NSL PLAYOFF HIGHLIGHTS

MUNCIE and GREEN MOUNTAIN

Game 1.

Canucks open with 1 in 4th, Muncie with 1 in 5th and Canucks 2 in 5th for a 3-1 lead and then Santiago with a solo shot in 8th making it 3-2. Duda with a solo shot in 8th for the 4-2 lead. Final 4-2. WP-Lester, SV-Kimbrel, Darvish the loss.

Game 2.

Muncie jumps out to a 2 run lead after 2........Canucks score 2 in 3rd to tie the game. They score 1 in 4th and 2 in 5th. Later on, Gomes with a 2 run shot to tie game at 5-5. Layne in for the 8th, but gives up a solo shot to Desmond for 6-5 lead. Final 6-5. WP-Atchison, SV-Kimbrel, Layne the loss.

Canucks--- Snider .500, Desmond .429 XBH- 2d, 1t, 4hr.

Wolves--- Holt .500, Loney .375 XBH- 2d, 3hr.

The Canucks sweep the Black Wolf, taking game 3 1-0 and the clincher 6-1. In game 3, Zimmerman and Leake hooked up in a pitchers’ duel with Zimmerman the winner. Cron doubled, scoring on Duda’s double for the game’s only run. Game 4 started as another pitchers’ duel between Lester and Darvish; Green Mountain’s 6 run 6^th doomed Muncie. Castillo and Longoria homered in the frame. Lester fanned 13 and walked none while Darvish struck out 12 and walked in 5.2 IP.

Congrats to the Canucks and good luck the rest of the way.

LONGSTOWN and KEYSTONE

The Prospectors and C’s matched up in the opening round of the playoffs. Longstown throws Alvarez against Keystones Hamels. In the home 1^st, leadoff hitter Inciarte is the recipient of a Donaldson throwing error, Grandal follows with an RBI Double and with 2 outs, Pence singles home Grandal for a quick 2 – 0 lead. In the top of the 3^rd with 2 out Donaldson hits a solo dinger to cut the keystone lead in half. Grandal leads off the home half of the inning with a shot to Espinosa at 2^nd that is bobbled and Grandal reaches 1^st on Longstown’s second error of the game. After Alvarez retires the next two batters, Pence smacks an RBI double to push the lead back to 2 runs. Hamels holds Longstown hitless the rest of the way throwing a complete game 2 hitter for a 3 – 1 win. Alvarez gave up 11 hits and all runs were unearned in the tough luck loss.

Longstown 1 2 2

Keystone 3 11 0

Game 2 had Longstown’s Collmenter facing Keystone’s Archer. Both pitchers cruise through 6 innings, Collmenter giving up 2 singles and Archer giving up one single. In the top of the 7^th, Lind leads off with a double, Upton pinch runs for Lind although it wouldn’t matter as H. Ramirez follows with a homer for a 2 – 0 lead. Cain leads off the bottom of the inning with a double, Collmenter is pulled and is pissed at manager Becker as he has a shutout going. Rondon takes the ball, after getting Granderson to flyout, Medica strokes a double to cut the lead in half, Rondon walks Inciarte and gets Grandal looking and a groundball from Rollins to quash the rally. Watson throws the 9^th and picks up the save in the 2 – 1 Prospector win, and a split on the boards.

Longstown 2 3 0

Keystone 1 4 0

Game 3 had the C’s Roark facing Longstown’s Volquez. The C’s strike first in the 3^rd as Granderson leads off with a walk, Medica singles, Corporan tries to move the runners up, but Granderson gets forced at 3^rd. Inciarte K’s for the second out but Cain follows with an RBI single for a 1 – 0 lead. Roark advances to a 20 and is looking for the CG shutout, Donaldson leads of the bottom of the 9^th with a double, Blanco singles and Donaldson holds 3^rd, Blanco steals 2^nd, Reynolds walked to load the bases. Heyward pinch hits for Espinosa and strokes a game winning double for a 2 – 1 win.

Keystone 1 6 1

Longstown 2 11 0

Game 4 had Hamels meeting Alvarez again. Both pitchers cruise through the first 5 innings. In the home 6^th, Espinosa reaches 1^st with 1 out on a Medica fielding error, Martin follows with a RBI double. Neither team is able to push any other runs across as Longstown grabs the win.

