Rivalry Winners
By: Nick Alicea
| Teams | Rivalry Name | Records | Notes | Current Rating |
| Chicago-St. Louis | Barely Active Bash | Cardinals win 6-4 | 4/22- Luciano Alcaraz (CHI) pitches 3-hit shutout 6/10- Alfredo Aguilar pitches a CG giving up 3 hits and allowing 1 run 9/1- Eric Franckowiak and Donnie Darrington each drive in 3 against Cavallo (STL) |
4 |
| Minnesota-Indiana | Better than Sex | Series tied 9-9 | 4/16- Minnesota wins first series, outscoring the Eagles 28-12 7/5- Deshante Louixville goes 4-5 in Indiana's 7-2 victory 9/26- Rudy Lillibridge (MIN) pitces a 3-hit shutout in a Monarchs 2-0 victory |
3 |
| Detroit-Cleveland | Erie Classic | Detroit wins 9-1 | 4/13- Reginald Carter (DET) hits walk-off HR to win 4-3 5/6- John Ploya (DET) hits 2 HR's while driving in 6 in Bulldogs' 15-10 victory 9/19- Otis Aguierre (DET) pitches a 5-hit shutout |
2 |
| New York-Phladelphia | Liberty Classic | Series ties 9-9 | 4/9- NY scored 4 in the 8th to help complete a 3-game sweep (winning 12-9) New York suts out Philadelphia 11-0: Eduardo Bermejo hits a grand slam and Juan Marzinas pitches a 4-hit shutout 10/1- New York's Nelson Blaine pitches a complete game giving up only 1 run to tie the season series in a NY 4-1 win |
2.5 |
| Connecticut-Boston | Beasts of the Northeast | Bears win 12-6 | 4/16- Connecticut shakes off 5-run Boston 1st to win 6-5 6/11-Connecticut wins 4-3 in the 16th inning 7/4- Leo Souza (BOS) brings in the only run in the 9th of a 1-0 Bears victory 9/3- Acquired in the middle of the season, Boston's Kevin Davis hits a HR and drives in the game winning RBI in a 7-6 victory. |
5 |
| Dallas-Houston | The Lonestar Battle | Rattlers win 13-5 | 4/9- Dallas wins first series with a 6-2 victory, allowing only 4 hits Pablo Abreu (HOU) goes 3-4 with a 3-RBI double in a Houston 5-4 victory 9/24-Possible future superstar Hector Calderon pitches 8.1, surrendering only 2 hits to get his first career victory (Dallas won 4-0) |
3.5 |
| Los Angeles-San Diego | SoCal Showdown | Lions win 15-3 | 4/7- Everyone in the LA lineup gets at least 1 hit (12 total) on route to an 8-1 victory 7/1- Danilo Esqueda (LA) pitches a 4-hit shutout in an LA 8-0 win 9/23-Ronald Nottage (LA) pitches a 3-hit shutout to defeat San Diego 5-0 |
2 |
| Las Vegas-New Orleans | S&G Cup | Scorpions win 8-2 | 4/10- Colonels get an 8-run 7th inning to win 10-7 7/2-New Orleans' 3 pitchers shut out Steven Ice (who pitched a CG) and Scorpions 1-0 9/24-Every Scorpion except Cesar Tores gets a hit and Ice pitches a CG in 8-2 victory |
2 | Miami-Tampa | Sunshine State Showdown | Talons wins 18-0 | 4/22- Joey Gandolfo (MIA) 1-hits Tampa to 4-0 win 4/23- Miami gets 12-run 6th and wins 21-0, Tampa gets only 3 hits 6/30- Joey Gandolfo again shuts out Tampa in a CG (Miami wins 13-0) 9/24- With a 7-1 victory, Miami completes its season sweep of Tampa, out scoring them 155-21 with 6 shutouts and 7 games allowing only 1 run |
1 | Carolina-Atlanta | Deep South Showdown | Cobras wins 15-3 | 4/22- Carolina overcomes 3-run deficit with a 5-run 9th inning to win 11-9 9/23- In a game that features only 7 hits, Carolina comes away with a 1-0 victory; Solorio won his 12th straight decision |
1.5 |
