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reds1 · 03-22-2016, 02:26 PM

Brunswick Legends (103-52) vs. Kingston Pelicans (87-67)
Season Matchup: 4-2 in favour of Kingston

Brunswick: Runs scored – 724 (2nd in EL); runs allowed – 535 (1st), def. eff. - .682 (8th).
Kingston: Runs scored – 690 (4th in WL); runs allowed – 608 (2nd), def. eff. – .706 (4th).

For the first time, two teams that have previously won the United Cup will meet in the final. And it will be a rematch of sorts to the 1938-39 United Cup, as the Kingston Pelicans and Brunswick Legends each won their respective League’s Pennants. This will be the fourth United Cup appearance for the Kingston Pelicans, having played previously in the 1937-38, 1938-39 and 1940-41 United Cups. The Pelicans won the first two (against the Wellington Athletics and Brunswick Legends), but lost to the Stratford Barons in their last appearance.

As for the Brunswick Legends, this will be their third appearance, having lost to Kingston in 1938-39 and defeating the Cambria Cannons in last season’s United Cup.

The Legends come into this United Cup as the prohibited favourites, not only due to the 16-game differential between the two team’s regular season records, but also to the injuries that the Kingston Pelicans are dealing with.

Kingston will continue to be without RHP Harley Bracher (10-13, 3.42 ERA, 1.51 WHIP, 3.20 FIP), who experienced shoulder swelling while pitching back on February 11. But perhaps an even bigger blow will be the loss of RHP Joey Cumberledge (21-7, 2.70 ERA, 1.15 WHIP. 3.01 FIP) who experienced shoulder stiffness in Game 7 of the Western League Pennant, and had to come out of the game. He will not be available for the United Cup series either.

As for Brunswick though, they will come into the United Cup relatively healthy. Their starting C Maurice Evans (.297/.350/.477, 11 HR, 56 RBI, 53 R, 29 BB, 3.4 WAR), who missed the Eastern League Pennant due to a knee injury suffered during the one-game playoff with the Embro Suns, has recovered and will be available for the United Cup.

The Legends are well rested, having swept the Embro Suns in four straight games for the Eastern League Pennant. But the Pelicans are coming off an exhausting 7-game series with the Balmoral Giants that saw two games go into extra innings and wasn’t undecided until the Pelicans pulled out a victory in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7.

Despite Brunswick’s better regular season record, the series opened at Kingston Park (perhaps due to Kingston winning the head-to-head record?) Warm, clear skies greeted the 27,029 in attendance for Game 1. The question on everyone’s mind was: Who would add to their team’s trophy case? Would it be a dominant Brunswick team or the ‘never say die’ Kingston crew? It’s time to find out. Play ball!

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Game 1

RHP Francis Slocock (9-9, 3.69 ERA, 1.20 WHIP) gets the start for Kingston. LHP Anastasio Rodríguez (18-11, 2.65 ERA, 1.25 WHIP) takes the mound for Brunswick.

Top of the 1st:
The Legends waste no time getting on the board, as 1B Stuart Bentham slams a two-out solo home run to the left-centerfield stands for the game’s first run.
Brunswick 1 – Kingston 0

Bottom of the 1st:
Kingston quickly responds. With one out, CF Jamie Couch singles and moves to second when SS Katsunana Chikafuji draws a walk. With two out, LF Jayden Tennant takes a 1-1 pitch from Anastasio Rodríguez and smashes it into the leftfield bleachers for a 3-run home run.
Brunswick 1 – Kingston 3

Top of the 2nd:
The see-saw battle continues, as LF Rovilson Valdeviseso leads off with a double and scores on 3B Derek Sakurai’s triple. With one out, Valdeviseso comes home on Anastasio Rodríguez’s sac fly, tying the game.
Brunswick 3 – Kingston 3

