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The 2020 Benchwarmer Bash
Benchwarmer Baseball holds a final playoff
tournament each fall, taking all the league champions and - for now -
some wildcard teams and crowning a single champ for all of Benchwarmer
Baseball.
The format - as BWB continues to grow - will be in flux from season
to season. Eventually, leagues will be part of "associations"
and "federations" and there will be champs at each level that advance
to the final bash.
In 2009 we made the move to
Federations, and in 2019, we moved to an Association level. Currently, there are 8
complete Federations in BWB - each
Federation contains 4 Associations, and each Association has 2 leagues.
Beginning in 2020, BWB expanded into additional Federations.
Until those fill up, leagues may be placed randomly in the Bash amid
other groupings. The
league champion teams will make the
Association round along with wild cards to fill out a field of 4
teams. Selection of wild cards will be based on the
Power Index compared within that Association.
The existence and number of wild cards will continue to fluctuate annually as the number of
leagues change.
2020: Teams in the Big Red Machine League will compete in the
Ty Cobb Federation, and the Eddie Collins Association.
4 Association champs move on within each
Federation. Then, each Federation crowns a champ
from those 4 teams...then the 8 remaining Federation champions will
play in a final bracket - seeded by
Power Index (ranked over all BWB).
Confused? You'll see how it plays out.
PRIZE -
The winner of the Benchwarmer Bash will earn two free seasons for
their winning team, in addition to the free season they may have won
if they were a league champion. The Bash runner up will earn one
free season.
Last year's Bash
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Benchwarmer Bash - Quarterfinals |
2020 Benchwarmer
Bash Bracket |
| Semifinals:
Jump to Games
Infinite (34-20, A League About
Nothing) vs.
Stargell's Spectacular (38-16, Steel City)
Infinite Zeroes vs. Stargell's Spectacular Slammin Spectacle
Stargell's Spectacular wins series 4-3
Three Blind (42-12, Three of a Kind)
vs. Scully's (38-16, Bleed Dodger Blue)
Three Blind Mouse-ketiers vs. Scully's Songbirds
Three Blind wins series 4-1
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Benchwarmer Bash
Finals Jump to Games
Three Blind (42-12, Three of a Kind) vs.
Stargell's Spectacular (38-16, Steel City)
Three Blind Mouse-ketiers vs. Stargell's Spectacular Slammin Spectacle
Stargell's Spectacular wins series 4-2
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2020 Federation Champions
- Hank Aaron Federation: Infinite Zeroes
(A League About Nothing) - David Henning
- Johnny Bench Federation: Stargell's Spectacular
Slammin Spectacle (Steel City) - Jason
Kiernan
- Ty Cobb Federation: Big Train Rides The Ryan
Express (Whiff) - Jason Kiernan
- Joe DiMaggio Federation: Three Blind Mouse-ketiers
(Three of a Kind) - Jason Kiernan
- Dennis Eckersley Federation: Clevdog u big dummy
ur not my frand (Experts) - Sherman Wan
- Jimmie Foxx Federation: Belle Harbor Cards
(Five Boroughs) - Michael Quinn
- Lou Gehrig Federation: McCovey Cove Candlestick
Makers (They Might Be Giants) - Jason
Kiernan
- Rogers Hornsby Federation: Scully's Songbirds
(Bleed Dodger Blue) - Jason Kiernan
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Past BW Bash Champions
- 2023: Kingston (Marxball) Ricardo
Alexander
- 2022: Kingston (That's the Fact
Jack) Ricardo
Alexander
- 2021: Kingston (Marxball) Ricardo
Alexander
- 2020: Stargell's Spectacular (Steel
City) Jason Kiernan
- 2019: The (Beer) owned then by Jesse Roche
- 2018: Fiorello's (Marxball) Jason
Kiernan
- 2017:
The (Beer)
owned then by Jesse Roche
- 2016:
Crumpton (now
Rich, Moneyball) owned then by Jesse Roche
- 2015:
Towanda (Commissioners)
owned then by Jay Snyder
- 2014:
Crestone (Moneyball)
owned then by Kevin Connors
