Phillies Claim Final Spot in Statis-Pro Championship Pool

Bryce Harper homered in the top of the 6th inning to break a 4-4 tie, and the Phillies added two insurance runs in the 9th to claim the final championship spot against Tampa and the LA Dodgers. 

Justin Crawford led off the inning and stole second before Trea Turner singled him home. Turner later scored on Luis Arraez's fourth hit of the game — and the Phillies' 14th hit — to secure the final spot in the Championship Pool.

Below you can find three things, in order. Play your own games with the free Statis-Pro baseball game by clicking here.

First, we list all Statis-Pro teams' records this season in our pool-play format, starting with the three teams advancing to the Championship round-robin pool. Next are the six other teams that made the semifinal pools before being eliminated, followed by the 19 teams that lost in initial pool play without making the semifinals, and finally the two teams we left out because they ranked 29th and 30th in the power rankings.

We actually initially left the Chicago White Sox out as one of the bottom three, but they were so much improved that we added a single wild-card pool. This required the Mariners to win a second pool since their original pool was the weakest, with no team above .500 in real MLB play. We also gave Atlanta a second chance since they were the highest power-ranked team not to make the semifinals and their original pool was so tough, particularly because the Red Sox unexpectedly emerged as a top team.

Second, we list the results of all 67 games it took us to get to the Championship Pool, along with the starting pitchers in each game. Each pool features every team throwing its top four Statis-Pro starting pitcher cards, with either its ace and No. 4 starter or its No. 2 and No. 3 starters facing the other two teams in the pool.

Third is a picture of the game-winning semifinal finale. Jesús Luzardo fell behind 4-1 after two innings against the Diamondbacks but managed to fight back with three scoreless innings after that. He lasted through five innings, giving the Phillies time to catch up and then take the lead on Harper's homer so Luzardo could grab the win.

Corbin Carroll would have been the hero if the Diamondbacks had won and advanced. He reached on an error to start the bottom of the 1st inning, stole second and scored. Then, in the 2nd inning, he hit a homer to make it 4-1 D-backs.

The Diamondbacks had beaten Seattle 1-0 in the game before to eliminate the Mariners, making the final Championship Pool spot come down to the winner of the Phillies-Diamondbacks game.

In the title pool, if any team goes 4-0, or is the only team to go 3-1, it will be the 2026 Statis-Pro Champion. We will not eliminate teams in this round based on run differential, but we will use it for seeding additional games if we need a tiebreaker.

If two of the final three championship teams finish 3-1, they will play a one-game tiebreaker for the title. If all three teams finish 2-2, the team with the best run differential gets a bye while the other two teams play a one-game playoff. The winner of that game then plays the team with the bye for the 2026 Statis-Pro Championship.

 

Champ Pool	Wins	Losses	Win%	Runs	Allowed
LA Dodgers	8	0	1.000	6.8	2.4
Philadelphia	7	1	0.875	4.8	2.5
Tampa	6	2	0.750	6.0	3.4
Semi Final Pool	Wins	Losses	Win%	Runs	Allowed
Seattle	8	4	0.667	4.3	2.5
Milwaukee	5	3	0.625	3.9	3.1
NY Mets	3	2	0.600	4.8	4.6
Arizona	4	3	0.571	3.1	2.6
Chicago Cubs	3	5	0.375	2.9	3.8
Boston	2	4	0.333	3.0	2.5
Eliminated	Wins	Losses	Win%	Runs	Allowed
Cincinnati	3	1	0.750	4.3	2.3
Minnesota	3	1	0.750	4.8	3.5
Atlanta	5	3	0.625	4.4	4.3
Texas	2	2	0.500	3.8	3.3
Kansas City	2	2	0.500	4.0	4.3
St. Louis	2	2	0.500	4.0	5.3
Detroit	1	2	0.333	5.7	4.3
Toronto	1	2	0.333	3.7	3.0
Miami	1	2	0.333	2.7	4.7
San Francisco	1	2	0.333	0.3	2.0
Baltimore	0	2	0.000	3.0	6.5
NY Yankees	0	2	0.000	1.5	3.5
Pittsburgh	0	4	0.000	2.3	5.5
Athletics	0	2	0.000	3.5	9.5
Houston	0	4	0.000	2.5	7.3
Chicago White Sox	0	4	0.000	2.3	7.3
Washington	0	2	0.000	2.0	8.0
San Diego	0	2	0.000	0.5	4.5
Cleveland	0	2	0.000	0.5	6.5
Relegated	Wins	Losses	Win%	Runs	Allowed
LA Angels	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0
Colorado	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0
Total Record	67	67