Top of the 9th:
The score remains deadlock until the ninth inning. LHP Brendan Margerson, coming in to relieve Francis Slocock, gives up a first-pitch single to PH Laroya Quindiagan. Quindiagan reaches third base thanks to a sac bunt by Derek Sakurai and a ground out (4-3) by PH Hang-ki Huan. PH Albert Cooling then comes through with a 2-run homer to left-centerfield, giving the Legends the lead with three outs to go.
Brunswick 5 – Kingston 3

Bottom of the 9th:
LHP Rob Fields comes in to relieve Anastasio Rodríguez. After getting two quick outs, Fields surrenders a double to 1B Fergus Chitty. Chitty immediately scores when Jayden Tennant reaches safely on an error (E5). Fields then loads the bases when 2B Mo Symes walks and 3B Terry Maxwell singles. PH Bob Kight then comes through with a single, scoring Tennant and tying the game up once again.
Brunswick 5 – Kingston 5

Top of the 10th:
RHP Simon Chell starts the inning and gets two easy outs. But PH Samuel Lobb take a 2-1 pitch and crushes a 429 ft. bomb to right-centerfield to give the lead back to Brunswick.

In the bottom half, Rob Fields gets both RF Daniel Martin and Brandon Channing to fly out. After Katsunana Chikafuji draws another walk, Fergus Chitty hits into a fielder’s choice (U6) to end the game, giving the Legends a 1-0 series lead.
Brunswick 6 – Kingston 5

Player of the Game: Anastasio Rodríguez pitched 8.0 innings, scattering 3 H with 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR (2-0, 2.42 ERA), but did not get the win.

Rob Fields picked up the winning, going 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1 blown save (1-0, 0.00 ERA).

Albert Cooling went 1-1, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R.

For Kingston:

Francis Slocock went 8.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HR (1-0, 3.38 ERA).

Simon Chell took the loss, going 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR (0-1, 9.00 ERA).

Jayden Tennant went 1-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R.

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Game 2

27,069 are on hand for Game 2 that’s played under cool, partly cloudy skies. RHP Charlie Gilbert (18-11, 2.75 ERA, 1.29 WHIP) takes the hill for Kingston, while LHP Matthew Monroe (23-5, 2.49 ERA, 1.24 WHIP) starts for Brunswick.

Top of the 3rd:
The game remains hitless until RF Daniel Martin steps up to the plate with two out. Martin gets all of Matthew Monroe’s first pitch and deposits it into the leftfield stands for the Pelicans’ first run.
Brunswick 0 – Kingston 1

Top of the 7th:
Charlie Gilbert keeps the Legends’ hitters at bay until the seventh inning. SS Matthew Shelley and LF Rovilson Valdevieso lead off with back-to-back singles and aggressive base running moves them up to third and second base. PH Rhett Curnow flies out to leftfield, scoring Shelley to tie the game up.
Brunswick 1 – Kingston 1

Bottom of the 7th:
1B Fergus Chitty leads off with a double and reaches third on a 2B Mo Symes groundout. With two out, C Ellis Oram singles in Chitty to return the lead to Kingston.
Brunswick 1 – Kingston 2

Top of the 8th:
CF Harry Chatwin leads off with a first pitch single and reaches third base on a C Maurice Evans sac bunt and a 1B Stuart Bentham ground out (U3).
The Legends then pour the hits on, as RF Mark Elston singles, Matthew Shelley doubles and Rovilson Valdevieso singles to score three runs, giving the lead back to Brunswick.

Matthew Monroe then finishes things off himself by getting the Pelicans to go down in order in the ninth, giving the Legends a two games-to-none lead.
Brunswick 4 – Kingston 2

Player of the Game: Matthew Monroe pitched all 9 innings, scattering 4 H with 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 HR (2-0, 1.06 ERA).

Rovilson Valdevieso went 3-4, 2 RBI.

Matthew Shelley went 2-4, 1-2B, 2 R.

For Kingston:

Charlie Gilbert suffered his second loss of the playoffs, going 9.0 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (0-2, 3.81 ERA).

Daniel Martin went 1-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 R. He hit his third homerun of the playoffs.