- 2013:
Backwoods (now
Clearwater, Phightin' Phils) owned then by Kevin Connors
- 2012:
Crumpton (now
St. Paul, Winners Circle) owned then by Jesse Roche
- 2011:
Crumpton (now
Atlanta, Murderers' Row) owned then by Jesse Roche
- 2010:
Save the Dome (now Fantasy, Experts) owned then by Jacob Vass
- 2009:
Aksarben (K Street) Don Kruse
- 2008:
Trinidad (Longball) Leif Jonson
- 2007:
Gashouse (Reality Bites) Rob Behymer
- 2006:
NJ (now
Cleveland, Shadowball)
owned then by Tom Twomey
- 2005:
Carlisle (now
Stu Sutcliffe, Beatleball) owned then by Mark Groninger
- 2004:
Gorilla (now Abbey Road, Beatleball) owned then by David Regan/Dana Moreau
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2020 Entrants:
Hank Aaron Federation
Grover Alexander Association
- Hall of Fame: San Diego (19)
- A League About Nothing: Infinite (4)
- Wild Card: Overdried, A League About
Nothing (1)
- Wild Card: NYC2ATL, A League About
Nothing (2)
Association Champ: Infinite Zeroes (A
League About Nothing) - David Henning
Cap Anson Association
- Shadowball: Bingo (2)
- Wes Anderson: Twee (3)
- Wild Card: Las Vegas, Shadowball (1)
- Wild Card: Tombstone, Shadowball (4)
Association Champ: Las Vegas
Billionaires (Shadowball) - Jim Sowerby
Luis Aparicio Association
- Bronx Bombers: Maris (1)
- Fenway Fenatics: Big Tall
(11)
- Wild Card: Skeleton, Fenway Fenatics (2)
- Wild Card: Chicago, Bronx Bombers (3)
Association Champ: Maris & Mantle
(Bronx Bombers) - Jason Kiernan
Richie Ashburn Association
- American Association: Cleveland (1)
- Anchorman: Cooperstown (4)
- Wild Card: Chicago, Anchorman (2)
- Wild Card: Throwback, American
Association (3)
Association Champ: Cooperstown
Wannabes (Anchorman) - David Henning
Aaron Federation Results
Association
Results
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Johnny Bench Federation
Ernie Banks Association
- Chevy Chase: Lampoon's (1)
- Perfect World: Utopia (2)
- Wild Card: Malta, Perfect World (3)
- Wild Card: Gashouse, Chevy Chase (4)
Association Champ: Lampoon's Play
Baseball (Chevy Chase) - Jason Kiernan
Yogi Berra Association
- Beer: Elsinore
(16)
- Winners Circle: NYC2ATL (5)
- Wild Card: Dagobah, Winners Circle (1)
- Wild Card: The, Beer (2)
Association Champ: Elsinore Hosers (Beer) -
A Citarella
George Brett Association
- Broadway: All (12)
- Silver Screen: Court (2)
- Wild Card: Rick's Cafe, Silver Screen (1)
- Wild Card: Jekyll & Hyde, Broadway
(3)
Association Champ: Rick's Cafe
Americain (Silver Screen) - Sherman Wan
Lou Brock Association
- White Elephant: NYC2ATL (4)
- Steel City: Hershey
(14)
- Wild Card: Stargell's Spectacular, Steel
City (1)
- Wild Card: Houston, White Elephant (2)
Association Champ: Stargell's
Spectacular Slammin Spectacle (Steel City) - Jason
Kiernan
Bench Federation Results
Association
Results |
Ty Cobb Federation
Roberto Clemente Association
- Beatleball: Volkswagon (2)
- Firemen: Lefty (5)
- Wild Card: Underground, Beatleball (1)
- Wild Card: Mammoth, Firemen (3)
Association Champ: Volkswagon
Hipsters (Beatleball) - Jason Kiernan
Eddie Collins Association
- Reality Bites: Pawn Stars (5)
- The Kings of Queens: Nevada (28)
- Big Red Machine: Dave
Concepcion (10)
- Wild Card: Golden, Big Red Machine (1)
Association Champ: Dave Concepcion
Daveplugs (Big Red Machine) - Jason Kiernan
Steve Carlton Association
- North Siders: Omaha (7)
- South Siders: Machynlleth
(18)
- Wild Card: Melton's, South Siders
(1)
- Wild Card: Wimpy's, South Siders (2)
Association Champ: Machynlleth Power
(South Siders) - Sherman Wan
Roy Campanella Association
- B Movie Actor: Cyborg (7)
- Whiff: Big Train Rides (5)
- Wild Card: Don't Let, B Movie Actor (1)
- Wild Card: Boomer, Whiff (2)
Association Champ: Big Train Rides The Ryan Express (Whiff) -
Jason Kiernan
Cobb Federation Results
Association
Results
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Joe DiMaggio Federation
Bill Dickey Association
- Four Star: Miami County
(6)
