Showdown Cup Finals Game 5

Game 5 of the series has wrapped up and we have crowned our very first Showdown Cup champion. The Chicago Cubs of 2016 won the game and the series by a score of 4-1.  The Cubs struck first in the second inning with a RBI double from Jorge Soler and the very next batter Addison Russell belted a 3 run home run giving them their 4-0 lead. The Royal would be shut down until the 9th inning when Lorenzo Cain ripped a triple scoring Ben Zobrist but the Cubs would remove their starter from the game and bring in Aroldis Chapman who would strike out the next two batters and end the series. The bottom half of the Cubs order strikes again and with help from their undefeated pitcher and tournament save leading closer it was too much for the Royals to handle. This was such a fun tournament and I already can't wait to get started on the qualifying with some new teams that should be showing up on the site soon. I hope all of you enjoyed following along as well.

  

Championship Gm 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	F	H
15 Royals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6
16 Cubs	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
W: J. Arrieta (5-0) 8.1 IP 6H 1ER 6K
L: E. Volquez (5-2) 6IP 5H 4ER 6K 3BB
S: A. Chapman (11)
L. Cain 1/4 3B RBI
A. Russell 1/3 HR R 3RBI

Royals			Cubs
Escobar	0/4		Fowler	2/4 (2)2B
Zobrist	1/3 1B BB R		Bryant	0/4
Cain	1/4 3B RBI		Rizzo	0/3 BB
Hosmer	2/4 (2)1B		Zobrist	1/3 2B BB R
Morales	1/4 2B		Contreras	0/3 BB R
Moustakas	0/3		Soler	2/3 (2) 2B RBI R
Perez	0/3		Russell	1/3 HR R 3RBI
Gordon	0/2 BB		Heyward	0/3
Rios	1/3 1B		Baez	0/3
Volquez	6IP 5H 4ER 6K		Arrieta	8.1 IP 6H ER 6K
Davis	IP H		Chapman	0.2 IP 2K
Herrrera	IP 2K

Scoring Summary
Bot 4
J. Soler doubled, Zobrist scores	1-0 CHC
A. Russell Home Run, Contreras Soler Score	4-0 CHC
Top 9
Cain Triple, Zobrist scores	4-1 CHC

Be on the lookout for a final post in the next few days showing off the tournament stat leaders and tournament MVP, which will be calculated using the fanduel scoring system based on everyone's stats from the tournament, and some other awards for the tournament.