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CHICAGO -- On the final day of the League of Legends World Championship quarterfinals, Europes H2K Gaming put on a clinic, destroying Albus Nox Luna. Three games, each ending in under 35 minutes, secured H2K Gaming their ticket to New Yorks Madison Square Garden.For coach Neil Pr0lly Hammad, who has worked with the team since they qualified for the League Championship Series in Dec. 2014, he isnt satisfied yet, as H2K will move on to face Samsung Galaxy in the semifinals.Its kind of funny, he explained. I guess thats how it feels, it feels really funny. At this point, other than the small amount of humor it is that we got this far, its just now, theres still no time to rest. Right now, I know if I give myself the satisfaction of anything, its going to, in turn, make me worse at my job. Im trying not to think of anything that will make me happy in a way. Its kind of sad, but I kind of cant relax.Pr0lly says that if he lets himself be satisfied with H2K Gamings progress at the World Championship, he might become complacent and lose focus. He says he cant afford that to happen as they face their toughest opponent yet.Right now, Im not satisfied at all and I expect to perform well against Samsung Galaxy, he said.As they move on, Pr0lly is happy that the current in-game patch of League of Legends, 6.18, has been played throughout the entirety of the tournament. He believes that it gives both teams a more even playing field, where neither will surprise the other.I think [Samsung] is, I wouldnt say predictable, but their meta, theyve kind of fleshed out their meta a bit and we have too, I guess, he explained. What they play isnt going to be a surprise and thats really important for pick and ban - that there are no surprises. Each player knows their matchups and stuff like that. I think itll be good for us, because we have really strong laners and theyll have the exact same meta they had last week.He says his team needs to clean up their mid-to-late performance in-game, which looked shaky in their third game versus Albus Nox Luna. Despite being up by several thousand gold, the team was unable to close the game out quickly. Pr0lly hopes to improve that before their showdown in New York.If you give that gold lead to a Korean team, theyll close it really quickly, he said. Thats kind of the concern about Samsung Galaxy is that if they do get a lead, itll be hard to get it back. And if we have a lead, theyre going to play really hard for us to close the game. I think if were able to shore up that, I think our early game will still beat theirs unless we throw or something weird early. I think its more of if we can fix our last mid-to-late game, the last five percent of the game. If we can fix that, we can actually have an upset against a Korean team, even though I know everyone says that. I think we can because we have a really good early game.But the H2K that showed up in Chicago wasnt one that fans and spectators were familiar with. Top laner Andrei Odoamne Pascu played carry champion Jayce each game against Albus Nox, which is very different from his teams normal playstyle. Usually, H2K focuses its resources towards its bottom lane, specifically star AD carry Konstantinos FORG1VEN Tzortziou. On Sunday, that changed.Odoamne has always been a really strong carry player, but he got in such a bad habit of not requiring anything, Pr0lly said. So when the meta started changing, I knew wed have a lot of trouble. Weve actually been working on Odo asking for resources. ... This is something weve actually worked on almost all split and it just hasnt been the meta where we could just pick carry tops. It was pretty tank-heavy still this split. Its kind of a thing weve always been working on and even now, hes kind of exploring and were getting to used that strategy.Making it to the semifinals of the tournament is unexpected for H2K. Many were convinced that their European peer, G2 Esports, who took first in the European League Championship Series, wouldve been more successful during the World Championship. But thats not the case as H2K stood tall while its peers, G2 and Splyce, failed to make it out of groups.Im happy that we represent Europe, but Im really sad [G2 and Splyce] werent able to come with us because I think they were able to stay on the same trajectory we were during that Korean bootcamp, I think they wouldve been able to actually show up really well in these games, because they have a lot of different strengths than us, but overall their team play is actually really good, Pr0lly explained. I was kind of sad they played the way they did because I had more expectations for them; Im from Europe so I see them all split and I know they couldve performed better, so it was more painful than anything.Coming into the semifinals match, H2K will meet Samsung Galaxy, who have also defied the odds by making it this far, but have looked stellar in a lot of their play. Samsung, the third seed from South Korea, topped the group over Royal Never Give Up and Team SoloMid, before destroying Cloud9 in the quarterfinals. Pr0lly knows his teams shot is limited, but hes confident if everything goes in their favor, H2K has a shot at victory.Were 100 percent underdogs. It wont be like 60-40, he said. But it is five games and I think with our strong early game, we definitely have a good chance to throw them off. I think its very reasonable to believe we can beat them. I wouldnt put [it] on us, because Im not allowed to, but its still logically in their favor. Andy Pettitte Jersey Large . 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The right-hander looked healthy and sharp, allowing two runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts and one walk. He pumped his fist into his glove after striking out pinch-hitter Greg Garcia to finish the seventh.Franco put the Phillies ahead for good with a two-out single to left in the fifth that scored Hernandez from third.Jeanmar Gomez pitched a scoreless ninth for his 33rd save in 37 opportunities.The Phillies jumped on rookie Luke Weaver (0-1) with a pair of runs in the first.Hernandez led off by driving an 0-1 pitch into the seats in right fiield for his fourth homer of the season.dddddddddddd Cameron Rupp put Philadelphia in front 2-0 with a broken-bat RBI single to left.The Cardinals tied it in the third. Weaver singled to center for his first career hit and scored on Hazelbakers two-run homer to left.After the Phillies took the lead in the fifth, Altherr made it a 4-2 game by drilling an 0-1 pitch from Jonathan Broxton over the wall in left.Weaver, a 22-year-old making his second career start, went five innings and allowed three runs on nine hits with six strikeouts and no walks.The Phillies won for just the third time in their last 12 games against St. Louis.A young fan sitting about 20 rows behind the Cardinals dugout was struck by a foul ball off the bat of Freddy Galvis in the eighth inning. After being treated at the seat for several minutes, the fan was carried out to the concourse by an adult into the waiting arms of medical personnel.TRAINERS ROOMPhillies: Hernandez was back in the starting lineup after a two-game absence due to a sore right foot. He did pinch-hit in Friday nights game.UP NEXTThe teams conclude their three-game series Sunday when Cardinals RHP Mike Leake (8-9, 4.78) faces RHP Vince Velasquez (8-5, 4.14). ' ' '