Round 1 of the School's Out Blowout 2008 Tournament figured to be a solid one. The tournament itself was filled with small story lines that the typical baseball fan would love to follow. You had the defending champions attempting to repeat, the newly molded Tech teams, the return of FlightNL, and the game of the day would arguably be between Carnage and FlightAL. To everyone's surprise, every single game in round 1 had was filled with entertainment.
Empire vs TechEast
Empire and TechEast duked it out in Stadium 2 Tuesday night in what on paper was supposed to be a hotly contested game. Empire welcomed KMAN back to the mound while TechEast started CooCooKal until Baptista took the reigns in the second inning. To start, TechEast would homer KMAN twice, as ABSMOKE and company made it a 2-0 game rather early. Surprisingly, CooCooKal held Empire scoreless in the first inning and it was not until Baptista took the hill that Empire would see any success. TechEast would not score over the next 2 innings, as KMAN pitched 3 innings of 2 run ball. Meanwhile, the Empire offense proved to be consistent eating as they ate away at Baptista. Baptista allowed 8 runs over 3 innings as Empire scored on homeruns by EduaNYC and Pete998. In the 4th, Melky brought in Fire911 to relieve. The Legacy call up pitched a stellar 3 innings, allowing 1 run on a homerun by N8te. Kiku entered the game and surendered a homerun to Melky and Big123.
Final Score: Empire 13, TechEast 3
Players of the Game: KMAN/Fire911 (6 IP 3 ER)
Next Game: Empire vs Lynx
Rejected vs Insanity
I introduce to you, the newest elite team...Insanity! I also introduce to you, the newest elite league pitcher...Curtis92??!? Yes! Curtis92!! Curtis92 faced 25 hitters in 6 innings, allowed only 3 runs and struck out 4. His dominating performance led his Inanity ballclub to a convincing victory over Rejected. Rejected fell to 1-5 in tournament play after the game. The first inning was scoreless for as both teams seemed to be getting the early jitters out of their systems. Proto put Insanity on the board early with a solo homerun in the second, and Dual would follow suit with a solo homerun in the third. Proto and Curtis92 also tacked on RBIs in a 4 run 5th, and Colacino hit a grand slam in the 6th to put the game well out of reach. Ensferum and company only mustered 3 runs and it was their second game in a row where they failed to provide offense for their pitcher. Killerboy's Insanity got off to a great Elite start, winning convincingly over Rejected.
Final Score: Insanity 9, Rejected 3
Player of the Game: Curtis92 (6IP 3 ER 4Ks)
Next Game: Insanity vs Bombers
FlightNL vs Carnage
In the battle of inactives, FlightNL came on top. The 2007-4 Elite league champions showed signs of life today defeating Carnage in a 9 to 6 game. Smokeout pitched a solid game, allowing 6 runs in 5.1 innings of work. Papi would come in to close and would not let Carnage make any noise. Carnage manager Mega sent himself out for all 6, and he allowed 9 runs over the course of the game. Sparkie did not make his Carnage debut in this game. Crede24 and Papi had 2 homerun games to lead FlightNL to victory. The two combined for 8 RBIs which was pretty much the FlightNL offense for the night. Carnage was fairly quiet the entire night not flashing much power as they fell rather silently to FlightNL.
Final Score: FlightNL 9, Carnage 6
Player of the Game: Papi (2 HRS 4 RBis)
Next Game: FlightNL vs Rage
Bombers vs Roto NL
Roto NL came out a team on a mission. Unfortunately, they ran into a very good Bombers team for the second tournament in a row. iPwn pitched 5 innings of 5 run ball and was only truly hurt by ChungFX. Chung has 2 homeruns in the game but gave up 6 runs through 3 innings. Roguee led the way with 2 homeruns but the true bright spot was Legacy call up GimmePie who hit 3 homeruns on the night. Also called up with GimmePie was Cunning, who provided solid offense and great defense the entire night. ThePope would make a late inning appearance and also homer in the game. To close, Bombers brought in Cunning and he pitched 1 inning striking out 2 RotoNL players.
Final Score: Bombers 11, Roto NL 5
Player of the Game: GimmePie (3-3 3hrs 3 RBIs)
Next Game: Bombers vs Insanity
Rage vs TechWest
Did the T.Tech split fail? Both Tech teams lost tonight and the normally potent Tech offense was held to 3 runs again. SlayerXX pitched 3 innings to the tune of a 1.67 WHIP, the second highest of the night. Slayer was relieved by Her0 who pitched 2 shutout innings, and DanIAm even contributed with an out via the K. Offensively, Dan batted 1.000 and hit a homerun and drove in 3 runs. Newly acquired Driller also had a homerun and 3 Rbi on the night. Rage would complete the trifecta with the24kid also adding a homerun and 3 RBI. TechWest could not muster any type of rally and had a relatively dead offense the entire night. WckdPrk was not bailed out by the bats and both Tech teams were sent home in the first round.
Final Score: Rage 10, TechWest 3
Player of the Game: DanIAm (1.000 1 HR 3 RBI)
Next Game: Rage vs FlightNL
Prediction Time!#!>$?
Empire vs TechEast: Melky (Correct) Newbert (Correct)
Insanity vs ReJected: Melky (Correct) Newbert (Incorrect)
RotoNL vs Bombers: Melky (Correct) Newbert (Correct)
FlightNL vs Carnage: Melky (Incorrect) Newbert (Correct)
Rage vs TechWest: Melky (Correct) Newbert (Incorrect)
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