Six teams have now booked their play-off place in the BGB Fantasy League.

That leaves two places remaining to be claimed ahead of the final week of the regular season competition. Here’s how the match-ups played out last week.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Durham Riverkings	32	9	24	1	.232	.759	1	4	42	1	3.41	1.00	1
Newcastle Knights	29	10	28	4	.280	.877	5	5	74	4	2.43	0.97	11

Homer Time: Gary Sanchez (Riverkings) put three over the fence last week

Springer loaded: George Springer (Knights) added 9 RBI to the cause.

Great Giolito: Lucas Giolito (Knights) continues to mow down hitters, striking out 16 in his two appearances although no pitching wins were forthcoming thanks to his White Sox team ‘mates’.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	46	14	44	3	.341	.998	3	0	45	4	5.02	1.72	10
The Bath Bombers	24	8	32	2	.284	.779	0	1	35	2	5.40	1.52	2

Three-sy does it: Mitch Garver and Justin Turner both went deep three times for Bunting, whilst Starlin Castro and Nick Castellanos both did so too for the Bombers.

The only way to Save: Andres Munoz (Bombers) got the only save for either team.

Things that make you say ‘ouch’!: Reynaldo Lopez’s ‘contribution’ to Bunting’s week was an 81.00 ERA and a 10.50 WHIP.  For the uninitiated, that’s what’s known in fantasy baseball as ‘not very good’.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Mighty Slugs	30	12	30	0	.218	.781	3	1	61	1	5.90	1.19	4
Swindon Devil Rays	28	14	34	0	.314	1.029	2	4	39	0	2.63	0.91	7

Good/Bad Luck: the key stat of the week was 27.1 innings pitched, as the missing-in-action Devil Rays made a rare foray over the 20 innings minimum. Good luck for them, bad for the Slugs not to benefit from a forfeited pitching category sweep!

Perfect 10: J.D. Martinez (Slugs) batted in 10 runs on the week.

Lovely Luis: Luis Castillo (Slugs) struck out 19 and gained two pitching wins.

Saves: Ken Giles and Brandon Workman both notched two saves for the Devil Rays.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
The Cheddar Chasers	37	10	32	7	.288	.865	3	1	39	0	5.53	1.39	6
Orpington Isotopes	26	10	23	2	.228	.719	3	2	65	0	5.08	1.48	3

Pinch-blogging rules!: The week I pinch-blog for Mark, my Chasers beat his Isotopes. Maybe I should do this more often?!

5 Alive: Eugenio Suarez launched 5 homers for the Isotopes.

Three is a magic number: Freeman, Rendon and Escobar all hit three homers on the week for my Chasers.

Speed kills: Jonathan Villar (Chasers) swiped 5 bags in one week.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Beckenham A&E Dept	28	5	31	5	.235	.749	7	4	70	0	4.16	1.10	5
Richie’s RBI’s	39	14	29	4	.318	.949	4	1	59	3	2.52	0.91	7

Spread out the homers: no less than nine players went deep for the RBI’s last week.

Run and run: Mallex Smith (RBI’s) scored seven runs and stole three bases

Say ‘yes’ to a no-no: A&E benefitted from Justin Verlander’s no-hitter on Sunday. He picked up 2 wins and 18K’s on the week, whilst Michael Pineda also added two wins to Beckenham’s bunch alongside 17K’s.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Cheshunt Maltsters	37	9	29	4	.305	.891*	5	4	43	1	3.80	1.27	7
Norwich No II	33	10	26	2	.280	.891*	2	6	48	2	3.83	1.12	5

Joy of Six: Lindor, Reynolds and Dickerson all batted in six runs for the Maltsters.

Starling effort: Starling Marte contributed 8 runs to Maltsters’ cause.

The other J.D.: Davis went deep three times for No II.

Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
*1	Newcastle Knights	154-87-11	.633	–	11-1-0	9	32
*2	The Cheddar Chasers	134-98-20	.571	15.5	6-3-3	4	11
*3	Bunting for Britain	134-100-18	.567	16.5	10-2-0	11	39
*4	Mighty Slugs	135-101-16	.567	16.5	4-7-1	6	39
*5	Beckenham A&E Dept	128-103-21	.550	21	5-7-0	2	15
*6	Orpington Isotopes	127-107-18	.540	23.5	3-6-3	5	23
7	Norwich No II	124-111-17	.526	27	5-7-0	10	28
8	Richie’s RBI’s	115-120-17	.490	36	7-5-0	7	24
9	Cheshunt Maltsters	114-125-13	.478	39	7-5-0	12	39
10	Durham Riverkings	101-137-14	.429	51.5	1-11-0	1	29
11	The Bath Bombers	80-159-13	.343	73	2-10-0	3	16
12	Swindon Devil Rays	70-168-14	.306	82.5	7-4-1	8	4

Week 22 match-ups

Bunting (3rd) v Chasers (2nd)
Isotopes (6th) v Devil Rays (12th)
Beckenham (5th) v Bombers (11th)
Maltsters (9th) v RBI’s (8th)
Riverkings (10th) v No II (7th)
Slugs (4th) v Knights (1st)