 

Championship Pools (3 teams)	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
LA Dodgers Rotation	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Tarik Skubal	2'-9	TB
Shohei Ohtani	2'-9	Phi
Yoshinobu Yamamoto	2'-8	Phi
Tyler Glasnow	2'-8	TB
Team Total Wins & Runs			0	0
Tampa Rotation	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Shane McClanahan	2'-8	LA
Drew Rasmussen	2'-8	Phi
Freddy Peralta	2'-7	Phi
Ryan Pepiot	4'-7	LA
Team Total Wins & Runs			0	0
Philadelphia Rotation	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Cristopher Sánchez	2'-9	LAD
Zack Wheeler	2'-8	Phi
Jesús Luzardo	2'-7	Phi
Aaron Nola	4'-7	LAD
Team Total Wins & Runs			0	0
Semifinal Pools (9 teams, 3 pools)
LA Dodgers Win Pool J Semi
LA Dodgers Rotation	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Tarik Skubal	2'-9	NYM	5	1	1	0
Shohei Ohtani	2'-9	Bos	2	1	1	0
Yoshinobu Yamamoto	2'-8	Bos	4	3	1	0
Tyler Glasnow	2'-8	NYM	8	3	1	0
Team Total Wins & Runs			19	8	4	0
Boston Rotation	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Sonny Gray	2'-8	NYM			0
Garrett Crochet	2'-8	LAD	1	2	0	1
Ranger Suarez	2'-7	LAD	3	4	0	1
Payton Tolle	4'-7	NYM			0
Team Total Wins & Runs			4	6	0	2
NY Mets Rotation	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Jonah Tong	2'-8	LAD	1	5	0	1
Nolan McLean	2'-7	Bos
Christian Scott	2'-7	Bos
Sean Manaea	4'-7	LAD	3	8	0	1
Team Total Wins & Runs			4	13	0	2
			27	27
Tampa Wins Pool K Semifinal
Tampa Rotation	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Shane McClanahan	2'-8	Mil	5	3	1	0
Drew Rasmussen	2'-8	ChC	2	1	1	0
Freddy Peralta	2'-7	ChC	10	0	1	0
Ryan Pepiot	4'-7	Mil	4	7	0	1
Team Total Wins & Runs			21	11	3	1
Chicago Cubs Rotation	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Justin Steele	2'-7	TB	1	2	0	1
Edward Cabrera	2'-7	Mil	3	6	0	1
Kevin Gausman	2'-7	Mil	2	1	1	0
Jordan Wicks	2'-7	TB	0	10	0	1
Team Total Wins & Runs			6	19	1	3
Milwaukee Rotation	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Jacob Misiorowski	2'-9	TB	3	5	0	1
Brandon Woodruff	2'-7	ChC	6	3	1	0
DL Hall	4'-7	ChC	1	2	0	1
Shane Drohan	4'-7	TB	7	4	1	0
Team Total Wins & Runs			17	14	2	2
			44	44
Philadelphia Wins Pool L Semifinal
Philadelphia Rotation	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Cristopher Sánchez	2'-9	Sea	3	1	1	0
Zack Wheeler	2'-8	Ari	4	3	1	0
Jesús Luzardo	2'-7	Ari	7	4	1	0
Aaron Nola	4'-7	Sea	2	5	0	1
Team Total Wins & Runs			16	13	3	1
Arizona Rotation	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Corbin Burnes	4'-7	Phi	3	4	0	1
Zac Gallen	4'-7	Sea	1	2	0	1
Merrill Kelly	4'-7	Sea	1	0	1	0
Brandon Pfaadt	4'-7	Phi	4	7	0	1
Team Total Wins & Runs			9	13	1	3
Seattle Rotation	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Logan Gilbert	2'-8	Phi	1	3	0	1
George Kirby	2'-8	Ari	0	1	0	1
Bryan Woo	2'-8	Ari	2	1	1	0
Bryce Miller	2'-6	Phi	5	2	1	0
Team Total Wins & Runs			8	7	2	2
			33	33
Seattle Emerges from Wild Card
Atlanta	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Chris Sale	2'-9	CWS	9	2	1	0
Reynaldo López	2'-7	CWS	5	4	1	0
Spencer Strider	2'-7	Sea	2	4	0	1
Spencer Schwellenbach	2'-8	Sea	5	3	1	0
			21	13	3	1
