Round 5 AL East: Cougars Sweep Steamrollers

In a Sunday/Monday split series, Scott couldn't string enough together with his East team as his Army of Steamrollers dropped a series to Biv's Harrison Cougars.

Game 1: Harrison 1, Army 0
W-D.Matsuzaka (2-0), L-J.Bonderman (1-2), S-R.Perez (6)
With one out in the 8th, Placido Polanco doubled home Pudge Rodriguez, and that's all the offense there is to talk about in this game. Daisuke produced his third quality start for Harrison but was nearly outmatched by Army's Jeremy Bonderman, who got no run support in a complete game five-hit outing. Carlos Guillen had three hits for the Steamrollers.

Game 2: Harrison 8, Army 4
W-F.Rodney (1-0), L-D.Wheeler (0-2)
A tie game was broken open by Harrison in the 9th when Steamrollers reliever Dan Wheeler not only couldn't get anybody out, he got himself injured. The game was untied when Wheeler allowed a two-run single to pinch hitter Timo Perez, and it was on this pitch that the righty hurler was damaged for 3 games. On came reliever Al Reyes, who promptly surrendered a two-run bomb to Matt Stairs. This game marked Harrison's seventh win of the season and the team's first victory which was not saved by Rafael Perez.

Game 3: Harrison 10, Army 8
W-D.Cabrera (3-0), L-J.Litsch (1-2), S-R.Perez (7)
Sean Casey's second consecutive four-hit game was accentuated by a single and two long balls from the bat of Cougars SS Jhonny Peralta. A late rally by Army was once again quelled by Rafael Perez, who recorded the final two outs for his league-leading 7th save. Placido Polanco also had four hits for Harrison, who totaled 19 base knocks on the day.

Next up -- GANZA
Harrison Cougars (8-7) at Finer Things Club (8-4)*
Army of Steamrollers (5-10) at Bob Loblaw (10-5)