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Westheim · 06-20-2025, 07:05 PM

2066 ABL PLAYOFFS

Was the ABL in a spot of bother? The playoff field once more consisted of the Stars, Blue Sox, Titans, and Thunder, for the third time in the last five years, and in the other two years still three teams of that group had made the playoffs. A completely different set of teams had last made the playoffs in 2061.

The 101-61 Titans had run away with the CL North by 12 games, winning it for the fourth straight season. They had three 18-game winners with Triple Crown winner Jason Brenize (18-7, 2.24 ERA), Mike Bell (18-11, 2.74 ERA), and Matt Taylor (18-8, 3.08 ERA), and added a strong bullpen to that, predictably allowing the fewest runs in the Continental League. On offense, they had only finished sixth in runs scored, perhaps in part owed to the fact that two of their best players, Steve Humphries (.297, 10 HR, 65 RBI) and Eddie Marcotte (.296, 19 HR, 76 RBI) had both missed about 50 games of the season. Together with Jorge Arviso (.248, 16 HR, 71 RBI), Bill Joyner (.276, 16 HR, 77 RBI), and Joe Washington (.261, 15 HR, 74 RBI) they made for a thick middle of the order, although the lineup was a bit thin at the bottom.

The Thunder won 94 games and the South for the fifth year in a row, beating out the Bayhawks by 12 games as well. They had the #5 offense and #3 pitching in the league, and like the Titans lacked a 20-homer hitter, being led by Jose Palominos (.263, 19 HR, 82 RBI) and Ian Stone (.283, 18 HR, 77 RBI). They had come third in homers, but had no speed to talk about, but in total also had five players that had hit double-digit homers. Their rotation was led by Tyler Riddle (17-6, 2.44 ERA), although behind the veterans things became thin quite quickly. Danny Baca (13-9, 3.37 ERA) was the only other starter with an above-average ERA. The bullpen was however very strong, even though they only had one lefty reliever.

The 104-58 Stars had stomped their way to their fifth straight FL West title, distancing the Pacifics by 17 games and everybody else by *30*. They had smashed 856 runs, far ahead of the competition, and had allowed the second-fewest, with a +226 run differential that led the league. Alex Quevedo (20-6, 1.94 ERA) had won the FL pitching Triple Crown, and Andy Canada (13-5, 3.12 ERA) was a capable sidekick, but recent ace “Crabman” Walker (7-4, 4.17 ERA) had suffered through an injury-addled season and Alan Deakin was out for the season. The pen was perhaps the weakest point on the roster, grading average along with the defense. The core of the lineup however consisted o Tyler Wharton (.329, 26 HR, 99 RBI), Belchior Fresco (.266, 22 HR, 97 RBI), and Chad Pritchett (.303, 25 HR, 110 RBI), who were quite capable of glazing over a few weakness in other areas, especially when you considered that they had Xavier Reyes (.330, 3 HR, 62 RBI) and/or Andy Yocum (.377, 1 HR, 66 RBI) to drive in almost every time they stepped into the box. The Stars were very heavily right-handed in all aspects of their roster, with no true lefty batter in the lineup and no lefty starting pitchers.

Compared to the rest of the field, the 101-win Blue Sox barely scraped into the playoffs, taking the FL East by just ten games (cough). They had ranked fourth in runs scored and first in runs allowed in the Federal League, but there was a bit of good news / bad news here. All their position players were available, with a fearsome middle of the order containing Kris DiPrimio (.323, 19 HR, 82 RBI), Austin Gordon (.307, 26 HR, 100 RBI), Tony Roman (.266, 38 HR, 101 RBI), and David Johnson (.304, 30 HR, 115 RBI) – but their pitching staff had been dismembered by injuries and they had five pitchers (starter Josh Rivera, closer Curt Carter, and three more good relievers) shut down on the DL for the season. The remainder bullpen was partially suspect, and the rotation had to make do without a starter with a sub-3 ERA, now being led by Tony Marquez (15-8, 3.06 ERA) and Edwin Moreno (18-8, 3.21 ERA), who was the only left-handed hurler on staff. Gordon, Roman, and Wil Mejia were lefty hitters, and Rick Healey (.254, 17 HR, 58 RBI) was a switch-hitter.

