Sunday 6:30PM June 21st, 2026

In the latest instance of the Falcons turning into Ringling Bros. for only one inning in a game, Triple Play scored sixteen runs in the sixth inning to win a 26-7 squeaker over the Falcons, ending their eight-game winning streak. Triple Play remains undefeated at 15-0 for 2026.

Thankfully, a bunch of the record crowd from game one of the doubleheader went home happy after the home Falcons came out victorious over Storm. Those who remained saw a pretty good game, except for the top of the sixth inning.

Though it's true that even without that 16-run sixth Triple Play would have won the game, at least the rest of their runs were because of good hitting, not because we made 500 errors and shit the bed.

GAME NOTES: Exceptional pizza planning by Shohei and Kharis to make sure that A: There was enough pizza to go around, and 2: that it was there right after the game!... And shoutout to Grahambo for fronting the pizza money as Shohei "forgot" his wallet on pizza night... Triple Play Revenge Tour '26 continues unabated...

Boxscore:

Statistical Highlights

Sunday 5:00PM June 21st, 2026

With the stands jam-packed for this Father's Day Pizza Night, the Falcons triumphed over Storm 20-5 to open the doubleheader.

The stands on the Falcons side were full. Parents of players, children of players, spouses of players came to watch what was once (and still might be) Whitby's most beloved slo-pitch team take on Storm, trying to avenge Storm's 12-8 win over the Falcons on May 31. In all, the official attendance was 28, which works out to 140% capacity! And the Falcons delivered for the fans, most of whom were smart enough to leave after the first game. But that will be explained in the next recap.

As for this one, it seems Storm continues to dabble with their batting order. In their last meeting, Joey had been relegated all the way down to 7th spot in the batting order, and in this one, he was leading off! Storm plated three in the top of the first, and it was on: would the Falcons be able to keep up, since Storm clearly came to play?

Early on, the answer was a definite yes. Later on, it was more of an all-caps YES, but we'll get there.

In remarkable symmetry with Storm's top of the first, Speed Bump flied out to left centre (same as Joey), then the next three batters scored (including two via the long ball: Time Out went deep matching Storm's Mills). In all, both teams sent seven batters to the plate and scored three runs. After one, it was tied 3-3.

That's as close as it would be the rest of the way.

After exchanging delicious doughnuts in the second, Storm again went scoreless in the third. The Falcons definitely did not go scoreless, posting a MAX6 on four singles, and a couple doubles and walks.

Storm came back in the top of the fourth to score two on Bob's solo shot, and Mills scoring from first on a single, something we see far too often and remain very jealous of his ability to do so. In response, the home side strung some hits together to win the inning scoring three runs. After four, the Falcons led 12-5.

After blanking a frustrated Storm in the fifth, the floodgates opened. Eight of the first ten Falcons to the plate reached base in the bottom of the fifth, scoring eight runs and putting this game out of reach.

GAME NOTES: 28 fans is a record crown for the Falcons, let's hope that can continue... The Ringer hurt himself again, turning attention to Speed Bump's neglected off-season research... Time Out's family needs to come to all the games, if they can keep up with the world class chirping of their own guy... Let's also not forget that Duran's "home run" in the first inning, protested LOUDLY by Time Out, was generous to say the least. But kudos to Time Out for taking attention away from SLF's terrible throw into the dugout.

Boxscore:

Statistical Highlights

Monday 9:30PM June 15th, 2026

The Falcons actually started this game with 11 players meaning a spare! An inning down for some guys, a little rest for our weary bones? What a treat!

Not so fast. Labrecque started talking about playing the minimum two innings on defense. Was it his usual jockeying for more time on the bench? Meanwhile, Hanet started the game off with a max 6 run 1st inning, and the Falcons with a not so delicious donut. A 4 spot for Hanet in the 2nd, and the Falcons were down 10-0 after an inning and a half. Ouch.

At some point early in the game, what sounded like a large animal dying was apparently Mike sick in the bushes. No Beatty, I know what you're thinking, he wasn't acting just to get out of playing the game, or doing something freaky with one of his grindr buddies. He was legitimately sick with food poisoning. Poutine's night was over after 1 plate appearance. Hope you're feeling better, Labrecque.

