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We completed the second week of interleague play with a series in Dallas with the 28-34 Stars. Roman Ocasio was sent out for his first majors start of the year, and he was pretty wild, walking four in 5.2 innings. He got a no-decision. The Raccoons lost 3-2, when Paul Cooper surrendered his first earned run, a solo jack to Davis Rigsby in the eighth. A ninth inning rally ended with Hall on third base, when Nixon lined out to right.
The next day brought a call from the commissioner’s office that the Salem Wolves had claimed Ken Clement. Get happy with him. He had been batting right around .215 with the Bayhawks, but .143 with the Raccoons in limited backup duties.
Logan Evans started game 2 and was even wilder than Ocasio, walking four in 4.2 innings. He had big problems to throw strikes at all, and the Stars were still happily swinging at 2-0 pitches. Still, we trailed only 3-1 when he left, then batted around the order in the eighth for a 4-3 lead, and then batted around again in the ninth, this time for six runs, including two triples (Hall and Simon), a double steal (Clark and Zuniga) and some fine hitting. Gaston delivered a 1-2-3 ninth in what was not a safe situation of course, as the Raccoons won 10-3. Carlos Moran, called up just two days ago, got his first win after he had finished the seventh. It had been three months and one day since the Raccoons had last scored double-digit runs in a game, then in a 12-2 win over the Bayhawks.
Game 3 saw Juan Berrios with his 0-6 record and 7+ ERA. He sucked big time, somehow got through two, but then, staked to a 4-0 lead in the third, imploded and was sent for the showers. Gary Simmons made it worse and five runs scored, but Simmons improved after that and went 4.2 innings. The game went to the 11th inning, where the Stars walked off when LF Joe Nelson launched a shot to deepest center that went over the wall. Ben Jenkins, righty setup, had been pressed into pitching to the lefties in the Stars lineup and it didn’t work out, Raccoons lost 7-6 and the series. Berrios’ ERA was now at 8.33 …
Next (when I don't have anything else to do): Titans at home, Indians and Condors on the road, then Aces and Canadiens at home.
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