Today in the CBO
News and Notes - Reports from around the Commonwealth
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
21 July 2299 - County Crossing Roughed Up By Party Boys' O
The Nordhagen Beach Party Boys easily defeated the County Crossing Bloodbugs, 12-3, at Beantown Brewery Stadium, with first baseman Dustin Mart a main contributor to the win. He slugged 2 home runs, while scoring 3 runs and driving in 6 for Nordhagen Beach.
Pop Murphy, not ready to give up his spot to the returning Ryan Combs, was 3 for 5 with a double, two home runs, three runs, and six RBI. Nordhagen Beach has an impressive 54-22 record, tops in the CBO.
Mart had a key at-bat for Nordhagen Beach early in the game. With runners on 1st and 2nd, he hit a 3-run home run. It was his 16th home run of the season and gave Nordhagen Beach an early 3-0 lead.
"We did a lot of things right," said Mart.
Derek Gist picked up his 10th win to move to 10-4 on the season. In 6.0 innings, he allowed three earned runs on seven hits with three walks and four strikeouts. He allowed homers to Mush Levy (12) and Taygun Topaloglu (6) in his final inning pitched.
21 July 2299 - Deathclaws Take It on Chin, Lose, 11-0, to Goodneighbor
Matt Pageturner was in a mood to talk following the Goodneighbor Hancocks contest against the University Point Deathclaws, expounding to BNN reporters on his pitching philosophy. He had good reason to be excitable, having tossed a complete-game shutout of the Deathclaws, 11-0.
"There are three important elements in pitching success: location, location, and location," Pageturner said. "I was hitting my spots time and time again."
The right-hander blanked University Point on a 5-hitter, allowing 3 walks and racking up 4 strikeouts.
In 20 starts this season Pageturner has compiled a 14-2 record and a 3.39 ERA. With Goodneighbor, he is 7-0 with a 2.96 ERA.
The Hancocks offense was also firing on all thrusters, with Bryan Assman going 3 for 5 with two home runs (22 + 23) with two runs and three RBI. Jason Juras also hit two home runs (19 + 20), going 2 for 4 with a walk, three runs, and five RBI. Burtie Cuttooth also added his 12th home run of the season. Assman and Juras represent the only teammates in the CBO currently with 20+ home runs. Finch Farm is the only other team on the brink with two players at 19 homers each.
21 July 2299 - Adamantium Take Down Synths, 5-4, in 10
The Abernathy Adamantium racked up a win at Tato Field, bumping off the Lexington Synths, 5-4, in 10 innings. Kyle Clevinger, who started for Abernathy, pitched effectively for his team. Abernathy has run its win streak to 4 in a row.
The Adamantium procured the win, in large part because of pinch hitter Lucky Libow. In the bottom of the tenth, he produced the game-winning run-scoring single.
Libow said afterward that he was "glad the fans were treated to a good ballgame."
Joel Mutfruit, third baseman for the Abernathy Adamantium, ran his consecutive-game hitting streak to 20 games with 1 hit in his club's victory today.
"Not the outcome we wanted," Lexington manager Sprole Races said. "There's never a good time to lose, and it's never fun to be on the wrong end of somebody else's accomplishment."
Mutfruit flied out in the 1st, walked in the 4th, singled in the 6th, struck out in the 7th, and flied out in the 9th.
So far this season Mutfruit has hit .286 with 7 home runs, 45 RBIs, and scored 43 times.
21 July 2299 - Chemists Curb Silver Shroud, 2-1
Sunshine Tidings starter Bill Sarnacki pitched well against the Fort Hagen Silver Shroud at Hubris Comics Park. The left-hander led his team to a win, 2-1. Vince Moon converted his 5th save in 6 tries. The Chemists sport a record of 31-45.
The Chemists got an important contribution from center fielder Frank Corsica, who in the top of the third knocked a 2-1 fastball into left-center for a run-scoring double. It was his 30th double of the season and put the Chemists ahead, 2-0.
"Winning never gets dull," said Corsica.
Sarnacki (5-11) pitched one of his better games of the season, holding the Shroud to just one earned run on seven hits with two walks and four strikeouts in 8.0 innings. His best game came June 2 against Abernathy when he held the Adamantium to just one run while striking out 11 in 8.1 innings.
21 July 2299 - Swatters Lose Late, 7-3
The Oberland T-51s topped the Diamond City Swatters by the score of 7-3, with the largest share of the credit going to second baseman Jonathan Abern. Abern went 2 for 4 with a triple. He scored 2 times and drove in 3 for the T-51s. Matt Udder, the winner, improved to 10-7. He held Diamond City to 3 runs on 6 hits over 7 innings, while racking up 6 strikeouts. The victory gives Oberland a record of 40-36, 12 games back of the Swatters.
Abern came through with some timely hitting for Oberland. With Diamond City trailing 3-2 in the top of the eighth, Abern hit a full-count curveball for a bases-clearing triple. His 13th triple of the season made it 5-3, Oberland.
"When this team comes together and plays the way we can, we can compete with anyone," said Abern. "I think we're going to keep proving that."