Keystone 0 3 1

Longstown 1 2 0

Game 5 scoring is started by Longstown in the 2^nd, Crawford leads off with a single, steals second and Donaldson follows with a homer for a 2 – 0 lead. In the top of the 3^rd with 2 outs Inciarte singles, steals second, Cain walks and Rollins follows with a dinger and a 3 – 2 lead. In the home 3^rd Martin singles, Harper grounds out, Ramirez strokes a RBI double as the Prospectors tie the game at 3’s. Longstown pushes across 3 runs in the 6^th on 2 singles a walk, sac fly and 2 RBI single by Espinosa. The C’s put 2 up in the 7^th on a single, RBI triple by Medica, and another RBI triple by Cain as the C’s see the season end on another 1 run loss.

Keystone 5 7 0

Longstown 6 10 1

SPARROW LAKE and CREEKSIDE

Game 1

Buehrle for SL against King Felix for Creekside. The aces of both teams lived up to their billing as no one threatened for three innings. Top of the 4th Brett Gardner went the other way with a Felix change up and deposited it in the left field stands for a Sparrow Lake 1-0 lead. Buerle tired and was pulled after 5 great innings giving up only a single by Wright in the 3rd and a triple by Span right after Wright was gunned down trying to steal. Dyson came on in the 6th and Jayson Werth touched him for a long ball to tie the game at 1-1. Felix settled in and went 8 solid innings giving up the one run on six hits. Joe Beimel came on to pitch the 9th, giving up a one out walk to Gardner but Arencibia hit into the 6-4-3 dp. Jennings came out for the bottom of the 9th against the middle of the Creekside order, he got Werth on a called strike three and got Abreu to ground out harmlessly but he left one on the inner half to Rizzo and Rizzo did not miss it. FINAL 2-1 Creekside

SL 1-6-0 Cabrera 2-4

CRK 2-5-0 Wright 2-3

WP Beimel

LP Jennings

Game 2

Samardzija for SL against Simon for Creekside. A carbon copy of game one as hits were indeed at a premium. Creekside had chances early as Abreu laced a two out 2B but was stranded in the 1st. A leadoff 2B by Negron in the 2nd went for naught as well. Finally in the 6th, Werth led off with a bomb for a 1-0 Creekside lead. Simon continued his great pitching of the regular season as he did not give up a hit until one out in the 8th when Neil Walker doubled to right center. Melancon came on to pitch the 9th in hopes of another save which were pretty automatic all year, but not today. Turner and Van Slyke both singled to start the 9th, Paulsen popped out but Cabrera came thru with the clutch single that scored Turner with the tie run and Van Slyke advanced to third. The key at bat was Castro, and Melancon jammed him and got a slow roller back to the mound. He threw Castro out at first with Cabrera moving to second and Van Slyke holding at third. JMolina came to the plate in a big spot, he had replaced Arencibia earlier who was pinch hit for, and he lofted a harmless fly to right field. Bottom of the 9th was eerily similar to the previous game as Thornton came on for Sparrow Lake and handled Ruggiano with a K and Suarez with a ground out to second but he didn't fool Brandon Phillips who hit a first pitch fastball down the line just inside the foul pole for the game winner. FINAL 2-1 Creekside

SL: 1-4-0

CRK 2-6-0 JAbreu 2-4 and Phillips 2-4

WP Melancon

LP Thornton

Game 3

Fister for Creekside vs Kennedy for Sparrow Lake.

Creekside comes out of the gate quick for a change as Span draws a leadoff BB is moved on to second and then third with two ground outs. Rizzo cashes him in with a single to left and is then thrown out trying to stretch it into a double. CRK 1-0.

Calhoun takes Fister deep to leadoff the bottom of the second to tie things at 1-1.

Sparrow Lake takes a 2-1 lead in the 4th as Castro doubles to leadoff and then Gardner came thru with a clutch two out double to plate the go ahead run. SL 2-1.

In the 7th Abreu goes deep to tie things but in the bottom half Arencibia goes deep as well to give the lead back to Sparrow Lake. 3-2 SL

Top of the 9th against Andrew Miller, Abreu goes yard again to tie the score at 3-3.

Creekside had a golden opportunity against Dyson in the 10th as Suarez led off with a single and Phillips drew a walk. David Wright followed with a sac to put runners on 2nd and 3rd with only one out. Span then flied to medium right field and Suarez was gunned down at the plate by Markakis

In the 11th Creekside got two runners on but could not get the big hit and then in the bottom of the 11th Cabrera took a Beimel offering into the bullpen in right field to end things. FINAL 4-3 SL

WP - Dyson

LP - Beimel

Crk 3-8-0

SL 4-7-0

Game 4

Hernandez for Creekside vs Buehrle for Sparrow Lake

Reminiscent of the first two games, hits come at a premium.

