GAME TWO
After the exhausting 18 inning, five and a half-hour affair in game one, Lake Erie and San Francisco were set to go in
game two. This game matched 23 game winner Kevin Millwood for the Indians against 18 game winner Pete Harnisch for the SeaWolves.
Again, runs would be hard to come by in this series. Both teams were unable to put together any offense for the first two innings, as
the game entered the top of the 3rd in a scoreless tie. SeaWolf shortstop Rey Sanchez led off with a single, but was quickly erased by
Indian catcher Javy Lopez on a caught stealing, and Millwood followed by striking out Pokey Reese. With two outs, centerfielder Chris
Singleton caught up with a Millwood fastball and deposited it into the right field seats for a solo homer and 1-0 San Francisco lead. The
score would remain the same until the bottom of the fifth when the Indians would answer with SeaWolf killer Fernando Tatis' solo blast,
tying the score at one. San Francisco would then take the lead once again as Jeromy Burnitz hit his second solo homer of the series in
the 7th and give he SeaWolvews a 2-1 advantage. Relievers Scott Sauerbeck and John Johnstone would then hold Lake Erie scoreless and
hand closer Scott Williamson (24 regular seaon saves) another one run lead to protect in the 9th innng. Williamson was unable to close
the deal in game one with a 1-0 lead in the 11th, and manager Cantor began to pace as Williamson allowed a one-out single to Roberto
Alomar. But second baseman Pokey Reese turned a Jim Thome groundball into a game-ending double play and a 2-1 victory, and the series would now be tied at one game apiece. This game once again featured strong starting pitching. Loser Kevin Millwood deserved a better fate as he logged eight plus innings, allowing just six hits, two earned runs, two walks, and striking out nine. Winner Pete
Harnisch went six innings, allowing four hits and one earned run, he didn't walk a batter and struck out three. All three runs scored in this
game were solo homers, and once again, both teams played sparkling defense and now a remarkable 27 straight innings have been played
without an error. This shouldn't come as a surprise since Lake Erie led the league in fielding percentage at .796 and San Francisco was
a close second at .783.
