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Magic Date is July 3

Series tied 1-1. This is the deciding game.

Batter #1: Pirates 1B Carlos Delgado vs Cubs 1B Jason Giambi

Delgado on July 3, 40100 = 1/3

Giambi on July 3, 41000 = 1/4

Score After 1^st batter:

Pirates 1/3

Cubs 1/4

Batter #2: Pirates 3B Troy Glaus vs Cubs OF Albert Pujols

Glaus on July 3, 41100 = 2/3

Pujols on July 3, 20102 = 3/1

Score After 2^nd batter:

Pirates 3/6

Cubs 4/5

Batter #3: Pirates OF Brian Giles vs Cubs 2B Bret Boone

Giles on July 3, 32311 (hr) = 7/0

Boone on July 3, 42221 (hr) = 7/2

Score After 3^rd batter:

Pirates 10/6

Cubs 11/7

Batter #4: Pirates 2B Jeff Kent vs Cubs DH Larry Walker

Kent on July 3, 50000 = 0/5

Walker on July 3, 51200 = 3/3

Score After 4^th batter:

Pirates 10/11

Cubs 14/10

And they're tearing up the pea patch …

Batter #5: Pirates C Mike Piazza vs Cubs 3B Phil Nevin

Piazza on July 6, 41220 (hr) = 5/2

Nevin on July 3, 40000

Score After 5^th batter:

Pirates 15/13

Cubs 14/14

Batter #6: Pirates OF Darin Erstad vs Cubs C Paul LoDuca

Erstad on July 3, 20001 = 1/2

LoDuca on July 3, 42230 (2 hr's) = 7/2

Score After 6^th batter:

Pirates 16/15

Cubs 21/16

Batter #7: Pirates DH Kevin Millar vs Cubs SS Miguel Tejeda

Millar on July 3, 40000 = 0/4

Tejeda on July 3, 41120 (hr) = 4/3

Score After 7^th batter:

Pirates 16/19

Cubs 25/19

Batter #8: Pirates OF Steve Finley vs Cubs OF Raul Mondesi

Finley on July 3, 40100 = 1/3

Mondesi on July 3, 30101 = 2/2

Score After 8^th batter:

Pirates 17/22

Cubs 27/21

Batter #9: Pirates SS Edgar Renteria vs Cubs OF Johnny Damon

Renteria on July 5, 50100 = 1/4 (only 1 pa on July 3)

Damon on July 3, 30101 = 2/2

Score After 9th batter:

Pirates 18/26

Cubs 29/23

Pirates Peter Out while Cubs Keep Rolling

Bench Batter #1:  Pirates Andres Galarraga vs Cubs Jose Canseco

Galarraga on July 3, 31211 = 5/1

Canseco on July 3, 41110 (hr) = 3/3

Score After 10th batter:

Pirates 23/27

Cubs 32/26

Bench Batter #2:  Pirates Mike Hampton vs Cubs Tyler Houston

Hampton on July 3,

Houston on July 3, 40200 = 2/2

Only 1 of 2 outs needed, only 1 of 2 pts added

Score After 10th batter:

Pirates 23

Cubs 33

Cubs explode with 5 more homeruns and have hit 10 in the last two games!!!! Can their pitching hold up this time?

Starting Pitchers: Pirates Pedro Martinez dnp so they go with Roy Halladay vs Cubs Bud Smith dnp so they go with Darren Oliver

Halladay on July 7, 6 ip, 3 er (12 pts)

Oliver on July 3, 6 ip, 6 er (24 pts)

 If Pinero had started he would have gone on July 5, 2.1 ip, 0 er.

Pirates take a 2 point lead as the Cubs pitching falters again.

Bullpen Pitchers #1: Pirates Antonio Alfonseca vs. Cubs Trevor Hoffman

Alfonseca on July 8, 1 ip, 0 er

Hoffman on July 3, 1 ip, 0 er 

Pirates have now covered 7 ip and still allowed 3 er (12 pts)

Cubs have now covered 7 ip and have still allowed 6 er (24 pts)

Pirates still have a 2 point lead.

Bullpen Pitchers #2: Pirates Roberto Hernandez vs Cubs Danny Graves

Hernandez on July 6, 1 ip, 0 er

Graves on July 5, 2 ip, 0 er

Pirates have now covered 8 innings and allowed 12 points

Cubs have now covered all 9 ip and have allowed 24 pts.

Pirates still lead by two but have one more inning to cover.

Bullpen Pitcher #3: Pirates Billy Koch

Still 1 out left.

Bullpen Pitcher #4: Pirates Eric Hiljus

Pirates WIN. Their bullpen hangs on with 3 shutout innings, pitchers give up 12 total points.

Pirates Net Total = 23 offense minus 12 pitching = plus 11

Cubs Net Total = 33 offense minus 24 pitching = plus 9

Piniero continues to have a stunned look on his face.

If Pinero had started then the Cubs would have 5.1 shutout innings instead of Oliver's 24 pts in 6 innings.

The last 3.2 innings would have to be covered by Oliver who would give up

a total of 24 x 11/18 = 14.66 pts instead of 24, thus Cubs would be 7.33 pts ahead.

Should Piniero have started? Since Oliver relieved 4 batters in Game 2, should he have started Game 3?

Ordinarily one would say he would not realistically be able to come back after a relief appearances and start the next game.

However, what if there was a day off between the two games?

Oliver was ranked by the Cubs ahead of Pineiro and thus given the start. Whether right or not, that's the way it stands.

It's unfortunate that this decision ends up deciding the Championship, but it stands, nonetheless.

Cubs win the Regular Season, and Pirates win the Playoffs.

Hail to both teams, our 2001 BB2000 Champions.

Pirates Bench

Freddy Garcia 

cubs magic # is 8689901234

Bench Batter #4: Cubs Aaron Boone

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