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Slugger Mike Schmidt hit his milestone 500th career homer today as the Bakersfield Red Aces demolished the Beijing Airhogs on the road at The Factory. Schmidt hit his 2nd homer of the game off of position player Odell Hale as Bakersfield won 23-1. Schmidt hit an earlier grand slam in the game. Most of his homers have come with the Kansas City Royals who he played for between 2019 and 2028 with 62 homers in 2019. Felipe Lira pitched 7 2/3 innings of shutout ball to stop Beijing

The Caracas Toros took apart the Moose Jaw Cowboys at home 15-2 toda as superstar Tris Speaker hit for the cycle. Speaker scored 4 runs and slammed his 16th homer of the season in the decisive win. Earl Moore allowed 1 run and 3 hits over 6 innings for Caracas.

Bobby Wallace of the Orlando Alliance was in high gear with a 1 hit shutout at home against the Tacoma Battle Wings. Wallace struck out 9 batters and did not walk anyone. The only Tacoma hit was by 2B Jaylen Harris as Wallace improved to 3-3 on the year. Charlie Comiskey hit his 15th homer for Orlando and drove in 4 key runs

Resort bartender and Hartford Rocketmen ace Uncle Tito struck out 15 batters as Hartford triumphed over the Barbados Arsenal 6-4 at home. Tito allowed 2 earned runs in 7 innings and improved to 4-3 this season. Frank Catalanotto had 3 hits and 3 RBI's including his 5th homer to lead Hartford.

It was unthinkable but the Pittsburgh Pirates were desperate for pitching and dealt franchise identity player Ralph Kiner to the Nassau Stingrays for SP Jered Weaver and RP Dean Stockley. Kiner was organically drafted by Pittsburgh and has played there since 2021 with 49 homers in 2022.

The Houston Astros defeated the lowly Kabul Biplanes 4-0 at home as Pete Smith was able to fire the 1 hit shutout. Smith fanned 5 and walked one to improve to 2-4 on the year. Dick Higham mustered the lone Kabul hit in the game. Ben Chapman hit his 9th homer for Houston and drove in 3 runs to catapult the offense.

Red Barnes of the Little Rock Sunbirds went on a 6 hit rampage as Little Rock crushed the Pittsburgh Pirates on the road at PNC Park 23-2. Barnes hit his 7th homer and drove in 5 runs in the game to improve his batting average to .333. Jeremy Hazelbaker also drove in 5 runs for Little Rock.

Cy Seymour's 400th career homer and 6th of the year came in dramatic fashion to give the Saginaw Dragons a 4-3 lead over the Waco Bombers in the 11th inning. Seymour took fireballer Seranthony Dominguez deep as Saginaw got their 3rd win of the entire season. Seymour hit a majority of his homers between 2020 and 2028 with the Washington Nationals. He his 57 in 2023.

The Pittsburgh Pirates lost starting pitcher Joe Yeager for 2029 with a ruptured disc. Yeager was 4-2 this year after going 17-1 in 2028. This may be the reason why Kiner was dealt for Weaver.

Carlos Marin of the Montreal Anchors hit his 300th career blast today as Montreal torched the Nashua Fire Dogs 9-0 on the road at Litle Stadium. Marin hit 2 homers in the game, the first blast in the 2nd inning off of Glenn Liebhardt was his big shot for 300. Marin played for the Atlantic City Sharks from 2020 to 2027 with 40 homers in 2022 and 2024.

Yoan Moncada hit 4 homers including 2 grand slam blasts to propel the Utah Saints over the Norfolk Zips at home 20-5. Moncada already had 24 homers and 64 RB's in 2029.

The Peoria Oil Barons have lost star player Mookie Betts for 4 months with a ruptured finger tendon. He had 8 homers and 23 RBI's this season for Peoria.

Daniel Ortmeier is out for the year for the Kimberly Ocelots with a concussion suffered running the basepaths. Ortemeier had 5 homers and 20 RBI's thus far this season.

The Winnipeg Wolf Pack made a trade with the Billings Beacons and landed reliever Dick Bokelmann in exchange for 2B Nick Dayley and C Jeff Luevano. Bokelmann was very effective with a 1.15 ERA for Billings despite how bad Billings has been playing.