MEMPHIS CAPTURES WORLD TITLE!

FARINA NAMED SERIES MVP

Game 1

MEMPHIS ace BRYAN JOHNSON pitched a complete game and allowed two hits and two walks while striking out twelve.  DENNIS KOMASSA suffered the loss by allowing one solo homerun to VINCE FARINA in the bottom of the fourth.  KOMASSA struck out ten and walked none.

SAS   0 0 0  0 0-0 2 0

MEM   0 0 0  1 X-1 1 0

WP: JOHNSON (1-0)

LP:KOMASSA (0-1)

HR: FARINA (1)

Game 2

The BLUE SOX came out swinging in game two.  BRYAN JOHNSON hit a three-run double with two out and later added a two run homerun in the third.  VINCE FARINA went 2 for 7 with a solo homerun and a single.  DENNIS KOMASSA helped tally the first runs of the series for SASKATOON with a solo homerun to lead off the top of the fifth and then added a two run shot to make the game close.  FARINA picked up a win by allowing three runs on three hits in a compete game.

SAS  0 0 0  0 3-3 3 0

MEM  3 0 3  0 X-6 6 0

WP: FARINA (1-0)

LP: DUELLMAN (0-1)

HR: JOHNSON (1), FARINA (2), KOMASSA 2(2)

Game 3

SASKATOON collected their first win of the series behind a stellar pitching performance by DENNIS KOMASSA (1-1).  KOMASSA allowed two runs on two hits and struck out twelve and again walking none.  SASKATOON's big blow was struck in the bottom of the fourth on a grandslam by JOE DUELLMAN.  DUELLMAN added a solo shot in the bottom of the fourth and finished the day 2 for 7 with two homeruns and five RBI. 

MEM  1 1 0  0 0-2 2 0

SAS  0 0 4  1 0-5 2 0

WP: KOMASSA (1-0)

LP: JOHNSON (1-1)

HR: FARINA (3), JOHNSON (2), DUELLMAN 2(2)

GAME 4

VINCE FARINA threw the first no-hitter in TCBL World Series history.  He set the post-season record for strikeouts with 14, and walked five.  MEMPHIS' two runs both came off of solo homeruns by BRYAN JOHNSON, one leading off the top of the first and one to lead off the second.  On the day JOHNSON was 3 for 10 with two homeruns and a double.

MEM  1 1 0  0 0-2 4 0

SAS  0 0 0  0 0-0 0 0

WP: FARINA (2-0)

LP: DUELLMAN (0-2)

HR: JOHNSON 2(4)

Game 5

On the brink of elimination SASKATOON battled back from an early 2-0 deficit to live another day.  MEMPHIS starter BRYAN JOHNSON clearly did not have his best stuff and the PLAID SOX made him pay.  DENNIS KOMASSA hit the SASKATOON's second grandslam of the series in the bottom of the third to open up a 5-2 lead that MEMPHIS could not battle back from.  DENNIS KOMASSA (2-1) threw another complete game and struck out twelve and walked two while allowing three hits. 

MEM  0 2 0  0 0-2 3 0

SAS  0 1 4  0 X-5 2 0

WP: KOMASSA (2-1)

LP: JOHNSON (1-2)

HR: FARINA (5), KOMASSA (3)

Game 6

The TCBL World Series shifted back to MEMPHIS for an enigmatic game 6.  VINCE FARINA hit a two-run homer and BRYAN JOHNSON followed that up with a towering shot to left-field to give Memphis a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second.  FARINA was masterful on the mound, pitching a complete game one hitter, and striking out 14 (A TCBL World Series record).  SASKATOON threatened in the top of the fourth inning when they had runners on first and second but FARINA got a big strikeout of DENNIS KOMASSA.  Things again got interesting in the top of the 5th, in SASKATOON's last chance to extend the series.  There were two runners on and KOMASSA hit a blast deep into centerfield.  On almost any night this would have been a three-run homer, but on this particular day the wind knocked it down and JOHNSON mad a running catch at the wall and the celebration began. 

SAS  0 2 0  0 0-0 1 0

MEM  0 3 0  1 X-4 3 0

WP: FARINA  (3-0)

LP: DUELLMAN(0-3)

HR: JOHNSON (5), FARINA 2 (7)