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Raccoons (76-73) @ Bayhawks (90-59) – September 17-19, 2035

Entering the Bayside, the feel of impending doom was palpable. The Bayhawks were leading the CL South, had the Condors right on their wingtips, and needed the wins, never mind that we needed the wins too, and had two teams on our striped tails; one that one won ENOUGH in recent times, and one that I wasn’t allowing into the playoffs unless over my dead body. We were up 4-2 on the season series against the CL’s #3 offense and #4 pitching, and winning another two would be *awesome*. However, their run differential (+38) was *less* than the Coons’ (+61), which hopefully didn’t give the boys a false sense of confidence. (peeks around the corner and sees a bunch of them completely busy munching) It probably won’t.

Projected matchups:
Colt Willes (11-10, 3.56 ERA) vs. Jose Lerma (15-3, 3.56 ERA)
Josh Livingston (6-2, 2.59 ERA) vs. Ben Lipsky (8-8, 4.77 ERA)
Darren Brown (4-2, 3.29 ERA) vs. Matt Huf (16-11, 3.48 ERA)

Lerma was the only southpaw to go around. San Fran had one player on the DL, missing second baseman Jose Cruz.

Game 1
POR: SS Ramos – 2B Vickers – C Wall – CF Fowler – 1B Zitzner – LF Maldonado – 3B Marsingill – RF Salgado – P Willes
SFB: 2B K. Elder – 3B D. Myers – RF Levis – SS A. Castillo – LF Hawthorne – C Umanzor – 1B Uliasz – CF Zollinger – P Lerma

Dave Myers’ sac fly gave the Bayhawks the lead in the third inning, scoring Walter Zollinger from third base. Kenny Elder was stranded on first when Doug Levis struck out. The Coons had but one base hit at that point, a Vickers single in the first. When they got their second hit it was Vickers again, doubling to right leading off the fourth. Two groundouts later he was across home plate to tie the game, with Justin Fowler notching his 97th RBI.

Through six, the Raccoons remained hitless – Rich Vickers aside. Through the sixth, he was 3-for-3, and everybody else was 0-for-oh-god. And nothing much happened after that, except for a long drive by Levis that Salgado picked off the fence in deep right in the sixth. Willes got a no-decision for seven innings of 3-hit ball of his own, and Myers doubled off Chris Wise in the eighth, but was stranded. Now, the good news was that Vickers would come to the plate against southpaw Eric Fox in the ninth inning… but he flew out to deep center, and the Coons went 1-2-3. Prieto’s scoreless bottom 9th sent the game to extras, where after 9.2 innings of futility somebody other than Rich Vickers actually reached ****ing base! It was the rookie Maldonado, banging a double off the fence in left-center. The Coons had to pounce now – Jimmy Wallace hit for Marsingill although Fox was still pitching, and crammed a single past the defenders on the right side. Maldonado scored, and the tie was broken. Now Ed Blair just had to outlast the 8-9-1 batters in the bottom 10th! …aaaand he walked Zollinger to lead off. The Baybirds bunted him over, and then Jaden Pridgeon hit an RBI single over Vickers in the #1 slot. Myers singled, Pridgeon to third, late throw, and the trailing runner moved up – and that one cost the game. Without a force on second base, Vickers had to come home on Levis’ grounder to him, and couldn’t do so in time; Pridgeon scored, and the Raccoons took a bitter loss. 3-2 Bayhawks. Vickers 3-4; Wallace (PH) 1-1, RBI; Willes 7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K;

It’s a bit late in the season to make experiments, but Ed Blair (1-7, 8 BS) can expect to be buried in a ravine in eastern Oregon once the season is over.

The Titans won against the Condors, 1-0. The Elks had Monday off. Both were now only one game behind.

Game 2
POR: SS Ramos – RF M. Fernandez – LF Wallace – CF Fowler – 2B Vickers – C Morales – 1B Zitzner – 3B Zeltser – P Livingston
SFB: 2B K. Elder – 3B D. Myers – RF Levis – 1B Dupuis – SS A. Castillo – LF Hawthorne – C Umanzor – CF Zollinger – P Lipsky

Tony Morales threw out Kenny Elder trying to steal second base in the opening frame, then enabled the Baybirds with an errant and probably stupid pickoff attempt against George Hawthorne on first base in the second. Hawthorne gained a base that got him into scoring position and scoring he did when Zollinger pushed a single past Zeltser. While another comedy of errors was developing on one side of the box score, the Baybirds’ Lipsky retired the Coons in order the first time through. Bad time to stop doing ANYTHING, boys. Bad time!

