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Blue Sox Game #38 of 66 - Blue Sox 7, Los Angeles 4 - The Blue Sox pitching staff was wild - issuing 11 walks! - but prevailed nonetheless. Simeon Woods-Richardson went 5 innings for the win; he gave up just 3 runs on 5 hits while walking 7 Los Angeles batters and striking out 6. Juan Soto homered and scored 3 runs for the Blue Sox, and centerfielder Kerry Carpenter also homered for the Blue Sox. Los Angeles catcher Dalton Rushing was 3-for-3 with 2 walks. The losing pitcher was Blake Snell; he gave up 6 runs on 8 hits in 7 innings. Los Angeles stranded 12 baserunners.

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Blue Sox Game #38 of 66 - Blue Sox 7, Los Angeles 4 - The Blue Sox pitching staff was wild - issuing 11 walks! - but prevailed nonetheless. Simeon Woods-Richardson went 5 innings for the win; he gave up just 3 runs on 5 hits while walking 7 Los Angeles batters and striking out 6. Juan Soto homered and scored 3 runs for the Blue Sox, and centerfielder Kerry Carpenter also homered for the Blue Sox. Los Angeles catcher Dalton Rushing was 3-for-3 with 2 walks. The losing pitcher was Blake Snell; he gave up 6 runs on 8 hits in 7 innings. Los Angeles stranded 12 baserunners

Blue Sox Game #37 of 66 - Los Angeles 7, Blue Sox 2 - Los Angeles centerfielder Andy Pages had 2 homers and 3 rbis to lead Los Angeles to victory. Justin Wrobleski got the win, going 5 innings and giving up 2 runs on just 3 hits while walking 1 and striking out 5. The losing pitcher was Blue Sox starter Jameson Taillon (5 runs on 8 hits in 4.2 innings). Bryan Reynolds homered for the Blue Sox, and Max Muncy homered for Los Angeles.

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Blue Sox Game #37 of 66 - Los Angeles 7, Blue Sox 2 - Los Angeles centerfielder Andy Pages had 2 homers and 3 rbis to lead Los Angeles to victory. Justin Wrobleski got the win, going 5 innings and giving up 2 runs on just 3 hits while walking 1 and striking out 5. The losing pitcher was Blue Sox starter Jameson Taillon (5 runs on 8 hits in 4.2 innings). Bryan Reynolds homered for the Blue Sox, and Max Muncy homered for Los Angeles.

Blue Sox Game #36 of 66 - Boston 7, Blue Sox 4 (12 minutes) - Blue Sox starter Simeon Woods-Richardson had a rough outing, giving up 4 homeruns, 1 each to Nathaniel Lowe, Alex Bregman, Carlos Narvaez, and Roman Anthony. On the other hand, Boston starter Hunter Dobbins got the win, going 7 innings and allowing just 2 runs on 7 hits. In the bottom of the 8th, with Boston leading 7-2, Steven Matz took over for Dobbins. He gave up a 2-run homer to Kerry Carpenter in the 7th, but the Blue Sox did not score again after that. For Boston, Bregman scored 3 runs, homered, and stole a base; and Narvaez was 3-for-4 with a homer and 3 rbis. For the Blue Sox, Carpenter had 3 rbis.

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Blue Sox Game #36 of 66 - Boston 7, Blue Sox 4 (12 minutes) - Blue Sox starter Simeon Woods-Richardson had a rough outing, giving up 4 homeruns, 1 each to Nathaniel Lowe, Alex Bregman, Carlos Narvaez, and Roman Anthony. On the other hand, Boston starter Hunter Dobbins got the win, going 7 innings and allowing just 2 runs on 7 hits. In the bottom of the 8th, with Boston leading 7-2, Steven Matz took over for Dobbins. He gave up a 2-run homer to Kerry Carpenter in the 7th, but the Blue Sox did not score again after that. For Boston, Bregman scored 3 runs, homered, and stole a base; and Narvaez was 3-for-4 with a homer and 3 rbis. For the Blue Sox, Carpenter had 3 rbis.

