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Raccoons (19-18) @ Loggers (18-20) – May 13-16, 2052

The Raccoons arrived for a four-game set in Milwaukee after a rather unscheduled off day on Sunday, so that was that. The Loggers were their usual last in the division, but they were only a 3-1 series win away from dumping the Critters into last place, and at 18-20 in a division with five winning teams they had to be doing something not entirely badly. Maybe we’d even find out what it was; they were sixth in runs scored, eighth in runs allowed, with a -5 run differential (Coons: +22), had a quick base-stealing team with some OBP talent, but they had one HUGE problem: an explosive bullpen that was hellbent on undoing everything their fourth-ranked rotation put together. The Coons had won the season series for eight years running (well, it’s the Loggers…), with a 13-5 record in 2051.

Projected matchups:
Victor Salcido (1-3, 5.50 ERA) vs. Josh Costello (4-2, 3.69 ERA)
Seisaku Taki (4-2, 2.45 ERA) vs. John Morrill (2-4, 4.53 ERA)
Rafael de la Cruz (3-1, 3.16 ERA) vs. Ryan Clements (2-3, 3.79 ERA)
David Barel (5-2, 3.29 ERA) vs. Angelo Munoz (3-2, 3.16 ERA)

Only right-handers coming up for the Loggers, who were without infielder Jack Barrington, who was out with a mild oblique strain, but still on the 25-man roster, so they were playing a man short at least to begin the series.

Game 1
POR: 2B Waters – SS Lavorano – LF del Toro – 1B Crum – CF Puckeridge – C S. Suggs – 3B Crispin – RF Maldonado – P Salcido
MIL: CF de Lemos – LF Sayre – SS Z. Suggs – C C. Thomas – 1B Callaia – 3B K. Leon – RF C. Lowe – 2B R. Lopez – P Costello

Additionally, they were in their bullpen in the first inning when Josh Costello lasted all of two outs and two runs; the Coons opened the game with straight knocks from Waters, Lonzo, and del Toro, the latter getting an RBI just like Ken Crum did for a sac fly. Jamie Kempf then got out of the inning after Costello left the game following Pucks’ pop to Zach Suggs at short. But the Loggers shouldn’t fret, for the Coons were also in their pen in the first inning, because Salcido was doing THAT well. He started off by nicking Dave de Lemos, and disappeared in a shower of fireballs rather quickly after that. Craig Sayre homered the game tied, and the hits kept flying onto the scoreboard. He was yanked down 5-2 with two in scoring position and one out, as Erik Bush batted for Kempf to win the game in the first inning. Paul Miles got a weak grounder from Bush and a fly out to left from de Lemos to end the miserable inning.

But yes, that Loggers pen. Kyle Buemi was pitching in the top 2nd, and the right-hander walked Ed Crispin, who was then singled home by Miles after Maldo grounded out. Waters walked, Lonzo singled, and the bags were full, but del Toro hacked out and Crum grounded out to Ricky Lopez, crummily. Zach Suggs homered off Miles in the bottom 2nd, which sugged, but Maldo turned a Buemi pitch around for a 3-piece to left in the third inning, which leveled the game at six, and there were A LOT of innings to go. By the fourth, the Coons were back on top; Lonzo singled off Nicholas Pollock, stole his 15th bag, and then scored casually on Ken Crum’s homer to right, 8-6.

Miles batted for himself three times while the Coons rioted over the Loggers pen’s grave, but ran out of steam in the fifth inning and was lifted with Zach Suggs at third base and two outs, having covered 4.1 innings on 57 pitches. The Coons went to Snyder with the bottom of the order up (it would have been Johns at the top), and the bugger insisted on waving that runner home, giving up an RBI single to Leon, 8-7. Snyder managed a scoreless sixth, then was hit for with Nick DeMarco with Sean Suggs and Ed Crispin in scoring position in an unearned mess on Kyle McRay, the Loggers’ 29-year-old version of Polibio O’Higgins, who made his season debut in this mess of a game. He struck out DeMarco, but Waters walked, and Lonzo jabbed a ball up the middle for an RBI single, which was the last time the game was still in the realm of semi-saneness. McRay went on to throw a wild pitch, scoring a run, then walked del Toro, then threw another wild pitch, then gave up a 2-run bloop single that almost hit Sayre in the nose on a bounce in leftfield. McRay was excused further service, and Willie Gonzales replaced him, giving up singles to Pucks and Suggs, bringing home Crums. Crispin grounded out to Gaudencio Callaia, ending the 6-run inning, all runs on McRay, and all unearned for a throwing error on Ricky Lopez that began the whole mess.