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The Thunder extended their record for most playoff appearances in league history with their 27th October appearance, while the Titans were third-overall with their 23rd. The Blue Sox made their 20th postseason, and the Stars made the 18th playoffs in team history.

By actual titles, the Titans had the most in the league (11), while the title defending Stars and the Blue Sox both had six, and the Thunder had taken three rings so far.

The Thunder and Titans had met up six times in the CLCS before, three times bunched together in 2001, 2002, and 2004, and now did so for the fourth time in a row since 2063. The Thunder had even less luck in these matchups than against the Raccoons, as the Titans won all of these series – except for 2065, when the Thunder FINALLY prevailed.

Before meeting in the FLCS last year, the Stars and Blue Sox had also ran into each other in a compact timespan, four times in the 1980s. The Stars won those meetings in 1983 and 1988, and the Blue Sox won the 1986 and 1987 FLCS meetings, and in each of these cases the FL champions also won the World Series. Beyond that the teams also met in 2005 and from 2062 through 2064, with the Sox winning in ’05 and ’62 and the Stars taking the pennant in ’63 and ’64; the Sox lost these two World Series appearances, and the Stars lost in 2063, but won in 2064.

For potential World Series matchups, the Titans had faced the Stars in both the 2063 and 2064 World Series, splitting the titles between them, Boston in ’63 and Dallas in ‘64. The Titans also beat the Blue Sox in the 1998 and 2002 World Series. The Thunder lost their only World Series facing the Stars last season, but had never met the Blue Sox in the championship tilt.

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2066 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

OCT @ BOS … 3-6 … (Titans lead 1-0) … Joe Washington 4-4, 2B, 2 RBI;

The Thunder make a mess of the game and commit more errors (four) than they put hits together (three).

NAS @ DAL … 3-9 … (Stars lead 1-0) … DAL Xavier Reyes 3-3, 2 BB, 2B; DAL Tyler Wharton 2-5, HR, 3 RBI; DAL Belchior Fresco 1-2, 3 BB; DAL Tommy Pritchard 3-4, 2 RBI;
OCT @ BOS … 2-5 … (Titans lead 2-0) … OCT Martin Bohannon 2-2, 2 BB; BOS Bill Joyner 3-4, 2 2B; BOS Phil Macomber 2-4, HR, 3 RBI; BOS Jason Brenize 8.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, W (1-0);

NAS @ DAL … 1-12 … (Stars lead 2-0) … DAL Jeff Maudlin 3-5, RBI; DAL Adam Yocum 3-4, BB, 4 RBI; DAL Belchior Fresco 2-3, 2 BB, 2 RBI; DAL Juan de Luna 3-5, 2 RBI;

The Stars put out 16 hits (all singles!) and score in every inning from the third in a rout of the Blue Sox.

BOS @ OCT … 0-3 … (Titans lead 2-1) … OCT Danny Baca 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K, W (1-0);

25-year-old Danny Baca throws a 3-hitter to keep the Thunder in the race, offering a total of 103 pitches while outdueling Mike Bell (0-1, 3.86 ERA).

DAL @ NAS … 3-4 … (Stars lead 2-1) … DAL Jeff Maudlin 2-4, BB, 2B, RBI; DAL Chad Pritchett 3-4; NAS Austin Gordon 2-4, 2B, RBI;
BOS @ OCT … 8-7 (11) … (Titans lead 3-1) … BOS Steve Humphries 2-5, HR, 3 RBI; BOS Joe Washington 3-5, 3B, 2B, 2 RBI; OCT Roberto Almanza 2-5, BB, 2 RBI; OCT Johnny Parker 2-5, 2 RBI;

Veteran Franklin Serrano (.091, 0 HR, 1 RBI) hits a walkoff double for the Sox in the ninth inning.

DAL @ NAS … 2-4 … (series tied 2-2) … DAL Jeff Maudlin 3-3, BB; NAS Sergio Rubio 2-3, BB, 2B, RBI;
BOS @ OCT … 4-7 … (Titans lead 3-2) … OCT Ramon Archuleta 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI;

Boston’s Bryce Wallace (1-0, 2.08 ERA) pitches six innings of 1-hit ball, but uses 109 pitches to make it that far, however, the Titans are nine out removed from the World Series as he leaves the game before suffering a ferocious bullpen explosion between Tony Castellanos (0-1, 18.00 ERA) and fifth starter Will Glaude (0-0, 15.00 ERA).