- Redbirds: Big Arch (5)
- Wild Card: Kenobi's, Four Star (1)
- Wild Card: Tennessee, Four Star (2)
Association Champ: Miami County
Mercenaries (Four Star) - David Henning
Dizzy Dean Association
- Three of a Kind:
Equilateral (2)
- Royal Flush: Kentucky
(27)
- Wild Card: Three Blind, Three of a Kind
(1)
- Wild Card: Speed Wins and, Royal Flush
(3)
Association Champ: Three Blind Mouse-ketiers
(Three of a Kind) - Jason Kiernan
Don Drysdale Association
- Tobacco Road: Jordan's (5)
- Federal: Kansas City (1)
- Wild Card: Concrete, Tobacco Road (2)
- Wild Card: Wrigley, Federal (3)
Association Champ: Kansas City Packers (Federal) - Michael Quinn
Ed Delahanty Association
- Motor City: Maplewood
(17)
- Marxball: Fiorello's (1)
- Wild Card: Mt Pleasant, Motor City (2)
- Wild Card: Orville, Marxball (3)
Association Champ: Mt Pleasant Bomb
Squad (Motor City) - Jason Kiernan
DiMaggio Federation Results
Association
Results |
Dennis Eckersley Federation
Johnny Evers Association
- Longball: Nokomis (11)
- Blame Canada: Fairplays (1)
- Wild Card: Mudville, Longball (2)
- Wild Card: Risky, Longball (3)
Association Champ: Fairplays Hubba-baloo (Blame Canada) - Jason
Kiernan
Darrell Evans Association
- Golden Throat: Azilum (9)
- Experts: Clevdog u big
dummy (7)
- Wild Card: Yari's, Experts (1)
- Wild Card: Vin's, Golden Throat (2)
Association Champ: Clevdog u big
dummy ur not my frand (Experts) - Sherman Wan
Buck Ewing Association
- Scooby Doo: Where (6)
- Birdland: NYC2ATL (1)
- Wild Card: Rittman, Scooby Doo (2)
- Wild Card: The Dog, Scooby Doo (3)
Association Champ: Rittman Corked Bats (Scooby Doo) - Michael Rudolph
Dwight Evans Association
- Born to Run: Escape from New Jersey (15)
- Moneyball: Crumpton (2)
- Wild Card: Random, Moneyball (1)
- Wild Card: Paso Robles, Moneyball (3)
Association Champ: Random Ninjas (Moneyball)
- Jason Kiernan
Eckersley Federation Results
Association Results
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Jimmie Foxx Federation
Bob Feller Association
- Triple Crown: Kylertown (3)
- Cleveland Rocks: Wonton (14)
- Wild Card: Underwater, Triple Crown (1)
- Wild Card: Lake Erie, Cleveland Rocks (2)
Association Champ: Underwater Flying Submarines (Triple Crown) -
Jason Kiernan
Whitey Ford Association
- Deuces Wild: Double (3)
- Murderers' Row: Ruth and Gehrig (1)
- Wild Card: South Florida, Deuces Wild (2)
- Wild Card: Sugarland, Deuces Wild (4)
Association Champ: Ruth and Gehrig
Bashing and Smashin (Murderers' Row) - Jason
Kiernan
Frankie Frisch Association
- ThirtyThirtySomething: Gant's Galloping (5)
- Phightin' Phils: Phillie (1)
- Wild Card: Fort Worth,
ThirtyThirtySomething (2)
- Wild Card: Steak Sandwich, Phightin' Phils
(3)
Association Champ: Phillie Cream
Cheezers (Phightin' Phils) - Jamison Reese
Rollie Fingers Association
- Will Ferrell: Megacity (4)
- Five Boroughs: Belle Harbor (3)
- Wild Card: Not Knot, Will Ferrell (1)
- Wild Card: Coney Island, Five Boroughs
(2)
Association Champ: Belle Harbor
Cards (Five Boroughs) - Michael Quinn
Foxx Federation Results
Association
Results
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Lou Gehrig Federation
Josh Gibson Association
- K Street: Wayne (5)
- Home of the Brave: Shawnee (6)
- Wild Card: Mohawk Valley, Home of the
Brave (1)
- Wild Card: Dawns, K Street (2)
Association Champ: Mohawk Valley
Iroquois (Home of the Brave) - Michael Rudolph
Lefty Grove Association
- Commissioners: Humpback
(14)
- They Might be Giants: Herrickville (7)
- Wild Card: McCovey Cove, They Might Be
Giants (1)
- Wild Card: South Park, Commissioners (2)
Association Champ: McCovey Cove
Candlestick Makers (They Might Be Giants) -
Jason Kiernan
Bob Gibson Association
- Minnie & Paul: Big
(15)
- Grand Slam: Grannies Salami (1)
- Wild Card: Old Hickory, Minnie & Paul (2)
- Wild Card: Stillwater, Grand Slam (3)
Association Champ: Old Hickory
Longshots (Minnie & Paul) - Ken DeGroot
Hank Greenberg Association
- Geek Pride: Ai.
