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Raccoons (44-60) @ Knights (59-45) – July 31-August 2, 2023

The Knights had already grabbed the season series over the Critters, 5-1, and they had to keep on beating them up, making a move for their second playoff appearance in three years. Second in runs scored in the league and fifth in runs allowed, there was still one major flaw to their game, which was the CL’s worst bullpen with an ERA that was almost five, almost unbelievably bad for a team in first place. Listen, Knights, it’s July 31 and I might have a reliever to spare for prosp- no? No? Really? Look at this guy here! (squeezes Brett Lillis’ jaw from the sides to lay bare his teeth) Almost as good as new! Still no?

Projected starters:
Travis Garrett (3-3, 3.46 ERA) vs. Leon Hernandez (8-7, 3.24 ERA)
Jesus Chavez (7-10, 3.97 ERA) vs. Jonathan Ryan (9-4, 3.51 ERA)
Matt Huf (1-7, 4.99 ERA) vs. Brian Cope (13-6, 3.18 ERA)

Three right-handers; Ryan had recently moved back out of the pen with lefty Danny Martin (8-6, 3.10 ERA, 2 SV) to take over the closer’s role in which the team had seen about zero success so far, but that also looked like a butcher’s way of dealing with a sore toe…

Still no juicy prospects for Lillis? No?

The Coons will not have an off day again until the 10th, so we will weave in some off days for the regulars either in this set or against the Loggers on the weekend. We also start a 2-week road trip and won’t be home again until the 15th.

Game 1
POR: 2B Claros – LF Spencer – 1B Walter – 3B Nunley – RF Newman – SS Stalker – C Tovias – CF Santos – P Garrett
ATL: RF Stuckey – 3B Farias – C Luna – 1B Avalos – 2B T. Jimenez – LF M. Reyes – 2B Hibbard – CF Folk – P L. Hernandez

While the Coons had Walter and Nunley snip 2-out singles in the first only for Will Newman to strike out, the Knights drew a leadoff walk via Johnny Stuckey in the bottom 1st. Emilio Farias hit into a double play, but “Tragic” Travis was *insisting* and walked Ruben Luna. Tony Jimenez flew out to center. The Knights wouldn’t put another man on this time through, with Garrett whiffing three at the bottom of the order, but Stuckey singled with two outs in the third. The rightfielder stole his 11th base off the sleepy Elias Tovias, who was more and more not appearing to be the next big catcher and more and more like the next David Vinson (just without the initial flash) … or Bob Wood. Garrett walked Farias, and Tovias’ passed ball advanced the runners, but Luna struck out in a full count… Tovias garnered even more fans in the manager’s suite when he led off the fifth inning by knocking a ball to centerfield for what he considered a double, but ex-****ing-Elk Brody Folk very much and rightfully so considered a single. Tovias was thrown out at second and I was going through our depth chart at his position. Folk also managed to manufacture the Knights’ first run of the game (and of course the first run overall…) in the bottom 5th, drawing a leadoff walk off Garrett (walk #5 for him in the game), stole second base against Tovias’ pathetic throw, and came home on Emilio Farias’ single to center, which also gave Farias a 19-game hitting streak.

Garrett made it six, both whiffing and walking as many against two base knocks – if he wasn’t such a complete ****ing ***, he’d actually be a pretty half-decent pitcher. Alas, the Coons couldn’t have nice things, such as a good pitcher, or at least one ****ing run’s worth of offense by the seventh inning. At least Tim Stalker reached scoring position to make the Knights nominally uncomfortable, even if that was only with two outs after a walk and a stolen base. Well, he ain’t gonna steal his way all the way around, so how bad can it get, they probably wondered. It didn’t get very bad. Tovias flew out to Stuckey pretty reliably, which was a .225 batter’s thing. At least there were good news for the Knights: Hernandez went eight, and Danny Martin saved the game without trouble. 1-0 Knights. Garrett 6.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 6 BB, 6 K, L (3-4);

…and my weeping pillow is back in Portland.

The Coons had four hits by the third inning, and never another one after that. They also pitched Mike Rehbock for a scoreless eighth, only for Rehbock to be in pain afterwards. Without waiting out the diddling Druid, Rehbock was moved to the DL and the Coons were reunited with the Cookieman as soon as August broke.

Game 2
POR: LF Carmona – 2B Claros – 1B Walter – 3B Nunley – RF Graves – SS Spencer – CF Stevenson – C Tovias – P Chavez
ATL: RF Stuckey – 3B Farias – C Luna – 1B Avalos – SS T. Jimenez – LF M. Reyes – 2B Hibbard – CF Folk – P Ryan

Letting your pitcher dive headfirst into first base to beat out the other pitcher’s throw and get a 2-out run home from third base was one way to get on the board, and for some teams it was the only way. Spencer scored on Chavez’ heroics in the second inning for the first counter in the game, and after that Cookie singled in Elias Tovias for a second run. Cookie, who was only playing in his 52nd game of the year, had already opened the game with a double in the first inning, but had been ignored by the middle of the order. Chavez wasn’t the only pitcher to drive in a run in the second inning, though. After Claros popped out to end the top 2nd, the bottom 2nd saw another peculiar control display by Chavez, who ended up behind most batters, walked two and allowed one hit until he arrived at Jonathan Ryan, who ticked a ball into shallow center to plate the Knights’ first run of the game, plating Marty Reyes. Ruben Luna came close to a homer in the bottom 3rd, which would have been his 19th, doubled off the fence and was driven in by Tony Jimenez with a 2-out single instead, tying the score at two.

Through five, Cookie remained unretired by drawing a leadoff walk against Ryan. While Claros quickly forced him out with a grounder and Shane Walter struck out, consecutive singles to center by Nunley and Graves scored a run to restore the Coons to the lead, 3-2, at least for a couple of minutes. The bottom of the inning saw Chavez get blasted without getting an out, with Johnny Stuckey lining up the rightfield line for a leadoff double, then scoring on Farias’ single, which gave the third baseman a 20-game hitting streak. Ruben Luna then actually did hit his 19th, a 440-foot monster to dead center that put Chavez in 5-3 arrears. So there was a hook for Chavez to dangle from, but the Coons would bring up the tying runs in the seventh, when Claros and Nunley were stranded when Stuckey caught Graves’ soft line to right, and again in the eighth, and that was an even better opportunity. Spencer hit a leadoff single past Devin Hibbard, then came all the way around to score on Josh Stevenson’s double into the gap in left-center. Nobody out, the tying run 180 feet away! He would only move another 90 feet, and that was on a wild pitch… The ninth saw the 2-3-4 batters and right-hander Mike Cockcroft, a 4.32 ERA and many walks per nine innings. Claros flew out to right, Walter walked indeed, and Nunley hit into a double play. 5-4 Knights. Carmona 2-4, BB, 2B, RBI; Nunley 2-4, BB; Spencer 2-4; Stevenson 1-2, 2 BB, 2B, RBI;

Game 3
POR: LF Carmona – 2B Spencer – RF Graves – 3B Nunley – 1B Delgado – SS Stalker – CF Stevenson – C Tovias – P Huf
ATL: 2B Hibbard – 3B Farias – C Luna – 1B Avalos – SS T. Jimenez – LF M. Reyes – RF A. Sauceda – CF Folk – P Cope

Bases loaded in the top 1st thanks to a Cookie walk and singles by Spencer and Nunley, but Tony Delgado hit into a double play to keep the Coons from scoring… Stevenson hit into a double play in the second, and the third saw Huf with a leadoff single, Cookie reaching on an error, and the next three batters not moving them an inch, in other words, same old, same old. The Knights took the lead in the bottom 3rd thanks to 2-out heroics by Luna, who doubled, and Tony Avalos, who singled him in. There was a 20-minute rain delay before the fourth inning, but it was not really serious weather … just my tears.

Huf struck out with Stevenson and Tovias on base after 2-out singles in the fourth, but I wasn’t exactly planning on Huf to drive in runs, but more like… don’t get shackled? In the bottom 4th, he got shackled. Marty Reyes led off with a double to center, after which Alex Sauceda and Brody Folk hit back-to-back RBI triples into the right-center gap. Brian Cope’s flair to left dropped for an RBI single and ran the score to 4-0. Hibbard and Luna would hit singles, two more runs scored in the inning, and by the time the Knights were done with their 5-spot and 6-0 lead we were basically ready to board the plane.

