In another attempt to crave the Real Baseball Online communities' hunger for tournaments, Rubber hosted a Saturday Blast for Saturday, May 17th. After a rocky start and quick move to PUG2, the games got underway.
Round 1
Inferno vs Kreston:
Kreston just didn't stand a chance against SniperX's pitching. In 3 innings of work, SniperX picked up 8 strikeouts. Kreston didn't put a single run on the board and Inferno cruised with solo shots from Haverford and SniperX.
Final score: Inferno wins, 2-0.
POTG: SniperX
Empire vs ANIMALS:
Empire just flat out overpowered the ANIMALS squad. Phray hit a 3 run HR and ElDuque added a 2 run of his own. ElDuque euthanized the ANIMALS holding them to 0 runs throughout the 3 inning affair.
Final score: Empire wins, 7-0.
POTG: ElDuque
Bombers vs Freedom:
Ipwn controlled the Freedom offense and picked up 4 strikeouts in the win. Freedom was a little outskilled level and talent wise but their pitching kept them close. Phray went 3-4 as the Bombers picked up 3 runs. Freedom's lone run was from a solo jack by Tyrrel.
Final score: Bombers win, 3-1.
POTG: Ipwn
Potatownd vs Goonies:
Gimmiepie launched 3 HR's to take down Potatownd. The Goonies took full advantage of Potatownd being understaffed with only 2 players and advanced to the 2nd round.
Final score: Goonies win, 14-8.
POTG: gimmepie
Dog Pound vs Rawr:
The first round featured a few games where teams were just outclassed and this was one of them. Despite the Dog Pound only have 55 levels on Rawr, the talent difference was immense. Corv led the Dog Pound offense with 2 HRs and 6 RBIs and SEC added a solo HR. SmokeOut handled the Rawr batters allowing just 1 run.
Final score: Dog Pound wins, 7-1.
POTG: Corv
Fingles vs Underdogs:
The Underdogs really were the underdog in this matchup against Fingles. The Underdogs team of masterpai, Cruise, DarkLotus, GoHome96, and DarthNaka did not look very good on paper but they confidently defeated the T.Tech based team, Fingles. DarkLotus was a key contributing factor for the Underdogs as he knocked 3 homeruns. Fingles were only able to chalk 2 runs on the board.
Final score: Underdogs win, 7-2.
POTG: DarkLotus
Buckeld vs Express:
KeenanG and crew actually faired pretty well against the 2nd T.Tech based team, Buckeld. Baptiste and gatyopin2 provided both runs for Buckeld and managed to hold Express to just 1 run.
Final score: Buckeld wins, 2-1.
POTG: gatyopin2
Round 2
After 1 round of play, the tourney really started to shapen up. With the elimination of the weaker teams, Round saw much better matchups and some close games.
Cupcakes vs Bombers:
This game saw a lot of base runners left on base for both teams as pitchers seemed to work their way out of jam after jam. The Cupcakes took an early lead in the game off a 2 RBI single to the gap from Skoal but the Bombers fired back with a solo HR from d1nonly2. Unfortunately for the Cupcakes, d1nonly2 wasn't done. In the top of the 3rd inning, d1nonly2 blasted his 2nd HR of the game to tie things up at 2 a piece. After 3 innings of play the game was still tied 2-2. Jiraiya broke the ice in the top of the 4th with a solo HR off a juicy curveball from Megatron. The Cupcakes would not fall that easy, though. In the bottom of the 4th the Cupcakes managed to score a run to tie things back up thanks to a costly error in RF from Rios. In the 5th inning, Rios saw his revenge as he took a rising fastball over the LF wall to give Bombers the 5-4 victory.
Final score: Bombers win, 5-4.
POTG: d1nonly2
Dog Pound vs Underdogs:
SmokeOut pitched a gem in this one, working 3 innings of shutout ball. SEC hit the lone HR in the game, but the Dog Pound offense batted their way around the bases. In total the Dog Pound scored 8 runs and easily advanced to the next round.
Final score: Dog Pound wins, 8-0
POTG: SmokeOut
Buckeld vs Inferno:
Baptiste always seems to boost his team in big games. DanTheMan hit a HR of the 2-run variety and Baptiste added a 2-run HR of his own in the bottom of the 3rd. Thanks to the clutch HR, Buckeld beat Inferno despite a studly effort from GAWD.
Final score: Buckeld wins, 5-4.
POTG: Baptiste
Empire vs Goonies:
ElDuque had himself a game, only allowing 1 earned run in 3 innings pitched. The lone run came off a homerun from Wiggy. Empire scored 3 runs for the victory.
Final Score: Empire wins, 3-1.
POTG: ElDuque
Round 3
The 3rd round of play gave us the last 4 remaining teams facing off to secure a spot in the finals. Dog Pound, Buckeld, Bombers, and Empire all played their way through the first two rounds and were looking posed to win it all. Too bad their can only be one champion.
Dog Pound vs Buckeld:
Buckeld took an early 4-1 lead in the game and things really didn't get interesting until late. The Dog Pound's offense had be bleak with their only run coming off a solo HR in the 2nd by Corv. In the bottom of the 3rd down 4-1, Yardog hit a 3-run HR to tie it up at 4-4 and push the game into extras. The extra frames belonged to Buckeld as they picked up 3 runs for the victory.
Final score: Buckeld wins, 7-4.
POTG: *picks name out of hat*, gatyopin2
Bombers vs Empire:
In an all Yankee matchup, the Bombers got some unexpected help from their pitcher. MelkyNYY had hit a 3-run jack for Empire and had a convincing 3-2 lead with 2 outs in the bottom of the 3rd. All ElDuque had to do was get Ipwn, the opposing pitcher, to fly or ground out. With a 3-2 count, 2 outs in the bottom of the 3rd, Ipwn redirected an ElDuque offering and took in deep over the wall. Ipwn's teammates met him at the plate as the Bombers celebrated their walkoff victory.
Final score: Bombers win, 4-3.
POTG: Ipwn
Finals
Bombers vs Buckeld:
The Bombers got off to an explosive start in the 1st inning and tagged gatyopin2 for 4 runs. d1nonly2, Jiraiya, and Rios all homered and Baptiste was forced to switch himself and gatyopin2 on the mound. Buckeld was able to put up 2 runs from Baptiste and 0, but Jiraiya eliminated that push with a 2-run HR in the top of the 2nd. Buckeld fought back hard in the late innings, with a 2-run HR from Baptiste and a solo shot from gatyopin2, but it was all too late. Cheers for the Bombers had already come from the lobby..."BOMBERS WIN!", "BOMBERS WIN!"
Final score: Bombers win it all, 7-5.
POTG and MVP for the Saturday Blast: d1nonly2 (5 total homeruns in the tournament)
Recap
The Bombers won the Saturday Blast and did not have an easy path in doing so. To get to the finals they defeated Freedom, Cupcakes, and Empire. Despite jests from Buckeld to the Bombers of not winning any sunglasses or prize for this win, the Bombers knew they were number one. They were champions this fine Saturday afternoon and no one was going to change that.
After the championship game, d1nonly2 and Jiraiya commented on the Saturday Blast in general.
d1nonly2: it was nice
Jiraiya: I rly had a great time
d1nonly2: ditto
d1nonly2: i loved the game vs klemens, mega, skoal
Jiraiya: they were all good but that one was insane
d1nonly2: hell yeah
Clearly, the Saturday Blast was a success. The tournament saw 0 forfeits, something uncommon for a Saturday Blast. Congrats to Bombers for the win and thanks to everyone for participating.
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