Week 15 results
AZ SnakePit 8, Sofa King Juiced 1
Closer than it looked, Snake taking Sv by one, R by two, and ERA by .08. Spring led their offense with three HR and five RBI + R, Roark won twice and Kennedy picked up a W and 21 strikeouts. Sofa's struggles continued, despite seven RBI from Cabrera and 18 K's by Fernandez.
Gregorius B.I.G. 5, Alabama Slammers 4
Each side notched five Wins and that was just enough for Gregorius. Rosenthal picked up a W and four Sv, countered by two Wins from Miley for the Slammers. Rollins led BIG's offense, with four home-runs and nine driven in, while Tulowitzki went deep three times for Alabama.
MyWieterGetzLongoria 5, Angry Saguaro 5
Johnson's efforts with the lumber (four HR, 11 RBI) helped Saguaro reach a split, backed by a Win and 19 strikeouts from Kershaw, and a pair of W's by Smyly. However, Wieter fought back, Price notching two W's for them, and Beltre homering three times, both scoring and driving in six.
Mizzoula Osprey 6, Space Wizard 4
The Osprey racked up an amazing 115 strikeouts, led by 21 from Bauer, along with two W's. Those figures were matched by Hamels for Space, who also got 27 K by Strasburg, plus three HR + 11 RBI from Trout. But Mizzoula got three HR apiece from Moss and Wong, to hold on for victory.
Trumboner 5, The Rusty Trumbones 5
Despite Pitcher of the Week Gray (three W, 0.94 ERA) and four Saves by Chapman for Trumboner, the Trumbo-themed battled ended level. The Trumbones got two Wins and 15 strikeouts by Kluber, plus Wright and Werth each had two HR and eight RBI; Davis had three HR for Trumboner.
Waffles 7, Got Grittiness? 3
Waffled moved into a tie for fourth, McCutchen's four HR and eight RBI their best performance at the plate, backed up by four Saves from Allen and 10 RBI from Zimmerman. Got saw Goldschmidt give them two HR, driving in seven, while Uehara vultured a Win alongside his pair of saves.
CGS 4, Trail-Hitters 5
Trail had the edge in pitching, with Shields notching 21 strikeouts and Smith picking up five Sv; Buchholz and Cueto combined for four W and 40 K's for CGS. They also did well at the dish, behind Hitter of the Week Rizzo (six HR, nine R), but Trail held on, Adams giving them three HR and nine RBI.
Standings
Rank | Team | W-L-T | Pct | GB | Last | Waiver | Moves |
1 | The Rusty Trumbones | 79-60-11 | .563 | - | 5-5-0 | 5 | 27 |
2 | Alabama Slammers | 78-63-9 | .550 | 2 | 4-5-1 | 6 | 40 |
3 | Trail-Hitters | 77-63-10 | .547 | 2.5 | 5-4-1 | 13 | 36 |
4 | Waffles | 76-63-11 | .543 | 3 | 7-3-0 | 10 | 29 |
Mizzoula Osprey | 78-65-7 | .543 | 3 | 6-4-0 | 12 | 29 | |
6 | AZ SnakePit | 74-69-7 | .517 | 7 | 8-1-1 | 14 | 9 |
7 | Gregorius B.I.G. | 72-69-9 | .510 | 8 | 5-4-1 | 8 | 19 |
8 | Space Wizard | 68-70-12 | .493 | 10.5 | 4-6-0 | 4 | - |
9 | Trumboner | 68-71-11 | .490 | 11 | 5-5-0 | 3 | 39 |
10 | Angry Saguaro | 70-75-5 | .483 | 12 | 5-5-0 | 7 | 20 |
CGS | 68-73-9 | .483 | 12 | 4-5-1 | 1 | 25 | |
12 | MyWieterGetzLongoria | 61-78-11 | .443 | 18 | 5-5-0 | 2 | 17 |
13 | Got Grittiness? | 59-84-7 | .417 | 22 | 3-7-0 | 11 | 5 |
Sofa King Juiced | 58-83-9 | .417 | 22 | 1-8-1 | 9 | 33 |
Week 16 games
AZ SnakePit vs. MyWieterGetzLongoria
Gregorius B.I.G. vs. Sofa King Juiced
Mizzoula Osprey vs. Angry Saguaro
Trumboner vs. Space Wizard
Waffles vs. The Rusty Trumbones
CGS vs. Got Grittiness?
Trail-Hitters vs. Alabama Slammers
Trail vs. Alabama is the ESPN Game of the Week, pitting second against third, and after 15 weeks, the two sides are separated only by half a point, so it should be a close one. Trail have a balanced team, with winning H2H records in three hitting categories and three pitching ones. Their best is SB (11-2-2) and their worst RBI (4-10-1). Alabama, however, have relied heavily on pitching: they eke out only a win in RBI on offense, but have done much better on pitching. That includes the best record in any category for K's at 14-1-0, but they've struggled in Saves, going 4-8-3.