Poodles fried as Fighting Frogs win tight series.
In the closest seven game series that I've ever seen, the Hallo-owned Fighting FrogsStockton/Jones-owned Fried Poodles squeaked out  the series over the Stockton/Jones-owned Fried Poodles.  Six of the seven games were decided by one run and the Frogs actually outscored the Poodles (35-34) in the series.
Game 1 was the most "lopsided" game as the Poodles won 6-3, largely on the strength of Kevin Brown's 10IP 3ER 11K performance.  The extra-innning game was lost by Rich Loiselle, who threw a fine 9th and 10th inning but fell apart in the 11th.  This ruined a fine performance from Greg Maddux (8IP 3ER 7K) who battled Brown the entire way.  Simas [itched a shakey 11th inning for the save, only escaping damage after Joyner hit into a game ending double-play for the Frogs.
Game 2 was the first of 4 games with the identical score of 5-4.  This particular game was won by the Frogs in the 10th inning as Simas took the loss.  A strong (but not spectacular) performance by the starters (Reed for Poodles, Perez for Frogs) was overshadowed by Mark McGwire's 2HR game, plus a crucial hit in the bottom of the 10th.
Game 3 continued the see-saw affair as Chan Ho Park and the Poodles squeaked by Bobby Jones and the Frogs.  Park's complete game victory was helped by Vlad Guerrero's game-winning HR, though the Frogs put up a fight as Andruw Jones and Ray Lankford hit back-to-back-jacks in the 5th inning.
Game 4 balanced the scales as the Frogs won (again) 5-4.  Bill Simas took the loss in relief (again) giving up the game-winning double in the top of the 9th to McGwire.  Sean Casey and Devon White hit back-to-back HRs in a losing cause.
Game 5 swung the pendulum in favour of the Poodles as they won a pitching duel between Brown and Maddux (again).  This time no relievers were involved in the decision, although Maddux was hampered by an error in the 1st inning by Luis Castillo that (eventually) allowed 3 unearned runs to score.  Both teams managed only 7 hits and 3 walks each and had to nickel'n'dime their runs, except for Scott Rolen's solo HR for the Frogs and Tony Fernandez's solo dinger for the Poodles.
Game 6 tied the series at 3 apiece as the Frogs won 4-3 on the strength of HR from Jones, McGwire and Javy Lopez.  Reed and Perez matched up again, with Perez getting the better line (8IP 3ER 5K) and the decision.  The Poodles kept it close with HR from Jay Bell and then a 9th inning shot from Jeff Kent.
Game 7 was a slugfest in comparison to the other games, with the Frogs winning it in front of the (virtual) home town fans, 9-8.  Neither starting pitcher (Park for the Poodles, Reed for the Frogs) made it deeper than the 6th inning this time, and both bullpens were erratic.  Sean Runyan ended up absorbing the loss (0.2IP 3ER) after leaving with the bases loaded in the 6th inning.  Rich Loiselle got the win (1.1IP 0ER 2K), but Ligtenberg and Shaw made things interesting by giving up 3 runs in the top of the 9th to make the game close.
In the end, the power of the Frogs (.492 SLG) and the Shaw's 3 saves were enough to hold off the Poodles and Kevin Brown.
Game 1  Poodles 6 W:Brown      Sv:Simas
        Frogs   3 L:Loiselle

Game 2  Poodles 4 L:Simas
        Frogs   5 W:Ligtenberg 

Game 3  Frogs   4 L:B.Jones
        Poodles 5 W:Park

Game 4  Frogs   5 W:Telemaco   Sv:Shaw
        Poodles 4 L:Simas

Game 5  Frogs   4 L:Maddux
        Poodles 5 W:Brown

Game 6  Poodles 3 L:Reed
        Frogs   4 W:Perez      Sv:Shaw

Game 7  Poodles 8 L:Runyan
        Frogs   9 W:Loiselle   Sv:Shaw

MVP: Kevin Brown (Poodles) (19IP 7R 6ER 6BB 20K and 2 wins)

