Guest Smell the ratings!!! Report post Posted July 30, 2004 we should all just steal Czech's sig and get it over with Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted July 30, 2004 I've just made WDI my new home. Sure there's less traffic but there's also less trolls and idiots. Don't have to deal with the Nelly's Bandaids or GreatOnes of the world. I'd love to get their sports forum hopping, and the mods there don't allow all sorts of bullshit. There's always an alternative, but I will be coming back here for this. I want a ring...and hopefully I'll lead Boston to the promise land once my FA year comes up~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest eppeedancer Report post Posted July 30, 2004 hey, i actually may have won a batting title Tim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Happy Medium 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2004 I look forward to the playoffs. Maybe I'll be a clutch playoff performer. Nah, I'm going to probably just be the Jeff Cirillo or the Mark Grudzielanek (sp?) of the SFBL. Decent, but never pops out as good or great. C'mon, Colombus!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Obrechtion Report post Posted July 31, 2004 Hopefully I'll have better luck with Chicago in the playoffs than the beautiful stats I had in Jacksonville. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Evolution Report post Posted August 3, 2004 Once again, it's not much, but I have to post something. I've got some other things going on right now as well, so the SFBL is low on my priority list right now. The postseason will get done by the end of the week, though. LOS ANGELES GLORY HOLES VS CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY 2017 SFBL EAST-WEST PLAYOFFS GAME 1 Entering the playoffs as the West champions in a very weak division, fans of Chicago expected an easy series against Los Angeles. In Game 1, it wasn't very easy to pick up the victory, but Bill Pazanini's single to right field in the bottom of the seventh broke a 1-1 tie when Arne Snider crossed the plate to give Chicago their second run of the game, which turned out to be the game-winning run in Chicago's 2-1 victory over the Glory Holes in Game 1 of the best-of-seven series. After finishing with a 21-10 record in the regular season, Andres Cifuentes went eight innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and striking out four, but ending up with a loss in his first career postseason start. Galvin Blea left in the sixth inning after giving up seven hits and one earned run, striking out ten batters. He ended up with a no-decision, however, as Steve Maestoni was on the mound when the Transit Authority broke the 1-1 tie in the seventh inning. Unfortunately, Maestoni himself was injured in the eighth inning before recording an out in the inning. Austin Sly drove in the only run for Los Angeles in the sixth inning with a single to left-center, bringing home Dew Watson in a 2-for-4 day with one RBI total. Paco Fernandez went 0-for-4 in the leadoff position, striking out twice. LOS ANGELES 1, CHICAGO 2 Chicago leads series 1-0 SCORING SUMMARY: CHICAGO 4TH: Francisco Parisi singled to right, Anton Gonzalez scored. LOS ANGELES 6TH: Austin Sly singled to left-center, Dew Watson scored. CHICAGO 7TH: Bill Pazanini singled to right, Arne Snider scored. WP - Steve Maestoni (1-0) LP - Andres Cifuentes (0-1, 8 IP, 7 HA, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 Ks) S - Rolando Tavares (1) Time of Game: 3 hours, 7 minutes Player of the Game: Galvin Blea (5 2/3 IP, 7 HA, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 Ks) DENVER DOUCHEBAGS VS PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM 2017 SFBL EAST-WEST PLAYOFFS GAME 1 Kristofer Mcnamar and the Freedom bullpen shut down Denver for the first eight innings. In the ninth inning, Denver had three outs to make a comeback, and they started on the road towards getting the comeback done. Philadelphia went through three pitchers in that ninth inning, but in the end was able to hang on for a 4-3 victory over the Douchebags to win the first game and go up one-to-zero on Denver in the best-of-seven series. Mcnamar didn't give up a run in his seven and two-third innings of work, allowing only four hits, walking four and striking out three to earn player of the game honors. He threw one hundred and fourteen pitches before leaving in the eighth inning to a standing ovation from the Philadelphia fans. Bill "Sticky Hands" Cobos went all eight innings on the mound for Denver, allowing nine hits and four runs in his first postseason start since 2014 when he pitched for Vancouver in the postseason. Another player who hasn't seen the postseason in three years, Edward James went 0-for-4, committing an error at third in the second inning that fortunately did not result in any extra runs for the Douchebags. DENVER 3, PHILADELPHIA 4 Philadelphia leads series 1-0 SCORING SUMMARY: PHILADELPHIA 1ST: Jared Yerby homered to right-center. PHILADELPHIA 7TH: Emerson Loretta homered to right; Mikah Zirkwitz singled to center, Kole Botting scored; Merlin McKnight doubled to left, Zirkwitz scored. DENVER 9TH: Brantley Suttster hit a sacrifice fly to left-center, Robert Herring scored; Gilles Godinez homered to left-center; John Duffner doubled to center, Bo Gossage scored. WP - Kristofer Mcnamar (1-0, 7 2/3 IP, 4 HA, 0 ER, 4 BB, 3 Ks) LP - Bill Cobos (0-1, 8 IP, 9 HA, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 Ks) S - Robert Statler (1) Time of Game: 3 hours, 3 minutes Player of the Game: Kristofer Mcnamar (threw 63 of his 114 pitches for strikes; first career postseason start) JACKSONVILLE JACKOFFS VS NEW JERSEY CLERKS 2017 SFBL NORTH-SOUTH PLAYOFFS GAME 1 Both of the starters in Game 1 put on a hell of a show for the fans in 7-11 Stadium, but they would not be involved in the final decisions. Meanwhile, the New Jersey Clerks made something out of nothing, scoring two runs on three hits and one big error in the ninth inning by Winston Ghandi that would put the game-tying run on base, as he would later score to send the game into extra innings with a 2-2 tie. Fortunately for the Jackoffs, Octavio Santos was able to salvage a leadoff solo homerun out of the disaster, immediately giving Jacksonville the lead once again as they went on to take the first game 3-2 in ten innings. Besides that error in the ninth inning, Ghandi went 2-for-4, sending Anderson Goers home in the top of the sixth with a sacrifice grounder to the second baseman with Goers on third. Ghandi also hit a double in the first inning. John Duran did not play in this game. JACKSONVILLE 3, NEW JERSEY 2 (10 INNINGS) Jacksonville leads series 1-0 SCORING SUMMARY: NEW JERSEY 4TH: Lloyd Bazley homered to left. JACKSONVILLE 6TH: Winston Ghandi grounded out to the second baseman, Anderson Goers scored; Eugene Widrick homered to left. NEW JERSEY 9TH: Keith Batke reached base on an error by the centerfielder, Steven Zuber scored. JACKSONVILLE 10TH: Octavio Santos homered to center. WP - Rafael Calderon (1-0) LP - Boris Pacheco (0-1) Time of Game: 3 hours, 26 minutes Player of the Game: Andrew Fasquelle (8 2/3 IP, 2 HA, 1 ER, 6 BB, 4 Ks) MEMPHIS EELS VS COLUMBUS PRIDE 2017 SFBL NORTH-SOUTH PLAYOFFS GAME 1 The North-South playoffs featured not one, but two extra inning games in one night, as Memphis managed to overcome a 4-0 deficit at the end of three innings, leading 5-4 by the end of the top of the seventh. Columbus evened the score at 5-all with a dramatic homerun from "The Beast" Nathan Smith with two outs remaining in the bottom of the ninth. However, Wilfredo Briceno would score both Esequiel Acosta and Josue Torbert from third and second, respectively, as the top of the tenth featured two Memphis runs crossing the plate en route to the Eels capturing a 7-5 victory in Game 1 of the best-of-seven series to determine who would advance to the North-South Conference Championship. In his first postseason appearance, Jonathan Dehn went 0-for-4 with one strikeout. MEMPHIS 7, COLUMBUS 5 (10 INNINGS) Memphis leads series 1-0 SCORING SUMMARY: COLUMBUS 2ND: David Zearge homered to center. COLUMBUS 3RD: John Scherfenberg homered to left, Ben Cruz and Abe Waggoner scored. MEMPHIS 4TH: Esequiel Acosta singled to center, Fernando Ornelas scored; John Personeni doubled to right-center, Ryan Marcus and Acosta scored. MEMPHIS 6TH: John Personeni singled to center, Fernando Ornelas scored. MEMPHIS 7TH: Fernando Ornelas flied out to right, throwing error to third by the rightfielder, Gilbert Frederick scored. COLUMBUS 9TH: Nathan Smith homered to right. MEMPHIS 10TH: Wilfredo Briceno singled to left, Acosta, Josue Torbert scored. WP - Chris Addington (1-0) LP - Jose Lopez (0-1) Time of Game: 4 hours, 7 minutes Player of the Game: John Personeni (3-for-3, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 2B, SB) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Evolution Report post Posted August 7, 2004 LOS ANGELES GLORY HOLES VS CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY 2017 SFBL EAST-WEST PLAYOFFS GAME 2 By the time Chicago managed to get some runs across the plate, it was far too late for it to make a difference. Los Angeles scored eight runs in the first seven runs, and two runs in the bottom of the ninth were simply not enough for Chicago to rally against Los Angeles, who tied the best-of-seven series at one game a piece with a 8-2 victory over Chicago. For the first seven and one-third innings, Jarod Mountney of the Glory Holes managed to hold the Transit Authority offense to three hits. Chicago would only get six hits total in the nine innings of play. Austin Sly went 2-for-4, drawing a walk, striking out once, and scoring once, and also stealing his first base of the postseason. On the other side of the field, in the Chicago clubhouse, Paco Fernandez went 1-for-4 with a triple in the third inning that would result in Paco being left on base. LOS ANGELES 8, CHICAGO 2 Series tied 1-1 SCORING SUMMARY: LOS ANGELES 1ST: Dew Watson singled to left, Luciano Bubela scored. LOS ANGELES 2ND: Nino Llanes singled to left, Cody Stormes scored; Luciano Bubela doubled to center, Llanes scored; Paul Cannington doubled to left, Bubela scored. LOS ANGELES 3RD: Jayson Hudock homered to right-center. LOS ANGELES 5TH: Sol Duke grounded into a 4-6-3 double play, Jeff Stainsby scored. LOS ANGELES 6TH: Jeff Stainsby doubled to right-center, Austin Sly scored. LOS ANGELES 7TH: Paul Cannington singled to center, Luciano Bubela scored. CHICAGO 9TH: Bill Pazanini singled to right, Richy Ball scored; Waverly Whaley singled to center, Francisco Parisi scored. WP - Jarod Mountney (1-0, 7 1/3 IP, 3 HA, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 Ks) LP - Osvaldo Gallardo (0-1, 2 2/3 IP, 8 HA, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 Ks) Time of Game: 3 hours, 58 minutes Player of the Game: Jarod Mountney (first career postseason start) GAME 3 Once again, the Los Angeles pitching--or pitcher, if you want to be technical about it--was stellar, and the Chicago offense had nothing to offer in response. After being held to six hits in Game 2, Chicago came to Los Angeles with the hopes of getting the upper hand in Game 3, but instead ended up only managing four hits as Los Angeles piled on nine hits and six runs to win Game 3 6-0 and take a two-games-to-one lead in the best-of-seven series. Paco Fernandez went 0-for-3 with a walk, as his postseason batting average to this point has been .091. Meanwhile, Austin Sly's success in the postseason continued, as he went 1-for-4, scoring once and striking out once with a double in the sixth inning. Miguel Herrero pitched a complete game, allowing only four hits in nine innings, walking three and striking out three in one hundred and nineteen pitches, sixty-nine of them strikes. CHICAGO 0, LOS ANGELES 6 Los Angeles leads series 2-1 SCORING SUMMARY: LOS ANGELES 4TH: Sol Duke doubled to left, Jeff Stainsby and Jayson Hudock score. LOS ANGELES 6TH: Dew Watson homered to right-center; Sol Duke singled to left, Austin Sly scored. LOS ANGELES 8TH: Clinton Pust threw a wild pitch, Jeff Stainsby scored; Cody Stormes singled to right, Sol Duke scored. WP - Miguel Herrero (1-0, CG, 4 HA, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 Ks) LP - Matt Mckain (0-1, 6 1/3 IP, 6 HA, 4 ER, 3 BB, 7 Ks) Time of Game: 3 hours, 4 minutes Player of the Game: Miguel Herrero (finished the regular season with an 8-16 record) GAME 4 Los Angeles had an opportunity to take an important 3-1 lead in the series in Game 4, with the chance to knock Chicago out of the playoffs in Los Angeles if they could pick up the win. Unfortunately, the Chicago bats finally found a way to hit the balls where the fielders' ain't, finally trumping the Los Angeles' pitching staff as they lashed out in the seventh inning with six runs, giving them more than enough to take Game 4 of the series by a score of 8-4. Chicago amassed more hits in Game 4 than in Games 2 and 3 combined, managing to get eleven hits off the Glory Holes pitching staff tonight. In the previous two games, the CTA had managed a total of ten hits. Paco Fernandez finally got out of his rut, going 2-for-5 with one RBI, scoring twice himself. Paco hit a double in the seventh inning with one out and one on, resulting in his sole RBI. Meanwhile, Austin Sly went 0-for-4, striking out once as his postseason batting average fell to .313. CHICAGO 8, LOS ANGELES 4 Series tied 2-2 SCORING SUMMARY: CHICAGO 3RD: Miguel Cicero reached second base on an error by the rightfielder, Paco