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.
The winner receives a bonus of 500,000 Benchwarmer Bucks.
The runner-up gets 250,000.
2013 Finals: Detroit (69-81) vs. Cincinnati (70-80)
Season series: Split 3-3
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Finals
Game Detroit vs. Cincinnati
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Extra Innings R H E Detroit 3 4 1 Box
Cincinnati 2 9 3 WP - Z.Greinke (1-0) LP - D.Fister (0-1) HR: none Detroit leads 1-0
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R H E Detroit 8 8 0 Box
Cincinnati 5 12 0 WP - J.Zimmermann (1-0) LP - C.Sale (0-1) HR: Det: C.Santana (1), W.Middlebrooks (1); Cin: D.Barney (1), B.Lawrie (1) Detroit leads 2-0
3
R H E Cincinnati 5 6 2 Box
Detroit 3 8 2 WP - M.Minor (1-0) LP - G.Gonzalez (0-1) HR: Cin: J.Ellsbury (1), M.Holliday (1), M.Prado (1); Det: J.Hamilton (1) Detroit leads 2-1
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R H E Cincinnati 3 6 0 Box
Detroit 4 8 0 WP - Det BP (1-0) LP - Cin BP (0-1) HR: none Detroit wins series 3-1
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Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
Extra Innings R H E Grosse Pointe 6 10 0 Box
Cincinnati 7 10 2 WP - Z.Wheeler (1-0) LP - A.Griffin (0-1) HR: GP: T.Frazier 2 (2); Cin: J.Ellsbury (1), A.Pierzynski (1) Cincinnati leads 1-0
R H E Mickey 6 11 1 Box
Detroit 15 13 0 WP - Det BP (1-0) LP - C.Torres (0-1) HR: Mic: E.Longoria (1); Det: D.Ortiz 2 (2), D.Nava (1), R.Zimmerman 2 (2) Detroit leads 1-0
2
R H E Cincinnati 4 8 0 Box
Grosse Pointe 1 7 1 WP - J.Lackey (1-0) LP - J.Peavy (0-1) HR: Cin: M.Prado (1) Cincinnati wins series 2-0
R H E Detroit 3 6 0 Box
Mickey 5 11 1 WP - M.Gonzalez (1-0) LP - M.Leake (0-1) HR: Mic: R.Raburn (1) Series tied 1-1
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R H E Mickey 4 16 0 Box
Detroit 10 11 0 WP - Z.Greinke (1-0) LP - J.Masterson (0-1) HR: Mic: D.Jennings (1); Det: J.Lowrie (1), R.Zimmerman (3) Detroit wins series 2-1
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Quarterfinals
Game Quarterfinal One Quarterfinal Two
1
R H E Grosse Pointe 5 12 1 Box
Bloomington 3 8 0 WP - C.Wilson (1-0) LP - M.Latos (0-1) HR: GP: A.Rizzo (1), B.Posey (1), M.Young (1); Blm: S.Castro (1) Grosse Pointe leads 1-0
R H E Mickey 4 7 1 Box
Milwaukee 7 11 0 WP - Mil BP (1-0) LP - J.Masterson (0-1) HR: none Milwaukee leads 1-0
2
R H E Bloomington 3 6 1 Box
Grosse Pointe 5 12 1 WP - M.Cain (1-0) LP - H.Bailey (0-1) HR: Blm: J.Mayberry Jr. (1) Grosse Pointe wins series 2-0
R H E Milwaukee 0 2 1 Box
Mickey 3 6 1 WP - A.Albers (1-0) LP - Mil BP (1-1) HR: none Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Mickey 3 7 1 Box
Milwaukee 1 9 4 WP - J.Weaver (1-0) LP - Mil BP (1-2) HR: Mic: D.Solano (1) Mickey wins series 2-1
Game Quarterfinal Three Quarterfinal Four
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R H E Nebraska 5 9 2 Box
Cincinnati 8 8 0 WP - Cin BP (1-0) LP - Neb BP (0-1) HR: Cin: M.Brantley 2 (2), M.Holliday (1), D.Barney (1), A.Pierzynski (1) Cincinnati leads 1-0
R H E Battle Creek 5 16 1 Box
Detroit 8 7 0 WP - Z.Greinke (1-0) LP - C.Rusin (0-1) HR: BC: A.Beltre (1), J.Donaldson (1); Det: C.Santana (1), D.Ortiz (1), R.Zimmerman (1) Detroit leads 1-0
2
R H E Cincinnati 5 5 5 Box
Nebraska 3 7 0 WP - C.Sale (1-0) LP - H.Ryu (0-1) HR: Cin: B.Lawrie (1) Cincinnati wins series 2-0
R H E Detroit 4 6 1 Box
Battle Creek 3 5 0 WP - J.Zimmermann (1-0) LP - B.Norris (0-1) HR: BC: J.Donaldson (2) Detroit wins series 2-0
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