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Mitts 1 at Furnituremen 3
Another series featuring low scoring games but the Fmen rose to the occasion while the Mitts did not.
gm 1- Teams exchanged early runs but Fmen unload on Landon Knack in the home 4th for six runs. Justin Turner and Aaron Judge had HRs in the game as the home club breezed to a 6-1 win.
gm 2- Ronel Blanco and Freddie Perralta hooked up in a classic pitcher's due.  Only run of game came in the 9th when Francisco Alvarez reached the seats on a delivery from Matt Strahm.  Mitts win 1-0.
gm 3- Fmen score four runs early but Mitts chip away with a 3-spot in the 5th. Home club prevailed 6-5 with each team coming up with 10 or more hits. Judge hit his second HR of the series.
gm 4- Framber Valdez gave up three runs in his 7 inning stint.  Jonathan Cannnon allowed just two in his 5.2 inning outing.  Furnituremen's bullpen threw 3.1 of shutout ball as Megill collects the save.  Fmen win the finale 3-2.
Rogues 2 at A's 2
The defending champions continued their beginning of the season losing streak on the road (6 straight losses), dropping the first 2 games, but woke up and won the final 2 games.
Gm1-Tyler Stephenson blasted a walk-off homerun in the 9th off Josh Hader to break at 1-1 tie.  The score was tied going into the 9th.  With one down, Bryce Harper tripled to right (his 3rd hit of the game) but was left stranded as Jhoan Duran struck out Jesse Winker and Sal Perez to end the threat. Francisco Lindor doubled to open the 9th.  Hader was called in to pitch to Triston Casas, who was promptly replaced by Yandy Diaz, who was intentionally walked.  The next batter was Stephenson who deposited Haders fastball into the right center field bleachers for the walk-off win.  Sonny Gray was not around for the decision but he hurled 8 masterful innings, allowing 5 hits, 1 run while striking out 12.  Final score 4-1.
Gm2-In another pitchers duel, Kyle Gibson and Cole Sands combined to hold the Rogues to 6 hits and 1 run in their 3-1 win in game 2.  Reynaldo Lopez started for the Rogues and could not find the plate in the first inning as the first 5 A's either walked or were hit by pitches and helped by a run scoring double play, pushed across 3 runs on no hits.  It was their only runs of the game.  After Lopez found the strike zone, he did not allow a hit until the 6th inning.  The A's finished the tilt with 3 runs on 3 hits.
Gm3-The Rogues finally broke through with a win in game 3 as they scored 3 runs in the first on homeruns by Ketel Marte and Winker.  In the 6th, the A's cut the lead to 1 by scoring 2 runs on a single, a walk, a hbp, a SF and a wild pitch.  However, this time Josh Hader slammed the door with a 4 out save.  The Rogues did add a run in the top of the 9th on a Willi Castro triple. Final score 4-2.
Gm4-3 Rogues pitchers held the A's to 4 hits and 1 run in the finale with a 6-1 win.  The Rogues struck early on a 3 run homerun by Cody Bellinger in the first that just went beyond the outstretched arms of Brandon Nimmo.  Marte and Donovan Solano added solo homers in the contest.   Solano had 3 hits in the game.  Tyson Miller and Jose Alvarado hurled the final 4 innings, allowing no hits, no walks while striking out 5. 

Ponies 2 at Ungulates 2
Game 1-Ponies 6 Ungulates 2 - Triolo HR 2 RBI - Lowe HR 2 RBI
Game 2-Ponies 1 Ungulates 0 - Riley HR - Miller 7 IP 5 hits 8 Ks
Game 3-Ungulates 2 Ponies 0 - Lowe HR - Baz 6 IP 2 hits
Game 4-Ungulates 5 Ponies 0 - Cowser 2 HR - Flaherty 7 IP 11 Ks

Canes 2 at Mavs 2
1 - Mavs 6 Canes 3.  Rooker 3-run homer in the 10th to win it.
2 - Mavs 5 Canes 1.  Ohtani and Profar homer.  Cole gets the win.
3 - Canes 6 Mavs 0.  Yamamato gets win.  Machado 2-5, HR, 3 RBI's.
4 - Canes 3 Mavs 2.  Mlodzinski gets win in relief.  Machado homers again.

