June 23, 2014 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - It was a clear sky with a temperature of 77 degrees in Southern California. Wind was blowing out at 7 mph. Bruce Springsteen sings the national anthem. In the middle of the anthem he and Tom Morello go into a rift of Ghost of Tom Joad and then finish the song 10 minutes later. Its going to be a good night. For the Eck League, Wyoming's Anibel Sanchez toes the rubber. He is opposed by Salem's Max Scherzer. Sanchez retires the Ozzie league in order, including Bear Country's MVP contender Miguel Cabrera. Mike Trout gets the first hit of the game leading off for the Eck League grounding a single between first and second. Trout then becomes the first base stealer to get thrown out trying to steal second. Scherzer would then retire Yusiel Puig and Hanley Ramirez in order. In the top of the 2nd, with two outs, the Ozzie league would put together the first threat. Batting 6th, Flagstaff;s Adam Jones grounds a single between short and third. Ravenswood's Jason Kipnis up next lines a single to left. But Sanchez would escape the jam as Flagstaff's Evereth Cabrera grounds to third as Beltre throws Kipnis out at 2nd. In the top of the 5th, with Homer Bailey pitching, with one out Evereth Cabrera walks. EL Manager John Gill brings in pitcher Hiroki Kuroda to face pinch hitter from Corona, Joey Votto. Bailey has a fr hold rating while Kuroda has a VG hold rating. The move pays off as Cabrera tries to steal 2nd and South Carolina Catcher Buster Posey throws him out. Votto then walks. For the record, I did not have a left hand pitcher on my roster. Next up, New Milford's Shin Soo Choo lines a single to center moving Votto to second. Next up is Salem's Yadier Molina who grounds a ball to second but Wyoming's Hanley Ramirez bobbles the ball and everyone is safe. Up next is Miguel Cabrera. Two Outs. Cabrera grounds out to third base and Niagara's Adrian Beltre gets the force. Still 0-0. Lets go to the 7th. Charlotte's Clay Buchholz is brought in and promptly gives up a leadoff double to Jason Kipnis. Cleveland's Evan Longoria (that is painful to say) is brought in to play 3rd for Chicago. Evereth Cabrera up next and pops up a bunt for the first out of the inning. The crowd chants G-O-A-T as Cabrera storms back to the dugout and tears apart the water cooler. He then headed into the lockerroom for some PEDs - I mean - to cool off. Buchholz then is able to retire pinch hitter Los Atlos' Torii Hunter on a line out to center and Shin Soo Choo on a ground out. Bottom of the 7th. OL manager Tony Peburn brings in Craig Kimbrel to start the inning. With two outs, Carolina's Freedie Freeman lines a single up the middle. Next up is Buster Posey who grounds a single between short and third. Next up is Evan Longoria. The pitch. Longoria tags one deep to right field. It might be. It could be. It is.....A three run homerun. Longoria is mobbed at the plate. The Slyme immediately declare it nickel beer inning. Its going to be a great night. With the wind taken out of the sails for the Ozzie League, the Eck league is able to retire the Ozzie league without much of a fight. Nickel beer inning turns into nickel beer night. Evan Longoria is named MVP. Clay Buchholz gets the win for the Eck League. St. Louis' Michael Wacha gets the save. I was not able to use Jon Jay on my bench. And Jose Fernandez and David Hernandez in my bullpen. I was saving Fernandez for extra innings just in case. Thanks to Tony Peburn for playing. It was enjoyable and Tony managed a great game. One swing of the bat and one thrown out base stealer turn out to be the difference. STARTING LINEUPS: Ozzie League C: Yadier Molina, SAL 1B: Chris Davis, RAV 2B: Jason Kipnis, RAV 3B: Miguel Cabrera, BCJ SS: Everth Cabrera, FLG LF: Shin-Soo Choo, NMB CF: Adam Jones, FLG RF: Jose Bautista, FLG P: Max Scherzer, SAL Eck League: C: Buster Posey, SCS 1B: Brandon Belt, SCA 2B: Ian Kinsler, GLS 3B: Adrian Beltre, NIA SS: Hanley Ramirez, WYO LF: Yasiel Puig, CHI CF: Mike Trout, WYO RF: Allen Craig, SCA P: Anibal Sanchez, WYO RESERVES: Ozzie League Marlon Byrd, CF, BCJ Robinson Cano, 2B, NMB Michael