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D2 Opening Day Spotlight: Ft. Worth Cats at Detroit Stars, April 12, 2038
It's like Deja Vu All Over Again for Cats, Stars
It must be like reliving a nightmare for the Detroit Stars: just six months after becoming the only team to lose a Championship series after being up three games to none, the Stars played host to the Ft. Worth Cats, who six months earlier became the only team to overcome that deficit.
Once again, the teams played a dramatic, tight game, with starters Chris Morris (DET) and Chris Schwinger (FTW) each going nine without allowing a run. Schwinger was especially impressive, allowing just three hits and walking two while striking out 11; Morris also gave up three hits, but walked five and struck out six.
The winning run came in the top of the twelfth, when Ft. Worth leadoff hitter Bill Ebron walked; two outs later, rookie RF Jesse Moeller - who socked six homers in 18 games in a callup at the end of 2037 - blasted his first of 2038, a game-winner to left that landed ten rows back in the Detroit bleachers.
Detroit closer Shane Smith took the loss despite giving the stars three innings, two and two-thirds of which were scoreless.
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