Seattle Beats ChiSox 10-0 to Claim Final of 9 Playoff Spots

The result of our Final 2 wild card games will be posted here when done. You can print out your own players and play the Statis-Pro game for free by clicking here, by just buying a few dice at your local store, but we suggest after you try it with dice you consider purchasing a game with fast action cards to replace the dice rolls from someone such as Statis-Pro Advanced.

Seattle 10, Chicago White Sox 0 - JP Crawford made a diving grab and double play with bases loaded in the top of the 2nd inning to save multiple runs - and from then on it was all Seattle in a 10-0 win. Naylor hit a 2-run homer to make it 3-0 after Crawford's solo homer in his incredible 2nd inning. Crawford's 2-run double in the 4th, Raleigh's homer, andfinally Arozerena's 3-run homer capped the win. Those 10 runs gave them a final 3-1 record with a +12 run differential, and since they beat the Braves by more than the Braves beat them they have our next tie-breaker - meaning the Braves now must win by 6 runs against the White Sox to advance - five runs or less and the Mariners advance.

Braves 5, White Sox 1. The Atlanta Braves fell behind 2-1 after Vargas and Grichuk homered in the first two innings (see scoresheet at bottom) and even they rallied to win 5-4 that left them short on run differntial after they tied with Seattle at 3-1. The Mariners are the last team into the 9 team semifinals. Because they came through the Wildcard Pool, the Mariners played eight games. The results of all pool games are here.

Semifinal Pool J

LA Dodgers 4-0, ave score 8.8-2.8

Boston 2-2, ave score 3.5-2.3

NY Mets 3-0, ave score 6.7-3.3

 

Semifinal Pool K

Tampa 3-1, ave score 6.8-4.0

Milwaukee 3-1, ave score 3.5-2.8

Chicago Cubs 2-2, ave score 4.3-2.8

 

Semifinal Pool L

Arizona 3-0, ave score 4.3-1.7

Philadelphia 4-0, ave score 5.5-1.8

Seattle 6-2, ave score 5.4-2.9

 

3 winners advance to Title Pool

6 of the top 8 power ranked teams are in the finals with No. 6 yankees and no. 3 braves missing out, so the number 22 mariners beating out the braves is much different than actual play. However, the projected cArds were made after cal raleigh hit 60 homes and the mariners won 90 games and the braves were 76-86 and ranked no. 21.

Prior to the games we are posting the actual printout of each team's cards, followed by notes below each on which pitchers can pitch in which game.

VISITOR - Chicago White Sox (below) on the road with Anthony Kay (PB 2-6) starting and top available relievers (who did not pitch vs Seattle in 5-3 loss) Hicks (PB 4-7 as top 3 relievers resting), Chris Murphy (PB 2-6), Jordan Leasure (PB 2-6) and Tyler Davis (PB2-6) available and the rest are very weak PB 2-4.

HOME - Seattle George Kirby (PB 2-8) start at home with top available relievers Andres' Munoz (closer, PB 2-8), Seranthony Dominguez (PB2-8), Gabe Speier (PB 2-8) Eduard Pazardo (PB 2-7) and plenty of PB 4-7 available.

In the game in Chicago, Victor Robles pinch ran and scored in the top of the 9th to force extra innings,and Julio Rodriguez 2-run homer capped a 4-run 12th inning that was just enough to offet a 2-run homer in the bottom of the 12th by Munetaka Murakami in the bottom of the 12th as the Mariners survived 5-3. Bryan Woo threw 7 innings of 1-hit, 0-walk ball, but the one hit was a homer by Brenton Doyle.

 

Visitor - Chicago White Sox starter Shane Smith (PB 2-5) but the top five relievers listed above are all avaiable since they were blown out 9-2 hosting Atlanta, so do have a fresh pen.

Home - Atlanta Braves starter Reynaldo Lopez (PB 2-7) and their top 9 relievers are available after resting in the 9-2 win - so Raisel Iglesias (PB 2-9 all star), and a pari of PB 2-8 pitchers Robert Suarez and Dylan Lee give them a huge edge in the game.

Playoff scenarios:

If either Seattle or Atlanta win and the other one loses then then winner advances to be one of the final 9 teams in the semifinal pods.

If both win or both lose, then then Seattle must win by at least 5 runs more than Atlanta wins by to advane, so if Atlanta loses by 4 or fewer runs than Seattle they would still advance.

Chicago is at -9 runs scored so would have to win by large margins to catch Seattle (+2) and Atlanta (+7).  The White Sox would need to beat Seattle by at least 2 runs and Atlanta by at least 7 runs to advance - if they fall short of that total against either they are eliminted.

Pos	ATL
RF	Ronald Acuña Jr
2b	Ozzie Albies
DH	Drake Baldwin
1b	Matt Olson
3b	Austin Riley
CF	Michael Harris II
LF	Lane Thomas
SS	Ha-Seong Kim
C	Sean Murphy
Pos	CHW
CF	Brenton Doyle
2b	Chase Meidroth
3b	Miguel Vargas
1b	Munetaka Murakami
RF	Randal Grichuk
DH	Andrew Benintendi
C	Joey Bart
SS	Colson Montgomery
LF	Brooks Baldwin
Pos	SEA
CF	Julio Rodríguez
LF	Randy Arozarena
1b	Josh Naylor
C	Cal Raleigh
RF	Taylor Ward
DH	Rob Refsnyder
3B	Weston Wilson
SS	JP Crawford
2b	Cole Young