In what many saw as a wacky year in the BSA the playoff teams that eventually came out probably didn't surprise that many people. While surprise teams Chicago and Pocatello fell short in September and left contenders Seattle and Austin under the .500 mark, the CL sent Toronto and Greenville back to the playoffs while Jersey Shore and Vista reclaimed their division titles that they both had claimed in 2017.
It took a 1 game tie breaker against division rival Greenville, but Jersey Shore held on for their 2nd division title and and the #1 seed in the CL playoffs. They had to withstand a 24-4 September record from the 84's but had enough in the tank to win Game 163 on the road, 6-4 and win a date with Toronto.
This will mark the 3rd time in BSA history that D-Bags and Titans will meet in the postseason. The first being in the 2015 CLDS where Toronto took a 2-1 lead and Jersey came back and won 3 games in a row to advance and eventually make the World Series. That Jersey Shore team won 13 games less than the heavily favored Titans who had the best record in the CL and 2nd best record in the BSA behind Hendersonville. They would also meet a year later, this time as Jersey coming in as the team that had won 11 more games. Toronto still had home field advantage being division winners and walked away with a convincing 4-1 series win which propelled them to the World Series as well. This will mark the first time that Jersey will face Toronto as the better seed with home field advantage.
Jersey won the season series this year by a slim margin of 5-4 which was mostly made up of convincing wins by either side. There were only 2 of the 9 games decided by 2 runs or less. It should be noted that Jersey did hand the Toronto ace Albert Lebel 3 of his 9 losses on the season.
Projected Jersey Shore lineup:
vs RHP:
LF Matthieu Vancini
SS Lawrence Schroeder
2B Mike Bryant
CF Fransisco Ibarra
RF Dave Dodd
1B John Warner
C Warren Goyer
3B Fabrice Brodeur
DH Alberto Perez
Bench:
C Albert Lopez
1B Roberto Bojorquez
3B Adam Morrow
LF Fransisco Torres
RF Jose Ortiz
vs LHP
LF Matthieu Vancini
SS Lawrence Schroeder
DH Mike Bryant
CF Fransisco Ibarra
1B John Warner
RF Dave Dodd
C Warner Goyer
2B Fabrice Brodeur
3B Adam Morrow
Bench:
C Albert Perez
1B Roberto Bojorquez
3B Alberto Perez
LF Fransisco Torres
RF Jose Ortiz
Pitching Staff:
Jersey will go with a for sure 1-2-3 of Ramos, Martinez and Jose Lara for the first 3 games of the series and will use either Art Ellis or Greg Schaefer in Game 4 or back to Ramos if necessary. Here is a list of Jersey pitchers with their season stats against the Titans.
SP Jose Ramos - 2-0, 17 IP, 15H, 4ER, 0BB, 11K, 2.12 ERA, 0.88 WHIP
SP Sergio Martinez - N/A
SP Jose Lara - N/A
SP Art Ellis - 0-2, 12.1 IP, 13H, 7ER, 4BB, 7K, 5.11 ERA, 1.38 WHIP
SP Greg Schaefer - 1-0, 6IP. 9H, 2ER, 1BB, 5K, 3.00 ERA, 1.67 WHIP
SP Jerry Burgess - 0-2, 16.2 IP, 22H. 15ER, 17BB, 11K, 8.10 ERA, 2.34 WHIP
MR
LHP Phillip Moran - 5.1IP, 7H, 5ER, 2BB, 6K, 8.44 ERA, 1.69 WHIP
RHP Yin-zhen Zong - 6IP, 9H, 2ER, 3BB, 9K, 3.00 ERA, 2.00 WHIP
LHP Pedro Vega - 2.2IP, 3H, 1ER, 1BB, 1K, 3.38 ERA, 1.50 WHIP
Setup
LHP Gerald Johnson - 1-0, 4.0IP, 7H, 3ER, 1BB. 4K, 6.75 ERA, 2.00 WHIP
RHP Angel Lara - 1-0, 7IP, 9H, 4ER, 2BB, 3K, 5.14 ERA, 1.57 WHIP
Closer
RHP Jose Ruiz - 2 saves, 2.0IP, 2H, 0ER, 0BB, 0K, 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP
GO D-BAGS
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