Round 2 recap: John bracket

Advancing: 09 Angels, 09 Giants, 69 Twins, 09 White Sox.

Eliminated: 09 Cardinals, 69 Mets, 09 Nationals, 09 Pirates.

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Two of the series went six games, one went five, one went four. Of the 28 possible games, 21 were played.

Three American League teams advanced, one National League team. Three 2009 teams advanced, one 1969 team. The DH will be used in part of both third-round series. The 1969 and 2009 teams split their head-to-head matchups.

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There was one clear upset, the 2009 White Sox defeating the 2009 Cardinals. The 1969 World Series champion Mets were ousted by the 2009 Angels, but that was not a genuine surprise.

Stat break: 09 Pirates

Hitters

Name                AB     R   H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,
R Cedeno           15     2     6     2       0    0      1      2      0      .400
R Diaz                 19      1    3     2       1    1      0      1      0      .158
Doumit                39      7  11     6       4     0      2      0      0      .282
Hinske                   7     1     2     1       1    0      0       1      0      .286
Jaramillo             23      0     5     0       2    0      0       1      0      .217
G Jones              31      5   10     2       5    0      0      4       0     .323
An LaRoche       45     4     10     4       2    0      1      1       0     .222
McCutchen         42     8     11     1       0   1      0      5       4     .262
Milledge              15     2      7     6       0    1      0      2       1     .667
Moss                   26     1     5     4       0     0     0       0       0     .192
Pearce                18     0     3     2       2     0     0       0       0     .167
Vazquez              11     1     1     1       0     0      0      1       0     .091
J Wilson              20     1     2     0       0     0      0      2       0      .100
De Young           31     1     6     2       1     0      0      2       0      .194

Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.     W    L     ERA

Capps               4      0       4         4     1      1      2       4       2      0     0      3.00
Chavez             3      0       4         6     4      4      1       3        0      0     0      9.00
Duke                 3      3     19       21   12    12      7     10        0      1     2      5.68
Hanrahan         5      0       6         5     2      2      1       6        1      1     0      3.00
Hart                  1      0       2         2     1      1      2       0        0      0     0      0.00
Karstens          1       0      3          2     0      0      0       0        0      0     0      0.00

Maholm            3       3    20       30   11     11      9     15        0      1    2       4.95

Meek                2       0      2.6      5     3      3       3       3        0      0     0    10.11

Morton              2      2    13        16     4      4       3       7        0      0     2      2.76

Ohlendorf         3      3    22.3     20   10    10       4     10        0      1     1      4.03

Stat break: 09 Giants

Hitters

Name                  AB   R   H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,
Aurilia                     2     0     1     0       0    0      0      0      0      .500
Ishikuma              16     2     6     3       2    1      0      3      0      .375
F Lewis                15     5     7     2       2    1      1      2      1      .467
B Molina              33      1     6     1       1    0      0       0      0     .182
Renteria              17     2     6     1       0    0      0       2       0     .353
Rowand              29     9   14     8       4    0      3       3       0     .483
Sanchez             39     5   11     5       3    0      1      2       0      .282
Sandoval            35     8   14     8       1     1     1      3       0      .400
Schierholtz         21     1     6     5       3     0     0       0       0     .286
Torres                 14     3    4     1       0      2     0      0       1      .286
Uribe                   31     4    8     7       0     0      2      3      0       .258
Velez                   11     3     5     2      1     1      0       1      1      .455
Whiteside             4     0    0      0      0     0      0      0       0      .000
Winn                   23     2    7     2       3     0      0     1       0       .304 

Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.     W    L     ERA

Affeldt               3      0       3          1     0      0      2      4        1      0     0      0.00
Cain                  2      2     13.3    14     3      3      1     18        0      2     0      2.03
Howry               4      0       3         2     0      0      2       4        0      0     0      0.00
R Johnson        1      1       5         5     2      2      0       3        0      0     0      3.60
Lincecum          3      3     23.3   18     4      4      6     26        0      3     0      1.54