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Game 3

The series shifts to the east coast as Brunswick’s Babe Ruth Park hosts Game 3. 30,733 fill the stands to see if the Legends can continue their undefeated streak, having won 6 games in a row in the playoffs thus far. It’s a perfect day for a baseball game, with beautiful clear skies and a moderate breeze (16 mph out-to-right).
LHP Hirotada Fukushima (18-12, 3.30 ERA, 1.45 WHIP) starts for Brunswick, while Kingston’s 24-year old RHP Jim Hogue (12-15, 3.95 ERA, 1.45 WHIP) makes his first career post-season start.

Bottom of the 1st:
CF Harry Chatwin and C Maurice Evans lead off with back-to-back singles. But 1B Stuart Bentham grounds into a double play (6-4-3), leaving Chatwin on third.
After RF Mark Elston walks, SS Matthew Shelley singles, driving in Chatwin for the first run.
Kingston 0 – Brunswick 1

Top of the 2nd:
2B Mo Symes leads off with a walk and scores when 3B Terry Maxwell follows with a triple. With one out, Jim Hogue hits a sac fly, scoring Maxwell and the Pelicans go out in front.
Kingston 2 – Brunswick 1

Top of the 3rd:
1B Fergus Chitty hits a two-out solo home run, a line drive into the leftfield bleachers.
Kingston 3 – Brunswick 1

Top of the 6th:
Kingston breaks it open. With one out, RF Jayden Tennant singles, Mo Symes doubles and Terry Maxwell is intentional walked, loading the bases. But an unintentional walk to C Ellis Oram, a Jim Hogue single, a RF Daniel Martin single and a CF Jamie Couch single score four runs, ending Hirotada Fukushima’s day.
LHP Rob Fields gets SS Katsunan Chikafuji to ground into a double play to end the inning.
Kingston 7 – Brunswick 1

Bottom of the 7th:
Harry Chatwin singles, steals second and reaches third on a ground out. Stuart Bentham drives Chatwin home with a single. After Mark Elston walks, Matthew Shelley singles, scoring Bentham for Brunswick’s third run of the game.
Kingston 7 – Brunswick 3

Top of the 9th:
Jamie Couch and Katsunan Chikafuji lead off with back-to-back singles. Fergus Chitty reaches safely on a dropped throw (E6), loading the bases with nobody out.
Jayden Tennant grounds out (U3) to score Couch and Mo Symes drives in Chikafuji with a sac fly, restoring Kingston’s 6-run lead.
Kingston 9 – Brunswick 3

Bottom of the 9th:
Maurice Evans singles and Stuart Bentham draws a walk with nobody out, ending Jim Hogue’s afternoon.
Mark Elston then doubles off of RHP Simon Chell, scoring Evans. Matthew Shelley grounds out (6-3) scoring Bentham and Rovilson Valdevieso flies out to rightfield, plating Elston.
But Derek Sakurai flies out to leftfield for the final out. Kingston hangs on for their first win in the series.
Kingston 9 – Brunswick 6

Player of the Game: Mo Symes went 2-3, 1-2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB.

Jamie Couch goes 2-3, 1 RBI, 2 BB.

Jim Hogue picked up the win, going 8.0 IP, 11 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 2 K (1-0, 5.63 ERA).

For Brunswick:

Matthew Shelley went 2-5, 3 RBI.

Mark Elston went 1-3, 1-2B, 1 RBI, 1 R, 2 BB.

Hirotada Fukushima suffered the loss, going just 5.1 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 5 BB, 3 K, 1 HR (1-1, 4.40 ERA).

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Game 4

Disappointed in their team’s performance in Game 3, 30,711 fans return to see if the Legends will bounce back. The ideal weather for baseball continues, with warm, partly cloudy skies. Game 4 features the same matchup as in Game 1. LHP Anastasio Rodríguez takes the mound for Brunswick. RHP Francis Slocock starts for Kingston.

