Amityville earns first franchise victory

Amityville won their first game by battling the Rat Pack through 13 innings. The Ant Slayers held a 2-1 lead through five and a half, but the Rats tied the game up on an Ichiro Suzuki double. The bullpens shut each other out until the top of the 13th when Emanuel Burris and Johnny Damon both hit solo home runs to give the Ant Slayers their first victory.

Sardine City avenged yesterday's loss with a 6-3 win over Team Buddah. Josh Johnson earned the win by striking out 9 in 6.1 innings, surrendering only one run on 4 hits and 2 walks. Miguel Montero was 3-3 and Raul Ibanez had 2 RBIs in the contest. Buddah starter Jamie Moyer, who was rocked for 6 runs in 5 innings was released after the game. "There can be no losing on this team" said manager Matt Nokes. One can only wonder if the entire team will be released by the end of April.

Newark pummeled the Cutters yesterday 11-4 behind Jarrod Saltalamacchia's 4-6 night. Salty only needed a home run to hit for the cycle, but fell short. Bobby Abreu was also 3-3 in the contest and Manny Ramirez had 3 RBIs.

Adam Wainwright stymied the defending champion Iron Fist 5-0 yesterday. Wainwright allowed only 2 hits and struck out 4 in a complete game shut out. The Bombers could only muster five hits themselves but made them count. Chris Ianetta and Nate McLouth each had 2 RBIs.

Forgot to mention yesterday that Arkansas Falcons outfielder Rick Ankiel made his triumphant return to the DMBL, this time as a batter. When last we saw Ankiel way back in 2001, he had looked like a promising member of the Falcons rotation. Hopefully he can stick around more than one year in his new role.