Brett Lillis jr. then tried to work the Loggers back into a football score, 14-7, by giving up straight singles to Sayre, their Suggs, and Chris Thomas in the bottom 7th, which sugged. Callaia and Leon struck out after the pitching coach gave Lillis a good yelling-at on the mound, and Shuta Yamamoto – oh dear, that rang a bell – flew out easily to del Toro. The Raccoons then added on in the eighth against Chris Kaye; Maldo doubled and scored on a Lonzo single. Suzuki batted for del Toro as we began to feel pity for the Loggers, but Ricky Lopez threw that 2-out grounder away as well; Ken Crum wasn’t moved by their misery and drove in the runners with a wallbanger in left, but Pucks grounded out. Ricky Lopez tried to sound the rally horn and make up for the eight unearned runs on his ledger with a solo jack off Lillis in the bottom of the inning, but the rest of the team didn’t quite follow his example. It was the final run in the game, with Kaye and Johns both delivering scoreless ninths. 17-8 Furballs! Lavorano 5-6, 2B, 2 RBI; del Toro 2-4, BB, RBI; Crum 3-5, HR, 2B, 7 RBI; Puckeridge 3-6; Suggs 2-5, RBI; Philipps (PH) 1-1; Maldonado 2-5, HR, 3 RBI; Miles 4.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, W (2-1) and 1-3, RBI;

Well, that game left a couple o’ marks…

Game 2
POR: 2B Waters – SS Lavorano – LF del Toro – 1B Crum – RF Puckeridge – 3B DeMarco – C Philipps – CF Suzuki – P Taki
MIL: CF de Lemos – LF Sayre – SS Z. Suggs – 1B Callaia – 3B K. Leon – RF C. Lowe – C J. Jimenez – 2B R. Lopez – P Morrill

We wouldn’t mind a longer outing from Taki for Tuesday, but while he got a 1-0 lead in the top 1st as Waters doubled and scored on two productive outs, Gaudencio Callaia’s RBI triple brought in de Lemos and a regrettable leadoff walk in the bottom 1st to tie us up again right away. Taki offered another leadoff walk to Chris Lowe in the second, but Lowe was caught stealing. Lowe made another out on the base paths later after he opened the bottom 5th with a triple to left-center. This was after a Pucks homer had given the Coons a 3-1 lead in the fourth inning. When Juan Jimenez, our former defensive catcher, lifted a ball out to del Toro, Lowe went for home, but again found himself thrown out. Taki then bled three base hits in the sixth inning. De Lemos hit a double and scored on a Sayre groundout and a wild pitch before 2-out singles put Suggs and Callaia on the corners, but Kenny Leon fanned to keep the Coons afloat, now 3-2.

Taki batted for himself in the seventh after Tyler Philipps and Mikio Suzuki had gone to the corners on a leadoff walk and single, respectively. His grounder moved up Suzuki, but Philipps had to hold, and the Loggers then walked Waters with intent. Lonzo’s long sac fly made it 4-2, but del Toro floated out to Sayre to strand a pair.

Both teams worked their pitchers for as long as they had a measurable pulse, with Morrill completing eight, but Taki was taken out in with five outs to go. Sayre whacked a leadoff double and moved to third on a groundout. With Callaia, the reigning Rookie of the Year, approaching, the Coons went to Eloy Sencion, who along with Hitchcock and Crisler had not partaken in Monday’s game. The run came home anyway – on a passed ball charged to Philipps… When a Maldo single in the ninth inning led to nothing great, a Kevin Hitchcock 1-2-3 was just the answer we needed. 4-3 Coons. Puckeridge 2-4, HR, 2 RBI; Maldonado (PH) 1-1; Taki 7.1 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, W (5-2);

Game 3
POR: 2B Waters – RF Puckeridge – LF del Toro – 1B Crum – C S. Suggs – 3B DeMarco – CF Suzuki – SS Sivertson – P de la Cruz
MIL: CF de Lemos – RF C. Lowe – SS Z. Suggs – C C. Thomas – 1B Callaia – 3B K. Leon – LF Bush – 2B R. Lopez – P Clements

