First of all, a little introduction. The Summer Cricket League was formed in 2015, with the purpose of providing former Washington Hipsters baseball players a home to continue their bat-game skills. Teams were formed around the globe based on the hubs of player nationalities from the original team. Teams play a modified version of UPCL cricket, using six players instead of four to compensate for the size of the league. The league is thirteen teams in size, playing a home-and-home with every other team for a 24-game season. The top eight teams advance to the playoffs. Additionally, at the conclusion of each week, a collection of potential free agents (among the lowest offense producers in the UPCL) will compete against a randomly selected SCL team in a one-off showcase. There will be fourteen of these games, with seven units of UPCL players playing two games each, based primarily on region. These showcase games should provide legitimacy for the SCL, while keeping UPCL players fresh during the cricket offseason. With that said, the inaugural game for the SCL features...
The American Rebels hosting the Caracas Hitmen. Vitaya Grichson began with 370 for Caracas in a very methodical effort. Axel Cools answered by blasting 633 for American. Barasa Contee pulled 126 for the Hitmen in his turn. Louvel Lefevre added another 624 for the Rebels, pacing their attack quite significantly. Caracas saw Noppadon Gruemor produce only 135. American's Sander Lambert used quite a few tricks with his bat en route to scoring 205 for his team. Trevor Watson bashed 231 for the Hitmen, getting a few points back. Irsyad Sudjana shot back by swatting a heavy 359 for the Rebels. Maynard Cabagnot of Caracas tried to get his team back in the game by drilling 546. Sabino Chacon answered with 408 for American. Bojing Luo hit a mild 113 for the Hitmen, giving them a losing total of 1521. Cisco Solorio belted 492 to ice the Rebels victory at 2721. Since it's the first game, American is 1-0 and Caracas is 0-1.
Heading to Europe, we have the Amsterdam Hotstove welcoming the Seoul Crushers. Natal Badillo put up a meager 73 points for Seoul. Amsterdam established a big lead early after their captain Jerry Burke crushed 702 to lead off. Gwandoya Makeba of the Crushers answered by slapping 492. Yaozu Miao of the Hotstove had just 63 points, making the game a lot closer. Leandro Gamboa poked 144 for Seoul. Carlos Barajas, a pitcher from his time with the Hipsters, bought Amsterdam a bunch of breathing room by smacking 991, showing off his skills with a bat for the first time. Max Jennings did something for the Crushers that he rarely made opposing hitters do in his time as a pitcher: swing and miss, scoring 124 for the Crushers in the process. Veto Casas didn't add much for the Hotstove, posting just 90 points. Frank Schmidt hit a respectable 274 for Seoul. The last setup man, Andrew Reynolds, hit only 64 for Amsterdam. Zdenko Jansky rallied for 432 for the Crushers, but this left them short at 1539, taking a loss to open the season. The Hotstove finished at 2298 after a strong 388 by Manolito Avalos, the greatest setup man in Hipsters history and mentor to Reynolds. Amsterdam gets a 1-0 start to the season while Seoul is 0-1.
Around the world, we reach Thailand for the the Bangkok Sixes bringing in the Madrid Toros. Speedy Spencer Howard started with 211 for Madrid. Firdoze Uns came in a little bit too hot, burning out at 60 points for Bangkok. Pepillo Gamboa slapped a strong 552 for the Toros, solidifying their lead a bit. Gilbert Berry got 324 points back for the Sixes in a fairly reasonable performance from the power-hitting former catcher. Lennert Verheyen posted just 103 in his turn for Madrid. The soft-hitting Aleix Nieto grabbed 219 for Bangkok. He's just excited to finally have a chance to prove himself. Thabo Chahine sliced 160 for the Toros, doing little to secure the lead. Zuri Okafor burst out with 700 for the Sixes, giving the home team the lead for the first time in the game. Madrid faltered further as Guillem Gamboa, the former catcher, hit just 3 points in his turn, doing little to shrink the deficit. Rodas Nunez added 207 for Bangkok. Martin Badillo struggled his way to 28 points for the Toros, giving them a brutal loss at 1057 as their offense on the back end completely cratered. Luis Godinez iced the Sixes win with 439, producing a final of 1949 for the home team.
Wrapping up part 1, the Brussels Chocolatiers host the Amsterdam Hotstove, a team we've already seen. Amsterdam's Jerry Burke scored 209 to begin the game. Patrido Salazar answered with a crisp 391 for Brussels against their regional rivals. Yaozu Miao popped 710 for the Hotstove, giving them the lead again. The hometown hero, Florent Claes, hit only 141 in front of his countrymen for the Chocolatiers. Carlos Barajas ripped another 537 for Amsterdam, extending the lead. Dobromil Zeman registered 181 for Brussels in his turn. Veto Casas deposited 322 for the Hotstove, continuing to allow the visitors to do damage. Rodas Cazares got 384 back for the Chocolatiers, ripping the bowled balls like he used to do to baseballs from the leadoff spot in the order. Andrew Reynolds lifted 232 for Amsterdam. Eric Zaragoza shot back with 326 for Brussels. Manolito Avalos faltered with only 8 points for the Hotstove, producing a 2018 point final. Jaturun Choen scored 353 for the Chocolatiers, but it was only 1776 in the end. Amsterdam is now 2-0 and Brussels is 0-1.
That's all for now. More games to come later.
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