WRVR – EGRET SCRAPPERS (16-11) AT VAULT 81 DWELLERS (10-17)
KNOW THE STARS
EGR: LF Paladin Danse – Danse may be the front-runner to win the Railroad League and entire CBO Player of the Year honors. He has been that good. Just looking at his basic stats, he is first on his team by .100 in batting average (.468 to Bill Chaney's .368), and he leads the team in home runs (11) and runs batted in (34).
V81: 1B Erns Gold – If anyone could challenge Danse for the league's MVP award, Erns Gold may be the person. He is batting .327 today with 10 home runs and 34 RBI. Those five home runs doubles the second-best amount by any other Dweller.
PLAYER VS PLAYER – GAME ONE LINEUPS AND STARTING PITCHERS
TEAM ANALYSIS
The Scrappers' strength is definitely their offense. With Danse leading the way, Egret has scored the RL's second-most runs (204) and are tied for first in power with 41 home runs. They may not lead any categories, but the Scrappers are in the top half of every offensive statistic in the RL besides stolen bases. Center fielder Bill Chaney is currently injured from an unspecified baseball injury, so he is unavailable for this week.
The pitching has not been as good. The Scrappers are fourth in runs allowed (185), with the fifth-best starter ERA (6.72) and fourth-best reliever ERA (6.09). Usually, the Scrappers depend on high-scoring games to win.
Vault 81, like Egret, is more adept in its offense than its pitching, meaning a high-scoring series is likely. The Dwellers will have to do better when it comes to keeping up with the Scrappers, something they did not do two weeks ago when they were swept by scores of 11-10, 10-4, and 13-7. They could hope for better with the Scrappers missing one of their key offensive players.
Vault 81 has not been good in the RL in runs allowed, giving up the worst number of runs (214). Although the starters have not been devastating (4th in ERA at 6.54), the bullpen has allowed way too many runs (6th in ERA at 8.28). For the Dwellers to win the series for the first time this season against Egret, they will need better pitching.
PREDICTIONS
Dwellers 10, Scrappers 4
Dwellers 12. Srappers 7
Scrappers 10, Dwellers 8
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