While Livingston lacked stuff and command and guile and a screwdriver and everything else you could probably use on the mound, it took 11 Raccoons to establish an on-base presence on Manny Fernandez’ single to right. Wallace also singled, with Manny going aggro to third base, a move that paid off in no way, shape or form, because Fowler struck out, and Vickers walked. The bags were full with two outs for Tony Morales, who had not had a big knock in a long time, so why start now? He flew out to Hawthorne on the first pitch he saw.

Livingston hadn’t won a game since August 17, a full month and a day ago, and the Raccoons were hell-bent on keeping him dry. He allowed only the one run through six messy innings that saw him leave with over 100 pitches once Morales thankfully caught Hawthorne stealing to conclude the bottom 6th. That actually gave the 4-5-6 batters another shot at rallying behind their teammate. Strikeout, lineout, then a Morales single, which brought up Zitzner, which meant Livingston was doomed. Zitzner grounded out, ****tily, to Kenny Elder, and that was the game. John Dupuis’ 2-out RBI single against Garavito in the bottom 8th didn’t matter; even one run was too high a hurdle for the Raccoons to overcome. 2-0 Bayhawks.

The Titans lost, while the damn Elks were rained out. At this rate, they might win the crown without ever playing again, since the Raccoons don’t look like they will ever score another run.

Justin Fowler at least won a golden sombrero in this game…

Game 3
POR: SS Ramos – 3B Zeltser – LF Wallace – CF Fowler – C Morales – 1B Zitzner – RF Maldonado – 2B Stalker – P Brown
SFB: 2B K. Elder – 3B D. Myers – RF Levis – 1B Dupuis – SS A. Castillo – LF Hawthorne – C Umanzor – CF Zollinger – P Huf

Ramos walked, Zeltser singled, and then the Raccoons struck out, struck out, aaaand… struck out. What a first inning! Berto was on again in the third, then with a leadoff single, was forced out by Zeltser, who was forced out by Wallace… Fowler then for a change actually hit a ball and doubled, but Wallace had to park it at third base, and when Morales lined to deep left, somehow Hawthorne got there and ended the inning… That made for ONE run in 21 regulation innings at the damn Bay for the Raccoons…

Darren Brown through five allowed two hits and one walk, which was technically less than the Raccoons got off long-ago-Critter Matt Huf, who walked Wallace and Fowler on eight straight pitches with two outs in the top 5th. Tony Morales in typical rookie idiocy ripped away at the first pitch he got and grounded out to short. Zitzner hit his second leadoff single of the day in the sixth, which led to as many runs as the first one in the fourth, and Berto was on to start the seventh, stole his 49th bag, and looked like he was going to be stranded, too, but with two outs Huf fell 3-0 behind Fowler and for some reason didn’t just stop bothering to go after the twitching rookie instead. Huf challenged Fowler with the 3-0, and Fowler hit it 400 feet to left – 2-0 for the Masked Mess! Morales made the out, and Zitzner had his THIRD leadoff single of the day by the eighth. Maldonado singled as they continued to encroach on Huf. Tim Stalker then dis-croached the situation with a 6-4-3 double play. Zitzner was on third base and was left there when the Coons decided to leave Brown in for the eighth inning at least. He got two outs before Luigi Banfi singled in Huf’s place. One more try with Elder – and he flew out easily to Wallace, as far as there was an easy flyout to Wallace at all… That was however 106 pitches for Darren Brown and the middle of the order coming up so unless the Coons could break out against southpaw Jesus Rodarte in the ninth, he wouldn’t be back. Berto doubled to left to begin the inning. Wall batted for Zeltser, but was walked with intent, then swiftly removed when Dupuis tossed Wallace’s grounder to second base for a fielder’s choice. But that brought up Fowler, and maybe, just maybe… The Baybirds stuck with Rodarte, and that was the next mistake. After taking Huf deep for 400 feet, Fowler hit a 420-footer off Rodarte, burying it in the bullpen in right-center. It was 5-0, all runs Fowler’s, with Ramos crossing home plate as his 100th RBI of the year! Bottom 9th, Brown went back out, but Dusty Kulp and David Fernandez – neither of whom had been struck and harmed by that Fowler bomb – were standing by to enter at the first sign of trouble. Myers and Levis were retired before Dupuis walked. With one out to go, Darren Brown would get to try for the shutout one more time, but after that it was Kulp (or Fernandez in case of a lefty pinch-hitter). Castillo singled up the middle, the switch was made, and Kulp K’ed Hawthorne to salvage the final game of the set. 5-0 Coons. Ramos 3-4, BB, 2B; Fowler 3-4, BB, 2 HR, 2B, 5 RBI; Zitzner 3-4, BB; Brown 8.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K, W (5-2);

