8 July 2058
Boise, Idaho
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by Tony Toney
Sim #14 (recap here) started off with 3 fumbles before the pitching staff got its footing and delivered 3 gems to brighten the scene heading into the All-Star break. It was a timely 3-3 as Calgary and Rocky Mountain both charged forward on 6-game win streaks and Phoenix posted 3 straight. Boise dropped to 2 games off the lead in the Frontier Division and hold the final wild card.
SPUDS OF THE SIM - SIM #14
Pitcher
SP Doug Eckhoff
18 G, 17 GS, 12-2, 2.46 ERA, 98.2 IP, 0.94 WHIP, +2.2 WAR
Lefty SP Matt McCartney provided a timely start against Charm City while RP Anthony Annear allowed just 2 runs in 7 innings over 3 appearances and RP Waseem bin Suhayb provided 5 scoreless innings over 2 games. But the Sim featured another beauty from Eckhoff shutting out Charm City for 6 innings allowing only 5 hits and striking out 5 in a 5-1 victory.
Batter
2B Marcello Custello
83 G, 12 2B, 5 3B, 10 HR, 38 RBI, .266/.325/.429, 12 SB, +2.5 WAR
CF Lou Bayou added 4 more steals to his league-leading total of 38 and provided 3 RBI, while C Sergei Bobrovsky continued his recent stretch of high production driving in 5 runs on 2 HR. But Custello posted 3 doubles, a triple, and a HR to tally 4 RBI while slashing .348/.348/.696 in Sim #14.
Sim #14: P Doug Eckhoff, 2B Marcello Custello
Sim #13: P Mario Santos, 3B Mahine 'Dragnet' Karetu
Sim #12: P Mario Santos, DH Alfonso Rúbio
Sim #11: P Waseem bin Suhayb, RF Héctor Holloway
Sim #10: P Samir Qasim, LF Sebastian 'Nino' Fradesso
Sim #9: P Ed Noble, CF Lou Bayou
Sim #8: P Samir Qasim, 3B Mahine 'Dragnet' Karetu
Sim #7: P Doug Eckhoff, 3B Mahine 'Dragnet' Karetu
Sim #6: P Jeremy Nickerson, 1B Bastião Fardos
Sim #5: P Doug Eckhoff, LF Sebastian 'Nino' Fradesso
Sim #3: P Paul 'The Hammer' Cherry, CF Lou Bayou
Sim #2: P Marvin 'Groucho' Winston, LF Sebastian 'Nino' Fradesso
Sim #1: P Waseem bin Suhayb, 2B Marcello Custello