T.Tech vs FlightAL
The defending tournament champions played 4 to 5 innings of close baseball against RotowireNL. RotowireNL managed to mix great outfield defense and solid pitching with a consistent offense in the early stages of the game to push Tech to their limit. Unfortunately, Baptiste and company will not be able to rely on poor infield defense to win their upcoming game against FlightAL. FlightAL manager SEC has been consistently playing his active players, by doing so, he is putting his best team on the field and giving his club the best chance to win. Active players rarely make defensive mistakes, especially active elite players.
WCKDPRK has another challenge ahead of him. ZachAtack and SEC look to put the pressure on the T.Tech ace. Zach looks to follow his 2 homerun performance with another offensive show against Tech. Against Hybrids, FlightAL dominated a very good pitcher in SniperX and will face a very similar pitcher in WCKDPRK. The story might have to just be Dr.Death, whos return to tournament play was highlighted by a 1 ER performance. But Death might face different results when faced with Baptiste and Gatyopin2 and company as Tech is notorious for double digit run totals.
My prediction. FlightAL. FlightAL has been the complete opposite of their sister FlightNL team. Active, with pitching, and with consistent bats. FlightAL has the offense to hurt WCKDPRK and get to that inexperienced bullpen early, and the pitching to hold Tech between 5-9 runs. I usually hate picking against the champions, but FlightAL seems poised for an upset.
Melky's Prediction: FlightAL 11, T.Tech 8
Melky's Players To Watch: ZachAtack, Gatyopin2
Newbert's Prediction: FlightAL 8, TTech 11
Newbert's Players To Watch: ZachAtack, gatyopin2
Empire vs Carnage
Carnage earned (err) a bye in the first round of the Memorial Day Tournament and look to build on their Cinco De Mayo Final Four appearance. If you remember, Carnage had various key late inning homeruns that seemed to push them to success throughout the tournament. Their loss to the eventual champions in extra innings only furthered their desire to succeed in the Memorial Day Tournament.
The difference between this tournament's Carnage and last tournament's Carnage is the supporting cast. They lost bden2 to free agency and Ebola to FlightNL. To regain their strength, Mega recruited Sparkie, a legit Elite league pitcher. Wiggy, bNutz, Smith and the rest of the Carnage offense look to step right into the tournament and pick up where they left off.
My prediction. Empire. Empire defeated ReJected convincingly 9-0. Their offense started off slow, but picked up late scoring 9 runs in the final 3 innings. They should carry the momentum into the next game. Revoke, KidNasty, Pete, Big123, Proot, and Melky should hit the Carnage pitching staff. It may all depend on who is on the mound for Carnage. ElDuque showed last game that a shutout is still a stat in RBO, and would enjoy another performance.
Melky's Prediction: Empire 8, Carnage 6
Melky's Players To Watch: KidNasty, Megatron
Newbert's Prediction: Empire 12, Carnage 14 (ElDuque gets rocked, but so does Mega)
Newbert's Players To Watch: Wiggy, MilkyNYY
Bombers vs Rage
Before the Carnage and Rage breakup, d1nonly2 found himself on an All Star team far from dominant. Rage was good for an AS team, but they were not a cut above the rest. Most Rage players aspired to be on Carnage, but when they broke up, many of them saw no reason to remain. D1nonly2 left Rage and fell onto the lap of the Empire organization, and today will be the first time he ever faces his former team. D1nonly2 looks to repeat a 4 homeruns top performer performance and drive in 9 more RBIs. When you put up those numbers, you DESERVE an opening paragraph dedicated to you and only you.
Rage is a solid team that is just being introduced to Elite league play. Her0 put up solid numbers knocking out 3 homeruns off of maico and the Starfire pitchers. Starfire played Rage tough until the final frame and lost by two runs, but a win is a win regardless who it is against and by how many runs. Nataliamo, Might, and The24Kid all impressed and it is RBO....you never know.
My prediction. Bombers. Starfire "held" Rage to 12 runs, you assume KMAN or iPwn can hold them to at least half of that. Also, Starfire knocked home 10 runs, you could assume also that Frogger, Edua, Jiraiya, D1, KMAN etc... can knock out double that.Melky's Prediction: Bombers 15, Rage 5
Melky's Players To Watch: iPwn, her0
Newbert's Prediction: Bombers 30, Rage 0
Newbert's Players To Watch: KMAN, Jiraiya
0 comments:
Post a Comment