Blue Sox Game #35 of 66 - Blue Sox 6, Boston 4 (13 minutes) - Jameson Taillon got the win for the Blue Sox, going 7+ innings and giving up 4 runs (2 earned) on 7 hits, with no walks and 8 strikeouts. Mason Miller pitched 2 scoreless innings for the save. Tanner Houck was the losing pitcher, giving up 5 runs on 10 hits in 4.1 innings. For the Blue Sox, both Juan Soto went 3-for-4, Jose Ramirez went 3-for-4 with a stolen base, and James McCann had 3 rbis. Trevor Story homered for Boston. With runners in scoring position, the Blue Sox were 7-for-14 while Boston was 1-for-12.

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Blue Sox Game #35 of 66 - Blue Sox 6, Boston 4 (13 minutes) - Jameson Taillon got the win for the Blue Sox, going 7+ innings and giving up 4 runs (2 earned) on 7 hits, with no walks and 8 strikeouts. Mason Miller pitched 2 scoreless innings for the save. Tanner Houck was the losing pitcher, giving up 5 runs on 10 hits in 4.1 innings. For the Blue Sox, both Juan Soto went 3-for-4, Jose Ramirez went 3-for-4 with a stolen base, and James McCann had 3 rbis. Trevor Story homered for Boston. With runners in scoring position, the Blue Sox were 7-for-14 while Boston was 1-for-12.

Blue Sox Game #34 of 66 - Boston 5, Blue Sox 3 (15 minutes) - Trevor Story had 2 homers, and 3 rbis to lead Boston to victory over the Blue Sox. Jack Flaherty, the Blue Sox starter, gave up 3 runs on 8 hits in 7 innings, with 8 strikeouts and no walks. The first 2 batters in the top of the 1st - Roman Anthony and Story - each homered off Flaherty, and Ceddanne Rafaela homered leading off the top of the 2nd. That gave Boston a 3-0 lead, but the Blue Sox battled back. Richard Fitts, the Boston starter, gave up an rbi single to Ezequiel Tovar in the bottom of the 2nd. In the 4th, Fitts loaded the bases with nobody out, and was replaced by Greg Weissert, who in turn gave up run-scoring singles to Tovar and Kerry Carpenter. The score remained tied at 3-3 until Story hit a 2-run homer off Blue Sox reliever Wandy Peralta in the 8th. Garrett Whitlock pitched the 7th, 8th, and 9th for Boston. In the bottom of the 9th, with 2 out and men on second and third, Whitlock struck out Juan Soto to end the game. Whitlock got the win, Peralta got the loss. For the Blue Sox, Tovar was 3-for-4.

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Blue Sox Game #34 of 66 - Boston 5, Blue Sox 3 (15 minutes) - Trevor Story had 2 homers, and 3 rbis to lead Boston to victory over the Blue Sox. Jack Flaherty, the Blue Sox starter, gave up 3 runs on 8 hits in 7 innings, with 8 strikeouts and no walks. The first 2 batters in the top of the 1st - Roman Anthony and Story - each homered off Flaherty, and Ceddanne Rafaela homered leading off the top of the 2nd. That gave Boston a 3-0 lead, but the Blue Sox battled back. Richard Fitts, the Boston starter, gave up an rbi single to Ezequiel Tovar in the bottom of the 2nd. In the 4th, Fitts loaded the bases with nobody out, and was replaced by Greg Weissert, who in turn gave up run-scoring singles to Tovar and Kerry Carpenter. The score remained tied at 3-3 until Story hit a 2-run homer off Blue Sox reliever Wandy Peralta in the 8th. Garrett Whitlock pitched the 7th, 8th, and 9th for Boston. In the bottom of the 9th, with 2 out and men on second and third, Whitlock struck out Juan Soto to end the game. Whitlock got the win, Peralta got the loss. For the Blue Sox, Tovar was 3-for-4.

