Silver Eagle Shreds Kittens

Sunshine Curtis chases after Man-Aaron Jossart.

Silver Eagle (8-1) avenged its lone loss of the 2019 MSCR Kenosha League season with an 18-3 disembowelment of Harmony Sea Kittens (4-5) July 31 at Olbrich Park.  The game was the third contest Sea Kittens lost by more than a touchdown in July. With the win, Silver Eagle clinched the league second-half title and the Kenosha League Championship for the second straight season, having won 18 of its past 19 games in summer play.

Despite the lopsided outcome, the game held drama for its for 20 minutes, as Man-Aaron Jossart- making just his second career start- held Silver Eagle to three runs through the first two innings.  Sea Kittens were unfortunately held scoreless through the same stretch, but when Sunshine Curtis singled and Dan DynamOele cracked his team-leading sixth home run in the 3^rd, the Cats pulled within a run.

Silver Eagle responded by posting crooked numbers in every inning thereafter, aided and abetted by some inventive defensive plays by Los Gatitos del Mar, and squashed any hope the Harmony side had of sweeping the all-but-crowned Kenosha League champions.

Next Up:

Sea Kittens finish its 2019 summer season with a make-up game against Run Like Mad (5-4) at 8:30 PM August 7, Olbrich Park Field #4.  Sea Kittens won the teams’ initial matchup 8-6, scuffling on offense but holding RLM to two runs through the first six innings.  The game will be the 100th Summer League contest for the Sea Kitten franchise!

Game Notes

• The 15-run loss was the worst for Sea Kittens since July 17, 2019, when Pitches Be Trippin beat the squad by 16 runs…
• Sea Kittens hadn’t lost two games by 15+ runs in the same season since 2011, when Pedro’s (twice) and Jade Monkey administered profound beatings.
• It was only the 9^th time in 163 games Sea Kittens have lost by 15 or more runs.
• By contrast, Sea Kittens have won by 15 or more runs 16 times. So there.
• The three-run total was the lowest offensive output for Sea Kittens since a 4-3 loss to Steal Your Base September 16, 2015.
• Sea Kittens are 0-21 when scoring three runs or fewer.  Sea Kittens are 18-68 (0.209) all-time when scoring 10 runs or fewer, including 1-4 in 2019.  Apparently Sea Kittens need to mash their way to victory. Sea Kitten opponents are 31-70 when held to 10 runs for fewer (0.307)
• Sea Kittens have allowed 118 runs in 2019; the most any SK squad has allowed in a single season was 120 in 2011.
• The drama continues into week 10:  the 2019 Cats have hit as many home runs (17) as doubles.
• Jen became the 85th person to don the penguin suit for HSK.
• Katherine and Brad each played their 60th Sea Kittens game, moving past Jonny Jon Jon Shabidu Hansen, Jr. and into a tie for 11th on the team’s all-time games played list.

Salmon Snacks

• Jen for filling in and collecting two hits in her Sea Kittens debut
• Aaron for making his second career start and keeping the Cats in it for a few innings.
• Erin for doing splits to make a play at 1B.  She didn’t see that coming!
• Dan & Jami for 3-hit games
• Brad… just because on top of that game, he lost his glove afterwards.  But it’s been found. And has had a week to think about how it treated him last Wednesday…

Sea Kittens Great Fillet of the Game

You didn’t have to see it to believe it!  Because of the late publication date, voting for the Great Fillet will be extended to August 14, 2019.  Vote now for the Sea Kittens Great Fillet of the game.

• In the 5th inning of this lopsided affair, Sea Kittens were still trying their best to get outs, and when Dan surprised Erin with a two-out throw to 1B, she made a lunging splitsy catch to get the out and the Cats back to bat.
• In several innings, Brad fall down.  It’s a dramatic Sea Kitten thing to do.