Series 1, Game 1 Pylons 000 042 303 - 12 13 0 Blues 000 300 003 - 6 11 1 w - Keller l - Kershaw HR - Stott (5th inning off Kershaw, 0 on, 0 out); Murphy 2 (5th inning off Kershaw, 1 on, 0 out; 9th inning off Bernardino, 1 on, 2 out); Drury (7th inning off Kershaw, 1 on, 0 out); Arozarena (4th inning off Keller, 2 on, 2 out) - Murphy 3 for 5, 3B, 2 HRs, 2 runs, 5 RBIs. The 2 HRs and 3B were on a 5 with runners on base. Series 1, Game 2 Pylons 100 000 300 - 4 9 0 Blues 003 300 03x - 9 8 0 w - McClanahan l - Verlander HR - Murphy (7th inning off Martinez, 1 on, 0 out); Casas (3rd inning off Verlander, 2 on, 1 out); Berger 2 (4th inning off Verlander, 1 on, 1 out; 8th inning off Duran, 2 on, 2 out) - Blues playing some Earl Weaver baseball getting 3-run HRs from Casas and Berger. - Berger, 3 for 4, 2B, 2 HRs, 3 runs, 5 RBIs. Series 1, Game 3 Blues 101 012 111 2 - 10 12 0 Pylons 100 230 101 0 - 8 12 1 w - Ramirez l - Neris HR - Kirilloff (1st inning off Musgrove, 0 on, 1 out); Wallner (5th inning off Musgrove, 0 on, 0 out); Taylor (4th inning off Skubal, 1 on, 0 out); Jung (7th inning off Martinez, 0 on, 0 out) - Back and forth game saw Blues score at least 1 run in each of the last 6 innings. - Blues spread the wealth as every hitter except Naylor had a least 1 hit. - Taylor, 3 for 4, HR, IBB, 2 runs, 3 RBIs, SB. Series 1, Game 4 Blues 530 000 101 - 10 12 0 Pylons 600 000 102 - 9 15 1 w - Jimenez l - Gallen s - Bernardino HR - Velazquez 2 (1st inning off Gallen, 1 on, 1 out; 2nd inning off Gallen, 1 on, 2 out); Casas (1st inning off Gallen, 2 on 2 out) ; Naylor 2nd inning off Gallen, 0 on, 2 out); Berger (9th inning off Neris, 0 on, 0 out); Drury (1st inning off Manning, 2 on, 0 out); Taylor (1st inning off Manning, 0 on, 1 out); Murphy (1st inning off Manning, 1 on, 2 out) - Balls were flying out early as the teams combined for 7 home runs in the first two innings. - Neither starter made it past the 2nd inning. Manning went 1 full for the Blues. Gallen made it 1 2/3 innings for the Pylons. - After Murphy's 2-run triple, the Pylons had the tying run on third with no one out in the bottom 9th but could not push the tying run across. - Berger, 4 for 5, 2 2Bs, HR, 2 runs, 3 RBIs. - Murphy, 3 for 3, 3B, HR, run, 3 RBIs, 2 BB. Series 2, Game 1 Pylons 010 002 000 - 3 9 0 Blues 100 000 000 - 1 5 2 w - Keller l - Kershaw s - Neris HR - Palacios (1st inning off Keller, 0 on, 1 out) - A respite from the run scoring. After allowing a 1st inning solo HR to Palacios, Keller and 3 relievers shut down the scorching Blues offense. - Taylor, 3 for 4, 2B, 2 runs. Series 2, Game 2 Pylons 006 031 000 - 10 17 0 Blues 001 024 020 - 9 12 0 w - Verlander l - McClanahan s - Neris HR - Taylor (3rd inning off McClanahan, 2 on, 0 out); Murphy (5th inning off McClanahan, 0 on, 0 out); Drury (5th inning off McClanahan, 1 on, 2 out); Varsho (6th inning off McClanahan, 0 on, 1 out); Jansen (3rd inning off Verlander, 0 on, 1 out); Wallner (5th inning off Verlander, 1 on, 1 out); Julien 2 (6th inning off Verlander, 2 on, 0 out; 8th inning off Duran, 1 on, 1 out) - Another slugfest. Pylons jump out to a 9-1 lead through 4 ½ innings. Blues battle back with a trio of HRs. - In the bottom of the 9th, Wallner leads off with a single. PR Harris (62 or less) is thrown out trying to steal 2nd. Neris Ks the next two hitters for the save. Series: - Berger, 12 for 23 (.521), 7 runs, 5 2Bs, 3 HRs, 10 RBIs, 2 BB. - Murphy, 11 for 19 (.579), 7 runs, 2 3Bs, 5 HRs, 14 RBIs, 3 BB. - Runs: Pylons 46, Blues 45 - Hits: Pylons 75, Blues 60 - HRs: Blues 16, Pylons 14 - LOB: Pylons 52, Blues 36 - SB: Pylons 12 of 12, Blues 7 of 10 Results: Blues 3, Pylons 1 Pylons 2, Blues 0