The Herts Cubs continued their unbeaten run and now stand on top of the Herts Baseball Little League with a 4-0 record. In their first game of the day they met the Red Sox and came out on top 6-4. In game two they faced the hard throwing Blue Jay pitchers, Zachary Longboy and Dan Philips, who kept Cub bats quite for a long time, but the Cubs eventually managed to put five runs on the board without reply from the Jays.
This was the fourth loss of the season for the Blue Jays after they lost the earlier game to the Yankees. The Blue Jays put up a brave fight in a classic pitching duel between starters, Alex Ringrose and Liam Green, but ultimately lost 1-0 in a heartbreaking last inning. They still search for their first win in 2008.
The latest rumours around the League are that Blue Jays stand-in managers, Aspi Dimitrov and Nick White, could be the first managerial casualties in Herts Little League history after a dreadful start of the season.They have several big players coming back next week and the Jays will hope to turn their season around.
The Yankees picked up two important wins on day two, the first against the Blue Jays and the second in another dramatic one-run encounter with the Herts Red Sox. They are now just one game back on the league-leading Cubs and have a chance to catch up in a showdown game against the Cubs next Saturday.
One thing is for sure,with so many head-to-head matchups any of the four teams could see their name on the trophy come August.
Week 2 Player Transactions:
HERTS BLUE JAYS
Acquired Ozan Martin from the Red Sox
HERTS RED SOX
Drafted Blake Manning
HERTS YANKEES
No transaction in week 2
HERTS CUBS
No transaction in week 2