Then We Played 2

All up and down the eastern seaboard, mayors are busy issuing evacuation orders, and pleading with residents to stay indoors and remain sheltered from Hurricane Irene. Baseball games in Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York were rained out. In Boston... they decided to play a double header.

"Ignore the emergency management professionals. Come gather, 30,000 strong, in an outdoor location and watch us pummel the lowly A's."

Not to be outdone, Commissioner Berwald decided we should play 2 wiffle games this weekend. And so 5 were met this morning, in even better weather than yesterday, for bat-and-ball pleasantries. And the outcome couldn't have been any more different than yesterday's 0-0 tie.

The visitors took the initial lead with a 2-out, 2-Brents-batted-in triple from Glen in the top of the first inning. In the second inning the Day of Brent would continue as he smashed his first homer of the season off Stats - a 2-run shot!  All told, Brent was killing it with the bat - 7-for-14, 2b, HR, 2 RBI. This line complemented well that of The (cycle-hitting) Artist (10-for-13, 3 2b, 3b, HR, 7 RBI), and resulted in their 9-run total on the day. Kurt, who apparently behaved last night as if he were not going to be playing wiffle the next morning, mustered only a 5-for-13 performance. Kurt seemed to be hitting comebackers to the mound all morning.

Kurt did hold up his end on the mound, though, facing the minimum through 2 innings, with 4 Ks (lowering his ERA to 1.74).  Brent and Glen.. not so much.

Offense in wiffle, like love, comes in spurts.  Brent was touched up for 13 runs in the bottom of the first - 8 coming after 2 were out. Da Commish and Stats managed four more runs off Prof. Cebulash in the third, again all four coming with 2 out, to complete their 17 run total. Brent had a good fourth inning, setting 'em down 1-2-3, including a Beltran for Peter. Glen did not have to pitch again. Commish and Stats put forth a pretty balanced attack overall; Peter (11-for-19, 3 2b, 3b) had 10 RBI, while Matt (11-for-18, 2 2b, 3b) had 7 RBI.

Truly, today there were enough runs for two games.

Brent, Glen, Kurt - 9
Peter, Matt - 17

W: Berwald
L: Mackintosh

9 large tally marks are still not more than 17