Detroit Motown Stars v Memphis Red Sox
Best of seven, Motown Stars with home-field advantage.
And so we get a sequel to the magnificent 1984 WS between these two fine clubs and anyone even remotely neutral would have to feel a pang for the MeSox to turn the tables this time around and pull down title number 3.
If indeed the MoStars do prevail, they will join the Grays as 4-time Champions and extend the WC's dominance to 9 seasons. In fact, Memphis is the most recent FC team to win it all, doing so in both 1974 and '76.
A strong outing from John Taylor helps the visiting Red Sox open the series with a 6-1 win but the MoStars square it up the next day, winning 6-2 behind Gene Collins.
Game 3 shows just how evenly-matched these two squads are as they take a 3-3 tie into the 9th, each score a run and the MoStars eventually winning 5-4 in 13.
That loss seems to break the Red Sox' resolve as the visitors humiliate them 16-2 the next day, only for them to completely turn it around with a 12-2 win on the back of a rampant Danny Tartabull.
Memphis pushes them all the way again in Game 5 but the MoStars prevail 6-4 with Huck Rile mashing two solo taters.
In the end, however, Detroit simply has their measure and too much firepower to be denied as they close it out 5-2, with both Santop and Torriente going yard.
Two-way player Ed "Huck" Rile is named MVP.