DAL @ NAS … 4-3 … (Stars lead 3-2) … DAL Jeff Maudlin 2-4, 2 RBI; DAL Tyler Wharton 2-4, BB, 2B, RBI; DAL Jason Bothe 2-3, BB; NAS Kris DiPrimio 4-5, HR, RBI; NAS Austin Gordon 3-5, HR, 2 RBI;

OCT @ BOS … 1-10 … (Titans win 4-2) … OCT Martin Bohannon 3-4, 3B, 2B; BOS Bill Joyner 1-3, BB, 2B, 3 RBI;

The Titans dole out seven runs in the first inning, then turn the ball over to Jason Brenize (2-0, 1.17 ERA), who extinguishes the Thunder as humanely as possible while claiming the pennant.

NAS @ DAL … 5-3 (10) … (series tied 3-3) … NAS Kris DiPrimio 2-5, 2 HR, 2 RBI; DAL Andy Yocum 2-3, 2 BB; DAL Tyler Wharton 2-4, BB, 2B, RBI; DAL Alex Quevedo 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 10 K;

Two in the ninth to tie and two more in the tenth to win and extend the series to an all-or-nothing Game 7 for the Sox.

NAS @ DAL … 5-3 … (Blue Sox win 4-3) … NAS Franklin Serrano 2-4, HR, 2B, RBI; DAL Chad Pritchett 1-4, 3B, 3 RBI;

„Crabman“ Walker (0-1, 4.80 ERA) strikes out 11 Sox, but also gets gradually grounded down for five runs in seven innings, while the Sox only dare to ask for 5.2 innings from rookie Jarrod Annear (1-0, 3.86 ERA) before piecing the rest together with the bullpen.

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2066 WORLD SERIES

The Titans had leaned more on their starting pitching than anything else in their 6-game dispatch of the Thunder in the CLCS. In any case they had not suffered any injuries and were at full strength for the World Series, where they might enjoy a slight advantage over the Sox and their heavy right-handed pitching staff, since four of the Titans’ most commonly used position players were lefty hitters (Israel Diaz, Arviso, Washington, and Joyner). The Blue Sox were still five pitchers short, but at least had not suffered any additional injuries, but it looked like the Titans had an advantage, including home field, which they won by luck of the draw, since both teams won an equal 101 games in the regular season.

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NAS @ BOS … 8-10 (13) … (Titans lead 1-0) … NAS Fernando Aracena 3-6; NAS Austin Gordon 2-5, BB, 2B, 2 RBI; BOS Eddie Marcotte 2-5, 2 HR, 4 RBI; BOS Jorge Arviso 2-6, HR, 2 RBI;

In a jaw-dropping Game 1, and tied at two after seven innings, both teams score two runs in the eighth, FOUR runs in the tenth, and the Titans then finally break through on a walkoff homer by Marcotte. Willie Mendoza (1-0, 0.00 ERA) gets the W in long relief for three scoreless innings.

NAS @ BOS … 2-3 (10) … (Titans lead 2-0) … NAS Tony Roman 2-3; BOS Jason Brenize 8.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K;

Another game, another extra-inning drama and Boston walkoff when Jorge Arviso (.182, 1 HR, 3 RBI) drives In pinch-hitter Bobby Ellwood.

BOS @ NAS … 8-5 … (Titans lead 3-0) … BOS Joe Washington 2-5, 2B, 3 RBI; NAS Sergio Rubio 3-3, BB, 2B, RBI; NAS Evan Mottern (PH) 1-1, HR, RBI;

This time the Sox take a 5-4 lead into the ninth inning that Roberto Navarro (2-2, 5.63 ERA, 2 SV) can’t hold onto and along with Tomas Restrepo goes down in a 4-run fireworks.

BOS @ NAS … 5-0 … (Titans win 4-0) … BOS Eddie Marcotte 2-3, HR, 3 RBI; BOS Joe Washington 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI; BOS Matt Taylor 9.0 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K, W (1-0) and 1-4;

Matt Taylor clinches the Titans’ 12th title with a complete-game shutout after getting two runs of support before taking the hill and all five within the first five innings of the game. The Sox are never in the picture and lose the deciding game early rather than late.

