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Two teams who battled for the division title all season meet in the playoffs. Thanks so much to Rocky for the fun battles all season and the very fun playoffs. ALways a battle with the Wildcats, congrats on another well played season.

GAME 1 Rats 10, Wildcats

wp-Lester
lp-Wood

A nick punto rbi single and Jason Michaels 2 run double give the rats a 3-0 lead in the 4th. Travis Wood walks 6 through 4.2 and the Rats threaten a couple of times before breaking through in the 4th. Wildcats came right back with 2 runs of their own in the 5th, but Lester gets Votto to K to kill the rally and hold onto the slim lead 3-2. Lester ks 8 through 6 and holds the Wildcats at bay. In the bottom of the 6th, the Rats explode for 7 runs as Kimbrel uses gasoline to try to put out the fire. No big hits, just 7 singles (2 infield) and 2 walks. Barton goes 3-3 with 2 walks for the Rats.

GAME 2 Rats 5, Wildcats 1

wp-Soriano
lp-Jansen

Weaver vs Arroyo is a real pitchers duel as the score is 1-1 when both pitchers leave in the 6th. Mark Reynolds HR is the run for the Wildcats and a Wigginton infield single plates Holliday for the Rats run. In the 8th Jansen comes on for the Wildcats and gives up an rbi 2b to Delmon Young before he gives way to Motte who serves up a 2 run HR to Wigginton.

GAME 3 Wildcats 6, Rats 0

wp-Motte
lp-Niemann

Wildcats dont waste any time knocking around Niemann scoring 2 in the 1st, 1 in the 3rd and 3 in 4th to take a 6-0 lead. Joey Votto 2 HRs are responsible for much of the damage. Halladay is in control holding the Rats to 0 runs through 4 before giving up to the Wildcats bullpen, who continue the fine work.

GAME 4 Rats 3, Wildcats 1

wp- Lester
lp- Bailey

Lester is tough again for the Rats again striking out 8 in 6ip with 0 runs allowed. In the 2nd, the Rats load the bases and push across 2 on a sac fly and bases loaded walk vs Bailey. Manager Rocky Hall wastes no time and pulls Bailey for Benoit who stops the rally with a force out at home and K of Holliday. However the 2 runs are enough as Lester and the Rats Bullpen only allow 1 unearned run in the 8th to hold onto the win.

GAME 5 Wildcats 10, Rats 2

wp-Arroyo
lp-Weaver

A rematch of the Game 2 pitchers duel with the Wildcats on the verge of elimination does not happen. The Wildcats eliminate any stress by knocking Weaver around by scoring 7 runs in the first 2 innings. Homers by Choo and Hall give the WIldcats a 7-0 lead that they never look back from as Arroyo is again tough on the Rats by giving 8 strong innings. Weaver manages to recover after the first 2 to pitch a complete game and save the Rats pen.

GAME 6 Rats 4, Wildcats 2

wp chen
lp Halladay

After seeing Niemman get shelled by the potent lefty WIldcat bats in game 3, manager Bob Woertz turns to the Lefty Bruce Chen for game 6. Chen is very much up to the task going 6 innings, allowing only 3 hits and 0 runs. Halladay is tough, but not the shutdown tough you might expect and he cant match Chen. Rats push across 1 in the 3rd on a Joyce rbi 1b and 1 in the 5th as Joyce walks with the bases loaded. Again Wigginton comes up big with a 2 run HR in the 6th after Manager Woertz changes his mind about pinch hitting for him That 2 run cushion is very much needed as Soriano and Wagner bend, but dont break, allowing 2 but holding on for the win.

STATS
Rats outhit Wildcats .264 vs .228

Rats
Barton .381 ba, .500 obp
Wigginton 2hrs, 5 rbi, 4rs

WIldcats
Votto .381ba, .458obp, 2hr, 4rbi, 4rs
Choo .350ba, .409obp, 1hr, 4rs

a key factor was the Tori Hunter hit only .182 and provided little to no support for Votto.

Rats ERA 2.77 vs Wildcats 3.71

Rats
Lester 2-0 1.50 era
CHen 1-0 0.00 era

Lannan, Moylan, Soriano all pitched more than 3 ip with 0 ER allowed. This series really came down to the Rats bullpen doing the job and the Wildcats not. However, the wildcat starters did not take the pressure off by many times leaving early.

Wildcats
Arroyo 1-0 2.02 era

bullpen
Benoit 4.15 era
Thronton 5.40 era
MOtte 6.00 era
Jansen 6.75 era
O Day 9.00
Kimbrell 13.5 era
THUNDER BAY -- The Lincoln Tunnel Rats defeated the Kentucky Wildcats in 6 games.

Kentucky (100-62)

Lineup Pos AVG HR RBI
Furcal SS .340 10 36
Hunter LF .283 22 103
Choo RF .319 35 83
Votto 1B .291 41 122
Ruiz C .251 11 56
Hall 2B .252 13 56
Hafner DH .285 18 74
Stubbs CF .250 25 72
Reynolds 3B .182 24 77
Reserves
Wilson C .274 11 31
McDonald IF .276 7 22
Helms IF .308 0 3
Janish IF .302 7 19
Starters W-L ERA K BB
Lackey 13-3 3.26 104 48
Bailey 13-4 4.07 114 49
Halladay 13-16 4.01 211 44
Arroyo 13-8 4.40 112 81
Bullpen W-L Sv ERA K
Street 1-3 26 2.26 42
Jansen 0-2 5 2.42 38
Kimbrel 6-1 4 2.61 33
Harang 2-4 3 6.50 37
Thornton 1-1 2 2.60 47
O'Day 11-2 1 2.02 52
Benoit 8-2 1 1.27 56
Abad 0-1 1 2.81 8

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Lincoln (102-60)

Lineup Pos AVG HR RBI
Davis Rf .323 11 49
Pagan CF .255 9 61
Barton 1B .282 9 95
Holliday LF .285 31 134
Young DH .317 23 89
Jaso C .243 5 36
Wigginton 2B .191 14 55
Rollins SS .239 5 31
Vizquel 3B .265 1 32
Reserves
Helton 1B .252 2 9
Joyce OF .232 4 18
Cantu 3B .242 4 15
Punto IF .195 1 15
Starters W-L ERA K BB
Weaver 18-9 3.56 245 65
Lester 14-7 3.14 233 95
Niemann 14-9 3.75 140 71
Chen 11-4 4.05 97 45
Bullpen W-L Sv ERA K
Wagner 6-2 38 1.54 108
Peralta 3-6 10 1.62 57
Soriano 5-2 5 0.95 54
Thatcher 5-1 2 3.38 36
Mitre 4-0 2 2.68 25
Moylan 3-0 2 3.13 34
Carrasco 2-1 1 1.65 61
Capuano 2-6 1 5.12 46