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Game | Location | Results | Win | Loss | Save |
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1 | at California | Coolers 3, Aztecs 2 | M.Strahm(1-0) | C.Bassitt(1-1) | D.Williams(3) |
HR – T.Casas(4), J.Pena(3), J.Burger(2), | |||||
2 | at California | Coolers 6, Aztecs 1 | C.Burnes(1-0) | B.Ober(0-1) | None |
HR – C.Walker(3), A.Judge(2), E.Diaz(1) | |||||
3 | at Harlingen | Coolers 3, Aztecs 2 (10) | T.Holton(2-1) | A.Uribe(0-1) | D.Williams(4) |
HR – T.Casas(5), M.Ozuna(2) | |||||
4 | at Harlingen | Coolers 8, Aztecs 3 | A.Faedo(2-0) | M.King(1-1) | None |
HR – A.Judge(3), S.Suzuki(2) |
California wins ALCS 4-0
Game 1 – Wrigley Field – Jeremy Pena hit a solo home run in the 4th inning to give Harlingen a 1-0 lead. Triston Casas hit a two-run home run in the 4th inning to give California a 2-1 lead. Jake Burger hit a solo home run in the 5th inning to tie the game 2-2. In the 7th inning, Elias Diaz hit a double to score Rosario, putting California ahead 3-2. Matt Strahm pitched 0.2 innings in relief, striking out 2 batters. He earned the win. Chris Bassitt pitched 6 innings, giving up 3 earned runs on 6 hits. He took the loss and is now 1-1 in this post-season. Devin Williams pitched a scoreless 9th inning, earning his 3rd save of the playoffs. Aaron Judge went 1-for-2, with a home run, 2 RBIs, and 2 runs scored. Seiya Suzuki left the game with an injury.
Game 2 – Wrigley Field – Aaron Judge’s 2-run home run put California on the board in the bottom of the first. Christian Walker cut the lead in half with a solo shot to lead off the 2nd frame. Triston Casas scored on Andy Ibanez’s single in the 3rd and the Coolers were up by two again. In the bottom of the 6th, Elias Diaz hit one 381 feet into the cheap seats for a 4-1 advantage. Amed Rosario drove in two more in the 8th and CAC took game two, 6-1. Walker had 3 of HAZ’s 9 hits. Rosario finished with a 3-4 day for the home squad. Corbin Burnes scattered 7 hits and fanned 7 in 6.2 innings for the victory. Bailey Ober took the loss.
Game 3 – Minute Maid Park – The Harlingen Aztecs excited their home faithful by loading the bases with one out in the bottom of the first. They were a little disappointed though, as they only managed one run, on Christian Walker’s sac fly down the left field line. Michael Conforto’s 2-out single in the third tied the game. California went ahead in the 4th as Triston Casas went yard, 360 feet down the right field line, for his 5th big fly of the 2024 post-season. Marcell Ozuna knotted the scoreboard again in the bottom of the 6th with a 355-foot drive down the left field line. The Aztecs threatened to take the lead in the bottom of the 8th when Bryson Stott doubled off the RF wall with one out. Ozuna then reached on an infield single; runners on 1st and 3rd. Matt Strahm forced JD Martinez into a flyout to end the inning. Neither team managed to get a runner onboard in the 9th, so extra innings here we come…. In the top of the 10th, Andy Ibanez led off with a double. Conforto came up big again, hitting a 2-out single that plated Ibanez and gave the Coolers the lead. Devin Williams came in to close out the win. He struck out the side, but the door was left open momentarily as Stott reached on an E-5 with two outs to make it interesting. Tyler Holton got the win, Abner Uribe took the loss. The Coolers out-hit the Aztecs 9-5 with Ibanez collecting 3 of them. Ozuna finished 2-3 with one walk for Harlingen. The Coolers take a 3-0 series lead and edge one game closer to their 6th World Series appearance in their 37-year history.
Game 4 – The Coolers entered Minute Maid Park knowing they had the host Aztecs on the ropes. With two outs in the top of the first, Aaron Judge lowered the gavel on Michael King’s 2-2 offering, sending it 320 feet down the LF line for an early 1-0 advantage. They tacked on 3 more in the top of the 2nd with the big blow being Leody Taveras’ 2-run double off the wall in right-center. JD Martinez and Bryson Stott had RBI in the bottom of the 3rd to cut the lead in half. Miguel Rojas lined one over 2nd in the fourth inning, driving in Andy Ibanez and putting CAC up 5-2. In the 5th, Seiya Suzuki went down the left field line 328 feet for a 2-run homer and a 7-2 lead. Both teams got a run in the 7th, but Harlingen never really threatened and California advances to the 2024 SWBA World Series. Alex Faedo got the win, upping his post-season record to 2-0. King took the loss for HAZ. Suzuki was the only Cooler with two hits and Yan Gomes repeated that feat for the Aztecs.
ALCS MVP
Triston Casas, CAC
.267 AVG, .733 SLG, 1.046 OPS, 2 HR