Bulls or Pericos, who will be the new King of the LMB?
The edge of 9:35 pm on Tuesday, September 5, the diamond will light up to be the setting for the start of the King Series between Toros de Tijuana and Pericos de Puebla. Plaaaaay ball! Horned and feathered will star for the second consecutive year the series that defines the monarch of the Mexican League De Beisbol, this being the perfect opportunity for the border to take revenge, as they fell to the ninth Puebla 4-2 just 12 months ago.
Forecast, brave thing
Tight, tight, this is how she painted the thing in this King's Series. During the 2017 season in their regular phase, both squads faced each other six times; in the first three, the reigning champion was beaten at home to the Norwegians by 7-5, 15-0 and 8-1 scorers, however, on their visit to the Gasmart they returned the 'courtesy' by sweeping those led by Pedro Meré slates 3-2, 7-0 and 8-3.
If any factor could tip the balance on this occasion, it would have to be the timing that the Tijuana players threw, who signed a record of 76-34 (20 wins more than Puebla) with which they were awarded first in their zone . This ended by rounding it by defeating in Playoffs Rieleros de Aguascalientes and Sultanes de Monterrey, thus crowning Champions of the North Zone and getting their ticket to the series for the title of the LMB.
Pitching warm-up batting luxury
What can you do more? The frontier arms or the power of Poblano clubs? This season the pitching of the asada squad had a 3.52 run average, being this the best record of the whole league and that, in addition, has in his most dangerous card with a record of 11-2, 2.77 of effectiveness and a total of 83 strikeouts. The Serpentine will be in charge of opening the series for Tijuana.
Undoubtedly we will enjoy a very close duel from end to end, because to counteract the above the Angelópolis have a batting percentage of .307, the second best of this campaign. Now it's all left to serve the snack, to get comfortable in the chair (lucky ones who will be in an armchair in the stadium and wait for the play ball to enjoy a new edition of the King's Series.
