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The Berlin Cannons defeated the Buenos Aires Bishops 1-0 today in walk off fashion at home as Bud Tinning fired the 1 hit shutout for Berlin. Tinning fanned 11 and walked just one to improve to 11-9 on the year with a 3.15 ERA. Luther Hackman walked Boston area indie director Rome Howard with the bases loaded to plate home Don Wert to give Berlin the win. Jose Vidro had the lone hit for Buenos Aires in the game and former 20 game winner John Conner pitched 7 scoreless innings but Buenos Aires lost the contest.

Yoan Moncada of the AL West Division champion Utah Saints collected his 2000th career hit today as Utah crushed the Worcester Sundevils 20-2 on the road at the Atrium. Moncada went 4 for 6 in the game with 2 RBI's. Moncada gets the big hit as an 8th inning double off of Worcester infielder Robbie Barrett. Moncada has 225 hits this year and had 238 in 2028 as he gets better with age.

The Little Rock Sunbirds got trounced on the road 8-1 against the Las Vegas Snake Eyes at Caesar's Palace, but it was an historic game for David Justice who slugged his 300th career homer. Justice hit a solo shot in the 2nd inning off of Josh Johnson. Justice hit 53 homers in back to back years for the Chicago White Sox in 2023 and 2024. He has 41 homers this season between Little Rock and the Barbados Arsenal.

Juan Soto of the Texas Rangers was able to hit his 400th career bomb today but Texas fell to the Albany Warcats on the 12-4 at Mario Cuomo Stadium. Soto hit a 2 run shot in the 8th inning off of Albany reliever Ron Blazier to hit the 400 marker. Soto has 58 homers this year and his best mark was 66 in 2023 with Texas and has hit all of his homers as a member of the Rangers.

The St Cloud Muskies destroyed the Baton Rouge Warbirds 15-0 at home today as Ruben Gomez fired the 2 hit shutout. Gomez fanned 5 and walked 2 and is now 6-10 on the year. Mike Grady drove in 5 runs while Walter Prince collected 3 hits to help St Cloud's offense.

The Utah Saints are the first team to punch their ticket into the postseason as they won the AL West division.

John Ginocchio was fired today as Manager of the Boca Raton Gold Sox and replaced by former Amagansett Assassins and Lagos Hammerheads manager Matthew Well. Ginocchio did not understand why it could not have waited to the off season and felt embarrassed.