All zeros til the 5th, when with one out Suarez walks, Phillips singles and David Wright doubles down the line to score two Off of Buehrle. CRK 2-0

Hernandez had it on cruise control for much of this game but was nicked for an unearned run in the 7th as Castro reached on an error to Suarez and then Calhoun cranked one off the wall in center to cut the lead in half. CRK 2-1.

With Melancon on in the 9th, Van Slyke leads off with a single but Cabrera bounced into the 6-4-3 DP, and Calhoun grounded out harmlessly to end it.

WP - Hernandez Sv Melancon

LP - Buehrle

Crk 2-4-1

SL 1-3-0

Game 5

Simon for Creekside vs Samardzjia for Sparrow Lake

What else is new, yet another pitchers duel. SL strikes in the 3rds as Markakis hit a no-doubter into the bleachers in right for SL lead. SL 1-0

In the 4th SL pads their lead as Van Slyke leads off with a single off of the tiring Simon, he move to second on a fielders choice and then steals 3rd.

Castro walks to put runners at the corners and the Calhoun come thru with a key two out single to score a huge insurance run, which as it turned out was not really needed as Creekside

fails to get in the scoring column off of Samardzija who went the distance for a 2-0 shutout

WP - Samardzija

LP - Simon

CRK 0-5-0

SL 2-5-0

So, we head back to Creekside with the Crushers up 3 games to 2.

Game 6

A re-play of the game 3 matchup.

Fister for Creekside vs Kennedy foe Sparrow Lake

Creekside gets to Kennedy early in this one, with one out in the 1st Werth and Abreu get back-to-back doubles to take a 1-0 lead.

Not much of anything thru 6 innings, in fact Sparrow Lake is still looking for their first hit off of Fister.

However, the Sparrow Lake bats came to life in the top of the 7th. Cabrera leads off with a ringing double and is plated by a Castro base hit. After a Calhoun strike out, Walker goes yard to give SL a 3-1 lead.

Creekside tried to rally in the bottom half with the help of some wildness by Jennings. Werth, Werth moved up on a g was pitched carefully and drew a leadoff walk. Werth moved up to second on a ground out, Rizzo followed

with a walk as well and both moved up on another ground out. Ruggiano was then intentionally walked to load the bases to face Suarez with two outs. who flied out meekly to center. SL 3-1 after 7 innings

Sparrow Lake hitters were back at it again in the 8th as Turner lined a single to center and Van Slyke followed with a blast into the seats in left off of Beimel. SL 5-1

The way this series is going, a 4 run lead is next to insurmountable, and it pretty much was. Creekside got a couple runners on in the 9th with a Suarez walk and a Phillips single but David Wright bounced into a game ending DP

FINAL 5-1 SL

WP - Jennings Sv - Miller

LP - Fister

SL 5-5-0

CRK 1-5-1

Game 7 - Hernandez for Creekside vs Buehrle for SL

Sudden death. The best game of the series, as neither team wanted their season to end. Hard fought to the bitter end as both teams had multiple chances to take charge of this game but the pitching came thru time and again in big spots.

Both offenses did some damage as well which was something different this series especially Creekside who I don't think ever had more than a one run lead at any point in the series.

Top of the 1st

Turner gets aboard on an error to David Wright and he scores on a 2B by Van Slyke, Cabrera grounded out but Castro came thru with a clutch two out single to plate the second run of the inning.

Bottom of the 1st

Creekside goes down in order

SL 2-0

Top of the 2nd

Arencibia cracks a one out 2B and scores on a solid single by Markakis, making it 3-0 SL

Bottom of the 2nd

Creekside responds, with two outs Lucroy doubled, Ruggiano walked and Suarez ties it with a 3-run bomb. Phillips followed with a single but Buehrle who seemed to be injured got Span 1-3..

After 2 innings TIED 3-3

Top of the 3rd

With two outs Calhoun drew a walk off of Hernandez, who obviously does not have his best stuff but is hanging tuff, and Walker singles but Hernandez gets Gardner to ground out to end the inning.

Bottom of the 3rds

Otero is brought in to face the middle of the Creekside order. Wert and Abreu both bounce out second to first. But Otero leaves one out over the plate to Rizzo who does not miss it and gives Creekside a 4-3 lead.

CRK 4-3

Top of the 4th

Markakis strokes a double down the right field line with one out, Turner draws a BB and the runners move up to 2nd and 3rd on a Van Slyke ground out. Cabrera is intentionally passed and Hernandez gets Castro on a fly to Span in center.

