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          The 2020 Benchwarmer League Tournament - Federal League
          First Round - Round of 16
          In the 2020 season shortened by the Covid-19 pandemic, BWB is 
		  restructuring the league playoffs to include all 16 teams in the 
		  league.  Division winners are given the top 4 seeding spots and 
		  the remainder of the field is ranked 5-16 based on winning percentage 
		  during the 2020 regular season.  The 8 teams that win series in 
		  this round will move on to the league 
		  quarterfinals. 
				  
				For just this first round, as a reward for winning their divisions, the four division winners begin the series with a 1-0 lead. They only need to win 3 games to advance, while their opponents will need to win 4. 
				  
				The eight teams that lose in round one will move to the 
				Bottom 
				Feeder Open - where, for one year only, the winner will have the 
				top spot in the 2020-2021 off-season transaction order, 
				including for the Redistribution Draft.  In the 
				quarterfinals, the four winning teams will move on to what in 
				normal seasons are the conference championships and the league 
				final.  The four losing teams will move on to the
				Gore Cup. 
				  
          Our League Teams (in order of seeding): 
                
            - Kansas City (38-16)
 
            - Wastin Away (34-20)
 
            - Provence (28-26)
 
            - Ohio (28-26)
 
            - Wrigley (33-21)
 
            - Lost (30-24)
 
            - Lexington (30-24)
 
            - Atlanta (29-25)
 
            - Longyearbyen (27-27)
 
            - Okefenokee (26-28)
 
            - Cincinnati (23-31)
 
            - Sheshequin (23-31)
 
            - California (21-33)
 
            - Boardwalk (21-33)
 
            - Send (21-33)
 
            - Buffalo (20-34)
 
				 
          
                
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           First Round results: 
          
		  - Kansas City defeated Buffalo 4 games to 0
 
		  - Wastin Away defeated Send 4 games to 3
 
		  - Provence defeated Boardwalk 4 games to 2
 
		  - Ohio defeated California 4 games to 2
 
		  - Sheshequin defeated Wrigley 4 games to 3
 
		  - Cincinnati defeated Lost 4 games to 2
 
		  - Lexington defeated Okefenokee 4 games to 3
 
		  - Longyearbyen defeated Atlanta 4 games to 2
 
		   
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                    2020 Federal League First Round
                    
                      
      