The Falcons answered back with a max 6 2nd inning, highlighted by nothing particularly interesting. A Falcons pitching change meant a delicious Hanet donut in the 3rd (or the 4th, I might have messed that up on the scoresheet, where's Homie when you need her?).

The home team put up a 5 spot in the third behind a Barry Guerrero Jr double and a bunch of dink and dunk singles and a walk. Hanet scored 4 next inning (or the previous inning if I got mixed up). At any rate after four and a half, we were down 14-11.

It was time for the new guys to get to work in the bottom of the fourth. Kevin crushed a three run dinger off the pole in left centre. John smacked a tater of his own with two runners on, but alas, the Falcons had already scored four, so only two runs counted... that's a "Scotty", folks! Falcons up 17-14 in this see-saw affair.

I guess Hanet can hit as they put up 8 big ones the next inning. Well after a couple donuts from each team, Falcons gonna Falcon and put up a crooked number late in the game. 5 straight singles, an FC, 3 doubles, a triple and 2 singles later, the Falcons score 9 to win it 26-22. Keep the free beer flowing, baby!

BATTING:
2B: DC, Dunner, Time-Out, Billy, Barry
3B: Dunner
HR: John (a Scotty), Kevin
HR OUTS: None
RBI: Kevin (5), Steve (4), John (4), Paul (4), Billy (3), DC (2), Dunner (2), Time-Out (2)
FIELDING:
DOUBLE PLAYS: none I think?

PITCHING:
BATTERS FACED: ???

GAME INFORMATION:
STADIUM: K1 FIELD
ATTENDANCE: 0 (0% FULL) - % is based on regular season capacity (Falcons' side only)

Boxscore:

Statistical Highlights

Friday 9:30PM June 12th, 2026

With their sixth straight win, the Falcons enjoyed an all-you can drink at Bill's cooler thanks to Grahambo's 5-for-5, two double, one home run, EIGHT RBI performance on only one leg masterclass, carrying the team to a 22-17 win over the Expos.

A pedestrian single began Grahambo's night, part of a two run first, where he and Speed Bump scored. In the second, and RBI single was one of four such events to bring the home side to six, compared to the Expos deuce.

The third was a rarity, in which Grahambo knocked a 4-run home run (a grand slam they call it?), and ALL THE RUNS COUNTED. It wasn't even an open inning! Some would be satisfied with going 3-for-3 with five RBI, and never having to have run past first base (Grahambo would use a runner on both of his first two hits). But not Grahambo. There's a reason we name three batting events after him, he's such a natural hitter. In the fifth, he "ran" all the way to second, an RBI double for this fourth hit of the night. And as part of the Falcons' eight-run sixth to finish off the night, he hit his second consecutive double that scored two runs.

On Friday, everything was coming up Grahambo.

GAME NOTES: The final score might not be right. We didn't have a scorekeeper to keep track of the Expos... Oh yeah, the win was the Falcons' sixth straight, so for the second time in 2026, there was free beer... The record for free beer occurrences in one season was three in 2013.

Boxscore:

Statistical Highlights

Friday 8:00PM June 12th, 2026

The Falcons continued their winning streak to begin their Friday doubleheader with a 22-13 win over Broadway.

Down to ten players for the evening, there would be no rest for any Falcon, and at first it appeared as if rest would have been needed. Broadway came sweeping down the plains with 10 runs over the first three innings. Fortunately, the Falcon bats responded and after three only trailed by two.

A six-run fourth highlighted by The Ringer's first triple of the game and SLF's second gave the Falcons the lead. Broadway scored three in the top of the sixth to bring them within one, but the Falcons kept their foot on the accelerator to put up eight in the bottom of the sixth to put this one to bed.

GAME NOTES: A gimpy Grahambo played through the pain of a recent hammy injury to go 3-for-5 with 3 RBI, a harbinger of things to come in game two... Speed Bump hit his fourth inside-the-park home run of the season. Did Baltzer hit more? Looking to the legacy Falcons for the answer... Without an off-bench scorekeeper, there's no way to know how we did defensively. Am I supposed to rely on my memory? That's nuts... Fun Fact: it's not a good idea to wait three days to write the recap.

Boxscore:

Statistical Highlights

Tuesday 8:00PM June 9th, 2026

We ran out of sign-out slots, as half the Falcons roster had better things to do on a muggy June Wednesday night. Thankfully Triple Play Mike answered the bell as a callup, swinging the bat well and playing some nice D at SS and 2B (Thanks Mike!).

