Field: Bowman Park

A 102* heat index wilted the Sea Kittens before the game even began, and Da Hittas torched the Cats for 20 runs, most via the longball.  The A-Train, Adrienne Howard made a sweet leaping grab in a game that is otherwise best forgotten, although it did lead the league to properly enforce its home-run rule on the small Bowman Field 2 in future games.

The Cats and Maulers battled back-and-forth for six innings, but the Kittens could protect a 15-9 fifth-inning lead.  The Maulers battled for three runs in the bottom of the 5th and four in the bottom of the 6th to walk off with a wild 16-15 victory.  The walkoff loss was the Cats’ first since Summer 2019. Alex “Puma” Latzka tripled and hit an inside-the-park grand slam and Joe Hennessy doubled, homered, and drove in four