Fow-ler! Fow-ler! (

Now, the good news: the Elks split their double-header and the Titans lost another one to the Condors, so ultimately the CL North did not play into the CL South race, both South contenders taking two out of three. Both Boston and Portland were idle on Thursday, with the Elks playing their last one against Oklahoma. Thankfully, Steve Bailey and three relievers squeezed them out on three hits in a 3-1 Thunder win, giving Portland a 1 1/2 game lead again since everybody had gone 1-2 in their CL South series.

Raccoons (77-75) @ Loggers (70-83) – September 21-23, 2035

The Loggers were freshly mathematically eliminated – while they still had a non-zero magic number, the fact that the Raccoons would pool so many games against the other top 3 teams in the final week precluded them from making up the distance at this point. And why would they be in the playoffs? They were in the bottom three in both runs scored and runs allowed with a -95 run differential, although bottom-ish wasn’t what it used to be in the CL North, was it? We led the season series, 9-6.

Projected matchups:
Bernie Chavez (9-11, 4.68 ERA) vs. Alfredo Casique (14-10, 3.93 ERA)
Gilberto Rendon (14-7, 3.01 ERA) vs. William Stockwell (9-11, 5.00 ERA)
Colt Willes (11-10, 3.48 ERA) vs. Tommy Iezzi (3-2, 3.15 ERA)

Stockwell was the only southpaw they had available. The Coons meanwhile skipped Sabre. Both him and Chavez were equally bad at this point, but at least Bernie wasn’t piling up quite as many actual losses. Neither of them had won a game in their last four attempts. (Now pair that with Livingston’s winless streak, then answer how we actually rallied from the depths of hell, because I ain’t got no clue…)

The CL base stealing title would get decided between two contestants here. Ramos led the league with 49, but Danny Valenzuela was right on him with 48.

Game 1
POR: SS Ramos – RF M. Fernandez – LF Wallace – CF Fowler – C Morales – 1B Zitzner – 3B Zeltser – 2B Stalker – P Chavez
MIL: RF Valenzuela – SS Garnier – LF S. Wilson – 3B Conner – 2B McWhirter – CF Prestwood – 1B Leftwich – C Paiz – P Casique

The Raccoons scored the first run of the game in the top 3rd on their first three hits. Stalker hit a leadoff double, Berto singled, was forced out by Fernandez, and then Wallace was kind enough to drop another single into shallow right to get Stalker home. Bernie Chavez almost responded as expected with total collapse, but after the bags were full thanks to a Valenzuela singled and two walks actually struck out Josh Conner and Bill McWhirter to escape the entire mess. But the trouble never really stopped with Bernie Chavez, did it? Jeremy Leftwich doubled, Edgar Paiz walked, and after a pretty bunt by Casique they were in scoring position with two outs for Valenzuela in the bottom 4th. I howled when Valenzuela dished a 1-1 pitch hard to left, even AFTER an extensive mound counseling session that was supposed to remind Chavez of not throwing some random garbage up there, but somehow Jimmy Wallace managed to get in the way of the ball and held on to it, stranding two Loggers in scoring position.

