6)Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-7) vs. 3)New Orleans Saints (10-6)
It was a battle of youth versus experience with 23 year old
James Burke making the start for the Bucs, and 40 year old
Aaron Jackson making the start for the Saints.
The Saints gave Jackson a 2-0 lead to work with when
Joey Koskinen tripled home a run in the second, and came home to score on a passed ball. Jackson knew what to do with the lead, and picked up the win with a complete game 6 hitter as the Saints won the game 5-2 to advance to the next round of the playoffs.
Mike Mansel,
Dave Orr, and
Joe Kappel added RBI's for the Saints.