Gnaturals Win Inaugural Game
New Lenox, IL - 1st game of the Fall league. It was a warm night at The Field of Dreams. The sky was pink with puffy gray clouds. With the fresh scent of line chalk and bug spray in the air, the Gnaturals began the season scrambling early to assemble a full team for their inaugural game as a pesky insect. At the outset, Judson University Baseball standout, Wade Davis, was a post time scratch and was quickly replaced in the lineup by Thomas "Squints" Stapleton......and thus a star was born. Last evening's opponents, the newly named Demon Deacons, followed suit of their rival in sporting a new title as they are formerly known as The Green Team. The game started with the Gnats building a large lead on the strength of a nine run first inning. In keeping old MB tradition, the Gnats offense stalled to let the Demons back into the game. With the time limit looming from a slow game pace, the Gnats tacked on six runs in the 4th inning and added another in thei...