        
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          Series One | 
          Series Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buffalo | 0 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Kansas City | 4 | 12 | 1 |  WP - S.Bieber (1-0)  LP - Buf BP (0-1) HR: Buf: L.Gurriel (1); KC: E.Rosario (1), A.Rendon (1) Kansas City leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Send | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Wastin Away | 3 | 6 | 3 |  WP - R.Yarbrough (1-0)  LP - WA BP (0-1) HR: Snd: J.Baez 2 (2), M.Stassi (1); WA: F.Tatis (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Buffalo | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Kansas City | 5 | 5 | 1 |  WP - D.Lamet (1-0)  LP - M.Gonzales (0-1) HR: KC: M.Maldonado (1) Kansas City leads 3-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Send | 7 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Wastin Away | 8 | 11 | 3 |  WP - WA BP (1-1)  LP - J.Cueto (0-1) HR: WA: D.LeMahieu (1), N.Cruz (1), C.Vazquez (1) Wastin Away leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kansas City | 6 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Buffalo | 1 | 8 | 0 |  WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - J.Luzardo (0-1) HR: none Kansas City wins series 4-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Wastin Away | 4 | 3 | 3 | Box  |  | Send | 5 | 6 | 0 |  WP - Snd BP (1-0)  LP - K.Hendricks (0-1) HR: WA: N.Cruz (2); Snd: L.Robert (1), M.Yastrzemski (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wastin Away | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Send | 6 | 12 | 1 |  WP - M.Fiers (1-0)  LP - WA BP (1-2) HR: WA: K.Lewis (1), N.Cruz (3), A.Dickerson (1), A.Nola (1); Snd: M.Muncy (1), P.Alonso (1), M.Yastrzemski (2) Send leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wastin Away | 7 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Send | 6 | 7 | 1 |  WP - G.Richards (1-0)  LP - E.Fedde (0-1) HR: WA: D.LeMahieu (2), N.Cruz (4), A.Nola (2); Snd: P.Alonso (2), M.Yastrzemski (3) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Send | 3 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Wastin Away | 8 | 13 | 1 |  WP - M.Fried (1-0)  LP - S.Strasburg (0-1) HR: Snd: J.Soto (1), N.Solak (1); WA: K.Lewis (2) Wastin Away wins series 4-3 |   
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          Series Four | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Boardwalk | 7 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Provence | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Brdw BP (1-0)  LP - H.Ryu (0-1) HR: Brdw: L.Voit (1); Prov: J.Realmuto (1), J.Gallo (1), A.Pujols (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | California | 2 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Ohio | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - Oh BP (1-0)  LP - J.Verlander (0-1) HR: Cal: W.Merrifield (1); Oh: P.Severino (1) Ohio leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Boardwalk | 5 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | Provence | 7 | 6 | 2 |  WP - Prov BP (1-0)  LP - C.Anderson (0-1) HR: Brdw: L.Voit 2 (3) Provence leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 7 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Ohio | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - M.Tanaka (1-0)  LP - C.Carrasco (0-1) HR: Cal: C.Frazier (1), S.Perez (1); Oh: J.Votto (1) Ohio leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Provence | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Boardwalk | 5 | 3 | 0 |  WP - J.Oviedo (1-0)  LP - R.Hill (0-1) HR: Brdw: M.Olson (1), Y.Molina (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ohio | 5 | 9 | 3 | Box  |  | California | 3 | 10 | 1 |  WP - B.Snell (1-0)  LP - D.Hudson (0-1) HR: Oh: P.Severino (2); Cal: W.Merrifield (2), X.Bogaerts (1) Ohio leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Provence | 4 | 4 | 1 | Box  |  | Boardwalk | 3 | 1 | 1 |  WP - C.Bassitt (1-0)  LP - Brdw BP (1-1) HR: Prov: K.Schwarber (1), G.Cooper (1); Brdw: L.Voit (4) Provence leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ohio | 4 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | California | 5 | 10 | 2 |  WP - M.Pineda (1-0)  LP - C.Javier (0-1) HR: Oh: J.Upton (1); Cal: J.Bell (1), K.Calhoun (1) Ohio leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Provence | 6 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | Boardwalk | 0 | 8 | 1 |  WP - J.Montgomery (1-0)  LP - L.Webb (0-1) HR: Prov: D.Swanson (1) Provence wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ohio | 6 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | California | 5 | 7 | 2 |  WP - J.Sheffield (1-0)  LP - J.Teheran (0-1) HR: Oh: H.Renfroe (1); Cal: C.Blackmon (1) Ohio wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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          Series Five | 
          Series Six | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Sheshequin | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Wrigley | 6 | 10 | 1 |  WP - N.Eovaldi (1-0)  LP - G.Cole (0-1) HR: Shes: V.Guerrero Jr. (1); Wri: W.Myers (1) Wrigley leads 1-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 2 | 7 | 3 | Box  |  | Lost | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.deGrom (1-0)  LP - Cin BP (0-1) HR: Cin: H.Alberto (1), J.McCann (1); Lost: N.Castellanos (1) Lost leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Sheshequin | 4 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | Wrigley | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - Y.Darvish (1-0)  LP - A.Wainwright (0-1) HR: Shes: B.Nimmo (1), F.Lindor (1); Wri: W.Myers (2) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Lost | 2 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Cin