered with Musselman. Toronto gets off to a 2-0 lead in the 2nd as Whitt hits a solo HR and later Matuszek doubles scoring Moseby. They add 2 more in the 6th when Fernandez doubles scoring Whitt and Moseby. Leal leaves the game with a 4-0 lead. Jim Acker starts the 7th and Chicago lights him up Ventura singles, Jackson gets on with an error, Cora walks , Guillen singles scoring 2, LaValliere walks, Raines grounds into fielders choice scoring another. Toronto leads 4-3. In the bottom of the 7th the wheels fall off the bus and the 1st 6 batters get on base and McDowell is chased from the game.6 Toronto scores 6 enroute to an 11-3 win.

Game 2 Chicago 1 Toronto 4. Toronto starts Key and Chicago Bere. Toronto scores 2 in the 1st with Mullineks walked and Barfield doubles scoring him. A single by Whitt advances him to 3rd and he scores when Upshaw singles. Assenmacher takes over in the 6th and only last 1/3 of an inning as Whitt greets him with a HR. Moseby singles and steals a base. Fernandez singles him in. In the 9th Franco homers off of Key a single by Ventura and a walk by Cora was all for Key and Lavelle comes in for the save.

Game 3 Chicago 3 Toronto Fernandez vs Leal. Chicago strikes in the 3rd as an unlikely Raines leads off with a HR. Thomas doubles and scores on a Franco single. In the 4th a leadoff walk by Jackson he advances to 2nd on a LaValliere groundout and to 3rd on a Guillen single. He scored on a Cora ground out. Chicago up 3-0. In the bottom of the 4th a Homerun by Barfield a double by Whitt followed up by a HR by Upshaw ties the game at 3.In the 5th Fernandez gives up a leadoff triple. gets Garcia to groundout then Muillineks hits a HR scoring 2. Deleon comes in for relief and gives up a HR to Barfield. Toronto gets a 6-3 lead. Lamp comes in to pitch for Toronto in the 7th and gets the save as Toronto win the game.

Chicago and Toronto met to start the season and Chicago won the opening game in Chicago then lost the next two. This series to end off the season in Toronto got the sweep. Toronto won the season series 5-1.

Thanks to Dan for getting in the games early. Chicago finishes the season 19-21 and Toronto 23-17
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