Bottom of the 3rd:
Francis Slocock cruises through the first two innings, but meets up with trouble in the third.
3B Derek Sakurai and 2B Vince Bailey lead off with back-to-back singles. But a throwing error (E9) scores Sakurai and allows Bailey to reach second. Anastasio Rodríguez’s follows with a sac bunt, moving Bailey to third.
CF Harry Chatwin then slams a first pitch double to score Bailey, steals third and then scores himself on C Maurice Evans’ ground out (6-3).
1B Stuart Bentham doubles and scores on RF Mark Elston’s single before the inning comes to an end.
Kingston 0 – Brunswick 4

Bottom of the 5th:
Three consecutive singles by Harry Chatwin, Maurice Evans and Stuart Bentham with one out drives in a run. With two out, SS Matthew Shelley singles, scoring Evans.
Kingston 0 – Brunswick 6

Top of the 8th:
RF Daniel Martin doubles and SS Katsunan Chikafuji follows with a single to score Martin, finally getting Kingston on the board.
Kingston 1 – Brunswick 6

Bottom of the 8th:
Matthew Shelley leads off with a single but is thrown out at second trying to stretch the hit.
Rovilson Valdevieso and Derek Sakurai follow with back-to-back singles, putting runners on the corners. RHP Brady Murdy comes on in relief, but Vince Bailey grounds out (3-1) to score Valdevieso.

In the top of the ninth, Anastasio Rodríguez surrenders back-to-back singles to Mo Symes and Terry Maxwell with one out. But C Ellis Oram strikes out and PH Bob Kight grounds out (4-3) to end the threat. Brunswick takes Game 4 and a commanding three games-to-one lead in the series.
Kingston 1 – Brunswick 7

Player of the Game: Anastasio Rodríguez picked up his third win of the playoffs. He went 9.0 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (3-0, 2.06 ERA).

Stuart Bentham went 3-4, 1-2B, 1 RBI, 1 R.

Harry Chatwin went 2-4, 1-2B, 1 RBI, 1 R.

Derek Sakurai went 2-4, 1 R.

For Kingston:

Francis Slocock started off strong but quickly ran into trouble. He took the loss, going 5.0 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (1-1, 4.78 ERA).

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Game 5

The sky is clear, but cool as 30,918 settle in for Game 5 at Babe Ruth Park. Brunswick is looking win the United Cup here and now, while the Pelicans are hoping to live another day and send the series back to Kingston.
The starting pitching is a rematch of Game 2: Brunswick’s LHP Matthew Monroe faces Kingston’s RHP Charlie Gilbert.

Bottom of the 2nd:
LF Rovilson Valdevieso doubles with two out. 3B Derek Sakurai follows with a single, scoring Valdevieso for the game’s first run.
Kingston 0 – Brunswick 1

Bottom of the 3rd:
Matthew Monroe singles, CF Harry Chatwin draws a walk and C Maurice Evans singles to load the bases with nobody out. With one out, RF Mark Elston singles, driving in Monroe for Brunswick’s second run.
Kingston 0 – Brunswick 2

Top of the 6th:
RF Daniel Martin leads off, reaching safely on an error (E5). Martin reaches second on a ground out and then steals third. After SS Katsunan Chikafuji walks, 1B Fergus Chitty singles, scoring Martin. With two out, 2B Mo Symes singles, driving in Chikafuji to tie the game up at two runs apiece.
Kingston 2 – Brunswick 2

Bottom of the 9th:
Charlie Gilbert gets two quick fly outs, but gives up a single to Maurice Evans. Gilbert is then relieved by RHP Brady Murdy.
1B Stuart Bentham singles off of Murdy’s first pitch, moving Evans to second. After fouling off the first pitch, Mark Elston singles down the leftfield line. Evans rounds third and slides into home, beating out the throw and scoring the winning run. The series is over and the Brunswick Legends win their second consecutive United Cup.
Kingston 2 – Brunswick 3

Player of the Game: Matthew Monroe picks up his third win of the playoffs as well, going 9.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 21 BB, 2 K (3-0, 0.69 ERA).

Mark Elston went 2-4, 2 RBI, 1 BB.

Maurice Evans goes 2-4, 1 R.

For Kingston:

Charlie Gilbert pitched well, but took the loss again, going 8.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 1 K, (0-3, 3.63 ERA).