Canes 2 at Huskers 2
1 - Huskers 9 Canes 4.  Nardi gets win in relief.  Garcia, Witt, Chourio, Heim all homer.
2 - Canes 5 Huskers 4.  Hudson gets win in relief.  Yelich 3-5, RBI.
3 - Huskers 4 Canes 2.  Witt and Chourio both homer.  Waldron gets win.
4 - Canes 14 Huskers 5.  Hernandez homers twice with 4 RBI's.  Littell gets win.

Canes 1 at Sluggers 3
1 - Sluggers 3 Canes 1.  santandor 3-3.  Festa gets win.
2 - Canes 5 Sluggers 4.  Hernandez 2-3, HR, 3 RBI's.  Tinoco gets win in relief.
3 - Sluggers 4 Canes 1.  Abbott gets the win.  Guererro 2-3, HR, 2 RBI's.
4 - Sluggers 3 Canes 2.  Carpenter homers.  Suarez gets win.

Canes 1 at A's 3
1 - Canes 6 A's 4.  Hernandez and Ozuna both homer.  Kimbrel gets the win in relief.
2 - A's 6 Canes 4.  liberatore gets win in relief.  Casas 2-4, HR, 3 RBI's.
3 - A's 5 Canes 1.  Gibson gets win.  Casas homers again.
4 - A's 2 Canes 0.  Lopez gets the win and Casa homers 3 straight games.

Hurricanes 2 at Splash 2
1 - Canes 3 Splash 0.  Isbel goes 3-4and Yamamato gets the win.
2 - Splash 4 Canes 2.  Cruz goes 3-4, HR, 3 RBI's.  Skubal gets the win.
3 - Canes 4 Splash 2.  Abrams homers and Eovaldi gets the win.
4 - Splash 2 Canes 0.  Bradley gets the win.  Chishulm 2-3, HR, RBI.

Splash 1 at Rogues 3
Game 1: Splash 3, Rogues 5 - Cory Seager homered, doubled, and drove in three to lead Raleigh.
Game 2: Splash 4, Rogues 2 - Lake Delton only managed four hits, but one was an Adley Rutschman grand slam in the 7th that held up.
Game 3: Splash 5, Rogues 6 - Bryce Harper launched a three-run homer in the bottom of the 5th to put the Rogues ahead.
Game 4: Splash 3, Rogues 5 - This time it was Cody Bellinger in the bottom of the 6th with the three-run shot.

Wildcats 1 at Splash 3
Gm 1: Cats 1 at Splash 3 - Tough loss for the Cats after a masterful pitching matchup. Cats choose the wrong relief guy for Luzardo and walks 2 in front of a 3 run 6th. Bullpen win for the Splash after running Gore in the 4th. Only 4 a piece but the walks killed the Cats.
Gm 2: Cats 1 at Splash 3 - Cats anemic hitting returns with only 3 hits and the solo run. Wheeler was dealing with 8 innings and 11 SOs but a couple poorly timed wild pitches and walks hurt in the 3 run 5th. Keller gets the win.
Gm 3: Cats 2 at Splash 4 - Rutschmann crushes Sale with 3 hits and 2 RBIs in perfect situational hitting. Wild pitches and walks hurt the Cats again. Both teams with 10 hits but Cats can't cash in on timely hitting. Sale gets 9 SOs to Skubel's 6 over 6 IP for both
Gm 4: Cats 5 at Splash 0 - Greene almost closes out his NO HITTER until surrendering a walk and seeing eye single in the 9th after his 10 SO outing. Walker comes in to secure the no save situation for the Cats win with 3 SOs of his own. Garcia with the lone HR of the entire series. Pfaadt gets 10 SOs and 1 ER through 7 with a tough loss on his resume.

Furnituremen 2 at Mitts 2
Game 1: Great starting pitching by both teams meant a scoreless game after six innings.  Mid Hudson broke the tie in the seventh, loading the bases via singles and then scoring a run on a Candelario error. India singled home two more runs and the Mitts held on for a 3-0 victory.
Game 2: Solo homers by Judge and Perdomo were countered by a 2-run homer by Reynolds. Neither team could score after the fourth, so we went to extras tied at 2-2. Siri hit a 3-run homer and Judge added a solo HR in the tenth as Grand Rapids won 6-2.
Game 3: Blanco was wild, walking six batters in the first two innings, including a bases loaded walk that made it 1-0. Blanco settled down after that and was great through seven innings.  Peralta worked around his own bout of wildness to throw six shutout innings. A solo homer by Siri gave Grand Rapids a bit of a cushion and the bullpen closed out the 2-0 victory.
Game 4: The Mitts scored in the fourth when Alvarez singled home Sosa. The Furnituremen countered in the fifth with an RBI single by Siri. Yet again, both teams decided to stop scoring and we went to extras tied 1-1. Diaz pitched a clean 10th for Mid Hudson. Santana moved to third on a ground and scored on a walk off balk by Foley.
It was a series split that featured 16 total runs.  Grand Rapids had an ERA of 0.50 since 5 of their 7 runs allowed were unearned.

