WRVR – University Point Deathclaws (10-8) AT Warwick Mirelurks (15-3)
KNOW THE STARS
UP: CF Jukebox Luttrell – The Deathclaws lead the Minutemen League in home runs, and Luttrell leads the team in home runs with seven. While Warwick is thriving on its awesome pitching, it will be up to Lutrell to make his team bust out of low-scoring games.
WAR: SP John Diner - Diner has been hot all season, going 5-0 on the season so far with a CBO-best among starting pitchers 2.00 ERA. For perspective, the CBO only features three players with an ERA below 3.00, including Diner's teammate Justin Sphinx (2.90). If Diner continues his dominance, the Mirelurks are already halfway to winning the weekend series.
PLAYER VS PLAYER – GAME ONE LINEUPS AND STARTING PITCHERS
TEAM ANALYSIS
University Point has not been outstanding on any part of its game other than power numbers, though that still has only been good enough to score the third-most runs in the ML. The Deathclaws will have to find all of its might this weekend to score more runs than any other team has against Warwick, which the Deathclaws already did in a 14-12 loss in Week 4. Winning two of three this weekend would tie the season series.
While Warwick is by far the best team in the CBO when it comes to not allowing runs, they are also dead last in the ML with 114 runs scored. For the Mirelurks, a combination of solid pitching with holding their opponent's numbers down will leave them probably with at least a 2-1 weeekend.
PREDICTIONS
Mirelurks 4, Deathclaws 2
Deathclaws 3, Mirelurks 2
Mirelurks 6, Deathclaws 4
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