Donors welcome surprising series win

Despite being outscored in the series, the Hawaiian Organ Donors (Chad West) won a surprising three games out of four against the AL's top team, the Harrison Cougars (Biv East). All three Donor wins were by one run, two of them coming in extra innings with closer Bobby Jenks picking up the W. The series recap:

Game 1: Cougars 9, Donors 3
W-Burnett (4-3), L-Escobar (4-2)
Japanese man Akinori Iwamura send a very clear message in any language Sunday afternoon, a crushing grand slam to open the floodgates of Harrison's series-opening win. Placido Polanco went 4-for-4 and Magglio Ordonez had three hits and three RBIs as Hawaiian permitted No. 1 starter Kelvim Escobar take a complete-game beating. Jason Kubel had three of the Donors' 10 hits.

Game 2: Donors 3, Cougars 2 (10 innings)
W-Jenks (1-2), L-Ray (1-2)
Paul Konerko lifted a sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th, scoring Michael Young (who was 4-for-5) with the go-ahead run for the Donors. Bobby Jenks "saved" his own win, as Hawaiian emerged ina game of failed opportunities. The teams left 16 men on base and had 21 combined hits.

Game 3: Donors 7, Cougars 6 (11 innings)
W-Jenks (2-2), L-R.Perez (0-2)
Harrison manager Biv Ayers was kicking himself for a while after letting Ron Villone pitch to Konerko in the bottom of the eighth. With the Cougars leading 6-4 and two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Ayers have Villone one more batter -- and Konerko got lucky, hitting a 1-9 HR chance and getting it to tie the score and, ultimately, force extra frames. Billy Butler provided the finishing blow, nailing a walk-off homer off ace closer Rafael Perez in the 11th on a 1-5 ballpark HR roll in what was basically a very cheap Hawaiian win. And in a continuing odd stat, Hawaiian's Lenny DiNardo remained 0-0 for the season with yet another no-decision (in six starts).

Game 4: Donors 2, Cougars 1
W-Baek (2-0), L-Lester (0-3), S-Neshek (1)
Hawaiian's series-long punch-and-judy attack netted a very Hawaiian-esque victory. Mark Teahen's RBI single in the fifth provided the difference, and Harrison's limited-AB guys (Jacoby Ellsbury, Timo Perez) could not hit their hot spots in the clutch. The Organ Donors wound up with a stunning 48 hits in the series off very good Harrison pitching, but it netted just 15 runs.

Up next:
Hawaiian Organ Donors (18-16) vs. Long Ball Larry (10-24)
Harrison Cougars (21-13) vs. Huge Mistakes (6-24)*