_____________________1__2__3___4___5___6_7__8____9_10__11____________________IP___H__R_ER_BB__K
1B Casey,Se          O     O+      O     O      2B     BB     Brown(SD),Ke  10    9  3  3  3 11
CF White,De         2B     O      1B+    K      BB      O     Simas,Bi       1    2  0  0  0  1
3B Rolen,Sc          K    _O_     1B*       K  __O      O   
LF Guerrero,Vl     __K         O  _O_      2B       O  1B**+
RF Jordan,Br            O     HR       O    O+     BB /1B*+ 
DH Kent,Je             2B      O      BB   1B*     1B __K___
SS Bell,Ja              K     _O_      K   _O_     DP
C  Hinch,A.            _K          O  _O       \ K     1B   
2B Fernandez,To           BB      1B     O       O     1B   
P__Brown(SD),Ke______________________________________________________________IP___H__R_ER_BB__K
SS Renteria,Ed      1B     K       O       SH+      O         Maddux,Gr      8    8  3  3  2  7
CF Lankford,Ra     - K    _K_     _O_      2B*     1B         Loiselle,Ri    2.2  5  3  3  3  1
3B Rolen,Sc         BB        2B       O    O       K         Ligtenberg,Ke  0.1  1  0  0  0  1
DH McGwire,Ma      __K         O+      K   BB      _O
C  Lopez,Ja             O     HR*     _K   _K_        \1B   
LF Burnitz,Je           O     BB         O       K     1B   
RF Jones,An            _K     DP_        O      2B      K   
1B Joyner,Wa              1B       O     K       O    _DP___
2B Castillo,Lu             O      1B          
  PH Mueller,Bi                            1B 
  2B Lockhart,Ke
  PH Zaun,Gr                                   __O
  2B Graffanino,To
P__Maddux,Gr__________________________________________________R__H_E
Fried Poodles        0  0  0   1   1   0 0  1    0  0   3     6 14 0
Fighting Frogs       0  0  0   2   0   0 0  1    0  0   0     3 11 0
LOB - Fried Poodles 12; Fighting Frogs 8.  Win - Brown(SD),Ke (1-0); Save - Simas,Bi (1);
Loss - Loiselle,Ri (0-1).  HRs - Jordan,Br (1); Lopez,Ja (1).  Caught Stealing - Renteria,Ed (1).
Fielding Range Bonus - Fried Poodles +0.14; Fighting Frogs +0.21.



_____________________1____2___3__4__5__6__7____8____9_10__________________IP___H__R_ER_BB__K
1B Casey,Se         1B   _O        1B    1B         K      Reed,Ri        8    8  4  4  2  6
CF White,De          O        O    BB     O       __O      Simas,Bi       1    5  1  1  0  1
3B Rolen,Sc         1B+      HR    DP    _O_          BB 
LF Guerrero,Vl      1B*       K        O       O      DP 
RF Jordan,Br         O++    __O        O      1B      _K_
DH Kent,Je          _O__         K    _O       O 
SS Bell,Ja                O     1B       BB   2B*
C  Hinch,A.              BB     DP       1B+ /_O_
2B Fernandez,To           K         O    SF*        O
P__Reed,Ri________________________________________________________________IP___H__R_ER_BB__K
RF Jones,An         1B        O     O     K        1B      Perez,Ca       7.2 10  4  4  3  3
CF Lankford,Ra       O+      1B    _O    _O_      __K      Ligtenberg,Ke  2.1  0  0  0  1  2
3B Rolen,Sc          O+     + K       BB       O      1B 
DH McGwire,Ma       HR*     __K       DP      HR      1B 
C  Lopez,Ja         BB           O    _O       O      1B*
LF Burnitz,Je       _O__         O       2B  __O_
1B Joyner,Wa              O     2B       1B       \ O
2B Castillo,Lu            O     _K
  PH-SS Renteria,Ed                      1B*        O
SS Gonzalez(F,Al         _O         K
  PH Mueller,Bi                           K 
  2B Lockhart,Ke                                   1B
P__Perez,Ca________________________________________________R__H_E
Fried Poodles        1    0   1  0  0  0  1    1    0  0   4 10 0
Fighting Frogs       2    0   0  0  0  0  1    1    0  1   5 13 0
LOB - Fried Poodles 7; Fighting Frogs 9.  Win - Ligtenberg,Ke (1-0); Loss - Simas,Bi (0-1).  HRs -
McGwire,Ma (1); Rolen,Sc (1); McGwire,Ma (2).  Steal - Lankford,Ra (1).  Fielding Range Bonus -
Fried Poodles +0.14; Fighting Frogs +0.17.



