April 11, 1921
With Max Steel out injured, the Spice District Roosters picked up Dalton Deschenes off the free agency market and put him straight into the #1 spot in the rotation. This signing means the last of the quality free agents finally have a team. They all signed one year deals so hopefully we don't go through this next year.
April 15, 1921
The Roosters might be suffering a bit from injuries but they're still racking up the wins. Today, the Whiskeytown Ducks thought they might have done enough when they picked up 2-run dingers in the 1st but they were undone by a 3-run home run from RF Roman Karabanov in the bottom of the 9th.
And, Elijah Shumate has kept his pitcher of the year form going into 1922 with a 3-hit complete game shutout against the Broncos. The performance came with no walks and 16 strikeouts. I had a quick look through the history of 15+ K games and there's been 5 instances where the pitcher gave up no walks. Shumate did three of them (Max Steel and Jared Way contributed the other two)
April 16, 1922
The weekend of university games is over and Maddox Riker has extended his hit streak to 34. In the series against The Institute of Evil, he went 3-4, 1-6, and 2-5 in big wins for the Northlands College of Technology. They are now on a 12 game winning streak.
April 17, 1922
No one really expected that this Ducks-Broncos game would turn out so crazy. There was a crazy amount of momentum shift and a crazy amount of home runs as 9 dingers in total got sent to the stands. Whiskeytown's Thad Pardue had a particularly great game. His lead-off single and subsequent steal put him in a great position to get the opening run, and he'll repeat that trick in the 3rd but with a walk rather than a hit. He tied the game up in the 6th with a 2-run home run, and tied he game in the 9th with a double that drove in a run.
But ultimately, they had fell short to Hadetown 1B Guy De La Salle's 3 home run day. De La Selle drove in 6 RBIs to constantly keep the Broncos one step ahead of the Ducks.
April 18, 1922
Dalton Deschenes had a rough first start for Spice District back on the 14th, he was out after 4 innings after giving up 7 runs but he righted the ship today. Giving up just 1 hit and 3 walks and dishing out 14 K's over 8 innings to give the Roosters a 3-0 win over the Crimson Forest Falcons.
April 19, 1922
Disappointing news for Amelia City and their hopes for a winning season as they announce that 2B Doug Dale will be out for action for the next 5 weeks with elbow inflammation. The 27 year old, 2-time All-Star has struggled with injury.
The Metros did respond to the news with a dramatic walk-off victory in the 12th against Unicorn Point however. Left Fielder Wayne Kender with the two-run triple to finish it off.
April 20, 1922
The Dolphins were down 3-0 going into the bottom of the 9th but they rallied. They got a little help from the gods of fielding errors when Turtle 2B Russ Gawlick fumbled what should have been an easy out but it was mainly some solid singles and patience at the plate that got them the win. They were able to tie the game up with bases loaded and 3B Ron Stubbs at the plate. After fouling off a couple, Stopper Adam Scoles tried to send it inside but... was a little too successful and hit Stubbs instead.
The Dolphins win through a walk-off HBP.
"I'm just looking for a good pitch that I can hit well," said Stubbs.
"And not try to do too much"
Well Stubbs, you got your wish.
Here's the standings at the close of April 20.