Bottom of the 4th

Creekside goes down in order off of Thornton.

CRK 4-3

Top of the 5th

Hernandez continues to struggle as he lets one in the middle of the plate to Calhoun who ties the game with a bomb to the cheap seats.

Bottom of the 5th

Nothing off of Thornton again.

TIE 4-4 after 5

Top of the 6th

Best inning of the game for Hernandez he strikes out two in this frame.

Bottom of the 6th

Jennings enters the game for Sparrow Lake but promptly throws a wide one to 1st on a grounder by Abreu who take second on the miscue. Rizzo moves the runner along with a ground out, Negron who is playing for Wright come thru with a

solid single and steals 2nd as well but he is left out there when Lucroy and Ruggiano bounce out to third.

CRK 5-4

Top of the 7th

Cabrera draws another walk off of Hernandez, his fourth of the day to this point. To make matters worse he hits Castro putting runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs. Calhoun bounces out 5-3 but runners move to 2nd and 3rd. Walker is

intentionally walked and in typical Hernandez fashion, he rises to the occasion when his team needed him most by striking out both Gardner and Arencibia.

Bottom of the 7th

Phillips draws a one out BB off of Jennings but is wiped out by a DP off the bat of Denard Span.

CRK 5-4

Top of the 8th

Hoping to get one more inning out of their ace Felix finds himself in deep trouble again. Markakis leads off with a single, Hernandez gets Turner with a nasty change up for the first out. Van Slyke singles Markakis to third and Van Slyke steals second

to really put the pressure on. Again Creekside plays the odds, hoping to induce a dp by intentionally walking Cabrera . Similar top the previous inning Hernandez shows why he one of the best by striking out both Castro and Calhoun. It's obvious that Hernandez is spent and will need to be pulled. He got by in this game on sheer guile and his will to win. But he is thru for the game. 8 amazing innings that his team needed desperately.

Bottom of the 8th

Andrew Miller is on for Sparrow Lake and Werth and Abreu are overmatched as he blows them away with ease, Rizzo does manage to get wood on the ball but bounces out 6-3.

CRK 5-4

Top of the 9th

Melancon is on for Creekside hoping to finih it out and send Creekside to the next round. He must have had his thoughts on the post game buffet instead of who he was facing because Neil Walker centered up a fastball and tied the game at 5's.

Bottom of the 9th

With Miller still in the game Negron, Lucroy and Ruggiano all go down on strikes. The good news is Miller is done.

TIED 5-5

Top of the 10th

Creekside spins the wheel and tries to get a second inning out of Melancon, who rarely ever goes more than one. Turner goes down swinging but then Van Slyke cracks a booming 3B off the top of the wall in center. Cabrera is intentionally walked for what has to be a playoff record third time in this game. Castro grounds slowly to Negron at third who has to take the out at 1st as Cabrera gets himself into scoring position. With second and third with 2 outs they decide to put Calhoun on to pitch to Walker with the bases loaded. The strategy works as Neil Walker goes down swinging.

Bottom of the 10th

Dyson now on for Sparrow Lake and he gets Suarez, Phillips and Span in order.

TIED 5-5

Top of the 11th

Uehara now on for Creekside. He manages to get Gardner, Arencibia, and Markakis in order for only the second time in this game.

Bottom of the 11th

With Dyson on for his second inning, Werth greets him with a leadoff 2B. Dyson digs deep and gets Abreu and Rizzo on strikes and Negron on a 6-3 ground out.

TIED 5-5

Top of the 12th

Uehara comes thru with another 1-2-3 inning against the top of the Sparrow Lake order, finishing it off with a Cabrera strike out.

Bottom of the 12th

The seventh pitcher is on for Sparoow Lake as Hawkins is on for his first appearance in the series. Lucroy grounds out 5-3 but Ruggiano and Suarez come thru with consecutive singles. Ruggiano went to third on the single and Suarez steals second with only one out. Phillips is walked intentionally in hopes of something good happening. The Sparrow Lake prayers are answered as Denard Span, who has had a horrible series grounds into a 1-2-3 double play. ARE YOU SERIOUS.

Top of the 13th

Joe Beimel now on for Creekside, handles the middle of the order as Castro and Calhoun fly out and Walker grounds out.

Bottom of the 13th

Hawkins on for his second inning and he has to get thru the middle of the Creekside order who are overdue, but then just about everyone on both teams is overdue. Werth starts it off looking at strike three. Abreu booms a double off the wall in left. Rizzo follows with a solid single advancing Abreu's lard ass to third, with 1st and 3rd the decision is made to walk Negron. Hoping to wiggle out of another jam Lucroy is caught looking for out number two. Ruggiano steps to the plate with a chance to be the hero and he responds with a line drive base hit scoring Abreu with the game winner, sending Creekside to the next round.