Cuddyer, RF, LVF Sean Doolittle, P, LAU Matt Harvey, P, BCJ Torii Hunter, RF, LAU Hisashi Iwakuma, P, BCJ Ubaldo Jimenez, P, FLG Howie Kendrick, 2B, COR Clayton Kershaw, P, NMB Craig Kimbrel, P, MIS Joe Nathan, P, NMB Chris Sale, P, MIS Alfonso Soriano, LF, RAV Joey Votto, 1B, COR David Wright, 3B, MIS Eck League Homer Bailey, P, NIA Clay Buchholz, P, CLT Yu Darvish, P, CUE Edwin Encarnacion, 3B, KAN Jose Fernandez, P, NIA Freddie Freeman, 1B, SCS Carlos Gomez, CF, NIA David Hernandez, P, AKR Jon Jay, LF, AKR Hiroki Kuroda, P, CLE Evan Longoria, 3B, CLE Brian McCann, C, KAN Andrew McCutchen, CF, SCA David Robertson, P, CUE Michael Wacha, P, STL Jayson Werth, RF, AKR VOTING Ozzie League Catcher: Molina (17), Doumit (1) First Base: Davis (17), Goldschmidt (1) Second Base: Kipnis (5), Cano (5), Infante (4), Kendrick (3) Third Base: Cabrera (18) Shortstop: E.Cabrera (18) Left Field: Choo (9), Soriano (7), Pence (1), Holliday (1) Center Field: Jones (11), Byrd (6), Heyward (1) Right Field: Bautista (10), Cuddyer (5), Hunter (3) Pitcher: Scherzer (14), Harvey (2), Kershaw (2) Eck League Catcher: Posey (11), McCann (8) First Base: Belt (9), Freeman (7), Morales (3) Second Base: Kinsler (17), Turner (2) Third Base: Beltre (14), Longoria (4) Shortstop: Ramirez (17), Reyes (1), Tulowitzki (1) Left Field: Puig (10), Marte (4), Cruz (3), Jay (1) Center Field: Trout (11), McCutchen (4), Gomez (2) Right Field: Craig (15), Werth (4) Pitcher: Sanchez (10), Darvish (6), Fernandez (2), Lincecum (1) 7/15/2014, OL14-EL14, Slyme Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2014 Ozzie League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 8 2 2014 Eck League 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 x 3 7 2 2 0 Ozzie League AB R H BI AVG Eck League AB R H BI AVG Choo lf 4 0 2 0 .500 Trout cf 4 0 1 0 .250 Molina,Y c 4 0 0 0 .000 Puig lf 3 0 0 0 .000 Cabrera,Mi 3b 4 0 0 0 .000 Robertson,D p 0 0 0 0 .000 Wright,D 3b 0 0 0 0 .000 McCann ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Davis,C 1b 4 0 0 0 .000 Wacha p 0 0 0 0 .000 Bautista rf 4 0 0 0 .000 Ramirez,H ss 3 0 0 0 .000 Jones,A cf 4 0 1 0 .250 Belt 1b 2 0 0 0 .000 Kipnis 2b 4 0 2 0 .500 Freeman,F ph 1 1 1 0 1.000 Cabrera,E ss 2 0 0 0 .000 Posey c 3 1 2 0 .667 Cano ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Beltre,A 3b 2 0 0 0 .000 Scherzer p 0 0 0 0 .000 Longoria 3b 1 1 1 3 1.000 Cuddyer ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Craig rf 2 0 1 0 .500 Harvey p 0 0 0 0 .000 Buchholz p 0 0 0 0 .000 Votto ph 0 0 0 0 .000 McCutchen ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Kershaw p 0 0 0 0 .000 Kinsler 2b 3 0 0 0 .000 Iwakuma p 0 0 0 0 .000 Sanchez,Ani p 0 0 0 0 .000 Hunter,Tor ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Darvish p 0 0 0 0 .000 Kimbrel p 0 0 0 0 .000 Encarnacion ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Nathan p 0 0 0 0 .000 Bailey,H p 0 0 0 0 .000 33 0 5 0 Kuroda p 0 0 0 0 .000 Werth ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Gomez,C ph 1 0 1 0 1.000 29 3 7 3 Ozzie League INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Scherzer 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 18 12 0.00 Harvey 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 15 10 0.00 Kershaw 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 17 11 0.00 Iwakuma 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0.00 Kimbrel L 1.0 3 3 3 0 0 21 13 27.00 Nathan 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 18 9 0.00 8.0 7 3 3 0 4 94 59 Eck League INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Sanchez,Ani 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 34 24 0.00 Darvish 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 16 11 0.00 Bailey,H 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 19 10 0.00 Kuroda 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 32 19 0.00 Buchholz W 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 10 6 0.00 Robertson,D H 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 19 14 0.00 Wacha S 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.00 9.0 5 0 0 2 6 134 88 OL : Cuddyer batted for Scherzer in the 3rd