Phi. Oh. (4)
- Grunge: Slap (8)
- Wild Card: Saturn, Grunge (1)
- Wild Card: Sun, Grunge (2)
Association Champ: Sun + Ocean Blue (Grunge) - Sherman Wan
Gehrig Federation Results
Association Results
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Rogers Hornsby Federation
Carl Hubbell Association
- Blue and Gray: Charleston (2)
- Bleed Dodger Blue: Wisconsin (6)
- Wild Card: Scully's, Bleed Dodger Blue
(1)
- Wild Card: South Hills, Bleed Dodger
Blue (3)
Association Champ: Scully's Songbirds (Bleed Dodger Blue) - Jason
Kiernan
Rickey Henderson Association
- Batman: Biff, Bam, (1)
- Superman: Metropolis (5)
- Wild Card: Infinity Island, Batman (2)
- Wild Card: Bellvue Hospital, Superman
(3)
Association Champ: Infinity Island
Shadows (Batman) - Robert Elias
Harry Heilmann Association
- Pacific Northwest: Snoqualmie (6)
- Gone But Not Forgotten: Oklahoma (7)
- Wild Card: Larry, Pedro, Kenny Hill, Gone
But Not Forgotten (1)
- Wild Card: Griffey, Edgar, and, Pacific Northwest (2)
Association Champ: Snoqualmie Owls
(Pacific Northwest) - Sherman Wan
Catfish Hunter Association
- That's the Fact Jack:
He-Man!!! (5)
- Original Six: Lamoureux (3)
- Wild Card: Ty's, That's the Fact Jack (1)
- Wild Card: London, Original Six (2)
Association Champ: London Spiders (Original Six) - Dave Matter
Hornsby Federation Results
Association Results
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Number in parentheses represents Association Power Index ranking
that is used for seeding
Wild Card spots in italics are tentative
depending on the results of league championship series.
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2020 Benchwarmer Bash Championship
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Benchwarmer Bash Championship Series
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Three Blind Mouse-ketiers vs. Stargell's Spectacular Slammin
Spectacle |
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| | R | H | E | | | Three Blind | 6 | 16 | 0 | Box | | Stargell's Spectacular | 5 | 11 | 0 | WP - Y.Darvish (1-0) LP - D.Lamet (0-1)
HR: TB: R.Nunez 2 (2), L.Gurriel (1); SS: T.Turner (1), R.Nunez 2 (2), R.Cano (1), I.Kiner-Falefa (1)
Three Blind leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Three Blind | 2 | 13 | 2 | Box | | Stargell's Spectacular | 6 | 8 | 0 | WP - T.Bauer (1-0) LP - J.deGrom (0-1)
HR: TB: J.Soto (1), R.Grichuk (1); SS: R.Grichuk (1), I.Happ (1)
Series tied 1-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Stargell's Spectacular | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Three Blind | 4 | 13 | 0 | WP - A.Wainwright (1-0) LP - N.Eovaldi (0-1)
HR: SS: R.Cano 2 (3); TB: D.Swanson (1)
Stargell's Spectacular leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Stargell's Spectacular | 7 | 13 | 1 | Box | | Three Blind | 3 | 13 | 0 | WP - M.Kelly (1-0) LP - TB BP (0-1)
HR: SS: R.Grichuk 2 (3), E.Jimenez (1), R.Cano (4); TB: R.Grichuk 2 (3), T.d'Arnaud (1)
Stargell's Spectacular leads 3-1 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Stargell's Spectacular | 5 | 9 | 2 | Box | | Three Blind | 6 | 11 | 1 | WP - A.Wainwright (1-0) LP - A.Gomber (0-1)
HR: SS: T.Turner (2), W.Myers (1), R.Nunez (3); TB: D.Swanson (2), W.Myers (1), R.Nunez (3)
Stargell's Spectacular leads 3-2 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Three Blind | 1 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Stargell's Spectacular | 2 | 7 | 0 | WP - D.Lamet (1-1) LP - TB BP (0-2)
