The Crunch with PUNCH

Yeah, that's right, all caps "PUNCH". The Sugar Bears kept mowing down the competition, this time it was the South Boston Gang by a 14-1 margin. That makes 47 runs scored in three games - an average of just over 15 runs a game! You can't blame this one on the home park, the Sugar Bears were on the road against rookie "I'm" Chuck James "biatch". Once again doing the damage, Manny Ramirez, 2-2 with 5 RBIs and 2 HRs. Manny is now batting .750 on the season with 4 HRs and 12 RBIs in three games. THREE GAMES! South Boston sends Dontrelle Willis to the mound today and he's got to be shaking in his boots. Maybe it's because the Sugar Bears have faced all left handed pitchers? Newark will face their first right hander Tuesday - South Boston's fifth starter Josh Beckett. Beckett hasn't had a lot of success in the DMBL - ok that's an understatement, the young hurler has been bombed in his DMBL career so far, so the first true test will be Wednesday against Hillsborough rookie Justin Verlander.

First overall draft pick Jered Weaver earned his first DMBL victory yesterday for Honolulu. While he gave up four runs in six innings, he did strike out five and only gave up four hits and two walks, so the Sharks coaching staff was encouraged by the outing. Three of the four runs were scored on Carl Crawford's two home runs.

The pitching line of the day goes to Hillsborough's Felix Hernandez, who shut down the Cutters in a 6-3 victory. Felix limited the Cutters to four hits and two walks over eight innings and struck out eight.

One lone transaction yesterday. Hillsborough claimed Julio Lugo from Arkansas and cut super scrub Willie Bloomquist.