Playoffs: Hatfield 10/25/2023

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Game 1: 4th seed Did We Win vs 5th seed Mashed Taters
Mashed Taters plate 2 in the 1st while Did We Win get 4. Andrew Burgher doubles and Sean Pena homers for DWW. Taters plate another in the 2nd after Anthony Latronica doubles. DWW answers back with 5 in the bottom of the 2nd. Stephen Kodluk homers and Pena triples. DWW will add another 3 in the 3rd. In the top of the 4th, Taters bat around plus 1 and score 6. Jim Mann homers. Did We Win gets 2 back in the bottom of the 4th. Jon Fine doubles. Taters go silent in the 5th and 6th, while DWW get 5 in the two innings. Burgher doubles, Pena triples, Keith Halili homers to take a 10 run lead into the bottom of the 7th. Mashed Taters threaten in the bottom of the 7th and score 4, but it's not enough. Did We Win wins, 19-13 and moves on to the 9:30 game vs. Doc's Irish Pub.

Game 2: 2nd seed Mayhem vs 3rd seed Tailspinz/Mixed Nuts
Tailspinz take an early 5 run lead in the 1st. Jarret Kerns leads off with a double and Bill Brancato doubles as well. Mayhem answer back with 4 in the bottom. Derrick Strowhauer and Shawn Arbogast both double, and Brandon Brittingham homers. They'll add 3 more in the 2nd, with Tom Hayes tripling and Strowhauer and Arborgast both smacking their 2nd doubles of the evening. One more run crosses the plate for Mayhem in the 3rd. Tailspinz get back on track in the top of the 4th and score 5 runs. Mike Oakes homers. Mayhem tacks on 5 more in the bottom of the 4th. Hayes homers and Strowhauer legs out a triple, while Eric Rosenblum doubles in a run. Tailspinz plate 3 in the top of the 5th with Kerns doubling and Brancato tripling in 2 runs. Mayhem add to their lead in the bottom of the 5th, scoring 3. Dave Demko doubles. They'll add 1 more in the bottom of the 6th, and Buddy Schwartz goes into closer mode and shuts down Tailspinz in the 6th and 7th. Connie Georgiadis manages a pinch hit double but that's about it. Mayhem wins, 17-13 and moves on to the Chip next week.

Game 3: 4th seed Did We WIn vs top seed Doc's Irish Pub
Did We Win stays hot after their 1st game and plates 3 in the top of the 1st. Andrew Burgher homers. Doc's get 2 back in the bottom. No one scores in the 2nd, but in the 3rd, DWW plate 4 more. Burgher homers again and a bunch of errors help the cause. Docs get 1 back in the bottom when Chase Luxton triples and AJ Bagushinski sacrifices him in. The 4th inning is quiet. In the 5th, DWW get back to back doubles from Bill Coles and Sean Pena and go on to score both of them. Doc's get one back with a solo shot from Dylan Brooks. DWW add 1 to their lead in the 6th with back to back doubles from Joe Bisceglie and Burgher. Docs get 3 across the plate in the 6th to cut the lead to 4, but go down in order in the bottom of the 7th. Did We Win upset the number 1 seed by a score of 11-7 and move on to face Mayhem in the Championship next week.