Fernandez scored. LOS ANGELES 3RD: Dew Watson singled to left, Samuel Pumarada scored. LOS ANGELES 4TH: Jeff Stainsby homered to left-center; Samuel Pumarada singled to right, Sol Duke scored. CHICAGO 7TH: Waverly Whaley doubled to left-center, Francisco Parisi scored; Cristian Vasquez doubled to center, Joel Torpie scored; Darian Bachelor doubled to right, Vasquez scored; Paco Fernandez doubled to left, Bachelor scored; Miguel Cicero singled to center, Fernandez scored; Francisco Parisi singled to left, Cicero scored. LOS ANGELES 7TH: Dew Watson singled to left-center, Luciano Bubela scored. CHICAGO 9TH: Francisco Parisi singled to left-center, Anton Gonzalez scored. WP - Harrison Perec (1-0) LP - Ricky Abad (0-1) S - Rolando Tavares (2) Time of Game: 4 hours, 8 minutes Player of the Game: Francisco Parisi (3-for-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 K) GAME 5 All of the runs in the game were scored before the end of the fifth inning, and when the chips all fell into place, the Glory Holes were on top. With two one run innings and a four run second inning sandwiched in between, Los Angeles took a 3 games to two advantage in the best-of-seven with a 6-5 victory over the Transit Authority. Paco Fernandez struck out once in his 1-for-5 game, taking his postseason batting average to .190. Austin Sly's batting average went down to .250 as he struck out three times in an 0-for-4 day that was very uneventful for both TSM players. CHICAGO 5, LOS ANGELES 6 Los Angeles leads series 3-2 SCORING SUMMARY: LOS ANGELES 1ST: Dew Watson homered to right-center. CHICAGO 2ND: Bill Pazanini homered to left-center. LOS ANGELES 2ND: Cody Stormed homered to left-center, Sol Duke, Jeff Stainsby scored; Nino Llanes homered to left-center. LOS ANGELES 3RD: Jeff Stainsby doubled to right, Dew Watson scored. CHICAGO 4TH: Francisco Parisi singled to center, Arne Snider scored; Waverly Whaley homered to center, Parisi scored. CHICAGO 5TH: Arne Snider singled to right, Miguel Cicero scored. WP - Jarod Mountney (2-0, 6 IP, 10 HA, 5 ER, 0 BB, 4 Ks) LP - Osvaldo Gallardo (0-2, 2 1/3 IP, 7 HA, 6 ER, 1 BB, 2 Ks) S - Rafael Jimenez (1) Time of Game: 3 hours, 29 minutes Player of the Game: Cody Stormes (1-for-3, 1 R, 3 RBI, 3-run homerun in the second inning) GAME 6 The score was tied at one in the final inning, Chicago having a chance to break the tie before the game would crawl into extra innings. Joel Torpie would never become a household name, but with one swing, he was hero for the night. With two outs in the inning, Torpie crushed a 2-run walk-off homerun to give Chicago a 3-1 victory and force a game seven with the Los Angeles Glory Holes. Austin Sly went 2-for-4, driving in one run with a double in the first inning. Sly also stole a base. Paco Fernandez hit a triple in his 1-for-4 day, also committing an error at third base. LOS ANGELES 1, CHICAGO 3 Series tied 3-3 SCORING SUMMARY: LOS ANGELES 1ST: Austin Sly doubled to left, Luciano Bubela scored. CHICAGO 4TH: Arne Snider singled to left-center, Anton Gonzalez scored. CHICAGO 9TH: Joel Torpie homered to left-center, Arne Snider scored. WP - Rolando Tavares (1-0) LP - Rafael Jimenez (0-1) Time of Game: 3 hours, 15 minutes Player of the Game: Matt Mckain (6 IP, 5 HA, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 Ks, no-decision) GAME 7 Los Angeles tried a late rally, but it was too late for the Glory Holes as they were defeated 7-5, ending their first postseason appearance in the first round. Austin Sly finished the postseason with a 2-for-4 game, scoring once and walking once as his final postseason batting average was .321 with zero homeruns and two RBI. Paco Fernandez finished the first round of the playoffs with a .172 batting average after going 0-for-4 with one run scored, two strikeouts, and a walk tonight. LOS ANGELES 5, CHICAGO 7 Chicago wins series 4-3 SCORING SUMMARY: CHICAGO 2ND: Bill Pazanini dobuled to right, Arne Snider scored; Waverly Whaley singled to right, Pazanini scored. LOS ANGELES 5TH: Luciano Bubela singled to left, Samuel Pumarada scored. CHICAGO 5TH: Anton Gonzalez flied out to left, Paco Fernandez scored; Francisco Parisi singled to center, Miguel Cicero scored; Waverly Whaley singled to left, Arne Snider scored. LOS ANGELES 7TH: Dew Watson singled to left, Luciano Bubela scored; Paul Cannington grounded out to the second baseman, Watson scored. CHICAGO 7TH: Waverly Whaley singled to right-center, Arne Snider scored. CHICAGO 8TH: Anton Gonzalez singled to center, Allen Higginbotham scored. LOS ANGELES 9TH: Paul Cannington singled to right-center, Dew Watson scored; Jeff Stainsby flied out to deep right-center, Austin Sly scored. WP - Harrison Perec (2-0) LP - Andres Cifuentes (0-2, 6 IP, 10 HA, 5 ER, 2 BB, 5 Ks) Time of Game: 4 hours, 3 minutes Player of the Game: Waverly Whaley (3-for-4, 0 R, 3 RBI, K) DENVER DOUCHEBAGS VS PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM 2017 SFBL EAST-WEST PLAYOFFS GAME 2 A four-run inning following the seventh inning stretch was overkill for Philadelphia's Game 2 win over the Douchebags in the Stadium of Independence. They only needed one run. Denver only managed six hits, all singles, as they were shut out 5-0 in Game 2 of the series that Denver now finds themselves down two games to none. Douchebag Ken Coutu also committed two errors in the field. Edward James raised his postseason batting average to .125 with a 1-for-4 day, scoring once and striking out once. DENVER 0, PHILADELPHIA 5 Philadelphia leads series 2-0 SCORING SUMMARY: PHILADELPHIA 3RD: Merlin McKnight flied out to right-center, Jared Yerby tagged up at third and scored. PHILADELPHIA 7TH: Jared Yerby doubled to left-center, Kole Botting scored; Jerrold Mauder homered to left-center, Edward James and Yerby scored. WP - Eddie Fusco (1-0, 5 2/3 IP, 5 HA, 0 ER, 5 BB, 2 Ks) LP - John Propes (0-1, 7 IP, 9 HA, 5 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 Ks) S - Jeff Mclean (1) Time of Game: 3 hours, 6 minutes Player of the Game: Jerrold Mauder (1-for-4, R, 3 RBI, 3-run homerun in the seventh inning) GAME 3 The best-of-seven East-West playoff series between the Philadelphia Freedom and the Denver Douchebags moved to Summer's Eve Field for at least three games, as Denver provided some dramatics in Game 3. After tying the game in the top of the eighth inning with two runs, Philadelphia could not stup Brantley Suttster from singling to left with Ben Gonzalez on second, scoring Gonzales and winning the game for Denver as they cut the series lead for Philadelphia to one game. Edward James went 3-for-4 in the losing effort with one run and one RBI, hitting a double in the sixth inning and a homerun in the first inning that gave the Freedom an early 1-0 lead. James also failed to steal a base. PHILADELPHIA 4, DENVER 5 Philadelphia leads series 2-1 SCORING SUMMARY: PHILADELPHIA 1ST: Edward James homered to right. DENVER 1ST: Jose Etenza homered to left, John Duffner scored. PHILADELPHIA 3RD: Kole Botting singled to left, Jared Yerby scored. DENVER 6TH: Ken Coutu homered to center, Gilles Godinez scored. PHILADELPHIA 8TH: Kole Botting homered to left, Emerson Loretta scored. DENVER 9TH: Brantley Suttster singled to left, Ben Gonzalez scored. WP - Jim Field (1-0) LP - Robert Statler (0-1) Time of Game: 3 hours, 38 minutes Player of the Game: Ken Coutu (2-for-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 K, 2-run homerun in sixth inning) GAME 4 A basic rule of baseball is to always make each hit count. For example: Both the Freedom and the Douchebags finished the game with an equal number of hits. However, in their six hits, Philadelphia managed to score two runs. Denver also committed two errors in the game, making it less likely that their six hits would produce any runs at all. The result was a 2-0 victory for Philadelphia that increased their lead in the best-of-seven series back to two games, and also gave them a chance to finish off Denver in Summer's Eve Field in Game 5. After an excellent game in Game 3 that was for naught, Edward James only went 0-for-2 today, with two walks and one run scored. James was caught stealing once again, but also was able to steal two bases to bring his stolen base total in the postseason to three, along with his .286 postseason batting average, with one homerun and one RBI. PHILADELPHIA 2, DENVER 0 Philadelphia leads series 3-1 SCORING SUMMARY: PHILADELPHIA 6TH: Emerson Loretta singled to left-center, Merlin McKnight scored. PHILADELPHIA 8TH: Edward James stole third base, throwing error by the catcher, James scored. WP - Kristofer Mcnamar (2-0, 6 IP, 5 HA, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 Ks) LP - Bill Cobos (0-2, 7 IP, 5 HA, 2 R, 1 ER, 6 BB, 1 K) S - Luciano Rovira (1) Time of Game: 3 hours, 1 minute Player of the Game: Kristofer Mcnamar (75 pitches thrown, 49 for strikes) GAME 5 John Propes has plenty of postseason experience, and in Game 5 he used it to shut down Philadelphia for the first seven innings, and in total allowing only two runs as Denver scored six to win the fifth game, leaving Philadelphia with a narrow three games to two margin in the best-of-seven series. Edward James was 1-for-4 in the game as his postseason batting average moved to .278. PHILADELPHIA 2, DENVER 6 Philadelphia leads series 3-2 SCORING SUMMARY: DENVER 4TH: Brantley Suttster flied out to left field, Robert Herring tagged up at third and scored; Tike Quadros singled to left, Alex Mcconnaughey scored. DENVER 5TH: Ken Coutu tripled to right, John Duffner scored; Joseph Boutang grounded out to the shortstop, Coutu scored. DENVER 6TH: Gilles Godinez flied out to right-center, throwing error to home by the rightfielder, Alex Mcconnaughey scored. PHILADELPHIA 8TH: Rob Mcmanus homered to right. DENVER 8TH: Alex Mcconnaughey homered to left. PHILADELPHIA 9TH: William Walker doubled to left, Frederick Nichols scored. WP - John Propes (1-1, CG, 7 HA, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 Ks) LP - Eddie Fusco (1-1, 6 1/3 IP, 8 HA, 5 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 1 Ks) Time of Game: 2 hours, 49 minutes Player of the Game: John Propes (10th career postseason start, 4-6 all-time in the postseason) GAME 6 The Freedom clinched a spot in the East-West Conference Championship in convincing fashion, destroying Denver 11-6 to win the best of seven series by a final tally of four games to two. Edward James went 3-for-5, striking out twice and scoring twice with a double in the eighth inning. DENVER 6, PHILADELPHIA 11 Philadelphia wins series 4-2 SCORING SUMMARY: DENVER 1ST: Joseph Boutang singled to left, Jose Etenza scored. PHILADELPHIA 1ST: Jerrold Mauder homered to left, Edward James and Kole Botting scored. DENVER 2ND: Gilles Godinez dobuled to right, Brantley Suttster scored; Ramon Mariscal homered to left, Godinez scored; Etenza singled to right, John Duffner scored. DENVER 4TH: Mariscal homered to right. PHILADELPHIA 4TH: Jed Goude dobuled to left, Merlin McKnight scored; Jared Yerby singled to left-center, Goude scored. PHILADELPHIA 5TH: William Walker singled to left, Kole Botting scored; Merlin McKnight singled to left, Jerrold Mauder scored; Jed Goude homered to right-center, McKnight and Walker scored. PHILADELPHIA 8TH: William Walker singled to left, Edward James scored. WP - Bennie Rubalcaba (1-0) LP - Reid Aiderholt (0-1) Time of Game: 3 hours, 46 minutes Player of the Game: Jed Goude (4-for-5, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 2B, 3-run homerun in 5th inning) JACKSONVILLE JACKOFFS VS NEW JERSEY CLERKS 2017 SFBL NORTH-SOUTH PLAYOFFS GAME 2 JACKSONVILLE 2, NEW JERSEY 3 Series tied 1-1 SCORING SUMMARY: JACKSONVILLE 2ND: Eric Clark doubled to right, Matthew Laduke scored. NEW JERSEY 5TH: Trent Morphy doubled to left-center, Bill Anschitz scored; Steven Zuber grounded out to the second baseman, Morphy scored. NEW JERSEY 6TH: Bill Anschitz doubled to right, Lloyd Bazley scored. JACKSONVILLE 7TH: Matthew Laduke homered to right-center. WP - Ofilio Suarez (1-0, 6 2/3 IP, 9 HA, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K) LP - Jonathan Sholar (0-1, 8 IP, 5 HA, 3 ER, 5 BB, 4 Ks) S - Geordie Cavell (1) Time of Game: 2 hours, 53 minutes Player of the Game: Ofilio Suarez (first career postseason win in five total career postseason starts) GAME 3 The Jackoff fans were standing by their men as Jacksonville put New Jersey away with a four-run inning following the seventh inning stretch, en route to Jacksonville taking Game 3 of the series by a score of 7-4, giving them the two games to one advantage over the Clerks in the best-of-seven series. Winston Ghandi's postseason batting average fell to .364 as he went 0-for-3 with one walk drawn, scoring once and striking out once. NEW JERSEY 4, JACKSONVILLE 7 Jacksonville leads series 2-1 SCORING SUMMARY: NEW JERSEY 2ND: Trent Morphy homered to center. JACKSONVILLE 4TH: Eugene Widrick homered to right, Winston Ghandi scored. NEW JERSEY 6TH: Lloyd Bazley singled to left, Eli Huerta scored. JACKSONVILLE 6TH: Bruno Soto homered to right. JACKSONVILLE 7TH: Brandon Mariano singled to left, Eric Clark scored; Bruno Soto homered to right-center, Mariano and Andrew Muscat scored. NEW JERSEY 8TH: Omari Ropac singled to left, Eli Huerta scored. NEW JERSEY 9TH: Erich Butner homered to right. WP - Manuel Chao (1-0, 8 2/3 IP, 8 HA, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 Ks) LP - Binky Musty (0-1, 7 IP, 7 HA, 7 ER, 3 BB, 4 Ks) Time of Game: 3 hours, 7 minutes Player of the Game: Bruno Suto (2-for-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR (in the