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News and Notes
8.8.86 – Team achievements (Novac and North Vegas)
It was an exciting race to the finish, but Novac did what no one expected of them this season: win their division.
The Dinosaurs won in thrilling fashion yesterday, beating the New California Republic 10-9 in 11 innings to clinch the East Division over second place Sunset Sarsaparilla. Novac trailed 9-2 entering the bottom of the eighth, but a seven-run inning tied the game before winning on an error in the 11th.
North Vegas (61-38) leads both the Dinosaurs and Vault-Tec by one game going into the season finale. Because the Radscorpions won the season series against both Novac and the Vault Boys, they have clinched the league’s best record.
Novac (60-39) is now in a battle for the league’s second-best record entering the final game. Novac won the season series against Vault-Tec 5-3, so the Dinosaurs need any combination of a win or a Vault-Tec loss to clinch home field advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
8.8.86 – Player injury (Animal attack)
Vincent Aerotech found himself on the wrong side of a battle with a coyote. Aerotech reportedly had to fight off the hungry beast, suffering a refracture to his previously injured hand.
Aerotech will now miss the final game of the season and will have to spend part of the season recovering on his own until the playoffs end based on league chem rules.
8.9.86 – Team (un)achievements
What looked to be a thrilling final game by way of earning playoff placements turned into a lose-lose-lose affair.
North Vegas (61-39), which was the #1 seed regardless of Sunday’s results, lost its season finale 7-4 to Freeside.
The real race was for second place. Novac (60-40) won that distinction by default. The Dinosaurs lost 4-2 to the NCR, but Vault-Tec’s (60-40) 2-1 10-inning loss to Tops clinched second place for Novac.
Vault-Tec will now travel to Novac for the first two games of a seven-game series. The winner of that series faces North Vegas in the Mojave Series.