The final day of the opening round of the inaugural Showdown Cup has come to a close and what great competition we had. The Cubs rang off their 6th win in a row after being no hit by Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers in their first game. The Dodgers knocked off the Cardinals to secure a playoff position with a walk off home run by Joc Pederson. The Braves beat the Phillies taking them both to 3-4 with a -3 run differential effectively making them tie for 5th&6th place. Finally the Marlins beat the Diamondbacks pushing the Marlins into the second seed and Arizona to the third seed.
Day 14: Player of the Day
2/3 HR RBI R Walk Off HR Clinch last playoff spot
Day 14: Pitcher of the Day
W (1-0) 7IP 6H 1ER 5K
| Day 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H |
| 16 Cubs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| W: J. Arrieta (1-0) 6IP 4H 1ER 9K |
| L: R. Vogelsong (0-2) 6IP 7H 3ER 4K |
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| A. Russell 1/3 HR RBI 2R SB BB |
| B. Posey 2/4 RBI |
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| Day 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H |
| 11 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 17 Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| W: K. Jansen (1-0) 1IP 1ER 2K BS |
| L: J. Westbrook (0-1) 0IP 1H 1ER |
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| L. Berkman 1/4 HR RBI R |
| J. Pederson 2/3 HR RBI R Walk Off HR |
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| Day 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H |
| 95 Braves | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 08 Philles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| W: J. Smoltz (1-1) 6IP 4H 1ER 6K |
| L: B. Myers (0-1) 3IP 5H 5ER 5K |
S: M. Wohlers (2) 1IP 0ER 2K
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| F. McGriff 2/4 2B HR 2RBI 2R |
| R. Howard 1/4 HR RBI R |
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| Day 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H |
| 01 D-Backs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 03 Marlins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| W: M. Redman (1-0) 7IP 6H 1ER 5K |
| L: M. Batsita (0-2) 5IP 7H 2ER 3K |
| S: U. Urbina (2) | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| T. Womack 2/4 RBI SB |
| J. Encarnacion 2/4 (2)3B RBI |
| Team | W | L | Dif |
| 16 Cubs | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 03 Marlins | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 01 D-Backs | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 Dodgers | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 08 Philles | 3 | 4 | -3 |
| 95 Braves | 3 | 4 | -3 |
| 12 Giants | 2 | 5 | -8 |
| 11 Cardinals | 2 | 5 | -19 |
Playoff Matchups
1. 15 Kansas City Royals vs 17 Los Angeles Dodgers
2. 01 Seattle Mariners vs 01 Arizona Diamondbakcs
3. 09 New York Yankees @ 03 Florida Marlins
4. 07 Boston Red Sox @ 16 Chicago Cubs
Potential Playoff Schedule
Monday: Games 1s
Tuesday: Games 2's
Thursday: Games 3's
Friday: Games 4's *if necessary
Saturday: Game 5's *if necessary
Now there we have it, the playoffs are set, are you sticking with your original picks? Did they get eliminated? Who do you think will bring home the first Showdown Cup?
YES, called the final four (even if I missed on who won the Marlins/DBacks)!!! My first correct prediction lol! So pumped for the Showdown Cup playoffs to begin!
ReplyDeletePredictions:
Dodgers upset the Royals
Mariners over DBacks (assuming it's the #4 starters)
Yankees over Marlins
Cubs over Red Sox
So for this round the #4 starters are moving to the bullpen pitching at half their ip
ReplyDeleteIn that case, I'm going DBacks over Mariners!
DeleteYeah I can’t wait to see what happens. The AL threw me way off, in the NL the only thing I didn’t see was the marlins I thought the Braves or Phillies would have gotten that spot but with Maddux going 0-2 in his starts that hurt. Although this starts were against a Randy Johnson complete game shut out and a loss to the best team record wise the cubs it makes sense why they didn’t make it. But next time who knows make some favorable rolls and some favorable opponents when he’s on the mound and the Braves could be in the post season.
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