Season 15 World Series: Game One

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San Juan Crabbers (104-58) vs. Charlotte Castoffs (93-69)

The World Series is here with the San Juan Crabbers facing off against the Charlotte Castoffs. The Crabbers are in the World Series for the first time while their owner, szekrenyi, has 2 titles in his history. The Castoffs were Season 9 champions and their owner, bwb53, has 3 titles to his name. Game One pitching matchups have the Crabbers putting Matty Johnson on the mound with his 13-3 season record, 2.37 era and 2-0 postseason record. The Castoffs though go with a surprise choice for game one of the championship series, a rookie who has done extremely well since being brought up midseason, John Champion. His stats are a 6-0 record, 1.96 era, and a 2-0 postseason record.

What a way to start the world series with a leadoff solo home run by Omar Gonzalez to give San Juan an early 1-0 lead. In the third inning, once again Gonzalez shows what a weapon he has with his bat as he hits a lead off home run to make it 2-0. Also in the 3rd, Sammy Mercedes smacks his 9th postseason home run with a 2 run blast which makes it 4-0. San Juan continued to get to the nervous rookie Champion by tacking on another run in the 4th to make it 5-0 San Juan. In the 6th, Champion was taken out but that did not stop the Crabbers from getting another run with a single by Gonzalez (third hit) and then a double by Ramirez. The Crabbers starter Matty Johnson finished up his outing with 5 innings of shutout ball. It took only one inning for the Castoffs to take advantage of the Crabbers bullpen to break the shutout with a single run in the 7th. In the 8th, they pushed across 2 more runs to narrow the gap to 6-3. Unfortunately for the Castoffs their pen could not hold down San Juan as Sean Manning smokes a grand slam home run to push the lead back up to 10-3. With some subs and defensive replacements in for San Juan, Charlotte managed to put a four spot on the board highlighted by Julio Santana's 3 run homer, which made San Juan the winner by a score of 10-7.


Player of the Game: Omar Gonzalez
 Winning Pitcher: Matty Johnson (3-0)
Losing Pitcher: John Champion (2-1)