The Coons went up 1-0 in the first again, this time with a Puckeridge single, stolen base, and a Crum double to right. Waters added a solo homer in the third inning, but that was it for the Coons for hits in the early going, but at least the lead stood up for once. Raffy was all over the place, which meant two things: his pitch count went up quickly once again, and the Loggers struggled to get hits off him; in fact Erik Bush’s single in the fifth was their first base hit in the game after three walks drawn before that, including one by Leon to begin the inning. Ricky Lopez whiffed and Clements jammed into a double play to kill the inning for them despite having the tying runs on with no outs.

It was all well and games with the hotshot de la Cruz through five innings, but he came unglued entirely in the sixth. De Lemos struck out, but Lowe walked. Suggs grounded out, but Chris Thomas got the Loggers on the board with an RBI double, 2-1. Raffy then walked the bags full before being lifted for Sencion against Bush, who got out of the inning… eventually… against Lowe. Bush singled, Lopez singled, Sayre reached on an error by Waters, de Lemos walked, and Lowe finally struck out, but by then the Loggers were up 5-2.

Top 8th, Crispin grounded out against Chris Kaye, but Waters singled, bringing about a new pitcher in Willie Gonzales, who filled the bags with more singles conceded to Pucks and del Toro. Ken Crum socked the first pitch to deep center, where a racing de Lemos appeared to make the catch against the fence, but the ball actually bounced out of his reaching mitten, against the wall, and then back into his mitten, giving Crum a 2-run double; had the ball fallen in, it would have cleared the bases and tied the game, but the Coons had to hold until the umpire gave a sign that the ball was hot; so that made it 5-4 with runners in scoring position for Suggs, who got drilled. Paul Crisler was hit for with Lonzo in the #6 spot, and his sac fly tied the game at five, finally. A first-pitch triple into the rightfield corner by Suzuki escalated this latest bullpen blowout for Milwaukee further (the Coons must talk…) with Gonzales axed for Jamie Kempf, who finally evacuated the inning with a K on Mitch Sivertson.

And that was not final upset in the game, as Justin Johns retired two in the bottom 8th before beaning Dave de Lemos in the face – or so it seemed. De Lemos got off easy as the ball actually struck the flap on his helmet that was supposed to protect his face, then hit his bat, and then glanced back into his actual cheek. He left the game, but mostly for precautionary reasons. He was replaced by a pinch-runner in… Angelo Munoz, as the Loggers were out of bench players…! Lowe grounded out, and Hitchcock’s 1-2-3 ninth without drama was very welcome after that scare. 7-5 Raccoons. Waters 2-5, HR, RBI; Puckeridge 3-4, BB; Crum 2-4, 2 2B, 3 RBI;

Can this series get any more wicked??

Dave de Lemos was not in the lineup on Thursday, but reportedly available off the bench.

Game 4
POR: SS Lavorano – CF Puckeridge – LF del Toro – 1B Crum – C S. Suggs – 2B DeMarco – RF Maldonado – 3B Crispin – P Barel
MIL: 3B K. Leon – 2B R. Lopez – SS Z. Suggs – CF Callaia – 1B Yamamoto – LF C. Lowe – RF Sayre – C J. Jimenez – P Munoz

For the first time in the series, the Coons didn’t score in the first inning, or the first time through, or much at all at any point in time. The game was scoreless through four innings, with Barel pitching a 1-hitter until his head was done in by the Coons rejects in the bottom 5th. He walked Callaia and conceded hits to both Shuta Yamamoto and Juan Jimenez, with runs scoring on the latter single and a passed ball charged to Sean Suggs before that, putting the Loggers up 2-0, which sugged. Pucks and Crum doubles made up one run in the next half-inning, but that was it again then. Barel fought his way through seven without giving up all that much, but apparently just enough. He was pinch-hit for to begin the eighth in a 2-1 game, and Waters singled to center in his place, but the top of the order croaked and he was left in scoring position, with Sayre going quite the extra mile to shag a drive by Pucks in deep right. Crisler and Lillis held the Loggers in place in the bottom 8th, after which lefty David Fox and his 5.00 ERA came out against the 4-5-6 batters on the Coons’ side. Ken Crum, applying feverishly for Player of the Week honors, socked a double to left on the first pitch. Suggs walked, but DeMarco struck out. Maldo shot a hard grounder – but right at Ricky Lopez for an inning-ending double play. 2-1 Loggers. Crum 2-4, 2 2B, RBI; Crispin 2-3, 2B; Waters (PH) 1-1; Barel 7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, L (5-3);