| Carolina-Las Vegas | The Only Rivalry that Matters | Series tied 5-5 | 4/9- Carolina knocks out Ice in 2.1 innings and wins 9-2 9/21- In their final regular season meeting, Lionel Couch pitches a 6-hitter and Las Vegas wins 11-0 10/8- After being knocked out of the playoffs last year, Sebas Solorio pitches on 3-days rest to lead Carolina over LV in a 6-1 victory, sending the Scorps home for the winter |
5 |
| Los Angeles-New Orleans | A Neat Rivalry | Lions win 7-3 | 4/29- Mark Anderson (LA) goes 5-5 and scores 4 runs, LA wins 12-6 9/6- Scoring in only 2 seperate innings, New Orleans wins 9-8 in the final game of the season series |
2 |
| New York-Indiana | The Wolverine Cup | Eagles win 6-4 | 4/12- Indiana hammers Delegarza and the Bombers to win 15-7 9/18- Nelson Blaine pitches a 2-hit shutout to give NY a 4-0 victory |
3 |
| Miami-Atlanta | The Orange/Peach Battle | Talons win 18-0 | 4/15- Gonzalo Torres (MIA) drives in 4 in an 11-2 victory 9/3- Joey Gandolfo pitches another shutout and strikes out 9 in a 9-0 win |
1 |
| Minnesota-Connecticut | Machiko Challenge | Thunder wins 9-1 | 4/22- Mike Sheffield (CT) goes 3-5 missing the cycle by a single and drives in 4, CT wins 12-5 7/13- In Minnesota's only win against CT, the 2 Reyes' and Craig Heany each hit HR's to win 8-3 9/20 Connecticut needs only 3 hits (2 were solo HR's from Gomez and De Luca) to win 2-1 |
2 |
| San Diego-Houston | The War Out West | Outlaws lead 10-8 | 4/16- Pablo Abreu drives in 6, Thomas Birch pitches 5-hit shutout, Houston wins 13-0 8/27- Glenn Garrish (SD) pitches a rare Pelican shutout in a 2-0 victory |
3 |
| Philadelphia-Boston | Battle for the Silver Bullet | Bears lead 11-7 | 4/23- Jiro Takashi (BOS) goes 8.2 giving up 2 runs on only 4 hits, Boston wins 8-2 8/19-Philly scores 9 in the first with 8 hits, only 1 being an extra base hit (a double) in a 14-4 victory |
3 |
| Los Angeles-Las Vegas | The Southwest Showdown | Scorpions win 13-5 | 4/17- Lionel Couch (LV) pitches 7-hit shutout in 2-0 victory 10/1- Sergio Sanchez shakes off an early run and gives up 0 the rest of the way, giving Las Vegas its best season performance against LA |
4 |
| Carolina-Miami | The Rivalry Gandolfo Built | Talons win 11-7 | 4/17- Joey Gandolfo (MIA) pitches 4-hit shutout, none for extra bases 9/17- In his first start of the 2007 season, Emil Almanzar piches a CG, leading Miami to an 8-3 victory |
4.5 |
| Houston-New Orleans | Gulf Coast Clash | Colonels win 7-3 | 9/8- Jay Soester (NO) hits 2 HR's including game winner in 9-8 victory 9/10- Evan Ganley (HOU) makes the only error of the gane, a throwing error that gives th Colonels a 5-4 victory |
2 |
| Detroit-Indiana | Battle of I-75 | Bulldogs win 13-5 | 4/22- Roberto Rivera hits 2-RBI double in the 9th to give Detroit a 4-3 victory | 3 |
| Connecticut-Chicago | Battle of the Best | Cardinals win 6-4 | 4/29- Alan Hellwig pitches 8 innings and gives up 1 ER in Chicago's 7-6 win 9/6- Ryan Levine (CT) pitches f-hit shutout in 5-0 win 10/17- Postseason: Andreas Olivares (CT) hits a walkoff 3-run HR to send CT to the ABLCS |
5 |
| Minnesota-Boston-St. Louis-Chicago | Veterans Cup | Cardinals win 28-18 Bears 2nd 16-14 Stallions 3rd 21-25 Monarchs 4th 19-27 |
4/13- Boston wins a thriller 12-9 in 16 innings over Chicago 4/19- Minnesota wins 3-2 in the 10th inning over St. Louis, CL Ezio Mattimiro gets his first AB 4/28- Minnesota's Tim Schneider hits a 2-run HR in the 9th to give the Monarchs an 8-7 win over Boston |
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