New York at Portland Games 3 & 4

Game 3: Roscoe Savage vs. Roger Lewis. Portland scores 3 runs in the bottom of the first, and those were the only runs scored in the game. Roger Lewis follows up his clinching shutout in Game 162 with 8 shutout innings 8-6-0-0-4-6, while Jake Richardson saves it for Portland 1-0-0-0-1-2. Savage takes the loss 6-7-3-3-3-4. New York is now down 3 games to 0, and will still be without Chad White for games 4 and 5.

Game 4: Pedro Lewis vs. Joel Camels. In a desparation move, New York goes with ace Pedro Lewis on 3 days rest in lieu of usual #3 starter Steven Hyde. Lewis and Camels don't disappoint, delivering a pitching duel for the ages. Lewis is mowing everyone down, and not letting Portland even sniff a rally. Meanwhile, Camels is somewhat wild, but does not allow a base hit until he had one out in the 8th inning. However, New York is not able to score. In the 9th, Camels strikes out 2 batters in a 1-2-3 inning. He finishes 9-1-0-0-6-7. In the bottom of the 9th, Pedro Lewis is still in the game. Not surprising, given he has only faced 26 batters and the New York bullpen has been shaky in the series.

Joel Camels is pinch hit for with lefty specialist Chris Burton. Pedro promptly strikes him out for his 12th strikeout of the game.
Hansel Wilson then works a walk.
With Paul Hagan doing the catching, there is no way Portland is going to try for the steal here. Instead, Steve Werden gets the hit and run sign.
Werden grounds one into the 2nd base hole, Buckley dives and the ball boots off his glove. Wilson gets to 3B and Werden stays at first on the error.
With 1 out and runners at 1st and 2nd, New York has to play the infield in. Zandar Dukakis hits the ball deep to LF, Gehrig Bear makes the catch, but his momentum takes him towards the wall. Wilson scores easily from third on the sacrifice fly, and New York is swept out of the playoffs.

The final score is 1-0. Pedro goes 8.2.-1-1-0-2-12. Chad White never gets to make an appearance in the series. New York fails to make the LCS for the first time since 2004, when another Portland team was able to pull off the miracle. New York finishes the season with back to back shutouts, and overall, 20 consecutive scoreless innings.