Opening Day: 3/25/2025

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Game 1: Philly Junk vs Kings Corner
Philly Junk starts out the season defending their Fall Championship against Kings Corner, who spoiled Philly Junk's 3 season sweep last year by taking the summer championship. They get 3 in the 1st with doubles from Pat Kelley and Shane Hanna. Kings Corner answers with 4 in the bottom. Chris Beatty doubles. They'll go on to score another run in the 2nd after Sean Nonnemacher triples and scores. Philly Junk scores 2 in the 3rd on Tom Koelzer's and KC Ingram's doubles. They'll score 6 in the 4th on a string of singles. Kings Corner gets one across in the 4th. Philly Junk plates 6 more in the 5th, with Kelley and Ingram both doubling again, a Ryan Habel double and a Koelzer triple. Kings Corner cuts the lead to 6 with 5 runs in the bottom of the 5th. Philly Junk widens the lead to 10 in the top of the 6th and adds one more in the top of the 7th. Philly Junk holds Kings Corner scoreless in the last two innings and takes the season opener, 22-11.

Game 2: Wire2Wire Sports Podcast vs Calcium Cannons
Calcium Cannons struggle to score in this game. If not for Ian Cuozzo's solo homer and a double, they would have been shut out. Wire2Wire plates 21 in just 4 tries at bat. Joe DiMezza goes 3 for 3 with a double. Alex Freeman is 2 for 2 with 2 triples and a walk. Bill Walker is perfect at the plate going 3 for 3 with a double. Jake McDevitt doubles along with Kris Karaba and Tim Frei, who was also 3 for 3. Wire2Wire wins easily, 21-1.

Game 3: Shake-N-Bake vs To Be Determined
Shake-N-Bake starts out slow but gets one run across in the 1st. TBD blasts out 6 runs in the bottom on just 1 hit and 5 walks in the inning. They bat around in the 2nd and score 8 more. Mike Killenny triples along with Jimmy Weigers, and Connor Hood homers. Dylan Smyth doubles. In the 3rd, Shake-N-Bake scores 4. Andre Judge doubles along with Jake Readinger. TBD blasts out 24 runs in the 3rd, sending 27 men to the plate and batting around almost 3 full times. Steve Gebre doubles, Collin Shehan doubles, Weigers homers and doubles, Smyth doubles, Nick Bennett doubles, and Matt Killenny doubles and homers. Shake-N-Bake scores 2 in the top of the 4th with Scott Minto tripling, but it's not nearly enough to continue playing this game. TBD wins easily, 38-7.

Game 4: Beers vs Dingers
Dingers score 8 in the 1st 3 innings, but Beers doubles that by scoring 16 in their 1st three tries at the plate. For Dingers, Nick Bontempo homers and doubles, Hunter Curley doubles twice, and Morgan Shade doubles. For Beers, Ryan Maley doubles, Ryan Calabro triples, Scott Gerhart doubles, and Chris Sanchez triples. Dingers get 4 more in the 4th, but Beers puts them away for the night by batting around in the bottom of the 4th and scoring 16 runs. Josh Goldberg homers and doubles, Ryan Maley doubles and triples, and Jose Sanchez homers and doubles. Beers win in 4, 36-12.