The Phillies All-Time Tourny has started and here is how we are going to publish the results. Each day we will post 4 games, 1 from each bracket for the first two rounds. Rounds 3 and 4 will see two games each day and Rounds 5 and 6 will have 1 game each day. The Play-In games are done and we have one moderate surprise. Below are brief summaries of the series. Make sure to keep track on your own copy. I hope you enjoy it.
Play-In Game #1:
Rico Brogna vs David Bell:
Rico Brogna takes the series 3 games to 1 outscoring Bell 22-11. David Bell stole the first game with a clutch 3 run homer in the 8th, but could only muster 8 more runs over the next 3 games. After cruising to victory in game 3, Rico put it away in game 4 with a homer leading off the top of the 9th to go up 2-1 and after Bell loaded the bases with nobody out, he struck out, flied out and struck out.
G1: 6-3 Bell
G2: 3-2 Brogna
G3: 14-2 Brogna
G4: 2-1 Brogna
Play-In Game #2:
Manny Trillo vs Steve Jeltz
In a shocker Steve Jeltz makes it into the field of 64 by beating Manny Trillo 3 games to 2. Jeltz cracked a 3 run homer in the 8th inning to take game 1. Manny built up a solid lead in game 2 and Jeltz couldn't get all the way back and then Manny seemed to deliver the knockout punch with a 11-0 win in game 3. In game 4, Jeltz put up 2 in the first to see Manny put up 4 in the bottom of the first. Both went scoreless until the ninth. Jeltz got his first run on a single in the 9th to go down 4-3, then a triple knotted the game at 4. Then, with 2 outs in the top of the 9th, Jeltz dropped a suicide squeeze to plate his 5th run and take a 5-4 lead. Manny got 2 on with 2 outs in the bottom, but Ked to end the game. Game 5 was less dramatic as Jeltz built a 5-0 lead enroute to a series clinching 5-2 win.
G1: 7-5 Jeltz
G2: 7-6 Trillo
G3: 11-0 Trillo
G4: 5-4 Jeltz
G5: 5-2 Jeltz
Play-In Game #3:
Clay Dalrymple vs Cookie Rojas
In another series going to the wire, Cookie Rojas moves on winning 3-2. In game 1, Clay took the series lead with 3 9th inning runs to win 5-2. Cookie came back with a solid 5-1 win in game 2 and then took a 2-1 lead with a thrilling come-from-behind win in the bottom of the 9th in game 3. Cookie took a 5-4 lead into the 8th, but Clay scored 1 in the 8th and 2 in the 9th to go up 7-5. That set the stage for Rojas' thrilling 2 out rally. After striking out, he then walked and got a single and scored on a sac fly. He then tied up the game with a double and then won it on another double. That Cookie sure is clutch. Clay came out firing in the next game going up 10-1 after the second enroute to a 14-9 win. Cookie would not be denied with a 9-2 win in game 5.
G1: 5-1 Clay
G2: 5-1 Cookie
G3: 8-7 Cookie
G4: 14-9 Clay
G5: 9-2 Cookie
Play-In Game #4:
Lefty O'Doul vs Bill Hallman
Bullet Bill didn't have much of a chance against old Lefty who put up huge numbers in his 2 year in Philly. Lefty won going away in the first two games, but Hallman looked like he had a shot in game three when he went up 4-0 after 3. Lefty then went on to score 12 of the next 14 runs and put an end to that. This is likely the biggest chance at a 1-16 upset in the next round.
G1: 13-0 Lefty
G2: 8-2 Lefty
G3: 12-6 Lefty