Opening Day 2021
And away we go!
With all the aces opening the season for their respective teams, it's not surprising we have several noteworthy starting pitching performances today:
Charlie Morton leads Rolla to a 7-2 win over New York with 6.1 innings of 4 hit, 1 run ball.
Madison Bumgarner throws 7 innings of shutout ball, scattering 7 hits leading Motor City to a 3-1 win over Hawaiian.
Marco Gonzalez (7 IP, 3 H, 1 run) outduels Stephen Strasburg (7.2 IP, 2 runs, 9 K's) to lead the Rattlers to a 2-1 victory over the Rum Runners.
Brooklyn's Jacob deGrom (7 IP, 3 H, 1 run, 9 K's) outduels Ann Arbor's Chris Paddack (5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 run, 8 K's), but after 4.1 innings of 2 hit shutout relief from Yusmerio Petit the Landlubbers defeat deGrom and the Kraken, 2-1 in 11 innings.
But the highlight of today's ace vs. ace matchups takes place in Bako where Moonstruck's Clayton Kershaw and Bako's Zack Greinke oppose each other. Kershaw goes 8 inning allowing just 3 hits, 1 walk, 1 run while striking out seven, but Greinke throws a complete, 10 inning game allowing 5 hits, 1 walk, 1 run while striking out 10 to lead the Bums to an extra inning 2-1 win.