Sunday, October 04, 2009

Final Major League Standings

New York wins 7 straight to close the season and win the East by 1 game with 94 wins. Philadelphia takes the wild card for the 3rd straight year with 93 wins. Keith Lee wins the batting title at .317, Brett Solo & Paul White swat 38 homers to tie for the league lead, and Chad White knocks in 120 RBI to lead the league. Pedro Lewis is the only 20 game winner at 20-6, while Mazdahonda goes 19-5. Pedro also leads the league with 277 K's.

In the Central, Denver wins their final 10 games to finish at 89-73, 4 games ahead of Detroit. Derek Howe finishes at 18-8 with a league leading 2.44 ERA.

In the west, a repeat of last years three-way tie for 1st place happens again. Hollywood will travel to Portland for game 1, while Los Angeles will travel to the game 1 winners stadium for game 2.

Game 1: Hollywood @ Portland
Rene St. Claire vs. Joel Camels
Hollywood jumps off to 7-0 lead, highlighted by a homerun for Miguel Tejawa, and a grand slam by George Rivera off a not-fully rested Camels. Portland is also without starting RF and cleanup hitter Willie Rivera and 2B Shadow Russell. Hollywood wins the game 9-4, and it was never really close.

Game 2: Los Angeles @ Hollywood
Tyrone Blackburn vs. Willis Brusstar
LA gets off to a 2-0 lead on a 2-run double by Crowell in the 1st. They lead 4-1 in the 8th and hand the game to their lefty/eighty ace relievers, Randy Wagner and Claudio Franco. Wagner takes care of the lefties in the 8th. In the 9th, Franco allows 2 baserunners with 1 out, and Hollywood pinch hits lefty power hitter Eric Kratz. Kratz bounces into a game ending double play, and LA wins the west.

Division Series
Los Angeles (86-77) @ New York (94-68)

Philadelphia (93-69) @ Denver (89-73)

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