NETPLAY - Blue Sox 2026 Game #33 - New York 3, Blue Sox 2 (NetPlay, 11 innings, 20 minutes) - The pitching matchup for this game was Clarke Schmidt for New York and Simeon Woods-Richardson for the Blue Sox. In the top of the 1st, Aaron Judge homered to give New York a 1-0 lead. The Blue Sox were held scoreless until 1 out in the top of the 7th when Schmidt surrendered a solo homer to James McCann. That tied the game at 1-1, and ended Schmidt's day (he was replaced by Fernando Cruz). The first batter to face Cruz was Bryan Reynolds, and he mored to put the Blue Sox up 2-1. In the bottom of the 7th, an rbi single by Judge off Wandy Peralta tied the game at 2-2, and the game would eventually head into extra innings. Blue Sox reliever Mason Miller held New York scoreless in the 8th, 9th, and 10th; New York reliever Luke Weaver held the Blue Sox scoreless in the 9th and 10th, David Bednar held the Blue Sox scoreless in the top of the 11th. In the bottom of the 11th, Brenan Hanifee took over in relief for the Blue Sox. With Ryan McMahon the automatic baserunner on second, Hanifee struck out Jose Caballero - but then gave up a single by Austin Wells that scored McMahon with the winning run. Bednar got the win, Hanifee got the loss. The Blue Sox were 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position. New York stranded 11 baserunners.

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NETPLAY - Blue Sox 2026 Game #33 - New York 3, Blue Sox 2 (NetPlay, 11 innings, 20 minutes) - The pitching matchup for this game was Clarke Schmidt for New York and Simeon Woods-Richardson for the Blue Sox. In the top of the 1st, Aaron Judge homered to give New York a 1-0 lead. The Blue Sox were held scoreless until 1 out in the top of the 7th when Schmidt surrendered a solo homer to James McCann. That tied the game at 1-1, and ended Schmidt's day (he was replaced by Fernando Cruz). The first batter to face Cruz was Bryan Reynolds, and he mored to put the Blue Sox up 2-1. In the bottom of the 7th, an rbi single by Judge off Wandy Peralta tied the game at 2-2, and the game would eventually head into extra innings. Blue Sox reliever Mason Miller held New York scoreless in the 8th, 9th, and 10th; New York reliever Luke Weaver held the Blue Sox scoreless in the 9th and 10th, David Bednar held the Blue Sox scoreless in the top of the 11th. In the bottom of the 11th, Brenan Hanifee took over in relief for the Blue Sox. With Ryan McMahon the automatic baserunner on second, Hanifee struck out Jose Caballero - but then gave up a single by Austin Wells that scored McMahon with the winning run. Bednar got the win, Hanifee got the loss. The Blue Sox were 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position. New York stranded 11 baserunners.

The Gold Cup 250 Challenge Series is over. But....

Next year, Gold Cup 2027 will have a similar format - and with double the prize money!

And once again, there will be no charge to enter!

Steve Beren
Tournament Organizer, Gold Cup 250 Challenge Series

GOLD CUP FINALS, GAME #10 - Jim Ferguson 1, Tom Perella 0 (10 minutes) - JIM FERGUSON of Carver, Minnesota wins the series, 6 games to 4, and is crowned the champion of the Gold Cup 250 Challenge Series. Ferguson finishes the tournament with a record of 46 wins and 34 losses. His teams were the Mets and Athletics.

FRANCISCO LINDOR, shortstop for Ferguson's Mets, was named Gold Cup Finals MVP. During the finals, Lindor hit .313, with a .476 on base percentage, a .500 slugging percentage, and an OPS of .976. And Lindor scored the only run in the final championship-clinching game.

