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Old 11-08-2014, 10:35 PM   #9
CaptainObvious
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WoB: Alternate World 2064 WC Finals

Finals:
#1 China vs #4 England (host). See 2054 finals. Most of the players are different after 10 years, though.
Both teams needed to win 6 straight in qualifying after losing on day 1.

England didn't win either of its groups, but still knocked out Turkey, South Korea, Italy, Mexico, Spain, and USA to get here.
China knocked out Netherlands, Canada, Wales, Nigeria, and France.

Game 1:
ENG 4 CHN 6
3-run pinch hit HR by See-tong Mo (Dongguan) bottom 8 to go up 6-3. England gets tying run at 1st, 1 out, but Nao (Miami) gets his 4th save in 6 days. Pew with 2 HRs.

Game 2:
ENG 1 CHN 2
Ying-Hua Mar (Yokohama) (.450, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 1.237 OPS in 14 World Cup games) injures himself going to 3rd on an RBI double in the 1st. Louis strikes out 13. Nao with the save in 5 straight games for China.


England gets to bat last for 3 games now.

Game 3:
CHN 2 ENG 4
3 unearned runs bottom of 1st, then Maw shuts down China.

Game 4:
CHN 2 ENG 7
Tied until the bullpens came on in the 7th. Jing-Yu Dai (London) gives up 4 in the 7th.

Game 5:
CHN 3 ENG 8
Blenkinsopp (London) with a grand slam in the 3rd and Pew with his 7th HR in the playoffs, 4th of the series.
Home team has won all 5 games.

Game 6:
Last day of September.
ENG 4 CHN 6
Pew with a 2-run HR in the 1st. China comes back with 6 in the 4th. Bullpen holds, another save for Nao.

Game 7:
Only 1 game in October. It's World Cup Finals, Game 7. Host team away against the #1 team, so that's pretty good.
Maw vs Cai.

China loads the bases with 3 walks in the 1st but doesn't score. RBI groundout top of 5th to break the tie. Cai scores the tying run in the bottom of the inning on a 2-run single.
Pew with a 1-out triple in the 8th, but can't score. Zhang with a solo HR in the bottom of the inning.
England throws its bench at Nao in the 9th, but only get a runner to 2nd.
China 3, England 1


Just like 10 years ago, China beats England in the finals.
Pew ended up with .529, 5 HR, 9 RBI in the finals.
China didn't really hit well, but scored when they needed to. Only 2 starters hit over .200 in the series (Zhang: .261, Huie: .235) and no one had more than 4 RBIs.

MVP: Li-Ren Nao. 4 IP, 9 K, 4 SV. Near perfect, other than the homerun he gave up to Pew as his first batter faced in game 1.
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