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2046 Playoffs – World Series
The Royals will make their 12th World Series appearance, looking for their 4th title. They will meet, for the first time in World Series history, the San Diego Padres. This will be a match of the best regular season teams in the AL and NL respectively. The Padres will also be bidding for their 4th title, having won in 2027 and back-to-back in 2034 and 2035. They have been perfect in the World Series since 2027, with three titles from three NL pennants.
The Padres were one of the very few teams in baseball to get the better of the Royals in the regular season, winning their series 2-1. Their success comes from the number one ranked pitched staff in the NL, while their hitting only managed the 4th most runs in the division.
Their battling line up was anchored by CF Ernesto Buenrostro, who led the team with a .338 batting average and 67 stolen bases alongside 23 HRs (2nd) and 83 RBIs (2nd). However, back tightness will rule him out of the World Series. RF Jorge Arreola will step up in Buenrostro’s absence, the outfielder responsible for a team-high 28 HRs and 86 RBIs over the course of the season.
The pitching corps are led by the 1-2 punch of Bobby Durham and Luis Moreno. Moreno had 16 wins and a 2.91 ERA over the course of the season, while Durham struck out 170 with a 3.50 ERA. Rule 5 draft acquisition from the Royals Nelson Gallegos has started 14 games with an ERA of 3.49. One former Royal missing out is Mike Hoffer, while another will be part of the bullpen in Chris Wagner. That bullpen has a couple of sub 3.00 ERA arms in LHP Joel Lochner and closer Juan Sauceda, who had an NL high 45 saves in 65 appearances.
Game 1 in Kansas City: Ben Lane v Luis Moreno (2040 3rd Round)
Kansas City wins 4-3 (10)
Lane: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R
Moreno: 6.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R
Luis Danys Rhodes (W): 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R
Joel Lochner (L): 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R
Kansas City HRs: Luis Aceves (8th, 2R)
POTG: Luis Moreno (SD)
1-0 Kansas City
Game 2 in Kansas City: Carson Willard vs Nelson Gallegos (2042 Rule 5 KC)
San Diego wins 7-6
Gallegos: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R
Willard: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R
Jimmy Baker (W): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R
Dan Nichols (BS)(L): 1.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R
San Diego HRs: Chris Ring (3rd)
Chris Wagner (SD) injured while pitching – DTD 1 week
POTG: Chris Ring (SD) 4-5, HR, 4 RBI
1-1 Series Tied
Game 3 in San Diego: Chad Johnson vs Bobby Durham (2041 1st Round)
Kansas City wins 10-4
Johnson: 5.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R
Durham: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R
Juan Anaya (W)(SV): 4.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R
Ramiro Castillo (L): 1.2 IP, 5 H, 6 R
Kansas City HRs: Juan Minnelli (1st), Bobby Nickelberry (4th), Jadon Tezeno (5th)
San Diego HRs: Tiburcio Matador (9th)
POTG: Juan Minnelli (KC) 3-6, HR
2-1 Kansas City
Game 4 in San Diego: Chris Kuehn vs Luis Aguilar (2046 Trade AZ)
San Diego wins 10-5
Kuehn (L): 5.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R
Aguilar (W): 6.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R
Kansas City HRs: Estanislau Covete (3rd), Aceves (5th; 8th, 2R)
San Diego HRs: Juan Osorio (4th; 6th, 2R), Luis Castro (6th), Arreola (8th)
Steve Mitchell (KC) injured while pitching – DTD 2 weeks
POTG: Juan Osorio (SD) 2-3, BB, HR, 3 RBI
2-2 Series Tied
Game 5 in San Diego: Lane vs Moreno
Kansas City wins 5-0
Lane (W): 6.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R
Moreno (L): 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R
Nichols (SV): 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R
Kansas City HRs: Tezeno (3rd), Minnelli (7th), Luis Aguilar (9th)
3-2 Kansas City
Game 6 in Kansas City: Willard vs Gallegos
San Diego wins 3-1
Willard: 7 IP, 3 H. 0 R
Gallegos: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 0 $
Joel Lochner (W): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R
Rhodes (L): 1.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R
Sauceda (SV): 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R
Kansas City HRs: Nickelberry (8th)
Luis Castro (SD) injured running the bases – pending
POTG: Cason Willard (KC)
3-3 Series Tied
Game 7 in Kansas City: Johnson vs Durham
Kansas City wins 7-0
Johnson (W): 7.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R
Durham (L): 4.2 IP 5 H, 4 R
POTG: Johnson (KC)
4-3 KANSAS CITY WINS
Series MVP: Juan Minnelli (KC) 11-31, 2 HR, 4 RBI
They Royals win it all for the second time in the Colin Stewart era! Having only dropped two games across the first two series of the postseason, the Royals take all seven games to see off the Padres. Game 7 is the more fair reflection of the Royals dominance over the season, though, as they shut out the Padres and score 7 runs themselves. Kansas City sets the regular season record and goes on to the win the World Series, following the Astros in achieving that double, and ending with a best-ever 133-45 record across the regular- and post-season.
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