sixth and seventh innings), 1 K) GAME 4 Winston Ghandi did a little bit of everything. With his 0-for-3 day, he managed to hit a sacrifice fly to bring in one of two runs scored by Jacksonville in their 2-0 victory over the New Jersey Clerks. He also committed and error at shortstop, something which hopefully will not become a habit as he's already made two errors in the postseason to date, something that the Jackoffs hope won't come back to bite them in the later rounds of the playoffs, or even in the later games of this series with the New Jersey Clerks. Fortunately, the Jacksonville pitching was stellar in Game 4, giving Jacksonville a chance to close the series at home and advance to the North-South Conference Championship as they've taken a three games to one lead over the Clerks in the best-of-seven series. Ghandi's postseason batting average fell to .286 with his day today, but he also picked up his second RBI of the postseason. NEW JERSEY 0, JACKSONVILLE 2 Jacksonville leads series 3-1 SCORING SUMMARY: JACKSONVILLE 2ND: Matthew Laduke singled to right-center, Eugene Widrick scored. JACKSONVILLE 6TH: Winston Ghandi flied out to right-center, Brandon Mariano tagged up at third and scored. WP - Andrew Fasquelle (1-0, 7 2/3 IP, 4 HA, 0 ER, 2 BB, 9 Ks) LP - Miguel Moldonado (0-1, 7 1/3 IP, 7 HA, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 Ks) S - Rafael Calderon (1) Time of Game: 2 hours, 56 minutes Player of the Game: Andrew Fasquelle (2-1 all-time in the postseason) GAME 5 When both teams scored, they didn't score single runs in an inning. The final result was an 11-7 victory by New Jersey. John Duran actually started this game, going 1-for-5 with one run scored and one strikeout. Winston Ghandi, meanwhile, went 2-for-4, scoring three times and being walked once in the losing effort. NEW JERSEY 11, JACKSONVILLE 7 Jacksonville leads series 3-2 SCORING SUMMARY: NEW JERSEY 1ST: Lloyd Bazley homered to left-center; Bill Anschitz homered to left-center. NEW JERSEY 2ND: Teodoro Nunez homered to left; Eli Huerta singled to center, Erich Butner scored. NEW JERSEY 3RD: Teodoro Nunez doubled to left, Trent Morphy scored; Steven Zuber singled to left, Nunez scored. JACKSONVILLE 4TH: Eric Clark reached on a fielding error by the second baseman, Winston Ghandi scored; Octavio Santos flied out to right-center, Eugene Widrick tagged up at third and scored. NEW JERSEY 7TH: Bill Anschitz homered to right, John Duran scored. JACKSONVILLE 7TH: Eugene Widrick doubled to right, Bruno Soto and Winston Ghandi scored. NEW JERSEY 9TH: Bill Anschitz doubled to left-center, Lloyd Bazley scored; Trent Morphy singled to left, Anschitz scored; Steven Zuber singled to center, Morphy scored. JACKSONVILLE 9TH: Eugene Widrick homered to center, Winston Ghandi and Bruno Soto scored. WP - Ofilio Suarez (2-0, 6 IP, 6 HA, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 Ks) LP - Jonathan Sholar (0-2, 2 1/3 IP, 7 HA, 6 ER, 2 BB, 1 K) Time of Game: 3 hours, 55 minutes Player of the Game: Bill Anschitz (3-for-5, 3 R, 4 RBI, 1 K, 2B, 2 HR, solo homerun in the first inning and two-run homerun in the seventh inning) GAME 6 John Duran went 0-for-3 with one run scored, one walk drawn and two strikeouts in New Jersey's 5-4 victory over Jacksonville, forcing a game seven. Winston Ghandi went 0-for-3 with one walk as well. JACKSONVILLE 4, NEW JERSEY 5 Series tied 3-3 SCORING SUMMARY: NEW JERSEY 1ST: Lloyd Bazley homered to left, John Duran scored; Steven Zuber flied out to right-center, Bill Anschitz tagged up at third and scored. NEW JERSEY 2ND: Lloyd Bazley grounded into fielder's choice, Keith Batke scored. NEW JERSEY 3RD: Erich Butner singled to left, Trent Morphy scored. JACKSONVILLE 4TH: John Tripp flied out to center field, Brandon Mariano tagged up at third and scored. JACKSONVILLE 5TH: Andrew Muscat homered to left, Eric Clark, Octavio Santos scored. WP - Binky Musty (1-1, 6 1/3 IP, 4 HA, 4 ER, 4 BB, 4 Ks) LP - Manuel Chao (1-1, 4 IP, 5 HA, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 Ks) S - Geordie Cavell (2) Time of Game: 3 hours, 14 minutes Player of the Game: Lloyd Bazley (1-for-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 2-run homerun in first inning) GAME 7 New Jersey held on to the edge of the playoffs until Jacksonville stepped on their fingers with a 8-2 demolition in Game 7. Ghandi went 1-for-5 with one run scored and two strikeouts, hitting a double in the seventh inning. Duran finished the postseason with a .133 batting average with a 1-for-5 day with one strikeout. JACKSONVILLE 8, NEW JERSEY 2 Jacksonville wins series 4-3 SCORING SUMMARY: JACKSONVILLE 2ND: Octavio Santos doubled to left-center, Eric Clark scored; Andrew Muscat singled to left, Santos scored. JACKSONVILLE 5TH: Bruno Soto singled to left, Brandon Mariano scored; Eugene Widrick grounded out to the first baseman, Soto scored. JACKSONVILLE 6TH: Octavio Santos reached base on a fielding error by the first baseman, Matthew Laduke scored. JACKSONVILLE 7TH: Eugene Widrick homered to left, Winston Ghandi scored; Octavio Santos doubled to left, Eric Clark scored. NEW JERSEY 8TH: Trent Morphy homered to center, Bill Anschitz scored. WP - Andrew Fasquelle (2-0, 7 2/3 IP, 6 HA, 2 ER, 4 BB, 8 Ks) LP - Miguel Moldonado (0-2, 6 IP, 8 HA, 6 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 Ks) Time of Game: 3 hours, 47 minutes Player of the Game: Octavio Santos (2-for-5, 1 R, 3 RBI, 2 2B) MEMPHIS EELS VS COLUMBUS PRIDE 2017 SFBL NORTH-SOUTH PLAYOFFS GAME 2 The notoriously heavy-hitting Memphis Eels tried to make a late comeback in Game 2 of their series with the Columbus Pride, but the damage had already been done by Columbus. With a five-run sixth inning, Columbus was able to narrowly seal a Game 2 victory by the score of 7-6, as Memphis' three-run rally in the eighth inning was not enough to make up the defecit created by the Columbus offense. Jonathan Dehn went 1-for-5 with one run scored and two RBI, his only hit a 2-run homerun in the sixth inning with two outs. This was his first homerun of the postseason and also his first RBI of the postseason, as his batting average for the postseason moved to .111. MEMPHIS 6, COLUMBUS 7 Series tied 1-1 SCORING SUMMARY: MEMPHIS 1ST: Ryan Marcus tripled to left, Fernando Ornelas scored. MEMPHIS 2ND: Wilfredo Briceno homered to right, Chucky Staller scored. COLUMBUS 3RD: Neall Isaacson doubled to right, John Scherfenberg, Nathan Smith scored. COLUMBUS 6TH: Michael Lingler walked, Nathan Smith scored; Harry Clingenepeel grounded into 5-4-3 double play, Neall Isaacson scored; Abe Waggoner singled to center, David Zearge scored; Jonathan Dehn homered to left, Waggoner scored. MEMPHIS 8TH: Esequiel Acosta homered to left, Fernando Ornelas, Michael Barnes scored. WP - Yosy Valdez (1-0, 7 1/3 IP, 8 HA, 5 ER, 1 BB, 4 Ks) LP - Ramon Ramos (0-1) S - Jose Lopez (1) Time of Game: 3 hours, 31 minutes Player of the Game: Jonathan Dehn (1-for-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2-run homerun in sixth inning) GAME 3 Unlike Game 2, Memphis didn't stand a chance in the first postseason game of the year at Grand Ole Park. The Eels were embarassed at home as Columbus scored eighteen runs on eighteen hits, destroying Memphis 18-1 and taking a two games to one lead in the series with the commanding victory. Five Pride players hit homeruns, including Jonathan Dehn, who went 1-for-4 on the night with two runs scored, an RBI, a walk, and a strikeout as his batting average moved up to .154 with his second homerun and third RBI of the postseason. His solo homerun in the sixth inning was the fourth of the five total homeruns by the team. Big innings for the Pride included a five-run fifth inning and a seven-run ninth inning that rubbed salt in the wounds of the Eels players and fans alike. John Scherfenberg almost hit for the cycle on the Pride's offense, collecting a double, a triple, and a homerun, but was unable to get the elusive single as his bid for a postseason cycle fell short. Nigel McClain's first postseason start featured plenty of run support, as he was able to last eight innings, allowing only four hits with one earned run, one walk, and six batters struck out in 102 pitches, sixty-three of them thrown for strikes. COLUMBUS 18, MEMPHIS 1 Columbus leads series 2-1 SCORING SUMMARY: COLUMBUS 1ST: Nathan Smith homered to right, Ben Cruz scored; Neall Isaacson homered to right. COLUMBUS 3RD: John Scherfenberg homered to right-center, Ben Cruz scored. COLUMBUS 5TH: John Scherfenberg tripled to right, Abe Waggoner, Jonathan Dehn scored; Nathan Smith grounded out to the second baseman, Scherfenberg scored; Michael Lingler singled to center, Neall Isaacson scored; Harry Clingenpeel singled to right, David Zearge scored. MEMPHIS 5TH: Wylie Bernakiewicz singled to right, Daryl Mcconnaughey scored. COLUMBUS 6TH: Jonathan Dehn homered to right-center. COLUMBUS 9TH: Michael Lingler doubled to left, David Zearge scored; Harry Clingenpeel homered to right-center, Lingler scored; John Scherfenberg doubled to right, Glen Chien scored; Nathan Smith singled to left-center, Scherfenberg scored; David Zearge doubled to right-center, Nathan Smith, Neall Isaacson scored. WP - Nigel McClain (1-0, 8 IP, 4 HA, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 Ks) LP - Garrick Van't (0-1, 4 1/3 IP, 6 HA, 8 ER, 3 BB, 2 Ks) Time of Game: 3 hours, 42 minutes Player of the Game: John Scherfenberg (3-for-6, 3 R, 5 RBI, 1 K, 2B, 3B, 2-run homerun in third inning) GAME 4 Columbus didn't score nearly as many runs as they did in Game 3, but the result was still the same. With the game tied 2-all going into the ninth inning, Michael Lingler had some late game heroics up his sleeve as he singled to right, bringing home Jeff Canale as the eventual game-winning run in Columbus' 3-2 victory over Memphis, giving them a 3-1 advantage in the best-of-seven series. Jonathan Dehn's postseason batting average once again went down to .111 with his 0-for-5, two strikeout performance that featured him basically doing nothing at all in the leadoff position, and providing nothing to the team effort to upend Memphis in Game 4. COLUMBUS 3, MEMPHIS 2 Columbus leads series 3-1 SCORING SUMMARY: COLUMBUS 3RD: Abe Waggoner homered to right. MEMPHIS 4TH: Chucky Staller doubled to left-center, Fernando Ornelas, John Personeni scored. COLUMBUS 5TH: Abe Waggoner doubled to right, Harry Clingenpeel scored. COLUMBUS 9TH: Michael Lingler singled to right, Jeff Canale scored. WP - Jesse Holman (1-0) LP - Javier Arocha (0-1) S - Jose Lopez (2) Time of Game: 3 hours, 28 minutes Player of the Game: Abe Waggoner (2-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2B, solo homerun in third inning) GAME 5 Columbus opened things up early with a five run second inning and didn't look back as they won Game 5 8-5, advancing to the North-South Conference Championship. Jonathan Dehn went 1-for-5, his only hit, you guessed it, a three-run homerun in the second inning to bring his postseason batting average to .130, with three homeruns and six RBI in five games. COLUMBUS 8, MEMPHIS 5 Columbus wins series 4-1 SCORING SUMMARY: MEMPHIS 1ST: Wylie Bernakiewicz homered to left. COLUMBUS 2ND: David Zearge doubled to left, Neall Isaacson scored; Harry Clingenpeel singled to left, Zearge scored; Dehn homered to left-center, Abe Waggoner and Clingenpeel scored. COLUMBUS 3RD: Harry Clingenpeel singled to center, Nathan Smith scored. MEMPHIS 4TH: John Personeni homered to center; Roman Salmons tripled to right-center, Chucky Staller scored. COLUMBUS 7TH: Nathan Smith homered to left-center, John Scherfenberg scored. MEMPHIS 8TH: Ryan Marcus homered to center, Fernando Ornelas scored. WP - Yosy Valdez (2-0, 7 2/3 IP, 9 HA, 5 ER, 0 BB, 4 Ks) LP - Claudio Galaviz (0-1, 5 IP, 7 HA, 6 ER, 4 BB, 5 Ks) S - Jose Lopez (3) Time of Game: 3 hours, 41 minutes Player of the Game: Harry Clingenpeel (3-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2B) East-West Conference Championship: Chicago Transit Authority vs. Philadelphia Freedom North-South Conference Championship: Columbus Pride vs. Jacksonville Jackoffs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Happy Medium 0 Report post Posted August 7, 2004 "Feast or Famine" Jonathan Dehn...wish I could change my nickname during the game. Go Pride!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lightning Flik 0 Report post Posted August 7, 2004 YES! DAMMIT YES!!! I'M MOVING ON! GO PHILLY GO! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted August 7, 2004 You can do whatever you want with my pitcher. To be honest I'd rather have no reason at all to come back here. So there's no need to ask for my ok on anything pertaining to my pitcher. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Evolution Report post Posted August 7, 2004 Um.....what happened to me? I'm on LA, am I not? You are. You just happen to be the #4 starter, and Los Angeles only used their top three. Thus, you were left unused by the Glory Holes in the postseason. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly 0 Report post Posted August 7, 2004 Damnit to hell! So close... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Guest Evolution Report post Posted August 8, 2004 CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY VS PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM 2017 SFBL EAST-WEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 1 Chicago was determined to get things off on the right foot in the opening game of the East-West Conference Championship at Sears Field, but Eddie Fusco had other ideas. Fusco's excellent pitching performance combined with the Freedom offense having every player get a hit in the game propelled the Philadelphia Freedom to a 6-1 victory over the Transit Authority to take a one game to none lead in the best-of-seven series. Edward James led the offensive onslaught for the Freedom, increasing his postseason batting average to .393 with a 3-for-5 performance, scoring once and driving in a run with a triple in the fifth inning. In addition, James picked up two stolen bases in the game, increasing his postseason total to five. Jerrold Mauder and Rob McManus both drove in two runs each for the Freedom, who only struck out four times as a team. The Chicago offense was held to six hits by Fusco and the Philadelphia bullpen, as Miguel Cicero was the lone member of the CTA to drive in a run. His third inning double with a runner on and two outs credited him with his second RBI of the postseason. He would finish with a 2-for-4 day. Paco Fernandez, meanwhile, lowered his batting average to .152 with an abysmal 0-4 performance, committing yet another error at third base as the woes of the Jumping Bean continue. Osvaldo Gallardo's record in the postseason fell to 0-3 with the loss, as he has now lost six consecutive decisions. PHILADELPHIA 6, CHICAGO 1 Philadelphia leads series 1-0 SCORING SUMMARY: PHILADELPHIA 2ND: Rob McManus singled to left, Jed Goude and Emerson Loretta scored. CHICAGO 3RD: Miguel Cicero doubled to left, Allen Higginbotham scored. PHILADELPHIA 5TH: Edward James tripled to left, Merlin McKnight scored; Jerrold Mauder grounded out to the second baseman, James scored. PHILADELPHIA 7TH: William Walker doubled to left-center, Jerrold Mauder scored. PHILADELPHIA 9TH: Jerrold Mauder flied out to left-center, Merlin McKnight tagged up at third and scored. WP - Eddie Fusco (2-1, 7 2/3 IP, 6 HA, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 Ks) LP - Osvaldo Gallardo (0-3, 6 1/3 IP, 9 HA, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 Ks) Time of Game: 3 hours, 14 minutes Player of the Game: Eddie Fusco (career postseason ERA -- 2.68) GAME 2 Chicago managed to score two more runs than in Game 1 with the same amount of hits that they forced in Game 1, and yet it was still not enough to beat the Freedom. Philadelphia broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the sixth inning with three runs, taking the lead and never looking back as they went on to a 7-3 victory, taking an early 2 games to zero lead in the series as Chicago is swept in their first two games at home in the series. Jed Goude's two-run homerun in the sixth inning made up the majority of the runs in that inning. Goude also hit a double in the second inning as he went 3-for-5 on the day in total, with one run scored and two runs driven in, but also with two strikeouts. Edward James' batting average in the postseason increased further as his 2-for-3 performanced moved it up to .419. James also scored twice, drawing two walks and striking out once. His highlights included a double in the first inning, and three more stolen bases to raise his total count to eight stolen bases in the postseason--James stole 41 bases in 154 games during the regular season. Kole Botting was the true star for the Freedom, however, as he went 2-for-4 with one run scored and three runs driven in, including a solo homerun in the fifth inning that tied the game at 1-1 for the Freedom before they eventually broke the tie in the very next inning. Kristofer Mcnamar remains undefeated in the postseason as he pitched seven and two-thirds innings, allowing three earned runs on five hits, walking no batters and striking out three in 101 pitches, sixty-two of them for strikes. Paco Fernandez was able to raise his postseason batting average with a 1-for-4 performance in the losing effort, scoring once and stealing a base to bring HIS total to only two stolen bases in the postseason. Bill Pazanini's performance is the only other one worth mentioning from Chicago's offense, as he went 1-for-3 with a walk, his only hit a solo homerun in the second inning. As for the pitching, Matt Mckain left the game in the sixth inning before the rally from Philadelphia could really begin, leaving Steve Maestoni with the burden of the loss for the game, taking his record to 1-1 as he managed to only get two batters out while allowing three earned runs on two hits, walking one batter and striking out two. PHILADELPHIA 7, CHICAGO 3 Philadelphia leads series 2-0 SCORING SUMMARY: CHICAGO 2ND: Bill Pazanini homered to right-center. PHILADELPHIA 5TH: Kole Botting homered to left. PHILADELPHIA 6TH: William Walker doubled to left, Edward James scored; Jed Goude homered to right, Walker scored. CHICAGO 6TH: Anton Gonzalez flied out to right-center, Paco Fernandez tagged up at third and scored. PHILADELPHIA 8TH: Jerrold Mauder singled to right, Edward James scored; Kole Botting singled to left, Mauder and William Walker score. CHICAGO 8TH: Miguel Cicero doubled to right, Allen Higginbotham scored. WP - Kristofer Mcnamar (3-0, 7 2/3 IP, 5 HA, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 Ks) LP - Steve Maestoni (1-1) Time of Game: 3 hours, 52 minutes Player of the Game: Kole Botting (hit the longest home run of his career at 390 feet) GAME 3 As the series moved to Philadelphia, the Freedom fans were immediately pleased with the performance of their team as they jumped out to a 3-1 lead by the end of the fourth inning. But in the seventh inning, Chicago made an amazing comeback with a five-run inning, taking the lead and eventually the 6-3 victory over the Freedom to give Philadelphia only a two games to one advantage in the best-of-seven series. In that important inning, Cristian Vasquez' double to the gap in right-center brought home Bill Pazanini to cut Philadelphia's lead to one run, and two batters later, Paco Fernandez gave the Transit Authority the lead with a BIG three-run homerun over the wall in right field. The conclusion of Paco's at-bat was also the conclusion of Ben Joos' start, as the Philadelphia pitcher picked up the loss, his win-loss record at 0-1. "The Jumping Bean" finished the game with a 2-for-5 day--which moved his postseason batting average to .190--as Paco scored twice and drove in three runs with one strikeout, stealing two bases. Paco now has one homerun and four RBI in the postseason. The other notable performance for Chicago belonged to Miguel Cicero, who went 3-for-5 while scoring once and driving in one run. For the Freedom, Edward James went 0-for-4 with one strikeout, dropping his batting average to .371--which is still the best batting average on his team. Jared Yerby went 2-for-4 with a run scored, the most hits forced by a Philadelphia player in the game, as Galvin Blea was able to successfully keep Philadelphia's offense watered down in six and two-thirds innings of work, allowing three runs on five hits and striking out six. CHICAGO 6, PHILADELPHIA 3 Philadelphia leads series 2-1 SCORING SUMMARY: CHICAGO 1ST: Miguel Cicero singled to left, Paco Fernandez scored. PHILADELPHIA 1ST: Kole Botting singled to center, Jared Yerby scored; William Walker grounded out to the shortstop, Botting scored. PHILADELPHIA 4TH: Jed Goude doubled to left, Merlin McKnight scored. CHICAGO 7TH: Cristian Vasquez doubled to right-center, Bill Pazanini scored; Paco Fernandez homered to right, Vasquez and Joel Torpie scored; Anton Gonzalez tripled to left, Miguel Cicero scored. WP - Galvin Blea (1-0, 6 2/3 IP, 5 HA, 3 ER, 0 BB, 6 Ks) LP - Ben Joos (0-1, 6 1/3 IP, 5 HA, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 6 Ks) S - Rolando Tavares (3) Time of Game: 3 hours, 35 minutes Player of the Game: Paco Fernandez (2-for-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, K, 2 SB, 3-run homerun in seventh inning) GAME 4 Philadelphia was quick to get redemption for their loss in Game 3 by scoring early and often. In the end, Chicago would outhit Philadelphia in what would seem to be a slugfest between the teams, but what was actually a blowout. Chicago could only manage to score two runs on thirteen hits, while Philadelphia was better prepared to make something out of less, scoring seven runs on twelve hits and getting the duke in a 7-2 victory over the Transit Authority at the Stadium of Independence, giving the Philadelphia fans hope that they could close the Conference Championship out in Game 5 and advance to the SFBL Championship for the first time in seven years. Chicago's players performed well in this game, but they simply could not get the runners to cross home. Waverly Whaley went 3-for-4 with two doubles, increasing his team-leading postseason batting average to .359. Arne Snider drove in one of the runs in the sixth inning with a solo homerun, one of his two hits on the day. The other run came from a sacrifice fly by Cristian Vasquez, as Vasquez finished the day going 1-for-3. Paco Fernandez (.191/1/4) went 1-for-5, striking out twice. For the Freedom, Edward James did a good portion of the work to get their team into the winners' circle. James (.385/2/4) went 2-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI, a solo homerun in the seventh inning, and his ninth stolen base of the season. Rob McManus (.258/1/5) also drove in two runs in his 2-for-4 day. Kole Botting (.297/2/8) and Jared Yerby (.317/1/3) also collected two hits each in the game. On the mound, Osvaldo Gallardo's woes continued as his career high losing streak reached seven consecutive decisions. Gallardo was out before the end of the fifth inning, allowing six runs on eleven hits with one walk and one strikeout. Gallardo's ERA in the postseason has ballooned to 10.92, as his record fell to 0-4 in the postseason. Meanwhile, Eddie Fusco picked up another victory, moving to 3-1 in the postseason as he went for five innings, allowing one run on eight hits, striking out four and walking none, throwing fifty-seven of his eighty-eight pitches for strikes. CHICAGO 2, PHILADELPHIA 7 Philadelphia leads series 3-1 SCORING SUMMARY: PHILADELPHIA 1ST: Edward James singled to right, Jared Yerby scored. PHILADELPHIA 2ND: Kole Botting tripled to right, Jed Goude scored; Rob McManus singled to center, Botting scored. PHILADELPHIA 4TH: Rob McManus singled to left-center, Jed Goude scored; Merlin McKnight singled to right-center, Kole Botting scored. PHILADELPHIA 5TH: Jed Goude grounded out to the shortstop, Jerrold Mauder scored. CHICAGO 6TH: Arne Snider homered to left-center; Cristian Vasquez flied out to right-center, Francisco Parisi tagged up at third and scored. PHILADELPHIA 7TH: Edward James homered to right-center. WP - Eddie Fusco (3-1, 5 IP, 8 HA, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 Ks) LP - Osvaldo Gallardo (0-4, 4 1/3 IP, 11 HA, 6 ER, 1 BB, 1 K) Time of Game: 3 hours, 28 minutes Player of the Game: Edward James (2-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, SB, solo homerun in the seventh inning) GAME 5 The hits came pouring in once again for the Transit Authority. This time, however, the runs did cross the plate. With nineteen hits as a team, Chicago decimated Philadelphia in the final home game for the Freedom in this series, winning 17-6 as the series moved back to Chicago for at least one more game. Chicago jumped out to an early lead in the top of the first as they shelled Kristofer McNamar for six runs, ending his start after the first inning as he threw twenty-six pitches in the inning, allowing six runs on five hits, walking one, striking out one and allowing two homeruns to clear the fence in the Stadium of Independence. Mcnamar is no longer undefeated in the postseason, as his record fell to 3-1. To pick a star out of the Transit Authority that contributed the most to their Game 5 win would be very hard to do. Every batter collected a hit in the game, and five batters drove in two or more RBI, including three batters who drove in an incredible four RBI each. Miguel Cicero went 4-for-6, scoring four times and driving in one run with a triple in the ninth inning. Anton Gonzalez went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in four runs, including a 3-run homerun in the fifth inning. Arne Snider went 2-for-6, scoring twice and driving in four runs, hitting a three-run homerun of his own in the sixth inning. But the star of the night was Francisco Parisi, who went 3-for-6, scoring three times and driving in four runs as he hit two homeruns in the game, a three-run homerun in the big first inning and a solo homerun in the fifth inning. Paco Fernandez (.192/1/4) didn't quite have the same offensive production as the rest of his teammates, but he did go 1-for-5 and score twice with a walk drawn and a strikeout. Philadelphia was not prepared for this offensive onslaught from the Transit Authority, but they did remain consistent with the number of runs they score in each game, keeping it in the six to seven run range. Jared Yerby had a solo homerun in the bottom of the first inning and finished the game going 1-for-5, scoring twice and driving in two runs. Edward James (.349/2/5) went 0-for-4, driving in a run and committing an error in the infield. Jerrold Mauder became the first Philadelphia player to cross the 10 RBI mark in the postseason with his 1-for-4, 1 RBI performance that gave him a .270 batting average, two homeruns and ten RBI in the postseason to date. Matt Mckain was the winning pitcher for Chicago, lasting six innings with five earned runs on seven hits, walking one and striking out two as he has now won one and lost one in the postseason. CHICAGO 17, PHILADELPHIA 