Amsterdam Lions
#1 @ Amsterdam Lions L 1-4
10:05 AM PT Friday 7th April 2034.
Stadium Urbanus 45,519
Bang-xao Niu
Amsterdam starter Bang-xao Niu had a strong outing against the San Antonio Calzones of Laredo at Stadium Urbanus. The left-hander was a big part of his team's 4-1 win. Amsterdam goes to 3-1 with the win.
Roberto 'Fudd' Martínez took Vicente Díaz deep in the bottom of the second. His 2-run home run put the Lions on top, 2-0. In all, Martínez had 1 single in addition to the home run, while going 2 for 3.
"We put it together today and came out with the win," Martínez said in postgame remarks. "That's the main thing."
Amsterdam Lions
#2 @ Amsterdam Lions L 1-3
10:05 AM PT Satday 8th April 2034.
Stadium Urbanus 52,026
Manuel Canales
The Amsterdam Lions topped the San Antonio Calzones of Laredo, 3-1, in Imperial League action at Stadium Urbanus. The standout performance belonged to Amsterdam pitcher and Santiago, Dominican Republic, native Manuel Canales. Canales got the win, improving to 1-0. He allowed 5 hits and walked 0 over 5.2 innings. Canales allowed no runs. Kelsey Buck, summoned from the bullpen, notched his 2nd save.
The game was on the line with two out in the top of the eighth inning, but Carl Ford didn't flinch. With the bases loaded and San Antonio trailing 3-1, Ford retired Yasunari Fujihara to end the threat. "Nothing to it," said Ford, with a wink.
The Lions, now 4-1, have been playing some good baseball.
Amsterdam Lions
#3 @ Amsterdam Lions L 1-2
10:05 AM PT Sunday 9th April 2034.
Stadium Urbanus 54,430
Enrique 'Old Nick' Vázquez
A few hundred fans had made the trip from Calzone country to watch the Calzones take on the Lions in Amsterdam, many may have hit the local cafes after the game to try and forget the nightmare that unfolded.
For 8 innings it looked like the Calzones would shut out the Lions, in fact for 8 innings it was beautiful baseball by the Calzones pitching staff.
Juan Garanzuay started the game for San Antonio, his line was 5.1 innings with just 4 hits unlike the game against San Juan were he walked 3 nobody from Amsterdam got on base without earning it. A big plus point were the 7 strikeouts he posted, however when he was pulled from the game there were a few words said to the manager no doubt an higher pitch count is in order.
The game carried on with Roberto Rodríguez going up against the Lions Vázquez, neither missing a best both stifling the bats of their opposition. Ju-hyung Park joined the pitching party for Amsterdam to send it to the bottom of the 9th with the Calzones still in front 1-0.
Juan Alfaro approached the mound with the Calzones faithful smelling a victory, he claimed the scalp of Nikolay Rusanovsky and even when Clarence Carpenter got on with a single and Alfaro got Norberto Escamilla out nobody could foresee what was to unfold.
Carpenter advanced to 2nd on the Escamilla ground out, he then advanced to 3rd on an Alfaro wild pitch, the Calzones were crumbling. It crumbled even further when he walked Roberto 'Fudd' Martínez. Ashley Lammas came to the plate and drive in Carpenter with an rbi single, the nail in Alfaros proverbial coffin came when Horiuchi Sugimoto drove in Martínez with another rbi single. The Calzones snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.