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2015 - Playoffs

Three of the four Divisional series ended in 3 game sweeps with the fourth only going 4 games.
In the east, Miami’s pitching staff, shut down Boston and their number one offense completely, allowing just a single homerun and 5 runs total, while sweeping the Pilgrims. Atlanta entered their matchup with Detroit as favourites and promptly imploded, their normally reliable defense conceding runs and committing errors at an alarming rate on the way to being swept by the Giants.
In the west, defending champs Houston ran into the 99-win Minneapolis Bears and barely troubled them, losing in three. The only series where both teams won at least once was between the #1 team Denver and Seattle. The teams split the first two games in Denver before the Wildcats cruised to a 3-1 series win, destroying the Pioneers 14-2 in the final game on the back of big games from Steve Wolfe and Arron Osborne.

The Eastern League Championship series was a good one, going six games. The 91-win wildcard team Miami took on 87-win Detroit. The first two games in Detroit were split before Miami took game three at home to take a 2-1 lead. But that was as good as it got for them, Detroit reeled off three straight victories to take the series 4-2 and book their place in the World Series. Over in the West, Denver was in cruise control, taking their series against Minneapolis in a 4-game sweep.

The World Series was another tight affair, going the full seven games for the second year in a row. Denver took game 1 at home before dropping game 2, when the normally reliable Hector Espinoza blew the save, serving up a 3-run homer to Mitchell Hendrickson in the top of the 9th. Games 3 and 4 went to Detroit before, with their backs to the wall, Denver took the next two to even the series. Game 7, played in front of a packed house at the Colorado Dome, saw the home team strike first with a Steve Wolfe Homerun (his third of the series). Not to be outdone, Detroit came roaring back with homeruns of their own from Brandon Bowman and Jarrod Cross. From that moment on, there was only going to be one winner, as behind strong pitching performances from starter Benedict Lewis and closer Min-Jae Choi, Detroit rolled to a 4-1 series clinching win.

2015 Playoff Recap

Divisional Series
EL: Detroit 3-0 Atlanta, Miami 3-0 Boston
WL: Denver 3-1 Seattle, Minneapolis 3-0 Houston
Championship Series
EL: Detroit 4-2 Miami
WL: Denver 4-0 Minneapolis
World Series
Detroit 4-3 Denver