Medders           3      0       5          5     2      2      1      5        0      2     0      3.60
Ju Miller            1      0       0         0     0      0       1      1        0      0     0      0.00
Romo               2      0       1.6      1     1      1       0       0       0      0      0     5.39
Sanchez           1     1        5.3      5     2      2       2      1       0      0      0      3.38
B Wilson          4      0       4         4     1      1       1      3        4      0     0      2.25
Zito                   2      2     16         9     6      6       8    17        0      1      1     3.38

John bracket: Giants (09) defeat Pirates (09) in four games

Game One: 09 Giants 8, 09 Pirates 3
WP: Lincecum (3-0)
LP: Duke (1-2)
HR: R Cedeno (1), Rowand (2)

Game Two: 09 Giants 3, 09 Pirates 1
WP: Cain (2-0)
LP: Morton (0-2)
Save: B Wilson (3)

Game Three: 09 Giants 9. 09 Pirates 0
WP: Zito (1-1)
LP: Maholm (1-2)
HR: Rowand (3), Sanchez (1)

Game Four: 09 Giants 5, 09 Pirates 3
WP: Medders (2-0)
LP: Ohlendorf (1-1)
Save: B Wilson (4)
HR: Uribe (2), Lewis (1), Doumit (2)

The 2009 Giants never trailed in the four games of this series.

They opened the series with a two-run bottom of the first, collecting a double, two singles and a sac fly. Nate Schierholtz added a three-run double in the third inning, and that was more than Tim Lincecum and a pair of relievers needed. Pedro Sandoval, Jose Uribe and Aaron Rowand scored two runs apiece, and Rowand and Schierholtz each had three RBIs. Lincecum struck out 10 in 7.1 innings.

The Giants score another first inning run in Game Two, with Sandoval hitting a two-out triple and Uribe following with a double. The Pirates tied it in the top of the third, with Andrew McCutchen singling, stealing second, taking third on Andy LaRoche's single and scoring on Garrett Jones' fly ball. But the Giants reclaimed the lead when Freddy Sanchez doubled home Fred Lewis. Matt Cain and three relievers shut out the Pirates the rest of the way.

The series moved to PNC Park for Game Three, and it was a rout. Barry Zito threw a four-hit shutout, facing just four batters over the minimum. For the third straight games, the Giants scored in the first (double by Rowand, single by Sandoval). Paul Maholm allowed three runs in six innings, but the Buccos bullpen allowed six more in the final three innings. Rowand had four hits, including a homer, scored four times and drove in three. Sanchez hit a homer and scored twice, while Sandoval and Uribe each had a pair of RBIs.

The Giants wrapped it up in Game Four. Again they scored in the first inning, with Lewis bopping a leadoff triple and scoring on Sandoval's sac fly. The Pirates tied it in their half of the inning, but Lews homered in the third. The Pirates tied it again in the fifth, but Uribe's three-run homer in the eighth was too much for Pittsburgh to overcome, even through Ryan Doumit homered in the ninth off Brian Wilson. Lewis had three hits -- homer, triple and double -- and scored three times.

Player of the series: Plenty of Giants hitters had big series, but we'll go with Aaron Rowand. He went 8-for-13 with six runs, six RBIs and a pair of homers.

Player availability: No injuries, and plenty of time off before Round Three. The Giants can use their pitchers in any order.
 
Projected rotation: Lincecum-Cain-Zito-Sanchez-(Lincecum)-(Cain)-(Zito)

Round Two recap: Paul bracket

Advancing: 69 Astros, 69 Pilots, 09 Reds, 09 Yankees.

Eliminated: 69 Braves, 09 Indians, 69 Senators, 69 Tigers

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There were two seven-game series, one five-game series and one four-game series. Of 28 potential games, 23 were played.

Two 1969 teams advanced, two 2009 teams. The one series that pitted a 2009 team against a 1969 team went to the 2009 Reds.

Two American League teams advanced, two National League teams. NL teams won two of the three AL-NL matchups.

One third round series will involve the designated hitter.

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There was one truly notable upset -- the 1969 Seattle Pilots topped the 1969 Atlanta Braves. But in two other series, a team with a lesser regular season record won.

The 2009 Yankees are now in a position to reach the final four without facing a team with a winning regular season record.

