BNN Weekly Report
This Week in the CBO, BMU, and GBRL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
17 March 2303
2303 Nuka Cup Semifinals at The Great Green Jewel
Vault 81 Dwellers (RL) vs Starlight Lady Killers (IL)
Game 1: Star 5 vs Vault 81 13
The Dwellers pounded out seven runs in the bottom of the 1st, quickly chasing Starlight's Jonathan Newman who got just one out and gave up a scary 189 ERA for the game. Newman won 10 games in 2302.
Edwin Mass earned the win for Vault 81, allowing three earned runs on four hits with two walks and eight strikeouts in 8.0 innings.
3B Mark Dombrowski had the most impressive day offensively. He was 4 for 6 with a double, two home runs, three runs, and six RBI. 2B Harry Byrd added three hits and a home run. SS Knud Bather doubled twice.
Starlight's best hitter was LF Ryan Raider, going 2 for 3 with a triple, a home run, two runs, and three RBI.
Game 2: Starlight 6 vs Vault 81 7
The Dwellers scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the 9th on Chris Wickliffe's RBI single to score Chase Doctorman from third with two outs. The win clinched the series for Vault 81 with one game to go. Starlight ended up avoiding the sweep by taking Game 3, 7-6.
In Game 2, the Dwellers again had a big inning. This time it was in the bottom of the 7th. Trailing 5-1, Vault 81 started to open it up against Lady Killers starter Chris Schneier and reliever Bobby Tippecanoe.
Mark Dombrowski led off the inning with a single to end Schneier's day. Tippecanoe then came in to face Mace Pageturner who answered by hitting a straight left-field shot on the first pitch he saw. That cut the Starlight lead to 5-3.
Bloatfly Williams then singled and Aesed Hayjen reached on a dropped infield popup by Killers SS Nick Maris. Deer Quickwalker then singled to load the bases. After Williams was out at home on a fielder's choice, Harry Byrd singled in Hayjen to cut the lead to 5-4. Tippecanoe then walked Mike Laughingman to tie the score.
Alex Alexson then came in to relieve Tippecanoe. The first batter he faced, Straight QuaLiTy, reached on an error after a nine-pitch at bat that included fouling off five straight pitches after a 3-0 count. Vault 81 then took a 6-5 lead once Doctorman crossed the plate. The Dwellers would relinquish that lead in the 8th before the walk-off win.
Roxbury Rad Sox (RL) vs Atom Cats (ML)
Game 1: Atom 4 vs Roxbury 2
Dee Dee Martinson of Atom and Eugene Gym of Roxbury had a short duel with Martinson's Cats coming out on top. Martinson's pitching line: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 2 BB. Gym: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K.
Jake Doucette and Justin Daros each tripled for Atom. Daros had the team's best offensive line: 2 for 4, triple, run, RBI.
Deerlord Fugivmee and Edward Cox each had two hits for the Rad Sox. Duncan MacCready and Chris Connexx had Roxbury's only extra-base hits, both doubles.
Game 2: Atom 1 vs Roxbury 5
Rad Sox SP Whokill Poole pitched 7.0 innings, allowing just one earned run on two hits with five walks and five strikeouts. That one run came in the top of the 1st when the Cats' Earthbound Bussey led off the game with a solo home run. That proved to be the only offense Atom could manage in the game as the Rad Sox tied the series, 1-1.
Roxbury's Edward Cox helped to put the game away in the bottom of the 7th when he hit a two-run home run to make the score 4-1 at the time. Second-year 3B Donn Mattingley had two hits for the Sox.
Game 3: Atom 8 vs Roxbury 7
The Cats trailed 7-5 entering the top of the 9th and scored three runs to win the series against Roxbury and advance to the Nuka Tournament finals against Vault 81.
Roxbury paraded out closer Andy Helium, who had 22 saves in 2302, in the top of the 9th with the two-run lead. With one out, though, Atom started its comeback. Earthbound Bussey singled. After Rabbit Forest flew out, the Cats were down to their final out with the tying run at the plate.
Jake Doucette then answered the call with a two-strike single. LF Machete Thompson became the hero, hitting a pinch-hit three-run home run for the 8-7 lead. Thompson hit a career-high 11 home runs in 2302.
Bussey was 4 for 5 in the game with three runs scored. RF Melon Sanderson was 3 for 4 with a double, a home run, a run, and two RBI. He was named Game MVP.