Blue Ridge, Sardine City rallies fall short

D.C.'s Shawn Hill held the Falcons scoreless for 6 innings, allowing only 2 hits, despite 5 walks. Bobby Howry kept the shutout intact, recording his third save of the year, as the Bushslappers won 6-0. Carl Crawford was 3-4 and the bottom five in D.C.'s order each had one RBI (the other run scored on a wild pitch).

Hillsborough, finally healthy after a string of unfortunate injuries, drowned the Plunkers 6-1. All-Star backup Russell Martin was 4-5 and Ryan Howard had a pair of homers and 3 RBIs to lead the Hitmen's offense. Dan Haren picked up the win with 7 strong innings.

Blue Ridge rallied to score 4 runs to tie up their game with Philadelphia, but ended up losing 7-6 in 10 innings. Prince Fielder hit a grand slam in the ninth off ace reliever J.J. Putz to send the game to extra innings. Jimmy Rollins hit a bases-loaded single with two outs in the bottom of the 10th to win the game for the Animals.

Finally, another extra inning game was played between Newark and Sardine City. Newark took a two-run lead into the eighth, but Ken Griffey, Jr. hit a 2-run shot to tie the game up and force the extra frames. Unfortunately for Sardine City, Jack Cust hit a triple to give the Sugar Bears the lead and would eventually score to give them a 6-4 lead. Jared Burton sent down the Sardines in order in the bottom half of the inning, including two strikeouts.

Injuries pile up

It's been a rough weekend for the DMBL, but a good weekend for the team doctors. Five players went down with injuries that will keep them out for the better of two weeks. Carolina lost first baseman Ryan Garko, but they figure Paul Konerko sounds almost the same and fans will never tell the difference.

Meanwhile Joe Mauer and Yadier Molina collided in the field in a strange play. Molina appeared to bobble a throw home to get Mauer. When Molina went down to pick up the ball, he lunged into a sliding Mauer, causing all sorts of carnage on the field. Vegas manager and owner Eric Wickstrom protested, calling it a cheap shot by Newark's "goon", accusing Molina of purposely taking out Mauer. "It's just more cheating by Garretson's Goons" said Chone Figgins, who was running the bases during the play. "Of course it was a scrub that took out Mauer, not one of the stars! How convenient!" While Molina objected to being called a "scrub", it was pointed out to him that in fact, yes, he was a scrub. "I stand corrected" Molina apologized on the way to the ER.

D.C.'s Shawn Hill will miss at least two starts after leaving in the first inning of Saturday's game against Blue Ridge. Hill will be replaced by Sean Marshall, who was released by the Bushslappers prior to opening day. "We have to keep up our quota of Seans in the rotation" said team owner Jamie Landsman.

Finally, Hillsborough lost first baseman Dmitri Young for two weeks after Young slid awkwardly trying to score. "I saw what [Plunker catcher Kenji Johjima] was doing..." said an irate Young after the game. "He tried to Yadier me." When asked about the play, Johjima said that he definitely did not try to Yadier the first baseman. "I couldn't possibly Yadier him. I'm not a scrub" he stated via translator.