Athens Philosophers at Sheffield Mountain Hares (9th to 11th June, 2059)
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Team Profile: Athens Philosophers
Established: 2058
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Current season: 29-31
In only their second season, the Philosphers are looking to improve on 14th place from last season, a target that looks achievable given their close to .500 record.
Game 1
SP: Isaac Saville
The Sheffield Mountain Hares topped the Athens Philosphers, 5-3, the lion's share of the credit going to shortstop Ilyas Muraguri, who hit a grand slam home run in the bottom of the eigth to make it 5-3, to the jubilation of the home fans. On the day, Muraguri went 1-3 with a home run and a walk, with 4 RBIs. Isaac Saville didn’t go deep, but did hold the Philosophers to 2 runs in his 5.1 innings.
Player of the game: Ilyas Muraguri
Game 2
SP: Yushua bin Saqr
The Hares are looking unstoppable right now, cementing a five game win streak with a spectacular 10-0 win over the Philsophers in game 2. Koehler smashed 2 home runs, one in the 4th and 6th respectively as he went 2-5 to lead Sheffield to the win. Saetgaliev also hit a homer as part of Sheffield’s 6-run inning in the second. Yushua bin Saqr put in a good shift over 5.2 innings, giveing up no runs, though somewhat lucky having given up 4 hits and 2 walks.
Player of the game: Adam Koehler
Game 3
The Hares looked slightly more human, but still managed to extend their win streak to 6 games as they broke Athens’ hearts with a walk-off 4-3 win at Kingfisher Park to close the series. Abdul-Karim bin Jameel was the walk-off hero for Sheffield. With the game tied in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Mountain Hares first baseman hit a dramatic run-scoring single to send the teams home. Saetgaliev had hit a 2-run homer in the first to put the Hares up 2-0, but Athens made a spirited comeback to go into the 9th 3-2 up. Marinello went deep for the Hares, giving up 3 runs and 5 hits in 6.2 innings.
Player of the game: Abdul-Karim bin Jameel
