G-1 Pitchers Carrasco & Scherzer set the tone for the series. The teams matched zeros for 8 innings, until J. Turner hit a 2-out single in the bottom of the 9th to give the Bastards a 1-0 win. Starters combined for 13.1 innings of 8-hit ball.
G-2 Birds used a 2-run G. Springer homer to take a 3-2 lead. Bastards then jumped on Betances in the 8th for 4 runs, capped by a C. Utley 3-run homer to gain a 6-3 win. Bastards also got homers from Trout & Stanton.
G-3 V. Worley threw 8.1 innings of 3-hit shutout ball, & McCann hit a solo, to give the Birds a 3-0 win.