THE CONFEDERATION OF BASEBALL DUNCES
ARIZONA DESERT STORM AT LANSING RED STORM
07/30/2049
 
THE CONFEDERATION OF BASEBALL DUNCES
ARIZONA DESERT STORM AT LANSING RED STORM
GAME ID: 2944 - FRIDAY, JULY 30TH , 2049 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Arizona Desert Storm (58-45) 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 6 7 0
Lansing Red Storm (41-62) 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 11 2
Horning Goes Deep Twice in 6-5 Desert Storm Win
Behind the hitting of Bill Horning, the Arizona Desert Storm defeated the Lansing Red Storm, 6-5. Horning went 2-2 with 2 home runs and a walk, while scoring 3 and driving in 4 for the Desert Storm. Arizona reliever Esteban Vega picked up the win, upping his record to 6-1. Jeff Pledger was saddled with the loss. Arizona has 5 straight wins, Lansing 3 straight losses.

Horning had a game-changing home run in the top of the ninth. On a 2-1 fastball from Jeff Pledger, he banged a solo home run to left, giving the Desert Storm a 6-5 lead. It was the 3rd home run of the year for Horning.

"Say want you want about this team, they play nine innings hard," said Arizona manager GM Fetty.
ARIZONA BATTING LINESCORE LANSING BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Slater CF 4 0 1 1 1 2 0 .287 5 38
J. Gainey SS 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .312 14 42
B. Potgeter LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .286 33 78
C. Nicotra DH 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 .296 39 97
W. Im 1B 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .252 20 46
   b-S. Lee PH, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .280 4 23
   c-J. Silva 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284 5 33
J. Marshall 2B, 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .368 6 28
K. Longberry RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .295 2 21
C. Twyman 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 2 22
   a-B. Horning 3B 2 3 2 4 1 0 0 .244 3 7
K. Novy C 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 2 9
Totals 31 6 7 6 4 8 5      
a - B. Horning substituted for C. Twyman in the 4th
b - S. Lee pinch hit for W. Im in the 8th
c - J. Silva substituted for S. Lee in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Slater (19, 5th Inning off D. Mareno, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: B. Horning 2 (3, 6th Inning off D. Mareno, 2 on, 2 outs; 9th Inning off J. Pledger, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: J. Slater 2 , J. Gainey , J. Marshall 2 , K. Longberry , B. Horning 8
2-out RBI: J. Gainey , B. Horning
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , B. Potgeter 2
Sac Bunt: K. Novy
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
CS: W. Im (1)

FIELDING
OF assists: 1 (Slater(Fisher at 3rd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Farrell CF 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 .275 14 58
K. Yoshihara DH 3 1 1 1 2 0 4 .240 15 42
C. Jimenez LF 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 .244 20 55
   a-T. Chase PR, SS 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 .226 2 7
T. Biggs RF 5 1 1 1 0 0 6 .249 4 33
P. Batley SS, 2B 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 .252 10 51
D. Weathers 3B 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 .266 13 54
M. Fisher 2B, 1B 5 0 2 1 0 2 2 .292 12 41
R. Isaac 1B, LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .255 3 17
D. Anderson C 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 .195 4 14
Totals 36 5 11 5 6 5 26      
a - T. Chase pinch ran for C. Jimenez in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Fisher (7, 7th Inning off J. Walker, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Farrell 2 , K. Yoshihara , C. Jimenez 2 , T. Biggs , D. Weathers , M. Fisher 3 , R. Isaac 2
2-out RBI: K. Yoshihara , D. Weathers , M. Fisher
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Yoshihara , T. Biggs , P. Batley , M. Fisher
Sac Bunt: D. Anderson
Team LOB: 11

FIELDING
Errors: T. Biggs (4) , D. Anderson (1)
ARIZONA PITCHING LINESCORE LANSING PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Kern 6.1 6 2 2 4 4 0 96 4.47   
J. Walker 0.2 4 3 3 0 0 0 13 5.61   
E. Vega W (6-1) 1.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 27 3.31   
T. Donohue SV (30) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 4.35   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Kern 53
Batters Faced: J. Kern 29, J. Walker 5, E. Vega 6, T. Donohue 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Kern 9-6, J. Walker 1-0, E. Vega 1-2, T. Donohue 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Kern 96-55, J. Walker 13-8, E. Vega 27-15, T. Donohue 10-8
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Walker 1-1
WP: J. Walker
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
D. Mareno 5.2 6 5 5 4 2 1 94 5.91   
A. Widener 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 18 7.30   
J. Pledger L (2-4) 2.0 1 1 1 0 3 1 27 1.76   
PITCHING
Game Score: D. Mareno 35
Batters Faced: D. Mareno 26, A. Widener 4, J. Pledger 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. Mareno 5-8, A. Widener 1-0, J. Pledger 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: D. Mareno 94-57, A. Widener 18-12, J. Pledger 27-21
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Bill Horning
Ballpark: Ballpark of Atlanta
Weather: Clear skies (77 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 6 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 3:25
Attendance: 22071
Special Notes: 3B Corey Twyman was injured while throwing the ball. LF Carlos Jimenez was injured while running the bases.
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