The IBL's Chicago Iron Pigs

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I really like how they've handled the UI presentation here
The Coastal League matchups

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The FL Matchups

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Game 1's
New York Knights-Stanton Snyder (7-6 4.17)
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Chicago Iron Pigs-Ken Lee (13-13 3.99)

Up 2-1 in the 6th Ken Lee surrenders a 3 run shot to Paul Morris to give the Knights a 4-2 lead. Luis Chavez hit a solo shot in the 6th and it stayed 4-3 until Eric Coates hit a 2 out 2 run double in the bottom of the 8th to complete a 3 run rally and give us a 6-4 lead. Ernesto Cruz got the final 3 outs for the save.
Chicago 6 New York 4
W-Winston (1-0) L-Jackson (0-1) S-Cruz (1)
HR NY-Morris (1) CHI-Chavez (1) Knox (1)
Chicago Leads 1-0

Columbus Clippers-Antonio Sandoval (17-11 3.26)
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El Paso Diablos-Jim Morris (15-8 2.57)

El Paso set a new IBL playoff record by scoring 12 times in the 4th inning en route to a 19-3 drubbing of heavily favored Columbus. LF Lee Allen went 5-5 with 2 2B's a HR and 8 RBI's.
El Paso 19 Columbus 3
W-Morris (1-0) L-Sandoval (0-1)
HR COL-Hudson (1) EP-Allen (1)
El Paso leads 1-0

Tulsa Drillers-Bryant Thomas (18-8 4.00)
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New Hampshire Fisher Cats-Broderick Muggleston (14-7 3.87)

New Hampshire jumped on Bryant Thomas for 4 in the 3rd and added 5 more as Broderick Muggleston held the Tulsa offense down. Alfonso Gallegos was 3-5 with a HR and 3 RBI's.
New Hampshire 9 Tulsa 4
W-Muggleston (1-0) L-Thomas (0-1)
HR TUL-Ortiz (1) NH-Vargas (1) Gallegos (1)
New Hampshire leads 1-0

Philadelphia Patriots-Luis Acosta (20-10 3.19)
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Sacramento River Cats-Walt Thompson (13-15 4.12)

Philadelphia scored 2 times in the 7th to make a 5-4 lead a 7-4 lead and the pen hung on for a game 1 win. Bernado Montoya and Jose Rivera had 3 hit days, both homering, and both driving in 2. John Lewis was 3-3 in the loss.
Philadelphia 7 Sacramento 5
W-Acosta (1-0) L-Thompson (0-1) S-Escalante (1)
HR PHI-Maitani (1) Rivera (1) Montoya (1) SAC-Berkman (1)
Philadelphia leads the series 1-0

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Originally Posted by gehrig38

I have imported the Chicago Iron Pigs Dynasty to OOTP 14, and am working out some kinks, figuring everything out, and continuing. Some very cool new features.

Question, is it ok to paste photo's and what not, as I have been doing, of software that's in beta?

I guess so.

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New York Knights-Jesus Romano (16-12 3.98)
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Chicago Iron Pigs-Jorge Trujillo (13-12 3.92)

A 3 run New York 2nd was trumped when the offense busted out for 5 runs in the bottom half of 2. Trujillo and the pen held on to put us up 2-0. Knox went 1-4 with 2 RBI's, Blakeway was 2-4 and Rivera went 2-3. Trujillo went 6-5-3-2-2-7 with Winston coming up huge for 1.2 IP, and Ellison handed to Cruz for the Save.
Chicago 6 New York 3
W-Trujillo (1-0) L-Romano (0-1) S-Cruz (2)
HR NY-Crawford (1)
Chicago leads the series 2-0

Columbus Clippers-Mike Jones (18-8 3.81)
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El Paso Diablos-Barry Zito (18-10 4.22)

A 4th inning Juan Ramos (COL) grand slam broke a 1-1 tie and Mike Jones went the distance to even the series 1-1. Pedro Debesa was 2-4 with a 3B and 2 SB's, Ramos also stole 2.
Columbus 8 El Paso 2
W-Jones (1-0) L-Zito (0-1)
HR COL-Ramos (1)
Series tied 1-1

