The semi-finals took place in both consolation and championship tournaments, setting the stage for the final round, which will take place over the next two weeks. And there will be a new name on the trophy, with the reigning champion Osprey being eliminated.
Championship bracket
Mizzoula Osprey 3, The Fighting Amish 6
Alabama Slammers 4, Ignatius J. Rallies 3
5th/6th place: Phoenix Platypi 6, MyWieterGetzLongoria 4
Consolation bracket
AZ SnakePit 9, CompleteGameShutout 0
Sofa King Juiced 4, Waffles 4 [sofa wins tiebreaker]
11th/12th place: Blonde Streaks 6, soco knows 2
Championship bracket
Mizzoula Osprey 3, The Fighting Amish 6
The champions Ospreys were thrown out of the nest, and Amish will improve on last year's third-place. Bumgarner anchored Fighting's pitching staff, with two W + 12 K, while Perkins picked up three saves. Morales (Osprey) was the only batter with more than one HR, but Zobrist drove in eight for the Amish.
Alabama Slammers 4, Ignatius J. Rallies 3
Slammers moved on, but it was very close. HR, SB and W all ended tied, and as Rallies owned the tie-breaker, one more in any of those would have seen them progress. Slammers' MVP may thus have been Lucroy, who had an HR and SB. Motte got five Sv for them; Jennings scored 11 R for the Rallies.
5th/6th place: Phoenix Platypi 6, MyWieterGetzLongoria 4
The Platypi took 5th, edging both hitting and pitching categories. DeAza had two HR, Johnson four Saves and Burnett picked up a W and 15 strikeouts for them. Weaver picked up two Wins for Wieter, and Trout scored six runs for them, as they have to settle for sixth spot, a disappointing end to the year.
Consolation bracket
AZ SnakePit 9, CompleteGameShutout 0
The SnakePit came within a stolen-base of a whitewash, Hitter of the Week Cabrera homering four times, with nine runs and 10 RBI. On the mound, Hudson had two W, while Axford and Putz combined for seven saves. Suzuki was Complete's best with two HR, five runs scored and a .471 average on the week.
Sofa King Juiced 4, Waffles 4 [sofa wins tiebreaker]
Sofa beat Waffles 11-9 over their two regular season meetings, and that gave them victory here: W and SB ended tied, as did the contest. The Juiced got three HR and eight RBI from Santana, while Upton scored 10 for Waffles - without an HR or RBI. Lee had a W + 21 K for them; Kennedy a W + 12 K for Sofa.
11th/12th place: Blonde Streaks 6, soco knows 2
This battle of the moderators went to 'charmer, though it was closer than it looked: W went her way by one, WHIP by .02 and BA at the fourth decimal place. Sabathia (Blonde) led all pitchers here with 11 K, League saved three for soco. Young drove in eight and Craig seven for the Streaks; Wieters had six RBI for the knows.
Playoffs Round 3
Again, these take place over the rest of the season, so final results should be announced about a week Thursday.
Championship: Alabama Slammers vs. The Fighting Amish
3rd/4th place: Mizzoula Osprey vs. Ignatius J. Rallies
7th/8th place: AZ SnakePit vs. Sofa King Juiced
9th/10th place: Waffles vs. CompleteGameShutout