6 Philadelphia leads series 3-2 SCORING SUMMARY: CHICAGO 1ST: Arne Snider singled to right, Miguel Cicero scored; Francisco Parisi homered to right, Snider and Anton Gonzalez scored; Cristian Vasquez homered to left-center, Waverly Whaley scored. PHILADELPHIA 1ST: Jared Yerby homered to right-center. CHICAGO 5TH: Anton Gonzalez homered to left, Miguel Cicero and Paco Fernandez scored; Francisco Parisi homered to left; Allen Higginbotham flied out to left, Bill Pazanini tagged up at third and scored. CHICAGO 6TH: Arne Snider homered to left-center, Anton Gonzalez and Miguel Cicero scored; Allen Higginbotham singled to left field, Francisco Parisi scored. PHILADELPHIA 7TH: Jed Goude doubled to left, William Walker scored; Emerson Loretta singled to right, Jed Goude scored; Jared Yerby grounded into fielder's choice, Loretta scored; Edward James grounded into fielder's choice, Kole Botting scored; Jerrold Mauder singled to left, Jared Yerby scored. CHICAGO 9TH: Miguel Cicero tripled to right, Paco Fernandez scored; Anton Gonzalez reached base on a throwing error by the second baseman, Cicero scored. WP - Matt Mckain (1-1, 6 IP, 7 HA, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 Ks) LP - Kristofer Mcnamar (3-1, 1 IP, 5 HA, 6 ER, 1 BB, 1 K) Time of Game: 4 hours, 3 minutes Player of the Game: Francisco Parisi (3-for-6, 3 R, 4 RBI, two homeruns: 3-run homerun in the first inning, solo homerun in the fifth inning) GAME 6 After losing the opportunity to close out the best-of-seven series at the Stadium of Independence, Philadelphia did not force things to go on any longer than they had to. With a three-run fifth inning, Philadelphia took the lead and eventually won the game and the best-of-seven series, advancing to the SFBL Championship with a 4-1 victory. Edward James (.340/3/7) went 1-for-4 with a two-run homerun in the fifth inning that put the stake in the heart of the Transit Authority after Philadelphia had already broken the 1-1 tie. Emerson Loretta went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base. Paco Fernandez (.179/1/4) went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. Miguel Cicero, on the other hand, went 3-for-4 but was unable to drive in any runs. Galvin Blea was the losing pitcher, finishing the postseason with a 1-1 record as he went five and two-thirds innings, allowing four runs on eight hits, striking out three and walking one batter. PHILADELPHIA 4, CHICAGO 1 Philadelphia wins series 4-2 SCORING SUMMARY: PHILADELPHIA 2ND: Emerson Loretta singled to left, William Walker scored. CHICAGO 3RD: Arne Snider singled to right-center, Anton Gonzalez scored. PHILADELPHIA 5TH: Kole Botting singled to center, Rob Mcmanus scored; Edward James homered to left, McManus scored. WP - Ben Joos (1-1, 6 2/3 IP, 5 HA, 1 ER, 5 BB, 7 Ks) LP - Galvin Blea (1-1, 5 2/3 IP, 8 HA, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 Ks) S - Luciano Rovira (2) Time of Game: 3 hours, 30 minutes Player of the Game: Ben Joos (threw 120 pitches, 70 for strikes) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Guest Evolution Report post Posted August 11, 2004 JACKSONVILLE JACKOFFS VS COLUMBUS PRIDE 2017 SFBL NORTH-SOUTH CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 1 If the first game is any indication of how long the series is going to be, then Jacksonville and Columbus fans are in for a hell of a ride. After nearly five hours of play, Eugene Widrick finally jacked a homerun in the top of the 12th inning, giving Jacksonville a 7-5 advantage over the Columbus Pride that they would hold onto at the end of the game, taking Game 1 of the best-of-seven series. Widrick finished the game going 3-for-6 with two strikeouts, but his only run production came with that big homerun in extra innings. So far in the postseason, Widrick has been on fire, batting .457 with five homeruns and thirteen RBIs, easily carrying the load for his teammates. Speaking of his teammates, Winston Ghandi (.258/0/2) went 1-for-5, scoring once and drawing a walk. Columbus was only able to muster four hits in the game, but was able to score five runs on those four hits, and efficiency that could come in their favor in later games considering that it took fifteen hits for Jacksonville to get seven runs. If Columbus had scored runs at the pace that they set, fifteen hits would've given them about seventeen runs. Jonathan Dehn (.107/3/6) went 0-for-5 in the leadoff position, striking out twice and scoring once while stealing a base. The majority of the Pride's offensive production came from Nathan Smith, who drilled two doubles in the game and drove in three runs, bringing his RBI total in the postseason to a cool 10. JACKSONVILLE 7, COLUMBUS 5 (12 INNINGS) Jacksonville leads series 1-0 SCORING SUMMARY: COLUMBUS 1ST: Nathan Smith doubled to left, John Scherfenberg scored, Smith thrown out at third base trying to stretch a double into a triple. COLUMBUS 5TH: Abe Waggoner doubled to right, Harry Clingenpeel scored. JACKSONVILLE 6TH: Brandon Mariano grounded out to the shortstop, Octavio Santos scored; Bruno Soto grounded out to the shortstop, Andrew Muscat scored. COLUMBUS 8TH: Ben Cruz doubled to right-center, Jonathan Dehn scored; Nathan Smith doubled to left, Cruz and John Scherfenberg scored. JACKSONVILLE 9TH: Andrew Muscat singled to center, Eric Clark and Octavio Santos scored; Anderson Tovar singled to left, Muscat scored. JACKSONVILLE 12TH: Eugene Widrick homered to left, Winston Ghandi scored. WP - Keith Pilkenton (1-0) LP - Vin Nobles (0-1) Time of Game: 4 hours, 42 minutes Player of the Game: Eugene Widrick (3-for-6, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 Ks, game-winning two-run homerun in twelfth inning) GAME 2 After being grossly outhit in Game 1, the hit totals were more even for Columbus and Jacksonville in the second meeting between the two teams. Both teams were only able to manage eight hits, and Columbus made the most out of their eight hits, as three of those hits were homeruns that generated four runs in the Pride's 7-4 victory over the Jackoffs, evening the series at one game a piece as the series moves to Astroglide Park for three straight games. Eugene Widrick continued to improve all of his numbers except for his batting average. His 1-for-4 day dropped his postseason batting average to .436, but that one hit was a two-run homerun in the sixth inning, bringing his homerun total up to six and his RBI total up to a healthy fifteen. Fortunately, Columbus was able to neutralize Widrick for most of the game, keeping that two-run homerun as his only hit in the game. Winston Ghandi (.257/0/2) drew yet another walk in his 1-for-4 day, hitting a double in the fourth inning. He scored once and struck out once. The only other notable performance was from Bruno Soto, who went 2-for-5 with two RBI in the game. As for Columbus, Neall Isaacson's two-run homerun in the bottom of the second inning gave Columbus a lead that they would not relinquish for the rest of the game. John Scherfenberg only got one hit in the game, but it was a double with two runners on that brought in two RBIs for Scherfenberg in the game. Jonathan Dehn (.094/3/6) had another rough day, going 0-for-4, but fortunately wasn't embarrased with any strikeouts during the course of the game. JACKSONVILLE 4, COLUMBUS 7 Series tied 1-1 SCORING SUMMARY: JACKSONVILLE 1ST: Bruno Soto singled to right, Brandon Mariano scored. COLUMBUS 2ND: Neall Isaacson homered to right-center, Nathan Smith scored. COLUMBUS 3RD: Ben Cruz homered to left. COLUMBUS 4TH: Harry Clingenpeel doubled to left-center, David Zearge scored. JACKSONVILLE 6TH: Eugene Widrick homered to left, Winston Ghandi scored. COLUMBUS 6TH: Nathan Smith homered to right. JACKSONVILLE 7TH: Bruno Soto singled to left, Octavio Santos scored. COLUMBUS 7TH: John Scherfenberg doubled to right, Harry Clingenpeel and Ben Cruz scored. WP - Yosy Valdez (3-0, 7 IP, 8 HA, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 Ks) LP - Manuel Chao (1-2, 6 2/3 IP, 7 HA, 7 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 3 Ks) S - Jose Lopez (4) Time of Game: 3 hours, 11 minutes Player of the Game: Neall Isaacson (2-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, SB, two-run homerun in second inning) GAME 3 After three runs in the bottom of the first, the Jacksonville Jackoffs had stunned the Columbus Pride with their offensive onslaught, to the point where by the time Jacksonville hit Columbus up for five more runs in the bottom of the fourth, the Pride were already done for. Jacksonville won the first game of three at Astroglide Park 9-4, sending the fans home happy as the Jackoffs teed off on Columbus starter Nigel McClain. Eugene Widrick hit his seventh homerun of the postseason in a 1-for-4 day, collecting his sixteenth RBI as well as his batting average dropped to a still-impressive .419. Winston Ghandi (.256/1/4) also went 1-for-4, his only hit was also a homerun, a two-run job in the fourth inning after Nigel McClain had made his exit. Andrew Fasquelle's record in the postseason this year improved to 3-0 as he got the win in this game, going six and two-thirds innings allowing three earned runs on five hits, walking five and striking out six in 129 pitches, 77 of them for strikes. His ERA in the postseason is 1.78. As for the Pride, it was a mostly disappointing day as many hitters on the team were unable to get any hits. Harry Clingenpeel almost had 50% of the hits on the team, in fact, with a 3-for-4 day, scoring once and driving in a run himself, including a triple with nobody on base in the seventh inning. Jonathan Dehn (.139/3/6), after going on a small slump, has finally gotten his batting average back above .100 with a 2-for-4 day, scoring once and drawing a walk while striking out once. On the mound, unfortunately, Nigel McClain was the Pride's undoing. It wasn't all of his fault, however. In the three and one-third innings that Nigel lasted, he allowed only three earned runs on eight hits. Unfortunately, three unearned runs also crossed the plate, which was the end for him. He also walked one batter and struck out two, throwing seventy-two pitches, or an average of six pitches for every out he recorded. His record falls to 1-1 in the postseason, and his ERA increases to 3.18. COLUMBUS 4, JACKSONVILLE 9 Jacksonville leads series 2-1 SCORING SUMMARY: JACKSONVILLE 1ST: Winston Ghandi flied out to left-center, throwing error to home by the leftfielder, Brandon Mariano scored; John Tripp singled to left-center, Eric Clark scored; Bruno Soto singled to right, Tripp scored. COLUMBUS 2ND: Harry Clingenpeel singled to left, Neall Isaacson scored. COLUMBUS 3RD: John Scherfenberg flied out to left-center, Jonathan Dehn tagged up at third and scored. JACKSONVILLE 4TH: Brandon Mariano doubled to right, Matthew Laduke and Andrew Muscat scored; Winston Ghandi homered to right-center, Mariano scored; Eugene Widrick homered to left-center. COLUMBUS 7TH: Abe Waggoner grounded out to the second baseman, Harry Clingenpeel scored. JACKSONVILLE 7TH: Octavio Santos doubled to left-center, John Tripp scored. COLUMBUS 9TH: Ben Cruz singled to center, Abe Waggoner scored. WP - Andrew Fasquelle (3-0, 6 1/3 IP, 5 HA, 3 ER, 5 BB, 6 Ks) LP - Nigel McClain (1-1, 3 1/3 IP, 8 HA, 6 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 Ks) Time of Game: 3 hours, 40 minutes Player of the Game: Brandon Mariano (3-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, K, 2B) GAME 4 Columbus' revenge was swift, as they refused to let Jacksonville get any further in their advantage over the Pride in the best-of-seven series to determine the North-South Conference Champion. The Pride drove in four runs in the fifth inning, and put the Jackoffs out of striking distance with three more runs in the top of the ninth, driving the nail in the coffin in a 9-4 victory, this time for Columbus instead of Jacksonville as the series is evened at two games a piece going into Game 5, what could be the final game of the season at Astroglide Park. Instead of relying on the homerun like they have all season, Columbus instead relied on the standard double to get most of their runs across the plate in tonight's game. Four Columbus players hit doubles in the course of the game, but more importantly, two of those players hit two doubles each, for a grand total of six doubles from the Pride in the game. John Scherfenberg finished the game going 2-for-5, both of those hits doubles as he drove in one run and scored twice himself. Nathan Smith also went 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles, driving in one run as well, but only scoring once himself. The homerun wasn't completely abandoned, of course, as Ben Cruz jacked a solo homerun in the ninth inning, and David Zearge brought home two runs with a homerun in the fifth inning. Both Zearge and Abe Waggoner finished the game for the Pride with two RBI each, as seven of the players on the Pride drove in at least one run. Jonathan Dehn (.146/3/6), however, was not one of those seven, as he went 1-for-5 with a run scored. Timothy Foster won his first game of the postseason, lasting six and one-third innings and allowing only two earned runs on five hits, striking out three and walking one. For the losing team and the home team as well, Jacksonville did not really look very much like losers on the offensive side of things. The key thing that Columbus pitching was able to do, however, was shut down offensive powerhouse Eugene Widrick, who went 0-for-4 in this game as his batting average in the postseason has finally fallen