Wednesday, October 5, 2011

The regular season has ended for the Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance and eight teams have qualified for the postseason.  The best-of-5 Divisional series kicks off today as the race to the Rodriguez Cup begins.  Here are the match-ups, along with a couple players to watch from each team:

Imperial League

West Virginia Coal Sox (97-65) vs Florida Featherheads (111-51)

FLA Wins 3-1

WV – SS George Riley (.359 AVG 94 RBI); 2B Rafael Suárez (.326 AVG 112 RBI)

FLA – SP António Rivera (18-5 2.37 ERA 204 K); 1B Tsumemasa Morimoto (.272 AVG 50 HR 138 RBI)

CST – LF Jeff Wilson (.308 AVG 28 HR 129 RBI); SP Víctor Matos (19-8 1.97 ERA 231 K)

MAN – 1B Kikugoro Memoto (.298 AVG 43 HR 125 RBI); SP Kirby Gibson (14-9 2.89 ERA 187 K)

Sovereign League

Bakersfield Bears (97-65) vs Aurora Borealis (115-47)

Series Tied 2-2

BAK – LF Pat Lilly (.354 AVG 38 HR 114 RBI), SP Pedro Barrón (14-8 2.75 ERA 227 K)

AUR – SS Mark Richardson (.346 AVG 36 HR 111 RBI), 3B Jim White (.304 AVG 23 HR 116 RBI)

TEM – SP Markus Hancock (20-4 2.39 ERA 265 K); SP Conan McCullough (15-8 2.31 ERA 220 K)

CL – SP Bryan Stewart (16-9 2.92 ERA 213 K), 3B Barry Murdock (.292 AVG 36 HR 107 RBI)