Tulsa Drillers-Francisco Bernal (18-9 3.38)
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New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Nick Powell 9-12 5.94)

Tulsa opened up a 7-0 lead after 3 on the way to an 8-1 win. Rich Alfred went 4-5 and Jared Johnson homered for the Drillers.
Tulsa 8 New Hampshire 1
W-Bernal (1-0) L-Powell (0-1)
HR TUL-Johnson (1)
Series tied 1-1

Philadelphia Patriots-Howard Crane (16-7 3.48)
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Sacramento River Cats-Esteban Figueroa (14-13 3.96)

Esteban Figueroa outdueled Howard Crane over 8, and Jeff Bentley worked around Ted Long's 9th inning homer for a 2-1 Sacramento win. Kevin Cramer went 3-4 and his 6th inning HR was the margin of victory.
Sacramento 2 Philadelphia 1
W-Figueroa (1-0) L-Crane (0-1) S-Bentley (1)
HR PHI-Long (1) SAC-Cramer (1)
Series tied 1-1

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Chicago Iron Pigs-Stan Hall (1-0 1.50)
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New York Knights-Tim Hudson (17-8 2.95)

It was bound to happen. With 2 outs in the bottom of the 10th, PR Rusty Davey scored on a Alberto Rivera error to give New York a 4-3 walk off win. Paul Riggs was 3-3 and we hit 7 doubles, left 7 men on. Tim Hudson went 9-10-3-2-2-3 in getting a ND. Julio Gonzalez was the winner in relief. Stan Hall went 7.1-9-3-3-0-6.
New York 4 Chicago 3
W-Gonzales (1-0) L-Pennington (0-1)
HR None
Chicago leads the series 2-1

New York

El Paso Diablos-Ray Anderson (10-13 4.82)
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Columbus Clippers-Barney Watt (14-11 5.09)

El Paso managed to grab 5 runs in the 5th to turn a 3-0 lead into a rout, winning 10-1. Raul Miranda was 3-4 scoring 3 times, Caden Haynes was 3-5 with 4 RBI's and Bill Hill hit a 3 run homer. Ray Anderson tossed 7 scoreless.
El Paso 10 Columbus 1
W-Anderson (1-0) L-Watt (0-1)
HR EP-Hill (1) Shaw (1)
El Paso leads the series 2-1

Sacramento River Cats-Mike Davis (16-9 4.89)
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Philadelphia Patriots-Bob Park (5-3 3.78)

It took 5 hours and 46 minutes, 130 official AB's, 30 K's 14 walks 28 hits and 18 innings before Felix Torres hit a 2 out solo HR to break a 6-6 tie and give Sacramento the win. Torres was 5-9 with 2 2B's and a HR and 2 RBI's. The Patriot pen went 13.2-7-1-1-5-17 despite taking the loss.
Sacramento 7 Philadelphia 6 (18)
W-Espinoza (1-0) L-Hurt (0-1)
HR SAC-Torres (1) PHI-Carr (1)
Sacramento leads the series 2-1

New Hampshire Fisher Cats-Ralph White (1-0 2.00)
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Tulsa Drillers-Bryant Thomas (0-1 12.27)

Tulsa's Jamie Vance drilled a 2 out 2 strike 3 run HR in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game at 9 all. Tulsa scored 7 runs from the 7th to the 9th. The Fisher Cats showed their resiliency once again though as Kent Larson drilled a sac fly to score Fernando Barrera and Bobby Whitten got Vance, Chris Gray and Gary Scheid after walking the first 2 hitters in the bottom of the 11th. Jorge Ortiz went 2-2 scoring 3 times, hitting 2 homers and driving in 3 runs with 4 walks as well.
New Hampshire 10 Tulsa 9 (11)
W-Whitten (1-0) L-Navarro (0-1)
HR NH-Vargas (1) Larson (1) TUL-Vance (1) Ortiz 2 (3)
New Hampshire leads the series 2-1

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DIVISION SERIES GAME 4's

Chicago Iron Pigs-Andy Morgan (10-10 4.20)
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New York Knights-Jesus Romano (0-1 33.76)

