We are still more than two weeks away from real baseball. So like I did in BBTL, but because these are series and not one-game eliminations, I'm only going to have 8 of the great Red Sox teams in this tournament. Here they are by seeding:
1. 2018
2. 2004
3. 2007
4. 2013
5. 1978
6. 1986
7. 1967
8. 1946
First round is best of five. Semis and finals are best of seven. Based on seeding, here are the matchups:
(8) 1946 at (1) 2018
(5) 1978 at (4) 2013
(7) 1967 at (2) 2004
(6) 1986 at (3) 2007
So here we go. First two games of the 8v1 matchup.
G1: 2018 Sox 12, 1946 Sox 3
JD Martinez went 4-4 with 3 runs scored, Eduardo Nunez had 3 hits and 4 rbi, and the 2018 team pounded out 18 hits while holding Ted Williams hitless. Chris Sale threw 6 innings of 2-run ball with 0 walks and 6 strikeouts. The game was tied at 2 going into the bottom of the 6th, when the 2018 squad erupted for 5 runs, then followed it with 4 more in the 7th to blow the game wide open.
WP - Sale
LP - Hughson
G2: 1946 Sox 16, 2018 Sox 10
In an absolutely wild game 2, the 1946 squad erupted for 23 hits and 16 runs to tie the series at 1 game apiece. Catfish Metkovich and Roy Partee had five hits for the 1946 squad, and Dom DiMaggio chipped in with four hits and five RBI. Jackie Bradley Jr. had 4 hits, including a homer, and 7 rbi for the 2018 squad, but their pitching staff was pummeled by 1946 from start to finish. Nathan Eovaldi got lit up for 5 runs and 8 hits in just 3.2 innings, and Brandon Workman, in relief, got shelled for 5 runs and 7 hits in just 1.1 innings.
WP - Ferriss
LP - Eovaldi
1. 2018
2. 2004
3. 2007
4. 2013
5. 1978
6. 1986
7. 1967
8. 1946
First round is best of five. Semis and finals are best of seven. Based on seeding, here are the matchups:
(8) 1946 at (1) 2018
(5) 1978 at (4) 2013
(7) 1967 at (2) 2004
(6) 1986 at (3) 2007
So here we go. First two games of the 8v1 matchup.
G1: 2018 Sox 12, 1946 Sox 3
JD Martinez went 4-4 with 3 runs scored, Eduardo Nunez had 3 hits and 4 rbi, and the 2018 team pounded out 18 hits while holding Ted Williams hitless. Chris Sale threw 6 innings of 2-run ball with 0 walks and 6 strikeouts. The game was tied at 2 going into the bottom of the 6th, when the 2018 squad erupted for 5 runs, then followed it with 4 more in the 7th to blow the game wide open.
WP - Sale
LP - Hughson
G2: 1946 Sox 16, 2018 Sox 10
In an absolutely wild game 2, the 1946 squad erupted for 23 hits and 16 runs to tie the series at 1 game apiece. Catfish Metkovich and Roy Partee had five hits for the 1946 squad, and Dom DiMaggio chipped in with four hits and five RBI. Jackie Bradley Jr. had 4 hits, including a homer, and 7 rbi for the 2018 squad, but their pitching staff was pummeled by 1946 from start to finish. Nathan Eovaldi got lit up for 5 runs and 8 hits in just 3.2 innings, and Brandon Workman, in relief, got shelled for 5 runs and 7 hits in just 1.1 innings.
WP - Ferriss
LP - Eovaldi