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The 11th section of our bracket was a pretty quiet one.
Top of the bracket:
Chalk it up.
66) 1918 Cubs over 2461) 1979 Athletics 4-3 = Charlie Hollocher .393 (11-28) 5 rbi
All games won by home team.
67) 1915 Tigers over 2460) 1930 Phillies 4-0 = Marty Kavanagh .417 (8-17) 1-6
68) 1917 White Sox over 2459) 1913 Cardinals 4-0 = Happy Felsch .563 (9-16) 8 rbi
69) 1921 Yankees over 2458) 1988 Orioles 4-2 = Babe Ruth .471 (8-17) 3-6
70) 1928 Athletics over 2457) 1977 Blue Jays 4-2 = Bing Miller .423 (11-23) 7 rbi
71) 2002 Yankees over 2456) 1912 Braves 4-2 = Alfonso Soriano .481 (13-27) 2-7
72) 1971 Orioles over 2455) 1907 Cardinals 4-1 = Merv Rettenmund .375 (9-24) 1 rbi
Bottom of the bracket:
5 of the 6 lower seeds advanced. This time no series made it to game 7.
1334) 1987 Pirates over 1193) 2001 Red Sox 4-2 = Bobby Bonilla .333 (8-24) 3-5
1333) 1987 Phillies over 1194) 2011 Dodgers 4-2 = Matt Kemp .435 (10-23) 4-7
Clayton Kershaw wins both of his starts (1.26 17 K in 14.1 IP) for the only Los Angeles wins. Steve Bedrosian saved all 4 Philly wins.
1332) 1984 Astros over 1195) 2018 Pirates 4-1 = Jose Cruz.476 (10-21) 2-9
Nolan Ryan strikes out 20 in 15 IP, wins both starts.
1196) 1966 White Sox over 1331) 1984 Braves 4-1 = Gary Peters 2-0 0.53 17 IP 9 K
1330) 1979 Cubs over 1197) 1968 Reds 4-2 = Dave Kingman .364 (8-22) 3-4
Lots of late inning wins. Tony Perez (.391-2-6) homers off of Bruce Sutter in the 8th inning of game 1. Cubs win games 2 and 4 in the 9th, making Sutter a winner in each.
1329) 1976 Astros over 1198) 1998 Cardinals 4-1 = Enos Cabell .550 (11-20) 1 rbi
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