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Red Sox sweep 2 playoff bound teams top clinch their own playoff spot!

By Dr. C, 06/06/21, 3:15PM CDT

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Red Sox earn playoff spot with sweep over 2 playoff bound teams!

The Red Sox knew that they needed to win both games against the playoff bound Tacos of Craig Dyer and the Mariners of John Miller to ensure automatic passage to the playoffs.

The Red Sox hosted the Tacos and took a 3-0 lead after 1 inning on Tim Kaminski's 2 out 2 run HR and then a run scoring 2B from Kyle Casper.  2 more scored in the 2nd on 1 out 2Bs from Wayne and Sean Harcourt producing a run.  After a Matt Casey single , Greg "Badger" Hurst delivered the 2nd run with a hit. The Red Sox had a 6-1 lead after 3 on Kaminski's leadoff HR.  The Tacos battled back with 3 in the top of the 4th but the Sox answered with 7 of their own and a 13-4 lead. The inning featured Badger's run scoring hit,  Impact POW Darryl Drake's 3 run HR and concluded on a 2 run hit from Kyle and a run scoring 2B from Brad Cox.  The Sox salted the game away with 6 more as time lapsed on Kaminski's run scoring hit, bases loaded BB to Brad Parr, Kyle's 3 run 3B ,and Cox' run scoring hit for the 19-4 win.

The Sox knew they needed 1 more win to clinch the playoff spot as all their division challengers were also winning their games.  The Sox scored 5 in the top of the 1st with a run scoring hit from Kaminski, back to back SFs from Parr and Kyle, a huge 2 out run scoring hit from Cox and finally Wayne.  The Mariners scored 2 in the home 1st.  The Sox responded with 2 in the 2nd on Drake's 2 run HR but the Mariners capitalized on a rough Sox patch for an 8-7 lead after 2.  The Sox regained the lead at 9-8 on Kyle's 2 run HR. The Mariners retook the lead 11-9 after 3. In the 4th the Sox took the lead for good ignited by Casey's leadoff hit, and after a Badger hit Drake hit a 3 run HR. 1 more came home on a SF by Kyle. After posting a 0 in the bottom of the 4th the Sox erupted for 9 runs and a 23-11 lead where everyone contributed including Brian Smallwood's lead off hit, Badger's run scoring hit, Drake's 3rd consecutive HR (3 run blast again), a Brian Babbitt hit, Kaminski's 2 run HR, Parr's 2B and Kyle's 2nd 2 run HR. The Mariners scored 2 to make it 23-13, but the Sox answered with 7 more including run scoring hits from Badger, Babbitt, Kaminski's 2 run 3B, Parr's run scoring hit, and Smallwood's 3 run HR and a 30-14 win. 

The Sox are still some what injured but finished the regular season 7-1 beating 5 teams with 500 + records along the way and feeling very excited for the post season!

Notables: Impact POW Daryl Drake, 7-9, 7 runs,  11 RBI, 2B, 4 HRs, created 14 runs, and sterling LCF defense, especially in game 2 with 3 scintillating plays when the game was nip and tuck; Impact ROW Brian Babbitt, 5-9, 5 runs, RBI,  stellar defense at 3rd; Badger Hurst, 8-9, 7 runs, 4 RBI, impeccable SS defense; Tim Kaminski, 8-9, 8 runs, 9 RBI, 3B, 3 HRs (he did make an out for 1st time in 3 weeks); Brad Parr 5-6, 2B, 2 BBs, SF, 5 runs, 3 RBI, excellent pitching;  Kyle Casper 5-7, 4 runs, 12 RBI, 2 SFs, 2B, 3B, 2 HRs; Brad Cox 4 hits, 3 RBI, 2Bexcellent defense in LF including gunning out a runner tagging at 3B(!); Brian Smallwood 6-8, BB, HR, strong RCF defense; Sean Harcourt 3 hits, 2 2Bs, 3 runs; Matt Casey 4-8, 3 runs, outstanding running; Wayne 4 hits, BB, 2B, well pitched 1st game.