What a nice rivalry between the Memphis Blues and the Nashville Sounds for the second season in Double Mendoza. Last season Memphis won the division title by 20 games but this season, Nashville had a very strong start to lead during almost all the season.
Unfortunately for the Sounds, the Blues came back very strong winning 15 of their last 20 games to take the lead. With 4 games to play in the season, Memphis has a 4 games lead.
For Memphis, Rico Parra, who's leading his team with 20 wins, won the pitcher of the week award during that final stretch. Pablo Suarez, who's in the running for ROY award, Jerry Piazza, Bryan Guerrero and Rafael Montanez lead the offense.
For Nashville, the dynamic duo of Danny Brunette and Adam Huff are among leaders for HRs and RBI's, but the lost of Benji Reyes for the final month of the season ruined their chances for the title. On the mound, Sonny Bell did a fantastic job, saving 53 games in 56 attemps while the newcomer John Burroughs was 5-1 in his last 7 starts but it was not enough for the Sounds.
If those 2 teams met during the playoffs, it will be very interesting to see who's the champion of Tennessee.
1 comment:
Nice description of the race for the division title.
There is three games left, and I only need to win one of them. In the other side, you need to win all your remaining games.
It will be nice to meet in the playoff.
Good Luck.
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