Stat break: 69 Senators

Hitters

Name                AB     R   H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,

B Allen               35      3   10     4       1    0      0      3      1      .286
H Allen                 8      0     1     1       1    0      0      0      0     .125

Alyea                   8      1      1     0       0    0      0      1      0     .125

Brinkman           41      0     9     2       3    0      0      2      0      .220

Casanova          23      3     4     1       0    0      0      2      0      .174

Cullen                  5      1     1     0       0     0      0      0      0     .200

Epstein              37      8     8     9       1     0     3       8      0      .216

French               16     1      1     0       0    0      0      1       0     .063

Howard             41     7    10     6       3    0      4      5       0      .244

Maye                 34      4   11     4       0    0      3      0       0      .324

McMullen          44      3    10    3       4     0      0      2       0      .227
Stroud              18      4      6    1        1     1     0      5       1      .333

Unser                45     3    14     2       1     1     0      6       1      .311

Versalles            0      0      0     0       0    0      0      2      0        ---

Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.     W    L     ERA

Baldwin             3      0         5       6     3      3      0       4       0      0     0       5.40
Bosman            3      3       20.6  16     6      6       6    22       0      2     1       2.61
Coleman           4      4       24.3  25   17    17      8     22       0      1     2       6.29
C Cox               2      2       14     13     6      6       3      9        0      1     0      3.86
Hannan            2       2      10.6     7     4      4      5       4        0      1     1      3.37
Higgins             2       0        4       2      4     2       4      2        0      0      1      4.50
Humphries       4      0         5.6     4     1      1      3       2        0      0     1      1.59

Knowles           3      0        3.3      2     0      0      1       3        3     0     0       0.00
Moore               2      0       3         2     0      0      1       2        0      0    0       0.00

Shellenback     4      0        7         5     3      3      3       1        0      0     0      3.86

Stat break: 09 Reds

Hitters

Name                AB     R   H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,

Bruce                 27      5     5     4       0    0      2      2      0      .185
Dickerson          31      3     7     2       1    2      0      5      2      .226

Encarnacion        4      2     3     0       1    0      0      0      0      .750

Gomes              24      6     7     5       2    0      3      4      0       .292

Gonzalez           20      1     3     1       0    0      1      0      0      .150
Hairston, J           4      2     2      0      0     0     0      2       0      .500

Hanigan             20      3     7     4       0    1      0      0      0      .350

R Hernandez     24      2     6     3       1     0     0       0      0     .250

Janish                18     2      2     3       0    0      0      5       0     .111

L Nix                  23      3     8      9       2    0      2      0      0      .348

Phillips              46    10    18     8       2    0      3      1       1     .391

Rolen                26      8      7     2      3     0      0      8       0     .269

Rosales              5      1      2     1       2    0       0     1       0     .400
Stubbs                9      2     1      0      0     0      0      1       1     .111

Tavares            29      2      4     1       1     0      0      0       1     .138
Votto                 45   10     19   12       3     0      4      6       0     .422

Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.     W    L     ERA

Arroyo               4      4      24.3   26    11    11      5     10       0      2     0       4.07
Bailey                1      1        7      12     3      3      1       4       0      0     1       3.86
Burton               4      0        5.6     5     1      0      0       4       0      2     0       0.00
Cordero             6      0       6        9     5      5      2       7       5      0     0        9.00
Cueto                3      3     18      24    10   10      4     13        0      3     0       5.00
Harang              2      2     12      16      9     9      2       1        0      0     1       6.75
Herrera             5      0        6        5     4      4      2       3        0      0     0      6.00

Masset              7      0       7         9     6      6      4      7        0      0     0       7.71
Owings             1      1       6         6     2      2      2       2        0      0     0      3.00

Rhodes             3      0       2.6      2     0      0      0       1        0      0     0      0.00
K Wells             4      0       7         4     2      2      2       6        0      1     1      2.57

Paul bracket: Reds (09) defeat Senators (69) in five games

Game One: 09 Reds 8, 69 Senators 2
WP: Arroyo (1-0)
LP: Coleman (1-1)
HR: Votto 2 (3), Maye (1), Phillips (1)

Game Two: 09 Reds 5, 69 Senators 3
WP: Burton (2-0)
LP: Higgins (0-1)
Save: Cordero (4)
HR: Howard (3), Votto (4), Phillips (2)