Portland then made it 2-0 with a Ramos Special; Berto hit a 1-out single in the fifth, took off and reached second for his 50th bag, then scored on Fernandez’ single to center. Soft singles by the 3-4 parade loaded the bases for Tony Morales, who again insisted on poking at the first pitch. Patience, young man! At least his grounder was only good for an out at first base, allowing Manny to score, 3-0, and Wallace came in on a wild pitch. Zitzner walked, Zeltser flew out, and we had to endure more Bernie on the mound. Steve Wilson promptly hit a homer and Chavez put two more on base, but then struck out Leftwich to strand those… To anybody’s surprise, Bernie then hit a 1-out double in the sixth. He advanced on Ramos’ groundout, then scored when Fernandez legged out an infield single while nobody paid attention to the pitcher rumbling home from third base. Manny stole second, then scored on Wallace’s double rammed through Leftwich. That was the end of Casique; relief man Steve Bass then whiffed Fowler to get out of the sixth.

Bernie was lifted after 5.2 laborious innings, needing 102 pitches while whiffing nine and walking four. Bob Thomson got the final out in the inning, but was then also pinch-hit for in the seventh. Up 6-1, Dusty Kulp entered the bottom 7th and retired no one – three Loggers hit three line drive singles and then surrounded his replacement, Chris Wise. All runs scored against him. Bill McWhirter hit an RBI single at 1-2, Tyler Prestwood got a run home with a grounder, and Leftwich hit a sac fly. Paiz then grounded out to strand McWhirter at third base in a 6-4 game. David Fernandez put Valenzuela on base with a 1-out infield single in the eighth, but got a double play grounder, 6-4-3, from Maxime Garnier at least… He then sought treatment from Dr. Chung for a numb arm, but I’m sure it was going to be nothing. (calmly unscrews a small bottle of Capt’n Coma for calming the nerves while travelling) Ed Blair had the bottom 9th, facing the 3-4-5 batters. Wilson grounded out to first. Conner lined out to Ed Hooge in left. McWhirter grounded out to Matt Triolo at second base. 6-4 Critters. Ramos 2-5; M. Fernandez 2-5, 2 RBI; Wallace 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI; Triolo (PH) 1-1;

Dr. Chung reported David Fernandez was going through some dead arm period. It would probably fine in time for the playoffs, if the Raccoons made it there, and if not I was not to worry, Dr. Chung had once taken the Expert Course in cutting pigs apart at the Pyongyang School of Medicine and Butchery.

So comforting!

The competition won their games, too, so nothing moved at the top of the table.

Game 2
POR: SS Ramos – 2B Vickers – C Wall – CF Fowler – 1B Zitzner – LF Maldonado – 3B Marsingill – RF Pinkerton – P Rendon
MIL: RF Valenzuela – 1B LeClerc – 3B Conner – 2B McWhirter – CF Prestwood – SS Garnier – LF K. Farmer – C Paiz – P Stockwell

Berto opened the game with a walk before being doubled up by Rich Vickers. When he was on again with one out in the third after singling, he stole second out of spite, getting there just barely safe. Stockwell didn’t react well, walking the bags full before facing Fowler, who was called out in a full count, and Zitzner flew out to right. The Loggers, on singles by Paiz and Justin LeClerc, plus Valenzuela getting nicked in between, also had three on base with one out in the bottom 3rd, and – oh surprise – scored on McWhirter’s 2-out, 2-run single. Prestwood then grounded out.

Top 4th, three on, no outs, but Rendon was at the plate after Maldonado had singled, Josh Conner had tossed away Marsingill’s grounder, and Pinkerton walked. In a worst-move-possible, Rendon hit into a 6-4-3 double play, which DID get a run home, and Ramos cashed the other with a single up the middle, at least tying the game. While Vickers reached, Kurt Wall flew out to center; but Fowler would hit a leadoff single in the fifth. Zitzner then ripped a RBI double that put Portland up 3-2 and also knocked out Stockwell, who didn’t have much stamina to begin with and had pitched in distress for all of his four-plus innings. Steve Bass surrendered Zitzner’s run on a Marsingill single and Pinkerton’s sac fly, 4-2, before Rendon struck out. Bass then hit a leadoff single in the bottom 5th (…!), but was replaced by Valenzuela immediately on a comebacker on which Rendon could only get one. Valenzuela got second base on a wild pitch, which wasn’t ideal. LeClerc then ripped a drive to right and Pinkerton made an AMAZING catch racing over to the line, catching the ball, and bouncing off the sidewall without breaking a leg. And then Josh Conner hit an RBI single anyway…

McWhirter flew out and the Coons were up 4-3 after five. More offense came by way of a 2-out, 2-run homer jacked by Fowler in the top 6th, plating Ramos against Steve Bass, but the 6-3 lead about collapsed the following inning. Rendon was yanked after a leadoff walk to Paiz, but the pen didn’t make it any better. Garavito got a fielder’s choice out of Leftwich, but Valenzuela singled. Prieto came on, walked Conner with two outs, then allowed a double into the corner to D.J. Mendez, hitting for McWhirter. Leftwich scored, Valenzuela scored, Conner was waved around third base and – was thrown out at the plate, ending the inning. Portland was still up 6-5, but I had a bad, bad feeling.

