Express Move on to Union Cup
Many baseball pundits expected a close series in the West League Championship Series. It turned out quite a bit different.


The <El Paso Express:team#29> swept aside the <Albuquerque Scorpion Kings:team#27> to advance to the Union Cup, winning the final game by a 9-3 score at High Rock Park.

The series MVP was center fielder <Tadaatsu Matsumoto:player#9795>, who hit .722 with a .750 on-base percentage. He had 2 home runs, drove in 7 RBI and scored 5 runs.

"We expected this series to go right down to the wire, so to sweep is a bit of a surprise," he said. "But we'll take it."

The <El Paso Express:team#29> don't know who they will face in the next round. They will play the winner of the <Menlo Park Marauders:team#104> - <Ocean City Crabpots:team#25> series. Menlo Park leads the series 3 games to 0. The Union Cup schedule will be announced after the League Championship Series finishes.

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