Raccoons (22-19) @ Aces (15-27) – May 17-19, 2052

The Aces had the worst record in the CL, had lost eight games in a row, and despite sitting third in runs scored managed to have a -27 run differential thanks to the second-most runs given up. Their starters and relievers were both in the bottom three in terms of ERA in the CL. Aubrey Austin was a real terror, hitting .291 with 10 homers at the quarter post, but apart from that it had all largely fallen apart, and a rash of injuries had now also taken their lineup apart. Brent Cramer, Rafael Ramos, Jeremy Welter, and Travis Stone (who?) were all on the DL for position players, and starting pitcher Chris Cornelius was also on the shelf. The Coons had won the season series last year, 6-3.

Projected matchups:
Kyle Brobeck (2-3, 4.50 ERA) vs. Larry Broad (2-4, 5.96 ERA)
Victor Salcido (1-3, 6.63 ERA) vs. Medardo Regueir (3-5, 5.11 ERA)
Seisaku Taki (5-2, 2.61 ERA) vs. Bill Lawrence (0-2, 9.19 ERA)

Righty, lefty, righty for the Aces in this set; that included a spot starter on Sunday. The 24-year-old Lawrence had never started in the majors before, but had 12 relief appearances for two different teams, for a total ERA of 11.25…

Be careful, boys, I think it’s a trap!

Game 1
POR: 2B Waters – SS Lavorano – CF Puckeridge – 1B Crum – LF del Toro – 3B Crispin – RF Maldonado – C Philipps – P Brobeck
LVA: 2B Hager – 1B Austin – LF van de Wouw – C Weese – RF Bishop – SS J. White – CF D. Martin – 3B Howington – P Broad

Pucks and Crum doubles put the Coons up 1-0 in the first, but starting with del Toro, who fanned, the Coons made nothing but outs until the lead was blown in unearned, yet deserved, fashion in the bottom 4th. Brobeck allowed two hits the first time through, but by the fourth inning offered a 1-out walk to Neville van de Wouw, and then right away a double to Kevin Weese. With two in scoring position he fumbled Steve Bishop’s comebacker for a run-scoring error, but the Aces fumbled the inning when Bishop was caught stealing and Jim White grounded out easily. Broad retired 14 in a row before giving up a leadoff single in the sixth to Brobeck, who was batting .375, but after two poor fly outs only reached second when Pucks walked in a full count. At least that brought up Crum, who hit a ball for about 400 feet… but to the 422’ part of the ballpark, and into Dan Martin’s mitten to end the inning.

The Aces then batted through the order as they broke up Brobeck in the bottom 6th. Brenton Hager drew a leadoff walk, but they also made two outs before starting the dismantling process. Kevin Weese and Steve Bishop hit singles, and the inning kept escalating until three runs were on the board and Broad popped out to strand three more runners. Top 7th, the tying runs were on base after a del Toro single (to be replaced by Crispin on a grounder to second), a Maldo double, and Philipps RBI single under glove of John McDonell at third base. Here came the peculiar part. Brobeck was hitting so well, the Coons batted him with the tying runs on the corners and one out despite having no intention to send him back to the mound. He flew out to Bishop, and with a runner faster (or younger) than Maldo at third base that would probably have been a sac fly. Waters grounded out to end the inning. 2-out walks to Crum and del Toro put the tying runs on base again in the eighth, but then Crispin grounded out to short. Instead, Snyder’s leadoff walk to Weese and a 2-out double that Lillis conceded to Dan Martin added a run for Vegas in the same inning. And yet… top 9th, Maldo singled and Philipps walked against righty Josh Penington, and the tying run was to pinch-hit here; DeMarco grabbed a stick, popped out on the first pitch, and Waters flew to deep left, but that one was caught by van de Wouw. The Aces then conceded a run on a wild pitch, another one on Lonzo’s single, and then yanked Penington for ex-Coon Danny Landeta. He got Pucks to ground out. 5-4 Aces. Maldonado 2-4, 2B;

Like I said, a trap.

