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pauwoo · 02-03-2022, 06:48 PM

Brooklyn Citizens (2-1, .666) @ Los Angeles Leopards (0-0, .000)
The Citizens meet us in Los Angeles after dispatching the hard-charging Miami Herons, 2 games to 1, in the Wildcard series… They were led offensively by a hot Joseph Zody who hit .429/.529/.429 for the series and will likely be one for us to watch, while their staff gave a great account of themselves with studs like Matthew Krebs, Cole Guzman, and Steven Barbaccia holding Miami scoreless and SP’s Bradley Hughes & Josiah Kawka turning in sub-2.00 ERA’s. And, while there are no “desirable” opponents at this stage of the game, everyone is legit, I’d be lying if I said that I’m not happy we’re getting these guys instead of Las Vegas…

1 of 7: Josiah Kawka (0-0, 1.98) @ Stephen Estevez (0-0, 0.00)
Loss, 3-4. After putting three on the board, 1 run each during the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th, Brooklyn would knot things up in one fell swoop prior to the stretch on a 3-run TANK from C Laz Braun and then play us tight the rest of the way… finally going up by a run late on a Charles Vecera run-scoring single during the top of the 9th. From there Stephen Barbaccia would take over, allowing a double from Satoru Ono in our first AB before getting three straight pop ups from Hamza, Pepper, and Ethan to close the show. This certainly wasn’t how I drew it up, going down a game, at home with our Ace on the mound… Rishon Shaw did what he does – blowing it for us by allowing three runs after taking over from Estevez – followed by Grumpy Losito giving up the game winner to take the loss. Otto and OH HONG each managed to get some hits, we hit four doubles as a club, showing that we can bat it around a little bit, but left 6 stranded when we should have only left 4 of those out there… what a frustrating mess.

2 of 7: Bradley Hughes (0-1, 1.80) @ Peter Garcia (0-0, 0.00)
Win, 2-0. We’d even things up on the timely hitting of Ono & Dom and a magnificent, team shutout from our staff… Garcia gave us 5.1 innings of work, allowing just 3 hits and nothing earned before handing it off to Trev Anderson who came through with a 2.2 inning hold followed by a 9th inning save from Grumpy Losito on 12 total pitches with two of his outs coming by strikeout. Hughes would call it a night early, leaving in the second after experiencing some discomfort on the mound, giving us an opportunity to get at their pen a little bit. And, with that, a run-scoring double from Ono opened up the scoring during the bottom of the 4th with Dom’s solo-shot increasing our output to 2 during the very same frame as we win game two by the skin of our country teeth, heading east to Brooklyn on a mission to take no less than 2 of 3.

Elsewhere: Buffalo has taken a 2-0 lead in their round two series against the Toronto Leafs, while each of the other series are knotted up at 1 game each and headed to the lower seeded teams park for a 3-game set…. Good opportunity for Boston, Brooklyn, and Las Vegas to give their fans a win to remember.

Post-Season Record: 1-1, .500
Up Next: We’ll head to Brooklyn for 3-games in New York.

02-03-2022, 06:48 PM	#59
pauwoo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,266	2078 Playoffs (Round 2 – October 11th – 12th) Brooklyn Citizens (2-1, .666) @ Los Angeles Leopards (0-0, .000) The Citizens meet us in Los Angeles after dispatching the hard-charging Miami Herons, 2 games to 1, in the Wildcard series… They were led offensively by a hot Joseph Zody who hit .429/.529/.429 for the series and will likely be one for us to watch, while their staff gave a great account of themselves with studs like Matthew Krebs, Cole Guzman, and Steven Barbaccia holding Miami scoreless and SP’s Bradley Hughes & Josiah Kawka turning in sub-2.00 ERA’s. And, while there are no “desirable” opponents at this stage of the game, everyone is legit, I’d be lying if I said that I’m not happy we’re getting these guys instead of Las Vegas… 1 of 7: Josiah Kawka (0-0, 1.98) @ Stephen Estevez (0-0, 0.00) Loss, 3-4. After putting three on the board, 1 run each during the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th, Brooklyn would knot things up in one fell swoop prior to the stretch on a 3-run TANK from C Laz Braun and then play us tight the rest of the way… finally going up by a run late on a Charles Vecera run-scoring single during the top of the 9th. From there Stephen Barbaccia would take over, allowing a double from Satoru Ono in our first AB before getting three straight pop ups from Hamza, Pepper, and Ethan to close the show. This certainly wasn’t how I drew it up, going down a game, at home with our Ace on the mound… Rishon Shaw did what he does – blowing it for us by allowing three runs after taking over from Estevez – followed by Grumpy Losito giving up the game winner to take the loss. Otto and OH HONG each managed to get some hits, we hit four doubles as a club, showing that we can bat it around a little bit, but left 6 stranded when we should have only left 4 of those out there… what a frustrating mess. 2 of 7: Bradley Hughes (0-1, 1.80) @ Peter Garcia (0-0, 0.00) Win, 2-0. We’d even things up on the timely hitting of Ono & Dom and a magnificent, team shutout from our staff… Garcia gave us 5.1 innings of work, allowing just 3 hits and nothing earned before handing it off to Trev Anderson who came through with a 2.2 inning hold followed by a 9th inning save from Grumpy Losito on 12 total pitches with two of his outs coming by strikeout. Hughes would call it a night early, leaving in the second after experiencing some discomfort on the mound, giving us an opportunity to get at their pen a little bit. And, with that, a run-scoring double from Ono opened up the scoring during the bottom of the 4th with Dom’s solo-shot increasing our output to 2 during the very same frame as we win game two by the skin of our country teeth, heading east to Brooklyn on a mission to take no less than 2 of 3. Elsewhere: Buffalo has taken a 2-0 lead in their round two series against the Toronto Leafs, while each of the other series are knotted up at 1 game each and headed to the lower seeded teams park for a 3-game set…. Good opportunity for Boston, Brooklyn, and Las Vegas to give their fans a win to remember. Post-Season Record: 1-1, .500 Up Next: We’ll head to Brooklyn for 3-games in New York. __________________ Be excellent to each other. the Portland Pioneers \| the Los Angeles Leopards Last edited by pauwoo; 02-03-2022 at 07:06 PM.