The 10th Roger Dorn Baseball League season comes to a close on Sunday as the Lake Merced Goutfish look to become the second Franchise to claim multiple League Championships. Here's the breakout of what we are watching with all games set for a 12pm PST start.
Historic Playoff Pitching Performance?
The Lake Merced Goutfish enter Sunday with a 2.58 Team ERA in the Playoffs, a mark that would break the RDBL Record set by the Alamo Short Stacks in 2022 (2.68 ERA). George Kirby (vs. TEX) will make the final start for the club this season as he looks to add to a 447.0 point breakout season in his 2R/$3 season.
Fightin' Fish Reload Rotation for Final Day
The Spokane Fightin' Fish were dealt a tough blow as expected two-start pitchers Zack Wheeler, Braxton Garrett and Aaron Nola were all scratched from their second start in the final Period. That has left GM Michael Tirabassi scrambling this week, initially slotting in 2023 breakout Mitch Keller who joined the group as being shutdown for the season and not making his expected start.
That leaves Chase Anderson (vs. MIN) and Jose Urena (vs. SD) as the last bit of hope for Tirabassi who enters the day in 2nd Place, trailing the leading Lake Merced Goutfish by 66.5 points.
Fringe Look for Miracle from Giolito, Bradish
The Fringe sit 121.5 points out of 1st place and will send Lucas Giolito (@ DET) and Kyle Bradish (vs. BOS) to the mound to close their season. It has been a case of too little, too late for GM Tony Guglielmi's squad who leads the RDBL in scoring over the last 13 days but put themselves in too large of a hole to start the RDBL Playoffs.
Maulers Stew on Rodon Start
Mission Viejo Maulers GM Chris Ferraro is without a starting pitcher option on the final day of the RDBL Playoffs, instead staring at Carlos Rodon's -46.0 outing earlier this week as they look to hold onto a Top-3 finish today. Playoff Activation Nolan Jones continues to be a big story for the Maulers, adding 28.5 points this Period to an already impressive Rookie campaign.
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