The first round of the post-season saw results pretty much go as expected in the championship playoffs, but there were a pair of surprises in the consolation playoffs:
Championship playoffs
Blonde Streaks 2, Balco's Boys 7
Arizona Muugens 4, Shoryukens! 5
Consolation playoffs
AZ SnakePit 2 Moving on Uptons 8
Desert Dingleberries 3, Baked 6
Details, and a look forward to the next round of post-season contests, after the jump.
Blonde Streaks 2, Balco's Boys 7#3 seeds Balco's rolled passed Blonde, though the latter may be kicking themselves for benching McGehee (.389, 2 HR, 6 RBI). Instead Balco's rode strong weeks from Teixeira (two HR, seven RBI), Span (seven R, two HR) and Lilly (two Wins, 14 K) to victory, but now face #2 7-2 Offsuiters.
Arizona Muugens 4, Shoryukens! 5
Muugens fell one save short of knocking off #4 seeds Shoryu, in the week's closest game. They had the edge at the plate, behind Wright's two HR and seven RBI, but Shoryu came backing in pitching, behind Sabathia (W + 11 K) and Buchholz (W + 10 K). Muugens got a W and a dozen K's from Burnett.
AZ SnakePit 2 Moving on Uptons 8
In the consolation tournament, #12 seed Uptons overturned #9 Snake - three homers from Pujols and seven RBI by Soto, allowing them to dominate the hitting categories. A Win and eight K for Zambrano was their pitching star, though Marmol saved three games for SnakePit in a losing cause.
Desert Dingleberries 3, Baked 6
Though the teams combined for only one Win, Baked had a team WHIP of 0.96, thanks in part to Frasor who had four saves and a 0.30 WHIP for the week. As a result, they took four of five pitching points; hitting was split evenly. Pedroia had three HR for Baked, Cabrera drove in five for Desert.
Playoff Week 2 Games
Championship playoffs
The Fighting Amish (#1 seed) vs. Shoryukens! (#4)
Balco's Boys (#3) vs. 7-2 Offsuiters (#2)
5th/6th-place game: Blonde Streaks vs. Arizona Muugens
Consolation playoffs
Confederate Generals (#8) vs. Moving on Uptons (#12)
Kapsaicin Kids (#7) vs. Baked (#11)
11th/12th-place game: AZ SnakePit vs. Desert Dingleberries