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Old 07-21-2019, 11:41 PM   #183
Dukie98
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2039 Playoff Report

Frontier League: The Buffalo Fighting Elk dominated the Kansas City Mad Hatters, outscoring them 40-18 in a four-game sweep. Buffalo right fielder Gary Roenicke was named MVP after hitting .588 and slugging .941, with a homer and 10 RBI's, including 7 RBI's in the first two innings of Game 1 and a two-run 10th inning double in the clinching Game 4. Center fielder Tris Speaker hit .533 with 2 homers, 4 RBI's, and 9 runs scored. First baseman Don Hurst hit .333 with a homer and 7 RBI's. While Buffalo's starters struggled, their bullpen triumvirate of Michael Feliz, Mark Clear, and Gregg Olson sparkled, hurling 6.1 shutout innings. Kansas City was led by left fielder Kal Daniels, who hit .471 with 2 homers and 4 RBI's in defeat. The 86-win Toronto Predators stunned the favored 98-win Milwaukee Predators, outscoring Milwaukee 37-17 in a four-game sweep. Third baseman Garrett Atkins earned MVP honors after hitting .556 with 2 homers and 6 RBI's. Left fielder Danny Moeller hit .550 with 2 homers, 4 RBI's, 10 runs scored and 2 steals. Right fielder Chuck Klein hit .471 and battered 3 round-trippers and drove in 7 runs. Righthander Javier Vazquez threw 8 shutout innings in a Game 3 win, yielding just 2 hits and fanning 5. Remarkably, Eric Davis led Milwaukee with a mediocre .250 average, with a homer and 2 RBI's. In the tightest series of the Wild Card round, the Vancouver Viceroys ousted division rival Portland Skunks in seven games. Vancouver center fielder Abraham Almonte was tabbed MVP after hitting .360 with 2 homers, 4 RBI's, 5 runs scored, and 4 steals. Shortstop Chris Speier hit .346, and both he and first baseman Aledmys Diaz matched Almonte with 2 homers and 4 RBI's. Righthander Joe Presko was brilliant, going 2-0 with a 0.52 ERA, including 8.1 shutout innings of 4-hit ball in a 2-0 Game 7 win. Third baseman Edgardo Alfonzo led Portland, hitting .320 and slugging .600 with 2 homers and 7 RBI's. The Seattle Whales upset the 104-win Minneapolis Penguins in six games, holding the Penguins to just two runs in Seattle's four wins. Center fielder Lee Mazzilli earned MVP honors after hitting .480 with a round-tripper, 4 RBI's, and 4 runs scored. Right fielder George Hendrick slugged .846, popping 4 homers with 8 RBI's. Left fielder Mickey Mahler made a strong push for MVP honors, going 2-0 and allowing just 5 hits in 16 shutout innings, while fanning 11, clinching Game 6 with a 4-hit shutout. Minneapolis was led by catcher Javy Lopez, who hit .304 with 2 homers and 5 RBI's, but was weighed down by the 1-for-24 showing of Darryl Strawberry.

The Buffalo Fighting Elk continued to cruise in the Division Series, eliminating the overmatched Toronto Predators in 5 games. Right fielder Gary Roenicke continued his postseason rampage, hitting .611 and slugging 1.222, with 3 homers and 6 RBI's. Third baseman Eric Chavez hit .300 with a pair of longballs and 5 RBI's. Don Wilson went 1-0 with a 2.57 ERA and 12 strikeouts in 14 innings. Catcher Bill Sarni hit .375 with two homers and 4 RBI's, while righthander Tim Belcher posted a 1.38 ERA in two no-decisions. The Seattle Whales continued to knock off their division rivals, sweeping the Vancouver Viceroys in four games. Right fielder George Hendrick took home the hardware, hitting .333 with 2 homers and 2 RBI's, while catcher David Ross hit .333 with a homer and 5 RBI's. Seattle held Vancouver, the league's top-ranked offense, to just 7 runs in 4 games. Southpaw Zane Smith hurled 6.1 shutout innings of three-hit ball, and the other Seattle starters yielded just one earned run apiece. Left fielder Xavier Paul was the lone bright spot for Vancouver, hitting .333 with a pair of doubles and an RBI. In a League Championship Series for the ages, the Buffalo Fighting Elk outlasted the Seattle Whales in seven games. After Buffalo jumped out to a 3-1 series lead, Seattle ace Jack Coombs outdueled Don Wilson 6-4 in Game 5, and three Seattle pitchers, led by Zane Smith, combined for a 4-hit shutout in a 1-0 Game 6 victory. In Game 7, Seattle's Mickey Mahler held Buffalo to 3 hits in 8 innings, departing with a 3-1 lead, thanks to a George Hendrick first-inning homer. But Seattle collapsed in the ninth inning, as reliever Ramon Troncoso, who walked just 11 hitters in 63 innings all season, yielded 4 walks in one-third of an inning, and pinch hitter Frank Malzone blasted a two-out, ninth-inning, tiebreaking walk-off grand slam off Brad Boxberger -- the lone hit in a six-run inning. Buffalo shortstop Rico Petrocelli was named MVP after hitting .333 with 3 homers and a series-high 11 RBI's. Center fielder Tris Speaker hit .391 with 6 runs scored, 2 RBI's, and 2 steals. Buffalo's bullpen was brilliant, yielding 2 runs in 23 innings, led by Saul Rogovin, who hurled 7.1 shutout innings and Michael Feliz, who notched two saves in 5 shutout innings while fanning 7. Mahler was brilliant in defeat for Seattle, going 1-0 with a 1.29 ERA while Hendrick hit .345 with a round-tripper and 7 RBI's.