Headed into Game #10, Ferguson said, "Hopefully Clay Holmes pitches a great game 10!," and Holmes did exactly that! As the starting pitcher for Ferguson's Mets, Holmes retired the first 10 batters he faced, and Tom Perella's Rangers did not get a hit until Evan Carter's leadoff single in the 6th. The only run of the game came in the bottom of the 1st. Leading off against Perella starter Tyler Mahle, Lindor singled, stole second, went to third on a ground out by Starling Marte, and scored on a ground out by Juan Soto. The run scored by Lindor proved to be the only run of the game. Holmes left the game after 6 innings; he allowed 1 hit and 2 walks, while striking out 6. Max Kranick took over for Holmes, holding Perella scoreless in the 7th.

In the top of the 8th, Perella thirdbaseman Josh Jung led off with a single, and that was all for Kranick, who was replaced by Edwin Diaz. Against Diaz, Carter drew a walk, and Josh Smith singled, and suddenly Perella was threatening with the bases loaded and nobody out. Next up was Wyatt Langford, and he hit a line drive right at Ferguson shortstop Lindor [dice roll of 3-12]. Lindor fired to thirdbaseman Mark Vientos, who stepped on the bag to double up Jung. And then Vientos fired the ball to second baseman Ronny Mauricio, who stepped on second to nail Carter, completing the triple play! In the top of the 9th, Diaz retired the side in order (Corey Seager, Adolis Garcia, and Kyle Higashioka) for the save. Holmes got the win, Mahle got the loss. Each team had just 4 hits.

As Gold Cup 250 Challenge Series champion, Ferguson wins $150.00 (runner-up Perella wins $60).

Excerpts from post-tournament statement by Gold Cup 250 Challenge Series champion Jim Ferguson:

"Many thanks for setting up and running this interesting event....

"I would like to name Francisco Lindor as MVP for my '2-team team.' :) In a low-offense series, he played exemplary shortstop (of course) and posted an OBP of .476 (10-for-21), stole 3 bases, and keyed the series saving triple play in Game 10. Special mention to Hogan Harris who saved 3 games, and to Sean Newcomb and Clay Holmes who both posted scoreless Starts in their single appearances. Tom Perella's clubs were worthy, tough opponents, and it took some good fortune to secure the championship from him.

"I would like to acknowledge my long-time Strat league, the Fly-by-Night Baseball Association https://flybynight-som.com/ where we are in the midst of MY 41st competitive season. We are still looking for our second Championship, the first coming way back in 1994. The general managers in the FBNBA have become almost family, and my sharp edge playing Strat has been honed by competing with them."

United Federation of Baseball NetPlay All-Star Game - UFB All-Stars 5, Galaxy Dream Team 2 (39 minutes); JOSE ALTUVE of the Houston Astros (UFB) named All-Star Game MVP! In the first ever UFB All-Star Game, the UFB All-Stars prevailed. Here are some of the highlights:

* The players wore the uniforms of their UFB or MLB teams.

* Boxscore online at https://nybluesox.blogspot.com/2026/06/united-federation-of-baseball-netplay.html

* The two starting pitchers - Lucas Giolito (Boston/UFB) and Paul Skenes (Galaxy Dream Team) each pitched 2 scoreless innings.

* In the top of the 3rd inning, the Galaxy Dream Team took a 2-0 lead when Hunter Goodman hit a 2-run homer off Bryan Woo (Seattle/UFB).

* In the top of the 5th inning, Freddy Peralta (Milwaukee/UFB) struck out the side (Ronald Acuna, Ketel Marte, and Matt Olson)

* The UFB trailed 2-0 heading into the bottom of the 7th. With 1 out and Adrian Morejon on the mound, Maikel Garcia (Kansas City/UFB) doubled; Jose Altuve (Houston/UFB) singled, scoring Garcia for the UFB's first run of the game; the score was now Galaxy Dream Team 2, UFB 1; and Trea Turner (Philadelphia/UFB) singled, moving Altuve to third. That was all for Morejon, who was replaced by Robert Suarez.

* With Suarez on the mound, Turner stole second, and a throwing error Turner to to advance third, with Altuve scoring to tie the game at 2-2; and then Cal Raleigh (Seattle/UFB) singled to score Turner, giving the UFB a 3-2 lead.

