September 27, 1935
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The postseason is underway with the 1935 Wild Card Playoffs! The Lia Kompos Miners hosted the Taawa Chargers, and the Delle Stars hosted the Prissley Trail Blazers. The WildCard round features best-of-3 series, with all games played in the stadium of the highest-seeded team.
Despite a losing record of 45-55, the Miners rode a late season surge to the pennant in B Division, in which all four teams made up the bottom four teams in this season’s UA field. The Miners hosted the Chargers at Kompos Hill Stadium. The Chargers came in as the number 5 seed, a Wild Card with a 57-43 record, finishing just 2 games out of first in D Division. The Chargers were heavily favored to win this series, even though they were technically the lower-seeded team. This was the first-ever UA Playoffs appearance for both teams.
The Delle Stars and Prissley Trail Blazers fought for the A Division pennant in a tight, back-and-forth race that eventually saw the 4-time back-to-back Windsor Cup champion Stars take the pennant by 2 games with a 59-41 record. Delle hosted Prissley at Stars Ballpark of Darling. The big story as the postseason began was Prissley slugger Bob Hove, the 1935 home run and RBI leader, who still had 4 games to serve on a 5-game suspension for fighting in the second-to-last game of the Regular Season.
The winners of the Wild Card Playoffs move on to face either the Deerborn White Sox or the Redwood Owls, who have byes to the SemiFinal Series with the two best records in the UA.
UA News
Wednesday, 9/25/1935
- Chargers LF Jose Rios stayed hot as the postseason got underway, going 3-for-4 with a double, a triple, and a home run for 4 total RBI and 3 runs scored. Taawa beat Lia Kompos, 9-2, to take a 1-0 series lead.
- Delle dominated Game 1 with a 13-1 home victory. Stars 3B Miguel Naggenda had a 4-for-4 day with a double and 3 RBI. LF Antonio Teakowa hit a double and a solo homer in the win. Delle will go for the sweep tomorrow.
Thursday, 9/26/1935
- Lia Kompos RF Jorge Aguilar went 3-for-3 and drove in a run, but Taawa C Juan Valenzuelaka’s solo dinger in the 8th gave the Chargers a 4-3 lead. Taawa starter Jim Lavine came in to close out the last 2 innings as the Chargers took a 2-0 series sweep and will head to Redwood for Game 1 of the SemiFinal Series on Saturday.
- Chargers LF Jose Rios was named series MVP. He hit .444 with a .545 on-base percentage, 1 HR, 5 RBI, and 4 runs scored over the two games.
- Stars 1B Pedro Bausi started the scoring early with a 1st inning double that plated 2 runs. The Stars never looked back, riding 6.2 innings from starter Jaime Ruiz to take a 5-2 win and a series sweep. The Stars move on to face the White Sox in the SemiFinal Series.
- Delle 3B Miguel Naggenda was awarded series MVP. He was locked in, hitting .625 with a .667 on-base percentage, 4 RBI, and 3 runs scored.
Final UA Standings:
The NPL season is over. Congrats to the Petchon Carp, 1935 National Cup champions!
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