After a rather, er, eventful couple of days in the UK it’s time to forget all things Brexit and look back at week 12 of the BaseballGB Fantasy League.

After a miserable week in the previous matchup, my hitters upped their game to defeat the RBIs 10-2. Lindor scored seven runs and hit three homers while five other players including Trout and Wilson Contreras went deep twice. Sale won twice with 16 strikeouts while Reed had two holds. Teheran helped take ERA and WHIP. The RBIs salvaged average thanks to Machado and Moss while Rodney and Melancon had three saves each.

The Slugs picked up an 8-3 win against the Sox in a matchup featuring plenty of offense. Story hit .333 and scored eight runs while Harper and Herrera stile two bases each. Bum,garner struck out 15, de Grom helped take ERA and WHIP and Vizcaino had three saves. Ozuna hit three homers for the So while CarGo and Kemp knocked in six each.

Jesmond defeated the Lollygaggers 8-3, falling an RBI shy of an offensive sweep. Four players had multi-homer weeks, including Stanton (seven runs) and Semien (six RBIs) while Dozier hit .400. Pomeranz and Hendricks helped take ERA and WHIP while Osuna and Ramos had two saves each. Kennedy had a win and 13 strikeouts for the Lollygaggers while Hernandez had the lone hold.

The Maltsters used an offensive sweep to defeat the Riverkings 7-4. Segura scored 11 times and stole five bases while Blackmon hit .424 with five homers, nine runs and nine RBIs. Clippard had four holds. For the Riverkings, Fernandez had a win, 20 strikeouts and helped take ERA and WHIP.

The Knights squeezed past Norwich 7-5 in a battle between the top two. An offensive sweep was powered buy Desmond (.500, three homers) and Lamb (eight RBIs) while Robertson had three saves. Carrasco helped take wins, strikeouts, ERA and WHIP for Norwich.

The Chasers are back at .500 after defeating the Bombers 6-3. Escobar, Choo and Donaldson helped take ERA and OPS while Kluber struck out nine and helped take ERA and WHIP. Adam Jones was the star for the Bombers, hitting two homers, scoring nine times and driving in seven.

Finally, Iron Men got the better of Batteries Essential 6-4. Roark had a win, 12 strikeouts and helped take ERA and WHIP while Correa helped edge RBIs by knocking in nine and teaming with Pujols to take OPS. Familia had four saves for Batteries Essential while Santana scored seven runs and swiped a base and Cespedes hit .368.

The week 13 matchups

Knights (1st) v Jesmond (11th)
Isotopes (2nd) v Bombers (10th)
Norwich (3rd) v Batteries Essential (9th)
Riverkings (4th) v Iron Men (5th)
Chasers (6th) v Maltsters (8th)
Slugs (7th) v RBIs (14th)
Lollygaggers (12th) v Sox (13th)

The top two are doing battle in week 12, so could the Knights extend their lead in the BaseballGB Fantasy League before taking on Norwich?

The Knights used an offensive sweep to power a 10-2 win against Iron Men. Saunders hit four homers, Pederson swatted three and Lamb and Big Papi each had a pair while Desmond scored seven runs. Price struck out 18 and teamed with Hammel and Strasburg to take WHIP while Harris had two saves and Strop notched a pair of holds. Scherzer made the difference in wins and ERA for Iron Men, who will feel hard done by not to win any offensive categories after belting 11 homers, including three from Myers.

Matt’s Chasers are on a charge up the standings, following up last week’s big win with an 8-4 score against the Riverkings. Donaldson was the clear star, belting three homers, scoring 11 runs, knocking in nine and batting .444 while Pillar hit three homers in an offensive sweep. Jansen had a win and two saves while Dyson notched three saves. Kershaw helped take strikeouts, ERA and WHIP for the Riverkings while Giles had two holds.