Top 8th of a gluey game, Manny Fernandez popped out pinch-hitting for Prieto, but Berto went to 4-for-4 with a single. He reached third base on Vickers’ single, all against righty Rafael Zacarias. Wallace pinch-hit for Wall… and smashed a 3-1 pitch into an inning-killing double play. Bad, bad feelings. Chris Wise got around a Prestwood single in the bottom of the inning before Alex Banderas would see the 4-5-6 batters. Zitzner reached on a Conner error in the ninth, but that was it. No, the bottom 9th would be Blair against whatever pinch-hitters the Loggers could find, starting with Steve Wilson, a left-hander, and they surely wouldn’t hit for Valenzuela. With Garavito having been used and Fernandez injured, a lefty was not a viable option anymore. Steve Gowan? Really? If Blair blows it we can at least confidently say we tried. Wilson flew out to center. Valenzuela flew out to right. LeClerc walked, bringing up 21 homers’ worth of Josh Conner as the winning run. He tried to go deep, too hard though, and struck out. 6-5 Critters. Ramos 4-4, BB, RBI; Vickers 2-4, BB; Fowler 2-5, HR, 2 RBI; Maldonado 2-4;

Crucially, the Arrowheads came to the Critters’ help and beat the damn Elks, 7-5. This dropped them to third place, 2 1/2 games out, but the Boston Titans took a second game from the Crusaders and remained two games out and were now also back at .500, hurrah.

But the Raccoons had to know that they had the hardest final week coming up – at the same time as they were the only team in control of their fate completely. They HAD to beat the Loggers once more to get the best possible scenario for themselves. They would have to do so against right-hander Vinny Olguin (13-14, 4.48 ERA) with Iezzi booted from the Sunday start.

Game 3
POR: SS Ramos – RF M. Fernandez – LF Wallace – CF Fowler – C Morales – 1B Zitzner – 3B Zeltser – 2B Stalker – P Willes
MIL: RF Valenzuela – 1B LeClerc – LF S. Wilson – 3B Conner – 2B McWhirter – CF Prestwood – SS Garnier – C Canas – P Olguin

Berto batted twice in the opening inning, walking and popping out to strand three, respectively. After his walk, the Coons tormented Olguin with a flurry of five singles, and for good measure Tim Stalker was nicked with the bases loaded. Only Fowler (fielder’s choice) and Willes (K) didn’t reach base the first time through, and the Coons were up 4-0 before Willes took the mound… and then Willes was taken behind the shed and beaten in the second inning. To be fair, it was more terrible control than anything much the Loggers did, but they loaded the bags with nobody out on two 4-pitch walks and a single, and Garnier singled home a pair before the inning fizzled out.

Then some inept baseball played out that was to be expected by two teams that had no business being in playoff contention in September. Zitzner in the third and Fernandez in the fourth hit doubles, but were stranded, while in the same innings the Loggers got a leadoff single, but then hit into a double play. In the fifth Willes, who had no strikeouts and was not getting to close to any, either, walked Valenzuela with two outs, LeClerc doubled to left, but Wilson then stranded the tying runs in scoring position with a pop to Fowler in shallow center. The Coons put a pair on with two outs in the sixth when Willes singled and Berto walked, but Olguin – who was still in the game after that first-inning beating… - got Fernandez to pop out. Bottom 6th, Willes fell to 3-0 against leadoff man Conner, who then poked and grounded out. Oh boy!!

