It's a beautiful day for a ballgame... Let's play two!

Yesterday was a light day in the DMBL with only three games.

Carolina and Arkansas decided to play a double header yesterday, regardless of the fact that it wasn't a Sunday. The two teams battled to a 3-3 tie at the end of 9 innings, then kept going another 9. The Mudcats scored three runs in the top of the 14th innings to take a 6-3 lead, but the Falcons rallied right back on a Jermaine Dye 3-run homer. The Mudcats once again scored 3 runs in the 18th inning, taking a 9-6 lead. Buddy Carlyle retired the Falcons in order to close the game out. Carlyle pitched 5.1 innings in relief to earn the win, allowing 3 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks, and striking out 5.

Meanwhile, Amityville dropped their third straight, a 12-8 slugfest against Blue Ridge. Carl Crawford was 3-6 with a homer and 4 RBIs and Hunter Pence was 3-4 with 2 RBIs to lead the Bomber offense. Jacoby Ellsbury had a triple and a home run for the Ant Slayers.

Finally, Vancouver edged Philadelphia 4-2 in Philadelphia. Jake Peavy and Brandon Webb dueled in a 2-2 tie for 6 innings until Troy Glaus broke the tie with an RBI single in the 7th. Curtis Granderson hit his 5th homer of the year to give the Fist a 4-2 lead in the 8th. Billy Wagner closed out the ninth for his league-leading 4th save.