GAME 3
Jeff Chase (14-11 4.56) vs Tousei Sato (15-6 4.39)
Domenic Loetzsch sac fly gets the Aces on the board in the 1st and an Ian Chaffee RBI single makes it 2-0 in the 2nd.
Chaffee then hits a 2 run homer in a 5 run 5th to blow it open. TJ Rand breaks up the no-hitter in the 6th and Juan Barranco drives in 2 before a Harris 3B makes it 8-4.
In the 8th we fail to score in an 8-4 game with 1st and 3rd 0 outs. Their pen cleans it up and the game ends that way, 8-4.
Neil Walker took home series MVP honors going 7-12 with 2 HR and 6 RBI although in my opinion Ian Chaffee was the no doubt MVP of this one. Hitting 3 and driving in 7.
- Pittsburgh held off a 9th inning rally and a 3 hit 3 RBI day by Spartan Yoenis Cespedes to sweep KC 3 games to 0 in a 5-4 win.
- And from the bittersweet department Miners SS Luis Andrade took home series MVP honors going 6-10 with 2 HR and 4 RBI but was carted off the field after a 1st inning collision on the basepaths. No word on the severity.
- 1B Joe Wendt brought the house down again. Hitting a 2 out full count 3 run homer in the bottom of the 8th of a 4-4 game to propel the Bears to a 7-4 win and a 2-1 series lead.
- Chicago manages to enter the 9th up 5-4 before Series MVP Qi-Chao Koo drills a 2 out 2 strike walk off 2 run home run to give the Phantoms a 6-5 win and a 3-0 series sweep. Detroit will head to Vegas for the ALCS.
GAME 4
Bears of Juan Mercado took home series MVP honors after going 7-17 with 2 HR and 3 RBI as the Bears routed Portland 12-7 in game 2. Ian Desmon homered twice and drove in 2.
San Francisco heads to Pittsburgh for the NLCS.