Tennessee Tornado 2010

July 16 vs. Carolina Chaos (DH)

Playoff implications abound as Tennessee comes into their home finale and divisional finale today against the Carolina Chaos.  Entering the game a perfect 4-0 against the Chaos and defending their home field today, the Tornado stand a good chance to finish out their division series tied at 13-5 with the Spartanburg Blue Eagles.

In the overall picture, it’s a bit more complicated.  Tomorrow, Tennessee travels to Morganton for their season finale against the Aggies, needing a doubleheader sweep to finish 24-14, which is the best possible finish since four rained-out games are officially canceled and will go unplayed.

Is it a blessing?  Tennessee needed to face the Carolina Stingers twice, the only team they haven’t beaten this year, as well as the Statesville Owls, who have put up a tenacious fight in an even season series, 2-2.  For better or for worse, they’ve been omitted from the schedule, leaving 24-14 as the best-case scenario overall, and a 13-5 divisional finish a necessity.

Tennessee’s overall winning percentage (.588) is slightly better than both the Spartanburg Blue Eagles and Lake Norman Copperheads (.583), and a strong finish will help their cause if those two teams play well this weekend also.  In order to win the overall No. 1 seed for the postseason, the Tornado need to finish 4-0 and their winning percentage will still be better.

In order to finish with the same amount of wins (and less losses) and offer a more clear-cut final picture, Tennessee can go 4-0 while Spartanburg and Lake Norman have to finish 3-1 or worse.  Each team would then have 24 wins, but the Tornado would have fewer losses.

One final ingredient to this potent playoff pie: Spartanburg faces Lake Norman at Hopewell High School tomorrow in those teams’ season finale, a chance for one to one-up the other for home-field advantage throughout the postseason. Meanwhile, the Tornado have to focus on winning elsewhere, starting tonight with their divisional foe, the Carolina Chaos.

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Field Positions & Starting Lineups (Game 1)

Starting Lineup

1. 3 – Matt Seese
2. 4 – Tito Mendoza
3. 23 – Sam Munson
4. 7 – Carlos Santana
5. 30 – Shawn Ferguson
6. 2 – Kyle Kolat
7. 11 – Dustin Huff
8. 34 – Jerry Skeens
9. 22 – Jeff Bultinck (DH)

Starting Lineup

1. 9 – William Henderson
2. 3 – Cameron Allmendinger (DH)
3. 2 – Matt Discon
4. 24 – Cody Maas
5. 19 – Luke Danielewicz
6. 5 – Kyle Bowers
7. 1 – Brooks Reames
8. 34 – Griffin Wise
9. 6 – Ben Qualkinbush

Umpires

• HP – Darryl Arnold
• INF – Michael “Stitch” Williamson

Field Positions & Starting Lineups (Game 2)

Starting Lineup

1. 3 – Matt Seese
2. 4 – Tito Mendoza
3. 23 – Sam Munson (EH)
4. 33 – Kenny Stalls
5. 20 – Brett Maddox (DH)
6. 30 – Shawn Ferguson
7. 2 – Kyle Kolat
8. 22 – Jeff Bultinck
9. 1 – Lamar Bridges
10. 9 – Jordan Guida

Starting Lineup

1. 9 – William Henderson
2. 3 – Cameron Allmendinger
3. 2 – Matt Discon (EH)
4. 24 – Cody Maas (DH)
5. 19 – Luke Danielewicz
6. 5 – Kyle Bowers
7. 1 – Brooks Reames
8. 14 – Justin Gullickson
9. 7 – Richie Palase
10. 49 – Joseph Taylor

Umpires

• HP – Michael “Stitch” Williamson
• INF – Darryl Arnold

Upcoming Games

• Next Game: Tomorrow at Morganton (doubleheader, Season Finale).
• Next Divisional Game: Monday & Tuesday, Divisional Championship.
• Next Nondivisional Game: Tomorrow at Morganton (doubleheader, Season Finale).
• Next Home Game: TBD.
• Next Divisional Home Game:  TBD.

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