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The Big Hurt piled on a small bit.

Triviata: Frank Thomas had a bit role in the movie Mr Baseball as the young rookie hitting “500-foot home runs”, putting Jack Elliot (Tom Selleck’s character, IRL AKA “Magnum BP” for his penchant for hanging around baseball stadia) on the trading block.

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8-21-22
Lightning ride a 5 run 2nd inning to a 5-3 win over the Mudcats.

LOU(64-63) 5 14 0
MSP(63-64) 3 10 2

W: Guidry 12-8 3.38 ERA
L: Russell 12-10 4.24 ERA
S: Paplebon 23 2.64 ERA

HR: LOU-R. Smith(10)

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8-22-22
Mudcats 15 hit attack evens series with Lightning! MSP 9, LOU 5.

LOU(64-64) 5 10 0
MSP(64-64) 9 15 1

W: Lewis 10-8 3.96 ERA
L: Romby 8-6 5.08 ERA

HR: LOU- R. Smith(11) Belle(27)

SB: LOU-Brown(35) MSP- Burks(2)

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8-23-22
Oswalt outduels Richard as the Mudcats edge the Lightning 1-0!

LOU(64-65) 0 5 0
MSP(65-64) 1 6 2

W: Oswalt 10-9 3.67 ERA
L: Richard 6-12 3.31 ERA

SB: LOU- R. Smith(1) Brown(36) MSP-Bell(91) Easterling(3)

MSP: Myer 1-2 2B RBI 2BB

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8-24-22
Burks homers, drives in 4 to pace the Mudcats in a 8-5 win over the Lightning. MSP takes 3 of 4.

LOU(64-66) 5 5 0
MSP(66-64) 8 13 0

W: Woodruff 8-10 4.30 ERA
L: Bradley 2-2 3.45 ERA
S: Crochet 26 3.33 ERA

HR: LOU-Belle(28) MSP-Burks(14)

SB: LOU-W. Brown(37)

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The Battle of the Bayou!

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Both teams at a last gasp for a playoff berth. MSP comes out on top.

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8-22-22
Stars finally get to Veale in the 8th as they edge the Barons 2-1!

BIR(75-53) 1 7 1
NSH(64-64) 2 3 1

W: Price 11-11 4.64 ERA
L: Veale 12-7 5.00 ERA
S: Murfee 1 4.02 ERA

3B: NSH-Wright(11) BIR-P. Davis(8)

CS: BIR- Woods 2(3)

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8-23-22
Stars get big insurance runs in 9th, Harvey puts out the fire in the bottom half as they beat the Barons 5-3!

NSH(65-64) 5 8 1
BIR(75-54) 3 10 0

W: Lucas 11-9 3.54 ERA
L: Kluber 15-7 3.24 ERA
S: Harvey 21 2.49 ERA

HR: NSH-Betts(17) BIR-Henderson(2)

SB: NSH-Wright(10)

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8-24-22
Vada Pinson homered 3 times as the Stars beat the Barons in a 10-8 slugfest!

NSH(66-64) 10 15 0
BIR(75-54) 8 11 1

W: Beazley 8-13 5.03 ERA
L: Sutton 9-10 5.88 ERA
S: Harvey 2/ 2.61 ERA

HR: NSH-Pinson 3(5) Helton(17) Betts(18)
BIR-Aaron(32)

HBP: BIR-P. Davis 3(6)

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8-21-22
Jeter’s 4th hit of the day gives the Dodgers a 7-6 walkoff win over the Senators!

WSH(72-55) 6 12 0
BKN(48-79) 7 12 0

W: Bailey 4-7 4.32 ERA
L: Wagner 6-3 3.07 ERA

HR: WSH-Hundley(15) Keller(8) BKN-Frazier(11)

SB: BKN-Jeter(21) Young Sr.(29)

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8-22-22
Dodger pen blows a late lead. Senators prevail 6-5!

WSH(73-55) 6 10 0
BKN(48-80) 5 11 1

W: Hader 2-3 3.38 ERA
L: Marinaccio 0-1 21.60 ERA
S: Wagner 25 3.00 ERA

HR: WSH-Foxx(30)

SB: WSH-Lowe(1)

E: BKN-Frazier 1

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8-23-22
Mule Haas’ clutch 2 run single in the 7th gave the Dodgers the lead for good as they beat the Senators 6-4!