Votto batted for Harvey in the 5th Hunter,Tor batted for Iwakuma in the 7th Wright,D inserted at 3b in the 8th Cano batted for Cabrera,E in the 9th EL : Encarnacion batted for Darvish in the 3rd Werth batted for Kuroda in the 6th Werth moved to rf in the 7th Longoria inserted at 3b in the 7th Freeman,F batted for Belt in the 7th McCutchen batted for Buchholz in the 7th Trout moved to lf in the 8th Freeman,F moved to 1b in the 8th McCutchen moved to cf in the 8th Gomez,C batted for Werth in the 8th McCann batted for Robertson,D in the 8th McCutchen moved to rf in the 9th Gomez,C moved to cf in the 9th E-Kipnis, Ramirez,H 2. 2B-Kipnis(1). 3B-Gomez,C(1). HR-Longoria(1). RBI-Longoria 3(3). CS-Cabrera,E, Trout. K-Molina,Y 2, Cabrera,Mi, Davis,C 3, Trout, Belt 2, Beltre,A. BB-Cabrera,E, Votto. GWRBI: Longoria Temperature: 77, Sky: clear, Wind: out to center at 7 MPH. 7/15/2014, OL14-EL14, Slyme Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2014 Ozzie League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 8 2 2014 Eck League 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 x 3 7 2 2 0 Ozzie League -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Choo lf 1>63 S S.1-2 63 Molina,Y c k 9 note 1 8>note 2 k Cabrera,Mi 3b 8 k 5/f e6.B-2 Wright,D 3b Davis,C 1b 2>k 4>Bailey,H 6>k k 7 Bautista rf 63 9 6 53 Jones,A cf S 3/fl 63 9>Wacha 43 Kipnis 2b S.1-2 5>7 7>Buchholz 3/g D Cabrera,E ss 54/f W 3/b Cano ph 7 Scherzer p 3>Darvish Cuddyer ph 43 Harvey p Kuroda Votto ph CS2(26) W Kershaw p Iwakuma p Hunter,Tor ph 8 Kimbrel p Nathan p 1: e6.2-3;1-2;B-1 2: Robertson,D Eck League -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Trout cf 1>S 4>8 7 k Puig lf CS2(24) 9 7>Kimbrel 63 6/L Robertson,D p McCann ph 53 Wacha p Ramirez,H ss 3/g 63 8 Belt 1b 2>k 5>Kershaw k Freeman,F ph S Posey c S 8 S.1-2 Beltre,A 3b 43/gdp k Longoria 3b HR.2-H;1-H Craig rf 3>Harvey 6>e4.B-1 S Buchholz p McCutchen ph 43 Kinsler 2b 7 53.1-2 8>Nathan 8 Sanchez,Ani p Darvish p Encarnacion ph 543/gdp Bailey,H p Kuroda p Werth ph Iwakuma 9.2-3 Gomez,C ph T Ozzie League IN OUT ER Eck League IN OUT ER Scherzer A1 A6 0 Sanchez,Ani A1 A8 0 Harvey A7 B3 0 Darvish A9 B3 0 Kershaw B4 B8 0 Bailey,H B4 B8 0 Iwakuma B9 C1 0 Kuroda B9 C6 0 Kimbrel C2 C7 3 L Buchholz C7 D1 0 W Nathan C8 D2 0 Robertson,D D2 D5 0 H Wacha D6 D8 0 S 7/15/2014, OL14-EL14, Slyme Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2014 Ozzie League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 8 2 2014 Eck League 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 x 3 7 2 2 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Ozzie League batting 0-0 0 --- 11 Choo grounded out to short (CBX) 0-0 1 --- 22 Molina,Y struck out (BFBCS) 0-0 2 --- 22 Cabrera,Mi flied out to center (CFBFBFX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Eck League batting 0-0 0 --- 21 Trout grounded a single between first and second (BCBX) 0-0 0 1-- 00 Trout was caught stealing second (>B) 0-0 1 --- 21 Puig grounded out to short (>B.BSX) 0-0 2 --- 02 Ramirez,H grounded out to first (CSX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Ozzie League batting 0-0 0 --- 02 Davis,C struck out (CSS) 0-0 1 --- 11 Bautista grounded out to short (BCX) 0-0 2 --- 00 Jones,A grounded a single between third and short (X) 0-0 2 1-- 22 Kipnis grounded a single between third and short, Jones,A to second (CCBBX) 0-0 2 12- 22 Cabrera,E grounded to third, forcing Kipnis at second (BFBFFFX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Eck League batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Belt struck out (CBSC) 0-0 1 --- 10 Posey lined a single to left center (BX) 0-0 1 1-- 00 Beltre,A grounded into a double play, Kipnis to Davis,C (X) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Ozzie League batting Darvish now pitching Cuddyer pinch hitting for Scherzer 0-0 0 --- 12 Cuddyer grounded out to second (CFBX) 0-0 1 --- 01 Choo lined a single to shallow right (FX) 0-0 1 1-- 22 Molina,Y flied out to right (CBFBX) 0-0 2 1-- 22 Cabrera,Mi struck out (CBBCC) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Eck League batting Harvey now pitching 0-0 0 --- 00 Craig