Florida v Hollywood

 Game 1: Hollywood scored in the first inning on a 2 out single by Bubba Donaldson. In the second inning Florida took the lead as Don Glenn and Manny Nunes both homered against Pat Evans. They added another in the 3rd as Angel Garcia stole 2 bases and came home on a Penales single.

In the bottom of the 3rd Corona doubled and scored on a Victor Baker single. Junior Alcantara tied the game with a 2 out single, but Roger Blackwood should have been out of it after that. Chad Richardson grounded to 3rd, but Angel Garcia's throw to second pulled Penales off the bag. Pitcher Pat Evans followed with a 2 run double.

In the 5th Florida reclaimed the lead. With a runner on, Will Daugherty booted a ground ball by Conn Barbarian. Don Glenn followed with his second homer of the game, a 3 run shot to make it 6-5. The homer sent Evans to the showers.

In the bottom of the inning, Alcantara homered to tie it back up. One batter later, Roger Blackwood was chased from the ballgame. Ron Tejada gave the Penguins two good innings of relief, and the game was still tied 6-6 into the bottom of the 8th.

Against Scott Klippenstein, Valentin hit a 1 out double and scored on a Daugherty single. With 2 out, Victor Baker and Eddie Del Toro cashed in RBI singles against Woody Francis to make it 9-6. Joe Pinches pitched a 1-2-3 9th for the save, making Doug Freeman, who pitched the 8th, the winner.

Game 2:

In the bottom of the first, Angel Garcia booted a leadoff grounder, allowing Erik Valentin to reach against Ryan Bordenick. He walked the next two batters. Cesar Corona struck out, Del Toro hit a sac fly, and Alcantara struck out. Getting out of a bases loaded jam with one run was a nice recovery.

Fozzy Wacha started strong and gave Florida few chances to score. In the 4th, Angel Garcia led off with a single but was thrown out trying to steal. Valentin had an RBI double in the 4th and Wacha added an RBI single in the 6th. Hollywood tacked on 3 more in the 8th against Klippenstein, who was given up 6 runs in 2 games (3 earned). That's 5 more runs than he allowed in 8 innings of the 2019 playoffs.

Wacha was dominant and finished with a complete game 4 hitter, striking out 10 and walking none. He did it with only 99 pitches. Hollywood will take a 2-0 lead as the series moves across the country.