'88 Spos sweep '06 Rox

2006 Colorado Rockies (Justin Ryan) vs 1988 Montreal Expos (Marc Weiss)

GAME 1 (Olympic Stadium): MON 3, COL 1

Mitch Webster led off the game with a single off Byun Kim. Tom Foley hit a liner to center that Sullivan misplayed making it 1st and 2nd with nobody out. Galarraga was intentionally passed to load the bases for Hubie Brooks who flew out for the 2nd out of the inning. Tim Wallach hit a hot smash off of Rockie third baseman Garrett Atkins to score 2 unearned runs. Nelson Santovenia struck out to end the inning, but the damage was done. The Rox scratched out a run in the 6th by playing small ball. Sullivan singled home Torrealba who was bunted into scoring position by the snake bit Kim. Expo starter Bryn Smith was cruising, but he ran out of gas after 7 top notch innings. He left the game on the winning side and had 8 k's. Jeff Parrett came on to pitch the final 2 to notch the save. Montreal added a much needed insurance run off of Kim in the 7th when Tim Raines singled home Mitch Webster. Mesa and King came on in relief of Kim and shut the door the rest of the way. Atkins had 2 of Colorado's 4 hits, but he will be most remembered for his error in the first, which allowed 2 unearned runs to score. That play was the difference.

GAME 2 (Olympic Stadium): MON 11, COL 5

Cook started for the Rox had a 4-2 lead going into the 8th. Manager Ryan, who fears his bullpen, tried to nurse another inning out of his starter, but it was not to be. Montreal unleashed a barrage that culminated with 9 runs crossing the plate to blow the doors wide open. Colorado relievers Ramirez and Martin were purely putrid. Montreal starter Pascual Perez notched his third win of the season even though he looked to be the hard luck loser until the fateful 8th. Perez was the victim of 3 errors and 3 unearned runs thanks to his porous defense. The Rock, Tim Raines went 4 for 5 with 2 RBI's and 2 runs scored.

GAME 3 (Coors Field): MON 7, COL 2
The series shifted to Coors Field, but the humidor was not going to be enough to stop the hot Expo bats from attaining the coveted series sweep. Montreal plated 4 in the opening stanza and 3 in the 4th and never looked back. Colorado starter, Josh Fogg, got bombed in 4 innings of work. Hubie Brooks' 3 run shot in the first and Tom Foley's 3 run shot in the 4th accounted for all but 1 of the Expos runs. John Dopson boosted his record to 3-0 with 8 solid innings where he scattered 11 hits, but only gave up 3 runs. Montreal increased its record to 13-1, which qualifies for the best ever start in KOD competition

TURNING POINT: In game 2 when Colorado's pen forced Ryan to keep Cook in well past the point of exhaustion. That win would have evened the series at 1 game apiece.

MVP: Tom Foley, who went 5-12 in the series and clouted a huge 3 run shot to break game 3 open. Foley had the added pressure of batting 3rd in that game as normal 3rd place hitter Tim Raines had the day off to rest.