2K12 FALL CLASSIC Tourney AL PLAY-IN Game Preview...the ORIOLES play Cat and Mouse from the BUMP and the RANGERS put 26 Year Old Rook Sensation YU DARVISH on the BUMP...O's you can RUN but you can't HIDE...Put somebody on that BUMP Showalter!..A CUP of JOE in the SHOW Report #174

Both the Orioles and Rangers had disappoint Ends to the Season as both went all the way up to Game 162 only to be turned into the 1 Game Play-In to get to back to the Divisional Round.

The O's couldn't do anything with the streaking Rays and in turn couldn't stay with the Bronx Bombers. The Rangers got hit with the Black Hole and #FeartheElephant and they were more than happy to get out of Dodge in back Home to regain some Rangers Winning Time Formula from the Past 2 Seasons.

The Disappointment will be heightened in whoever can advance to the Divisional Round. There is a lot to play for and it will start Tomorrow in the Ball Park in Arlington, Texas.

AL WILD CARD 2K12 Play-In Game
BALLPARK in Arlington, Texas
8:30PM ET

ORIOLES @ RANGERS

October 5th, 2012
BAL Joe Saunders (3-3) vs TEX Yu Darvish (16-9)

The O's are masking their Starter but the Rangers Darvish (pictured bottom Left) is 5-1 in his last 8 Starts and has his 2nd Wind and the O's better be on their Game and they didn't face Darvish in 2012 so Edge goes to Mr. Darvish.  Yu throws 5 Pitches at anytime in the Count and if he has his Stuff it could be a long night for the O's.

ORIOLES Offensive Stars: Its starts and ends with 1B Chris Davis and CF "Me and Mr. Jones" Adam Jones (pictured). Davis (33 HR 85 RBI .270 Avg.) and Jones (32 HR 87 RBI .287 Avg.) carry the load with 5 Players with 20 or more Bombs. They play a Base to Base Style and they will work Pitchers deep into the Count. Can they master Darvish having not seen him Film and Simulation is one thing seeing Darvish on the Bump is a whole other Case of Crab Cakes.

RANGERS Offensive Stars: OF Josh Hamilton has been a little bit of an Enigma going down the Stretch but Hot Corner Adrian Beltre has been the Offensive Star for going on about Two Solid Months. Beltre (36 HR 102 RBI .321 Avg.) and Hamilton (43 HR 128 RBI .285 Avg) will be in that 3 and 4 Hole ready to take aim. Hamilton's Numbers are extraordinary but he had 60% those Numbers by All-Star Break.  They have other Players that can hurt you as well with Cruz (24 HR 90 RBI .260 Avg.), Back Stop Napoli (24 HR 56 RBI .227 Avg.), and Kinsler (19 HR 72 RBI .276 Avg.) that are more than capable in a Series let alone One Game.

My take on the O's Starter is they will go with Taiwanese Rook Wei-Yin Chen (pictured at Top #16) and his 12-11 Record with a 4.02 ERA and he is a Lefty.

Winner: RANGERS having been in the Fall Classic the past Two Seasons they know what Pressure is.....and they are at Home


Note: Numbers from MLB.com