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03-22-2016, 02:26 PM	#239
reds1 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 3,899	Brunswick Legends (103-52) vs. Kingston Pelicans (87-67) Season Matchup: 4-2 in favour of Kingston Brunswick: Runs scored – 724 (2nd in EL); runs allowed – 535 (1st), def. eff. - .682 (8th). Kingston: Runs scored – 690 (4th in WL); runs allowed – 608 (2nd), def. eff. – .706 (4th). For the first time, two teams that have previously won the United Cup will meet in the final. And it will be a rematch of sorts to the 1938-39 United Cup, as the Kingston Pelicans and Brunswick Legends each won their respective League’s Pennants. This will be the fourth United Cup appearance for the Kingston Pelicans, having played previously in the 1937-38, 1938-39 and 1940-41 United Cups. The Pelicans won the first two (against the Wellington Athletics and Brunswick Legends), but lost to the Stratford Barons in their last appearance. As for the Brunswick Legends, this will be their third appearance, having lost to Kingston in 1938-39 and defeating the Cambria Cannons in last season’s United Cup. The Legends come into this United Cup as the prohibited favourites, not only due to the 16-game differential between the two team’s regular season records, but also to the injuries that the Kingston Pelicans are dealing with. Kingston will continue to be without RHP Harley Bracher (10-13, 3.42 ERA, 1.51 WHIP, 3.20 FIP), who experienced shoulder swelling while pitching back on February 11. But perhaps an even bigger blow will be the loss of RHP Joey Cumberledge (21-7, 2.70 ERA, 1.15 WHIP. 3.01 FIP) who experienced shoulder stiffness in Game 7 of the Western League Pennant, and had to come out of the game. He will not be available for the United Cup series either. As for Brunswick though, they will come into the United Cup relatively healthy. Their starting C Maurice Evans (.297/.350/.477, 11 HR, 56 RBI, 53 R, 29 BB, 3.4 WAR), who missed the Eastern League Pennant due to a knee injury suffered during the one-game playoff with the Embro Suns, has recovered and will be available for the United Cup. The Legends are well rested, having swept the Embro Suns in four straight games for the Eastern League Pennant. But the Pelicans are coming off an exhausting 7-game series with the Balmoral Giants that saw two games go into extra innings and wasn’t undecided until the Pelicans pulled out a victory in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7. Despite Brunswick’s better regular season record, the series opened at Kingston Park (perhaps due to Kingston winning the head-to-head record?) Warm, clear skies greeted the 27,029 in attendance for Game 1. The question on everyone’s mind was: Who would add to their team’s trophy case? Would it be a dominant Brunswick team or the ‘never say die’ Kingston crew? It’s time to find out. Play ball! -------- Game 1 RHP Francis Slocock (9-9, 3.69 ERA, 1.20 WHIP) gets the start for Kingston. LHP Anastasio Rodríguez (18-11, 2.65 ERA, 1.25 WHIP) takes the mound for Brunswick. Top of the 1st: The Legends waste no time getting on the board, as 1B Stuart Bentham slams a two-out solo home run to the left-centerfield stands for the game’s first run. Brunswick 1 – Kingston 0 Bottom of the 1st: Kingston quickly responds. With one out, CF Jamie Couch singles and moves to second when SS Katsunana Chikafuji draws a walk. With two out, LF Jayden Tennant takes a 1-1 pitch from Anastasio Rodríguez and smashes it into the leftfield bleachers for a 3-run home run. Brunswick 1 – Kingston 3 Top of the 2nd: The see-saw battle continues, as LF Rovilson Valdeviseso leads off with a double and scores on 3B Derek Sakurai’s triple. With one out, Valdeviseso comes home on Anastasio Rodríguez’s sac fly, tying the game. Brunswick 3 – Kingston 3 Top of the 9th: The score remains deadlock until the