Batteries Essential also won 8-4, defeating the Maltsters, who forfeited all of the pitching categories by failing to meet the 20 inning minimum limit. Carlos Santana and Russell hit two homers each and Crawford knocked in seven for Batteries Essential, while Volquez won twice and the latest Shields meltdown didn’t prove costly to ERA and WHIP. Eaton hit .500 for the Maltsters and joined Goldschmidt in scoring six runs. Seven players stole a base.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
 Mighty Slugs	29	12	37	2	.292	.894	1	0	69	3	4.98	1.36	4
 Jesmond Dennings	34	8	34	6	.304	.857	3	3	71	0	4.53	1.29	8

Jesmond picked up a nice 8-4 win against the Slugs as they climb away from the bottom of the standings. Dozier scored seven runs and stole two bases while Stanton, Votto and Realmuto helped take average. Hendricks picked up a win, struck out 12 and helped take ERA and WHIP. Freeman hit three homers for the Slugs, while Gattis and Odubel Herrera each went deep twice. Kelvin Herrera had two holds.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
 Becknam Lollygaggers	18	1	13	9	.265	.640	4	0	52	0	4.02	1.29	3
 Norwich No II	30	13	27	2	.244	.791	4	0	69	4	2.40	1.33	7

Norwich are still second after defeating the Lollygaggers 7-3 in a big offensive week. Odor scored nine times and joined Rizzo and Duvall in belting three homers. Maeda and Carrasco each struck out 14, Fulmer was scored upon but still helped take ERA and Phelps had two holds. Revere stole five bases for Becknam while Molina made the difference in average. The Zacks – Greinke and Davies – helped Hamels, Wacha and Kennedy take WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
 Richie’s RBI’s	31	9	30	0	.300	.862	5	2	58	0	3.53	1.25	6
 The Bath Bombers	36	9	29	2	.270	.791	1	4	17	1	3.86	0.96	5

The RBIs squeezed past the Bombers 6-5. Morales drove in eight and joined Ramos and Machado in hitting over .400 for the week. Tillman won twice, Gonzalez struck out 12 and Arrieta and Happ helped take ERA. Ziegler and Cishek had two saves each for the Bombers while Colby Lewis helped take WHIP with his near no-hitter. Perez and Hosmer scored seven runs each.

The Sox handed my Isotopes a 5-4 loss in a week where my offense completely vanished. In fact, they were so poor collectively I was probably lucky to only lose by one. Encarnacion hit three homers, scored seven times and knocked in nine, while Miggy and Seager each went deep twice. Fortunately my pitchers salvaged four categories as Teheran picked up a win, 15 strikeouts and helped take ERA and WHIP.

The Week 12 matchups

Knights (1st) v Norwich (2nd)
Isotopes (3rd) v RBIs (14th)
Riverkings (4th) v Maltsters (7th)
Iron Men (5th) v Batteries Essential (11th)
Chasers (6th) v Bombers (9th)
Slugs (8th) v Sox (13th)
Lollygaggers (10th) v Jesmond (12th)

We start with the week’s biggest winners as the Chasers swept Batteries essential 12-0. Bogaerts was the main man, hitting .500, driving in 11 and joining Belt and Pillar with multi-homer weeks. Lester won twice, struck out 16 and didn’t allow an earned run. Dyson had three saves.

My Isotopes got back to winning ways, defeating Jesmond 10-2 in a matchup which was much closer for much of the week. Holliday and Trumbo had multi-homer weeks while Marte hit .400. Leake had a win and 11 strikeouts while Britton notched two saves. Villar and Upton salvaged steals for Jesmond while Carlos Martinez and the now-injured Cole made the difference in ERA.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
 Mighty Slugs	27	1	19	6	.225	.585	3	3	63	2	3.57	1.11	3
 Norwich No II	24	9	30	2	.257	.708	4	3	50	4	2.56	0.97	8

Norwich picked up an 8-3 win against the Slugs. Odor had a three-homer week while Rizzo hit .360 and knocked in seven. Fulmer won twice without allowing an earned run and Betances collected two holds. Gardner scored eight runs for the Slugs while Jose Ramirez stole two bases and Archer racked up 20 strikeouts.

The RBIs claimed a 7-3 win against the Sox. Granderson hit three homers and JD Martinez hit .435 for the week. Pineda led the staff with 12 strikeouts and had a win, as did Tillman, who helped take ERA and WHIP. Encarnacion scored six runs for the Sox and joined Ozuna in driving in eight.

The Knights stay top after a 7-4 win against the Maltsters. Kinlser knocked in 10 and joined Saunders (who hit .500) and Desmond in having a multi-homer week. Betts stole two bases. Robertson and Colome had two saves each. For the Maltsters, Goldschmidt and Diaz scored six runs each. Wright and Gray helped take ERA and WHIP.

