Hit Men obliterate HR record

In a season full of dingers and dongs at every turn, Hillsborough set a new record for home runs by a team.

Tucson comes back to even series

Nolan Arenado's two-run homer tied the game and four batters later Kurt Suzuki's two-out single completed an 8th-inning comeback off the Marietta bullpen to give Tucson a 6-5 win in Game 2 of their 1st round Wild Card series.

Sardine City evens up series at 2-2

Sardine City throttled the Hoboken bullpen, erupting for 6 runs in the 6th inning, on its way to a 8-5 win in Game 4, to tie the DMBL World Series at 2 games a piece.

Samardzjia comes within two outs of no-hitter

Pitching for his third team this season, Jeff Samardzjia very nearly wrote himself into the Sardine City record books, coming within two outs of tossing the franchise's first complete-game no-hitter last night.

Division leads shrink as top cats fall

Hoboken stunned the Rat Pack yesterday 5-1 behind Matt Garza's 7 inning effort. Aaron Rowand was 3-5 and Hunter Pence had 2 RBIs to help the Cutters pull off the upset. The Rat Pack saw their lead drop to 1/2 a game as the Sugar Bears bested Tampa Bay 7-1. Jack Cust had a homer and 3 RBIs and James Shields pitched 8 innings for the W. The loss knocks the Plunkers back down to .500.

Meanwhile, Vancouver's lead in the Morris Division shrank to 1 1/2 games as the Fist dropped a 5-3 decision to the Sardine City Straphangers. Fausto Carmona pitched a complete game and improved to 5-3 on the season. Kurt Suzuki hit two homers in the win. The Sardines have now won 9 of their last 12. The slumping Endzone Animals were able to capitalize on the loss by taking a 6-3 win over the Falcons. Yovani Gallardo won his 8th of the season by holding the Falcons to 3 hits and 3 runs over 6 innings. Albert Pujols was 3-4 with 3 RBIs in the contest.

Rats win 10th straight

The Rat Pack has moved to 10-0 after defeating the Straphangers 14-3 yesterday. It's the best start for Las Vegas since they were bought by owner Eric Wickstrom. Carlos Pena and Jeremy Hermida each had 4 RBIs. Hermida had two homers in the effort, while Pena had one. Orlando Hernandez held the Sardines to only 2 hits over six innings. Sardine City catcher Kurt Suzuki was forced to leave late in the game after hitting a sacrifice fly. Suzuki will sit out until people start to refer to him only as "Kurt", much like Rat Pack outfielder Ichiro Suzuki. "Watching Ichiro on the other bench with his name on his uniform...that's gonna be me too!" said Kurt.

Vancouver broke their five game slide by besting the Falcons 4-2. Mike Lowell hit a two-run homer in the sixth to give the Fist a 3-2 lead. Zack Greinke got the call to replace injured starter Chad Billingsley, but did not make it out of the fifth inning. Tim Wakefield, also pitching for an injured starter (Chuck James), took a tough loss after pitching seven solid innings.

D.C. remained atop the Morris Division after coming back in the ninth inning to topple the Mudcats 6-5. Down 5-3, Adrian Beltre launched a two-run shot to tie the game up and Ryan Zimmerman poked a single to drive the winning run home for the win. Five of the eleven Mudcat games so far this year have been decided by one run - the Cats are 2-3 in those games.