STL 1, LIN 5 F
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
STL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
LIN 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
W – Beckett (1-0) L – Smith (0-1)
Before the game, the Lindsyans announced that former player Moises Alou will take over head coaching responsibilities for JELLY QUEEN DREAM TEAM. “Old Piss Hands”, as he was called back in the day, saw his team do everything right in this game. The offense got to scoring right away thanks to a Rondell White homerun in the first. White struck again with a big hit in the third, crushing a bases loaded double. On the other side, ace Josh Beckett pitched an excellent six innings, looking much more effective than he did in his first start against the Aces. When he did wander into trouble in the fifth, the defensive came up big, turning a very difficult double play. The good vibes continued into the late innings where Manny Ramirez notched his league leading 7th RBI with a double and reliever Steve Karsay pitched 3 excellent innings to finish the game. JELLY QUEEN DREAM team is 3-0 when Karsay pitches, who is having an all-star caliber season, if not the best reliever in the league thus far. Alou was seen after the victory shaking hands with Jelly Bean, an extremely rare occurrence for the cat to let someone touch her paws. For the Cardinals, it shows just how inconsistent this team can be. The only offence came in the form of a Larry Walker solo shot (his league leading 3rd) and the pitching was mediocre. They’ve got an interesting match-up next week against the ascendant Marauders, potentially an important series for these teams later on in the season. -------------------------------------------
TYC 9, MMD 2 F
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
TYC 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MMD 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0
W – Johnson (1-0) L – Pavano (0-1)
I don’t think anyone would have thought that this game would have been the biggest blowout of the year thus far, especially given that Game 1 of the series was an extra inning nailbiter. Reigning Cy Young winner Carl Pavano was absolutely shellacked: a first inning rally resulted in a Fred McGriff bases loaded double, a Joe Mauer RBI double, and a Grady Sizemore RBI single. Pavano struggled throughout the rest of the game, the real kill shot coming in the form of a Corey Koskie three run shot in the third. For the Tycoons, Randy Johnson pitched very well, completing the game and earning his first win. Strangely enough, Coach Taklamente never pulled Carl Pavano and had him pitch the rest of the game. When asked after the game as to why they never went to the bullpen, Taklamente bizarrely commented: “We had already lost by the third inning. So I just wanted to see Pavano suffer and burn in shame for the rest of the game. I still can’t believe we lost to some stupid dead cat.” An eerily Zachrian comment, if you ask me. This sweep at the hands of the Tycoons soils a previously perfect record, but is still good enough to hold a very tenuous first place lead in Division 1. We will see if they can hold and or expand that lead next series against intra-division rivals Queynos Warriors. As for the Tycoons, commentator John Kruk was quoted as saying that despite the sweep of a first place team, he’s still not a believer in the Tycoons. “Look, I’ve got a lot of respect for Meow Meow Dui, but that team can’t hit their way out of KFC 10 Piece bucket (Extra Crispy). Randy Johnson is getting old; clearly he doesn’t have the stuff that he used to. To be frank, I think they’ve gotten lucky. The Ghost of Mao is a smart guy and knows how to win championships, but I just don’t see them sustaining this down the stretch.” We’ll see if Kruk will have to "eat" his words again; the Tycoons travel back home for a favorable match-up against the Maxion Bombers.---------------------------------------------------------
ZSY 5, TEN 2 F
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
ZSY 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TEN 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
W – Wells (2-0) L – Piniero (0-1) S – Graves (2)
This one looked like it was going to get ugly, early. In the first, Piniero was knocked around for four runs, three of which came from a Ralph Kiner homerun and the last one coming from an Albert Pujols double. However, he was steady after that, pitching the rest of the game for the Green Sox and only giving up another run in the form of a Carl Crawford solo shot in the eighth. For the Z-Slayers, they can’t be happier with the performance of their ace Kip Wells, who if you remember, was only a 3rd starter for the Elves last season. He’s simply been dominant in his first two starts and is the only pitcher in the league thus far to secure two quality starts and two wins. The Green Sox barely had any opportunities against him and only managed to score off of a David Ortiz homer that just barely cleared the right field fence (his league leading third, by the way). After Wells went eight strong, the Tuldarians handed the game over to the very reliable Danny Graves who closed out the game for his second save of the season. At 3-2, the Z-Slayers find themselves in a four way logjam in Division 1, separated only by intra division record. Heading into the next intra division series, the Z-Slayers will have an opportunity to break through that logjam in a big way against the JELLY QUEEN DREAM TEAM.
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