Game Summary

• Game #29, played at Complex #1, as the first game of a double header.
• Third game in a row against same opponent. First game resulted in a mercy win for the Flaming Moe's and the second game (in the same night) was a tie.
• This game began very similar to the second game, where the Flaming Moe's jumped out to an early 6-0 lead (scoring 3 runs in each of the tops of the 1st and 2nd innings) and then gave up an inning maximum 6 runs to the opponents in the bottom of the 3rd inning to tie the game.
• In this game, however, the Flaming Moe's scored an maximum 6 runs in the top of the 4th inning as a response to regain their 6 run lead, 12-6.
• The opponents scored a single run in the bottom of the 4th inning and again the Flaming Moe's responded with a single run in the top of the 5th inning to maintain their lead.
• The opponents got a single run in the bottom of the 5th inning and then held the Flaming Moe's off the scoreboard in the top of the 6th inning while scoring 4 more runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to close the gap to 13-12 in favour of the Flaming Moe's.
• A single run in the top of the 7th inning gave the Flaming Moe's a 14-12 lead and then the opponents scored an inning maximum 6 runs in the bottom half to take their first lead of the game, 18-14 after 7 innings.
• The Flaming Moe's needed 4 runs to tie and force the opponents to bat in the bottom half of the 8th and final inning but did not score at all.
• The loss drops the Flaming Moe's record against lower division opponents to 8-3-1 and overall record to 8-17-2.

Scoring Notes:

• 8 inning game.
• The Flaming Moe's hit into 6 fielder's choices for an actual batting average of 0.580
• An inning maximum 6 runs were scored by the opponents in the bottom of the 3rd and 7th innings, recording only 1 and 2 outs respectively, reducing the starting pitcher's inning total to 6 innings.