WP - Beimel

LP - Hawkins

SL 5-11-1 Van Slyke 3-7 2B, 3B Markakis 3-6

CRK 6-11-1 Rizzo 2-6 Ruggiano 2-5 Suarez 2-5

Quite a series, five one-run games, and one two run game. Not much hitting by either team as both teams hit less than .200

Pitching was the name of the game in this series and it was finally decided only because SL ran out of bullpen. Creekside had a big advantage the whole series with their starting pitching and ultimately that is what

won it, the fact that Hernandez could go deep in game 7, where SL had to go to the pen early to stay in the game. A calculated gamble I guess but I would have done the same thing. Hats off to Sparrow Lake, they deserved better.

ALBANY and GLENVILLE

Game 1

Scherzer vs Wainwright

Goldy starts the scoring off in the top of the 3^rd with a leadoff homerun to take the early lead 1-0. The offenses would continue to stay dormant until the top of the 7^th when Wainwright walks McGehee to start off the inning. Wainwright then gets called for a question balk to move him over to second. Albany manager it Hot and comes out to protest the game, let’s see how the comish handles this one? Puig would eventually knock in the McGehee with a RBI single to take a 2-0 lead. Albany would finally get on the board in the bottom of the 7^th when Martinez knocks in Tulo with a RBI double to make it 2-1. Glenville would add another run in the 8^th on a RBI double by Mauer. Hughes would come in the bottom of the 8^th for the 2 inning save. Glenville takes game one 3-1.

Scherzer W 1-0

Hughes SV

Wainwright L 0-1

Game 2

McHugh vs Cueto

This time around Albany takes the early lead in the 2^nd on a Joey Votto 2 run homer thanks to leadoff walk of Kemp. The lead would be short lived as Glenville would tie it up in the top of the 3^rd on a clutch 2out single by Panik to knock in Lobaton and Puig. The score would stay that way until the bottom of the 8^th when Hughs walks the leadoff hitter Altuve, the wrong guy to put on. Altuve when then swipe 2^nd but only to see the next guys leave him stranded. Up steps Morneau with a clutch 2 out single to drive him in for Albany to take the 1 run lead. Top of the 9^th Goldy smacks a solo homer off the Albany closer Strop to tie it up. Mauer would then single and be replaced by pinch runner Jones who would swipe 2^nd. McGehee would then drive him in with a big 2 out single to take the 4-3 lead. Bottom of the 9^th starts with the first 2 batters going down in order. Up steps Hunter to try and keep the Cats in the game and smacks a 2 out double to keep the inning alive. Albany manger would then look down the bench ask the big boy Prince to step in the box to keep them alive. He wouldn’t let them down as he smacked a RBI single to tie the game up at 4. Looks like some free baseball! The offenses would disappear until the top of 16^th when Glenville starts the inning off with a leadoff walk, single by Jones after failing to get the sacrifice down, and then a bloop single by Peralta to load the bases with no outs. Glenville would tack on the first run on a fielder’s choice and then the second run on a big error by Navorro who dropped the ball at the plate. Glenville would cruise into the bottom of 16^th with a 6-4 lead. Kemp would keep the boys alive with a walk to get the offense going, followed by a Votto single and then Sandoval stepped up to the plate with a RBI double to put runners at 2^nd and 3^rd with 1 out. Hunter would then come to plate and strike out on another questionable call on a check swing. That would bring Navarro up to the dish with 2 outs and 2 runners in scoring position only to weakly ground out to first to end the game. Glenville takes the early 2-0 series lead.

A Torres W 1-0

Mendez SV

Sipp L 0-1

Game 3

Strasburg vs. Gonzalez

Games 3, 4 and 5 were played at Belvidere Ave. with Si and Denny in attendance.

