May 23, 1921
This game took on a bizarre energy in the 9th. The Metros were up 7-3 over the Ducks heading in and continued to pile on for a 11-3 lead heading into the bottom of the 9th. Then it all want downhill: a single, another single, a walk, a single (score is now 11-4), another walk (11-5), a strikeout, a single (11-6), a pitcher change followed by a sac fly (11-7), a hit by pitch, a single (11-8), and a bases clearing double (11-all), they could have it kept it going had the last guy not tried to stretch it into a triple.
We then shift into the top of the 10th and the new Ducks pitcher pitches a hit-by-pitch and wild pitch infested innings for the Metros to grab 2 runs and the eventual win. The Duck hitters wouldn't have been too impressed.
Rookie of the Month, Carson Mixon has been moved out of the stopper role and into the starting rotation. This was his first start for Metros, and it seems that pitching into the 9th was just a step too far for him.
The Elephants thought they'd done enough in the top of the 10th when 1B Vladik Zavalin slammed a 3-run home run in to the Port Magnolia crowd but two back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the 10th kept the game alive for the Dolphins. The Elephants will get runners into scoring position in the 11th but weren't able to seal the deal. When the game shifts to the bottom of the 11th, Dolphins LF Kevin Bowman draws a walk and then steals second, a wild pitch gets him to third and then he can just canter in home when RF Gavin Fuller hits a single.
Fun fact, fresh off celebrating his walk-off heroics, Fuller comes into work the next day to find that he's been demoted to the minors.
Final game I wanted to feature from today.
Falcon CF Christian Tiggs is the hero of Crimson Forest when he hits a 3-run home run in the top of the 9th to give them a 3-1 lead over the Unicorns. Another notable factoid from the game is that the Falcons ended the hit streak of LF Danny Walsh, who was on 22. One short of the record.
May 24, 1921
The Sharks continued their winning ways. They needed just one run for a walk-off victory against the Broncos in the 10th but 3B Carl McNutt decided that 4 would be better as he hit a grand slam walk-off home run.
Show off.
May 26, 1921
The Northlands College of Technology Wildcats defend their university title as they sweep the Amelia University Cougars with ease in their final with scores of 7-3 and 10-4.
May 30, 1921
Salt Quarter SP Shawn Marsh has pitched his second no-hitter!
This was such a good no-hitter that Marsh carried the PERFECT GAME into the 9th inning. Unfortunately he walked CF Michael Ridge in the 9th but got the next guy to ground out into a double play.
Marsh was super efficient and 106 pitches makes it the quickest no-hitter in COBRA's short history. He picked up a lot of K's (12) but only went to a full count 4 times.
Also, fun fact: the Salt Quarter Penguins have been involved in every single no-hitter in history. Jaxon Darnall and the Dustland Sharks no-hit them for the very first one and then a Penguin pitcher (Marsh, James Cantley, and then Marsh again) has pitched each one since then.
Something in the air in the Salt Quarter?
Not too much has changed in the standings since our last look as we reach the end of June.