Mitts 1 at Red Legends 3
gm 1 - E Cabrera plus five relievers hold the Mitts to 2 runs, 6 hits as the Legends take the opener 3-2. Framber Valdez allowed all 3 runs in his 7 inning stint. Merrill's 8th inning HR was the game winner.
gm 2- Each team had one big inning.  For the Legends it was a 5-run 5th pushing out to an 8-2 lead.  The Mitts countered with 4 in the 8th but still fell short 8-6 being the final. Julio Rodriguez, and Yoshida had 3 hit games while #8 batter Wong had 3 RBI. JP Sears got the win while Logan Webb was cuffed around in his short 4.2 inning outing.
gm 3- Mitts break through even scoring four whole runs to support Landon Knack, Edwin Diaz, and Tyler Yates.  4-0 was the final in the visitors' favor. Reynolds and Justin Turner had MidHudson homers.
gm 4- Mitts again out-hit the Legends - four to three.  But Legends win this one 2-1 Chapman had tie breaking hit in home 8th.  Ronel Blanco took the loss as his ERA lowered to 2.06.

Whiz Kids 3 at Red Legends 1
Gm 1:Erick Fedde no-hitter, the only baserunner allowed an 8th inning HBP of Jeff McNeil. J. Naylor pinch hit GS highlights the offense. Whiz Kids 9, Red Legends 0.
Gm 2:  Red Legends blow a 3-0 9th inning lead, with Matt Chapman making an error on what would have been the last out of the game but ends up tying it up.  William Contreras 2-run HR gives the final margin. 5-3 Kids.
Gm 3:  J. Sanchez 2 doubles, R. Olson 5 IP, 1 hit for the win as Nebraska wins 4-1
Gm 4: JJ Bleday 2-run shot gives Kids the lead, Abreu a perfect 8th, Vodnik a clean 9th for the save as Kids win 9-6 and take the series. Chapman, Scheumann, and Wong all go deep in the losing cause.

Furnituremen 2 at Titans 2
Game 1: An exciting game.  The Titans scored twice in the second, but Grand Rapids scored single runs in the fourth, seventh, and eighth. The Titans loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth, bounced into a force play at home, then Gurriel walked to tie the game.  The Furnituremen scored in the top of the 10th to re-take the lead.  With runners on the corners and no outs in the bottom of the inning, Tovar flew out to right and Judge threw out Smith at home, then Soto lined out to end it.  4-3 in favor of Grand Rapids.
Game 2: Michael Toglia hit a pair of 2-run homers and drove in 5 runs to lead the Titans to a 7-2 victory.  Alvarez also hit a 2-run homer for Hartford to back a solid pitching performance by Myers.
Game 3: Judge hit a 3-run homer in the first and Ortiz hit a solo homer in the second as Grand Rapids jumped out to a 4-0 lead.  Toglia homered in the fourth and Alvarez hit a sac fly in the seventh to close the gap to 4-2.  Muncy led off the ninth with a homer to make it 4-3.  Toglia came up with two outs and two on, but K’d to end it.  Grand Rapids prevailed 4-3.
Game 4: Tovar hit a grand slam in the second for Hartford while Judge hit a pair of solo homers for Grand Rapids.  This game went into extras and wasn’t decided until the 12th, when Yordan Alvarez singled home Soto for the 7-6 Hartford win.

Ungulates 4 at Red Legends 0
Game 1: Brandon Lowe nails a 2-run homer in 4-2 Arrickdale victory.
Game 2: Cal Raleigh rips a 3-run homer in 5-3 Ungulate triumph.
Game 3: Masyn Winn crushes a 2-run homer and Joe Ryan fans 10 in 3-2 Arrickdale win.
Game 4: Masato Yoshida goes 3-4 with a homer but Ungulates prevail 4-3.













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BOXSCORE: 2025 Philadelphia Whiz Kids At 2025 Nebraska Red Legends  4/22/2025
Updated W/L Records: Philadelphia(12-5) Nebraska(1-4)
Gm 1: Fedde no-hitter and near perfect game!
 
