Who needs Jack Clark?
Adam LaRoche had a home run and two RBI to help the Fort Lauderdale Flash beat the Rolling Thunder 4-1.
Carl Yastrzemski added two hits, a home run and two RBI, while Joe Magrane pitched a five-hitter for the win.
In the other game, Josh Donaldson was 4 for 4 with two home runs and three RBI, while Eric Davis continued to burn the Monkey, going 3 for 5 with two RBI as the Golden Glovers hung on to beat the Chunky Monkey 8-7.
Mike Schmidt had two hits, a home run and three RBI in the loss and Willie McGee picked up four more hits.
Flash 4, Thunder 1
2024 THUNDER AB R H BI SEITZER 3B 4 0 0 0 MOLITOR DH 4 1 2 1 MURPHY RF 4 0 1 0 HELTON 1B 3 0 0 0 H WILSON LF 2 0 0 0 BENCH C 3 0 1 0 CANSECO CF 3 0 0 0 C RIPKEN SS 3 0 1 0 HUBBS 2B 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 29 1 5 1 2024 FLASH AB R H BI BIGGIO 2B 4 1 0 0 OTT RF 3 0 1 0 YASTRZEMSKI LF 4 1 2 2 SCHROEDER C 4 0 1 0 T WILLIAMS DH 2 0 0 0 ROSE 3B 4 0 2 0 DONLIN CF 4 1 1 0 LAROCHE 1B 3 1 1 2 CONCEPCION SS 3 0 1 0 TOTALS 31 4 9 4 2024 THUNDER IP H R ER BB SO KEY 5.2 5 0 0 1 4 KENNEDY L 2.1 4 4 3 1 2 2024 FLASH IP H R ER BB SO MAGRANE W 9.0 5 1 1 1 5 E:MURPHY DP:24 BJ (1) HR:MOLITOR,YASTRZEMSKI,LAROCHE SH:T WILLIAMS
Glovers 8, Monkey 7
2024 GLOVERS AB R H BI APPLING SS 5 0 1 1 BRETT 3B 5 0 0 0 PORTER C 4 1 1 1 BELL LF 4 0 1 0 E DAVIS RF 5 1 3 2 YOUNT CF 4 2 1 0 MCGWIRE 1B 5 1 1 0 DONALDSON DH 4 2 4 3 WHITE 2B 5 1 2 1 TOTALS 41 8 14 8 2024 MONKEY AB R H BI GEHRINGER 2B 3 0 0 0 MCGEE CF 5 1 4 1 GEHRIG 1B 5 1 1 0 CAMPANELLA C 5 0 1 1 MATTINGLY DH 5 2 2 0 SCHMIDT 3B 4 2 2 3 KALINE LF 5 0 0 1 HERZOG RF 3 0 0 0 PEDRIQUE SS 4 1 4 1 TOTALS 39 7 14 7 2024 GLOVERS IP H R ER BB SO F HERNANDEZ W 7.1 9 3 1 4 3 KAAT 0.2 4 2 2 0 0 RIGHETTI S 1.0 1 2 2 1 0 2024 MONKEY IP H R ER BB SO KRUKOW L 1.2 6 4 4 1 1 HENKE 6.2 8 4 4 4 8 FRANCO 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 E:WHITE DP:24 DD (1) 2B:E DAVIS(2),WHITE,MATTINGLY(2) HR:E DAVIS,DONALDSON(2),SCHMIDT WP:KRUKOW