Top 6th, minor distraction as Cope issued walks to Nunley and Delgado to start the frame. Tim Stalker was on his post, hitting into a double play, and Stevenson choked in a full count. Elias Tovias hit a leadoff jack in the seventh, which was nothing that made the home crowd nervous, but even though they were still down 6-1 the Cons would bring the tying run to the plate in the inning. Shane Walter’s pinch-hit double was followed by two outs, but then Graves singled him in. Nunley also singled, and when Newman batted for Delgado, another single dropped into leftfield, scoring another run, before Tim Stalker lined out to short to keep the score at 6-3, and despite Cory Dew allowing another run in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Coons would bring closer Danny Martin into a 7-3 game pretty soon. Dave Butler, one of many former starters the Knights tried to make work in the bullpen, allowed a ninth-inning leadoff single to Spencer, then hit Graves to put two on with nobody out. When Nunley hit a hard RBI double, the Knights were in trouble, because Raul Claros pinch-hit for Dew in the #5 spot as the tying run and still nobody out. Claros lined a ball up the leftfield line for a 2-run double, the Knights were ready to fall … and then didn’t. Clinging onto the 7-6 lead with the tips of his fingernails, Martin got soft flies from Stalker and Stevenson for two outs, and Tovias popped out lamely altogether to end the game and seal a 3-game sweep consisting of three 1-run games. 7-6 Knights. Spencer 2-5; Nunley 3-4, BB, 2B, RBI; Newman (PH) 1-1, RBI; Claros (PH) 1-1, 2B, 2 RBI; Tovias 2-5, HR, RBI; Walter (PH) 2-2, 2 2B;

Raccoons (44-63) @ Loggers (61-45) – August 3-6, 2023

The Loggers were probably not happy to see the roughed-up Raccoons arriving at their place, despite them sitting in second place themselves and having a 3-game winning streak going. The Coons had so far won five of six games this year against the Loggers, which was hard to explain without resorting a certain handle making the rounds on Twatbook routinely called ‘LOLggers’. They were fifth in runs pushed across, fourth in runs pushed across against, and were still not sure how to avoid disaster.

Projected matchups:
Chris McKendrick (3-6, 3.79 ERA) vs. Morgan Shepherd (10-8, 3.95 ERA)
Rico Gutierrez (6-7, 3.94 ERA) vs. Pedro Hernandez (7-10, 3.32 ERA)
Travis Garrett (3-4, 3.30 ERA) vs. Jorge Villalobos (9-11, 3.81 ERA)
Jesus Chavez (7-11, 4.17 ERA) vs. Michael Foreman (13-2, 2.38 ERA)

Four more right-handed pitchers in this series … where have all the southpaws gone?

Game 1
POR: RF Carmona – LF Spencer – 2B Claros – 1B Walter – SS Stalker – 3B Bullock – C Tovias – CF Santos – P McKendrick
MIL: SS Tadlock – 2B March – CF Coleman – RF Gore – C Wool – 3B A. Velez – LF de Santiago – 1B A. Esquivel – P Shepherd

Cookie walked, stole, scored in the first inning, with Jarod Spencer doing the honors with a single to center, gaining an extra base on Ian Coleman’s throw home before being stranded by the middle of the order. Cookie in turn threw out Ron Tadlock at home plate in the bottom 1st as the opposing shortstop tried to score from first base on Coleman’s 1-out double to the fence in rightfield. While the Coons went on to score two fluke runs in the next few innings, one in the third on a 2-out triple by Shane Walter, and one more in the fifth when Cookie came home on a passed ball charged to Josh Wool, the Loggers would consistently poke and tickle McKendrick, put at least one man on in each of the first five innings, landed eight base hits in total, yet wouldn’t score a single run off him. Bottom 6th, Alberto Velez hit a double to left with one out, and then things stalled again. Carlos de Santiago struck out, and Antonio Esquivel’s fly to left was no challenge for Spencer.

