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The Toucans travel to Paris without much hope of making the post-season as they are mired in 3rd place in the Martinique standings, and 8 games behind the WC.

Game 1
Dave Coronado (17-4) is superb leading Paris to a 3-1 win as he allowed just 5 hits and 1 run. Julien Henri hit his 18th HR giving him his career best.
Gallant the save.

Game 2
Another tight game that was decided in the bottom of the 9th when Roger Lamy singled home the winning run. Paris wins, 2-1, and Dupin with 2.1 solid innings of relief work replacing Merlin, gets the win.

Game 3
With Julien Henri on the mound, the Paris Artists scored first in the second inning but then wasted several opportunities to score with a runner at 3rd and less than 2 outs. The Toucans made them pay as they chipped away for a pair of runs and that was good enough as Le Morne Rouge salvages the final game, 2-1. Julien went 8 innings and went 1 for 4.

So, the 5 game winning streak ends and the Artists will prepare to fly to Martinique to take on the Cap Chevalier Waves, a team tied for the worst record (46-80) with the Giverny Herons. The Waves, have been to the post season in 6 of 12 seasons while winning the title 4 times. But they have both the highest ERA and lowest B.A. in team history.

Stat Note: The All time record for losses is 19, set by Alexandre Perrault in 1962 while pitching for Paris. Martial Imbert, a career 90-69 pitcher has 18 losses with at least 2 starts and maybe 3 left on the schedule.