Chicago White Sox	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Luis Castillo	4-7	Atl	2	9	0	1
Noah Schultz	4-7	Sea	3	5	0	1
Anthony Kay	2-6	Sea	0	10	0	1
Shane Smith	2-5	Atl	4	5	0	1
			9	29	0	4
Seattle	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
George Kirby	2'-8	Atl	3	4	0	1
Bryan Woo	2'-8	CWS	4	3	1	0
Logan Gilbert	2'-8	CWS	10	0	1	0
Bryce Miller	4'-7	Atl	4	2	1	0
			21	9	3	1
Preliminary 27 teams (9 Pools)
LA Dodgers Win Pool A
Athletics	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Jacob Lopez	2'-5	LAD	5	16	0	1
Jack Perkins	2'-6	LAD	2	3	0	1
Gage Jump	2'-5	Was
Mason Barnett	2'-6	Was
			7	19	0	2
LA Dodgers	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Tyler Glasnow	2'-8	Ath	3	2	1	0
Shohei Ohtani	2'-9	Ath	16	5	1	0
Blake Snell	2'-8	Was	12	4	1	0
Yoshinobu Yamamoto	2'-8	Was	4	0	1	0
			35	11	4	0
Washington	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Zack Littell	2'-5	Ath
Cade Cavalli	4'-7	Ath
Foster Griffin	4'-7	LAD	0	4	0	1
Andrew Alvarez	2'-5	LAD	4	12	0	1
			4	16	0	2
Boston wins Pool B; ATL wildcard
Atlanta	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Chris Sale	2'-9	Bos	1	8	0	1
Reynaldo López	2'-7	Bos	4	2	1	0
Spencer Strider	2'-7	Tex	5	9	0	1
Spencer Schwellenbach	2'-8	Tex	4	2	1	0
			14	21	2	2
Boston	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Ranger Suarez	2'-7	Atl	2	4	0	1
Garrett Crochet	2'-8	Atl	8	1	1	0
Connelly Early	2'-7	Tex	2	3	0	1
Sonny Gray	2'-8	Tex	2	1	1	0
			14	9	2	2
Texas	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Nathan Eovaldi	2'-8	Atl	2	4	0	1
Jordan Montgomery	2'-6	Atl	9	5	1	0
MacKenzie Gore	2'-7	Bos	3	2	1	0
Kumar Rocker	4'-7	Bos	1	2	0	1
			15	13	2	2
NY Mets win Pool C
Miami	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Braxton Garrett	2'-7	NYM	6	9	0	1
Sandy Alcantara	4'-7	NYM	1	5	0	1
Max Meyer	4'-7	NYY
Eury Pérez	2'-7	NYY	1	0	1	0
			8	14	1	2
NY Mets	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Nolan McLean	2'-7	Mia	9	6	1	0
Freddy Peralta	2'-7	Mia	5	1	1	0
Sean Manaea	4'-7	NYY
Jonah Tong	2'-8	NYY	6	3	1	0
			20	10	3	0
NY Yankees	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Gerrit Cole	2'-8	Mia	0	1	0	1
Carlos Rodón	4'-7	Mia
Max Fried	2'-8	NYM	3	6	0	1
Cam Schlittler	2'-9	NYM
			3	7	0	2
Tampa Wins Pool D
Cincinnati	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Brady Singer	2'-6	Hou	4	3	1	0
Chase Burns	2'-9	Hou	4	0	1	0
Hunter Greene	2'-7	TBR	0	3	0	1
Nick Lodolo	4'-7	TBR	9	3	1	0
			17	9	3	1
Houston	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Hunter Brown	2'-8	Cin	0	4	0	1
AJ Blubaugh	2'-6	Cin	3	4	0	1
Mike Burrows	2'-6	TBR	2	8	0	1
Tatsuya Imai	2'-6	TBR	5	13	0	1
			10	29	0	4
Tampa	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Drew Rasmussen	2'-8	Cin	8	2	1	0
Joe Boyle	4'-7	Cin	3	9	0	1
Ryan Pepiot	4'-7	Hou	13	5	1	0
Shane McClanahan	2'-8	Hou	3	0	1	0
			27	16	3	1
Milwaukee wins Pool E
Milwaukee	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Kyle Harrison	2'-6	SFG	4	0	1	0
Brandon Woodruff	2'-7	SFG	2	0	1	0
Jacob Misiorowski	2'-9	Tor	2	9	0	1
DJ Hall	4'-7	Tor	6	2	1	0
			14	11	3	1
San Francisco	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Landen Roupp	4'-7	Mil	0	2	0	1