ninth inning. LHP Brendan Margerson, coming in to relieve Francis Slocock, gives up a first-pitch single to PH Laroya Quindiagan. Quindiagan reaches third base thanks to a sac bunt by Derek Sakurai and a ground out (4-3) by PH Hang-ki Huan. PH Albert Cooling then comes through with a 2-run homer to left-centerfield, giving the Legends the lead with three outs to go. Brunswick 5 – Kingston 3 Bottom of the 9th: LHP Rob Fields comes in to relieve Anastasio Rodríguez. After getting two quick outs, Fields surrenders a double to 1B Fergus Chitty. Chitty immediately scores when Jayden Tennant reaches safely on an error (E5). Fields then loads the bases when 2B Mo Symes walks and 3B Terry Maxwell singles. PH Bob Kight then comes through with a single, scoring Tennant and tying the game up once again. Brunswick 5 – Kingston 5 Top of the 10th: RHP Simon Chell starts the inning and gets two easy outs. But PH Samuel Lobb take a 2-1 pitch and crushes a 429 ft. bomb to right-centerfield to give the lead back to Brunswick. In the bottom half, Rob Fields gets both RF Daniel Martin and Brandon Channing to fly out. After Katsunana Chikafuji draws another walk, Fergus Chitty hits into a fielder’s choice (U6) to end the game, giving the Legends a 1-0 series lead. Brunswick 6 – Kingston 5 *Player of the Game:* Anastasio Rodríguez pitched 8.0 innings, scattering 3 H with 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR (2-0, 2.42 ERA), but did not get the win. Rob Fields picked up the winning, going 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1 blown save (1-0, 0.00 ERA). Albert Cooling went 1-1, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R. For Kingston: Francis Slocock went 8.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HR (1-0, 3.38 ERA). Simon Chell took the loss, going 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR (0-1, 9.00 ERA). Jayden Tennant went 1-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R. -------- Game 2 27,069 are on hand for Game 2 that’s played under cool, partly cloudy skies. RHP Charlie Gilbert (18-11, 2.75 ERA, 1.29 WHIP) takes the hill for Kingston, while LHP Matthew Monroe (23-5, 2.49 ERA, 1.24 WHIP) starts for Brunswick. Top of the 3rd: The game remains hitless until RF Daniel Martin steps up to the plate with two out. Martin gets all of Matthew Monroe’s first pitch and deposits it into the leftfield stands for the Pelicans’ first run. Brunswick 0 – Kingston 1 Top of the 7th: Charlie Gilbert keeps the Legends’ hitters at bay until the seventh inning. SS Matthew Shelley and LF Rovilson Valdevieso lead off with back-to-back singles and aggressive base running moves them up to third and second base. PH Rhett Curnow flies out to leftfield, scoring Shelley to tie the game up. Brunswick 1 – Kingston 1 Bottom of the 7th: 1B Fergus Chitty leads off with a double and reaches third on a 2B Mo Symes groundout. With two out, C Ellis Oram singles in Chitty to return the lead to Kingston. Brunswick 1 – Kingston 2 Top of the 8th: CF Harry Chatwin leads off with a first pitch single and reaches third base on a C Maurice Evans sac bunt and a 1B Stuart Bentham ground out (U3). The Legends then pour the hits on, as RF Mark Elston singles, Matthew Shelley doubles and Rovilson Valdevieso singles to score three runs, giving the lead back to Brunswick. Matthew Monroe then finishes things off himself by getting the Pelicans to go down in order in the ninth, giving the Legends a two games-to-none lead. Brunswick 4 – Kingston 2 *Player of the Game:* Matthew Monroe pitched all 9 innings, scattering 4 H with 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 HR (2-0, 1.06 ERA). Rovilson Valdevieso went 3-4, 2 RBI. Matthew Shelley went 2-4, 1-2B, 2 R. For Kingston: Charlie Gilbert suffered his second loss of the playoffs, going 9.0 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (0-2, 3.81 ERA). Daniel Martin went 1-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 R. He hit his third homerun of the playoffs. -------- Game 3 The series shifts to the east coast as Brunswick’s Babe Ruth Park hosts Game 3. 