BP (1-1)  LP - D.Bundy (0-1) HR: Cin: F.Freeman (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wrigley | 10 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Sheshequin | 2 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Urias (1-0)  LP - L.Giolito (0-1) HR: Wri: C.Bellinger 2 (2), D.Smith (1), R.Grichuk 2 (2), T.d'Arnaud (1), R.Cano (1) Wrigley leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lost | 9 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Z.Davies (1-0)  LP - M.Minor (0-1) HR: Lost: B.Lowe (1), A.Santander 2 (2), M.Semien (1); Cin: E.Jimenez (1) Lost leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wrigley | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Sheshequin | 9 | 12 | 1 |  WP - L.McCullers (1-0)  LP - A.Cobb (0-1) HR: Wri: C.Bellinger (3), D.Smith (2), R.Grichuk (3); Shes: V.Guerrero Jr. (2), F.Lindor (2), R.Hoskins (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lost | 2 | 6 | 3 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 6 | 7 | 1 |  WP - D.May (1-0)  LP - B.Keller (0-1) HR: Cin: F.Freeman (2) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wrigley | 3 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Sheshequin | 1 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.Lindblom (1-0)  LP - Shes BP (0-1) HR: Wri: W.Myers 2 (4) Wrigley leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lost | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 10 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Lester (1-0)  LP - A.Senzatela (0-1) HR: Lost: B.Lowe (2); Cin: J.McNeil (1), F.Freeman 2 (4), E.Jimenez (2) Cincinnati leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Sheshequin | 5 | 10 | 3 | Box  |  | Wrigley | 4 | 9 | 2 |  WP - G.Cole (1-1)  LP - N.Eovaldi (1-1) HR: Shes: D.Fletcher (1), V.Guerrero Jr. (3), R.Hoskins (2); Wri: T.Turner (1), R.Grichuk (4), T.d'Arnaud (2) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Lost | 2 | 7 | 0 |  WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - J.deGrom (1-1) HR: Cin: J.Polanco (1), E.Jimenez (3) Cincinnati wins series 4-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Sheshequin | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Wrigley | 3 | 11 | 1 |  WP - Y.Darvish (2-0)  LP - A.Wainwright (0-2) HR: Shes: V.Guerrero Jr. (4); Wri: T.d'Arnaud (3) Sheshequin wins series 4-3 |   
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          Series Seven | 
          Series Eight | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Okefenokee | 3 | 3 | 4 | Box  |  | Lexington | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.Berrios (1-0)  LP - Oke BP (0-1) HR: Oke: F.Galvis (1); Lex: C.Santana (1), T.Frazier (1), A.Frazier (1) Lexington leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Longyearbyen | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 4 | 11 | 1 |  WP - Atl BP (1-0)  LP - T.Gonsolin (0-1) HR: Long: A.Judge (1), K.Hiura (1); Atl: B.Harper (1), J.Abreu (1), B.Anderson (1) Atlanta leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Okefenokee | 2 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Lexington | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Z.Wheeler (1-0)  LP - L.Castillo (0-1) HR: Lex: T.Anderson (1), G.Springer (1), B.Belt (1), G.Sanchez (1) Lexington leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Longyearbyen | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 1 | 4 | 1 |  WP - K.Gausman (1-0)  LP - T.Walker (0-1) HR: Long: K.Hiura (2) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Lexington | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Okefenokee | 3 | 8 | 1 |  WP - K.Maeda (1-0)  LP - Lex BP (0-1) HR: none Lexington leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Atlanta | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Longyearbyen | 4 | 7 | 1 |  WP - P.Lopez (1-0)  LP - G.Marquez (0-1) HR: Atl: M.Trout (1); Long: A.Verdugo (1), K.Tucker (1) Atlanta leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lexington | 4 | 14 | 1 | Box  |  | Okefenokee | 6 | 8 | 1 |  WP - I.Anderson (1-0)  LP - T.Bauer (0-1) HR: Oke: W.Adames (1), T.Hernandez (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Atlanta | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Longyearbyen | 9 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Long BP (1-0)  LP - J.Means (0-1) HR: Atl: E.Suarez (1), B.Anderson (2); Long: M.Betts 2 (2), M.Machado (1), M.Sano (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lexington | 7 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Okefenokee | 3 | 4 | 0 |  WP - Lex BP (1-1)  LP - K.Gibson (0-1) HR: Lex: G.Springer (2), M.Conforto (1) Lexington leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Atlanta | 2 | 3 | 0 | Box  |  | Longyearbyen | 3 | 7 | 5 |  WP - J.Urquidy (1-0)  LP - Atl BP (1-1) HR: Long: M.Sano (2), M.Betts (3) Longyearbyen leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Okefenokee | 6 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Lexington | 2 | 6 | 0 |  WP - A.Nola (1-0)  LP - J.Berrios (1-1) HR: Oke: N.Arenado 2 (2), F.Galvis (2); Lex: G.Sanchez (2) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Longyearbyen | 5 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 4 | 8 | 1 |  WP - Long BP (2-0)  LP - Atl BP (1-2) HR: Long: M.Machado (2), R.McMahon (1); Atl: B.Harper (2), C.Kelly (1) Longyearbyen wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Okefenokee | 3 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Lexington | 9 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Z.Wheeler (2-0)  LP - L.Castillo (0-2) HR: Oke: T.Hernandez (2); Lex: G.Springer 2 (4), M.Conforto (2), B.Belt (2) Lexington wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
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