__________________1__2__3____4___5___6___7__8____9_________________IP___H__R_ER_BB__K
RF Jones,An      E7 _O          HR       O      e5  Jones(NYN),Bo  5.2  7  4  4  3  3
CF Lankford,Ra    K    BB       HR       O    +e K  Rincon,Ri      2.1  3  1  1  1  2
3B Rolen,Sc       K     O+       O      HR       O
DH McGwire,Ma    BB     O       1B      BB    __O5
C  Lopez,Ja      _O    _O_      DP      _K
LF Burnitz,Je        K       K      1B      O
1B Joyner,Wa        e6      BB      DP      K
2B Castillo,Lu      1B     p O      BB 
  PH Renteria,Ed                           O4
  2B Lockhart,Ke
SS Gonzalez(F,Al     K     __O_    __K_           
  PH Mueller,Bi                                 2B
P__Jones(NYN),Bo___________________________________________________IP___H__R_ER_BB__K
1B Casey,Se       O     K  __O_    /BB      O       Park,Ch        9    7  4  3  5  9
CF White,De       K     O        O  1B*    _O
3B Rolen,Sc      2B    BB        K __O_
LF Guerrero,Vl   BB    1B       _O      HR
RF Jordan,Br     _O    _O_          1B   K
DH Kent,Je          HR       O       O   O
SS Bell,Ja           O      BB       O  _K
C  Hinch,A.          O      2B     +1B*     O
2B Fernandez,To     _O      SF*     2B     1B
P__Park,Ch__________________________________________R__H_E
Fighting Frogs    0  0  0    0   2   0   1  0    1  4  7 0
Fried Poodles     0  1  0    1   0   2   1  0    X  5 10 4
LOB - Fighting Frogs 9; Fried Poodles 9.  Win - Park,Ch (1-0); Loss - Jones(NYN),Bo (0-1).
Outstanding Plays - Fernandez,To (1); Rolen,Sc (1).  Errors - Guerrero,Vl (1); Bell,Ja (1); Rolen,Sc (1);
Hinch,A. (1).  Passed Ball - Hinch,A. (1).  HRs - Kent,Je (1); Jones,An (1); Lankford,Ra (1); Rolen,Sc (2);
Guerrero,Vl (1).  Steals - Jordan,Br (1); Jones,An (1).  Fielding Range Bonus - Fighting Frogs +0.16;
Fried Poodles +0.14.



_____________________1__2___3__4__5___6_____7____8___9________________IP___H__R_ER_BB__K
RF Jones,An          K     BB     K  _O__      __K       Neagle,De    7   10  4  3  3  5
CF Lankford,Ra       O     BB    1B        BB      \2B   Telemaco,Am  1    0  0  0  0  1
3B Rolen,Sc         _K     DP     O       +1B*       K   Shaw,Je      1    0  0  0  0  1
DH McGwire,Ma           K      K _O_        O       2B*
C  Lopez,Ja            2B     O6     1B     K        O 
LF Burnitz,Je           O     HR     1B   __K_     /_K_
1B Joyner,Wa           1B*    BB      O         HR
2B Castillo,Lu         _O_    _O
  PH-SS Renteria,Ed                   O          O
SS Gonzalez(F,Al            O    1B 
  PH Mueller,Bi                      BB  
  2B Lockhart,Ke                                 O
P__Neagle,De__________________________________________________________IP___H__R_ER_BB__K
1B Casey,Se          O     HR    e3   O++      __K       Irabu,Hi     8    9  4  4  5  8
CF White,De         1B     HR     O  _O__          / K   Simas,Bi     0.2  2  1  1  0  1
3B Rolen,Sc         BB      O    1B        BB        O   Howry,Bo     0.1  0  0  0  0  1
LF Guerrero,Vl       O      O     O        1B      __O_
RF Jordan,Br        _O     BB    2B*       DP+
DH Kent,Je              K  _O    _K_       1B*
SS Bell,Ja             1B      O     1B   __K_
C  Hinch,A.             O      K      K        \ O
2B Fernandez,To        _O_    _O     1B          O
P__Irabu,Hi______________________________________________R__H_E
Fighting Frogs       0  1   0  1  0   0     1    1   1   5 11 1
Fried Poodles        0  0   2  0  1   0     1    0   0   4 10 0
LOB - Fighting Frogs 10; Fried Poodles 9.  Win - Telemaco,Am (1-0); Save - Shaw,Je (1);
Loss - Simas,Bi (0-2).  Outstanding Play - Bell,Ja (1).  Error - Joyner,Wa (1).  HRs - Casey,Se (1);
White,De (1); Burnitz,Je (1); Joyner,Wa (1).  Steal - Lankford,Ra (2).  Fielding Range Bonus -
Fighting Frogs +0.17; Fried Poodles +0.14.