30,733 fill the stands to see if the Legends can continue their undefeated streak, having won 6 games in a row in the playoffs thus far. It’s a perfect day for a baseball game, with beautiful clear skies and a moderate breeze (16 mph out-to-right). LHP Hirotada Fukushima (18-12, 3.30 ERA, 1.45 WHIP) starts for Brunswick, while Kingston’s 24-year old RHP Jim Hogue (12-15, 3.95 ERA, 1.45 WHIP) makes his first career post-season start. Bottom of the 1st: CF Harry Chatwin and C Maurice Evans lead off with back-to-back singles. But 1B Stuart Bentham grounds into a double play (6-4-3), leaving Chatwin on third. After RF Mark Elston walks, SS Matthew Shelley singles, driving in Chatwin for the first run. Kingston 0 – Brunswick 1 Top of the 2nd: 2B Mo Symes leads off with a walk and scores when 3B Terry Maxwell follows with a triple. With one out, Jim Hogue hits a sac fly, scoring Maxwell and the Pelicans go out in front. Kingston 2 – Brunswick 1 Top of the 3rd: 1B Fergus Chitty hits a two-out solo home run, a line drive into the leftfield bleachers. Kingston 3 – Brunswick 1 Top of the 6th: Kingston breaks it open. With one out, RF Jayden Tennant singles, Mo Symes doubles and Terry Maxwell is intentional walked, loading the bases. But an unintentional walk to C Ellis Oram, a Jim Hogue single, a RF Daniel Martin single and a CF Jamie Couch single score four runs, ending Hirotada Fukushima’s day. LHP Rob Fields gets SS Katsunan Chikafuji to ground into a double play to end the inning. Kingston 7 – Brunswick 1 Bottom of the 7th: Harry Chatwin singles, steals second and reaches third on a ground out. Stuart Bentham drives Chatwin home with a single. After Mark Elston walks, Matthew Shelley singles, scoring Bentham for Brunswick’s third run of the game. Kingston 7 – Brunswick 3 Top of the 9th: Jamie Couch and Katsunan Chikafuji lead off with back-to-back singles. Fergus Chitty reaches safely on a dropped throw (E6), loading the bases with nobody out. Jayden Tennant grounds out (U3) to score Couch and Mo Symes drives in Chikafuji with a sac fly, restoring Kingston’s 6-run lead. Kingston 9 – Brunswick 3 Bottom of the 9th: Maurice Evans singles and Stuart Bentham draws a walk with nobody out, ending Jim Hogue’s afternoon. Mark Elston then doubles off of RHP Simon Chell, scoring Evans. Matthew Shelley grounds out (6-3) scoring Bentham and Rovilson Valdevieso flies out to rightfield, plating Elston. But Derek Sakurai flies out to leftfield for the final out. Kingston hangs on for their first win in the series. Kingston 9 – Brunswick 6 *Player of the Game:* Mo Symes went 2-3, 1-2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB. Jamie Couch goes 2-3, 1 RBI, 2 BB. Jim Hogue picked up the win, going 8.0 IP, 11 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 2 K (1-0, 5.63 ERA). For Brunswick: Matthew Shelley went 2-5, 3 RBI. Mark Elston went 1-3, 1-2B, 1 RBI, 1 R, 2 BB. Hirotada Fukushima suffered the loss, going just 5.1 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 5 BB, 3 K, 1 HR (1-1, 4.40 ERA). -------- Game 4 Disappointed in their team’s performance in Game 3, 30,711 fans return to see if the Legends will bounce back. The ideal weather for baseball continues, with warm, partly cloudy skies. Game 4 features the same matchup as in Game 1. LHP Anastasio Rodríguez takes the mound for Brunswick. RHP Francis Slocock starts for Kingston. Bottom of the 3rd: Francis Slocock cruises through the first two innings, but meets up with trouble in the third. 