  Whiz Kids          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Legends        AB  R  H RBI AVG
  F.Tatis Jr RF       2  2  2  0 .323     J.Merrill LF        4  0  0  0 .182 
C-J.Bleday PH         1  0  0  0 .159     J.Rodriguez CF      3  0  0  0 .350 
D-M.Kepler RF         0  0  0  0 .174     M.Yoshida DH        3  0  0  0 .188 
  W.Contreras C       3  1  1  0 .254     M.Chapman 3B        3  0  0  0 .333 
  J.Altuve 2B         5  0  1  0 .206     J.Sanchez RF        3  0  0  0 .125 
E-J.Westburg 2B       0  0  0  0 .289     J.McNeil 2B         2  0  0  0 .118 
  M.Vientos 3B        3  2  1  1 .343   B-A.Ibanez PR,2B      0  0  0  0 ---- 
  R.Gonzalez DH       3  1  2  0 .286     M.Schuemann SS      3  0  0  0 .167 
A-J.Naylor PH,DH      2  1  1  4 .300     C.Wong C            3  0  0  0 .000 
  I.Kiner-Falefa LF   5  0  3  1 .291     A.Vaughn 1B         3  0  0  0 .235 
  C.Walker 1B         5  0  0  0 .250                                         
  M.Harris CF         4  1  2  0 .136                                         
  O.Arcia SS          5  1  2  2 .400                                         
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
         Totals      38  9 15  8                 Totals      27  0  0  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Gonzalez In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For McNeil In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Tatis Jr In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Bleday In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Altuve In 9th Inning
 
INJURY: Jeff McNeil INJURED (for 0 more games) in 8th inning
 
Whiz Kids....... 0 0 3  1 0 5  0 0 0  -  9 15  0
Red Legends..... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  0  0
 
Whiz Kids (12-5)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
E.Fedde WIN(3-1)          9       0   0   0   0   7   0  98   3.31  A1
Totals                    9       0   0   0   0   7   0
 
Red Legends (1-4)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
P.Corbin LOSS(0-2)        5 1/3  11   6   6   5   4   1 117   4.73  A1 D1
P.Avila                   2 1/3   4   3   3   3   0   1  61   8.10  D2 E6
M.Leiter                  0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   7.71  E7 E7
H.Strickland              1       0   0   0   0   0   0  11   0.00  E8
Totals                    9      15   9   9   8   4   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 29,772 DATE- Thursday, April 22nd 2025 TIME- Night
UMPIRES- John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, George Harrison
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Whiz Kids:10  Red Legends: 1
DOUBLE PLAYS- Whiz Kids: 0  Red Legends: 2
DOUBLES- J.Altuve(4th), R.Gonzalez-2(3rd), O.Arcia(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Naylor(4th), O.Arcia(1st)
RBIs- M.Vientos(7th), J.Naylor-4(14th), I.Kiner-Falefa(10th), O.Arcia-2(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- M.Harris(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- M.Harris
WALKS- F.Tatis Jr-3, W.Contreras-2, M.Vientos-2, M.Harris
HIT BY PITCH- J.McNeil
STRIKE OUTS- M.Vientos-2, C.Walker-2, J.Merrill-2, J.Sanchez-2, J.McNeil,
             M.Schuemann, A.Vaughn
GIDP- W.Contreras, J.Altuve
WILD PITCHES- P.Corbin
2-out RBI- M.Vientos, I.Kiner-Falefa, J.Naylor-4
RLISP 2-out- R.Gonzalez-2, J.Altuve, C.Walker-2
TEAM RISP- Whiz Kids: 4 for 13  Red Legends: 0 for 0
 
History was made in Nebraska as Erick Fedde(3-1) tossed a no-hitter and the
Philadelphia Whiz Kids defeated the Nebraska Red Legends by the score of 9 to
0.
 
Fedde had an evening to remember.  He did not even surrender a walk.  The
tension started to build around the 6th inning.  By the 9th inning the crowd
was electrified.  Philadelphia had a total of 15 hits for the game.
 
Patrick Corbin(0-2) took the loss.  He was hit hard and gave up 11 hits and 5
walks in 5 and 1/3 innings.  When asked how his stuff was out there, Fedde
looked a bit incredulous (as did this reporter) and replied 'A bit better
than average, I'd have to say'































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and charter member Mac McConchie.

                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                


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