The playoffs are here, and that means the Los Angeles Bruins are taking part of the thing. Honorable mention should go to THE O-R-L, Jacksonville Jackhammers, Baffin Beavers, Niagra Falls Frenzy and San Francisco Liberals all of whom finished well over .500; though, were unable to join the dance.
The playoffs will feature Sacramento facing off with Boston, a team they just swept to make the playoffs and YOUR Los Angeles Bruins facing off against the Hitmen of Hendersonville.
The Bruins have been lucky enough to line-up their rotation and have released the following info for the first two games of the series.
Game 1: Starting Pitcher: Ricky Bolden – There’s really no surprise that 3x division winning manager Brad Anderson tossing out Bolden in game one, but the bigger surprise is that of Game 2 starter…
Game 2: Starting Pitcher: Ethan Pickup (if HEN hosts the first two games) and Manuel Jiminez (if LA hosts the first two gams). – Los Angeles manager doesn’t often believe in ‘splits’ but felt Jiminezs’ overwhelming statistics, and Pickup’s veteran prowless would serve the team better going forward in the series. This would allow Jiminez to pitch on full rest in Game 6 (if it gets to Game 6, and LA is hosting) and would ensure both of Pickups’ starters were on the road, leaving Phillips as the teams Game 7 starter.
IF HEN hosts: GM1-Ricky Bolden, GM2-Ethan Pickup, GM3-Harvey Phillips, GM4 Manuel Jiminez, GM5 Ricky Bolden, GM6-Ethan Pickkup, GM7-Harvey Phillips
IF LA hosts: GM1-Ricky Bolden, GM2-Manuel Jiminez, GM3-Ethan Pickup, GM4-Harvey Phillips, GM5-Ricky Bolden, GM6-Manuel Jiminez, GM7-Ethan Pickup
This of course like everything else could change depending on how the series plays out, and whether or not the Bruins lead/or fall behind.
Statistics for the Bruins starters versus H’Ville:
Ricky Bolden: 2GS
GM1 @ LA: 8IP 4H 2ER 0BB 4K
GM2 @ HEN: 8IP 6H 0ER 0BB 7K
Ethan Pickup: 2GS
GM1 @ LA: 7IP 4H 3ER 2BB 8K
GM2 @ HEN: 7IP 6H 3ER 3BB 1K
Harvey Philip: 1GS
GM1 @ HEN: 3.1EP 7H 5ER 2BB 0K
Declan Parsons made two other starts versus the Hitmen, and MR D. Ruiz/J. Gilbert also got a pair of starts after Brad Andersons mid-season, line-up card malfunction.
The Bruins have the leagues best defense behind their pitchers, that coupled with their speed (if they can get on base) should provide some interesting challenges. With HEN’s studly defensive catcher Lopez, look for Pena to be the only one who really looks to test his limits – in the starting lineup. Ingilby will be sure to cause hell on the base paths’ if he pinch runs in the late innings.
The Bruins come in with the leagues, 10th / 11th or 12th most productive offense depending how you look at it. Brad Anderson has released the starting lineup for the first two games as well.
vs SCOTT HILL (we assume)
RF Pena, Augusto
2B Garner, Woody
LF Newell, Cooper
DH Jaramillo, Enrique
C Harle, Julian
SS Kim, Jong-min
1B Nunez, Jose
3B Padilla, Juan
CF Brouthers, Lee
vs WALTER BAMBER (we assume)
RF Pena, Augusto
2B Garner, Woody
LF Newell, Cooper
3B Jaramillo, Jaramillo
C Harle, Julian
SS Kim, Jong-min
1B Nunez, Jose
CF Brouhers, Lee
3B Padilla, Juan
The next set of information is set to come out late Saturday evening, with an emphasis on the bench of the Bruins.
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