Day 1 Of The Showdown Cup

Day 1 of the Greatest Showdown Cup has finished for the American League Block. Close games in all four of them and if this is any indication of what the tournament is going to be than I am very excited to continue this on.

Player of the Day

4/5 2 Home Runs 5 RBI Double

Pitcher of the Day

Win, 8 IP 6 Strikeouts 2 Earned Runs

Day 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H
07 Red Sox	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12
09 Yankees	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10
W: J. Beckett (1-0) 8IP 6K
L: C.C. Sabathia (0-1) 6IP 7K
S: J. Papelbon (1) 1IP 3 K
D. Ortiz 3/5 2B RBI R
J. Damon 3/5 2B R
Day 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H
13 Red Sox	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	7
01 Mariners	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
W: F. Garcia (1-0) 7.1IP 3ER 8K
L: C. Bucholtz (0-1) 6IP 4ER 8K
S. K. Sasaki (1) 1IP 3K
S. Victorino 2/4 2 2B 3 RBI
B. Boone 2/3 2HR 4 RBI BB
Day 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H
05 White Sox	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	4	7
17 Astros	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	9
W: C. Devenski (1-0) 3.1 IP 4K
L: M. Buehrle (0-1) 7IP 5 ER 9K
S. K. Giles (1)
T. Iguchi 1/2 HR 3RBI 2BB
C. Correa 2/4 HR 3RBI
Day 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H
15 Royals	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	7	13
15 Blue Jays	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	5	6
W: G. Holland (1-0) 1 IP 2 ER
L: L. Hendricks (0-1) 1 IP 2ER
S: R. Madson (1)
K. Morales 4/5 2 HR 5 RBI 2B
J. Bautista 3/4 HR 4 RBI BB

With day one complete we head to tomorrow NL Block games and here is the first set of standings.

Team	W	L	Diff
15 Royals	1	0	2
07 Red Sox	1	0	1
01 Mariners	1	0	1
17 Astros	1	0	1
09 Yankees	0	1	-1
13 Red Sox	0	1	-1
05 White Sox	0	1	-1
15 Blue Jays	0	1	-2