For the fourth straight season, it will be the Maui Mashers vs. the Seattle Monarchs in the Cecil Cup.
Seattle finished off the Brooklyn Wolves today with a 5-2 victory. Brooklyn jumped on the scoreboard first on a solo home run by Juan Carillo. Seattle tied it up with an Enrico Hernandez RBI double in the top of the fifth. Brooklyn pushed another run in the bottom of the frame on Andy Robertson's sac fly. Seattle once again tied it up in the 6th thanks to Jonathan Anderson's solo homer. They then took the lead for good in the eighth when Juan Gomez drove home Anderson. Seattle added another two runs in the ninth as insurance.
In the other game, the Maui Mashers sent the Shackamaxon Lenape home with an 11-1 drubbing. Maui quickly put three runs on the board in the first inning and never looked back. Juan Villatoro scattered eight hits in seven innings while giving up only one run.
So now, the Monarchs will try to draw even against the Mashers in their transPacific rivalry. Maui won the first two times these teams met in the Cecil Cup, but Seattle won the last time and will now try to make it two in a row and even their rivalry.
Cecil Cup Schedule:
Game 1: Tuesday night
Game 2: Wednesday night
Game 3: Thursday night
Game 4: Saturday night
Game 5: Sunday night
Game 6: Monday night
Game 7: Tuesday night.
Good thing those first two coin flips were so close and the worst team had a chance (no offense to Zev and Michael - great season had by both). Now on to the true coin flip. Both great teams, a shame one has to go home a loser, but more of a shame if Matt goes home a loser...GO MAUI!!!!
ReplyDeleteWell, it was fun. Best of luck to Matt and Mack.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Zev and Michael on good seasons.
ReplyDeleteAnd now, to try to crush those Maui Mashers...
Congrats to Zev and Michael on excellent seasons and series!
ReplyDeleteAs for the next one, I hope Mack's coin flip theory is right, because the Monarchs are... um... just a bit better than my team.
Go Coin Flip!