Jesus Romano was solid, tossing 7.1 scoreless IP and the Knights capitalized on some early Morgan wildness to win a nail biter. Andy Morgan was shaky the first 2 but settled in to go 7-6-2-2-5-4 in the loss. Luis Chavez drilled a 2 out solo HR in the 9th off Andy Davis but that was it.
New York 2 Chicago 1
W-Romano (1-1) L-Morgan (0-1) S-Davis (1)
HR CHI-Chavez (2) NY-Hernandez (1)
Series tied 2-2

El Paso Diablos-Jim Morris (1-0 3.38)
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Columbus Clippers-Antonio Sandoval (0-1 15.00)

In what will go down as one of the bigger upsets in IBL playoff history, the Diablos took an early 3-0 lead and the pen held on to eliminate the Clippers. Series MVP Earl Shaw (.368-2-8) went 2-4 with a HR and 2 RBI's.
El Paso 5 Columbus 2
W-Morris (2-0) L-Sandoval (0-2) S-McLean (1)
HR EP-Harper (1) Shaw (2)
El Paso wins the series 3 games to 1
Series MVP Earl Shaw .368 2 HR's 8 RBI's

Sacramento River Cats-Walt Thompson (0-1 12.27)
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Philadelphia Patriots-Luis Acosta (1-0 5.68)

Philly jumped out with 3 runs on 2 1st inning HR's and never looked back, drubbing Sacramento 11-3 to tie the series. Ron Carr was 2-3 with 4 runs and a double, Jesus Castro was 3-4 with 2 HR's and 6 RBI's.
Philadelphia 11 Sacramento 3
W-Acosta (2-0) L-Thompson (0-2)
HR SAC-Darcy (1) Peterson (1) PHI-Helton (1) Maitani (2) Castro 2 (2) Montoya (2)
Series tied 2-2

New Hampshire Fisher Cats-Broderick Muggleston (1-0 4.32)
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Tulsa Drillers-Tim Sutherland (11-5 5.08)

Down 2-1 Tulsa scratched out 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th with 2 outs to take the game 4-2, and tie the series. Tim Sutherland went 8-4-2-1-0-7 and Otto Hunter got the final 3 outs. Broderick Muggleston went 7.1-7-3-3-2-6 for the loss as Don Kelly allowed both inherited runners to score.
Tulsa 4 New Hampshire 2
W-Sutherland (1-0) L-Muggleston (1-1) S-Hunter (1)
HR NH-Gallegos (2)
Series tied 2 games apiece

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DIVISION SERIES GAME 5's

Chicago Iron Pigs-Ken Lee (0-0 6.00)
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New York Knights-Stanton Snyder (0-0 5.06)

Andre Blakeway led off with a triple, scored on a Paul Riggs single, and from there the teams battled through 4. A single run in the 5th made it 4-2 Chicago, and Hugh Collins doubled in another in the 6th to make it 6-2. His 2nd HR of the series opened it up and the offense managed 11 runs when all was said and done.
Chicago 11 New York 2
W-Lee (1-0) L-Snyder (0-1) S-Martinez (1)
HR CHI-Collins (2) Rivera (1)
Chicago wins the series 3-2
Series MVP-Hugh Collins .348 2 HR's 7 RBI's

Sacramento River Cats-Esteban Figueroa (1-0 0.00)
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Philadelphia Patriots-Howard Crane (0-1 2.57)

What a game. 1-0 Sacramento, 2-1 Philly, 5-2 Sacramento, 5-4, 7-5 Philly, 7-6, 7-7 when Patriot 3B and series MVP Jose Rivera slammed his 3rd homer of the series to make it 8-7 Philadelphia. Closer Dave Gibbons worked around 2 9th inning walks to seal the win, and the series.
Philadelphia 8 Sacramento 7
W-Mcintyre (1-0) L-Miller (0-1) S-Gibbons (1)
HR SAC-Berkman 2 (3) Peterson 2 (3) PHI-Rivera 2 (3) Montoya (3) Long (2)
Philadelphia wins the series 3-2
Series MVP-Jose Rivera .429 3 HR's 7 RBI's

New Hampshire Fisher Cats-Jose Madrid (2-1 7.00)
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Tulsa Drillers-Francisco Bernal (1-0 0.00)