back below .400. However, both Brandon Mariano and Bruno Soto hit solo homeruns in the eighth inning, and Eric Clark finished the game going 3-for-3 with a walk and two RBI driven in. But Columbus had their A game on the field on this day, and Jacksonville simply could not compare. Jonathan Sholar remains without a win as his record in the postseason falls to 0-3. He allowed only two earned runs on eight hits, as four unearned runs also crossed the plate before he was mercifully removed in the fifth inning. Sholar also struck out three men and walked three in one hundred and seven pitches. His ERA in the postseason is a very uncomfortable 6.26. COLUMBUS 9, JACKSONVILLE 4 Series tied 2-2 SCORING SUMMARY: COLUMBUS 2ND: Abe Waggoner singled to right, Neall Isaacson scored. JACKSONVILLE 2ND: Eric Clark singled to left-center, Matthew Laduke scored. COLUMBUS 4TH: Abe Waggoner singled to left, David Zearge scored. COLUMBUS 5TH: John Scherfenberg doubled to right, Jonathan Dehn scored; Neall Isaacson flied out to right-center, Ben Cruz tagged up at third and scored; David Zearge homered to center, Scherfenberg scored. JACKSONVILLE 7TH: Eric Clark doubled to left, Matthew Laduke scored. JACKSONVILLE 8TH: Brandon Mariano homered to left-center; Bruno Soto homered to right. COLUMBUS 9TH: Ben Cruz homered to left-center; Nathan Smith doubled to left, John Scherfenberg scored; Michael Lingler singled to center, Smith scored. WP - Timothy Foster (1-0, 6 1/3 IP, 5 HA, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 Ks) LP - Jonathan Sholar (0-3, 4 2/3 IP, 8 HA, 6 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 Ks) S - Jesse Holman (1) Time of Game: 3 hours, 54 minutes Player of the Game: David Zearge (2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, K, 2B, 2-run homerun in fifth inning) GAME 5 Okay, enough with the doubles. Columbus decided to bring out the big bats in Game 5, and it worked to their favor as they crushed homerun after homerun, jamming the ball down the Jackoffs' throats and eventually destroying them 16-9 to take a three games to two advantage in the best-of-seven series, giving Columbus a chance to close the series back home in Applewhite Field in Game 6. By the time the dust cleared, Columbus had drilled eight homeruns as a team, as three batters had sent two bombs each. Among the players on the Pride, finding highlights is cheating the rest of the team, as it was, indeed, a team effort to take down Jacksonville in this game. However, the player that stands out over all else was Ben Cruz, who was amazing in his 6-for-6 performance, driving in five runs and scoring four times himself. Cruz hit two singles, a double, a triple and two homeruns to complete the cycle, which is believed to be the first time that such a feat has been accomplished in the SFBL postseason. With his amazing day, Ben Cruz has improved his numbers in the postseason to a .389 batting average with four homeruns and nine RBI. John Scherfenberg also jacked two homeruns, going 3-for-6 with two runs scored and three RBI driven in as he has driven in fifteen RBI in the postseason to date. David Zearge also had a big offensive day, sending two balls out of the park in his 3-for-5 day, scoring twice and driving in five runs as both of his homeruns were two-run jobs. Zearge also hit a double in the first inning with one runner on base. Jonathan Dehn (.174/4/7) didn't quite have a big day, but he certainly contributed something to the Pride in this game. He went 2-for-5, scoring three times and driving in one lone run with his solo homerun in the seventh inning, long after Columbus had thoroughly crushed the Jackoffs in previous innings. Dehn also stole his second base of the season, and also committed an error in the outfield. Fortunately, the error did not come back to bite Jonathan in the least bit, as Columbus was unstoppable. Surprisingly, however, on the mound it was a different story for Columbus. Yosy Valdez did not make it past the fifth inning, as he was gone after making one out in the inning, simply because he has allowed five earned runs and one more unearned run on six hits, walking one batter and striking out another. Valdez did not pick up the victory, but Samuel Martinez did as he was the pitcher by the end of the fifth inning. As for the losers, their stats are obviously not as impressive, but not anything to sneeze at, either. Nine runs on thirteen hits is not very disappointing, but when it's compared to sixteen runs on twenty-one hits, a winner is clear. Eugene Widrick was back in this game, as he went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs with his two-run homerun in the fourth inning. Widrick's numbers are back on the upswing as his batting average is now at .392, with an amazing eight homeruns and eighteen runs batted in. Seven players on the Jackoffs drove in at least one run, but they simply could not match the offensive production of those players on Columbus who drove in runs. Winston Ghandi (.250/2/5) continued an average postseason with a 2-for-5 day, scoring one run and driving in one run, thanks to his solo homerun in the fifth inning. Ghandi also hit a meaningless double in the seventh inning for his second hit of the night. Manuel Chao's bad performances continue to be featured, as Chao did not even make it to the third inning, giving up seven earned runs on nine hits in only two innings of work, surpisingly striking out none and walking none as it was a very hit-driven offense for the Pride. Chao also allowed four of Columbus' homeruns, leading to his ultimate demise. His record falls to 1-3 in the postseason, with a 8.86 ERA. COLUMBUS 16, JACKSONVILLE 9 Columbus leads series 3-2 SCORING SUMMARY: COLUMBUS 1ST: John Scherfenberg homered to right, Ben Cruz scored; David Zearge doubled to left-center, Neall Isaacson scored. COLUMBUS 2ND: Ben Cruz homered to left-center, Jonathan Dehn scored; John Scherfenberg homered to right-center; Nathan Smith homered to right (back-to-back-to-back homeruns). COLUMBUS 4TH: Ben Cruz tripled to right, Jonathan Dehn scored; Nathan Smith flied out to right-center, Cruz tagged up at third and scored; David Zearge homered to right, Neall Isaacson scored. JACKSONVILLE 4TH: Bruno Soto singled to left-center, fielding error by Jonathan Dehn, Brandon Mariano scored; Eugene Widrick homered to left, Soto scored; Matthew Laduke homered to right; Octavio Santos tripled to right, Eric Clark scored. COLUMBUS 5TH: Ben Cruz homered to left, Abe Waggoner scored. JACKSONVILLE 5TH: Anderson Tovar homered to right; Winston Ghandi homered to right; John Tripp singled to left, Eugene Widrick scored. COLUMBUS 7TH: Jonathan Dehn homered to right. COLUMBUS 8TH: David Zearge homered to left, Neall Isaacson scored. JACKSONVILLE 8TH: Brandon Mariano singled to right, Octavio Santos scored. WP - Samuel Martinez (1-0) LP - Manuel Chao (1-3, 2 IP, 9 HA, 7 ER, 0 BB, 0 Ks) Time of Game: 3 hours, 58 minutes Player of the Game: Ben Cruz (6-for-6, 4 R, 5 RBI, 2B, 3B, 2 homeruns (2-run homerun in the second inning and 2-run homerun in the fifth inning), hit for the cycle) GAME 6 Given the chance to end the best-of-seven series and advance to the SFBL Championship, Columbus, unfortunately, had the weak link of their three-man pitching rotation on the mound for Game 6. Nigel McClain didn't completely collapse, but his five inning performance was less than stellar as Columbus blew Game 6 by the score of 8-2, forcing a Game 7 as some of the conspiracy theorists are beginning to come out of the woodwork, citing that another choke from the Columbus Pride is upon the poor fans of the Ohio town's team. Eugene Widrick took another day off with a 0-for-4 day, but Winston Ghandi (.283/2/8) was wide awake for this game. He went 3-for-5 with one run scored and three runs driven in, with a double in the fifth inning with one runner on his most impressive offensive contribution. In fact, a double was the biggest hit that any player on the Jacksonville squad got on this day, but it was enough to fell the Columbus pitching staff. Andrew Fasquelle remains undefeated in the postseason, his record improving to 4-0 as he lasted seven and one-thirds of an inning, allowing only one earned run on nine hits, striking out seven batters and walking one as his ERA improved to 1.67. For Columbus, only one run was driven in by Columbus. The other run was brought in by an error on the part of Jacksonville. Neall Isaacson drove in the only RBI for the team in a 2-for-5 day. Jonathan Dehn (.180/4/7) went 1-for-4 with one strikeout, stealing his third base of the postseason as well. Nigel McClain lasted five innings, allowing five earned runs on five hits, while walking four batters and striking out only one. His record in the postseason is now 1-2, with a 4.96 ERA. JACKSONVILLE 8, COLUMBUS 2 Series tied 3-3 SCORING SUMMARY: JACKSONVILLE 1ST: Winston Ghandi singled to left, Brandon Mariano scored. JACKSONVILLE 3RD: Winston Ghandi singled to right-center, Andrew Muscat scored; John Tripp was hit by a pitch, Brandon Mariano scored. COLUMBUS 3RD: Neall Isaacson singled to left, Ben Cruz scored. JACKSONVILLE 5TH: Winston Ghandi doubled to right-center, Eric Clark scored; John Tripp grounded out to the shortstop, Winston Ghandi scored. JACKSONVILLE 8TH: Brandon Mariano doubled to right, Bruno Soto and Matthew Laduke scored; Eric Clark singled to center, Brandon Mariano scored. COLUMBUS 9TH: Ben Cruz flied out to left-center, throwing error by the centerfielder, Abe Waggoner scored. WP - Andrew Fasquelle (4-0, 7 1/3 IP, 9 HA, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 Ks) LP - Nigel McClain (1-2, 5 IP, 5 HA, 5 ER, 4 BB, 1 Ks) Time of Game: 4 hours Player of the Game: Winston Ghandi (3-for-5, 1 R, 3 RBI, 2B) GAME 7 In a rollercoaster ride of emotion for Pride fans, the final game was to either be the stake in the heart of a team notorious for choking when the heat was on, or redemption--for now--for a team that has been waiting for a championship ring for so very long. After Winston Ghandi's homerun in the top of the first, fans were beginning to lose hope. But Columbus still had fight left in them. With three-run innings in the fourth and fifth innings, Columbus rallied back and the Pride's pitching clamped down, as Jacksonville was left to sit and watch as their chances slipped away. Finally, Columbus was able to put away Jacksonville once and for all with a 7-1 victory in the all-deciding Game 7, advancing the Columbus Pride to the SFBL Championship as the North-South Conference Championship. John Scherfenberg drove in his sixteenth and seventeenth RBI of the postseason with his two-run homerun in the fifth inning--his fifth of the postseason--in a 1-for-5 day where that was his lone hit. Michael Lingler drove in four runs himself, three of them with his first homerun of the postseason, a big three-run homerun in the fourth inning. David Zearge hit three doubles in the game in a 4-for-4 effort, but he only scored once and drove in a run, in what could have been a more offensively explosive game for Zearge. Jonathan Dehn (.164/4/7), went 0-for-5 with a strikeout as he advanced to his first SFBL Championship. Timothy Foster won his second start in a row, pitching a complete game and allowing only one earned run on six hits, striking out seven and not walking a soul, finishing the game in 94 pitches. Jonathan Sholar finished the postseason with a 0-4 record, not making it past the fifth inning as he allowed six earned runs on nine hits. As previously mentioned, Winston Ghandi's solo homerun in the first inning was the only run that crossed the plate for the Jackoffs. Ghandi only got that one hit in the game period, as his postseason ended with a batting average of .281, three homeruns and nine runs batted in. Jacksonville was the strongest team to lose a series, by far, and could've given Philadelphia a run for their money in the postseason if they had come out on top in game seven. JACKSONVILLE 1, COLUMBUS 7 Columbus wins series 4-3 SCORING SUMMARY: JACKSONVILLE 1ST: Winston Ghandi homered to right-center. COLUMBUS 4TH: Michael Lingler homered to left-center, David Zearge and Nathan Smith scored. COLUMBUS 5TH: John Scherfenberg homered to left, Ben Cruz scored; David Zearge doubled to left, Nathan Smith scored. COLUMBUS 7TH: Michael Lingler singled to right, Neall Isaacson scored. WP - Timothy Foster (2-0, CG, 6 HA, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 Ks) LP - Jonathan Sholar (0-4, 4 1/3 IP, 9 HA, 6 ER, 2 BB, 4 Ks) Time of Game: 2 hours, 59 minutes Player of the Game: Timothy Foster (4-1, 2.63 -- career numbers in the postseason [11 starts]) 2017 SFBL CHAMPIONSHIP PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM (EAST-WEST CHAMPIONS) vs. COLUMBUS PRIDE (NORTH-SOUTH CHAMPIONS) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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A Happy Medium 0 Report post Posted August 11, 2004 Wow. I'm the Mr. Anti-October suddenly. Whatever, rookies struggle sometimes. Hopefully, I can sit back and reep the benefits of the rest of the team. That would be quite nice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Evolution Report post Posted August 12, 2004 vs. PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM VS. COLUMBUS PRIDE Starting Pitchers Philadelphia 1. Eddie Fusco (3-1, 2.19 ERA, 1.46 WHIP) 2. Kristofer Mcnamar (3-1, 3.63 ERA, 1.16 WHIP) 3. Ben Joos (1-1, 6.10 ERA, 1.84 WHIP) Columbus 1. Timothy Foster (2-0, 2.73 ERA, 0.97 WHIP) 2. Yosy Valdez (3-0, 6.15 ERA, 1.41 WHIP) 3. Nigel McClain (1-2, 4.96 ERA, 1.41 WHIP) Starting Lineups Philadelphia 1. Jared Yerby (.280, 2 HR, 5 RBI) 2. Merlin McKnight (.196, 0 HR, 4 RBI) 3. Edward James (.340, 3 HR, 7 RBI) 4. Jerrold Mauder (.268, 2 HR, 10 RBI) 5. William Walker (.217, 0 HR, 6 RBI) 6. Jed Goude (.348, 2 HR, 9 RBI) 7. Emerson Loretta (.267, 1 HR, 4 RBI) 8. Kole Botting (.302, 2 HR, 9 RBI) 9. Rob McManus (.265, 1 HR, 5 RBI) Columbus 1. Jonathan Dehn (.164, 4 HR, 7 RBI) 2. Ben Cruz (.378, 4 HR, 9 RBI) 3. John Scherfenberg (.288, 5 HR, 17 RBI) 4. Nathan Smith (.255, 5 HR, 14 RBI) 5. Neall Isaacson (.304, 2 HR, 7 RBI) 6. David Zearge (.390, 4 HR, 12 RBI) 7. Michael Lingler (.167, 1 HR, 9 RBI) 8. Harry Clingenpeel (.396, 1 HR, 7 RBI) 9. Abe Waggoner (.222, 1 HR, 7 RBI) Pitching Matchups Game 1: Yosy Valdez vs. Eddie Fusco Game 2: Nigel McClain vs. Kristofer Mcnamar Game 3: Timothy Foster vs. Ben Joos PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM VS COLUMBUS PRIDE 2017 SFBL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 1 As the 15th SFBL Championship was ready to begin, there was plenty of discussion regarding one team: The Columbus Pride. Was this their year? After the controversy surrounding Peter Kostka's departure over the choking nature of his team, many Columbus fans felt that their team was due to finally win a title, only three years after being crushed in their first visit to the SFBL Championship, losing to the Seattle Frasiers in seven games in what would be the first of three straight champions for the team from Seattle. However, Seattle did not even make it into the postseason this year, ensuring that there would not be a four-peat. And with that, Columbus has stepped to the plate. In a big way. At the end of the regular season, they had hit the most homeruns as a team, and continued to show that power throughout the playoffs. It has been a rough road for the Pride to make it this far, but many have favored Columbus over Philadelphia, which doesn't have nearly as strong of an offense as Columbus. The Freedom's only saving grace is their pitching staff, which will be able to outclass the Pride if the opportunity arises. Columbus wasted no time in proving that their superior offense was better than the pitching staff. In the top of the first, Philadelphia fans were immediately treated to the explosive offense of the Pride--as Eddie Fusco walked three men in the very first inning. After walking Nathan Smith to load the bases, Neall Isaacson was also issued a walk, scoring Ben Cruz from third as the first run of the game. Eddie Fusco quickly grabbed control of his game, however, returning to the form that he had already shown in four previous postseason starts, and began to settle in on the mound. In the top of the fifth, however, Columbus would strike again, this time with Jonathan Dehn's solo homerun that cleared the fence in left field to give Columbus a two-run lead. Eddie Fusco stayed in the game until the top of the sixth, when he was finally replaced by Jeff Mclean. In the bottom half of that inning, Edward James cut the Pride's lead in half with a big solo homerun to deep right field. An inning later, Philadelphia evened up the score with Mikah Zirkwitz' triple to deep right field, scoring Kole Botting from first and tying the game at two-all. In the top of the eighth, Jeff Mclean was able to get the first two batters out, but then delivered a walk to Michael Lingler, leading the way for Bennie Rubalcaba to come in, relieving Mclean. Harry Clingenpeel then singled to right, putting runners on the corner for Abe Waggoner. Waggoner then unloaded a single stroke that broke the tie, a three-run homerun that was just fair, breaking the game open for Columbus as they took a 5-2 lead. Philadelphia responded in the bottom half of the same inning, as Jerrold Mauder doubled to the gap in left-center, scoring the speedy Edward James from first as the Pride's lead was cut to only two runs with no outs in the inning. William Walker was intentionally walked to set up a force situation. Unfortunately, Jed Goude was also walked, unintentionally, loading the bases as Lemarcus Cooper came on in relief of Jesse Holman, who was unable to record an out in his outing. The first batter that Cooper faced was Emerson Loretta, who laced a single to right-center, scoring Mauder as Columbus lead was now only one run. The bases were still loaded, and the Philadelphia fans were now rooting on their team. Unfortunately, Kole Botting hit a frozen rope to the second baseman to record the first out of the inning, and Jose Lopez came on to get Columbus out of a bases loaded jam, striking out Mikah Zirkwitz and getting Jared Yerby to hit a pop fly, ending the inning and dampening the spirits of the Freedom fans. The Freedom would get one more chance in the bottom of the ninth to get that one last run to advance the game into extra-innings, but Jose Lopez was simply too dominant, striking out both Merlin McKnight and Edward James and then getting Jerrold Mauder to hit a weak grounder to the second baseman, ending the game as Columbus eked out a 5-4 victory over the Freedom, taking a one game to none lead in the series. Jonathan Dehn (.183/5/8) finished 2-for-5, with a run scored and a run driven in with his solo homerun in the fifth inning. Edward James went 3-for-4 with his solo homerun in the sixth inning, and another run scored for two total, but it was not enough to push Philadelphia over the edge and to give them the W that was in their grasp. COLUMBUS 5, PHILADELPHIA 4 Columbus leads series 1-0 SCORING SUMMARY: COLUMBUS 1ST: Neall Isaacson walked, Ben Cruz scored. COLUMBUS 5TH: Jonathan Dehn homered to left. PHILADELPHIA 6TH: Edward James homered to right. PHILADELPHIA 7TH: Mikah Zirkwitz tripled to right, Kole Botting scored. COLUMBUS 8TH: Abe Waggoner homered to left, Harry Clingenpeel and Michael Lingler scored. PHILADELPHIA 8TH: Jerrold Mauder doubled to left-center, Edward James scored; Emerson Loretta singled to right-center, Mauder scored. WP - Yosy Valdez (4-0, 7 IP, 7 HA, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 Ks) LP - Jeff Mclean (0-1) S - Jose Lopez (5) Time of Game: 3 hours, 54 minutes Player of the Game: Abe Waggoner (1-for-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 2 Ks, three-run homerun in eighth inning) GAME 2 With one game remaining in Philadelphia before the series would move to Columbus for three straight games, Philadelphia wanted to save face by splitting this series of two games at the Stadium of Independence with the Columbus Pride, who were looking to take an early two games to none lead in the series that would leave Philadelphia with a big hole to fill. Fortunately, Philadelphia was drawing the weak end of the Columbus pitching staff in Nigel McClain, and they used that to their advantage, opening up a lead early in the game. Jared Yerby led off the bottom of the first with a solo homerun to left field. Later in the inning, Nigel was once again bitten by the unearned run bug again. Kole Botting stole second with Jerrold Mauder at the plate and one out recorded to this point. Nigel then threw a wild pitch, advancing Botting to third base. Finally, the coup de grace was Mauder's grounder to the shortstop which was bobbled, allowing not only Botting to score but for Mauder to remain safe at first. Fortunately, those were the only two runs scored in the inning. Two innings later, William Walker sent Mauder home with a double to left-center, giving Columbus a 3-0 lead as the light began to slip away from the Pride at the end of their tunnel. Needing to have something salvaged--and quick--Nathan Smith unloaded a solo homerun to left field, his sixth of the postseason, but more importantly, a homerun that brought Columbus within two runs of the Freedom. As McClain remained on the mound, so did Kristofer Mcnamar, and the Pride were having trouble cracking this Philadelphia pitcher. Mercifully, in the top of the sixth, the floodgates were opened. John Scherfenberg hit a sacrifice fly to right-center, scoring Jonathan Dehn from third to cut the lead to a slim one run. The next batter was Nathan Smith, who slapped a double down the left field line to score Ben Cruz from first to tie the game at 3-all. The runs kept coming as the next batter was Neall Isaacson, who jacked a ball out of the park for a two-run homerun, sending Nathan Smith home as Columbus had suddenly turned a 3-0 deficit into a 5-3 advantage. Stunned but not beaten, Philadelphia chose to leave Kristofer Mcnamar on the mound. Kristofer's end would come in due time, however, as Jonathan Dehn would lead off the top of the eighth with a solo homerun that cleared the fence in right-center, giving Columbus a three-run lead and finally ending the outing for Mcnamar. It started out impressive, but Kristofer probably was in for longer than he should be allowed to be, and it bit him in the ass. From there, the Columbus Pride's bullpen took over, and Philadelphia simply couldn't get anything moving, especially after McClain departed the game in the seventh inning. Philadelphia fans went home disappointed once again as Columbus won 6-3, giving them the all important two games to none lead in the series as the series was preparing to move to Columbus for three games, in which the Pride would only need to win two to ensure their first SFBL Championship as a franchise. Jonathan Dehn (.219/6/9) seems to be on the upswing with a 3-for-4 day, scoring twice and driving in one run, including his solo homerun in the top of the eighth that sent Kristofer Mcnamar to the bench. Jonathan Dehn also stole his fifth base of the postseason, but was also caught stealing for the first time this postseason. Nigel McClain picked up the victory in this game, taking his record to 2-2 in the postseason as he lasted six and two-thirds innings, giving up three earned runs on seven hits, striking out four and walking three batters in one hundred and five pitches, sixty of them for strikes. McClain's ERA in the postseason is now 4.70. Edward James (.364/4/8) found himself on the losing side of things once again today, though going down in a less than impressive fashion, finishing the day 1-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout, His only saving grace was that he stole two more bases, bringing his total to twelve for the postseason. COLUMBUS 6, PHILADELPHIA 3 Columbus leads series 2-0 SCORING SUMMARY: PHILADELPHIA 1ST: Jared Yerby homered to left; Jerrold Mauder reached base on a fielding error by the shortstop, Kole Botting scored. PHILADELPHIA 3RD: William Walker doubled to left-center, Jerrold Mauder scored. COLUMBUS 4TH: Nathan Smith homered to left. COLUMBUS 6TH: John Scherfenberg flied out to right-center, Jonathan Dehn tagged up at third and scored; Nathan Smith doubled to left, Ben Cruz scored; Neall Isaacson homered to right-center, Smith scored. COLUMBUS 8TH: Jonathan Dehn homered to right-center. WP - Nigel McClain (2-2, 6 2/3 IP, 7 HA, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 Ks) LP - Kristofer Mcnamar (3-2, 7 IP, 8 HA, 6 ER, 0 BB, 6 Ks) S - Jose Lopez (6) Time of Game: 3 hours, 14 minutes Player of the Game: Nathan Smith (2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B, solo homerun in fourth inning) GAME 3 As the SFBL Championship game to Columbus, so did the Pride fans, coming in full force to support their hometown team. This was the first championship to be hosted in Columbus in three years, and many fans felt that this was, indeed, the year. And all signs pointed to that being true, as Columbus had jumped out to a two games to none lead in the series going into Game 3, a pivotal game for Philadelphia, unless they play better on the pressure of elimination with every passing game in the postseason. The Pride fans put their faith in Timothy Foster to pick up the W for his team, but he struggled early. Edward James smacked a solo homerun down the right field line in the top of the first, silencing the hot crowd early as Philadelphia jumped out to an early 1-0 lead. Columbus responded right back in the bottom half of the inning, as Edward James went from hero to goat in a matter of minutes, overthrowing to the first baseman to get Nathan Smith as the ball rolled to the wall behind first base, scoring Jonathan Dehn from third as the game was then tied at 1-1. The Freedom were not done, however, coming back in the top of the second inning as Kole Botting laced a double down the left field line, scoring Emerson Loretta from first, giving the Freedom the lead once again, this time by the score of 2-1. Ben Joos seemed to have Columbus under control, but it's like sitting on a barrel full of explosives. And in the bottom of the fifth inning, that barrel exploded. Jonathan Dehn hit a bloop single to right field, scoring Abe Waggoner from second without any challenge from the Philadelphia defense as the score was suddenly tied at two runs a piece. Two batters later and with runners on first and second, John Scherfenberg slammed a triple down the right field line that rolled to the wall, allowing Dehn and Ben Cruz to score to give Columbus two more runs, breaking the tie and giving them a 4-2 lead. Finally, Nathan Smith grounded out to the second baseman for the second out of the inning, scoring Scherfenberg on a sacrifice as Columbus was now up three runs, 5-2. After the seventh-inning stretch, the Pride fans wanted some insurance runs, and they certainly got them. After Ben Cruz drew a walk off Jeff Mclean, Bennie Rubalcaba came on in relief to face John Scherfenberg--and Scherfenberg promptly teed