Game Three: 09 Reds 4, 69 Senators 3
WP: Cueto (3-0)
LP: Bosman (2-1)
Save: Cordero (5)
HR: Maye (2), Gomes 2 (2)

Game Four: 69 Senators 3, 09 Reds 1
WP: Hannan (1-1)
LP: Bailey (0-1)
Save: Knowles (3)

Game Five: 09 Reds 10, 69 Senators 4
WP: Arroyo (2-0)
LP: Coleman (1-2)
HR: Gomes (3), Phillips (3), Nix (2), Maye (3), Howard (4), Epstein (3)

The 2009 Cincinnati Reds averaged two home runs a game in powering past the 1969 Washington Senators.

Joey Votto homered twice in the series opener at Washington's RFK Stadium with solo shots off Joe Coleman in the first and fourth innings. The Reds nicked Coleman for one run in the first, two in the second, another in the third and chased him in the fourth with two more. Bronson Arroyo allowed just one run in six innings, a homer by Lee Maye in the third. Votto scored three runs for the Reds; Brandon Phillips drove in three, two of them on an eighth-inning homer. Jay Bruce was injured in the sixth inning and missed the rest of the series.

The Reds never trailed in Game Two either, but the Senators tied it twice. Phillips homered in the third to give Cincinnati a 1-0 lead; Frank Howard tied it with a homer in the fourth. Votto's two-run shot in the sixth gave the Reds a 3-1 lead, but Washington scored one in the bottom of the inning and another in the seventh to even the score. In the top of the ninth, Senators reliever Dennis Higgins walked Laynce Nix. Alex Gonzalez sacrificed Nix to second. Johnny Gomes walked. Second baseman Bernie Allen booted Drew Stubbs' grounder to load the bases. Chris Dickerson grounded into a force out at the plate for the second out of the inning, but Phillips singled home two runs. Phillips was 4-for-4 with three runs and three RBIs.

The series shifted to Cincinnati and Great American Ballpark for Game Three. Gomes homered twice off Dick Bosman and Votto drove in the other two runs on a bases-loaded walk ans a single. Johnny Cueto allowed just four baserunners in the first six innings, but he didn't get an out in the seventh. Arthur Rhodes retired three straight hitters with one run in and two on base to escape that jam. Maye hit a two-run pinch-hit homer with two out in the ninth to make the score close.

Jim Hannan, Bob Humphreys and Darrold Knowles kept the Senators alive in Game Four. Hannan allowed one run in five innings, and Humphreys induced two double-play grounders in his three shutout frames. Mike Epstein drove in two of Washington's three runs.

Washington opened Game Five with back-to-back homers from Maye and Howard. But the Reds evened the score in the second -- Gomes homered, Scott Rolen doubled and Ryan Hanigan singled -- and blasted Coleman for six runs in the third, highlighted by Phillips' two run homer. The Senators never challenged after that.

Players of the series: Joey Votto and Brandon Phillips each went 10-for-20 with three homers and five runs scored. Phillips had one more RBI (eight to seven) and a steal, but Votto drew more walks. Split it between them.

Player availability: Bruce is eligible for Game One of Round Three. With four days off, the pitching staff will be fully available.

Projected rotation: Arroyo-Cueto-Aaron Harang-???-(Arroyo)-(Cueto)-(Harang)

Stat break: 09 Nationals

Hitters

Name                AB   R   H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,
Bard                  24     1     5    1        1    0      0        0      0     .208
Dukes                18     5     4    3         1    0      0       8      2     .222
Dunn                 37     5     6     5        0    2      1     11      0      .162
Flores                  1     0     0     0        0    0      0       1      0      .000
A Gonzalez       33     3     8     6        2     1      0       0      0      .242
Guzman             47     7  13     4        2    0      0        1      0      .277
Harris                21     4    7     4        1    1      0        2      1      .333
Kearns               17     4    5     0        0    1     0        4       0      .294
Morgan              35    6   13    4        0    0      0        8      8       .371
Morse                13     1     3     2        1    0      0       2      0      .231
Nieves               21     4     4     2        0    0      0       3      0      .190
Orr                     14    0     3     0        0     0      0      1      0       .214
Willingham       41     5     9    13       2    1      2       2       0     .220
Zimmerman      41   11   13    11       1    0      4       9       0      .409

Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.     W    L   ERA

Bergman            4      0       4          2     3      3      1      4        0      0    2       6.75
Burnett               6      0       8          5     1      1      2      6        0      0    0       1.13
Clippard            3      0       6          4     3       3      3      9        0      0     0      4.50
Detweiler          1      1       6           3    1       1      3      2        0      1     0      1.50
L Hernandez     4      4     26.3     30   12     12      5      7        0      1     3      4.10
Lannan              3      3     20        18     6       6      2      7        0      2     0      2.70

MacDougal       2      0       3          2     1      1      2      1        1      0     0       3.00
Mock                 2      0       3          3     0      0      0      3        0      0     0      0.00
Olsen                 1      1       5          5     3      2      2      4        0      0     0      3.60

Stammen           1      1       6          7     4      4      4      3        0      1     0      6.00
Tavarez             3      0       2.3        3     2     2       4     3        0      0     1      7.23 

Villone              5      0       5.3       5     1      0      0      6        0      0     0       0.00
Zimmermann    1     1        6          6     3      3      1      3        0       0     0      4.50

Stat break: 69 Twins

Hitters

Name                AB   R   H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,
Allison               20     4     5    3        2    0      1        1      0     .250
Cardenas            44     2     9    4        0    0      1        4      0     .205
Carew                48     7   16    7        3    1      0        2      1     .333
Killebrew           41   10   11    9        3    0      2     11      1      .268
Manuel                 7     1     3    0       0    0      0        0      0      .429
Mitterwald         22     1     5    1       1    0      0        1      0      .227
Nettles                11     0    1    0        0    0      0        2      0      .091
Oliva                  49    7   12  10       0     0      3        2      0      .245
Quilici                  2    0     0    0       0    0      0         0      0      .000
Reese                 43     3   12    6       0    0      1        3      0       .279
Renick                 7     1     2    0       0    0      0        2      0       .286
Roseboro           21     2     8    1       1    0      0        0       0      .381
Tovar                 47   10   13    5       2    2      3        3      2       .277
Uhlaender          26     2    5     4       1    0      0        0      1       .192

Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.     W    L   ERA

D Boswell          3      3     17.6     14   11    11      9    14        0      1    1       5.60
Chance               4      1       9.6     11     2      2      2      3        2      0    1       1.86
Gzrenzda           3      0       3.3      10     5      5      2      3        1      0     0    13.51
Hall                   2      1       6           7     4      2      0      3        0      0     0      3.00
Kaat                   3      3     18        18   12      6      5    17        0      1     1      3.00

Miller                3      0       5           4     1      1      1      3        0      0     1      1.80
Perranoski         5      0       5           3     0      0      0      4       3      0     0      0.00

J Perry               4      4    29         28     7      6       6    22        0     4     0       1.86

Woodson           3      0       6          6      5      4      1      5        0     1     0       7.50
Worthington      5     0       6.3        4      0      0      1      4        0     1     0       0.00

John bracket: Twins (69) defeat Nationals (09) in five games

Game One: 69 Twins 5, 09 Nationals 2
WP: J Perry (3-0)
LP: L Hernandez (1-2)
Save: Chance (1)
HR: Reese (1)

Game Two: 09 Nationals 3, 69 Twins 1
WP: Detweiler (1-0)
LP: Boswell (1-1)
Save: MacDougal (1)

Game Three: 69 Twins 9, 09 Nationals 6
WP: Woodson (1-0)
LP: Bergman (0-2)
Save: Chance (2)
HR: Oliva (2), Tovar (3)

Game Four: 69 Twins 5, 09 Nationals 4
WP: Worthington (1-0)
LP: Tavarez (0-1)
Save: Perranoski (2)
HR: Dunn (1)

Game Five: 69 Twins 4, 09 Nationals 3
WP: J Perry (4-0)
LP: L Hernandez (1-3)
Save: Perranoski (3)
HR: Oliva (3)

The heavily favored 1969 Minnesota Twins made quick, if competitive, work of the 2009 Washington Nationals.

