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The 2025 Benchwarmer Bash
Association Championships in the Joe DiMaggio Federation
The Benchwarmer Bash begins with Association Championships.
The 68 leagues are divided into 8 Federations. Each Federation
has 2 Associations. In 2025, four Associations have 3 leagues and
the remainder have 2.
See the breakdown on the
Leagues page.
2025: Teams in the Big Red Machine League will compete in the
Joe DiMaggio Federation and Ed Delahanty Association.
League champions advance to the Association round plus wild
card teams will fill out the field of 4 teams. All series
are best-of-7. The Association winner
advances to the Federation tournament.
Teams are seeded based on their Association
power index.
However, in matchups between wild cards and league champs, the league
champion will have home field advantage.
Seeding - Association Championships:
Bill Dickey Association:
- Wild Card One: NYC2ATL, Four Star - Power Index:
1 - Ricardo Alexander
- Redbirds Champion: Brooklyn - Power Index: 2 -
Jerry King
- Four Star Champion: Upstream - Power Index: 3 -
Jim Duzyk
- Wild Card Two: Bloomingdale, Redbirds - Power
Index: 4 - Alonda Clifton
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Dizzy Dean Association:
- Wild Card One: Florida, Three of a Kind - Power
Index: 1 - Craig Burke
- Royal Flush Champion: St. Louis - Power Index: 2
- Michael Quinn
- Three of a Kind Champion: The Three - Power
Index: 3 - Leif Jonson
- Wild Card Two: Speed Wins and, Royal Flush -
Power Index: 4 - Jason Kiernan
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Don Drysdale Association:
- Tobacco Road Champion: Kingston - Power Index: 1
- Ricardo Alexander
- Wild Card One: Cape Fear, Tobacco Road - Power
Index: 2 - Dave Matter
- Wild Card Two: Longyearbyen, Federal - Power
Index: 3 - Sherman Wan
- Federal Champion: Kansas City - Power Index: 4 -
Michael Quinn
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Ed Delahanty Association:
- Marxball Champion: Kingston - Power Index: 1 -
Ricardo Alexander
- Big Red Machine Champion: Kingston - Power
Index: 2 - Ricardo Alexander
- Wild Card One: Drunken, Motor City - Power
Index: 3 - Jim Duzyk
- Motor City Champion: Canadian - Power Index: 8 -
Ken Stevenson
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Past Association Champions
Bill Dickey
- 2024: Big Arch (Redbirds) Jason
Kiernan
- 2023: Orion's (Redbirds) David
Henning
- 2022: Mt. Eaton (Four Star) Dave
Matter
- 2021: Bloomingdale (Redbirds) owned
then by Chris
Bellina
- 2020: Miami County
(Four Star) David Henning
- 2019: Miami County
(Four Star) David Henning -
Federation Champion
Dizzy Dean
- 2024: The Three (Three of a Kind)
Leif Jonson
- 2023: Southside (Three of a Kind)
Mike DeSmedt
- 2022: Speed Wins and (Royal Flush)
Jason Kiernan
- 2021: Three Blind Mouse-ketiers
(Three of a Kind) Jason Kiernan
- 2020: Three Blind Mouse-ketiers
(Three of a Kind) Jason Kiernan - Federation Champion, Bash Runner Up
- 2019: Bedrock (Royal Flush)
David Henning
Don Drysdale
- 2024: Sheshequin (Federal) Dave
Matter
- 2023: Kingston (Tobacco Road)
Ricardo Alexander
- 2022: Atlanta (Federal) Ricardo
Alexander - Federation Champion
- 2021: Kingston (British Invasion)
Ricardo Alexander
- 2020: Kansas City (Federal) Michael
Quinn
- 2019: Jordan's (Tobacco Road)
Jason Kiernan
Ed Delahanty
- 2024: Star City (Marxball) David
Henning - Federation Champion
- 2023: Kingston (Marxball) Ricardo
Alexander - Federation Champion
- 2022: Kingston (Marxball) Ricardo
Alexander
- 2021: Kingston (Marxball) Ricardo
Alexander - Federation Champion
- 2020: Mt Pleasant (Motor City)
Jason Kiernan
- 2019: Orville (now Euclid, Marxball)
Michael Rudolph
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Bash Main Page
Joe DiMaggio
Federation Page
Last year's Bash
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Bill Dickey Association
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Semifinals:
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Bloomingdale, Redbirds (84-66) vs.