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2066 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS
Boston Titans
(12th title)

06-20-2025, 07:05 PM	#4691
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,821	2066 ABL PLAYOFFS Was the ABL in a spot of bother? The playoff field once more consisted of the Stars, Blue Sox, Titans, and Thunder, for the third time in the last five years, and in the other two years still three teams of that group had made the playoffs. A completely different set of teams had last made the playoffs in 2061. The 101-61 Titans had run away with the CL North by 12 games, winning it for the fourth straight season. They had three 18-game winners with Triple Crown winner Jason Brenize (18-7, 2.24 ERA), Mike Bell (18-11, 2.74 ERA), and Matt Taylor (18-8, 3.08 ERA), and added a strong bullpen to that, predictably allowing the fewest runs in the Continental League. On offense, they had only finished sixth in runs scored, perhaps in part owed to the fact that two of their best players, Steve Humphries (.297, 10 HR, 65 RBI) and Eddie Marcotte (.296, 19 HR, 76 RBI) had both missed about 50 games of the season. Together with Jorge Arviso (.248, 16 HR, 71 RBI), Bill Joyner (.276, 16 HR, 77 RBI), and Joe Washington (.261, 15 HR, 74 RBI) they made for a thick middle of the order, although the lineup was a bit thin at the bottom. The Thunder won 94 games and the South for the fifth year in a row, beating out the Bayhawks by 12 games as well. They had the #5 offense and #3 pitching in the league, and like the Titans lacked a 20-homer hitter, being led by Jose Palominos (.263, 19 HR, 82 RBI) and Ian Stone (.283, 18 HR, 77 RBI). They had come third in homers, but had no speed to talk about, but in total also had five players that had hit double-digit homers. Their rotation was led by Tyler Riddle (17-6, 2.44 ERA), although behind the veterans things became thin quite quickly. Danny Baca (13-9, 3.37 ERA) was the only other starter with an above-average ERA. The bullpen was however very strong, even though they only had one lefty reliever. The 104-58 Stars had stomped their way to their fifth straight FL West title, distancing the Pacifics by 17 games and everybody else by 30. They had smashed 856 runs, far ahead of the competition, and had allowed the second-fewest, with a +226 run differential that led the league. Alex Quevedo (20-6, 1.94 ERA) had won the FL pitching Triple Crown, and Andy Canada (13-5, 3.12 ERA) was a capable sidekick, but recent ace “Crabman” Walker (7-4, 4.17 ERA) had suffered through an injury-addled season and Alan Deakin was out for the season. The pen was perhaps the weakest point on the roster, grading average along with the defense. The core of the lineup however consisted o Tyler Wharton (.329, 26 HR, 99 RBI), Belchior Fresco (.266, 22 HR, 97 RBI), and Chad Pritchett (.303, 25 HR, 110 RBI), who were quite capable of glazing over a few weakness in other areas, especially when you considered that they had Xavier Reyes (.330, 3 HR, 62 RBI) and/or Andy Yocum (.377, 1 HR, 66 RBI) to drive in almost every time they stepped into the box. The Stars were very heavily right-handed in all aspects of their roster, with no true lefty batter in the lineup and no lefty starting pitchers. Compared to the rest of the field, the 101-win Blue Sox barely scraped into the playoffs, taking the FL East by just ten games (cough). They had ranked fourth in runs scored and first in runs allowed in the Federal League, but there was a bit of good news / bad news here. All their position players were available, with a fearsome middle of the order containing Kris DiPrimio (.323, 19 HR, 82 RBI), Austin Gordon (.307, 26 HR, 100 RBI), Tony Roman (.266, 38 HR, 101 RBI), and David Johnson (.304, 30 HR, 115 RBI) – but their pitching staff had been dismembered by injuries and they had five pitchers (starter Josh Rivera, closer Curt Carter, and three more good relievers) shut down