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Detroit Motors (59-40, .596, 2nd AL East) @ Los Angeles Leopards (64-35, .646, 1st NL West)
Even while operating 2-games off Charlotte’s pace in the AL East, the Detroit Motors have proved themselves a force in the American League – owners of it’s top ranked pitching staff and 2nd ranked offense, they can ring up the scoreboard like a pinball machine while keeping their opponents off it. They’re led offensively by the reigning AL Boyce Rigg winning 1B Paulo Legna and are home to former Leopard, and still dangerous, LF Terrible Tony Voorhis… both are having excellent offensive seasons in Detroit this year. And, they boast a staff that has a great 1-2 punch in Ace Trevor Dotson and Peter Garcia. Also… let us not forget that they are the club we beat to win the 2080 World Series, so any chance to exact some small measure of revenge for that is unlikely to be lost on the club that will be looking back at us from the visitors dugout over these next three contests.

100 of 162: Aiden Jensen (7-2, 2.67) @ Larimel Alvarez (9-7, 3.19)
Win, 1-0. Larimel gave us a tip-top, 1-hit, nothing earned, 5-innings of work, but, ultimately, left before we’d established the lead which came during the bottom of the 6th when Humberto Benavidez hit a run-scoring single to plate the only runner of the game. Otto went 3-for-4 and swiped a bag, his 14th, we hit three doubles as a club, unfortunately left 7 runners stranded, and were treated to save #34 by Don Haag who needed a scant 7-pitches to retire the side during the top of the 9th.

101 of 162: Trevor Dotson (4-7, 3.66) @ Nacho Valadez (6-1, 3.00)
Win, 7-3. The boys lit Dotson up to the tune of four runs, capped off by a well-hit, run-scoring triple courtesy of Dalton Burch as we secured the series win with perfectly-executed offense and dominant, lockdown defense. Two double plays for the club, 5-innings of 2-run ball from Nacho, earning him his 7th win of the season, and a 2-for-4, 2 2B, 3 RBI day from D-Rod rounds out the highlights of what will go down as our 5th series win in 7 tries this month.

102 of 162: Peter Garcia (9-6, 3.85) @ Dani Thorpe (5-6, 3.95)
Loss, 2-3 (10). Randall Ingram’s solo homerun during the top of the 10th would prove to be the game winner after Detroit Closer, Jack York, out of Tillsonburg, ON, struck out the side to earn his 31st save of the year. It was a lot of nothing for your Leopards – we scored both of our runs on singles, hit nary an extra base hit during the game, left 9 runners stranded, and sat idly by as Don Haag, putting in an uncustomary 2nd inning of work, gave up that fateful, game-winning TANK to send Detroit off on something of a high note.

Record: 66-36, .647, 1st NL West
Up Next: Austin arrives in town to see what real Mexican food is all about… all you Tex Mex queso and poorly seasoned salsa aficionados need not apply. Also, we’ll be playing a few baseball games.