2nd Saugeais Baseball Tournament Everything thread

[Saugeais]

QUARTER FINALS, MATCHDAY 1

2:05 pm @ Stade Liket Mans, Ville-DuPont
Western Cuba 2, Saugeais 4 [Saugeais leads series 1-0]

4:05 @ Gilley Dome, Gilley
Myrinthea 3, Planeta de los Muertos 4 [Planeta de los Muertos leads series 1-0]

6:15pm @ Stade Liket Mans, Ville-DuPont
Lycrabon 9, Virabia 5 [Lycrabon leads series 1-0]

8:05 @ Gilley Dome, Gilley
Michael VII 1, Colmark 2 [Colmark leads series 1-0]

[Saugeais]

Completely sorry about this being so late. Matchday 3 will be on schedule for tomorrow.

Quarter Finals, Matchday 2

1:15 pm @ Stade Liket Mans, Ville-DuPont
Saugeais 10, Western Cuba 2 [Saugeais wins series 2-0]

3:05 @ Gilley Dome, Gilley
Myrinthea 5, Planeta de los Muertos 3 [series tied 1-1]

5:15pm @ Stade Liket Mans, Ville-DuPont
Virabia 6, Lycrabon 5 [series tied 1-1]

8:05 @ Gilley Dome, Gilley
Michael VII 2, Colmark 6 (F/10) [Colmark wins series 2-0]

[Saugeais]

National Journal
Blowout puts hosts in the Semis

It's been quite a long time since the Saugeais Baseball team has had anything to cheer about. The last World Baseball Classic left a sour taste in the mouths of the Rangers and their fans, with only a first round exit after a mediocre group stage. Even the previous Saugeais Baseball tournament, meant to showcase that Saugeais can play with the best in the world, but ultimately lost to runners' up Churchma in the quarterfinals. But now, with increased vigor and determination, the Rangers have been at the top of their game, having not lost a single match in the 2nd running of the Saugeais Tournament. One would think that the majority of the praise would go to the manager, Greg Hanson, for putting together and training a solid team, and you would be right. But without the powerful bats of Jacques Benoit and Tuffy Jackson, or the strong pitching from starter Jim Bochy and closer Ringo Grenier, this team would not be were they are right now: staring down the road to a title at their own tournament.

The Rangers, while not losing a game, did have some troubles performing early on. In the series against Carasatoga, starter Jim Bochy had to work some tricky pitches to get out of a couple bases loaded jams. All the while the bats were nearly silent, save for two singles by Takashi Honda in the first and fifth innings. Carasatoga jumped out to the early 2-0 lead when the powerful third baseman blasted a two-run home run to left center field. The Rangers took their time to respond, but when they did it came at the best of times. In the bottom of the eight inning, the Rangers rallied with Honda doubling to right to start it off. Then Tuffy Jackson blasted a double off the right-center field wall, scoring Honda. After Benoit struck out, catcher Dick Robinson belted a line drive off the left field foul pole for a home run, giving the Rangers the 3-2 lead and, after a flawless inning by closer Grenier, the win.

The next game proved to be even more of a nail-biter, as the game went into extra innings. Saugeais, the virtual away team in this match up, jumped out to a 2-0 lead early just as their counterparts did in the previous game, with Tuffy Jackson and Dick Robinson scoring. But unlike the last game, Carasatoga did not waste time to tie it back up. In the very next inning, the Carasatogans lit up Richard Cochon for 5 hits, driving in their 2 runs. After settling down, Cochon then went on a streak of retiring 14 batters in a row before surrendering another hit. Unfortunately, the Rangers couldn't capitalize on the good pitching of Cochon with hitting of their own, and the game remained tied until it went into extras. In the 10th inning with Saugeais up to bat first, Dick Robinson led off with a single shot to center. Three batters later with Robinson on third and Christophe Lind on second, Paul Roland, with his quick swing, drove the ball deep to center field, where it bounced off the wall and allowed Robinson and Lind to score. That gave Saugeais the 4-2 lead. In the bottom of the inning though, Grenier had a little trouble. With runners at the corners with one out, however, he forced the Carasatogan batter to hit a ground ball into a double play to end the game and the series.

