Sunday, April 13, 2008

Hawaiian Organ Donors close Block 3 at .500; Kinnicks drop two in a row

The Hawaiian Organ Donors (Chad AL West) had a rough Ganza, but blasted some of the sour taste out of their mouth by winning the final two games against the powerful Clean-Sweep Kinnicks (Kyle AL West) Sunday afternoon to complete Block 2 play 15-15.

The box scores from the Donors' previous series, a sweep at the hands of After the Snow (Scott West), are either not yet posted or submitted. But when they are, be sure to check out the play by play of Snow's final inning vs. closer Bobby Jenks.

Recapping Sunday's Block 2 finale:

Game 1: Kinnicks 5, Donors 0
W-M.Batista (1-4), L-Buehrle (0-3)

A battle of winless starters went Migel Batista's way, despite the pitcher yielding seven walks. That's because Garret Anderson had a monster night for Clean-Sweep, launching three home runs off Mark Buehrle, who gave up 12 hits over eight innings.

Game 2: Donors 3, Kinnicks 1
W-F.Hernandez (2-4), L-O.Perez (5-1), S-Jenks (8)
Hawaiian's punchless offense did just enough to hand Odalis Perez his first loss of the season, and Felix Hernandez scattered 10 baserunners in six innings to collect just his second win of the year. Anderson stayed hot for Clean-Sweep, going 3-for-4 in the loss.

Game 3: Donors 7, Kinnicks 0
W-J.Wright (1-1), L-B.Bonser (1-3)

Chone Figgins was injured on Hawaiian's first at-bat of the game, but his replacement, Donny Murphy, delivered a key RBI double and scored twice as four Donors pitchers combined on a surprising three-hit shutout. For the series, the Kinnicks -- whose average has hovered around .300 all year -- batted just .242 with 6 total runs.

Up next: Split series!
Clean-Sweep Kinnicks (17-13) vs. Long Ball Larry (7-20)*
Hawaiian Organ Donors (15-15) vs. Harrison Cougars (17-10)*

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