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BNN Weekly Report

This Week in the CBO, BMU, GBRL, and BYDL

by Nat Wright-Kawolski

25 February 2302

2302 CBO Nuka Cup Preseason Tournament

The second round features the eight teams with a first-round bye hosting the eight teams that advanced in the Winners' Bracket. Again, there will be a three-game series with the team winning two or three games advancing in the Winners' Bracket and the team winning zero games or one game moving to the Losers' Bracket.

Round 2 Results

26 February
Nordhagen Beach 2, The Slog 0
Sunshine Tidings 3, Fort Hagen 1
County Crossing 8, FHE 1
Goodneighbor 7, Concord 2
Starlight 12, Vault 81 1
Atom 6, Egret 2
Roxbury 5, Diamond City 4
University Point 9, Oberland 8

27 February
The Slog 3, Nordhagen Beach 1
Fort Hagen 5, Sunshine Tidings 1
County Crossing 5, FHE 4 (County Crossing clinches series)
Concord 12, Goodneighbor 6
Vault 81 8, Starlight 2
Atom 6, Egret 5 (Atom clinches series)
Roxbury 7, Diamond City 3 (Roxbury clinches series)
Oberland 5, University Point 4, 11 inn.

28 February
Nordhagen Beach 3, The Slog 2 (Nordhagen Beach clinches series)
Sunshine Tidings 4, Fort Hagen 2 (Sunshine Tidings clinches series)
County Crossing 7, FHE 6, 11 inn.
Goodneighbor 7, Concord 4 (Goodneighbor clinches series)
Starlight 9, Vault 81 7, 12 inn. (Starlight clinches series)
Atom 7, Egret 3
Roxbury 7, Diamond City 5
University Point 12, Oberland 2 (University Point clinches series)

Featured Series: The Slog at Nordhagen Beach (Nordhagen Beach Bracket)

Game 1: Nordhagen Beach 2, The Slog 0

Pitching, pitching, pitching. The Slog's batters had few chances as Chet Arthur got the start and pitched 8.1 shutout innings. He allowed four singles and struck out three. Matt Breakball gave up the only extra-base hit in the game, a 9th-inning double by Millioncap Go that could not score the first run. The Ghouls ended the 9th with two runners in scoring position.

The Party Boys scored their first run off The Slog's Gwinnett Southie in the bottom of the 6th. Maxx Murtagh hit a one-out single, followed by a Brian Masterson single to move Murtagh to third. Jonathan Angelou then singled in Murtagh for what proved to be the winning run. Murtagh also scored the second run when Southie threw a wild pitch in the bottom of the 8th. Southie allowed two runs on seven hits--all singles--with four strikeouts in 7.0 innings.

Game 2: The Slog 3, Nordhagen Beach 1

The Slog's Bruce Iddings pitched the masterpiece, allowing one earned run on five hits with a walk and four strikeouts. The one run allowed came on an Angelou solo homer in the 1st inning.

Chris Van Benschoten was 3 for 4 with a double, a home run, one runs scored, and two RBI. In the top of the 2nd, he came up to bat with two runners on and no outs. After a Matt Ranger passed ball scored Lernz Tentsleep, Van Benschoten then doubled in Boots Yellowhair for a 2-0 lead. Van Benschoten's homer came in the 7th.

Game 3: Nordhagen Beach 3, The Slog 2

Again, neither team's offense could solve the pitching. This time, the Boys' Beachboy Nut took the mound, allowing one earned run on two hits with two walks and 10 strikeouts in 7.0 innings. Van Benschoten proved to be the series MVP despite his team losing the series. He hit a solo home run in the 2nd off Nut.

Nordhagen Beach earned all of its runs in the first two innings off The Slog starter Dan Dozier. In the bottom of the 1st, the Boys took a 1-0 lead. Murtagh and Masterson started the inning off with singles. Later, with the bases loaded, Michael Fogcrawler hit a sacrifice fly to score Murtagh. In the bottom of the 2nd, the Party Boys took the lead for good. Jon Hitman led off with a single. With two outs, Murtagh went yard against Dozier, making it 3-1.