Albany gets back into the series with a convincing 7-1 victory. After 5 scoreless innings Albany scored 3 in the 6th. With one out leadoff hitter Votto would double and later scored on a Tulo single. Martinez then strode to the plate and hit a bomb to make it 3-0. Albany scored two more in the 7th. Avila led of with a walk and was replaced by Gose to pinch run. Martin then walked. Votto struck again with a double that scored both runners. Following that hit Glenville pulled Gonzalez and put in Carlos Torres to end the inning. Glenville would score 1 in the 8th when Prado homered. Albany would round out the scoring in the 9th when Martin led off with a single and then stole second. Votto and Martinez would both walk to load the bases. Altuve hit a sac. fly to score Martin and Morneau singled to plate Tulo. Strasburg went the distance for Albany

Strasburg-W

Gonzalez-L

Game 4

Wainright vs. Scherzer

Game 4 was a wild affair with Glenville winning 5-3. Albany would jump out to a quick lead taking advantage of some early Scherzer wildness. Tulo and Martinez waked in the first and then scored on a two out triple by Morneau. Glenville tied things up in the 3rd. Puig led off the inning with a single and moved to second when Goldschmidt walked. Byrd would then single, but Puig was thrown out at the plate on a great throw by Martinez. Peralta then laced a double that scored both Goldy and Byrd. Albany scored one in the 6th when Uribe reached first on a fielder's choice. Pinch hitter Navarro then doubled with two outs to score Uribe. In the 7th Puig hit a long one out homer to lock things up again at 3-3. The score stayed locked into the 9th. Albany could not mount a threat in the 9th and could only manage a Tulo wak in the top of the frame. In the bottom of the 9th Prado led off with a walk. Cespedes then came to bat and proceeded to launch a Wainright fastball into the night for the walkoff winner. Hughes gets the win for Glenville while Wainright goes the distance with a tough loss for Albany. Glenville takes a 3-1 series lead with a chance to clinch at home.

Hughes-W

Wainright-L

Game 5

Glenville would win the series in another nail biter. Glenville took an early 1-0 lead in the first when Puig singled and reached second on a Goldschmidt walk. Peralta then hit a two out single plating Puig. Albany tied things up in the 3rd with an Uribe lead off homer. Albany then scored three times in the fourth. Martinez led off with a double and looked to score when Altuve singled, but the ump called him out on a close play. Replay did confirm that Lobaton had made the tag before Martinez touched the plate. Altuve then stole second and scored when Morneau doubled. Uribe would single and advance Morneau to third. The big hit of the inning was a Navarro double that plated both base runners. Glenville would get one back in the bottom of the third following a Peralta double and McGehee single. After 4 the score stood at 4-2 Albany. After a silent 5th both teams would score two in the 6th. Kemp led off the inning with a single but was forced out on a Uribe grounder. Navarro would then strike again with a double scoring Uribe. Sandoval then singled scoring Navarro. Votto and Tulo would ground out to end the top of the inning. In the bottom of the frame both Prado and Cespedes singled and then scored on a one out double by Puig. Going into the 7th Albany still maintained a two run lead at 6-4. Disaster struck in the bottom of the 7th for Albany as they were hurt by two errors in the inning. Goldschmidt led off the inning with a walk. Byrd then hit a flyball to center that was misplayed by Martinez. Peralta then doubled scoring both Goldschmidt and Byrd. Following a McGehee flyout, Prado ground out and Byrd moved to third on the throw.

Cespedes then came to the plate and hit a grounder to short. Tulo uncharacteristically made and error that allowed Peralta to score and give Glenville a 7-6 lead. Albany could not answer with any more runs of the closer Hughes and the Greys would advance with a 7-6 win. Congratulations to Nathaniel for a great year!

Wilhelmsen-W

Alburqurque-L

GREEN MOUNTAIN and GLENVILLE

Game 1.

This one was all Golden for the Glenville team. They score in 1st on sac fly by Goldy, score 2 in 3rd on dbl by Goldy, and homer by Prado in 6th, while Canucks score on a wp in 3rd. Final--- 4-1. Scherzer the win, Hughes the save, Lester the loss.

Game 2

In a see-saw battle the winner comes in the 8th! Prado with 3 run shot in 3rd, Pollack single and E by Puig (3-1), in the 5th Cron with a 2 run homer (3-3). In the 6th Cespedes with a homer (4-3), In the 7th, Castillo blasts thetieing homer (4-4). The 8th brings out the fireworks..... Peralta a solo shot for the lead. Odor with a triple and Desmond a 2 run shot for the victory. Final 7-5 Canucks. Petricka the win, Kimbrel the save, Hughes the loss.

Game 3 was a scoreless affair until Cron led off the 5th with a solo shot off of Gonzalez. In the 6th Gonzalez gets wild and walks Pollock and Longoria to start the inning. Duda hits a line drive single to load the bases, and then Kendrick walks to score a run. Gonzalez is replaced by Wilhemsen. The next batter Desmond hits a sac. fly to score Longoria. After...you guessed it...another walk to Cron, Marte hits a grounder to Panik allowing Duda to score making it 4-0 Canucks. In the 7th Glenville finally gets on the board after a Prado double and a Cespedes single. That's how the game would end. The Canucks take the series lead 2-1.