The Twins never trailed in Game One, held in Metropolitan Stadium. Tony Oliva singled home two runners in the first inning. The Nats pieced together a pair of one-run innings in the second and fifth to even the score, but the Twins broke the tie in the eighth on singles by John Roseboro and pinch-hitter Charlie Manuel followed by a Rod Carew sac fly. Rich Reese hit a two-run homer in the ninth to widen the final margin.

Ross Detweiler and four relievers held the Twins to just one run in Game Two. The Twins had men in scoring position in seven of the nine innings but only plated one of them. Cristian Guzman doubled home two runs in the third inning for a lead Washington never relinquished. Willie Harris had a pinch-hit triple in the seventh to drive in the third Nationals run.

The series move to Nationals Park for Game Three, and lefties Jim Kaat and John Lannan were both knocked out early. The Twins ripped Lannan for five runs in the third, highlighted by Oliva's two-run homer. But the Nats scored six in their half of the inning, aided by a Harmon Killebrew error. Three of the six runs were unearned.

Dick Woodson, Al Worthington and Dean Chance fired off six shutout frames for the Twins after Kaat's departure, combining to allow three singles and two walks. The Nats also used three relievers in the final six innings, but Julian Tavarez, Jason Bergman and Tyler Clippard combined to allow four runs, including a two-run homer by Cesar Tovar in the eighth off Clippard.

Game Four was an odd duel of sacrifice flies and passed balls. The Twins scored five runs without an RBI hit; they got four sac flies and scored the remaining run as a double-play consolation. Twins catcher George Mitterwald was charged with three passed balls, two if them in one inning one of which let in a run. And one of the Twins runs was set up when Leo Cardenas led off the fourth inning by reaching on a strikeout-passed ball by Josh Bard.

Tom Hall started for the Twins, but gave up a two-run homer in the first to Adam Dunn and was victimized for two unearned runs in the third on a Cardenas error and two of Mitterwald's passed balls. The Blade lasted just four innings. But the Twins pieced together five innings from Bob Miller (two innings), Worthington (one), Chance (two outs), Joe Grzenda (one out) and Ron Perranoski (one inning). The Twins got sac flies from Mitterwald, Tovar, Ted Uhlaender and Cardenas.

With a depleted bullpen, the Twins looked to Jim Perry to get them through Game Five, and their ace came through after allowing two runs in a shaky first inning (two walks, a hit batter and a single). Uhlaender and Roseboro hit doubles in the second, and the Twins scored three in the fifth (featuring a double by Carew and a homer by Oliva) to take a 4-2 lead. Killebrew's throwing error in the seventh let the Nats pull within one, but Perry escaped a two-on, one-out jam in the eighth, and Perranoski threw a scoreless ninth to wrap up the game and the series.

Player of the series: We'll split it up among the Twins bullpen. Dean Chance, Joe Grzenda, Bob Miller, Ron Perranoski, Dick Woodson and Al Worthington combined for 16 innings in the five games without a run allowed, earned or otherwise, picking up two wins and four saves in the process.

Player availability: With four days off, everybody will be fully rested for the third round.

Projected rotation: Perry-Dave Boswell-Kaat-?-(Perry)-(Boswell)-(Kaat)

Round 2 recap: Ringo bracket

Advancing: 87 Blue Jays, 87 Cardinals, 87 Giants, 87 Twins.

Eliminated: 87 Astros, 87 Expos, 87 Rangers, 87 Royals.

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One series went seven games, one went six games, two went five games. There were no sweeps. Of the 28 possible games, 23 were played.

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As the Ringo bracket was made up solely of 1987 teams and had the American and National League teams grouped together, the four surviving teams are all from 1987 and evenly split between AL and NL. There were no true upsets. The third round pairing of the Giants and Cardinals matches the real life NLCS of 1987, won by St. Louis in seven games. Three of the four teams were in the real life post-season, with the Blue Jays the exception.