NYC2ATL, Four Star (109-41)
Bloomingdale Camelback Crickets vs. NYC2ATL Jr Blackbirds NYC2ATL leads series 2-1
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Upstream, Four Star (88-62) vs.
Brooklyn, Redbirds (98-52)
Upstream Boogie vs. Brooklyn Usual Suspects Upstream leads series 2-1
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Association Final:
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TBD () vs. TBD ()
TBD vs. TBD
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2025 Bill Dickey Association Champion: |
Dizzy Dean Association
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Semifinals:
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Speed Wins and, Royal Flush (91-59) vs.
Florida, Three of a Kind (87-63)
Speed Wins and Homers do too!!! vs. Florida Simple Solutions Florida leads series 2-1
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The Three, Three of a Kind (88-63) vs.
St. Louis, Royal Flush (83-67)
The Three Amigos vs. St. Louis Aces St. Louis leads series 2-1
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Association Final:
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TBD () vs. TBD ()
TBD vs. TBD
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2025 Dizzy Dean Association Champion: |
Don Drysdale Association
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Semifinals:
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Kansas City, Federal (92-58) vs.
Kingston, Tobacco Road (110-40)
Kansas City Packers vs. Kingston Bun and Cheese Kansas City leads series 2-1
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Longyearbyen, Federal (97-53) vs.
Cape Fear, Tobacco Road (89-61)
Longyearbyen Lost Miners vs. Cape Fear Sea Wolves Longyearbyen leads series 2-1
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Association Final:
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TBD () vs. TBD ()
TBD vs. TBD
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2025 Don Drysdale Association Champion: |
Ed Delahanty Association
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Semifinals:
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Canadian, Motor City (89-61) vs.
Kingston, Marxball (103-47)
Canadian Red Barchetta vs. Kingston (Marxball) Baseball Club Kingston (Marxball) leads series 3-0
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Drunken, Motor City (91-59) vs.
Kingston, Big Red Machine (103-47)
Drunken Forests vs. Kingston (Big Red Machine) Red Stripe Beer Drunken leads series 2-1
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Association Final:
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TBD () vs. TBD ()
TBD vs. TBD
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2025 Ed Delahanty Association Champion: |
2025 Benchwarmer Bash - Association Championships
Bill Dickey Association
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| | R | H | E | | | Bloomingdale | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box | | NYC2ATL | 6 | 10 | 3 | WP - T.Rogers (1-0) LP - Blm BP (0-1) HR: NYC: C.Bellinger 3 (3), J.Duran (1) NYC2ATL leads 1-0 | |
| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Upstream | 6 | 6 | 0 | Box | | Brooklyn | 7 | 10 | 0 | WP - Brk BP (1-0) LP - T.Skubal (0-1) HR: Ups: N.Castellanos (1), C.Raleigh 2 (2); Brk: J.Duran (1), W.Contreras (1) Brooklyn leads 1-0 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Bloomingdale | 1 | 3 | 0 | Box | | NYC2ATL | 6 | 5 | 0 | WP - C.Sanchez (1-0) LP - D.Peterson (0-1) HR: Blm: A.Judge (1); NYC: A.Judge (1), C.Bellinger (4), M.Chapman (1) NYC2ATL leads 2-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Upstream | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Brooklyn | 4 | 9 | 0 | WP - H.Brown (1-0) LP - J.Ryan (0-1) HR: Brk: J.Ramirez (1), T.Soderstrom (1) Series tied 1-1 | |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | NYC2ATL | 6 | 11 | 2 | Box | | Bloomingdale | 7 | 8 | 0 | WP - Blm BP (1-1) LP - G.Crochet (0-1) HR: NYC: C.Bellinger (5); Blm: G.Perdomo (1), J.Altuve (1), B.Harper (1), T.France (1) NYC2ATL leads 2-1 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Brooklyn | 3 | 7 | 2 | Box | | Upstream | 6 | 14 | 1 | WP - B.Bello (1-0) LP - Brk BP (1-1) HR: Brk: B.Lowe (1); Ups: E.Suarez (1) Upstream leads 2-1 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | NYC2ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Bloomingdale | 0 | 0 | 0 | | E. Sheehan vs M. King | |
| | R | H | E | | | Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Upstream | 0 | 0 | 0 | | L. Gilbert vs H. Greene | |
