Carolina stands alone on top

Amazingly almost every team has lost and won at least one game by now...well, except Carolina (now 3-0) and Sardine City (falling to 0-3). The Mudcats edged the Straphangers 4-3 to complete the sweep. Prince Fielder's 2-run homer in the 7th locked in the lead for Carolina and Mike Pelfrey started the season at 1-0 after pitching 6.2 solid innings.

Rookie Nelson Cruz went 2-3 with a homer and 4 RBIs in his first DMBL start for the Ant Slayers, leading the team to a 6-3 win over Hoboken. Hiroki Kuroda struck out 9 in 6 innings to earn the win while Hanley Ramirez went 4-5 for the losing team. Also in the game, catcher Jeff Mathis committed 3 errors. The first occurred in the 2nd inning when Mathis attempted to throw out Cruz as he was stealing second, but instead got the ball caught in his catcher's mask and ended up throwing it behind him. The in the same inning, Brandon Phillips also attempted to steal second base, but Mathis was distracted by an Amityville fan in the stands who lifted her shirt and threw the ball into the ground. Finally in the 5th inning, Adam LaRoche hit a ball just in front of the plate and Mathis, who had been eating Cheetos between innings and had orange dust all over his hands, lost control of the ball and missed pitcher Matt Garza's head by inches. "These sorts of things happen all the time" said Mathis after the game. "I just have to shake them off." Mathis then got up to leave the podium, but tripped over the chair and knocked over the microphones. No serious injuries occurred.

Newark evened their series against Vegas with a 1-0 blanking of the Rat Pack. Koji Uehara in his first ever DMBL start, went the distance, holding the Rats to 6 hits and striking out 8. Rich Harden was doing his best to keep up, holding the Sugar Bears to only 1 hit in 4.1 innings, but his 5 walks raised his pitch count too high and pitching coach Sam Malone recommended the brittle starter to be pulled. The Sugar Bears finally scored in the 8th on a Nick Swisher double, but only managed 6 hits over the course of the game.

Skip Schumaker was 5-6 as the Falcons outlasted the Bombers 9-7 and winning their first game of the season. The Falcons tallied 18 hits in the contest but Johan Santana's struggles from Spring Training continued. Santana pitched 6.2 innings, but allowed 6 runs on 11 hits and 3 walks.

Franklin Gutierrez and Seth Smith each hit a pair of homers as the Buddahs doubled up the Mighty Men 8-4. Kevin Slowey picked up the win, pitching 7 innings and giving up 2 runs on 6 hits, while striking out 5.