Stat break: 87 Giants

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Aldrete            14     2    7    0        2    0    0      5      0    .500
Brenly             34     6  12    6        6    0    0      3      0    .353
W. Clark         45      5  12    5        1    0    3      4      0    .267
C. Davis          39     8  13     7       4    0    3      6      2    .333
Leonard           35     4    9     3      3     1    1      3      0    .257
Maldonado      26     3    7     3       1    0    0      1      0    .269
Melvin              4     2     2    4        1    0    1      1      0    .500
E. Milner        19     3     7    2        2    0    1      3      1    .368
Mitchell          43     4    9     3        2    0    0      4      0    .209
Speier               5     0     0     0        0    0    0      0      0    .000
Thompson      46     7   15     7        3    1    1      1      3    .326
Uribe              37    2      7     3       2     0    0       1      0    .189
Williams           3    1    1     2        0    0      1      0      0    .333

Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.   W    L   ERA

Downs              2      2     10          6      1     1        2     8       0       0     0     0.90

Dravecky          3      3     21        19     5      5        8   16       0       2     0     2.14

Garrelts             4      0      6           1     0      0       1      5       1      1     0     0.00

Hammaker        3      0      7           7     3      3       1      5        0      0    0     3.85
Krukow             1      0      1          0      0      0       0     2        0      0     0     0.00

LaCoss              2      2    11.3     14     1       1       6      6        0      1     0    0.79
Lefferts             2      0       2          0     0      0       0      0        0      0      0    0.00

Price                 2      0       1          1     0      0        0      0        0      0     0    0.00

Reuschel           4     4     32        19      1       1       7    20       0      4     0    0.28

D. Robinson     4     0       6.6     10      5       5       2      6       1     0      3    6.74

Stat break: 87 Expos

Hitters

Name                AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg.
Brooks              36     4  12    6        5    0     0     1      0     .333
Candele            21     1    4    2        1    0     0      2      1    .190
Engle                  4     0    0    0        0    0     0      0      0    .000
Fitzgerald         16    1     3    1        1    0     0      2      0    .188
Foley                17    1     7     0        1   0     0      0      0    .412
Galarraga         38    1     7     0        0    0    0       1      0    .184
W Johnson       10    0    3     1         1    0     0      2      0    .300
Law                  30    3    9     1        2    1     0       1      1    .300
Nichols            12   1     3     2        1    0     0       0      0     .250
Raines              32   6   11     6        2    0     3       4      1    .344
Reed                22    2     5     1        2    0     0       1      0    .227
Wallach           41    7   17     2        4    0     1       3      1    .415
Webster           44    1     9     5        1    1     0       1      1    .205
Winningham   26    2     5     1        1    0     0       1      0    .192

Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.   W    L   ERA

Burke                 5      0      5          5      1      1      1      4        1     1     0    1.80

Heaton               3      3    21         19     5      5      2      4        0     2     0    2.14

Martinez            4      4    27         33   15    15    12    12       0      0     3    5.00

McClure            4      0      2.6        2      0      0      0      0       0      0    0     0.00

McGaffigan       5      0      9.6        7     1      1      0      5       1      1     1     0.93

Parrett               3       0      1.6        4     3      3      1      1       0      0     1   16.17

Perez                 2      2     12         11     3      2      4    10       0      1     0     1.50

Sebra                 3      0       5          4     0      0      1       0       0      0     0     0.00

B Smith             2      2     10        14     7      7      2      5        0      0     1     6.30

St. Claire           2      0       3          4     1      1      0       1       0      0     0     3.00

Ringo bracket: Giants (87) defeat Expos (87) in five games

Game One: 87 Giants 6, 87 Expos 0
WP: Reuschel (3-0)
LP: De Martinez (0-2)
HR: W Clark (3)

Game Two: 87 Giants 3, 87 Expos 0
WP: LaCoss (1-0)
LP: B Smith (0-1)
Save: Garrelts (1)

Game Three: 87 Giants 2, 87 Expos 1
WP: Dravecky (2-0)
LP: McGaffigan (1-1)
Save: D Robinson (1)
HR: C Davis 2 (3)

Game Four: 87 Expos 2, 87 Giants 1
WP: Burke (1-0)
LP: D Robinson (0-3)
HR: Wallach (3)

Game Five: 87 Giants 5, 87 Expos 0
WP: Reuschel (4-0)
LP: De Martinez (0-3)
HR: Leonard (1)

The 1987 Giants threw three shutouts in the five games and allowed a total of three runs to advance past the 1987 Expos.