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| | R | H | E | | | NYC2ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Bloomingdale | 0 | 0 | 0 | | C. Sale vs C. Kershaw | |
| | R | H | E | | | Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Upstream | 0 | 0 | 0 | | J. Springs vs F. Valdez | |
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| If necessary | R | H | E | | | Bloomingdale | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | NYC2ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | | F. Valdez vs T. Rogers | |
| If necessary | R | H | E | | | Upstream | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | | T. Skubal vs H. Brown | |
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| If necessary | R | H | E | | | Bloomingdale | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | NYC2ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | | D. Peterson vs C. Sanchez | |
| If necessary | R | H | E | | | Upstream | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | | H. Brown vs J. Ryan | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Speed Wins and | 3 | 4 | 0 | Box | | Florida | 7 | 12 | 0 | WP - H.Brown (1-0) LP - C.Rodon (0-1) HR: Fla: M.Olson (1), G.Perdomo (1), J.Chisholm (1), L.Butler (1) Florida leads 1-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | The Three | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box | | St. Louis | 0 | 6 | 2 | WP - K.Gausman (1-0) LP - StL BP (0-1) HR: none The Three leads 1-0 | |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Speed Wins and | 1 | 6 | 2 | Box | | Florida | 2 | 6 | 0 | WP - J.Flaherty (1-0) LP - SW BP (0-1) HR: SW: J.Soto (1) Florida leads 2-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | The Three | 4 | 6 | 2 | Box | | St. Louis | 8 | 10 | 2 | WP - K.Gausman (1-0) LP - L.Gilbert (0-1) HR: Thr: I.Happ (1); StL: B.Nimmo 2 (2), C.Seager (1) Series tied 1-1 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Florida | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Speed Wins and | 6 | 9 | 2 | WP - SW BP (1-1) LP - J.deGrom (0-1) HR: none Florida leads 2-1 | |
| | R | H | E | | | St. Louis | 5 | 6 | 2 | Box | | The Three | 4 | 4 | 0 | WP - StL BP (1-1) LP - C.Sale (0-1) HR: StL: C.Raleigh (1); Thr: C.Raleigh (1) St. Louis leads 2-1 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Speed Wins and | 0 | 0 | 0 | | M. Kelly vs S. Kolek | |
| | R | H | E | | | St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | The Three | 0 | 0 | 0 | | M. McGreevy vs G. Kirby | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Speed Wins and | 0 | 0 | 0 | | R. Nelson vs P. Corbin | |
| | R | H | E | | | St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | The Three | 0 | 0 | 0 | | A. Nola vs L. Castillo | |
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| If necessary | R | H | E | | | Speed Wins and | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | | C. Rodon vs H. Brown | |
| If necessary | R | H | E | | | The Three | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | | K. Gausman vs C. Sanchez | |
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| If necessary | R | H | E | | | Speed Wins and | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | | N. Eovaldi vs J. Flaherty | |
| If necessary | R | H | E | | | The Three | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | | L. Gilbert vs K. Gausman | |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Kansas City | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box | | Kingston | 2 | 7 | 0 | WP - C.Sanchez (1-0) LP - J.deGrom (0-1) HR: KC: C.Raleigh (1); King: H.Goodman (1) Kansas City leads 1-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Longyearbyen | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Cape Fear | 3 | 6 | 0 | WP - L.Gilbert (1-0) LP - T.Rogers (0-1) HR: Long: F.Tatis (1) Cape Fear leads 1-0 | |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Kansas City | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Kingston | 3 | 12 | 0 | WP - N.Pivetta (1-0) LP - H.Greene (0-1) HR: King: A.Judge 2 (2) Kansas City leads 2-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Longyearbyen | 6 | 11 | 1 | Box | | Cape Fear | 4 | 13 | 2 | WP - L.Webb (1-0) LP - G.Kirby (0-1) HR: Long: F.Tatis (2), A.Judge 2 (2), M.Betts (1) Series tied 1-1 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Kingston | 12 | 14 | 1 | Box | | Kansas City | 2 | 3 | 0 | WP - E.Sheehan (1-0) LP - F.Valdez (0-1) HR: King: K.Schwarber (1), V.Pasquantino 2 (2), J.Chisholm (1), L.Sosa (1) Kansas City leads 2-1 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Cape Fear | 4 | 11 | 1 | Box | | Longyearbyen | 5 | 8 | 1 | WP - Long BP (1-0) LP - M.Fried (0-1) HR: Long: S.Murphy (1) Longyearbyen leads 2-1 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Kingston | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | | C. Rodon vs D. Kremer | |
