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Old 05-24-2018, 02:55 AM   #19
Dukie98
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2012 Year in Review

Playoff Report: Frontier League: The Vancouver Viceroys dispatched the Calgary Cattle Rustlers in six games in the wild card round, as Luis Gonzalez hit three homers, and Dave Engle and Clint Hurdle pounded two homers apiece. The St. Louis Pilots upset the Buffalo Fighting Elk in six games behind a stellar teamwide pitching performance, surrendering just 16 runs in six games, while shortstop Eddie Miller took the series MVP award after hitting .346 with 4 RBIs- two of which came on walk-off home run in Game Two. The Baltimore Robins coasted to a five-game victory over the Cleveland Rocks, led by Leon Durham, who slugged .579, and Clay Buchholz, who went 2-0 with a 2.02 ERA. Although the London Werewolves were swept 6-0 in the regular season by the Detroit Purple Gang, they advanced in five games, with all of their wins coming by two runs or less, as George Earnshaw won both his starts with a 1.29 ERA, and Bullet Joe Bush threw a four-hit shutout. In the Divisional Series, Vancouver erased a three-games-to-one deficit against St. Louis, winning in seven games as Nate Colbert hit two homers and drove in 15 runs. Once again, London outplayed a team that dominated it during the regular season, as the Werewolves ripped the Baltimore Robins, four games to two, as Joe Engel went 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA and Bill Sudakis hit .375 with a team-high two homers and 5 RBIs. In the League Championship Series, Vancouver squandered a three-games-to-one series lead, as the Werewolves advanced to the World Series, with Joakim Soria saving all four London victories. In the decisive game seven, London shortstop Bill Spiers broke a 1--1 tie with an eighth inning homer.

Continental League: Although the El Paso Armadillos won the first game against the 106-win Dallas Wildcatters, it was all downhill from there, as Dallas held the offensively-challenged Armadillos to three runs or less in every game. The Washington Ambassadors advanced to the Division Series by easily defeating the Phoenix Lizards in five games, as catcher Butch Wynegar hit .444 with two homers and Hippo Vaughn posted a stellar 1.08 ERA with 15 strikeouts in two starts. The defending-champion Los Angeles Kangaroos erased a three-zero deficit, storming back to win the final four games and scoring at least eight runs in each of them. Shortstop Simon Nicholls hit .526 , ripping an incredible 20 hits over the series, while outfielder Larry Bigbie hit two homers and drove in eleven runs. The Atlanta Ducks edged out the Houston Pythons in a back-and-forth seven game series, as Joey Votto hit .400 with two homers, and Troy Tulowitzki ripped three homers and drove in six runs of his own. In the Division Series, the under-the-radar Washington Ambassadors upset Dallas in seven games, as outfielder Todd Dunwoody hit three homers and drove in ten runs, and Colby Rasmus took MVP honors after hitting .433 for the series with a homer. The Kangaroos outlasted the Ducks in seven games in a back-and-forth series, led by the bats of David Ortiz and Larrry Bigbie, who combined for five homers and who each topped .400 for the series. Washington upset the 100-win Kangaroos in the League Championship Series in yet another seven-game series (five of the seven Continental League series went the distance), as scrappy second baseman Edgar Diaz won MVP honors after hitting .400.

Although the World Series matchup beteween London and Washington lacked star power, the first three games provided a matchup for the ages. The road Werewolves took Game One 5-3 in 11 innings, with Jolbert Cabrera ripping a two-run single off Mike Timlin to provide the winning margin. Washington returned the favor in Game Two, winning 6-5 in ten innings, with the Ambassasdors scoring three runs in the bottom of the tenth to nullify a two-run Werewolves advantage. Washington opened up a lead in the series after wining Game Three 6-4 in 14 innings, with Tyler Thornburg providing 4 1/3 innings of near-perfect relief. Only Game Four was a snoozer, as the Ambassadors won 8-3, scoring all three runs in the first inning, with a bases-loaded double by right fielder George Case breaking the game open. The Ambassadors clinched the series with a 4-2 win in Game 5, behind five hits from Case, who was named the series MVP after hitting .417 with 4 RBIs.

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