Game 2
POR: 2B Waters – SS Lavorano – C Suggs – LF Crum – RF Glodowski – 3B DeMarco – CF Suzuki – 1B Philipps – P Salcido
LVA: 2B Hager – 1B Austin – LF van de Wouw – RF Bishop – SS J. White – CF D. Martin – C DeFrank – 3B Howington – P Regueir

Salcido had to show something other than fireworks in this start. He had given up three runs or more in every start except his debut this season, and his last three starts had amounted to 8.1 innings and 13 runs, all earned. The danger for him was real – Wheats was gonna return before long, and I was just looking for any excuse to give Mike Snyder the axe, freeing up a garbage inning spot in the pen. He got spotted a lead when Crum singled home Suggs in the first, but was roughed up right in the first inning. Aubrey Austin walked, and with two outs the 4-5-6 batters went triple, triple, double on him for a 3-1 Aces lead. And it didn’t get better from there. Regueir singled in the second, and the bags gradually filled up again. Bishop singled home a 2-out run, and another run scored on a DeMarco error. After Martin popped out to strand three, he mostly continued to pitch because I considered the game lost given how the Coons were serially fanning against the pushover Regueir; although, the fourth saw Crum reach base, followed by an error by Brian Howington (who?). DeMarco hit an RBI double to center, 5-2, which brought the tying run to the plate. Suzuki’s sac fly shaved off another run, but Philipps flew out easily. Salcido gave up another leadoff triple to Austin in the bottom 4th, the run easily scoring on a sac fly by Neville van de Wouw, and was removed and quietly disposed of after the inning.

The tying run was back at the plate in a 6-3 game in the sixth, and with nobody out after Suggs and Crum opened with singles off Regueir. Glodowski struck out, but DeMarco scratched out another single to fill the bases. Mikio Suzuki came through with an RBI single shoved past Hager, 6-4, but Philipps fanned in a full count. Pucks batted for Snyder, scorched a liner – but right at Jim White to strand a full set of runners. Top 7th, and the tying runs were on AGAIN, thanks to Lonzo and Suggs singles with one out. Crum knocked out that southpaw with an RBI double to left, parking the tying and go-ahead runs in scoring position, while the Aces went lefty-for-lefty with Mike Manning, who had more walks than strikeouts in 17.1 innings, but a 3.63 ERA. The inning ended with Glodowski’s fly to left, on which Suggs went for home, and was thrown out for a 7-2 double play, which sugged. Efrain Estrada retired the Coons in order in the eighth, while Adam Eutsler was sent out for the ninth in the 6-5 game. The 27-year-old had one career save. Crispin led off pinch-hitting in the #9 hole, drew a leadoff walk, and I felt more crushing disappointment approaching me. Waters legged out an infield single, though, moving the tying run to second base. Lonzo’s groundout meant another advance to third base. Suggs hit a comebacker that kept the runners pinned, WHICH SUGGED, and Crum’s fly to left was caught by van de Wouw. 6-5 Aces. Waters 2-5; Suggs 3-5, 2B; Crum 4-5, 2B, 2 RBI; DeMarco 2-4, 2B, RBI; Johns 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K;

That was the only time in the game that Ken Crum was retired.

(bangs head against door frame)

Game 3
POR: 2B Waters – SS Lavorano – RF Puckeridge – 1B Crum – LF del Toro – C Suggs – 3B DeMarco – CF Suzuki – P Taki
LVA: 2B Hager – 1B Austin – LF van de Wouw – C Weese – RF Bishop – SS J. White – CF D. Martin – 3B Howington – P Lawrence

Taki struck out five Aces in the first three innings and allowed nobody into scoring position, while the Raccoons put five runners on base, and stranded ALL OF THEM … and ALL OF THEM in scoring position. With even Ken Crum’s clutch slipping now, I was embracing the sweep and four straight losses against last-place teams, because what else was there to do?

On command, the Aces’ 2-3-4 batters opened the bottom 4th with three ****** singles in a row, and Bishop drew a walk to force home a run. Jim White’s sac fly made it 2-0 before Taki got out of the inning. He then opened the top 5th with an angry double to right, and with a Waters single added to that, the tying runs were on the corners, but I had seen that ****** movie on endless repeat for the last few days and it had never ******* led anywhere nice. Lonzo ran a full count and grounded out to Howington, which advanced Waters to second base. Pucks popped out, which advanced nobody. Crum flew out to Dan Martin. (looks up to the baseball gods) Good one.