HR: TB: R.Nunez (4); SS: R.Nunez (4)
Stargell's Spectacular wins series 4-2 |
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2020 Benchwarmer Bash Semifinals
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Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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| | R | H | E | | | Infinite | 2 | 9 | 2 | Box | | Stargell's Spectacular | 4 | 7 | 0 | WP - D.Lamet (1-0) LP - Inf BP (0-1)
HR: SS: W.Myers (1)
Stargell's Spectacular leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Three Blind | 5 | 9 | 1 | Box | | Scully's | 4 | 8 | 0 | WP - Y.Darvish (1-0) LP - Scu BP (0-1)
HR: TB: J.Abreu (1), W.Myers (1); Scu: J.Abreu (1), W.Myers (1)
Three Blind leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Infinite | 0 | 5 | 0 | Box | | Stargell's Spectacular | 1 | 5 | 1 | WP - T.Bauer (1-0) LP - Inf BP (0-2)
HR: none
Stargell's Spectacular leads 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Three Blind | 1 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Scully's | 3 | 7 | 1 | WP - C.Kershaw (1-0) LP - J.deGrom (0-1)
HR: TB: J.Abreu (2); Scu: J.Abreu (2)
Series tied 1-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Stargell's Spectacular | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Infinite | 7 | 11 | 0 | WP - T.Gonsolin (1-0) LP - A.Wainwright (0-1)
HR: SS: J.Candelario (1); Inf: E.Suarez 3 (3), W.Smith (1)
Stargell's Spectacular leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Scully's | 6 | 11 | 0 | Box | | Three Blind | 10 | 15 | 0 | WP - TB BP (1-0) LP - N.Eovaldi (0-1)
HR: Scu: M.Trout (1), J.Abreu (3), Y.Grandal (1); TB: J.Abreu (3), J.Upton (1), J.Candelario (1)
Three Blind leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Stargell's Spectacular | 6 | 14 | 1 | Box | | Infinite | 7 | 12 | 0 | WP - L.Castillo (1-0) LP - M.Kelly (0-1)
HR: SS: J.Ramirez (1), E.Jimenez (1), R.Nunez (1), A.Rizzo (1); Inf: E.Suarez (4), R.Nunez (1)
Series tied 2-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Scully's | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Three Blind | 5 | 14 | 0 | WP - J.Happ (1-0) LP - Scu BP (0-2)
HR: Scu: J.Abreu (4), R.Nunez (1); TB: J.Abreu (4), R.Nunez (1)
Three Blind leads 3-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Stargell's Spectacular | 5 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Infinite | 2 | 6 | 1 | WP - A.Gomber (1-0) LP - J.Urias (0-1)
HR: SS: J.Ramirez 2 (3); Inf: T.Hernandez (1)
Stargell's Spectacular leads 3-2 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Scully's | 3 | 6 | 1 | Box | | Three Blind | 4 | 12 | 0 | WP - TB BP (2-0) LP - Scu BP (0-3)
HR: none
Three Blind wins series 4-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Infinite | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Stargell's Spectacular | 4 | 7 | 0 | WP - S.Bieber (1-0) LP - SS BP (0-1)
HR: Inf: T.Hernandez (2), J.Soto (1), E.Suarez (5); SS: A.Rizzo (2)
Series tied 3-3 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Infinite | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box | | Stargell's Spectacular | 8 | 14 | 1 | WP - SS BP (1-1) LP - T.Bauer (0-1)
HR: Inf: E.Suarez (6), R.Nunez (2); SS: J.Ramirez (4), E.Jimenez (2), R.Nunez (2), A.Rizzo (3)
Stargell's Spectacular wins series 4-3 |
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