___________________1____2__3__4__5____6__7___8___9_________________IP___H__R_ER_BB__K
RF Jones,An        O      1B*   BB      _K_    __O_  Maddux,Gr     8    7  5  2  3  5
CF Lankford,Ra     K       O    1B           O
DH Rolen,Sc       2B       K    1B*+        HR
1B McGwire,Ma    wO8__    _K_   _O__        BB
C  Lopez,Ja             O     K       O      O
LF Burnitz,Je          BB     O       K     _K
3B Mueller,Bi           O     O      _O          O 
2B Castillo,Lu         _O        K         
  PH Joyner,Wa                           O 
  SS Delgado,Wi
  PH Hamilton,Da                                2B 
SS Gonzalez(F,Al          2B     O  
  PH Zaun,Gr                             K 
  2B Lockhart,Ke                               pSF*
P__Maddux,Gr_______________________________________________________IP___H__R_ER_BB__K
1B Casey,Se        O    K       1B       O+          Brown(SD),Ke  9    7  4  3  3  9
CF White,De       e4   _O        K      1B*
3B Rolen,Sc      + O+      O    DP__    _K_
LF Guerrero,Vl    BB       O         2B      K
RF Jordan,Br      1B*     _O_         O     O8
DH Kent,Je        2B**        O       O     BB
SS Bell,Ja       __O__        O      O4     _O
2B Fernandez,To        HR     K         BB 
C  Miller,Da            O       1B       O 
P__Brown(SD),Ke______________________________________R_H_E
Fighting Frogs     0    0  1  0  1    0  0   1   1   4 7 1
Fried Poodles      3    1  0  0  0    0  1   0   X   5 7 0
LOB - Fighting Frogs 6; Fried Poodles 5.  Win - Brown(SD),Ke (2-0); Loss - Maddux,Gr (0-1).
Outstanding Plays - White,De (1); Castillo,Lu (1); Lankford,Ra (1).  Error - Castillo,Lu (1).
Passed Ball - Miller,Da (1).  Wild Pitch - Brown(SD),Ke (1).  HRs - Fernandez,To (1); Rolen,Sc (3).
Steal - White,De (1).  Fielding Range Bonus - Fighting Frogs +0.13; Fried Poodles +0.14.



____________________1__2___3___4__5____6___7___8____9______________IP___H__R_ER_BB__K
CF White,De         O    __O_    1B       DP_     __K  Reed,Ri     5.2  8  4  4  1  5
SS Bell,Ja          O         HR _O_          1B       Service,Sc  2.1  1  0  0  2  2
3B Rolen,Sc        _K          O      1B       K 
LF Guerrero,Vl         K       O     p O       O+
RF Jordan,Br          1B      2B      O6      _O_
DH Kent,Je             O      BB     __O_          HR
2B Fernandez,To       _O      _O          1B        O
C  Hinch,A.                O      K 
  PH-C Miller,Da                           O+     /2B
1B Fullmer,Br              K      O       1B*       O
P__Reed,Ri_________________________________________________________IP___H__R_ER_BB__K
RF Jones,An        HR      O     1Be /_K_     _O_      Perez,Ca    8.1  9  3  3  1  5
CF Lankford,Ra      O      K      K       O7           Shaw,Je     0.2  1  0  0  0  1
3B Rolen,Sc         O     BB      O        K 
DH McGwire,Ma      1B    +HR*    _K_      BB 
C  Lopez,Ja        _O    __O_         HR  1B+
LF Burnitz,Je         e4       O       O  _O_
  2B Graffanino,To
1B Joyner,Wa           O      1B       O      BB 
2B Castillo,Lu         K       O      1B 
  LF Hamilton,Da                              SH+
SS Gonzalez(F,Al      _K      _O      1B+      O 
P__Perez,Ca____________________________________________R__H_E
Fried Poodles       0  0   0   1  0    0   1   0    1  3 10 2
Fighting Frogs      1  0   2   0  0    1   0   0    X  4  9 0
LOB - Fried Poodles 7; Fighting Frogs 9.  Win - Perez,Ca (1-0); Save - Shaw,Je (2); Loss - Reed,Ri (0-1).
Outstanding Plays - Gonzalez(F,Al (1); Guerrero,Vl (1).  Errors - Fernandez,To (1); Jordan,Br (1).
Passed Ball - Lopez,Ja (1).  HRs - Jones,An (2); McGwire,Ma (3); Bell,Ja (1); Lopez,Ja (2); Kent,Je (2).
Steal - Rolen,Sc (1).  Fielding Range Bonus - Fried Poodles +0.14; Fighting Frogs +0.18.