Continental League: In a divisional showdown, the New Orleans Crawfish ousted the Miami Flamingos in five games. DH Hank Leiber earned MVP honors after hitting .450 with 4 homers and 11 RBI's. Rookie centerfielder Austin Kearns hit .381 with 4 RBI's, while shortstop Dave Concepcion hit .417. Wilbur Cooper threw six innings of two-hit shutout ball in Game 3, while Rube Vickers went 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA in 10 innings with 10 strikeouts. Shortstop Glenn Wright hit .444 with a homer and 5 RBI's. In a mild upset, the El Paso Armadillos eliminated the Anaheim Antelopes in six games. El Paso second baseman Frankie Gustine was selected MVP after hitting .458 and slugging .792 with 2 homers and 3 RBI's. Right fielder Goose Goslin hit .300 with 3 longballs and 10 RBI's, while center fielder Adolfo Phillips hit .280 with 3 jacks and 5 RBI's. Righthanders LaMarr Hoyt and Al Grabowski each went 2-0, with Hoyt posting a 3.00 ERA and 15 strikeouts and Grabowski notching a 3.46 mark with 13 whiffs. Defending MVP Dale Murphy led Anaheim, hitting .318 with 4 homers and 6 RBI's. The New York Emperors ousted the Phoenix Lizards in 7 games, for the first series victory in franchise history. New York erased a 3-1 deficit, scoring 32 runs in the final three games. Emperors catcher Yadier Molina took home MVP honors after hitting .323 with 3 homers and 5 RBI's. Outfielders Cliff Floyd and Hank Sauer each popped 2 homers and drove in 4 runs apiece. Second sacker Bill Wambsganss hit .286 with a team-high 8 RBI's. Southpaw Paul Splitorff posted a 1-0 record with a 2.70 ERA in 13.1 innings. Rookie right fielder Billy Conigliaro led Phoenix, hitting .367 with 3 homers and 8 RBI's, while second baseman Jim Viox hit .323 with 2 homers, 6 runs scored, and a series-high 11 RBI's. The Charlotte Aviators upended their division rival Jacksonville Gulls in 6 games. Right fielder Jay Buhner earned MVP honors after hitting .308 with 3 homers and 8 RBI's. Catcher Michael Barrett hit .346 for the Aviators, with a homer and 6 RBI's. Center fielder Tony Scott chipped in with a pair of homers and 5 RBI's. Relievers Nick Tropeano and Doc Crandall combined for two wins in six shutout innings. In defeat, Jacksonville battered Charlotte's pitching for 39 runs in 6 games, as shortstop Robin Yount hit .391 with 4 doubles, a homer, 4 RBI's, and 5 runs scored, and Jim Thome popped 3 homers and drove in 7 runs.