New Hampshire jumped out to a 1-0 lead after 2, but Tulsa tied it and led 2-1 when Curt Whimster drilled a 2 out 2 run homer to break it open in the 7th. Bernal went 7.1-3-1-1-3-3 and Jamie Navarro closed it out. Surprise starter Jose Madrid went 8-7-4-4-5-9 in a CG loss.
Tulsa 4 New Hampshire 1
W-Bernal (2-0) L-Madrid (0-1) S-Navarro (1)
HR TUL-Whimster (1) Scheid (1)
Series MVP-Francisco Bernal 2-0 0.61 14.2 IP 9 H 5 BB 8 K's
Tulsa wins the series 3-2

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A look at some of the new 'stuff'

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No way in hell did I think El Paso would be here. I was terrified of getting 4 left handed studs out of Columbus, they were, imo, the WS favorites with Philly and Tulsa.
The CL matchup should be awesome.
We'll likely see Zito twice....

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OUTSIDE THE PLAYOFFS NEWS ITEMS, MINOR LEAGUE AWARDS:
AA Gold Gloves-Guillermo Cruz 3B
A(S) Gold Gloves-Dong Ook Um C, Antonio Salas 1B, Marvin Yates LF, Michel Chauveau RF
A(N) Gold Gloves-Ash Carter 1B, Matt Cook 2B, Carl Huff LF, Manuel Reyes RF
Rookie League Gold Gloves-Tony Contreras 2B, Michael McGee LF
Outstanding Pitcher AA-Chris Dicken Bakersfield 18-0 2.73
Outstanding Hitter AA-Michael Bailey 1B .284-30-101
Short Season Gold Gloves-Bill Heard 1B
Short Season MVP-Cesar Cordero CF .279-10-33 18 2B's 31 SB's and 55 runs.

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GAME 1's
Chicago Iron Pigs-Jose Trujillo (1-0 3.00)
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El Paso Diablos-Barry Zito (0-1 12.27)

The offense made Zito work (122 pitches in 5.2 IP!) but could get nothing out of it. He went 5.2-7-0-0-3-6 and 4 relievers held us off the board until Eric Coates PH triple in the 9th. Stu Gaskin's 2R HR in the 2nd was all El Paso would need. Gaskin went 3-4 with 2 RBI's. Miller and Chavez had 2 hit days.
El Paso 4 Chicago 1
W-Zito (1-1) L-Trujillo (1-1) S-McLean (2)
HR EP-Gaskin (1) Cordero (1)
El Paso leads the series 1-0

Philadelphia Patriots-Zach Hurt (0-1 7.72)
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Tulsa Drillers-Robert Jensen (16-5 4.50)

Zach Hurt tossed a CG 6-hitter and the Patriot offense pounded out 11 runs on 19 hits. Castro, Quinn, Helton and Maitani all had 3 hit days with Helton and Maitani both driving in 3. The Patriots hit 2 doubles, 4 triples and 2 homers.
Philadelphia 11 Tulsa 3
W-Hurt (1-1) L-Jensen (0-1)
HR PHI-Maitani (3) Helton (2) TUL-Ortiz (4) Ramsey (1)
Philadelphia leads the series 1-0

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LCS GAME 2's
Chicago Iron Pigs-Stan Hall (1-0 2.70)
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El Paso Diablos-Ray Anderson (1-0 0.00)

Stan Hall tied a Chicago Iron Pig post season record with 12 K's in a brilliant, and clutch, CG 3-hit shutout. Diablo SP Ray Anderson left the game after 3 scoreless innings with what appears to be an aggravated shoulder. Hall was magnificent, punching out 12 and walking just 1. George Knox broke a scoreless tie with a 2 out 2R shot in the 5th. Salinas and Collins hit solo shots.
Chicago 5 El Paso 0
W-Hall (2-0) L-Carlson (0-1)
HR CHI-Collins (3) Knox (2) Salinas (1)
Series tied 1-1

Philadelphia Patriots-Bob Park (0-0 6.75)
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Tulsa Drillers-Bryant Thomas (0-1 12.38)

