A beautiful, partly cloudy day provided the perfect setting for exciting baseball across the Seventh Ward. In the early game, CSR took on the Giants in an exciting back-and-forth. Down by 4 going into the bottom of the ninth, @cretestreetriot came back with 5 runs to walk it off. The noon game followed with the Blues hosting the Pels in the True Blue Cup, all while the Fifth Ward Weebies-Beef Sliders game was already underway at the nearby baseball diamond and hollowed ground: St. Roch Park. The Blues reclaimed the cup in an exciting matchup as the Weebies bested the hot Beef Sliders in a high scoring game that featured a grand slam off the transformer in left field (don’t worry folks, this had no effect on the lights that were already out with no plans from the city to maintain our beloved public infrastructure). In the 3pm game, the Rougarou and S9 battled themselves and the setting sun in a tight ballgame. Highlights included hot bats, incredible catches in right field, and ritualistic chanting of “Let Heath pitch!” No phones were injured in S9’s win over the Rougarou called off for darkness (just like the good ol’ days before stadium lighting found its way into every major league ballpark).
Game results:
GG (11) @ CSR (12)
5WW (22) @ BS (3)
PELS (2) @ Blues (8)
ROU (6) @ S9 (9) (Listen to the full audio broadcast of this game here)