SJL:
On Monday, during the dog days of summer, the SJL saw an epic 16-inning battle between a contender- the El Paso Dawgs- and a pretender- the last place Chicago Fire- and the Fire defeated the Dawgs in the bottom of the 16th inning when center fielder Juan Lobato, known for his great defense and speed but not his bat, tripled home former Denver Brewer Chad Brown with the winning run. Having tied the game by scoring 2 bottom of the 9th inning runs and then matching El Paso's 12th inning run to keep things going, and after 4 hours and 40 minutes of baseball, it was a gusty win by the second-year club in front of the few thousand fans left (paid attendance for the game was 14,682) at game's end for the lowly Fire.
MGL:
It is very hard to shut out the Phoenix Speed Devils, especially at their bandbox of a park, Phoenix Municipal Stadium. But that is precisely what San Francisco Velocity right-handed starting pitcher Jon Weldon did on Thursday. The big (6' 6", 210 lb) native Texan isn't the most popular guy on the team, by a long shot, but he was pretty well-liked on this day as he gave up just 5 harmless singles to the power-hitting Speed Devils to earn his 3rd win of the season.
