National League Division Series
Bethesda Bandicoots vs. Clovis Wheat Kings

Series Preview:   National East Champions Bethesda Bandicoots vs. NL West Champs Clovis Wheat Kings. First two games in Clovis followed by three back east and the final pair back out west if needed. Bethesda finished the season with a 90-72 record outpacing Jersey by 9 games. Clovis comes into the series after posting a 98-64 record edging out Long Beach by 2 games for the top spot. Both teams feature strong starting staffs, but Clovis will enjoy an edge in the bullpen. Continue reading →

American League Division Series
Tijuana Bottle Rockets vs. Chicago Mobsters

Series Preview:   Chicago finished the season with an American League best 130 wins which now sets the records for the most wins ever by an American League Franchise.    The 130 wins passed 118 Win mark set by the Mobsters in 2008.   Chicago wasn’t alone in passing the 118 win mark as the Hollywood Werewolves finished 2015 with 120 wins, and could be the match up Chicago is hoping if they can get by the Bottle Rockets here in the Division Series.   The Bottle Rockets finished 2nd in the American League Central with 113 wins themselves and will be a tough match up for the Mobsters.

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American League Division Series – Elyria Indians vs. Tijuana Bottle Rockets

Series Preview:  Tijuana hosts Elyria in this division series. This will be the 3rd time in 5 years these 2 teams have met in the post season. Tijuana has taken the 1st 2 series.

Game #1: A. Sanchez is solid going 7 and giving up 2. Zimmerman gives up 6(5 earned) in his 5 innings of work. D. O’Day finishes the final 2 innings to preserve the win. TIJ 6 ELY 2

Game #2: Greinke goes 7 allowing only 3 runs. Santos and Balfour stink it up and Tijuana takes a 2-0 series lead as they win this one 8-3

Game #3: Elyria wins a 17 inning marathon 4-3 to keep themselves in this series. The bullpens never really recover from this one.

Game #4: Elria’s bullpen implodes, allowing 6 runs in the 9th giving Tijuana the easy 9-3 win. Continue reading →

National League Division Series – Clovis Wheat Kings vs. Tempe Tempers

Series Preview:   Clovis Wheat Kings (99-63) and Tempe Tempers (129-33) squared of in a best of seven series over JoinMe. The two teams previously faced each other in the 2003 Divisional playoffs. This time around the Wheat Kings came into the series with the fatigue of the Wild Card while Tempe was well rested.

Game #1: Tempe jumped out to a one run lead on Liriano in the first on three consecutive two out singles by Braun, Beltre and Cuddyer. Tempe added a second run in the third when the same three hitters each hit consecutive singles. Those six singles were the only offense Tempe managed, but Clovis was held to only two hits. Iwakuma went five shutout innings for the win and Howel, Crain, and Holland pitched four perfect innings.
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National League Division Series – Manhattan Project vs. Camarillo Quest

Series Preview:  Division Series – Manhattan Project vs Camarillo Quest – Can Jose Fernanez and Yu Darvish lead Manhattan to victory or will it be the big bats of Joey Votto, Jose Bautista and Brandon Moss?

Game #1: With Cy Young candidate CJ Wilson on the mound for Camarillo things looked good early – leading 5 to 1 going into the 8th inning. Wilson went 6 strong and was pulled to save his arm for later in the series. It almost back-fired and Manhattan scored 2 off the bat of Stephen Drew (who went 3 for 3 with 3 rbis in the game), but Camarillo held on to the 5 to 3 win. Continue reading →