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"Opening Day, where both team's star pitchers square off. When runs are at a premium. When you get to start the season off on the right foot. It was finally here, our first game after months of going through drills building up to this one moment".
-Enrique Acevado went out and dominated the LA Avengers on Opening Day as he went 9 innings and after allowing 2 hits and a run in the first, settled down and allowed 1 hit the final 8 frames. His 2nd effort left alot to be desired as he struggled through 5 innings and the statline wasn't pretty: 9 H, 8 ER, 6 BB, 131 PI
-Joe "Face of the Franchise" Mountford had a solid debut week batting .333 (9-27) picking up 3 2B, 1 3B, HR, 7 RBI. He also displayed a great eye, drawing 5 walks.
-No one in the league though was HOTTER than CF Julio Medina. 13 hits in 30 ABs, good for a .433 average. Then came the 6th game of the year against the Chicago Spikes, Medina went a perfect 5-5, hit for the cycle, and capped off the perfect day with a grand slam in the 8th inning giving him 5 RBI. After a week, Medina has 13 RBI.
-2B Enrique Gallegos had 12 hits in 28 ABs (.427) producing 4 RBI.
-First basemen Emanuele Martinella was hit or miss as he had 2 HRs to go with a .231 average.
-Looking over the pitching staff, PITYFUL. Nobody with an ERA under 5.00 except CL Kien-Lung Quan (2.08). The starters put up a 5.29 ERA, but still managed to grab 3 wins because of the excellent hitting of the offense.
Games 1-7 (5-2 record)
BAL 3 LA 1
BAL 4 LA 6
BAL 5 LA 3
BAL 5 LA 6
BAL 15 CHI 12
BAL 10 CHI 3
BAL 11 CHI 9
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