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    			The Best of the Worst
          The Bottom Feeder Open - playing for pride and a few bucks. 
            
          A small taste of post season baseball as the third and fourth place 
          teams get a chance to play a few more games.  Teams are ranked 
          1-8, based on season record and play a 3-game quarterfinal series.  
          Winners are re-seeded and play a 3-game semifinal. 
            
          The two remaining teams square off in a best-of-five finals. 
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           The winner receives a bonus of 500,000 Benchwarmer Bucks.  
          The runner-up gets 250,000. 
            
          2023 Finals: Erie vs. Malta 
          Season series: Erie won 11-7 
            
          2023 Winner - Erie won 3 games to 0 
            
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                    Finals 
                    
                      
      
        
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          Erie vs. Malta | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Erie | 4 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Malta | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - M.Wacha (1-0)  LP - K.Bradish (0-1) HR: Erie: W.Flores (1); Mal: S.Perez (1) Erie leads 1-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Erie | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Malta | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Erie BP (1-0)  LP - Mal BP (0-1) HR: Erie: K.Schwarber (1), R.Lewis (1) Erie leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Malta | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Erie | 7 | 8 | 0 |  WP - B.Garrett (1-0)  LP - L.Gilbert (0-1) HR: Mal: T.France (1); Erie: P.Goldschmidt (1) Erie wins series 3-0 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bone | 4 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Malta | 6 | 6 | 0 |  WP - Mal BP (1-0)  LP - C.Bassitt (0-1) HR: Bone: M.Moniak (1), B.Reynolds (1); Mal: X.Bogaerts (1), N.Gorman (1) Malta leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Erie | 4 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Bates Motel | 6 | 15 | 0 |  WP - BM BP (1-0)  LP - J.Gray (0-1) HR: Erie: C.Carroll (1); BM: M.Olson (1) Bates Motel leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Malta | 2 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Bone | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - A.Abbott (1-0)  LP - G.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: Mal: H.Kim (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bates Motel | 0 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Erie | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Berrios (1-0)  LP - T.Walker (0-1) HR: Erie: W.Flores (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bone | 2 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Malta | 4 | 11 | 0 |  WP - K.Bradish (1-0)  LP - Bone BP (0-1) HR: Mal: S.Perez 2 (2) Malta wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Erie | 5 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Bates Motel | 4 | 9 | 2 |  WP - M.Wacha (1-0)  LP - BM BP (1-1) HR: Erie: F.Lindor (1), T.Casas (1), J.Realmuto (1); BM: M.Olson (2) Erie wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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                    Quarterfinals
                    
                      
        
          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal One | 
          Quarterfinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bone | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Dexy's | 0 | 7 | 0 |  WP - F.Peralta (1-0)  LP - Dex BP (0-1) HR: Bone: B.Lowe (1), M.Chapman (1); Dex: R.Mountcastle (1) Bone leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Oklahoma | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Malta | 3 | 6 | 1 |  WP - K.Gausman (1-0)  LP - K.Bradish (0-1) HR: none Oklahoma leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Dexy's | 3 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Bone | 6 | 4 | 0 |  WP - B.Ober (1-0)  LP - C.Ragans (0-1) HR: Dex: A.Hays (1); Bone: B.Lowe (2), J.Soler 2 (2) Bone wins series 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Malta | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Oklahoma | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - Mal BP (1-0)  LP - Ok BP (0-1) HR: Mal: J.Chisholm (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Oklahoma | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Malta | 6 | 11 | 2 |  WP - L.Gilbert (1-0)  LP - J.Ryan (0-1) HR: Ok: A.Verdugo (1), J.Votto (1), A.Garcia (1); Mal: X.Bogaerts (1), R.Arozarena (1) Malta wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          Quarterfinal Three | 
          Quarterfinal Four | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lasoda's | 5 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Bates Motel | 2 | 7 | 1 |  WP - S.Alcantara (1-0)  LP - BM BP (0-1) HR: Las: W.Merrifield (1), A.Judge (1), T.Murphy (1); BM: M.Olson (1) Lasoda's leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Erie | 5 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Utopia | 1 | 5 | 1 |  WP - B.Garrett (1-0)  LP - S.Gray (0-1) HR: Erie: F.Lindor (1) Erie leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bates Motel | 5 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Lasoda's | 2 | 6 | 0 |  WP - C.Morton (1-0)  LP - J.Verlander (0-1) HR: BM: O.Arcia (1), J.Lowe (1); Las: C.Encarnacion-Strand (1), A.Judge (2), L.Raley (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Utopia | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Erie | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Erie BP (1-0)  LP - G.Kirby (0-1) HR: Utp: J.McNeil (1), K.Carpenter (1); Erie: C.Abrams (1) Erie wins series 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lasoda's | 3 | 7 | 4 | Box  |  | Bates Motel | 8 | 11 | 0 |  WP - J.France (1-0)  LP - Las BP (0-1) HR: BM: O.Albies 2 (2), J.Lowe (2), B.Sabol 2 (2) Bates Motel wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
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