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Houston Dynamo (25-36, .410, 5th NL West) @ Los Angeles Kings (37-25, .597, t-1st NL West)
Look, Houston is a bad team with very few redeeming qualities to talk about, so, instead, I’ll bring this momentous development forward… CF Ned Saucerman, whose contract I purchased in 2077 from the Beaumont Bullies and then traded to Houston for a lifetime supply of reindeer sausage and a box of gluten-free Kodiak pancake mix, is getting the start for Houston in this series as both of their other CFers will be out for the foreseeable future due to injury – two weeks in the sun for the former bush league bad boy seems to be in the cards for Saucy. Good for him – always nice to see an underdog punch through – even if everyone involved knows full well that it is only a temporary thing.

63 of 162: Abe Meinecke (5-7, 4.85) @ Aiden Jensen (4-5, 4.57)
Win, 7-2. Another fine effort from Aiden who went 8.1 innings and only allowed two runs to score before handing it off to the pen, Otto went 3 for 4 with a single, a double, and a triple with 3 RBIs, and Rajkumar finished this one at 1 for 3 with 2 RBIs and a run. RP Riley Valentine closed this one out for us on 8 total pitches – efficient outing for the young man.

64 of 162: Gabe Uruburu (3-3, 4.82) @ Michael Brisk (5-3, 3.84)
Loss, 6-4. Welp… you can’t win them all, I suppose. Brisky gave up 6, our offense was, mostly, poor – 2 RBIs for Goodwin, and 1 each for Zody & Daniels, and SAUCERMAN finished 1 for 3 with 2 runs and a walk for Houston.

65 of 162: Pete Taylor (6-4, 3.70) @ Paul Yeager (6-4, 4.39)
Win, 5-4. Yeager could only muster 6.1 innings and gave up 3 runs, 21st save for Barbaccia, and backup catcher Sueki Kojima went 2 for 3 with an RBI. Former Laker (now Kings), Rudolf the Ruiner, was injured while putting in some relief work for Houston – he threw 44 pitches over 3.2 innings after coming on early for starter Pete Taylor – he’ll be listed a DtD with a sore elbow for the foreseeable future.

Elsewhere: SP Orlando Vasquez continues to impress for your CITY OF COMPTON RAIDERS. The young hurler gave our club another 8-inning gem that unraveled late in a 6-5 loss against the Cincinnati Bengals. Also, today was the opening day of the inaugural season of our new 24-team AA Continental League – our own Castroville Fighting Artichokes lost their first-ever game to the Stockton Sailors by a score of 9-1. SP Luke Hazelwood gave up 7 runs in the loss. In other news, our Catcher, Dom Cooke is eligible to return to action – Sueki Kojima was optioned to Compton to make room for Dom on the big club, and C Monty Williams was demoted to AA as a result. And, lastly, 3B Bulldog Johnson went 2 for 5 with an RBI, a K, and a steal in his professional debut with the Winnipeg Jets of the Continental League while Boogie Barnett, in his debut with the Chula Vista Terrapins, finished 0 for 4 with 2 K’s.