The weekend series with the Bears started with a suspended game Saturday that spilled into a Sunday double header, something that Kernels also haven't seen in awhile. Master of the Domain, Alonso Amaya (6-0, 2.92 at the Kum & Go), pitched two scoreless innings before the game was suspended. The "second starter" of the match, former Bear Salah Lutfi (1-1, 6.75) got eaten alive, figuratively speaking, by a home run by Yuu Suzuki, and relievers Mirchandani and Phillips apparently left their Bear spray in Yosemite, as SF's lead increased to 9-4 by stretch time. That included a three-run blast by Rafael 'Rat Face' Marquis off Phillips. The home team answered with two in the bottom of the 7th on a single by GM-voted All Star Júlio Pérez—the Kernels RBI leader (72)—but that's all the offense wrote.
Until Game 2 Sunday. That is, the regularly scheduled Sunday afternoon affair, when Des Moines put down the Bears, figuratively speaking, 8-4, with homers by GM-voted All Star 2B Miguel 'Thrillseeker' Martínez (21st) and the 7th by CFer Dan Morris. The Kernels were running wild against SFB: F. Parreno 2 (20) , A. Flinn (3) , P. Gongora (22), But both Flinn and former Kernel Sonny Bigalow left the field with injuries. Steven Clayton picked up his 11th win, and the Kernels hopefully have started a new win-streak of dynamic proportions.
Still 10 more games on the homestand, so Kum, and Go, as you like for some exciting Des Moines baseball. Your Piping-Hot Kernels are now 57-39, and 11-1 in July.