Game 4 was all about Lester. He combines with Kimbrel for a shoutout of the Greys 2-0. In the second, Cron hits a one out single and then Scherzer plunks Marte to put two on for Castillo. Castillo promptly raps a double down the line scoring both runners. That would be all of the scoring in this ballgame as the Canucks take a 3-1 lead and the Glenville faithful are worrying about seeing their beloved Greys lose the series at home after dropping the first two by scoring 1 total run.

Game 5 finally saw the Glenville lumber show up early and often. Puig leads off the home first with a single and then steals second. Panik raps a single that scores Puig. After a Goldy whiff, Byrd hits a single moving Panik to third. Peralta walks and then McGehee hits a sac fly to plate Panik making the score 2-0 after 1. In the third Goldy leads off with a walk. Byrd grounds out moving Goldschmidt to second. With two outs McGehee hits a single that scores Goldy making it 3-0. They Greys would add two more in the 4th off of Price. Hundley led off with a single. Puig singled to put runners on first and second. Panik and Goldschmidt would both then fly out and looks like Price would get out of the jam. The next batter though is Byrd and he gets hit by a Price pitch to load the bases. Peralta then takes advantage of the situation with a single that scores two, which chases Price for the night. Atchison comes in to get McGehee to weakly ground out ending the threat, but the Greys have a 5-0 lead. The Greys score again in the 5th. After a Mauer strikeout, Cespedes hits a hard double into the gap. Hundley strikes out, but once again, timely Glenville hitting will bring in a run when Puig triples plating his Cuban mate Cespedes making it 6-0. The rest of the offensive effort would occur in the 7th for Glenville. Cespedes led off the inning with a fly out, and Hundley then grounds out to second. Puig gets on after drawing a walk, and Panik comes up. The rookie hits a ground ball, and it looks like the inning will be over, but Duda can't handle the throw. When the dust settles, Puig is on third and Panik stands at second. This turn of affairs shakes the Canuck defense and Puig then scores on a passed ball. Goldschmidt then singles knocking in Panik to make it 8-0 Greys. There would be no more scoring and the rookie phenom McHugh goes the distance to keep the Greys in the series. So, the series moves back to the land of the north with Green Mtn. leading 3 games to 2.

Game 6

With Hundley and Cespedes hitting solo blasts and Cron and Duda hitting solo shots, the game enters 12th inning. Walden makes it through 1,2,3 and Wilhelmsen faces Frandsen in bottom of 12th who gets a BB.......Cron up and tries to bunt for a SAC, but fails on first 2 tries.....so Burnie says ^^*(%$ it and lets him hit and he proceeds to hit a 2 run shot for the game and series winner.......

CREEKSIDE and LONGSTOWN

Game 1

Right from the get-go it was evident this was gonna be a slobberknocker of a series. King Felix drilled lead off batter Russell Martin in the middle of the back to send the message to the Prospectors to not get too comfortable at the plate. Of course the Prospectors retaliated and then some as four Creekside batters were drilled thru out this game. It pretty much set the tone for the series as 12 batters were hit were hit in the series.

Longstown threatened in the first with two runners aboard but Hernandez worked out of the jam. Likewise, Creekside got two runners on in the bottom of the 1sf but they too could not cash in against Alvarez. In the bottom of the 3rd Creekside got rolling, with one out Werth drew a walk, followed by a JAbreu base hit. Alvarez missed his spot against Rizzo and he went deep for a three run shot.Ruggiano singled and Lucroy doubled him home for the 4th run. Longstown got on the board in the 4th with a leadoff walk to Heyward, Blanco singled him to third and stole second to put runners on 2nd and 3rd with nobody out. Hernandez got Harper on a strike three called but Espinosa flied to the warning track to score Heyward.

After 4 innings 4-1 Creekside

In the 6th, with Alvarez tiring, Creekside put more runs on the board with a Wright single and a Werth HBP putting runners on 1st and 2nd. Rizzo got another one he liked and took it deep again, his second 3 run shot of the game.