* In the bottom of the 8th, with Edwin Diaz on the mound for the Galaxy Dream Team, George Springer (Toronto/UFB) led off with a homer put the UFB up 4-2; with 1 out, Juan Soto (Blue Sox/UFB) doubled; and with 2 out, Altuve once again came through, hitting a single to score the UFB's final run; the UFB now led 5-2.

* Andres Munoz (Seattle/UFB) pitched scoreless ball in the top of the 9th for the save. Tony Santillan (Cincinnati/UFB), who pitched the top of the 7th, got the win. Morejon was charged with the loss.

* JOSE ALTUVE of the Houston Astros was named All-Star Game MVP. He had rbi singles in both the UFB 8th inning and 9th inning rallies, knocking in both the UFB's first run and final run.

GOLD CUP FINALS, GAME #9 - Tom Perella 7, Jim Ferguson 5 (17 minutes) - With 2 out in the bottom of the 9th, Geraldo Perdomo's walkoff grand slam homer off Ferguson reliever Elvis Alvarado gave Tom Perella's Diamondbacks an amazing comeback victory. After a low-scoring game for the first 8 innings, the teams combined for 9 runs in the 9th inning. With 9 games played and 1 game remaining, Jim Ferguson leads the series 5 games to 4, and he can still clinch the Gold Cup 25 Challenge Series by winning Game #10. But if Perella wins Game #10, Perella and Ferguson will be tied at 5 games apiece - and an extra tiebreaker round will be needed. The starters for this game were Corbin Burnes for Perella's Diamondbacks and Jacob Lopez for Ferguson's Athletics. Ferguson got on the board first with a solo homer by Brent Rooker in the top of the 1st. Lopez held Perella scoreless until the bottom of the 4th when Lopez walked Corbin Carroll with the bases loaded to tie the game at 1-1. And with 1 out in the bottom of the 5th, Perella catcher Gabriel Moreno drew a walk. Next, Designated hitter James McCann doubled to right, and Moreno beat Rooker's throw to the plate to score from first and give Perella a 2-1 lead. That ended the day for Lopez; he was replaced by Mitch Spence. And the score remained 2-1 in favor of Perella until the 9th inning.

After 8 innings of work, Burnes had allowed just 1 run on 5 hits, walking 2 and striking out 9. Jake Woodford took the hill going for the save. Shea Langeliers led off, reaching base on an error by Perella thirdbaseman Blaze Alexander. Langeliers stole second, and then Austin Wynns slammed a 2-run homer to put Ferguson up 3-2. Next, Carlos Cortes doubled. Woodford then retired the next 2 batters, with Cortes remaining at second, but then Jacob Wilson hit a 2-run homer to give Ferguson a 5-2 edge. Kevin Ginkel took over for Perella in relief, getting Brett Harris to ground out.

In the bottom of the 9th, Hogan Harris took the hill for Ferguson, going for the save - which would also give Ferguson the Gold Cup championship. But Ketel Marte singled, and then went to second on a single by Blaze Alexander. Moreno was out on a flyball to right, but then McCann drew a walk to load the bases. Alvarado took over for Harris (and Jake McCarthy ran for McCann). Tim Tawa drew a walk, forcing in a run, and Ferguson's lead was now 5-3. Alek Thomas bounced back to the mound, and Harris threw home to force the runner. There were now 2 out, but the bases were still loaded, setting the stage for Perdomo's game-winning grand slam. Ginkel got the win, Harris got the loss, and the series goes to Game #10 tomorrow. Perella stranded 13 baserunners, going just 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position - but it was that 1 that made all the difference.

In tomorrow's Game #10, Ferguson will still be going for a championship-clinching win, while Perella will be trying to send the series to a tiebreaker round. Corbin Burnes will start for Perella's Diamondbacks and Jacob Lopez will start for Ferguson's Athletics. Clay Holmes will start for Ferguson's Mets, and Tyler Mahle will start for Perella's Rangers.