Including this as a reply to the initial post seems to have failed, so I'll try it separately instead. Fortunately, I've learned the hard way to always save these things.
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Game 3: Pineda vs. Ogando. Yet again, SFE drew first blood with a homer, this time a 2-run shot by Big Papi in the 1st. SHI answered by loading the bases with no outs, then failing to score. They had better luck in the 2nd, taking advantage of a Pence E to cut the lead to 2-1. Pence did redeem himself in the 3rd by leaping over the wall to rob Molina of a HR. The 2-1 score held up until the 6th, when Big Papi tagged Ogando with another HR that made it 3-1. SHI quickly cut the lead to 3-2 on another sac fly. This run was even earned, but the double was probably misplayed. The DO+E to start the 8th was definitely a misplay, with CF Pence doing the honors again. Molina drove home the tying run, but Pineda got a K and kept pitching. The SHI bullpen remained untouchable and we went to extra innings again! In the 11th, SHI closer Axford was pitching in a rare non-save situation and made a mistake against the dangerous Napoli. Gone! Clinging to a 4-3 lead, SFE called on Rivera again. He allowed a 1-out single, but struck out the side to close it out and get SFE on the board. Pineda overcame some horrific D to go 10 strong innings and pick up the win. Yeah, I knew it wouldn't be easy.
Game 4: Halladay vs. Hamels. Back in G1, Halladay was rolling before the 3-run 5th. This time, he stumbled in the 3rd as bottom of the order pests Izturis and Ryan got the rally started and scored on a Cabrera triple. SHI added 2 more to take a commanding 4-0 lead. Or not so commanding, as once again Hamels failed to hold a lead. Pence homered in the 4th and Raburn added a 2-run blast in the 5th. Still not satisfied, Hamels served up a pair of doubles and SFE suddenly led 5-4! Oh no! That was actually the first non-HR SFE score as their previous 13 runs scored on 8 HR.
In the bottom of the 5th, Molina came through again with an RBI single that tied the game, but frequent hero Izturis stranded a pair. In the 8th, the score was still tied and Halladay was still pitching. With 2 outs, Izturis kept the inning alive by finding Raburn attempting to play 2B. Ryan made the error count by lacing an RBI double into the gap! Cabrera drove him home with another hit and SHI led 7-5. In the 9th, Janssen started strong with a pair of outs, but then allowed a DO and was replaced by...Scott Elbert? Elbert promptly allowed a single and looked to the dugout for Axford. However, SHI surprisingly stuck with him against Wright and he responded with a huge strikeout to end it! Casilla picked up the win with another dominant relief effort. Cabrera and Ryan each had 3 hits, with Cabrera also contributing 3 RBI.
Shiner was now 1 win away from ending this thing and nobody could have suspected what unspeakable horrors lay just ahead...