WSH(73-56) 4 6 1
BKN(49-80) 6 11 1

W: Brach 3-0 1.80 ERA
L: Jeffress 3-3 7.25 ERA
S: Bailey 14 4.24 ERA

HR: BKN-Medwick(10)

SB: WSH-Day(1) Cannady(13)

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8-24-22
Dodgers match the Senators 4R 11th with a 4 run bottom half. Frazier walks it off with a solo in the 12th to give BKN an 8-7 win.

WSH(73-57) 7 16 1
BKN(50-80) 8 11 1

W: Bailey 5-7 4.15 ERA
L: Nelson 1-3 5.08 ERA

HR: WSH-Foxx 2(32) BKN-Trout(30) Frazier(12)

SB: BKN-Young Sr.(30)

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Wild ride at Ebbet’s Field!

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Dodgers are putting together a nice run after an awful first half.

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8-21-22
A 5 run 6th inning propels the Black Caps to a 6-3 win over the Bulls!

LBC(61-66) 6 11 0
DUR(80-47) 3 14 0

W: Gullett 10-11 4.82 ERA
L: Jessup 13-8 4.74 ERA
S: Venters 12 2.51 ERA

HR: LBC-W. Smith(14) Hurst(15)

SB: LBC-Blackwell(27) Russ(19) DUR-C. Smith 2(36)

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.400 WATCH
Durham OF/2B Charlie Smith went 4-5 to raise his league leading average to .407 with 35 games remaining.

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I hope that he hangs on to .400. He has earned it.

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8-22-22
Derringer ran out of gas as Al Rosen socked a 3R walkoff HR to give the Bulls a 5-2 win over the Black Caps!

LBC(61-67) 2 5 1
DUR(81-47) 5 10 0

W: T. Williams 4-0 6.98 ERA
L: Derringer 8-11 4.94 ERA

HR: DUR-Seager(14) Rosen(28)

Charle Smith 3-4 SB(37) .410avg.

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8-23-22
Black Caps plate 2 in the 8th to beat the Bulls 3-2!

LBC(62-67) 3 6 2
DUR(82-48) 2 8 0

W: Bunning 10-12 5.83 ERA
L: Wilhelm 4-4 3.79 ERA
S: Clippard 18 3.44 ERA

SB: LBC-Blackwell(28)

DUR: C. Smith 1-3 2B RBI BB .409 avg.

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8-24-22
Sammie Hughes RBI single in the 10th gives the Black Caps an 8-7 win over the Bulls!

LBC(63-67) 8 12 1
DUR(81-49) 7 14 1

W: Clippard 3-3 3.70 ERA
L: Holland 0-7 4.50 ERA
S: S. Hamilton 1 3.72 ERA

HR: DUR-Rosen(29) Leonard(26)

SB: LBC-Blackwell(29) RUSS(20)

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DUR: Charlie Smith 2-5 RBI BB CS(9) .409 avg.

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Thanks for the Charlie Smith update!

Hard to picture someone going 2-for-5 and dropping their BA.

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8-21-22
Fisk’s 2 run blast in the bottom of the 9th gives the Pirates a 3-2 walkoff win over the Amish Assassins!

LAN(80-47) 2 7 0
NUA(64-63) 3 9 0

W: I. Hamilton 1-0 0.00 ERA
L: Sutter 2-8 4.61 ERA

HR: NUA-Fisk(8)

SB: NUA-Lopes(21)

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8-22-22
Amish Assassins even series, slugging their way to a 10-6 win over the Pirates!

LAN(81-47) 10 14 0
NUA(64-64) 6 10 0

W: Pennock 12-5 3.91 ERA
L: Tewksbury 8-12 4.86 ERA
S: Lavelle 1 3.33 ERA

HR: LAN-Campanella(15) NUA-Goldschmidt(18) Hartnett(12) Baldelli(5)

SB: NUA- Lopes(22)

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8-23-22
Pirates rock Mussina, coast to an 11-2 win over the Amish Assassins!

LAN(81-48) 2 6 0
NUA(65-64) 11 14 0

W: Carpenter 10-9 4.58 ERA
L: Mussina 10-12 5.00 ERA

HR: NUA-Goldschmidt(19) Vaughn(23)

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8-24-22
Amish Assassins earn split, homer 3 times in a 6-4 win over the Pirates!