grounded a single between third and short (X) 0-0 0 1-- 32 Kinsler flied out to left (>FBSBBX) Encarnacion pinch hitting for Darvish 0-0 1 1-- 01 Encarnacion grounded into a double play, Cabrera,Mi to Kipnis to Davis,C (CX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Ozzie League batting Bailey,H now pitching 0-0 0 --- 32 Davis,C flied out to left (BCFBBX) 0-0 1 --- 11 Bautista flied out to right (BSX) 0-0 2 --- 12 Jones,A popped out to first (FBFX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Eck League batting 0-0 0 --- 11 Trout flied out to center (BSX) 0-0 1 --- 10 Puig flied out to right (BX) 0-0 2 --- 00 Ramirez,H grounded out to short (X) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Ozzie League batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Kipnis flied out to left (X) 0-0 1 --- 31 Cabrera,E walked (BBCBB) Kuroda now pitching Votto pinch hitting for Harvey 0-0 1 1-- 00 Cabrera,E was caught stealing second (11>B) 0-0 2 --- 32 Votto walked (11>B.CBFBB) 0-0 2 1-- 11 Choo lined a single to center, Votto to second (BSX) 0-0 2 12- 22 Votto to third, Choo to second, Molina,Y to first on an error by the shortstop Ramirez,H (SBFBX) 0-0 2 123 22 Cabrera,Mi grounded to third, forcing Choo at third (BSCBX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Eck League batting Kershaw now pitching 0-0 0 --- 12 Belt struck out (CBFC) 0-0 1 --- 11 Posey flied out to center (BFX) 0-0 2 --- 12 Beltre,A struck out (BCCC) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Ozzie League batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Davis,C struck out (CBSC) 0-0 1 --- 22 Bautista popped out to short (BBCFX) 0-0 2 --- 12 Jones,A grounded out to short (BCSX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Eck League batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Craig to first on an error by the second baseman Kipnis (X) 0-0 0 1-- 31 Kinsler grounded out to third, Craig to second (BSBBX) Werth pinch hitting for Kuroda Iwakuma now pitching 0-0 1 -2- 00 Werth flied out to right, Craig to third (X) 0-0 2 --3 12 Trout flied out to left (CBFX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Ozzie League batting Buchholz now pitching Werth moved to right field 0-0 0 --- 21 Kipnis doubled deep to right center (FBBX) Longoria now playing third base 0-0 0 -2- 00 Cabrera,E popped out on a bunt to first (Xb) Hunter,Tor pinch hitting for Iwakuma 0-0 1 -2- 20 Hunter,Tor lined out to center (BBX) 0-0 2 -2- 01 Choo grounded out to short (SX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Eck League batting Kimbrel now pitching 0-0 0 --- 32 Puig lined out to short (FBBBSX) 0-0 1 --- 11 Ramirez,H flied out to center (BFX) Freeman,F pinch hitting for Belt 0-0 2 --- 32 Freeman,F lined a single up the middle (CCBBBX) 0-0 2 1-- 00 Posey grounded a single between third and short, Freeman,F to second (X) 0-0 2 12- 00 Longoria homered deep down the right field line, Freeman,F scored, Posey scored (X) McCutchen pinch hitting for Buchholz 0-3 2 --- 12 McCutchen grounded out to second (BCCX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Ozzie League batting Trout moved to left field Robertson,D now pitching Freeman,F moved to first base McCutchen moved to center field 0-3 0 --- 22 Molina,Y struck out (CBSBFFS) 0-3 1 --- 01 Cabrera,Mi to second on an error by the shortstop Ramirez,H (CX) 0-3 1 -2- 32 Davis,C struck out (BCBSFBFC) 0-3 2 -2- 01 Bautista grounded out to third (CX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Eck League batting Nathan now pitching 0-3 0 --- 11 Kinsler flied out to center (CBX) Gomez,C pinch hitting for Werth 0-3 1 --- 32 Gomez,C lined a triple to left center (BBFBSX) Wright,D now playing third base 0-3 1 --3 32 Trout struck out (FFBBBS) McCann pinch hitting for Robertson,D 0-3 2 --3 20 McCann grounded out to third (BBX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Ozzie League batting Wacha now pitching McCutchen moved to right field Gomez,C moved to center field 0-3 0 --- 01 Jones,A grounded out to second (CX) 0-3 1 --- 00 Kipnis grounded out to first (X) Cano pinch hitting for Cabrera,E 0-3 2 --- 00 Cano flied out to left (X)