The Loggers fell apart a bit in the seventh inning, which began with Cookie’s single to left, then a Spencer double over the head of de Santiago. Claros’ sac fly kicked Shepherd from the 4-0 game, and base hits by walter and Stalker kept advancing the score to 6-0. Bullock hit a double, but Stalker was held with two down and a 6-run lead, and both were stranded when Tovias popped out to Dan March. McKendrick would not be scored upon; he logged two more outs on the Loggers in the bottom 7th before March reached with an infield single. David Kipple replaced the starter, allowed a first-pitch double to Ian Coleman, but this time the Loggers held their man at third base, and Brad Gore grounded out to strand the runners, and they wouldn’t push one across after that inning, either. 7-0 Coons. Spencer 2-5, 2B, RBI; Walter 4-5, 3B, 2 RBI; McKendrick 6.2 IP, 10 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, W (4-6);

Game 2
POR: LF Carmona – 2B Spencer – 1B Walter – 3B Nunley – RF Newman – SS Stalker – CF Stevenson – C Delgado – P Gutierrez
MIL: SS Tadlock – 2B Stewart – CF Coleman – RF Gore – C Wool – 3B A. Velez – LF Beckwith – 1B A. Esquivel – P P. Hernandez

Through five innings the game would be tied at one. Both teams had scored in the third inning, the Coons plating Spencer with a Walter double after Spencer stole his 20th base of the season, and the Loggers getting a 2-out RBI single from Ron Tadlock to plate Antonio Esquivel. Both teams had only three hits apiece, and there were seven strikeouts in the game, but those were all on Hernandez’ ledger. Gutierrez had not whiffed anybody through five, but had instead gotten three foul pop outs, including two in a row in the second inning. The Coons were nominally in business in the sixth inning, in which Pedro Hernandez loaded the bases with Critters with nobody out, issuing two walks and a single between Nunley, Newman, and Stalker. But … they didn’t score… AGAIN. Stevenson’s fly to left was too shallow and Nunley too slow to test Myles Beckwith’s arm, and Delgado smacked a ball right at Tadlock for a double play. The Loggers would then take Gutierrez apart in just three pitches in the bottom of the inning. Tyler Stewart singled, and Ian Coleman whacked a 444-footer to centerfield to put them 3-1 ahead. The Coons? More double plays, because more is always better, right? RIGHT?? Spencer hit into a double play to kill off Cookie in the seventh. Top 8th, Walter got hit by a fastball to bring up Nunley as the tying run with nobody out, and Matt flew into the rightfield corner for a double. Those were the tying runs in scoring position, but why am I even getting worked up about it? Newman, the old fart, struck out, after which Zach Graves batted for Stalker, just for the sake of a left-handed bat. He flew out to Beckwith, shallow again, and Shane Walter also had no speed, so no advance, no run, but two down. There was one more left-hander available on the bench. Raul Claros batted for Josh Stevenson, cracked a single to right, and THAT tied the ballgame and got rid of Hernandez. Gutierrez worked his way through the eighth inning and was rewarded with the W for it – Cookie drew a 1-out walk, then flung the paws when Shane Walter doubled into the gap in right center for a 2-out RBI double. Lillis sealed the deal for him. 4-3 Furballs. Carmona 2-4, BB; Walter 2-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI; Claros (PH) 1-1, 2 RBI; Gutierrez 8.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, W (7-7);

I never want to play anybody but the Loggers, ever again.

Game 3
POR: LF Carmona – 2B Claros – 1B Walter – 3B Nunley – RF Graves – SS Stalker – CF Stevenson – C Tovias – P Garrett
MIL: SS Tadlock – 2B March – CF Coleman – RF Gore – C Wool – 3B A. Velez – LF de Santiago – 1B A. Esquivel – P Villalobos

In an eventful first time through the Loggers order, Garrett walked three, whiffed three, Claros made an error, and Villalobos bunted into a double play. It all amounted to just two innings, but at least no hits, no runs for the Loggers, although the Coons were also dry early on. Villalobos allowed two base hits early, but faced the minimum the first time through thanks to Stalker getting caught stealing in the second, and Walter hitting into a double play before that, and Walter would be the bloke again in the bottom of the third, misfiring Dan March’s grounder into the hustling Garrett’s rear for a 2-base throwing error while Ron Tadlock, who had singled to center to begin the inning and swiped his 24th base, came home to score. March scored on consecutive fly outs to center, giving the Loggers a wholly unearned 2-0 lead. Cookie shagged a hard liner by March with two outs in the next inning to end the bottom 4th, stranding two in scoring position, but the Critters didn’t get back onto base until the fifth inning when Nunley singled up the middle leading off. He almost got doubled off when Gore unexpectedly caught Graves’ blooper just off the turf, but then did score on Stevenson’s 2-out double into the leftfield corner. The Loggers got out of that inning with their 2-1 lead alive by walking Tovias intentionally and getting Garrett to ground out to Alberto Velez.

Garrett lasted the Critters six-plus and was removed after Tadlock’s leadoff single in the bottom 7th. With lots and lots and ever more left-handers coming up, the ball went to Billy Brotman. In a confusing inning that was not that easy to score on paper, Tadlock stole #25, but was thrown out at third base on March’s bunt, a neat play by Tovias. Brotman walked Coleman, while Gore grounded to first, with Walter throwing the ball to second base for the only out to be claimed there and leaving runners on the corners for Josh Wool with two outs. Wool singled cleanly to right to score March, 3-1, before Nunley handled Velez’ grounder to end the inning. On to the eighth, where on August 5 the Raccoons got their first double-dinger hero of the season as Elias Tovias hit a leadoff jack to cut the gap back to a single run. Cookie got aboard, but was caught stealing, and after Brotman walked de Santiago to begin the bottom 8th, Cory Dew’s unraveling continued unabated. Dew allowed singles to both Esquivel and PH Dave Padilla, with Esquivel being caught in a rundown on the latter while de Santiago scored, 4-2. Dew issued another walk before getting out of the inning – another ghastly outing, and he had plenty ever since coming back from injury. Walter, Nunley, and Newman went down in order in the ninth against Tim Dunkin, and the Loggers gasped audibly, having avoided a looming sweep at home for now, and would be able towards salvaging a split tomorrow. 4-2 Loggers. Tovias 1-2, BB, HR, RBI; Garrett 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, L (3-5);

Game 4
POR: RF Carmona – 2B Claros – 1B Walter – 3B Nunley – LF Spencer – SS Stalker – C Tovias – CF Santos – P Chavez
MIL: SS Tadlock – 2B March – CF Coleman – RF Gore – C Wool – 3B A. Velez – LF de Santiago – 1B A. Esquivel – P Foreman

The former Raccoon Foreman was crashed for five hits and as many runs in the first inning. The onslaught started with three singles by the first three batters, with Cookie scoring on Walter’s grounder to center. Nunley and Spencer both hit into force plays at second base, leading to a second run, Stalker doubled over de Santiago, and then Tovias ripped a 3-piece to right. So there was a 5-0 lead for Chavez, who quickly set about to blow it, bit by bit. De Santiago took him deep for a solo job in the bottom 2nd, and the Loggers got a leadoff walk and then a few hard hits to score two runs in the bottom 4th, including a 2-out RBI single by Esquivel that scored Wool from second base. It was a no-win situation for the Coons there, because they knew that Foreman was probably not going to bat. Put the extra man on? We didn’t, and in the event that was the wrong choice, with Jon Berntson popping out to short to end the inning, now in a 5-3 game.

The Raccoons had stranded Spencer and Stalker on the corners in the third inning and then didn’t pop into action again until the sixth. Stalker led off with a walk drawn against Luis Calderon, then moved to second when Tovias grounded out. Frank Santos pushed a grounder past Dan March into centerfield for a single, Stalker turned third and made for home with vigor, and also with success. Since that drew a throw, Santos advanced to second base, but would be stranded as Chavez and Cookie both grounded out. That extra run didn’t make it through the bottom half of the sixth inning, which Brad Gore led off with a triple into the gap. The Loggers got him in, and 2-out singles by de Santiago and Esquivel also got Chavez out … of the game, to be precise. Kipple replaced him, facing PH Terry Harris, and hanging a K on the .174 batter to deny the tying runs aboard from doing damage in the 6-4 game, but Kipple fell fast apart in the next inning. Leadoff single by Tadlock, a 4-pitch walk to March, and then Loggers hit into three groundouts, which was just that wee bit of offensive prowess too little to tie the score; March was left on third base, now with the Coons gripping onto their increasingly skinny 6-5 edge. The Critters stranded their insurance run on third base in the ninth. Alex Hichez allowed a pinch-hit double to the fence to Graves, threw a wild one, but the Coons still couldn’t pull through, with Stevenson striking out in the #9 hole before taking the field. Brett Lillis issued a 4-pitch walk to begin the bottom 9th, then allowed hard drives to center and left. Somehow – SOMEHOW – Coons were on either end of those balls, with Cookie in right looking on and being glad he was playing out of the way. The tying run was still on first base, two down, and Tyler Stewart, all .246 and two homers of him, were pinch-hitting and drawing another 4-pitch walk. After a major crisis meeting on the mound involving every Coon around the infield and even Cookie who came dashing in from right (as he was most likely able to throw out anybody approaching home plate). Matt Nunley, who was one of the team leaders due to seniority and also sick of losing barked at everybody including Lillis – the oldest guy on the roster in fact – that **** had to ****ing stop right here. He had a dinner reservation and no time for 15 innings! And the next batter was indeed the last batter of the game. Alberto Velez’ homer walked off the Loggers, and spared them a series loss to the miserable Coons. 8-6 Loggers. Carmona 2-5; Claros 2-5, 2B; Walter 2-4, BB, RBI; Stalker 2-3, BB, 2B; Graves (PH) 1-1, 2B;