The Lollygaggers and Iron Men finished in a 6-6 tie. Davis hit five homers for Becknam while Altuve and revere batted .400 or better. Greinke, Hamels and Davies helped take ERA and WHIP. Cano and Ellsbury scored six runs for Iron men while Myers knocked in seven. Roark had a win and seven strikeouts while Jeffress had three saves.

Finally, the Riverkings and Bombers ended all square at 6-6. Moore and Kershaw each had a win and 13 strikeouts for the Riverkings, also helping take ERA and WHIP. The Bombers had the better of the offense as Jones hit three homers and Perez, Hosmer and Bryant went deep twice.

Knights (1st) v Iron Men (5th)

Norwich (2nd) v Lollygaggers (8th)

Isotopes (3rd) v Sox (12th)

Riverkings (4th) v Chasers (9th)

Maltsters (6th) V Batteries Essential (6th)

Slugs (7th) v Jesmond (13th)

Bombers (10th) v RBIs (14th)

The BaseballGB Fantasy League went on a home run binge in week nine. Which teams jogged round the bases while the others looked at their ERAs and winced?

Hats off to Jesmond, who were the big winners of the week, falling an hold shy of a clean sweep against the RBIs. Longoria was the star man, with seven runs, five homers and nine RBIs to go with a .464 average. Votto hit three homers and Villar also went deep three times and stole three bases. Carlos Martinez won twice, struck out 15 and joined Ross and Hendricks in taking ERA and WHIP. Ramos had three saves. The RBIs had a nice week from JD Martinez but the pitching staff, including Arrieta, went winless.

League leaders Newcastle show no signs of slowing down, defeating the Chasers 11-1. Betts scored nine runs, hit five homers and knocked in 10 while Ortiz hit three homers and joined Kinsler and Arenado in driving home eight. Strasburg struck out 10, Hammel helped take ERA and WHIP and Rondon and Colome had two saves each. Strop had three holds. The injury-hit Chasers took wins thanks to Lester and Kluber.

The Riverkings were also big winners, defeating batteries essential 10-1. Carpenter scored 10 runs and hit a ridiculous .560 for the week, while Bruce hit four homers and knocked in nine. Fernandez picked up a win and 14 strikeouts, teaming with Kershaw to take ERA and WHIP. Familia had two saves for Batteries Essential and Cruz belted three homers.

In a matchup full of power – the battle of the Seagers – the Sox defeated the Bombers 9-3 in a real slugfest. CarGo hit five homers  and knocked in 11 while Kyle Seager hit .481 and knocked in 12. Harvey picked up a win and didn’t allow an earned run while Hellickson struck out 12. Papelbon and Chapman had two saves each. Corey Seager hit six homers for the Bombers, knocking in 11 while Justin Wilson helped take holds and WHIP on a tie-break.

The Maltsters slugged there way to an 8-3 win against the Lollygaggers. Murphy and Blackmon (eight RBIs) each hit three homers while Valencia batted .450 for the week. Estrada and Wright each won twice and helped take ERA and WHIP while Strickland had two holds.Davis scored seven runs for the Lollygaggers while Hamilton (four), Andrus and Nunez (three each) ran wild. Kazmir, Kennedy and Greinke all had double-digit strikeouts.

Norwich snapped my winning streak with a 7-4 score as the offense won five categories. Duvall had three homers while Springer scored eight, drove in eight and joined Rizzo, Franco, Kang and Mazara in hitting two homers. Betances and Salazar each had nine strikeouts while Miller and Phelps had a pair of holds each. My Isotopes took ERA and WHIP thanks to Holland (who won twice) and Wainwright while Britton had three saves and Trout and Marte swiped bases. Frazier and Trumbo each hit three homers.

Iron Men got the better of a closely-fought matchup, defeating the Slugs 7-4. Cano scored nine runs while Correa knocked in seven while batting .414. Six pitchers, including Scherzer and Verlander, picked up wins while Jeffress had three saves and Feliz two holds. Gattis homered four times and helped take OPS for the Slugs, while Gausman struck out 13 and MadBum made the difference in ERA.

Week 10 matchups

Knights (1st) v Maltsters (7th)
Norwich (2nd) v Slugs (6th)
Riverkings (3rd) v Bombers (10th)
Isotopes (4th) v Jesmond (11th)
Iron Men (5th) v Lollygaggers (9th)
Batteries Essential (8th) v Chasers (12th)
Sox (13th) v RBIs (14th)