Westport – The Merrimack Owls are set to take on the Boggstown Boilers after edging out the Westport Fleas in the first round of the KCQL playoffs.

Requiring all five games, the Owls, led by Dale Murphy and Frank Thomas accomplished something that they have not done all season, win a series outright.

“We did just enough to slip by tonight,” Owls manager Ryne Sandberg said during post-game. “Murph has taken a lot of gruff in the media the last few years, but tonight he showed that he is the leader of this club… Just a lot of guts.”

With the championship series less than a week away, Owls staff ace Catfish Hunter was less than impressive in his two starts of the series. Hampered by a blister on his throwing hand, Hunter was check out by team physicians and given a green light to start game one against the AL champs.

“I’ll be fine,” Hunter said via telephone.

He will need to be more than fine against the offensive onslaught of Boggstown.

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Westport – The Westport Fleas locked in a playoff spot Wednesday by beating their National League counter parts in three out of four games and clinching the National League of the Kansas City Baseball Quad.

“We let two of those games slip through our fingertips,” First year Owls manager Ryne Sandberg said. “I told the guys a few minutes ago that we just need to shut the door on tonight and focus on getting things right in the playoffs.”

Nudging out the Fogelberg Falcons for the final playoff spot, the Owls will be matched again against the Fleas, with the winner of the series playing the Boggstown Boilers for the title.

“We need Garciaparra and Gwynn to carry more weight, Murph needs to keep being the leader of this squad, and the back of the order need to get one clutch hit per game.”

Might be a tall order for a season long group of under-achievers.

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