LAN(82-48) 6 11 0
NUA(65-65) 4 12 1

W: Walsh 15-4 2.73 ERA
L: Collins 16-5 3.58 ERA
S: M. Miller 1 0.00 ERA

HR: LAN-Musial(20) Piazza(15) Sauer(7)
NUA-Moore(2)

SB: NUA-Lopes(23)

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8-21-22
Ford shuts out Knights on 4 hits as the Giants coast to an 8-0 victory!

NYG(80-47) 8 14 0
LON(38-89) 0 4 0

W: Ford 12-6 4.15 ERA
L: Cox 5-18 4.74 ERA

HR: NYG-Gehrig(33) E. Martinez(13)

CS: NYG-Jenkins(11) Collins(11)

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8-22-22
Giants pound out 17 hits in a 9-7 win over the Knights!

NYG(81-47) 9 17 2
LON(38-90) 7 10 0

W: Palmer 14-7 3.56 ERA
L: Schauer 1-3 5.59 ERA
S: Face 2 4.95 ERA

SB: NYG-Collins(55)

NYG: Yastrzemski 4-4 2B 2R RBI

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8-23-22
Two Giants errors in the 2nd led to 4 unearned runs and the Knights go on to win 5-2!

NYG(81-48) 2 11 2
LON(39-90) 5 6 1

W: Quinn 8-14 4.11 ERA
L: Spahn 11-7 4.96 ERA
S: Ulrich 13 4.84 ERA

HR: LON-Bochy(14)

SB: NYG-Jenkins(55) Collins 2(57)

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By my math, the Knights are .302, just three points above the [Minnie] Miñoso line of .299. Not to be confused with the [Mario] Mendoza line of .200 or the lesser-known [Minnie] Mendoza line of .188.

Though I would design a parallel universe where the two Mendozas would be reversed so that a batter named “Minnie” would have a line on either end of the two-hundreds.

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The knights are close to what we’ve known has been coming a long time. That is they will be officially eliminated from playoff contention very soon.

Basically when the Marlins win their next game, it’s over.

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8-24-22
The Knights dug an 8-0 hole & couldn’t climb out as they fell to the Giants 8-7!

NYG(82-48) 8 8 1
LON(39-91) 7 8 3

W:Koufax 14-7 2.47 ERA
L:Lea 5-18 5.21 ERA
S:Franco 19 5.22 ERA

HR:NYG-Pierzynski(4) Gehrig(34) LON-Baker(12) Kepler(20)

SB:NYG-Jenkins(56) LON-Austin(3)

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8-21-22
Sugar Kings rock Sale and coast to a 9-3 win over the Marlins!

HAV(63-64) 9 11 0
FLA(71-56) 3 9 1

W: Luque 8-10 4.80 ERA
L: Sale 10-9 3.76 ERA
S: Tiant Sr. 2 5.05 ERA

HR: HAV-T.Perez 2(13) Abreu(6) FLA-McGriff(20)

SB: HAV-Garcia(29) Dihigo(8) FLA-Raines(31)

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8-22-22
Chipper’s grand slam in the 3rd was enough for the Marlins as they beat the Sugar Kings 6-3!

HAV(63-65) 3 8 0
FLA(72-56) 6 12 0

W: DeGrom 15-7 3.12 ERA
L: Cuéllar 9-11 5.30 ERA

HR: FLA-Jones(14)

SB: HAV-Dihigo(9)

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London Knights have officially been eliminated from postseason play.

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8-23-22
Lefty goes 8 strong as the Marlins beat the Sugar Kings 4-1!

W: Carlton 15-7 2.98 ERA
L: Pascual 7-14 3.54 ERA
S: O’Day 4 1.60 ERA

HR: HAV-Abreu(7) FLA-C. Jones(15)

CS: FLA- Lloyd(7)

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8-24-22
Jose Fernández dominates Marlins in 2-hit shutout! Sugar Kings earn split with 8-0 win!

HAV(64-66) 8 10 0
FLA(73-57) 0 2 0

W: Fernandez 13-5 2.30 ERA CG(6) 11K 1WK
L: Padron 2-6 5.01 ERA

HR: HAV-Canseco(7)

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8-21-22
Boston comes up a run short in the 9th as the Águilas take the opener 6-5!

BOS(55-72) 5 16 2
VEN(61-66) 6 12 0

W: F. Hernandez 9-6 3.04 ERA
L: Donovan 7-10 5.65 ERA
S: F. Rodriguez 29 3.60 ERA

VEN: M. Ordóñez 3-5 2B R RBI

BOS: Gagne 4-5 3RBI