No-hitters are generally considered to be a rare occurrence in baseball, but for the second time in the last week, it happened in the Michigan pod, with Matt Defay of the Kalamazoo Mac Daddies throwing a perfect game against the Battle Creek Bombers. There was no shortage of hits in Bismarck, as the Bull Moose and Larks had a slugfest, with the Bull Moose coming out on top of the Larks, who maintain their lead in the North Dakota Pod standings.
Michigan Pod
Kalamazoo Mac Daddies 2 Battle Creek Bombers 1
The Mac Daddies scratched across the game-winning run in the bottom of the fourth to nip the Bombers Monday evening. Patrick Arndt (Bellarmine University) was the hero, hitting a single to score Ethan O’Donnell (Northwestern) with the game-winning run for Kalamazoo. Arndt finished the game 1-2 with an RBI. Shawn Goosenberg (Northwestern) was also 1-2, with one RBI while O’Donnell had a double and a run scored. Travis Snyder (St. Clair College) went the distance for the Mac Daddies, allowing a run on two hits.
Kalamazoo Mac Daddies 3 Battle Creek Bombers 0
Matt Defay (Kellogg CC) threw a perfect game in the nightcap for Kalamazoo as they swept the Bombers in a doubleheader. Defay ended up throwing five innings, recording one strikeout to win his first game of the season. He got offensive help in the third, when the Mac Daddies struck for three runs on three hits. Parker Murdie (Grand Valley State) was 2-3 for Kalamazoo, with a run scored. He was the only Kalamazoo batter to record multiple hits.
Traverse City Pit Spitters 5 Great Lakes Resorters 4
The Resorters staged a sixth-inning comeback to take the lead, but the Spitters came roaring back in the seventh, scoring a pair of runs to steal one from the Resorters. Tommy Troy (Stanford) was 2-3 for Traverse City, with a double, a triple and a run scored. Christian Faust (Grand Valley State) went 2-3 with a pair of runs scored while Brennan Chisholm (Canisius College) went 1-3, with two RBI. Dalton O’Boyle (Davenport University) got the start and threw four innings, allowing one run on three hits with seven strikeouts. Evan Gates (North Carolina A&T) picked up his third win of the season after throwing two scoreless innings.
North Dakota Pod
Bismarck Bull Moose 10 Bismarck Larks 6
There was no shortage of offense Monday night in Bismarck, and when the dust settled, it was the Bull Moose who came out on top of the Larks. They jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in the third, but slowly the Larks started to claw their way back, getting to within one run in the bottom of the eighth, but the Bull Moose added three insurance runs in the top of the ninth to pull away. Enrique Morales (Irvine Valley College) was 3-4 for the Bull Moose, with a double and two runs scored while Justin Goldstein (Orange Coast College) also went 3-4 with a run scored. Dane Nakatsuka (Irvine Valley College) Quentin Evers (University of Mary), and Jarrett Bickel (Palm Beach State College) all had two hits for the Bull Moose.
Tuesday, August 25 schedule (All times Central unless noted)
Kalamazoo Growlers at Battle Creek Bombers 5:15 p.m. ET/8 p.m. ET
Mandan Flickertails at Bismarck Bull Moose 7:05 p.m.