Casey would lead off the game and the series with a homerun. Camden came back to score 3 in the 3rd on hits from Matsui, Hardy, Crawford, and Pena. Camden would add 4 more in the 6th on walks to Lee, Guerrero, and Aybar with hits from Anderson, Palmeiro, Vidro, and Vizquel. The final score was 7 to 1, with Martinez getting the win and Lee the loss.
Game 2: Penny vs Vazquez
This game was a wild high scoring affair. High Desert would score 3 unearned runs in the 1st on hits from Guillen and Sexson, a Glaus walk, and a Boone error. Camden scored one of their own in the 1st on a Guerrero homerun. Camden scored another run in the 2nd on hits from Boone, Pena, and Vidro. High Desert added 3 more in the 3rd on walks to Ordonez and Sexson, with hits from Guillen, Glaus, and Sanders. Camden came back with 4 in the bottom of the 3rd with hits from Larue, Palmeiro, Vizquel, Pena, and Rivera. The next run scored would come in 7th for High Desert on a Sanders homerun. Camden would answer in the 7th on a HBP for Vizquel and a Matsui single. High Desert came back in the 8th scoring a run on hits by Guillen, Glaus, Sanders, and a bases loaded walk to Sexson. The game would go to extra innings and be decided in the 11th on hits from Payton and Hill, with an Ordonez sac fly. Guerrero had a chance to win it in the 9th, but missed a ballpark homerun, Palmeiro had a chance to end in the 10th, but just missed a homerun also. The final score was 9 to 8 with Nathan getting the win going 4 strong innings. Helling ended up with the loss, while Miller and Isringhausen both got blown saves. The 10th inning was costly to High Desert as Reggie Sanders was lost for the series.
Game 3: Lopez vs Halladay
Camden scored a run in the 4th a walk by Palmeiro and hits from Guerrero and Vizquel. High Desert would answer with 3 runs in the 4th on hits from Guillen, Sexson, and Green mixed in with another costly Boone error. Camden came back with 1 in the 5th on hits from Crawford and Lee, then 2 in the 6th on hits from Larue, Vizquel, and Rivera. Camden would add another run in the 9th on a Vizquel triple and a Boone sac fly. The game would end 5 to 3, with Howry getting the win, Halladay the complete game loss, and Isringhausen the save.
Game 4: Martinez vs Lee
Camden scored one in the 3rd on hits from Hardy and Anderson, with a Lee walk. High Desert would answer with one run on a walk to Varitek, a wild pitch, and a Casey single. Camden came back with 3 in the 4th on a Molina homerun, Matsui hit, and a Hardy homerun. Camden added 3 more in the 5th on a Lee hit, Palmeiro walk, and a Guerrero homerun. High Desert battled back with a run in the 6th on hits from Mohr and Betancourt, a Payton homerun would give them another run in the 7th. Martinez would hold on to get the complete game win, with Lee getting the loss. Final score was 7 to 3.
Game 5: Vazquez vs Ohka
Leading 3 games to 1 Camden was looking to close out the series. Camden struck first, in the 1st with a Lee single and a Guerrero homerun. High Desert answered with a Casey single and a Glaus homerun. Camden scored a run in the 2nd on a Boone walk and a Crawford triple. The pitchers would settle in after this until the 7th inning when High Desert scored a run on hits from Payton and Varitek, with a Casey walk and an Ordonez bases loaded walk. In the 8th High Desert would score th go ahead run on a Payton homerun. Stanton got the win, Walker the loss, and Nathan got the save in the 4 to 3 victory.
Game 6: Penny vs Schmidt
High Desert jumped out to the lead in the 2nd on a Varitek walk and hits from Payton, Casey, Robles, and Green scoring 3 runs. These would be the only runs Penny and the bullpen would need as they dominated Camden only allowing one run in the 3rd on a Lee homerun. High Desert added 2 more runs in the 5th on homeruns from Green and Sexson. Penny got the 5 to 1 win, with Schmidt taking the loss.
Game 7: Lee vs Martinez
The deciding game 7 started of with a 1st inning run from Camden on a Crawford double, Guerrero HBP, and a Molina single. High Desert would answer in the 4th on a Sexson walk and a homerun by who else but Payton. Camden would tie it up in the 4th on hits by Guerrero, Molina, Boone, and a Matsui walk. Camden scored the go ahead run in the 7th on a Crawford walk, Lee single and an error by Betancourt, and a Rivera walk. The error placed Crawford at 3rd and Lee at 2nd with 2 out, the go ahead run would score on a Mike Stanton balk. High Desert answered right back with a Glaus homerun. This game would be decided in the 10th inning with Nathan on the mound. Rivera lead off with a single, followed by a Guerrero single, then Larue laid down the sac bunt. With runners on 3rd and 2nd with 1 out High Desert pulled in the outfield and infield, but Aybar was able to come through with the game winning hit. Isringhausen got the 4 to 3 win striking out 1 in his 1/3 of an inning, Pedro got the no decision after going 9 2/3 innings, while Nathan ended up with the loss.
As you can tell it was a great series, extra innings in game 7. High Desert was led by Casey, Guillen, and Payton, there bullpen also had a great series. The Sanders injury really hurt as both teams play in Minute Maid and Sanders had a ton of power in this ballpark. Guerrero and Pedro carried Camden, with strong performances from Rivera, Molina, Matsui, Hardy, and Vizquel.
