Wednesday's report

HEAD-TO-HEAD PLAYOFF SCORES

Misfits 112, Fresh Fish 28
Gladstone Goatwhisperers 72, VC Appraisers 42
Pickle Bugs 79, Triple-A's 71
Upton No Good 78, Arbitration Losers 77

The first round of the head-to-head playoffs is off to roaring start, expect for the Fresh Fish. A negative outing by Strasburg, plus injuries to three hitters have left the Fish in a deep hole. If they can't erase the 84-point deficit over the next four days, the Misfits will advance to the semifinals. The Goatwhisperers, despite some faulty pitching, holds a 30-point edge over the VC Appraisers. But it's not all good news for the GGs. Furcal went on the DL, and Cueto drew a 7-game suspension. However, we don't doubt he'll appeal that, so it may have no immediate impact. The other two games are tight. The Pickle Bugs hold a narrow lead thanks to solid outings from Oswalt and Wandy Rodriguez. The Bugs' rotation sets up nicely for Week 20.  And Upton No Good and the Arbitration Losers are neck-in-neck.

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Upton No Good (Bill-Rich) 3272
    Hoping for more run support from Rockies hitters next time out
2. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3262
    Chipper Jones' injury at least assures Infante will remain in starting lineup
3. Misfits (Reid) 3260
    K-Rod gets a trip to restricted list for punching out his father-in-law
4. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3250
    Not good when your 2B (Phillips), catcher (Molina) and pitcher (Cueto) all involved in same scrum
5. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3197
    Ruiz, Hart, McCutchen combine for -1 so far this week
6. VC Appraisers (Kevin-Dave) 3017
    Really need a big outing for Santana
7. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 2992
    Must be hard for Wright to play baseball in a golden sombrero
8. Fresh Fish (Rick) 2965
    Remember when these guys were in first place?
9. Triple-A's (Ken) 2955
    Lidge converts for save-opp for TA's
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 2942
    Too bad Pelfrey was on the bench while he was outpitching Ubaldo Jimenez

PLAYERS ACQUIRED

SS Alex Gonzalez, by Goatwhisperers (August No. 2)
SP Daniel Hudson, by Misfits (August No. 1)
OF Mike Stanton, by Arbitration Losers (August No. 2)