Sunday's report

Overall standings

1. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3216
2. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 3191
3. Triple-A's (Ken) 3174
4. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3161
5. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 3135
6. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 3121
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3044
8. Misfits (Reid) 2938
9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 2904
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 2649

Head-to-Head scores

Gladstone Goatwhisperers 198, Pitch You Blockhead 190 (Goatwhisperers win series, 1-0)
Arbitration Losers 196, Misfits 152 (Arbitration Losers win series, 1-0)
Triple-A's 183, Ubaldo Spots 120 (Triple-A's lead series 1-0 with a +63 aggregate)
Holliday Road 239, VC Appraisers 131 (Holliday Road leads series 1-0 with a +108 aggregate)

Players acquired

1B Derrek Lee, by Holliday Road (August #1)
IF Darwin Barney, by Triple-A's (August #3)
SS Yuniesky Betancourt, by Misfits (August #1)

Notes

Bolstered by three solid pitching outings, the Arbitration Losers finished the week strong to recapture the overall lead and lock down the first-round win in the head-to-head playoffs. The Losers will take a week off from head-to-head competition and get ready to likely face the Triple-A's. Pitch You Blockhead put up a good fight, but losing Hanley Ramirez for the weekend really hurt, so the Gladstone Goatwhisperers advance to the semifinals, where they likely will face Holliday Road. The Triple-A's and Holliday Road easily won their playoff openers by such large margins that they are in good standing to claim the win on aggregate points. The Triple-A's have a 63-point advantage, while Holiday Road leads by 108 points. Big deficits indeed.