After 6 innings 7-1 Creekside

King Felix hit the wall in the top of the 7th as he hit Espinosa to start the inning, he did strike out Martin but then five straight singles by Donaldson, Lind, Ramirez, Crawford and Heyward, sent Felix to the shower. Luckily Ruggiano gunned down Lind at the plate or the damage could have been much worse

After 7 innings 7-5 Creekside

Beimel and Melancon came on to pitch the last 2 1/3 innings to seal the all important first game

FINAL 7-5 Creekside

WP - Hernandez

LP - Alvarez

Sv - Melancon

Longstown 5-7-1 Lind 1-5 and 2 RBIs Heyward 1-3 and 2 RBIs 9 LOB

Creekside 7-7-1 Rizzo 2-4 2 HRs and 6 RBIs 8 LOB

Game 2

Collmenter for Longstgown vs Simon for Creekside

Longstown got two runners on in the 1st with a walk to Donaldson followed by a single my Lind but Simon bore down and got out of the inning unscathed. Collmenter was not as fortunate, as Creekside sent 10 to the plate. Span started things with a single, followed by a Werth whiff. Abreu sent Span to third with a single of his own. Rizzo, who hit two three run shots in game 1 was not given another opportunity as he was intentionally walked in hopes of a double play. Negron knocked the first run in with a solid single to nleft and everyone moved up a base. Ruggiano also singled and two runners scored. After Lucroy was intentionally walked, Suarez knocked in the fourth run of the inning.

Longstown was held scorless by Simon thru six innings, giving up five harmless singles along the way. In the bottom of the 6th Creekside made in 5-0 when Brandon Phillips knocked in Ruggiano with a single. Finally Longstown got on the board against Simon in the 7th as Bryce Harper smoked a no-doubter to right field.

After 7 innings 5-1 Creekside

Longstown added their last run in the 8th as Donaldson drew a leadoff walk, which signaled the end for Simon who threw a great game. Uehara went 2/3 of an inning giving up two singles along the way, to Hanley and Justin Heyward. Melancon came in pitch a flawless 9th to earn his second save of the series.

FINAL 5-2 Creekside

WP - Simon

LP - Collmenter

Sv - Melancon

Longstown - 2-8-0 Lind 2-4 Hanley Ramirez 2-4 Bryce Harper 2-4 with a HR 8 LOBs

Creekside - 5-11-0 JAbreu 2-4 Justin Ruggiano 2-4 Eugenio Suarez 2-4 Brandon Phillips 2-4 9 LOBs

Game 3

Doug Fister for Creekside vs Edinson Volquez for Longstown

On to the home field of the Longstown Prospectors. Oh how things change so quickly.

In the bottom of the 2nd Longstown threatened as Carl Crawford banged a single to center but was cut down by Lucroy trying to steal second. Turned out to cost the P's a run as Donaldson followed with a two bagger to the wall in right center. Creekside broke on top with single runs in the 3rd, 4th and 5th. David Wright doubled and Brandon Phillips who got on by a fielders choice was held at third with only one out. Span cashed him in with a fly ball to medium left field.In the fourth Matt Joyce, who was playing left for Ruggiano got one up in the jete stream and it carried over the wall in right.in

the 5th Brandon doubled ton start the inning and scored on a Denard Span single.

After 4 and a half innings 3-0 Creekside

The Longstown 5th started harmlessly as Fister got Crawford on a weak fly ball and Donaldson went down swinging. This is where the wheels came flying off for Fister, Blanco hit a solo HR, Mark Reynolds singled, Espinosa followed with a hard earned walk, Martin doubled in two runs and Bryce Harper followed with a two run shot that finished the day for Fister. K_Rod came in for Creekside to work out of the inning. But the damage had been done. In the 7th Longstown struck against Joe Beimel as Harper singled with one out and Adam Lind crushed a 3-1 fastball that wasn't very fast for a two run shot finishing the scoring.

FINAL 7-3 Longstown

WP - Volquez

LP - Fister

Creekside 3-6-0 Span 1-4 2 RBIs 7 LOBs

Longstown 7-10-0 Harper 2-4 HR 2RBIs, Lind 1-4 HR 2RBIs Blanco 2-4 2B, HR 4 LOBs

Game 4

Felix Hernandez for Creeksiide vs Alvarez for Longstown

The story of this game was the pitching Alvarez for Longstown. I threw a completee game gem, with the only mistake coming in the 4th as he left one over the plate to Jose Abreu.

Longstown got one in the first off of Hernandez who was clearly off his game. Hanley doubled in Harper who had reached on a fielders choice. Hernandez was in trouble every inning and finally was put out of his misery in the 5th. Russell Martin started things with a single followed by a Bryce Harper double. Hanley was given the free pass, but Adam Lind cashed in two runs with a double and Carl Crawford hit one ointo the bleachers in right to finish the day for Felix. Hernandez went 4 inning giving up eight hits and six earned runs in what was possibly his worst outing of the year.