The stage is set for the Semi-Finals and all four teams are ready to make their case on who should be the first ever Showdown Cup Champion. An interesting day with the two games both coming to a final score of 3-1. First game we had was the Marlins visiting the Chicago Cubs with the Cubs pulling out the victory behind another dominant start from Jon Lester. Lester improved to 4-0 in the tournament and the Marlins didn't get their only run until the ninth inning which opened the door for the closer Aroldis Chapman to come into the game. Unlikely hero Jason Heyward provided 2 RBIS on 3 hits for the Cubs in the victory. Over on the American League side the Royals struck early with 2 runs in the third and another in the fourth helping them cruise to a 3-1 victory over the Mariners. Johnny Cueto was stellar with 10 strikeouts over seven innings before making way to the bullpen to shut this game down. In this series if either team has a lead going into the 7th inning it will be interesting to see if a team can comeback against these two dominant bullpens.
Player of the Day:
3/4 2RBI
Pitcher of the Day:
W: (4-0) 8IP 4H 1ER 11K
| Playoff rd 2 gm1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | F | H |
| 03 Marlins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 Cubs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| W: J. Lester (4-0) 8IP 4H 1ER 11K |
| L: J. Beckett (1-2) 6IP 9H 3ER 10K |
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| L. Castillo 2/4 2SB R |
| J. Heyward 3/4 2RBI |
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| Playoff rd 2 gm1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | F | H |
| 01 Mariners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 15 Royals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| W: J. Cueto (2-2) 7IP 8H 1ER 10K |
| L: F. Garcia (1-4) 6IP 10H 3ER 3K |
| S: G. Holland (5) | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Ichiro 2/4 SB |
| A. Gordon 4/4 2B R RBI |
Game 2 Probable Starters
CHC J. Arrieta (2-0) vs FLA D. Willis (2-0)
SEA J. Moyer (3-0) vs E. Volquez (4-0)
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