The series against Western Cuba wasn't much of a match, with only the first game coming relatively close. Saugeais won, 4-2, but after the Rangers lead 4-0 going into ninth, many people questioned why manager Hanson didn't put in Ringo Grennier right away. He instead put in the mostly untested Steven Richardson, who's only other international competition was the 18th World Baseball Classic, and even then he had limited playing time. So you could imagine what nerves this man had when he stepped on to the mound. It was a near disaster as he surrendered hit after hit to the W. Cuban batters; fortunately they were all singles, but still two runs off of six hits is no way to pitch. So he was pulled and Grenier thrown in to save the day, which he did and helped Saugeais move one step closer to the title.
The second match was a complete blowout giving the W. Cubans little chance to make a move. With the scoring anchored with home runs by Jackson, Pierre Gardin, and Lind, Saugeais handily defeated their opponents by the final of 10-2.

Saugeais is now sitting pretty in the semis, where they will await the winner of the Myrinthea / Planeta de los Muertos match tomorrow night. And on the other side of bracket Colmark moves on to the semifinals as well, where they wait on the winner of the Virabia / Lycrabon match tomorrow night as well.

[Saugeais]

The last of the quarterfinals is cutoff right now!

3:15 pm @ Stade Liket Mans, Ville-DuPont
Planeta de los Muertos 5, Myrinthea 3 (F/14) [Planeta de los Muertos wins series 2-1]

5:30 pm @ Gilley Dome, Gilley
Lycrabon 7, Virabia 5 [Lycrabon wins series 2-1]


The semi-final matchups are:

Saugeais vs. Planeta de los Muertos
Lycrabon vs. Colmark

[Saugeais]

Semi Finals, Matchday 1

4:15 pm @ Jeston Park, Bugny
Planeta de los Muertos 0, Saugeais 1 [Saugeais leads series 1-0]

8:05 pm @ Jeston Park, Bugny
Colmark 6, Lycrabon 1 [Colmark leads series 1-0]

[Saugeais]

Time sure flies when I have other things to do. Sorry for the wait, but here's the cutoff for this semi final day!

Semi Finals, Matchday 2

Saugeais 2, Planeta de los Muertos 1 [Saugeais wins series 2-0]

5:30 pm @ Jeston Park, Bugny
Lycrabon 3, Colmark 7 [Colmark wins series 2-0]


That sets up the finals with Saugeais vs. Colmark.

The third place match will be Planeta de los Muertos vs. Lycrabon.

[Saugeais]

First finals and third place matchday cutoff now! Good luck to all.

Third Place Match (best of 3)
3pm @ Stade de Saugeais Baseball, Montbenoit
Lycrabon 1, Planeta de los Muertos 3 [Planeta de los Muertos leads series 1-0]

Finals Match (best of 5)
7:30pm @ Montbenoit Dome, Montbenoit
Colmark 2, Saugeais 1 [Colmark leads series 1-0]

[Saugeais]

Finals matchday 2 cutoff! Will PDLM take the third place finish? Will Colmark extend the lead over the host Saugeais?

Finals and Third Place Matchday 2

Third Place Match (best of 3)
3pm @ Stade de Saugeais Baseball, Montbenoit
Planeta de los Muertos 5, Lycrabon 4 (F/10) [Planeta de los Muertos wins series 2-0]

Congratulations to Planeta de los Muertos on finishing in third place.

Finals Match (best of 5)
7:30pm @ Montbenoit Dome, Montbenoit
Saugeais 9, Colmark 1 [series tied 1-1]

[Saugeais]

Finals Matchday 3 cutoff! Who will take command in this best of 5 series?

Finals Matchday 3

6pm @ Monbenoit Dome
Colmark 7, Saugeais 9 [Saugeais leads series 2-1]

[Saugeais]

Matchday 4 cutoff. Will Saugeais take their own title?

Finals matchday 4

Saugeais 6, Colmark 3 [Saugeais wins series 3-1]

I'll remain humble in victory, but congratulations to Colmark for making the finals. And thank you to all who participated, but due to the low turnout this time around I will postpone any of my future baseball tournaments. Once again, thank you all for the turnout to help make this possible.