on the DL for the season. The remainder bullpen was partially suspect, and the rotation had to make do without a starter with a sub-3 ERA, now being led by Tony Marquez (15-8, 3.06 ERA) and Edwin Moreno (18-8, 3.21 ERA), who was the only left-handed hurler on staff. Gordon, Roman, and Wil Mejia were lefty hitters, and Rick Healey (.254, 17 HR, 58 RBI) was a switch-hitter. +++ The Thunder extended their record for most playoff appearances in league history with their 27th October appearance, while the Titans were third-overall with their 23rd. The Blue Sox made their 20th postseason, and the Stars made the 18th playoffs in team history. By actual titles, the Titans had the most in the league (11), while the title defending Stars and the Blue Sox both had six, and the Thunder had taken three rings so far. The Thunder and Titans had met up six times in the CLCS before, three times bunched together in 2001, 2002, and 2004, and now did so for the fourth time in a row since 2063. The Thunder had even less luck in these matchups than against the Raccoons, as the Titans won all of these series – except for 2065, when the Thunder FINALLY prevailed. Before meeting in the FLCS last year, the Stars and Blue Sox had also ran into each other in a compact timespan, four times in the 1980s. The Stars won those meetings in 1983 and 1988, and the Blue Sox won the 1986 and 1987 FLCS meetings, and in each of these cases the FL champions also won the World Series. Beyond that the teams also met in 2005 and from 2062 through 2064, with the Sox winning in ’05 and ’62 and the Stars taking the pennant in ’63 and ’64; the Sox lost these two World Series appearances, and the Stars lost in 2063, but won in 2064. For potential World Series matchups, the Titans had faced the Stars in both the 2063 and 2064 World Series, splitting the titles between them, Boston in ’63 and Dallas in ‘64. The Titans also beat the Blue Sox in the 1998 and 2002 World Series. The Thunder lost their only World Series facing the Stars last season, but had never met the Blue Sox in the championship tilt. +++ 2066 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES OCT @ BOS … 3-6 … (Titans lead 1-0) … Joe Washington 4-4, 2B, 2 RBI; The Thunder make a mess of the game and commit more errors (four) than they put hits together (three). NAS @ DAL … 3-9 … (Stars lead 1-0) … DAL Xavier Reyes 3-3, 2 BB, 2B; DAL Tyler Wharton 2-5, HR, 3 RBI; DAL Belchior Fresco 1-2, 3 BB; DAL Tommy Pritchard 3-4, 2 RBI; OCT @ BOS … 2-5 … (Titans lead 2-0) … OCT Martin Bohannon 2-2, 2 BB; BOS Bill Joyner 3-4, 2 2B; BOS Phil Macomber 2-4, HR, 3 RBI; BOS Jason Brenize 8.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, W (1-0); NAS @ DAL … 1-12 … (Stars lead 2-0) … DAL Jeff Maudlin 3-5, RBI; DAL Adam Yocum 3-4, BB, 4 RBI; DAL Belchior Fresco 2-3, 2 BB, 2 RBI; DAL Juan de Luna 3-5, 2 RBI; The Stars put out 16 hits (all singles!) and score in every inning from the third in a rout of the Blue Sox. BOS @ OCT … 0-3 … (Titans lead 2-1) … OCT Danny Baca 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K, W (1-0); 25-year-old Danny Baca throws a 3-hitter to keep the Thunder in the race, offering a total of 103 pitches while outdueling Mike Bell (0-1, 3.86 ERA). DAL @ NAS … 3-4 … (Stars lead 2-1) … DAL Jeff Maudlin 2-4, BB, 2B, RBI; DAL Chad Pritchett 3-4; NAS Austin Gordon 2-4, 2B, RBI; BOS @ OCT … 8-7 (11) … (Titans lead 3-1) … BOS Steve Humphries 2-5, HR, 3 RBI; BOS Joe Washington 3-5, 3B, 2B, 2 RBI; OCT Roberto Almanza 2-5, BB, 2 RBI; OCT Johnny Parker 2-5, 2 RBI; Veteran Franklin Serrano (.091, 0 HR, 1 RBI) hits a walkoff double for the Sox in the ninth inning. DAL @ NAS … 2-4 … (series tied 2-2) … DAL Jeff Maudlin 3-3, BB; NAS Sergio Rubio 2-3, BB, 2B, RBI; BOS @ OCT … 4-7 … (Titans lead 3-2) … OCT Ramon Archuleta 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI; Boston’s Bryce Wallace (1-0, 2.08 ERA) pitches six innings of 1-hit ball, but uses 109 pitches