The tying runs were also on in the sixth, with Suggs and DeMarco singles that were wasted on the Japanese boys, and the Coons never scored on Bill Lawrence, who was pinch-hit for in the bottom 7th, which was also Taki’s final inning. Landeta struck out the side in the eighth. Mike Manning was back in the ninth. He walked Glodowski in the #8 hole and Waters doubled… but by then Sivertson had already hit into a double play. Manning walked Lonzo, because we couldn’t possibly complete the sweep without stranding the tying runs once more. Even better, Manning also walked Pucks, filling the bases for Ken Crum, who was 5-for-12 in this series, which was LESS than what he had clubbed against the Loggers, but also hitless in this game. I don’t know, if you can’t forge a rally with your hottest iron, don’t even try. He flew out to Martin once more. 2-0 Aces. Waters 2-3, 2 BB, 2B; Lavorano 2-4, BB; Taki 7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, L (5-3) and 1-2, BB, 2B;

In other news

May 13 – CIN SP Zach Tubbs (4-2, 2.50 ERA) whiffs ten Blue Sox and defeats them 7-0 in a 3-hit shutout.
May 14 – Warriors SP Fernando Salazar (4-2, 2.63 ERA) gets to within three outs and one pinch-hit double by DEN OF/3B Sean Lassley (.212, 0 HR, 5 RBI) of a no-hitter, and has to settle for a 1-hit shutout in a 6-0 win over the Gold Sox.
May 14 – DAL CL Willie Cruz (0-2, 5.63 ERA, 10 SV) is going to miss a month with shoulder tendinitis.
May 14 – The Titans have more errors (four) than hits (three) in an 8-1 loss to the Canadiens.
May 16 – A home run by SAL RF/LF/1B Salvador Montecino (.214, 4 HR, 11 RBI) marks the only run in the Wolves’ 1-0 win over the Scorpions.
May 18 – Capitals OF Jason Monson (.222, 6 HR, 24 RBI) hits the DL with an intercostal strain and will miss about a month.
May 18 – IND OF Philip Locke (.253, 3 HR, 13 RBI) mercifully ends the Indians’ game against the Condors with a walkoff homer, 4-2, in the 17th inning, after 11 straight innings of collective zeroes.

FL Player of the Week: DAL RF/LF/1B Dario Martinez (.331, 13 HR, 34 RBI), belting .385 (10-26) with 6 HR, 9 RBI
CL Player of the Week: POR 1B/LF/RF Ken Crum (.302, 3 HR, 23 RBI), driving .429 (12-28) with 1 HR, 14 RBI

Complaints and stuff

Four straight losses against the Loggers and Aces. Sometimes… (calmly knots rope) … sometimes life’s just not worth living anymore.

Ken Crum had quite the series in Milwaukee, going 7-for-15 with two walks, a homer, FIVE doubles, and 11 RBI. He struck out once. The Aces set was less successful (we sure noticed in the W column) but still enough for Player of the Week honors with a stunning 14 RBI.

The Coons have now scored 63 runs in the last 12 games, and have gone 5-7. That is with 46 runs conceded (not inherently a huge amount), and a mind-boggling 6 one-run losses (and one by two runs). I am still struggling to really work out whether that’s good or bad news.

There are holes on the pitching staff that a blind grandmother could drive an 18-wheeler through, but Wheats made two starts in rehab this week and will rejoin the team for his second ABL start of the year somewhere around the middle of next week. One head will roll then, and there’s no shortage of candidates.

Next week, we’ll lose to the Knights and Thunder. And I am not even kidding about the Thunder.

Fun Fact: Ken Crum is the first Raccoon to drive in seven runs in a game since Gene Pellicano did so in 2044. Gene Pellicano!

The record for RBI in a game for a Raccoon is nine, jointly held by some of the biggest names in franchise history: Neil Reece, Vern Kinnear, Craig Bowen (still the only ABL player to sock four homers in a game, and it was *that* game where he had 9 RBI all did it in regulation. Daniel Hall drove in nine runs in an extra-inning game.