I wonder whether Matt is happy now.

Ah, he’s got food, he’s surely blessed.

In other news

July 31 – Season over for the Aces’ C Errol Spears (.202, 6 HR, 23 RBI). The 38-year-old has suffered a hip muscle strain.
July 31 – The same old man’s ailment – hip strain – fells SAL LF/RF Justin Dally (.305, 23 HR, 79 RBI) as well. Dally, 35, is also out for the season.
August 1 – No-hitter!! The Canadiens don’t see any light at the end of the tunnel in their 4-0 loss to the Thunder’s SP Bryan Hanson (3-4, 3.58 ERA) on Tuesday. Hanson walks two and allows no hits, notching the 46th no-hitter in league history and also becoming the third pitcher with two no-hitters to his name, joining Henry Selph and Brian Furst, the latter of which also spun both of his no-hitters for Oklahoma City. The Thunder have five no-hitters in total, all since 2008.
August 2 – NYC INF Sergio Valdez (.314, 4 HR, 28 RBI) will miss the rest of the month with shoulder tendinitis.
August 3 – SAL OF/1B Abel Mora (.295, 7 HR, 42 RBI) should also miss a month with a hamstring strain.
August 3 – The Blue Sox out-hit the Miners 12-5 in 11 innings, but still fall to them on a walkoff homer by PIT 1B Josh Keen (.332, 12 HR, 59 RBI). The Miners win 4-3.
August 4 – The hitting streak of ATL 3B/2B Emilio Farias (.305, 0 HR, 40 RBI) ends at 22 games in a 6-5 loss to the Bayhawks.
August 4 – After breaking his kneecap, TIJ 1B Andy McNeal (.326, 2 HR, 15 RBI) will definitely miss the rest of the season.
August 4 – SAC RF Josh Fields (.304, 2 HR, 9 RBI) staves off a no-hitter against his team with an RBI double in the Scorpions’ 3-2 loss to the Wolves. SAL SP Nate Delli Quadri (9-7, 3.13 ERA) and four relievers will not allow any other base knocks in a combined 1-hitter.
August 5 – More and more injuries: SFW SP Mike Fernandez (9-9, 3.12 ERA) will miss the rest of the year with a torn rotator cuff.

Complaints and stuff

Still waiting for the Coons to get no-hit in consecutive games or something, you know, some real, utmost shame that will resonate for decades. But as long as the Elks are around, we’re not the worst laughing stocks and the go-to punchline for eager late night talkshow hosts running out of ways to ridicule celebrities.

Which is also a new low, I guess; ‘at least the Elks are still sucking harder than us’ was never printed on t-shirts. – Maud! – Maud! – Should be print that on t-shirts? – Maud says no.

Mike Rehbock was diagnosed with back spasms and will miss the entire month, so he was well placed on the DL to begin with.

We ended up 1-8 against the Knights this year, which is our first 1-8 effort against a CL South team since 2012, when the Thunder held us to a token win.

Fun Fact: Facing a lineup consisting of 1B Quebell – 3B Merritt – RF Alston – LF Pruitt – 2B Nomura – CF Trevino – C Bowen – SS Howell – P Cruz 13 years ago this Saturday, on August 5, 2010, the Elks’ Juichi Fujita no-hit the Raccoons in Portland.

What fun.