Playoff Round 1: Phils come not to praise the Dorian Grays, but to bury them.

Miracle Max Strubel pitched 9 innings for the win over the Grays.

Phils 12
Dorian Grays 8

WP: Max Strubel, LP: Mike Whately.

The Phils, 0-5 in the regular season, are 1-0 in the post-season after a solid thrashing Saturday of the defending league champions, the 2-3 Dorian Grays.

Don't let the final score fool you. A 4-spot by the Grays in the 9th made this one closer than it would seem, but it was all Phils all day. They broke out to a 5-0 lead after 2 and never let up off the accelerator until the 27th out.

The Grays narrowed the score to 5-2 but that would be as close they ever got.

Miracle Max Strubel put in a vintage performance, changing speeds, throwing strikes, and going all 9 innings for the complete-game win.

The Phils next move on to face the Wonders under the lights Thursday at Spec Pond in Wilbraham.

Round 2 continues Sunday at Whalley Field in Southwick with the Fainting Goats taking on the Plug Uglies.

Playoffs:

	Playoffs
Sun, 8/16, 4 pm	Weds 8/19, 5:45pm
Goats (5)	(5 or 3)
Plug Uglies (3)	Isotopes (2)
Whalley Field	Spec Pond, Wilbraham	Weds 8/26, 5:45 pm
Sat. 8/15, 4 pm	Thurs 8/20, 5:45 pm	final
Phils 12 (6)	Phils (6)	Spec Pond
Grays 8 (4)	Wonders (1)
Whalley Field	Spec Pond