GLBL Fall Classic
Best of Seven Games
Chicago Architects 87-57 vs Thunder Bay Caribou 86-58
Playoff Games Schedule
Thursday September 22nd, 2055 Thunder Bay vs Chicago
Friday September 23rd, 2055 Thunder Bay vs Chicago
Sunday September 25th, 2055 Chicago @ Thunder Bay
Monday September 26th, 2055 Chicago @ Thunder Bay
Tuesday September 27yh, 2055 Chicago @ Thunder Bay (If necessary)
Thursday September 29th 2055 Thunder Bay vs Chicago (if neccessary)
Friday September 30th, 2055 Thunder Bay vs Chicago (if necessary)
No more talking let’s get to games 1 & 2 in Chicago
World Series Game 1: Thunder Bay @ Chicago
Thunder Bay’s Carlos Pérez vs. Chicago’s José Cedeño
Top 1. José Cedeño has thrown 15.2 scoreless innings these playoffs. His second pitch to the Caribou is taken 421 feet into the center field bleachers. Robinson González homers. Thunder Bay 1, Chicago 0.
Bot 1. With two outs, Reagan Osborn reaches base on an error. Prowler Ashley singles. Osborn goes for third, but Robinson González guns him down for the final out of the inning.
Bot 2. José Gómez homers. Tie game, 1-1.
Top 3. Jamal Amador walks. John Calder hits a two-run home run! Thunder Bay 3, Chicago 1.
The Caribou have scored three runs on their two hits.
Bot 5. Pedro Farrulla hits a solo home run. Thunder Bay 3, Chicago 2.
Bot 5. After that Farrulla home run, Pérez gets pulled. Emmett Dodman, the ex-Architect, comes in to pitch. His former teammates rough him up. Walker Dunse doubles, Thomas Arnaud singles, and Reagan Osborn hits a three-run home run! Chicago 5, Thunder Bay 3.
José Cedeño gets pulled in the seventh. His final line on the evening: 6.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 9 K.
Top 9. Caribou need two to tie. Pat Wright in to pitch.
Michael Jackson flies out.
Cecil Phillips doubles.
Micheal Ward in to pinch-hit.
He flies out.
Gerald Powers singles.
Runners on the corners, two outs.
Emerson Coleman…strikes out.
CHICAGO WINS, 5-3! The Architects lead 1 game to 0.
World Series Game 2: Thunder Bay @ Chicago
Thunder Bay’s Terry Noble vs. Chicago’s Joe Johnson.
Top 2. Cecil Phillips walks, Ron Hinton singles, and Gerald Powers hits a three-run home run. Earl Weaver is smiling in his grave. Thunder Bay 3, Chicago 0.
Top 2. For the second game in a row, Robinson González hits a solo home run. Thunder Bay 4, Chicago 0.
Top 5. Cecil Phillips singles, Gerald Powers singles, and Emerson Coleman hits a three-run home run. Thunder Bay 7, Chicago 0.
Bot 7. Juan Durán breaks up the shutout by homering to left. Thunder Bay 7, Chicago 1.
Top 8. I was about to mention that all the runs in the series have been scored via the long ball, so naturally the Caribou scored some runs in other ways. Sean Lane singles. Robinson González doubles. A wild pitch lets Lane score. Cecil Phillips singles in R-Gon. Thunder Bay 9, Chicago 1.
Bot 8. Matt Graves singles, and Reagan Osborn hits a two-run home run. Thunder Bay 9, Chicago 3.
That’s Osborn’s second home run of the series. A hot-hitting Osborn definitely improves Chicago’s chances of winning this series.
Bot 9. Miracle time for the Tects. Juan Durån singles. He steals second. José Gómez strikes out.
Cris Luna walks.
Pedro Farrulla flies out.
Matt Graves flies out.
THUNDER BAY WINS, 9-3! The Series is tied 1-1
Summary - And that is the way this is likely going to go. We win the close games and the Caribou get the blow out wins. If we can just keep ourselves in these games, we have a chance. Game 3 feels like a HUGE Game.
There isn't much I can say about SP Jose "Pongo" Cedeno. His last 3 outings against Duluth he threw 23+ shutout innings and today he holds the best offense in the game to just 3 run. 3 runs in his last 30 innings pitched. He certainly is pitching like he is worth that extension that we signed him too. Cedeno will get the ball in game 4 and if it goes 7 he will be on the mound for the deciding game.
We head to Thunder Bay for the next 3 games. With hope we will come back home for games 6 and 7, but to do that we need to steal 1 game in Thunder just like they did to us here.