In what felt like a must win, Bryant Thomas redeemed himself after 2 horrid post season starts to toss a CG 4-hitter, punching out 10. The Drillers dropped a 4-spot in the 2nd, with homers by Jamie Vance and Gary Scheid.
Tulsa 5 Philadelphia 1
W-Thomas (1-1) L-Park (0-1)
HR PHI-Maitani (4) TUL-Vance (2) Scheid (2)
Series tied 1-1

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LCS GAME 3's
El Paso Diablos-Jim Morris (2-0 2.45)
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Chicago Iron Pigs-Ken Lee (1-0 4.50)

Trailing 3-1 entering the bottom of 5, we erupted for 11 runs on 5 singles, 4 walks and a 3 run homer to blow it open en route to a 19-5 final. George Knox was 3-5 with 5 RBI's Rivera was 3-3 with 3 RBI's, Riggs had 3 RBI”s as well.
Chicago 19 El Paso 5
W-Lee (2-0) L-Morris (2-1)
HR EP-Allen (2) Hill (2) Shaw (3) CHI-Knox (3)
Chicago leads the series 2-1

Tulsa Drillers-Francisco Bernal (2-0 0.61)
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Philadelphia Patriots-Luis Acosta (2-0 4.76)

Philadelphia led 3-2 heading into the top of 7 when Gary Scheid launched a 3 run homer to put Tulsa up 5-3. In the bottom of the 8th down 5-4 Jose Rivera drilled a 2 run game winning double. George Quinn was 3-4.
Philadelphia 6 Tulsa 5
W-Gill (1-0) L-Bernal (2-1) S-Gibbons (2)
HR TUL-Whimster (2) Scheid (3)
Philadelphia leads the series 2-1

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LCS GAME 4's
El Paso Diablos-Jorge Sanchez (0-0 4.91)
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Chicago Iron Pigs-Roberto Martinez (0-0 0.00)

Going on a hunch. Martinez faced this team a bunch this year and did well, well enough that I'll try and get a 3-1 lead with him on the mound.
Screw hunches...
Roberto Martinez retired exactly 1 hitter while yielding 5 hits and 2 home runs in the 1st. Andy Morgan then relieved him, giving up 3 more on a 3rd 1st inning homer and that was the game. 8-0 after 1. Morgan settled in and ended up saving the pen by going 7.2 innings, giving up 9 hits 5 runs (4 earned). What a disaster.
El Paso 10 Chicago 4
W-Sanchez (1-0) L-Martinez (0-1)
HR EP-Peck (1) Q.St john (1) Shaw (4)
Series tied 2-2

Tulsa Drillers-Robert Jensen (0-1 23.15)
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Philadelphia Patriots-Howard Crane (0-1 6.75)

A wild one, with leads changing hands about every inning, and a ton of offense. The final tally was 27 runs on 30 hits and 13 walks that took 10 innings to decide.
Philly jumped out 5-0 in the 1st, opening the lead to 8-0 before Tulsa got 4 in the 4th. Down 9-4, Tulsa made it 9-7 before Philly added 2 more. Trailing 11-7 Tulsa got 3 in the 7th, and then took the lead with their 8th and 9th!! homers of the game. Bernardo Montoya would help Philly find a way by drilling his 4th post season homer in the bottom half to knot the game at 12. RP Michael Mullins would walk Curt Whimster and Jorge Ortiz with 1 out, and then Rich Alfred to load the bases. Oscar Gilette then lined a full count single to left breaking the tie at 13-12. Chris Gray followed with another line drive, this time to right, that would score 2 more and put it away, 15-12, for Tulsa.
Tulsa 15 Philadelphia 12 (10)
W-Hunter (1-0) L-Mullins (0-1)
HR TUL-Whimster 2 (4) Alfred 2 (2) Vance (3) Ortiz 2 (6) Gray (1) Ramsey (2) PHI-Montoya (4) Helton (3)
Series tied 2-2

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LCS GAME 5's
El Paso Diablos-Barry Zito (1-1 4.82)
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Chicago Iron Pigs-Jorge Trujillo (1-1 3.09)

