Congratulations to the Diamondbacks on reclaiming the FMBA championship trophy, their 8th in total. After falling behind in the series 1-0, their bats came to life in Game 2 and 3 putting up 21 runs, while the legend of Joe Sergent continued as he threw complete games in Games 2 and 3.
Another season is in the books. Stay tuned for the off-season manager’s meetings and hope to see everyone in 2027!
#2 Giants (20-8) vs. #6 Diamondbacks (15-13)
Season Head to Head:
Diamondbacks won the season series 2-0: 8-7 & 7-6
Playoff Leaders
Giants:
Carter Rain .471 Avg, .591 OBP%, 1 2B, 6 RBI, 4 R
Matt Stebner .450 Avg, .522 OBP%, 2 3B, 8 RBI, 5 R
Steven Latos 1-1, 13.0 IP, 2.15 ERA, 19 K, 1 CG
Diamondbacks:
Nolan Handley .588 Avg, .941 Slug%, 6 2B, 4 RBI, 6 R
Tom Gayef 1-1, 11.1 IP, 2.47 ERA, 16 K, 1 CG
Joe Sergent 1-1 11.1 IP, 0.00 ERA, 13 K
#1 White Sox (20-5) vs. #6 Diamondbacks (13-12)
Season Head to Head:
White Sox won the season series 2-0: 9-5 & 8-6
Playoff Leaders
White Sox:
Brendan Rose .556 Avg, .889 Slug%, 3 2B, 7 RBI, 4 R
Brett Brittany .500 Avg, .600 OBP%, 2 RBI, 4 R
Dirk Dembroski 1-0, 7.0 IP, 0.00 ERA, 5 K, 1 CG
Diamondbacks:
Nolan Handley .889 Avg, 1.333 Slug%, 4 2B, 4 RBI, 4 R,
JP Willner .556 Avg, 0.889 OBP%,1 HR, 5 RBI, 4 R,
Shea Koller .417 Avg, .500 OBP%, 1 2B, 7 RBI, 4 R, 1 SB
#1 White Sox (18-5) vs. #8 Twins (8-15)
Season Head to Head:
White Sox won the season series 3-0: 22-2, 19-1, and 7-0 via a waiver forfeit (the Twins did unofficially win that game 8-2).
Regular Season Leaders
White Sox:
Brett Brittany .489 Avg, 1.085 Slug%, 6 2B, 5 3B, 4 HR, 26 RBI, 23 R
Aidan Rose .481 Avg, .548 OBP%, 2 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 17 RBI, 22 R, 1 SB
Dirk Dembroski 7-0, 52.3 IP, 3.75 ERA, 53 K, 4 CG
Twins:
Matt Wishart .411 Avg, 0.450 OBP%, 7 2B, 1 3B, 15 RBI, 14 R,
Evan Houser .371 Avg, 0.421 OBP%, 2 2B, 1 3B, 10 RBI, 4 R, 2 SB
James Wood .340 Avg, 0.435 OBP%, 4 2B, 1 HR, 9 RBI, 17 R, 1 SB
We did it, we made it to the end of the season. The season is so short in some ways, and yet I can’t even remember what happened even last month. Baseball life amirite?
The White Sox took the regular season title wrapping up the #1 seed as they finished July/August strong going 5-2. Both the Dukes and Dinos enter playoffs equally as hot with a same winning percentage (.714) over the last month of games, however no team enters playoffs hotter than the Guns who went 5-1 with 3 dimes, and 3 shutouts. The final playoff spot came down to the final scheduled game of the year between the Longhorns and Wolfpack. As it turned out, the Wolfpack won allowing the Wolfpack & Twins to advance to the playoffs on a 3-way tie breaker. Every game matters!
And now for your Studs of the Month. Our sponsors Papi Sunglasses, and Calgary Septic and Water are awesome. The biggest offensive and pitching “studs” will receive a pair of shades to show off. Special shoutout to Tim Wiebe who organizes all the prizes.
Well as per usual, the weather in June was absolutely brutal. I guess that’s why we call it June Monsoon. In total we saw 15 games postponed due to rain, with our schedule now stretching into mid August with makeup dates.
The standings have tightened up a bit, as we now see the Giants and White Sox in a race for first with the Giants having a couple games in hand. On the other end of the standings it is going to be a dog fight for the last playoff spot. Someone is going to get their heart broken, every single remaining game is important so stay tuned in July. The Cardinals are the only team who have been eliminated, but looks for them to play spoiler late.
And now for your Studs of the Month. Our sponsors Papi Sunglasses, and Calgary Septic and Water continue to get a big shoutout. Special thanks to Tim Wiebe who organizes all the prizes. The biggest offensive and pitching “studs” will receive a pair of shades to show off.