| | R | H | E | | | Cape Fear | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Longyearbyen | 0 | 0 | 0 | | G. Crochet vs L. Allen | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Kingston | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | | J. Ryan vs J. Flaherty | |
| | R | H | E | | | Cape Fear | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Longyearbyen | 0 | 0 | 0 | | G. Williams vs S. Cecconi | |
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| If necessary | R | H | E | | | Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Kingston | 0 | 0 | 0 | | C. Sanchez vs J. deGrom | |
| If necessary | R | H | E | | | Longyearbyen | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Cape Fear | 0 | 0 | 0 | | T. Rogers vs L. Gilbert | |
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| If necessary | R | H | E | | | Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Kingston | 0 | 0 | 0 | | N. Pivetta vs H. Greene | |
| If necessary | R | H | E | | | Longyearbyen | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Cape Fear | 0 | 0 | 0 | | L. Webb vs G. Kirby | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Canadian | 3 | 7 | 1 | Box | | Kingston (Marxball) | 4 | 11 | 1 | WP - Z.Wheeler (1-0) LP - Can BP (0-1) HR: Can: F.Freeman (1); K-Mx: K.Stowers (1) Kingston (Marxball) leads 1-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Drunken | 5 | 12 | 0 | Box | | Kingston (Big Red Machine) | 3 | 6 | 0 | WP - T.Rogers (1-0) LP - J.Cantillo (0-1) HR: Dru: J.Duran (1), L.Sosa (1); K-BRM: F.Freeman (1), C.Montgomery (1) Drunken leads 1-0 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Canadian | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Kingston (Marxball) | 5 | 10 | 0 | WP - C.Rodon (1-0) LP - J.Luzardo (0-1) HR: Can: J.Caminero (1), T.Hernandez (1); K-Mx: A.Judge (1), A.Ramirez (1) Kingston (Marxball) leads 2-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Drunken | 0 | 7 | 2 | Box | | Kingston (Big Red Machine) | 7 | 9 | 1 | WP - D.Kremer (1-0) LP - P.Skenes (0-1) HR: none Series tied 1-1 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Kingston (Marxball) | 8 | 12 | 0 | Box | | Canadian | 1 | 10 | 0 | WP - E.Cabrera (1-0) LP - Can BP (0-2) HR: K-Mx: A.Judge 2 (3), V.Guerrero Jr. (1), S.Ohtani (1), K.Stowers (2), M.Busch (1); Can: C.Abrams (1) Kingston (Marxball) leads 3-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Kingston (Big Red Machine) | 2 | 5 | 0 | Box | | Drunken | 5 | 9 | 0 | WP - B.Woo (1-0) LP - M.Fried (0-1) HR: K-BRM: M.Muncy (1), A.Barger (1); Dru: Y.Diaz (1), V.Pasquantino (1) Drunken leads 2-1 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Kingston (Marxball) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Canadian | 0 | 0 | 0 | | H. Waldrep vs E. Cabrera | |
| | R | H | E | | | Kingston (Big Red Machine) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Drunken | 0 | 0 | 0 | | D. Kremer vs J. Leiter | |
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| If necessary | R | H | E | | | Kingston (Marxball) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Canadian | 0 | 0 | 0 | | J. Springs vs B. Bello | |
| | R | H | E | | | Kingston (Big Red Machine) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Drunken | 0 | 0 | 0 | | M. Fried vs B. Singer | |
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| If necessary | R | H | E | | | Canadian | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Kingston (Marxball) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Y. Yamamoto vs Z. Wheeler | |
| If necessary | R | H | E | | | Drunken | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Kingston (Big Red Machine) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | T. Rogers vs C. Sale | |
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| If necessary | R | H | E | | | Canadian | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Kingston (Marxball) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | J. Luzardo vs C. Rodon | |
| If necessary | R | H | E | | | Drunken | 0 | 0 | 0 | Box | | Kingston (Big Red Machine) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | P. Skenes vs I. Seymour | |
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