____________________1______2__3___4___5____6_____7___8_____9__________________IP___H__R_ER_BB__K
1B Casey,Se         O             O  BB   1B**+           2B   Park,Ch        4.2  7  5  5  3  5
SS Bell,Ja          K            BB  SF* /_K___           1B*  Runyan,Se      0.2  1  3  3  2  1
3B Rolen,Sc        _O___          K  BB         1B       /2B*  Service,Sc     0.1  2  1  1  0  0
RF-LF Guerrero,Vl         1B     _K __O_        DP        O7   Jones,Do       2.1  2  0  0  1  2
CF-RF Jordan,Br           DP         1B    O    _K         O+
DH Kent,Je               __O         1B   O9       \ O    1B*
2B Fernandez,To               O      1B*  BB         O   __O_
C  Hinch,A.                   O      e6   BB   
  PH Fullmer,Br                                     2B  
  C  Miller,Da
LF Morris,Ha                 _O_     SF*
  PH-CF White,De                          1B       __O__
P__Park,Ch____________________________________________________________________IP___H__R_ER_BB__K
SS Renteria,Ed     BB     1B      O        K    _O             Jones(NYN),Bo  5.2  6  5  3  5  3
CF Lankford,Ra     BB    + K     HR       BB        1B         Loiselle,Ri    1.1  1  0  0  0  2
DH Rolen,Sc        BB    __O     _O      /1B**      1B         Ligtenberg,Ke  1    3  2  2  0  0
1B McGwire,Ma      1B**+      K       K  w1B*        O++       Shaw,Je        1    2  1  1  0  0
C  Lopez,Ja         K        1B       O   SF*        O  
LF Burnitz,Je      1B*        O      HR  /_K___
  LF Hamilton,Da                                   __O__
RF Jones,An         O        1B+    /_O_         K
3B Mueller,Bi      _O___     _K_          1B     O
2B Castillo,Lu             O      O       BB    BB
  2B Graffanino,To
P__Jones(NYN),Bo_______________________________________________R__H_E
Fried Poodles       0      0  0   0   3    2     0   0     3   8 12 0
Fighting Frogs      3      0  0   1   1    4     0   0     X   9 12 1
LOB - Fried Poodles 8; Fighting Frogs 9.  Win - Loiselle,Ri (1-1); Save - Shaw,Je (3);
Loss - Runyan,Se (0-1).  Outstanding Plays - Jones,An (1); Hamilton,Da (1).  Error - Renteria,Ed (1).
Wild Pitch - Service,Sc (1).  HRs - Lankford,Ra (2); Burnitz,Je (2).  Steal - Renteria,Ed (1).
Fielding Range Bonus - Fried Poodles +0.04; Fighting Frogs +0.20.


 
Standings,_Pitching____________W___L___pct.__GB___ERA__CG_ShO__RS__Sv___IP_____R___ER___H___BA___BB___K__WP
 1  Fighting Frogs              4   3  .571  -    4.08  1   0  4.9  3   64     35  29   73 .286  25   42  0
 2  Fried Poodles               3   4  .429  1    4.57  2   0  5.0  1   63     34  32   70 .278  27   62  2
 
____AB____R____H___D___T__HR__RBI__BA__SlgA__OBA__BB___K___SH__F_SF_GDP__SB__CS__LOB__OP__DP__E__OSB_OCS_PB
 1  252   34   70  12  0  14   33 .278 .492 .345  27   62   2  0  2   6   5   1   60   5   9   3   2   0  1
 2  255   35   73  16  0   9   35 .286 .455 .345  25   42   0  0  4   9   2   0   57   5   6   6   5   1  2

 1  Jim Hallo                 4-3:  2 3-6(11), 2 5-4(10), @2 4-5, @2 5-4, @2 4-5, 2 4-3, 2 9-8.
 2  Reede Stockton/Brian Jone 3-4:  @1 6-3(11), @1 4-5(10), 1 5-4, 1 4-5, 1 5-4, @1 3-4, @1 8-9.