Crawford speeds his way to milestone

The hottest team currently in the DMBL is no doubt the Amityville Ant Slayers. The Slayers have pulled themselves out of the basement with their current winning streak and are now at .500 with a 25-25 record. Yesterday's 6-3 win over D.C. was their 7th in a row. Roy Oswalt carried the team with an 8-inning performance in which he held the O-Bombers to 2 runs on 4 hits while striking out 12. The Ant Slayers take on the first-place Mighty Men next and it will be impressive if they could carry the streak through the series.

Newark stole a victory away from Carolina yesterday in extra innings despite only getting 4 hits in the entire game! Carolina held a 4-0 lead going into the 8th. Carlos Zambrano had been working on a no-hitter going into the 9th. Zambrano walked the first two batters, but got the third to pop out. Then Manny Ramirez came up and crushed one into the left field bleachers to bring the score to within one. The no-hitter, the shutout were both gone, but at least the lead was intact. Carolina brought in Brian Fuentes to seal the deal, as Zambrano was looking fatigued. Unfortunately, Fuentes walked the next batter and gave up a double to Jed Lowrie to tie up the game. Off they went into extra innings. In the bottom of the 11th, Lowrie came through once again, doubling in the winning run to end the game. The Cats gave up only 4 hits in the game, but they walked 9.

Blue Ridge's Carl Crawford was 3-5 in his team's 4-1 victory over New Jersey. Crawford also stole his 11th base of the season, giving him 200 for his career - the 6th player to achieve the feat. Crawford passes Chuck Knoblauch (199). Crawford's next step will be to pass Omar Vizquel (212) and Roberto Alomar (213). Kenny Lofton (284) is the all time leader. So who will be the next 200-base stealer? Well it might be a while. Juan Pierre (184) and Edgar Renteria (172) are the closest, but both are without jobs currently. Alex Rodriguez, with 173, is the closest active player and may be the best bet despite stolen bases not being a major part of his game these days.