A very close slate of games this week, with two of the seven contests ending tied, and another two decided by single-point margins. Here are the quick scores, with details, standings and upcoming games after the jump.
AZ SnakePit 7, Sofa King Juiced 3
Mizzoula Osprey 6, Blonde Streaks 4
Alabama Slammers 4, CompleteGameShutout 5
The Fighting Amish 6, MyWieterGetzLongoria 4
Los Wailoracles 5, Waffles 5
soco knows 4, Ignatius J. Rallies 5
Phoenix Platypi 5, Lil Bitches 5
Snake swept hitting behind Cabrera's three home-runs and eight RBI, with Hart and Swisher having multi-homer weeks, as did Lowrie and LaRoches for Sofa. The teams combined for 134 K's; Lincecum had 13 + two W for Snake and Axford notched three saves.
Mizzoula Osprey 6, Blonde Streaks 4
RBI, W and K were all decided by one point, with Morrow's two W + 12 K key in Osprey's victory, while Aviles also had two HR and seven RBI for them. Kemp having two HR and six Runs for Blonde, who also got two W + 16 K from Pitcher of the Week Sabathia.
Alabama Slammers 4, CompleteGameShutout 5
Another K-heavy outing, 141 piled up here: 17 from Johnson (Complete), with 15 + a Win from Floyd (Alabama). Price got two W for the former, Kimbrel three Saves for the latter. Hernandez (Complete) had two HR and six RBI, and Wins ended tied.
The Fighting Amish 6, MyWieterGetzLongoria 4
Two W + 10 K from Bumgarner helped the Amish edge Longoria, who couldn't get a Win despite a sub-three ERA. They got two HR + seven RBI from Kubel, but Amish countered with Hamilton (two HR, eight runs driven in), Beltre chipping in with two HR and six RBI.
Los Wailoracles 5, Waffles 5
Nothing to separate these two sides, Los just ahead on hitting, with Gonzalez scoring and driving in six, but Waffles responded on the mound, behind Gonzalez's W + 13 K. Bard got a pair of W for Los; Waffles had Hitter of the Week Bruce (four HR, eight RBI).
soco knows 4, Ignatius J. Rallies 5
soco had a 2.15 collective ERA, with Greinke getting two Wins and 11 strikeouts. But Rallies prevailed, with Butler's three HR and seven RBI leading the way; they benefited from Garza's 15 K's and Kinsler, who scored seven runs, as did Pedroia for soco.
Phoenix Platypi 5, Lil Bitches 5
Three HR apiece from Posey and Konerko helped Phoenix hold league leaders Lil to a tie; Lil got three HR and seven RBI out of Encarnacion. The teams managed only three W between them: Hamels (Phoenix) got a W + seven K; Papelbon saved two for Lil/
Standings
Rank | Team | W-L-T | Pct | GB | Last | Waiver | Moves | |
1. | Lil Bitches | 26-12-2 | .675 | - | 5-5-0 | 2 | 4 | |
2. | Blonde Streaks | 24-12-4 | .650 | 1 | 4-6-0 | 12 | 5 | |
3. | Alabama Slammers | 21-14-5 | .588 | 3.5 | 4-5-1 | 9 | 5 | |
4. | Sofa King Juiced | 22-16-2 | .575 | 4 | 3-7-0 | 10 | 9 | |
5. | Phoenix Platypi | 21-16-3 | .563 | 4.5 | 5-5-0 | 13 | 6 | |
6. | The Fighting Amish | 20-17-3 | .538 | 5.5 | 6-4-0 | 6 | 7 | |
7. | Mizzoula Osprey | 20-18-2 | .525 | 6 | 6-4-0 | 3 | 7 | |
8. | Ignatius J. Rallies | 20-18-2 | .525 | 6 | 5-4-1 | 14 | 8 | |
9. | soco knows | 17-21-2 | .450 | 9 | 4-5-1 | 1 | 2 | |
10. | AZ SnakePit | 15-21-4 | .425 | 10 | 7-3-0 | 11 | 1 | |
11. | MyWieterGetzLongoria | 14-21-5 | .413 | 10.5 | 4-6-0 | 8 | 5 | |
12. | Los Wailoracles | 14-23-3 | .388 | 11.5 | 5-5-0 | 4 | 3 | |
13. | Waffles | 13-23-4 | .375 | 12 | 5-5-0 | 7 | 7 | |
14. | CompleteGameShutout | 12-27-1 | .313 | 14.5 | 5-4-1 | 5 | 6 |
Week 5 Games
AZ SnakePit vs. The Fighting Amish
Mizzoula Osprey vs. Sofa King Juiced
Alabama Slammers vs. Blonde Streaks
Los Wailoracles vs. MyWieterGetzLongoria
soco knows vs. Waffles
Phoenix Platypi vs. Ignatius J. Rallies
Lil Bitches vs. CompleteGameShutout
It's #3 vs. #2 as the Slammers take on the Streaks in the ESPN Game of the Week. Strasburg has been everything Alabama could have hoped for, with Napoli's seven HR leading their offense. Blonde are very much a hitting juggernaut, with Kemp, Jeter and Ortiz all among the top ten players thus far.