to make it that far, however, the Titans are nine out removed from the World Series as he leaves the game before suffering a ferocious bullpen explosion between Tony Castellanos (0-1, 18.00 ERA) and fifth starter Will Glaude (0-0, 15.00 ERA). DAL @ NAS … 4-3 … (Stars lead 3-2) … DAL Jeff Maudlin 2-4, 2 RBI; DAL Tyler Wharton 2-4, BB, 2B, RBI; DAL Jason Bothe 2-3, BB; NAS Kris DiPrimio 4-5, HR, RBI; NAS Austin Gordon 3-5, HR, 2 RBI; OCT @ BOS … 1-10 … (Titans win 4-2) … OCT Martin Bohannon 3-4, 3B, 2B; BOS Bill Joyner 1-3, BB, 2B, 3 RBI; The Titans dole out seven runs in the first inning, then turn the ball over to Jason Brenize (2-0, 1.17 ERA), who extinguishes the Thunder as humanely as possible while claiming the pennant. NAS @ DAL … 5-3 (10) … (series tied 3-3) … NAS Kris DiPrimio 2-5, 2 HR, 2 RBI; DAL Andy Yocum 2-3, 2 BB; DAL Tyler Wharton 2-4, BB, 2B, RBI; DAL Alex Quevedo 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 10 K; Two in the ninth to tie and two more in the tenth to win and extend the series to an all-or-nothing Game 7 for the Sox. NAS @ DAL … 5-3 … (Blue Sox win 4-3) … NAS Franklin Serrano 2-4, HR, 2B, RBI; DAL Chad Pritchett 1-4, 3B, 3 RBI; „Crabman“ Walker (0-1, 4.80 ERA) strikes out 11 Sox, but also gets gradually grounded down for five runs in seven innings, while the Sox only dare to ask for 5.2 innings from rookie Jarrod Annear (1-0, 3.86 ERA) before piecing the rest together with the bullpen. +++ 2066 WORLD SERIES The Titans had leaned more on their starting pitching than anything else in their 6-game dispatch of the Thunder in the CLCS. In any case they had not suffered any injuries and were at full strength for the World Series, where they might enjoy a slight advantage over the Sox and their heavy right-handed pitching staff, since four of the Titans’ most commonly used position players were lefty hitters (Israel Diaz, Arviso, Washington, and Joyner). The Blue Sox were still five pitchers short, but at least had not suffered any additional injuries, but it looked like the Titans had an advantage, including home field, which they won by luck of the draw, since both teams won an equal 101 games in the regular season. +++ NAS @ BOS … 8-10 (13) … (Titans lead 1-0) … NAS Fernando Aracena 3-6; NAS Austin Gordon 2-5, BB, 2B, 2 RBI; BOS Eddie Marcotte 2-5, 2 HR, 4 RBI; BOS Jorge Arviso 2-6, HR, 2 RBI; In a jaw-dropping Game 1, and tied at two after seven innings, both teams score two runs in the eighth, FOUR runs in the tenth, and the Titans then finally break through on a walkoff homer by Marcotte. Willie Mendoza (1-0, 0.00 ERA) gets the W in long relief for three scoreless innings. NAS @ BOS … 2-3 (10) … (Titans lead 2-0) … NAS Tony Roman 2-3; BOS Jason Brenize 8.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K; Another game, another extra-inning drama and Boston walkoff when Jorge Arviso (.182, 1 HR, 3 RBI) drives In pinch-hitter Bobby Ellwood. BOS @ NAS … 8-5 … (Titans lead 3-0) … BOS Joe Washington 2-5, 2B, 3 RBI; NAS Sergio Rubio 3-3, BB, 2B, RBI; NAS Evan Mottern (PH) 1-1, HR, RBI; This time the Sox take a 5-4 lead into the ninth inning that Roberto Navarro (2-2, 5.63 ERA, 2 SV) can’t hold onto and along with Tomas Restrepo goes down in a 4-run fireworks. BOS @ NAS … 5-0 … (Titans win 4-0) … BOS Eddie Marcotte 2-3, HR, 3 RBI; BOS Joe Washington 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI; BOS Matt Taylor 9.0 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K, W (1-0) and 1-4; Matt Taylor clinches the Titans’ 12th title with a complete-game shutout after getting two runs of support before taking the hill and all five within the first five innings of the game. The Sox are never in the picture and lose the deciding game early rather than late. +++ 2066 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS Boston Titans (12th title) Attached Images __________________ Portland Raccoons, 92 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.