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The 5th installment is complete.
Top of the bracket:
Led this group of games off with an upset, ended it with 3 straight sweeps.
2500) 1965 Mets over 27) 1944 Cardinals 4-1 = Galen Cisco 2-0 1.00 18 IP
28) 1961 Yankees over 2499) 1903 Senators 4-1 = Bill Skowron .476 (10-21) 4-9
Whitey Ford held the Senators to 1 run in each of his 2 starts.
29) 1946 Red Sox over 2498) 1920 Athletics 4-1 = Ted Williams .529 (9-17) 3-9
30) 1970 Orioles over 2497) 1925 Red Sox 4-3 = Frank Robinson .500 (12-24) 2-11
Orioles took 3-0 lead before Boston tied the series. Roy Carlyle hit 5 HR in the series for the Red Sox.
31) 1975 Reds over 2496) 1903 Cardinals 4-0 = Joe Morgan .400 (6-15) 6 rbi
32) 1986 Mets over 2495) 1905 Superbas 4-0 = Lenny Dykstra .632 (12-19) 1-9
One of the biggest massacres of the tourney thus far. Brooklyn scored 3 runs for the series, while the Mets mashed for double digit runs in the last 3 games. Pitcher Ron Darling hit a HR (one of 4 for the Mets) in the 20-1 rout in game 4.
33) 2018 Red Sox over 2494) 2013 Astros 4-0 = Andrew Benintendi .429 (6-14) 2 rbi
Bottom of the bracket:
3 lower seeds advance. 2 series go the maximum.
1232) 2018 Diamondbacks over 1295) 2016 Royals 4-3 = Nick Ahmed .407 (11-27) 3-6
KC led series 3-1. Ketel Marte hit walkoff HR off of Wade Davis in the 10th inning of game 7. Both Zack Greinke and Patrick Corbin had 21 strikeouts in the series.
1294) 2015 Orioles over 1233) 2018 Nationals 4-1 = Jonathon Schoop .368 (7-19) 5-8
Adam Jones hit a 3 run walkoff HR in the 10th inning of game 5 to end the series.
1234) 1968 Yankees over 1293) 2013 Diamondbacks 4-2 = Joe Pepitone .333 (8-24) 4 rbi
1292) 2012 Phillies over 1235) 1981 Indians 4-0 = Carlos Ruiz .412 (7-17) 2-7
1291) 2012 Diamondbacks over 1236) 1981 Giants 4-2 = Justin Upton .450 (9-20) 1-5
1237) 1902 Bronchos (CLE) over 1290) 2011 Blue Jays 4-3 = Nap Lajoie .346 (9-26) 2-10
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