Post by Phillies Phan on Mar 29, 2020 14:43:32 GMT -5
An unlikely Regional matchup between an 11 and a 14!
The Quakers 3 man pitching rotation, er, make that 3 deep Starting Pitcher Roster! against arguably the weakest of the 76-80 Phils squads. The 78 Phils Defense was epic, which sneaks up a bit and does influence a game or two...
Gm1: 1978 finished their opening series in 5 and both Carlton and Ruthven won't be available until Game 3. So it's Christenson against the Quaker Ace: Casey. Another Complete Game shutout, but this time it's Christenson! Luzinski provides all the power with 3 Run Homer off the lefty Casey. 1978 is up 1 Game to None.
Gm2: Randy Lerch vs Dan Buffinton. A mismatch, yet another pitching duel! 1-0 Quakers, Reed and Schmidt's fielding doing their damnedest to stay in reach, but the Phils just can't get on base against Buffinton.
Gm3: Carlton vs Ferguson. Philly Ace versus Quakers weakest pitcher... lets face it the Quakers have 3 Aces... the bench bats come alive with Maul tagging Lefty and Jose Cardenal getting to Ferguson. 8-4 Phils. 1978 is up 2 Games to 1
Gm4: Casey vs Ruthven. Ruthven is on fire, yet the Quakers revert to small ball and begin bunting all over the field and running like crazy legs! Phils somehow manage to hold on, 4-3, setting up an elimination game.
Gm5: Christenson vs Buffinton. Each pitcher has thrown a Shutout in this Series. Something will have to give. Phils continue flashing the leather, this time it's Bake McBride robbing the Quakers from breaking the game open. Reed holds them off. 4-1 Phils for the game and the Series!
Quakers are a tough out with three aces that are always ready... they may be a dark horse to crawl out of the loser's bracket. They drop down to play the 2010 Phils in Loser's Bracket 2.
The 14th seed 78'ers join the 76 Philly Fever and the 50 Whiz Kids in the Super Regionals. They will play the Winner of the 1977 vs 1980 Series.
The Quakers 3 man pitching rotation, er, make that 3 deep Starting Pitcher Roster! against arguably the weakest of the 76-80 Phils squads. The 78 Phils Defense was epic, which sneaks up a bit and does influence a game or two...
Gm1: 1978 finished their opening series in 5 and both Carlton and Ruthven won't be available until Game 3. So it's Christenson against the Quaker Ace: Casey. Another Complete Game shutout, but this time it's Christenson! Luzinski provides all the power with 3 Run Homer off the lefty Casey. 1978 is up 1 Game to None.
Gm2: Randy Lerch vs Dan Buffinton. A mismatch, yet another pitching duel! 1-0 Quakers, Reed and Schmidt's fielding doing their damnedest to stay in reach, but the Phils just can't get on base against Buffinton.
Gm3: Carlton vs Ferguson. Philly Ace versus Quakers weakest pitcher... lets face it the Quakers have 3 Aces... the bench bats come alive with Maul tagging Lefty and Jose Cardenal getting to Ferguson. 8-4 Phils. 1978 is up 2 Games to 1
Gm4: Casey vs Ruthven. Ruthven is on fire, yet the Quakers revert to small ball and begin bunting all over the field and running like crazy legs! Phils somehow manage to hold on, 4-3, setting up an elimination game.
Gm5: Christenson vs Buffinton. Each pitcher has thrown a Shutout in this Series. Something will have to give. Phils continue flashing the leather, this time it's Bake McBride robbing the Quakers from breaking the game open. Reed holds them off. 4-1 Phils for the game and the Series!
Quakers are a tough out with three aces that are always ready... they may be a dark horse to crawl out of the loser's bracket. They drop down to play the 2010 Phils in Loser's Bracket 2.
The 14th seed 78'ers join the 76 Philly Fever and the 50 Whiz Kids in the Super Regionals. They will play the Winner of the 1977 vs 1980 Series.