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American League Wild Card Round  (Best of 5 Format)
AL Wildcard Series --- Houston Oil Barons (93-69) vs Jersey Damage (105-57) 
Damage sweeps!

Game 1   Game 2   Game 3 
AL Wildcard Series --- Los Angeles Halos (94-68) vs San Carlos Aces (95-67)
Game 1 - Quintana gets rocked for 2 Hrs and 5 runs while his replacement, Lange, allows 5 more runs as SCA wins easily 12-3. Bogaerts 2 Hrs and Trevino 4 rbi.

Game 2 - crazy game with combined 32 hits and 22 runs. LAH scores 4 in 9th for comeback 12-10 win after blowing a 4-1 lead early.

Game 3 - Ramirez's 3 run HR in 1st gives Castillo a cushion to work with and he takes a no-hitter 9 2/3 innings. Muncy ends it on a 3-1 pitch which lands in bleachers. Matza gets the final out for LAH 5-2 win

Game 4- strong SP for both teams as the game heads to the 9th 1-1. Hendriks comes on and is ineffective as SCA plates 3 to take a 4-1 lead. Stanek tries to re-gift the game back to LAH by walking 3 and allowing 1 to score before leaving after 1 out with the bases jammed. Puk gets the final 2 outs for a SCA win 4-2.
 
Game 5- Gerrit Cole's longball issue pops its ugly head, Halos launch 3 off Cole, Cruz adds his 2nd of the game of Hearn to drive in the nail in Aces coffin. 6-1 final- Halos move on! Aces offense lived and died with Ohtani this year, next yr going to be much more balanced attack as Yeli, Beli and some kids turned in nice seasons. Oh yeah and that Ohtani guy was pretty good also, lol
 
Congrats to Jeff and SCA on fine season.
National League Wild Card Round (Best of 5 Format)
NL Wildcard Series --- Rock River Ravens (76-86) vs Purcellville Cannons  (77-85) 

Besides their record, the Ravens and Cannons are two teams that are equally matched, and the series proved that out:

 

Game 1: The Cannons powered by 4 HR’s put up a 10 spot for a 10-4 win and a 1-0 series lead.

 

Game 2: The Cannons bullpen couldn’t hold a 4-run lead through 6 and the Raven pecked (sorry about that) away to send it to extras where Zavala lined a single to left for the go-ahead run. Ravens tacked on a second run which they needed in a 6-5 victory in 11 innings. Series tied a 1-1

 

Game 3: Pitching did not show up for this game, a total of 18 runs and 27 hits. This time the Ravens put up a 10-spot scoring 5 in the bottom of the 8th to win 10-8 and a 2-1 series lead.

 

Game 4: Pitching was back in form for both teams, Lyles, and Snell both go 7 innings, and it was a 2-run 3rd that the Cannons were able to hang on to a 3-1 win to tie the series at 2 a-piece.

 

Game 5: This was a pitcher’s duel, Mahle went 7 strong innings, and the Ravens were holding onto a 1-0 lead. Ravens manager stuck with Mahle to begin the 8th a couple of hits and a balk tied the game at 1-1, Mahle stayed in to face Lopez who tripled to score 2 runs and the Cannons went on to win 3-1 and the series at 3-2.

 

NL Wildcard Series --- West Orange Panthers (79-83) vs Newark Hen House (81-81) 

Newark advances in a 5-game nail biter.

Game 1   Game 2   Game 3   Game 4   Game 5