Opening act is a shutout
September 7, 2005 - Midwest League (MWL1)
West Michigan Whitecaps News Release
COMSTOCK PARK, MI - Jair Jurrjens pitched six innings and combined with two Whitecaps relievers in a playoff-opening shutout of Fort Wayne, 4-0. West Michigan leads the best-of-three first round series, 1-0. Jurrjens walked three but struck out six and allowed all three Wizards hits. He and Kevin Ardoin, who pitched the seventh and eighth innings, combined to retire 14 batters in a row.
Nineteen of the last 21 Fort Wayne hitters in the game were set down by the 'Caps. Mike Ekstrom, who at one point this season was 13-3 but struggled down the stretch, continued to slump and took the loss. Five consecutive Whitecaps reached base against Ekstrom with one out in the first inning.
Wilkin Ramirez put the Whitecaps on the board with a two-run double. Two batters later, Brent Dlugach came up with an RBI single for a 3-0 lead. The score remained the same until the sixth inning, when Luis Sabino pulled a two-out, solo home run down the right field line for a 4-0 advantage.
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