Jorge Trujillo clutched up big time. Andre Blakeway led off again with a triple, scoring on Ron Millers single in the 1st, and after Trujillo gave up a tying run in the 3rd, he locked it in, going 7-4-1-1-2-9 for the win while the offense managed to open it up.
Chicago 6 El Paso 2
W-Trujillo (2-1) L-Zito (1-2)
HR EP-Hill (3) CHI-Chavez (3) Salinas (2)
Chicago leads the series 3-2

Tulsa Drillers-Bryant Thomas (1-1 6.35)
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Philadelphia Patriots-Zach Hurt (1-1 3.97)

It looked to be another night of bats, runs and offense as the game was 4-3 Tulsa after the 1st, 6-5 Philly after the 2nd. Both pens settled in and Philly too a 7-6 lead into the 9th. Michael Mullins, trying to lock it down for an exhausted Dave Gibbons, gave up a single to Roosevelt Ramsey, double to Curt Whimster, single to tie the game to Jorge Ortiz, and to the amazement of everyone, remained in the game to give up the tie breaking sac fly to Rich Alfred. Otto Hunter would come in and get the final 3 outs.
Tulsa 8 Philadelphia 7
W-Fritz (1-0) L-Mullins (0-2) S-Hunter (2)
HR TUL-Scheid (4) Whimster (5) PHI-Helton (4)
Tulsa leads the series 3-2

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LCS GAME 6's

IBL SINGLE SEASON RECORD: AVG
Gregory McCain (FRE) .3687 '14
Jesus Andrales (LV) .3680 '15
Jesus Chapa (NH) .3648 '20
Todd Helton (PHI) .3599 '16
Jesus Andrales (LV) .3594 '19

Chicago Iron Pigs-Stan Hall (2-0 1.61)
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El Paso Diablos-Ray Anderson (1-0 0.00)

If I lose this series, I will fire someone. I have my 2 best pitchers rested, and a 3-2 lead, short of some natural disaster this team should win this series.

Hugh Collins drilled a 3 run homer in the 1st and after scaping for a run in the 2nd we had a 4-0 lead and our ace on the bump.
3 outs later it was 4-4 as Stan Hall surrendered homers to Caden Haynes and Bill Hill and a run scoring 2B to Tetsui Ishida. We'd scrap for a run in the 3rd to take a 5-4 lead and George Knox hit his 4th playoff homer in the 4th to make it 6-4. Hall would hold through 6 (6-7-4-4-2-7) and Chance Holt, Jake Ellison and Masafumi Watanabe would throw 2 scoreless innings, 1 hit 3 K's, to get the game to Ernesto Cruz. Cruz retired the side in order in the 9th to send us to our 2nd consecutive and 4th total World Series.
Chicago 6 El Paso 4
W-Hall (3-0) L-Anderson (1-1) S-Cruz (3)
HR CHI-Knox (4) Collins (4) EP-Hill (4) Haynes (1)
Chicago wins the series 4-2
SERIES MVP-Stan Hall 2-0 2.40 15 IP 19 K's

Philadelphia Patriots-Bob Park (0-1 7.84)
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Tulsa Drillers-Tim Sutherland (1-0 1.13)

And I have no clue how this ones going to end, just that whichever team wins it is going to be the WS favorite. Two STACKED teams going toe to toe.

A 1-1 game after 1, stayed tied until Chris Gray plated Jorge Ortiz with a 2 out single in the 4th to put Tulsa up 2-1. Both starters were tremendous, with Tim Sutherland managing to keep it 2-1 through 8, and handed the ball to Otto Hunter who worked around a leadoff single to retire the Patriots, and end the series.
Tulsa 2 Philadelphia 1
W-Sutherland (2-0) L-Park (0-2) S-Hunter (3)
HR None
SERIES MVP- Curt Whimster .348 4 HR's 7 RBI's
Tulsa wins the series 4-2

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Stats

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And then there were 2...

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If Ken Lee is even stinky, we win. Very bad, we win. But putrid and atrocious were too much to overcome.
Tulsa got a 2 run shot from Ortiz in the 1st, but Chavez answered to tie. Lee unraveled in the 2nd, giving up 4 more before being pulled.
Dave Winston was magnificent, allowing us to creep back, and get within a run before Otto Hunter got the final 3 outs.