3B Derek Sakurai and 2B Vince Bailey lead off with back-to-back singles. But a throwing error (E9) scores Sakurai and allows Bailey to reach second. Anastasio Rodríguez’s follows with a sac bunt, moving Bailey to third. CF Harry Chatwin then slams a first pitch double to score Bailey, steals third and then scores himself on C Maurice Evans’ ground out (6-3). 1B Stuart Bentham doubles and scores on RF Mark Elston’s single before the inning comes to an end. Kingston 0 – Brunswick 4 Bottom of the 5th: Three consecutive singles by Harry Chatwin, Maurice Evans and Stuart Bentham with one out drives in a run. With two out, SS Matthew Shelley singles, scoring Evans. Kingston 0 – Brunswick 6 Top of the 8th: RF Daniel Martin doubles and SS Katsunan Chikafuji follows with a single to score Martin, finally getting Kingston on the board. Kingston 1 – Brunswick 6 Bottom of the 8th: Matthew Shelley leads off with a single but is thrown out at second trying to stretch the hit. Rovilson Valdevieso and Derek Sakurai follow with back-to-back singles, putting runners on the corners. RHP Brady Murdy comes on in relief, but Vince Bailey grounds out (3-1) to score Valdevieso. In the top of the ninth, Anastasio Rodríguez surrenders back-to-back singles to Mo Symes and Terry Maxwell with one out. But C Ellis Oram strikes out and PH Bob Kight grounds out (4-3) to end the threat. Brunswick takes Game 4 and a commanding three games-to-one lead in the series. Kingston 1 – Brunswick 7 *Player of the Game:* Anastasio Rodríguez picked up his third win of the playoffs. He went 9.0 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (3-0, 2.06 ERA). Stuart Bentham went 3-4, 1-2B, 1 RBI, 1 R. Harry Chatwin went 2-4, 1-2B, 1 RBI, 1 R. Derek Sakurai went 2-4, 1 R. For Kingston: Francis Slocock started off strong but quickly ran into trouble. He took the loss, going 5.0 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (1-1, 4.78 ERA). -------- Game 5 The sky is clear, but cool as 30,918 settle in for Game 5 at Babe Ruth Park. Brunswick is looking win the United Cup here and now, while the Pelicans are hoping to live another day and send the series back to Kingston. The starting pitching is a rematch of Game 2: Brunswick’s LHP Matthew Monroe faces Kingston’s RHP Charlie Gilbert. Bottom of the 2nd: LF Rovilson Valdevieso doubles with two out. 3B Derek Sakurai follows with a single, scoring Valdevieso for the game’s first run. Kingston 0 – Brunswick 1 Bottom of the 3rd: Matthew Monroe singles, CF Harry Chatwin draws a walk and C Maurice Evans singles to load the bases with nobody out. With one out, RF Mark Elston singles, driving in Monroe for Brunswick’s second run. Kingston 0 – Brunswick 2 Top of the 6th: RF Daniel Martin leads off, reaching safely on an error (E5). Martin reaches second on a ground out and then steals third. After SS Katsunan Chikafuji walks, 1B Fergus Chitty singles, scoring Martin. With two out, 2B Mo Symes singles, driving in Chikafuji to tie the game up at two runs apiece. Kingston 2 – Brunswick 2 Bottom of the 9th: Charlie Gilbert gets two quick fly outs, but gives up a single to Maurice Evans. Gilbert is then relieved by RHP Brady Murdy. 1B Stuart Bentham singles off of Murdy’s first pitch, moving Evans to second. After fouling off the first pitch, Mark Elston singles down the leftfield line. Evans rounds third and slides into home, beating out the throw and scoring the winning run. The series is over and the Brunswick Legends win their second consecutive United Cup. Kingston 2 – Brunswick 3 *Player of the Game:* Matthew Monroe picks up his third win of the playoffs as well, going 9.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 21 BB, 2 K (3-0, 0.69 ERA). Mark Elston went 2-4, 2 RBI, 1 BB. Maurice Evans goes 2-4, 1 R. For Kingston: Charlie Gilbert pitched well, but took the loss again, going 8.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 1 K, (0-3, 3.63 ERA). -------- __________________ United Leagues of Braeland Last edited by reds1; 07-05-2017 at 01:06 AM.