Game Data
Homeruns Martin Luther King
Triples None
Doubles None
Stolen Bases None
Caught Stealing None
Double Plays Cars-0; Woodsox-2
Errors Woodsox-1 (Gottlieb- 5th Inning, Throwing)
Left-on-Base Cars-4; Woodsox-0
Game Most Cosmic Player
1955 Ford Thunderbird
Umpires James Parker, Robert Tulloch
Time 2 hours 49 minutes
Attendance 2008
Weather Cloudy. 62o F.
Official Scorer Jan & Dean
Comments
It's nice to see a brand new team beat a league champion. The Phaetown Cars, a new squad in the Underleague beat the Psychedelphia Woodsox, last season's Middleleague champions in a well-pitched pre season game. If the Cars' pitcher, the 1955 Ford Thunderbird, pitches like it pitched today the team might just have a phenom on their hands. In nine innings the '55 T-Bird gave up two runs on two hits, struck out ten and walked nobody.
Pre Season games, especially the inter-league variety, are not usually reliable predictors of how particular teams will perform during the regular season. Most analysts expect the Woodsox to repeat their league leading performance this year, or at least be in the thick of any pennant race in the Middleleague. New cosmic teams usually get trounced although last year's Speed City Velocitors, a rookie club in the Underleague played some of the best baseball in any league and won the Underleague pennant, by beating the Pre-Raphaelites in a one-game playoff. Will the Cars surprise the pundits?
Simulation 322
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