Rick Rueschel opened the series in Candlestick Park with a complete game five-hitter. The Expos got no more than one base runner an inning. The Giants scored twice in the fourth off Dennis Martinez and added a two-run homer by Will Clark in the seventh before scoring twice in the eighth off Jeff Parrett.

Game Two had half the runs for the Giants but another shutout, this one a three-pitcher performance by Mike LaCoss, Atlee Hammaker and Scott Garrelts. LaCoss worked six innings, allowing six hits and three walks; Hammaker threw two perfect innings and Garrelts faced just three men in the ninth. The Giants scored twice in the first and once in the third as Chili Davis and Rob Thompson stole two bases apiece.

The series shifted to Montreal and Stade Olympique for Game Three, where southpaws Dave Dravecky and Neal Heaton dueled. The Expos landed their first run of the series in the second inning when Tim Wallach singled, advanced to third on a pair of ground outs and scored on Reid Nichols' base hit. Heaton held the 1-0 lead until the sixth, when Davis homered. The 1-1 tie held until the eighth, when Davis homered again, this time off Andy McGaffigan. Dravecky allowed four hits in seven innings; Craig Lefferts and Don Robinson each threw hitless innings to secure the win.

Game Four was another 2-1 pitchers duel, this one featuring Kelly Downs and Pasqual Perez. The Giants got an unearned run in the first; Wallach tied it in the fourth with a sac fly. This tie held until two outs in the bottom of the ninth, when Wallach took Robinson deep and extended the series.

It was only a brief reprieve. Reuschel again was dominant in Game Five, scattering six hits while walking two. Davis drove home the first run in the third inning and had another RBI in a four run eighth off Martinez and Tim Burke that put the game away. Garrelts and Mike Krukow each threw a hitless inning to secure the series.

Player of the series: With consideration to Chili Davis (6-for-18 with four runs, four RBIs, two homers, two doubles, four walks and two steals) we have to go with Rick Rueschel for 16 innings of shutout ball in two starts.

Player availability: With four days off before Round Three, the Giants are free to set up their rotation as they wish.

Projected rotation: Reuschel-Dravecky-Hammaker-Downs-(Reuschel)-(Dravecky)-(Hammaker)

Stat break: 09 Angels

Hitters

Name                AB   R   H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,
Abreu                29     8     9     8        2    0      1        8      0     .310
Aybar                45     4   10     8        2    1      0        2      1     .222
Figgins              46     7     9     2        0    0      0     12      6      .196
Guerrero           37     3     8     3        0    0      1        2      0      .216
Hunter              47     6   13   10        3    0      3        3      0      .282
M Izturis             6      1    1     0        0    0      0        0      0      .167
Kendrick           41     4     8     6        2    1      1        3      0      .195
Mathis               12     1     2     1        0    0      0        3      0      .167
Matthews Jr      17     3     3     0        0    0      0        5      0      .176
Morales             46   10   19     8        6    0      2        3      0      .413
Napoli               27     6     8     4        0     0     2        3      0      .296
Quinlan               1     0     1     1        0    0      0        0      0    1.000
Rivera               28     2     3     3        1    0      0        7      0      .107
Willits                 2     1     1     0        0    0      0        0      0      .500

Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.     W    L   ERA

Arredondo          1      0       0.6       0     0     0       0      0       0      0    0       0.00
Bulger                4      0       5          0     0      0      1      3        1      0    0       0.00
Fuentes              6      0       5.6       9     6      6      4      6        3      0    2       9.52
Jepsen                4      0       5.3       4     1      1      3      4        0      0    0       1.69
Kazmir               1      1      6           4    2      2      3       2        0      1    0       3.00
Lackey               3      3    20.3      21     6      6      5    13        0      0     0      2.66

Oliver                6      0       8.3       3     0      0      0      3        0       3     0      0.00
O'Sullivan         1      0       3          2     0      0      0      1        0       0     0       0.00
Palmer               1      0       1          1     0      0      0      0        0       0     0      0.00
E Santana          1      1       6.6       8     2      2      3       3       0       1     0      2.70

Saunders           3      3     20        21   12    12      7     12        0      2     0       5.40

Weaver             4      4     30.3     29    11      8      6     26        0      1     2       2.37