I'm re-creating the 1994 Montreal Expos season using Strat-O-Matic baseball - the board game version.
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The 94 Expos moved to 8-6 on the season by starting their west coast road trip with a two game sweep of the Giants.
Game 1 was a low-scoring affair that lasted 15 innings, with the Expos scoring a pair in the top of the 15th to win 3-1:
Game two saw Kirk Rueter make his first start of the year, and held the Giants scoreless for 6 innings. Jeff Shaw pitched a pair of scoreless innings, and John Wetteland struck out the side in the bottom of the 9th to preserve the shutout, as the Expos topped the Giants 5-0. Barry Bonds and Matt Williams were held to a combined 2-19 for the series. I held my breath every time they came up.
The 94 Giants finished at 55-60, three games under their Pythagorean. They had decent pitching, as well as Williams and Bonds in the middle of the order, but they also had a barely above replacement level supporting cast of every day players like Kurt Manwaring, Todd Benzinger, and Darren Lewis.
The Expos pitching is beginning to emerge as the club's strong suit. In addition to the excellent starting rotation anchored by Martinez, Hill, and Fassero, the bullpen of Shaw, Scott, Wetteland, and Rojas is emerging as this team's strength.
The 94 Expos headed into San Francisco on a three game losing streak, and won the final game of the series to stop a four game slide, and improve their record to 5-9. Their 9-7 re-creation record has them sitting 4.5 games back of the Braves, who won 13 of their first 15.
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