Fowler hit a solo jack off Olguin to make it 5-2 in the seventh. Willes retired Rodrigo Canas to begin the bottom of the inning, then was removed with D.J. Mendez batted for Olguin. Steve Gowan came on and fell behind both him and Valenzuela, then got other people to catch the rockets he surrendered to complete the inning… Dusty Kulp got around LeClerc’s leadoff single in the eighth, Wallace and Fowler singled, but were left stranded by Morales and Zitzner in the ninth, and then the Coons had to find three more outs from somebody against right-handers. Ed Blair and Chris Wise had BOTH been out two days in a row and we very much wanted them available against the Titans, when the games would count double. Kulp was still in the game, so there were worse decisions than letting him continue if possible. Prestwood flew out to Fowler. Garnier grounded out to Berto. Canas went down on strikes, and the Raccoons had swept the Loggers! 5-2 Coons! M. Fernandez 2-5, 2B; Wallace 2-5, RBI; Fowler 2-5, HR, RBI; Zitzner 3-5, 2B; Kulp 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, SV (1);

In other news

September 17 – DAL LF Abel Madsen (.301, 12 HR, 63 RBI) collects four hits and five RBI in a 16-7 whooping of the Cyclones.
September 19 – The Aces’ SP Chris Crowell (20-7, 2.71 ERA) throws a 5-hit shutout in a 9-0 win over the Loggers for his 20th win of the season. Compared to his rookie year in 2034, the 23-year-old Crowell has turned his then 6-15 record around and has cut his ERA (5.46) in half.
September 22 – TIJ 3B Shane Sanks (.271, 26 HR, 100 RBI) gets his 2,000th base hit at age 36, a solo homer off Falcons righty Joe Feltman (3-1, 4.18 ERA) that remains the only mark on the Condors’ side of the ledger in a 9-1 Falcons win.
September 22 – The twice-defending champs, the Sioux Falls Warriors, are the first team to clinch their division with a 4-2 win over the Wolves.

Complaints and stuff

The Elks rushed the Arrowheads, 8-0, on Sunday to stay 2 1/2 back, but the Titans failed to complete their sweep and lost a 3-2 squeezer late to the Crusaders, dropping three behind.

Justin Fowler, who missed 23 games and was only available to pinch-hit in 15 more, was the first CL batter to reach 100 RBI on the season with his single-handed beating of the Baybirds on Wednesday. Only “Nine Fingers” Freeman in the FL had more (105 to 102 then), and he, well, was doing it with nine fingers… As many failed acquisitions as we’ve had over the years (looks at first base), Fowler isn’t (yet) one of them. In fact he is pushing .300 for the first time since ’28 and is close to his highest OPS of the decade.

If nothing else, it is assured that the division champion will have a winning record. There is no way for not at least two teams to reach 81 wins and then play a tie-breaker, or for the Raccoons to win at least twice and hold off the competition just barely. The tie-breaker threat is of course real. We are 1-1 in those all-time, including a win against the Titans in ’95. The 2020 tie-breaker with Milwaukee went by the way of Nick Lester.

POR (80-75) – BOS (4), VAN (3) – .498 – 82.3% (+17.1%)
VAN (78-78) – MIL (3), POR (3) – .482 – 5.3% (-12.1%)
BOS (77-78) – POR (4), IND (3) – .486 – 12.4% (-4.9%)

There is a lot of math and fantastic scenarios to construct here, like f.e. a split with the Titans holding them to tie-breaker-at-best distance, but that doesn’t account for the damn Elks having a 9-6 edge over the Coons this year and being in a pact with the devil that allows them to ruin our dreams forever. I doubt we can clinch on the Titans, since that would still require the damn Elks to lose at least once to the Loggers even if we win out, but I would ****ing LOVE to clinch in the stupid Elks’ faces…!

And last time I checked, Ray ****ing Gilbert was no longer active.

Fun Fact: Justin Fowler is the first Raccoon to drive in 100 runs in the 2030s.

Or in fact 90 since after Rich Hereford’s last season, but due to injuries and decline Hereford actually only had 52 RBI that year (2030). Kevin Harenberg drove in 99 that year, ahead of Matt Nunley’s 75. Hereford, who retired last year, of course had that 140 RBI season in ’28. The year after that Harenberg (106) and Stalker (100) both reached triple digits.

Not that a top RBI mark is a qualifier for a team’s ability to go all the way, but it’s nice to have. However, Terry Kopp led the championship Raccoons of 2026 with only 75 RBI.