The Best of the Worst
The Bottom Feeder Open - playing for pride and a few bucks.
A small taste of post season baseball as the third and fourth place
teams get a chance to play a few more games. Teams are ranked
1-8, based on season record and play a 3-game quarterfinal series.
Winners are re-seeded and play a 3-game semifinal.
The two remaining teams square off in a best-of-five finals.
The winner receives a bonus of 500,000 Benchwarmer Bucks.
The runner-up gets 250,000.
2016 Finals: Ashland vs. Gratiot
Season series: Gratiot won 4-2
2016 Winner - Ashland won 3 games to 2
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Finals
Game
Ashland vs. Gratiot
1
R H E Ashland 5 8 2 Box
Gratiot 4 11 2 WP - J.Lackey (1-0) LP - K.Graveman (0-1) HR: Ash: D.LeMahieu (1), J.Bradley Jr. (1), W.Castillo (1); Gra: R.Schimpf (1) Ashland leads 1-0
2
Extra Innings R H E Ashland 5 6 2 Box
Gratiot 6 8 1 WP - Gra BP (1-0) LP - D.Fister (0-1) HR: Ash: M.Trout (1) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Gratiot 3 6 0 Box
Ashland 7 6 0 WP - Ash BP (1-0) LP - D.Pomeranz (0-1) HR: Gra: B.Dozier (1), D.Gregorius (1) Ashland leads 2-1
4
R H E Gratiot 6 7 1 Box
Ashland 4 10 4 WP - T.Koehler (1-0) LP - Ash BP (1-1) HR: Gra: M.Machado (1), Y.Grandal (1); Ash: D.LeMahieu (2), C.Hernandez (1) Series tied 2-2
5
R H E Ashland 10 10 0 Box
Gratiot 5 7 1 WP - Ash BP (2-1) LP - Z.Greinke (0-1) HR: Ash: M.Trout (2); Gra: B.Dozier (2), Y.Grandal (2) Ashland wins series 3-2
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Semifinals
Game
Semifinal One
Semifinal Two
1
R H E Ashland 10 9 2 Box
Maplewood 4 8 1 WP - C.Devenski (1-0) LP - T.Walker (0-1) HR: Ash: D.LeMahieu (1), J.Bradley Jr. (1), R.Odor (1); Map: W.Myers (1), A.Rendon (1) Ashland leads 1-0
R H E Bee Em 3 7 0 Box
Gratiot 4 9 2 WP - T.Koehler (1-0) LP - BE BP (0-1) HR: Gra: B.Dozier (1), D.Gregorius (1) Gratiot leads 1-0
2
R H E Maplewood 4 6 2 Box
Ashland 3 7 1 WP - Y.Ventura (1-0) LP - R.Ray (0-1) HR: Map: W.Myers (2) Series tied 1-1
R H E Gratiot 1 4 1 Box
Bee Em 5 6 0 WP - J.Teheran (1-0) LP - Z.Greinke (0-1) HR: BE: M.Cabrera (1), G.Sanchez (1) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Ashland 8 12 0 Box
Maplewood 2 3 1 WP - J.Lackey (1-0) LP - F.Hernandez (0-1) HR: Ash: J.Pederson (1), A.Gonzalez (1), R.Odor (2) Ashland wins series 2-1
R H E Bee Em 4 11 0 Box
Gratiot 7 11 0 WP - K.Graveman (1-0) LP - J.Arrieta (0-1) HR: BE: M.Cabrera 2 (3), E.Hosmer (1); Gra: J.Peralta (1), B.Dozier (2), Y.Grandal (1) Gratiot wins series 2-1
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Quarterfinals
Game
Quarterfinal One
Quarterfinal Two
1
R H E Lake Michigan 1 6 2 Box
Maplewood 5 4 1 WP - F.Hernandez (1-0) LP - S.Manaea (0-1) HR: Map: R.Martin (1) Maplewood leads 1-0
R H E Trumbull 3 11 0 Box
Gratiot 5 10 1 WP - K.Graveman (1-0) LP - Trum BP (0-1) HR: Trum: G.Polanco 2 (2), J.Schoop (1); Gra: G.Springer (1), A.Pujols (1) Gratiot leads 1-0
2
R H E Maplewood 4 13 2 Box
Lake Michigan 6 9 1 WP - H.Bailey (1-0) LP - D.Bundy (0-1) HR: LM: C.Davis (1) Series tied 1-1
R H E Gratiot 8 8 0 Box
Trumbull 4 9 3 WP - T.Bauer (1-0) LP - M.Estrada (0-1) HR: Gra: B.Dozier (1), M.Machado (1), D.Gregorius (1); Trum: M.Upton (1) Gratiot wins series 2-0
3
R H E Lake Michigan 6 6 1 Box
Maplewood 9 12 0 WP - Map BP (1-0) LP - E.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: Map: K.Bryant (1) Maplewood wins series 2-1
Game
Quarterfinal Three
Quarterfinal Four
1
R H E Motown 2 8 2 Box
Bee Em 3 9 1 WP - J.Arrieta (1-0) LP - Mot BP (0-1) HR: Mot: D.Valencia (1), S.Perez (1), D.Span (1); BE: Y.Cespedes 2 (2) Bee Em leads 1-0
Extra Innings R H E Las Vegas 3 12 2 Box
Ashland 4 6 2 WP - J.Lackey (1-0) LP - LV BP (0-1) HR: LV: S.Piscotty (1); Ash: B.Harper (1) Ashland leads 1-0
2
R H E Bee Em 8 13 1 Box
Motown 10 16 0 WP - Mot BP (1-1) LP - S.Strasburg (0-1) HR: Mot: K.Seager (1) Series tied 1-1
R H E Ashland 5 11 0 Box
Las Vegas 8 10 1 WP - C.Archer (1-0) LP - D.Fister (0-1) HR: Ash: J.Bradley Jr. (1); LV: D.Ortiz (1), M.Ozuna (1), B.McCann (1) Series tied 1-1
3
Extra Innings R H E Motown 4 9 0 Box
Bee Em 5 9 0 WP - M.Fulmer (1-0) LP - C.McHugh (0-1) HR: Mot: B.Holt (1), Y.Solarte (1); BE: E.Hosmer (1) Bee Em wins series 2-1
Extra Innings R H E Las Vegas 4 10 0 Box
Ashland 5 10 1 WP - Ash BP (1-0) LP - LV BP (0-2) HR: Ash: J.Lamb (1), W.Castillo (1) Ashland wins series 2-1
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