May 3, 1921
Unicorn Point 1B Logan Tirico is fuming after a umpire's call in in the bottom of the 15th that he never got his foot on the bag to force the out.
He told the
Amelia Daily Times that the call was "turtle-s***", with two outs on the board a 16th inning should have been forced but instead the winning run came home.
Tiricio has been suspended one game for his comments.
May 8, 1921
Pour one out for the Crimson Forest High School Lions. They will not be defending their title this season after an 8-4 loss to Southern Salt Quarter Academy rules them out of the final. As the season heads into its final weekend of games next week, there's still a three team battle for the two final spots.
Still in the driving seat for a title defense is Northlands College of Technology in the University League. The Wildcats are 21-9 and guaranteed a spot. Big noise to Wildcat Kevin Stump, the senior has hit for .300/.393/.746 with 17 home runs over 30 games a big improvement over last year. He's got some speed and defensive instincts too, the scouts should be very excited.
6 games to go over two weekends. It'll be a tense battle between Amelia University and Saffron School of Magic for the second final spot.
May 11, 1921
Hadestown 2B Noah Means was named the best defender out of any position last season but today he proved that he can summon the god of offense as well to make it rain home runs. Up against the Spice District Roosters, he bashed three home runs into the home crowd as they cruised to a 8-1 victory.
And the Penguins and Turtles went to extra innings in a game that didn't see anyone cross home plate until the 11th. The Penguins will be ruing their lost chances, in the top of the 9th they loaded the bases with no outs but Turtle stopper Adam Scoles turned up the heat and struck the next three out. When the Penguins finally got a run on the board thanks to a C Russell Kohler double. The Turtles struck back with a 2-run home run from LF Spike Evener to walk it off.
May 12, 1921
The Roosters struck back after their 8-1 drubbing at the hands of Noah Means and the Broncos with Max Steel dealing out 17 strikeouts en-route to a 5-2 Rooster win.
May 14, 1921
The Whiskeytown Ducks came back from 8-2 down against Unicorn Point to force extra innings. As Duck fans contemplated heading on home in the bottom of the 6th, the Whiskeytown hitters woke up. 1B Rich Hornberger and 3B Kody Lyabah hit back-to-back home runs to start the inning off and then a single, double, and a single got another runner home. Finally to cap it off, C Joel de Vries sent an absolute monster of a home run -- 486 feet -- out of the park for a 3-run home run to tie the game up.
The Ducks will have further chances to finish the Unicorns off as they loaded players into scoring position in the 8th and 9th but couldn't pull the trigger.
Finally, in the bottom of the 11th, with a runner on second pinch hitter Jim Julian sent a line drive out to Center Field, the runner made a dash for home and the CF sent the ball down to the catcher. The ball and the runner seemed to make it at the same time. We waited a beat for the umpire, and then he makes his signal.
SAFE.
May 15, 1921
The High School league came to a close over the weekend. The Hadestown Magic Academy had already secured their spot in the final as they came into the Sunday but still wanted to put up wins against the Southern Salt Quarter Academy who were still gunning for a playoff spot of their own. The SSQA Was competing with Dustland Boy's High School, who were one game ahead and had the bottom of the table Port Magnolia High School to dispatch.
Sundays are doubleheaders for the high schoolers. Southern Salt Quarter Academy LF Dallas Holt came in big for his side, hitting two home runs to give his team a 7-5 win over Hadestown Magic Academy in the first game. The news started to trickle in that Port Magnolia High School had won their first game.
That meant Southern Salt Quarter Academy controlled their destiny. A win would guarantee at minimum a tie breaker game. Dallas Nolt will hit another home run in game two but the hit that got everyone talking was Nolt's double in the top of the 9th that would bring home two of his teammates for the lead... and the win. They would need to wait to hear the results of the other game and find out if they were in the final or would need to play a tiebreaker.
Dustland Boy's High School at that moment were in the process of scoring
14 runs in the 7th and 8th innings for a 15-7 win. It was going to be a tiebreaker.
Over in the University League, we are primed for an interesting series next weekend to close out the regular season. If Saffron School of Magic can sweep Amelia University then they can book a rematch with Northlands College of Technology in the University final.
Finally, here's where the pros sit at the end of May 15. The Roosters have now put on a big lead over the Elephants and the Amelia City Metros are in the midst of an 8 game winning streak!