In the Division Series, the New Orleans Crawfish erased 2-0 and 3-2 deficits in defeating the upstart El Paso Armadillos. DH Hank Leiber was tabbed MVP after hitting .423 and slugging .923 with 4 homers nad 8 RBIs. First baseman Eddie Murray and second baseman Jose Altuve each hit .393 with a pair of homers apiece, with Murray driving in 5 runs and Altuve plating 3. Right fielder Larry Sheets hit .296 with 2 longballs and 6 RBI's. Righthander Ed Walsh notched a win with a 1.50 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP. El Paso was led by center fielder Adolfo Phillips, who hit .393 and slugged .786 with 3 round-trippers and 8 RBIs, and second sacker Frankie Gustine, who hit .452 with 6 RBI's. The New York Emperors, after dropping the first game to the Charlotte Aviators, swept the next four games to advance. Second baseman Bill Wambsganss hit .400 with a pair of steals for the Emperors, while third baseman David Wright hit .389 with 5 RBI's. Right fielder Cliff Floyd popped a paid of homers and drove in 6 runs, while catcher Yadier Molina hit .300 with 2 homers and 3 RBI's. Middle relievers Roy Face and Jeff Manship notched a win apiece while hurling six hitless innings. Charlotte centerfielder Tony Scott earned MVP honors in a losing effort, hitting .409 with 2 longballs and 7 RBI's. In a League Championship Series consisting of two first-time participants, New Orleans swept New York, with rookie Crawfish center fielder Austin Kearns earning MVP honors after hitting .444 with a homer and 6 RBI's. DH Hank Lieber continued to wield a hot bat, hitting .385 with a homer and 7 RBI's, while Jose Altuve set the table, hitting .471 with 5 runs scored. The Crawfish bullpen was brilliant, going 3-0 while surrendering just 1 run in 16 innings. Cliff Floyd led the Emperors, hitting .429 with a homer, 3 RBI's, and 2 steals.

World Series: The Buffalo Fighting Elk, despite their dramatic escape in the League Championship Series, were nonetheless favored to repeat as World Series champions, with their dominant pitching staff expected to outperform the middle-of-the-pack staff of the New Orleans Crawfish. In a substantial upset, the Crawfish swept the stunned Fighting Elk, winning three close games before clinching the series in a Game 4 romp for the first title in franchise history.

The Crawfish won a dramatic Game 1 4-3 in 13 innings, as backup outfielder Don Mueller ripped a tiebreaking single off Buffalo reliever Gregg Olson. New Orleans third baseman Dave Hollins ripped three hits, including a three-run homer. Outfielders Tris Speaker and Gary Roenicke each popped 2 hits, including a double, and drove in a run apiece. Buffalo ace Don Wilson allowed 3 runs in 7 innings, while Rube Vickers yielded one run on four hits in 5.1 innings for New Orleans. New Orleans pulled out another extra-inning win in Game 2, prevailing 3-1 in 10 innings. Center fielder Austin Kearns hit a game-tying homer off Olson in the top of the ninth inning, then drove in one of New Orleans' two tenth-inning runs with an RBI single. Third baseman Eric Chavez led the Fighting Elk with two hits. Buffalo righthander Chad Kuhl was brilliant, hurling 7.1 shutout innings of three-hit ball, while Chad Ogea allowed just 4 hits and one run in 7 innings for New Orleans.

New Orleans won another tense, low-scoring affair in Game 3, pulling out a 1-0 victory. Kearns drove in the lone run with a fourth-inning triple, as he and left fielder Tommy Davis each popped two hits. Crawfish starter Ed Walsh left in the second inning with an injury. Relievers Ryan Scarborough, TIm Spooneybarger, and Ken Powell scattered three hits in 7.2 shutout innings. Buffalo's Hal Carlson took the loss, allowing five hits and one run in six innings. After three close wins by a combined four runs, New Orleans exploded in Game 4 for a 12-3 series-clinching victory, as catcher Pat Donahue popped two homers and drove in six runs, while Jose Altuve and Tommy Davis also homered. First baseman Don Hurst rapped two doubles, while Tris Speaker drilled 2 singles and drove in 2 runs. Knuckleballer Wilbur Wood earned the win, yielding just one run in 7 innings, while Buffalo's Kip Wells was racked for 8 earned runs in 1.2 innings.

New Orleans centerfielder Austin Kearns was named MVP after hitting a series-best .389 and slugging .667, with a dramatic Game 2 homer, 4 RBI's, and 3 runs scored. Catcher Pat Donahue blasted two homers and drove in 6 runs -- all in Game 4 -- but only had one hit in the other three games. The Crawfish's pitching was brilliant, yielding just 7 runs in 4 games -- and two of those were in the ninth inning of Game 4 with an 11-run lead. Tris Speaker led Buffalo, hitting .375 with 3 RBI's.
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