Robbie Ray	4'-7	Tor
Carson Whisenhunt	4'-7	Mil	0	4	0	1
Logan Webb	2'-8	Tor	1	0	1	0
			1	6	1	2
Toronto	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Ricky Tiedemann	2'-7	Mil	2	6	0	1
Dylan Cease	2'-9	Mil	9	2	1	0
Shane Bieber	2'-7	SFG	0	1	0	1
Trey Yesavage	2'-7	SFG
			11	9	1	2
Chicago Cubs win Pool F
Chicago Cubs	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
David Peterson	4'-7	KCR	7	1	1	0
Edward Cabrera	2'-7	KCR	2	5	0	1
Justin Steele	2'-7	StL	3	5	0	1
Matthew Boyd	2'-6	StL	5	0	1	0
			17	11	2	2
Chicago Cubs	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Cole Ragans	2'-8	Chc	5	2	1	0
Seth Lugo	2'-5	Chc	0	5	0	1
Kris Bubic	2'-7	StL	8	4	1	0
Noah Cameron	2'-5	StL	3	6	0	1
			16	17	2	2
Kansas City	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Matthew Liberatore	2'-6	KCR	6	3	1	0
Michael McGreevy	4'-7	Chc	5	3	1	0
Dustin May	2'-6	KCR	4	8	0	1
Andre Pallante	2'-6	Chc	1	7	0	1
			16	21	2	2
Arizona Wins Pool G
Arizona	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Merrill Kelly	4'-7	Cle	1	0	1	0
Zac Gallen	4'-7	Cle
Corbin Burnes	2'-8	Det	4	3	1	0
Brandon Pfaadt	4'-7	Det	8	2	1	0
			13	5	3	0
Cleveland	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Parker Messick	2'-9	Ari	0	1	0	1
Tanner Bibee	4'-7	Ari
Joey Cantillo	4'-7	Det	1	12	0	1
Gavin Williams	4'-7	Det
Detroit			1	13	0	2
Detroit	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Framber Valdez	2'-8	Ari	3	4	0	1
Jack Flaherty	2'-7	Ari	2	8	0	1
Tarik Skubal	2'-8	Cle	12	1	1	0
Casey Mize	4'-7	Cle
			17	13	1	2
Philadelphia Wins Pool H
Baltimore	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Shane Baz	2'-6	Phi
Albert Suárez	2'-6	SDP
Kyle Bradish	2'-8	SDP	5	9	0	1
Trevor Rogers	2'-6	Phi	1	4	0	1
			6	13	0	2
Philadelphia	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Zack Wheeler	2'-8	Bal	4	1	1	0
Jesús Luzardo	2'-7	Bal	9	5	1	0
Cristopher Sánchez	2'-9	SDP	2	1	1	0
Aaron Nola	4'-7	SDP	7	0	1	0
			22	7	4	0
San Diego	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Michael King	2'-6	Phi	1	2	0	1
Joe Musgrove	4'-7	Bal
Nick Pivetta	2'-7	bal
Casey Mize	2'-8	Phi	0	7	0	1
			1	9	0	2
Seattle Wins Pool I - goes Wild card
Minnesota	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Joe Ryan	2'-9	Pit	4	3	1	0
Taj Bradley	4'-7	Pit	6	1	1	0
Zebby Matthews	2'-7	Sea	6	4	1	0
Andrew Morris	4-'7	Sea	3	6	0	1
			19	14	3	1
Pittsburgh	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Paul Skenes	2'-9	Min	3	4	0	1
Mitch Keller	4'-7	Min	1	6	0	1
Jared Jones	2'-7	Sea	3	8	0	1
Braxton Ashcraft	4'-7	Sea	2	4	0	1
			9	22	0	4
Seattle	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
George Kirby	2'-8	Min	4	6	0	1
Bryan Woo	2'-8	pit	8	3	1	0
Logan Gilbert	2'-8	Pit	4	2	1	0
Bryce Miller	4'-7	min	6	3	1	0
			22	14	3	1
Teams Not Included in Pool
Chicago White Sox added later WC
Angels-Rockies May Play at End
LA Angels	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Grayson Rodriguez	2'-7
Reid Detmers	4'-7
Yusei Kikuchi	4'-7
Ryan Johnson	2'-6
Colorado Rockies	PB	Opp	Runs	Allowed	Wins	Losses
Tanner Gordon	2'-5
Gabriel Hughes	2'-5
TJ Shook	2'-5
Kyle Freeland	2'-4

Here is the Phillies win in our 67th game this year: