[Muppetus Galacticus]

Glory, Pain and the Great Unknown

Last night saw the first team to make it through to the final four of World Cup baseball as the NBA swept the NLB in a devastating team performance. In the three games, NLB were allowed just 2 runs by the rotation of the NBA who are turning a few heads. In the round robin stages they had some of the worst team pitching stats but they have certainly risen to the big occasion.

Yesterday it was the turn of Bill Fouch as he went 8.1 innings giving up the NLB run off 6 hits. He also struck out 8 and sent 73 of 129 pitches in for strikes.

His adversary, Richard "The Surgeon" Hedberg, was pulled after 5 innings but not before the damage was done. Going into the 6th the score was 5-1 for the NBA when all Hell broke loose. Talmon Kluesnet came in to relieve and keep his team in the game but the NBA bats were more than ready. Davis, Flores and Val hit homeruns to bring in 4 more runs. The final score was 10-1 and the NBA will be looking to take full advantage of their days off with extra training sessions and they will be hoping to bring the top of the rotation back into play straight away too.

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The NBL came one game closer to the joining the NBA in the semis last night when the best team in the competition, the NBL, dished out some punishment to the FLB.

The picthing of the FLB continues to struggle as it has all campaign long and last night, "Spider" Fleming got rocked in his 5.2 inninmgs of work. Off 8 hits and 4 walks Fleming gave up, the NBL scored 8 times including a Rosas homerun.

The FLB bullpen had little they will be happy about either giving up a further 7 hits and 3 runs as the opposing bats went on a rampage, especially catcher Zack Rozway who went 3 for 5 with a homer, 2 runs and 5 RBIs. He now has 8 RBIs in these playoffs with a .417AVG.

Tonight the quality pitching of Cy Mills will take to the mound to try and lead his team through to the semis. He won both his starts in the round robin including a win against the FLB. His opposing number could very well be young stud Jared Howton who has a huge future ahead of him. Will the occasion be too big for him or will he rise to the ultimate challenge?

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This was the game that Mose Stanford won. He hit 3 bombs last night starting with a 2 run shot in the 1st. In the 3rd he went deep again with 1 on before his 3rd HR in the 5th with 2 outs. He brought home 5 runs. The RF is in the C2C team for just this reason and it has taken him a while to get going but now someone has awaken the monster it seems.

3B Craft and SS Brown added their own homeruns in the 6th and 7th innings to give the team the vital 2 runs that were the differance in a 9-7 victory.

The XBL fought well with Alex Romero in the DH spot hitting 4 for 5 with a HR and 2 RBIs and LF Cust went 3 for 5 with a homer and 2 runs. XBL's starter Wainwright lasted 3.2 innings giving up 6 runs and showing signs of being pulled early before injuring his shoulder and having to be taken off anyway. Reliever Bevis and Conwell tried to stop the bleeding but couldn't stop the hot bats of the C2C enough.

MR Volos picked up the W after replacing Tuisto up on the mound. Tuisto went 4.1 innings giving up a whole 10 hits and 5 runs. Both teams will be looking for better starts tomorrow especially the XLB who have strugled the last two games.

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One of the most anticipated battle tooks place last night when MaxLB pitcher, Paul Klein, went face to face with TPL's awesome 3B Curtis Snyder. Snyder was only allowed 1 hit, a double, off Klein's stuff. Klein went on to keep the rest of TPL at bay as well going the full 9 innings conceding 8 hits and just the one run in a 13-1 rout.

The likes of Jimenez and Lamoreaux Jr. just went wild as both went 4 for 5 with Lamoreaux Jr. grabbing 6 RBIs including a 3 run homer.

Tonight, MaxLB will be looking to wrap this series up in what should be a very exciting contest. The TPL will looking to their offense for some help in another battle with the MaxLB pitching staff.