It’s Quarter-Final time in the BGB League. Here’s how the match-ups unfolded.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Newcastle Knights	37	13	33	3	.298	.911	1	6	86	3	2.89	0.96	10
Richie’s RBI’s	32	10	26	7	.249	.757	2	5	49	1	4.67	1.47	2

The top seeds showed no signs of slowing down as they booked their place in the semi-finals. The RBIs put up some decent numbers but will have to settle for a run at the consolation title.

MVP: Bryant (Knights) 8 R, 5 HR, 13 RBI, .500 AVG, 1.720 OPS

Spring in his step: Springer (Knights) 5 R, 4 HR, 7 RBI

Need for speed: M Smith (RBIs) 3 SB

E Rod or K Rod?: E Rodriguez (Knights) 21 K, 1.42 ERA, 0.87 WHIP

Busy week: Hader (Knights) 4 SV

Hold on: Miller (Knights) 2 HLD.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Norwich No II	36	15	36	0	.220	.771	4	2	42	2	1.90	0.82	9
The Cheddar Chasers	28	8	31	6	.253	.767	3	2	40	0	3.67	1.34	2

In the battle of Norfolk it is Norwich who advance to the next round. Only two pitchers allowed any earned runs, which was going to be hard to beat. The Chasers have had a great season, finishing second in the standings, and will be strong contenders for the consolation title.

Matt’s the way to do it: Olson (Norwich) 8 R, 5 HR, 10 RBI, 1.156 OPS

Core player: C Seager (Norwich) 2 HR, 6 RBI

.400 club: Heyward (Chasers) 10 R, 2 HR, 8 RBI, .429 AVG

Look who’s back: Cueto (Norwich) W, 6 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.70 WHIP; Manaea (Norwich) W, 6 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.67 WHIP

By way of the K: Gallen (Norwich) 14 K

What we have, we hold: Romo and Baez (both Norwich) HLD each.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Bunting for Britain	25	10	20	3	.259	.880	3	2	63	4	4.25	1.40	7
Beckenham A&E Dept	23	6	22	3	.215	.651	1	2	43	1	3.97	1.10	3

Bunting are in the final four as their mix of young power hitters and high-strikeout arms got the job done against the A&E Dept.

Air Yordan: Y Alvarez (Bunting) 5 R, 3 HR, .333 AVG, 1.310 OPS

Multi-homer weeks: Bregman and Cruz (both Bunting); Acuna Jr (A&E Dept) 2 HR each

RBI man: Chapman (A&E Dept) 2 HR, 5 RBI

By way of the K: Wheeler (Bunting) W, 16 K; Bieber (Bunting) W, 12 K

Strong arm of the law: Law (Bunting) 2 HLD

Feeling stingy: Ryu (A&E Dept) 0.00 ERA, 0.29 WHIP.

Team	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	W	SV	K	HLD	ERA	WHIP	Score
Orpington Isotopes	33	14	33	4	.277	.944	6	3	50	1	5.63	1.39	6
Mighty Slugs	42	14	39	3	.264	.888	2	1	45	3	5.24	1.28	5

I’ll be honest, I’ve no idea how I managed to defeat the Slugs, particularly with Yelich done for the year, Hill getting hurt again and Miley, Fried and Lucchesi choosing a really flipping bad time for a meltdown. Tip of the cap to the Slugs in what was a very well-fought matchup.

Slugging shortstop: Semien (Slugs) 10 R, 4 HR, 8 RBI

Home run machine: Suarez (Isotopes) 3 HR, 1.340 OPS

Catcher with wheels: Vazquez (Isotopes) SB, .353 AVG, 1.154 OPS

Zack’s the way I like it: Greinke (Isotopes) 2 W, 12 K

Closing time: Iglesias (Isotopes) 2 SV

Avoiding damage: Lynn (Slugs) 1.29 ERA, 1.00 WHIP.

Week 24 match-ups

Championship bracket:

Knights (1st) v Isotopes (4th)

Bunting (3rd) v Norwich (2nd)

Consolation bracket:

Chasers (2nd) v A&E Dept (6th)

Slugs (5th) v RBIs (8th)