Bye Bye Vancouver

This will be the last post for three weeks so good luck to all the playoff contenders.

Vancouver continued their massive choke job, getting swept by Las Vegas and then losing the first two to Philadelphia by one-run margins. The Iron Fist have now lost five in a row and are four games out of the final playoff spot. Ben Sheets has been benched in favor of Rich Hill, but the squad is limited as far as how many changes they can make.

D.C. moved back into the sixth spot after defeating Hillsborough in two close 11-inning contests. Last night D.C. scored four runs in the 11th to win 9-5 and this morning won 3-2 on Frank Thomas' RBI single. D.C. is now up by two on the Hitmen with one more head to head game left.

Marietta has now won three in a row, including two straight against the Sugar Bears. The Mighty Men are very close to locking up a playoff spot and are in good shape to take the top wild card seed. Meanwhile, Newark's losses mean that they cannot break the record for most wins in a season (120, set by Arkansas) and at best, can finish with the second best record of all time - that is, if they don't lose anymore games.