Today in the CBO
News and Notes - Reports from around the Commonwealth
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
9 August 2298 - BMU: Lifegivers Scratch and Claw to 4-2 Win
The Union Hope Lifegivers topped the Breakheart Banks Behemoths by the score of 4-2, with the largest share of the credit going to left fielder Whiskey Nightcap. Nightcap went 4 for 4 with a triple, a double, and 2 singles. He scored 2 times for the Lifegivers. Dan Redplate was credited with the save. He has now successfully converted 12 of 18 save opportunities. With the win, Union Hope raised its record to 33-30.
Soundwave Wiggins aided the Union Hope cause with a 2-run single in the bottom of the sixth. For the game, the first baseman was 2 for 4 with 2 singles, while adding 3 RBI.
"I just tried to see the ball and put a good swing on it," said Wiggins.
9 August 2298 - BMU: Sweet Sweet in Shutout
Chad Sweet never let Taffington Boathouse get something going. The Mystic Pines right-hander commanded his changeup in pitching the Raybathers to a 1-0 win. Burn Rivera notched his 13th save in 15 chances. With the win, Mystic Pines pushed its record to 35-28.
Sweet scattered 1 hit over 7 innings for the Raybathers. With the win, Sweet goes to 10-2 on the year with 112 strikeouts.
Sweet told a Mystic Pines Daily News reporter that he was "satisfied" with the win.
9 August 2298 - BMU: Snipers Win at Natick Banks, 6-3
Trinity Plaza second baseman Shawn Burton helped his team beat the Natick Banks Big Leaguers, 6-3. Burton went 2 for 2 for the Snipers. Chris Tumbleson, the winning pitcher, is now 3-0. He went 6 innings, allowing 3 runs on 6 hits, while fanning 3 and walking 3. Trinity Plaza raised its record to 36-27 with the win.
Jason Bishop, the 20-year old first baseman , had a direct impact on the outcome. Bishop contributed a 2-run single in the top of the sixth inning to put Trinity Plaza up, 6-2.
9 August 2298 - Dominant Performance by Southie in Concord Win
Concord Radstags starter Gwinnett Southie pitched his team past the County Crossing Bloodbugs, 7-1. County Crossing, at 35-54, has lost 4 straight.
Southie ran roughshod over the County Crossing lineup. The right-hander allowed just 4 hits over 9 innings, while striking out 9. With the victory, he goes to 12-6 on the season.
"There's still time to turn this season around," said Southie.
"I try to not think too much," said Burton.
9 August 2298 - Ghouls Win Nail-Biter, 1-0, in 20 Innings
The The Slog Ghouls defeated the Fort Hagen Silver Shroud, 1-0, in North Charles Association action at Hubris Comics Park. The Slog pitcher David Kiwi had a standout performance. The victory gives The Slog a record of 53-36.
Kiwi gave The Slog a solid start. The left-hander allowed no runs on 5 hits over 9 innings.
"It was a test of wills," said Mack O'Shea, the The Slog skipper. "I'm glad we came out of it with a win."
Lernz Tentsleep provided the only run in the six-hour, fifty-two minue game when he hit his 25th home run of the season in the top of the 20th off Shroud reliever Bob Kearns. Before that at bat, Tentsleep was 0 for 8 with 6 strikeouts.
Fort Hagen's Ben Pawlak had a bad day, too, where he never was able to overcome it. Pawlak was 0 for 9 in the game with 4 strikeouts.
Special Notes: Lernz Tentsleep ties the NCA regular season extra-inning game record for strikeouts with 5. Lernz Tentsleep sets the NCA regular season extra-inning game record for strikeouts with 6. Lernz Tentsleep sets the SLOG regular season extra-inning game record for at bats with 8. Lernz Tentsleep sets the SLOG regular season extra-inning game record for at bats with 9. Ben Pawlak sets the FtH regular season extra-inning game record for at bats with 9.
9 August 2298 - Gunners Rock Knuckle Punchers, 15-3
Led by David Driftwood, the Quincy Gunners defeated the Roxbury Knuckle Punchers, 15-3. Driftwood was 4 for 6 with a home run, a double, and 2 singles, while scoring 2 times and driving in 3 for the Gunners. The win elevated the Gunners to 50-39.
Quincy used the clutch hitting of Robbie Adams to capture the win. The shortstop drilled a bases-clearing double in the top of the seventh inning to give the Gunners the lead, 7-3. For the game, Adams had 1 single and 1 double in 4 at-bats.
"It was a solid team effort," said Driftwood after the game.
9 August 2298 - Party Boys Top Lady Killers, 5-1, Behind Arthur
Nordhagen Beach Party Boys pitcher Chet Arthur was in fine form, leading his team past the Starlight Lady Killers, 5-1. The win for the Party Boys lifted their record to 56-33.
Arthur earned the win, going 7.1 strong innings for Nordhagen Beach. The right-hander allowed just 3 hits, while striking out 7. Starlight hitters had little success against him.
Arthur told a Nordhagen Beach News reporter that he was "more than satisfied" with the win.
Four of the five runs batted in by Nordhagen Beach were on RBI singles, three of those in the top of the 6th. Tomas Jones led the Boys in hits, going 2 for 4, which included his team's only extra-base hit, a 4th inning double. He scored once.
Glenn Higinbotham's 18th home run of the season in the bottom of the 9th off Drama Miller provided the Killers' only run.