CULVER CITY, CA - Knights hit a speed bump on their way to the championship Sunday. This speed bump had a name, The Culver City Cubs. The Cubs, sans Steve Bartman, took it to the Knights right out of the shoot on Sunday, putting together a nine hit eight run performance against the shorthanded Knights.
After proving that they had the capability to comeback score runs on every pitcher they had faced the Knights went cold against the Cubs starting pitcher Jimmy Crackkorn, only scoring 3 runs over 8 innings. The Cubs however got to starting pitcher Rod Boaz right out of the gate and poured on 8 runs over 4 innings on 8 hits taking advantage of Boaz's 4 walks. Boaz also stuck out 7 in his 4 innings, but had trouble keeping the ball down which meant that the Cubs only hit 3 ground balls during the game.
Closer Kevin Murkey came in and worked 3 strong innings allowing 0 runs and 1 hit. Murkey kept the Cubs at bay but the Knights were never able to capitalize. The Knights threatened a few times to break through, Boaz knocked Halvorsen in twice on his way to a 3-4 game raising his batting average to an amazng .722 (13-17) on the season with 11 RBI's. The combo has been money for the Knights, Boaz has knocked Halvorsen in 8 times in the first 5 games of the season.
The Knights were without the dedicated services of Erik 'It's Green Up Here' Barber, Austin 'A-Train' Hurwitz, Tony "Fisherman Bob" Sulser, Colyn 'Mystery Man In the Mystery Van Buren, Steve 'Rage Against The Machine' Fike and Josh 'Wedding Bells' Steiner.
The Knights hope to get back in check with their winning ways on Sunday afternoon versus the Astros who they beat earlier with a JWill Game Winning hit in the bottom of the ninth.
First Pitch: 2:00 PM
Location: Stengel Field
Capacity: 1,800 (so get the early, because the best seats go fast)
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