off on Bennie, hitting a two-run homerun to expand Columbus' lead to five runs and putting it seemingly out of reach for the low-scoring ways of the Freedom. Philadelphia mustered a run in the top of the eighth when Merlin McKnight slapped a double down the left field line, scoring Rob McManus to cut the lead to four runs, but that was still too many runs in too little time for the Freedom. The Pride bullpen took over once again and never looked back as they marched on to victory, expanding their lead in the best-of-seven series to three games to none, with the chance for yet another sweep in the SFBL Championship when Game 4 is held from Columbus tomorrow. Edward James' (.356/5/9) only hit was the solo homerun in the first inning, as he finished 1-for-4 with one run scored and one run driven in. Jonathan Dehn (.246/6/10), on the other hand, continued to improve, going 3-for-5 with two runs scored and one run driven in, hitting a double in the eighth inning and stealing another base for his sixth in the postseason. PHILADELPHIA 3, COLUMBUS 7 Columbus leads series 3-0 SCORING SUMMARY: PHILADELPHIA 1ST: Edward James homered to right. COLUMBUS 1ST: Nathan Smith reached base on a throwing error by the third baseman, Jonathan Dehn scored. PHILADELPHIA 2ND: Kole Botting doubled to left, Emerson Loretta scored. COLUMBUS 5TH: Jonathan Dehn singled to right, Abe Waggoner scored; John Scherfenberg tripled to right, Dehn and Ben Cruz scored; Nathan Smith grounded out to the second baseman, Scherfenberg scored. COLUMBUS 7TH: John Scherfenberg homered to right, Ben Cruz scored. PHILADELPHIA 8TH: Merlin McKnight doubled to left, Rob McManus scored. WP - Timothy Foster (3-0, 7 IP, 5 HA, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 Ks) LP - Ben Joos (1-2, 5 IP, 5 HA, 5 ER, 1 BB, 4 Ks) Time of Game: 3 hours, 14 minutes Player of the Game: John Scherfenberg (2-for-5, 2 R, 4 RBI, 3B, SB, 2-run homerun in seventh inning) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Happy Medium 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2004 *does the happy dance* Go Pride, go! Of course, our logo doesn't make us look very intimdating...but I guess we're deceptive like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Happy Medium 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2004 Also, I think my batting average in this series is ridiculous. What is it, like .500 something? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the.weej 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2004 Columbus, being Columbus, could choke this away in a second. I can't help but think I'm going to Jeff Weaver something. -Z Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Happy Medium 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2004 Bleh...it's 3-0. We would need a giant plane crash for Columbus to lose. *hears an airplane flying quite low* Ah, fuck.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lightning Flik 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2004 ...I guess I should congradulate Columbus on winning the Championship. Good job guys, and I guess I'll have to wait till some other time to get that ring. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Evolution Report post Posted August 13, 2004 PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM VS COLUMBUS PRIDE 2017 SFBL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 4 After seemingly being destined to become notorious chokers in the postseason, a championship ring was finally in sight for the Columbus Pride. Those with optimism were sure that this would be the final knockout blow to the Philadelphia Freedom, a clean sweep in the SFBL Championship to prove all the naysayers wrong. The pessimists outnumbered the optimists, however, as they were convinced that the Pride would find some way to blow a perfect situation such as the one they were currently in. The burden was resting mostly on the shoulders of Yosy Valdez. Already undefeated at this point, Valdez needed only one more victory to capture the championship in what has been an exhausting postseason for all parties involved. To help out Yosy, Columbus opened things up early. In the bottom of the second, with one out and runners on first and second, Harry Clingenpeel sliced a single into left field, sending Neall Isaacson home and putting Harry on second with Michael Lingler on third. After Abe Waggoner struck out swinging, Jonathan Dehn stepped up, and hit a frozen rope down the right field line, rolling all the way to the wall as Dehn pulled into third with a triple, scoring both Lingler and Clingenpeel. With a three-run lead, the burden was now all on the shoulders of Yosy and the Columbus bullpen to not relinquish the lead. And the Pride starter held firm. As the game passed its halfway mark in the bottom of the fifth inning, Bennie Rubalcaba came on in relief of Eddie Fusco and it wasn't long before he issued a walk to David Zearge with the bases loaded, scoring Ben Cruz to make the score 4-0. But Bennie was not finished, as he issued a second walk, this time to Michael Lingler as John Scherfenberg cruised home from third. Harry Clingenpeel would ground into a fielder's choice for the second out of the inning, but Nathan Smith scored from third during that at-bat, as Columbus finished the fifth inning with a commanding 6-0 lead, as the burden on the shoulders of Valdez began to be raised. Of course, the Freedom got Valdez sleeping. Merlin Mcknight led off the top of the sixth inning by slamming a solo homerun over the fence in center field. Spirits were still high in Applewhite Field, however. Edward James came to the plate and hit a slow grounder to the left of the pitcher's mound. Yosy had to rush forward to get it, turning on his heel and throwing a wild throw to get the speedy Edward James. Unfortunately, the throw was far too low and far too late as James reached first easily. Some Pride fans began to worry, but Yosy restored faith in them when Jerrold Mauder grounded into a 6-4-3 double play. The next batter was William Walker, who struck out looking to end the inning as Yosy made a speedy recovery after seeming to lose his stuff early in the inning. From there, Valdez clamped down on things. In the top of the eighth, after striking out Rob McManus, he allowed a single from Jared Yerby, and that was all she wrote for Yosy, as he was replaced to a standing ovation from the Columbus crowd. Vin Nobles was Yosy's replacement, and two batters later, Edward James stepped up to the plate and ripped a double down the right field line, bringing in Yerby all the way from first as he scored with ease to cut the Columbus lead to four runs. Jerrold Mauder was next up, and disappointed again by fouling a shot back into the catcher's glove for the third out of the inning. Columbus didn't add anything in the top of the ninth, as Philadelphia was suddenly down to their final three outs. Nobles remained on the mound, as William Walker stepped to the plate. Looking for pure heroics, Willie slapped a HUGE bomb to deep center field, more than clearing the fence as Columbus' lead was reduced to three runs. Enter Jose Lopez. Another standing ovation for the man who had already saved six games in the postseason so far for the Pride, Philadelphia's time seemed to be up as he stepped onto the mound for his warmup pitches. When play resumed and Jed Goude came to the plate, it was clear that the Freedom were swinging for the fences. Goude ripped a long shot to deep right-center, but it was caught at the warning track to the delight of all of the fans in the soldout stadium! Two more outs to go. Emerson Loretta took three big cuts, and went down swinging on every single one of them for a strikeout and out #2! Kole Botting was the only hope that the Freedom had left, and it was a good hope to have. Botting was no slouch at the plate, and it was entirely possible that he could get the job done since the pressure was on. That being said, he flied out to left field. Welcome to Sweep City, Population: 3. The 2003 Charlotte Harlots at the hands of the 2003 Boston Tea Baggers. The 2016 Memphis Eels at the hands of the 2016 Seattle Frasiers. And now, the 2017 Philadelphia Freedom at the hands of the new SFBL Champions, the 2017 Columbus Pride. Edward James (.371/5/10) was one of the most important contributors to the Freedom's quest to the finals, and finished the game 2-for-3 with one RBI, coming from his double in the eighth inning that scored Jared Yerby. Jonathan Dehn (.247/6/12) seemed to turn it on when it mattered the most, impressing many in his Championship performance, finishing it off with a 1-for-4 day, but that one hit a big one, as it was the RBI triple that brought home two runs. PHILADELPHIA 3, COLUMBUS 6 Columbus wins series 4-0 SCORING SUMMARY: COLUMBUS 2ND: Harry Clingenpeel singled to left, Neall Isaacson scored; Jonathan Dehn tripled to right, Michael Lingler and Clingenpeel scored. COLUMBUS 5TH: David Zearge walked, Ben Cruz scored; Michael Lingler walked, John Scherfenberg scored; Harry Clingenpeel grounded into fielder's choice, Nathan Smith scored. PHILADELPHIA 6TH: Merlin Mcknight homered to center. PHILADELPHIA 8TH: Edward James doubled to right, Jared Yerby scored. PHILADELPHIA 9TH: William Walker homered to center. WP - Yosy Valdez (5-0, 7 1/3 IP, 5 HA, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 Ks) LP - Eddie Fusco (3-2, 4 IP, 4 HA, 5 ER, 5 BB, 5 Ks) S - Jose Lopez (7) Time of Game: 3 hours, 18 minutes Player of the Game: Yosy Valdez (109 pitches thrown, sixty-seven for strikes, 4.87 postseason ERA) FINAL TSM PLAYERS POSTSEASON STATS Austin Sly (.321 AVG, 0 HR, 2 RBI) Paco Fernandez (.179 AVG, 1 HR, 4 RBI) Edward James (.371, 5 HR, 10 RBI) Winston Ghandi (.281, 3 HR, 9 RBI) John Duran (.133, 0 HR, 0 RBI) Jonathan Dehn (.247, 6 HR, 12 RBI) (.500 batting average in SFBL Championship) Nigel McClain (2-2, 4.70 ERA, 1.43 WHIP) West (NY) and Dehn (COL) win Fresh Fish Award The 2017 East-West Fresh Fish Award winner is from New York this season. Adam West put together impressive numbers for a rookie en route to win the first major award of his career. Let's hope more will follow for this 19 year old ballplayer. West has hit 25 taters this year while batting .269. He adds 37 doubles, along with 108 runs scored. Jonathan Dehn was named the North-South Fresh Fish Award winner today. Columbus' centerfielder put up pretty good numbers for a rookie this year. This 19 year old kid will probably have a long and successful career! His season features a batting average of .250 (128 hits in 513 AB), 25 doubles, 12 triples and 12 taters. Dehn collected 69 RBI and 94 runs as well. Henderson earns Big Stick Award honors A season for the ages earned New Orleans' leftfielder Robert Henderson the North-South Big Stick Award this year. His season features a batting average of .351 (228 hits in 650 AB), 30 doubles, 3 triples and 50 homeruns. Henderson collected 151 RBI and 130 runs as well. He's 3rd in the North-South in batting, 1st in homeruns and 2nd in RBI! Henderson wins the award for the 4th time in his 9-year career, and for the fourth consecutive time. East-West Fresh Fish Award: Adam West (NY)! He batted .269 in 617 AB, with 25 homers and 82 RBI. North-South Fresh Fish Award: Jonathan Dehn (COL)! He batted .250 in 513 AB, with 12 homers and 69 RBI. East-West Rocket Wrist Award: Andres Cifuentes (LA)! He had a record of 21-10 with an ERA of 3.27 and 4 shutouts. In 35 games started, he pitched 259 innings, fanning 205 and walking 58 batters. East-West Big Stick Award: Raimundo Robledo (BOS)! He batted .325 in 542 AB, with 47 homers and 144 RBI. North-South Rocket Wrist Award: Claudio Galaviz (MEM)! He had a record of 21-5 with an ERA of 1.85 and 1 shutouts. In 36 games started, he pitched 248.1 innings, fanning 191 and walking 48 batters. North-South Big Stick Award: Robert Henderson (NRL)! He batted .351 in 650 AB, with 50 homers and 151 RBI. East-West Glass Ceiling Award Winners: Pitcher: George Lesh (CHI) Catcher: Bill Volker (PHO) First Base: Victor Dicks (BAL) Second Base: Joe Colopy (BOS) Third Base: Edward James (PHI) Shortstop: Robert Gennari (BOS) Leftfield: Oscar Ortiz (SEA) Centerfield: Mike Cannington (LV) Rightfield: Manuel Acuña (MON) North-South Glass Ceiling Award Winners: Pitcher: Manuel Chao (JAC) Catcher: David Zearge (COL) First Base: Louis Robbs (KAN) Second Base: Mark Arias (VAN) Third Base: Albert Decastro (VAN) Shortstop: Phil Wilson (ATL) Leftfield: Joe Larkin (IND) Centerfield: Marcus Wernicke (KAN) Rightfield: George Kennedy (KAN) Once again, I'm going to be making a plethora of pages before actually posting your player's page, so comment on the award winners, the new champions, et cetera. I'd like to see what PK has to say after leaving the Pride. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingPK 0 Report post Posted August 13, 2004 I'd like to see what PK has to say after leaving the Pride. I congratulate the Pride and their fans on finally winning a championship, and I enjoyed the years I spent in Columbus. However, that is in the past, and I am now focused on helping the Glory Holes to victory. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to learn how to tie a hangman's knot. For my boat, you see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Happy Medium 0 Report post Posted August 13, 2004 Wow. I win the big one in my first year, and was maybe the best player in the Final Series....I like my team. Evo...please don't trade me. Heheh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