The first few innings saw an experimental defensive alignment with Grahambo on one leg at 1B, Cowboy at SS and Barry out in LCF. A not so delicious Falcons donuts and 3 runs from Greenthumb and the boys in blue were in an early hole.

The 2nd saw an inside the park dinger from Cowboy, clearing the bases for a Grahambo patented Duncan solo shot, scoring 5 in the inning. Another Greenthumb 3 spot and Falcons are down 6-5 after two.

We dinked and dunked our way to two runs in the 3rd. Reset the defensive alignment to Grahambo at the keystone, triple play Mike at SS, and Cowboy and Barry back at their LCF and 1B and held Greenthumb to zero. Then dinked and dunked another 6 runs. Greenthumb can hit though and put up 6 big ones to pull within one, 13-12 after four.

3 baggers from Cowboy and Triple Play Mike powered a 6 run 6th inning as the Falcons started to pull away. Another delicious donut and it's 18-12 after 6.

Holy the shit the boxscore in the 7th was a mess LOL. I think it took me a good 15 minutes to figure out what all happened there. Pretty sure we scored 10 runs and I got the stats inputted right. Good win boys.

I updated the score as 18-6 on the WMSPL website since we only played the top of the 7th and reverted back and removed DC's dinger from the league score, I'll leave the score and stats as is on this site.

BOXSCORE

BATTING:
2B: Arbour, Kevin, Triple Play Mike
3B: Cowboy, Triple Play Mike
HR: DC, Grahambo (Duncan), Cowboy (inside-the-parker)
HR-OUTS: None
RBI: Cowboy (6), Kevin (5), DC (4), Grahambo (4), Triple Play Mike (3), Taxman (2), Billy (2), Arbour, Barry

FIELDING:
DOUBLE PLAYS: None

PITCHING:
BATTERS FACED: ??

GAME INFORMATION:
STADIUM: K2 FIELD
ATTENDANCE: 1 (5% FULL) - % is based on regular season capacity (Falcons' side only)

Boxscore:

Statistical Highlights

Sunday 6:30PM June 7th, 2026

To cap off their Sunday doubleheader, the Falcons won 27-7 over the Expos.

And since this isn't Storm's website, we won't be describing every run ad nauseum.

The game was paused in the fourth inning after a scary collision between the Expos' two centre fielders. It sounded like you clapped two potatoes together. Thankfully, both men were OK.

GAME NOTES: If it weren't for running into the MAX6 barrier in the first inning, Miner Leaguer would have had his cycle... Unfortunately, inside-the-park home runs do not count on the league website... Barry Guerrero Jr and Goliath both hit legit dingers, though... Falcons GM and recent retiree Dr J and family stopped by, and unlike when Junior comes to watch, left happy.

Boxscore:

Statistical Highlights

Sunday 5:00PM June 7th, 2026

The Falcons hung on to open their Sunday afternoon doubleheader with a 13-10 win over President's Division rival Broadway.

The history of Falcon anus-clenching is a sine wave. Lately, a 10-run lead in the seventh is pretty safe, even when the opponents' bats get going. It wasn't that long ago that the faithful would get puckered-up under the same scenario. And going back to the 2009-2013 glory days, the fans would begin to pack up and leave before the end of the game, knowing such a lead would be safe.

So where are we these days? Are we at the top of the wave, with nary a care in the world with a big lead and only three outs to go? Are we just getting a glimpse of how things will look for the future? Have we seen the peak and it's in the rear-view mirror?

While you contemplate getting a peek of an anus in your rear-view mirror, let's go over how we got to this point:

It was a beautiful day for baseball. Warm, sunny, though you wouldn't have known it from Homie's autumn-walk-in-the-park fit. Who wears fake leather in 30-degree heat? The visiting Falcons got the bats going early. Barry Guerrero Jr's single was scored by 0-for-Dunner's base hit, as he continues his dismount from the schneid. In the second, Million Dollar Bill led off with a double and was scored a few batters later by quote-unquote ringer Kevin. And thanks to some tidy defence, the Falcons led 2-0 after two.

In the third, Time Out (that's Matt, for those who are trying to remember) led off with a triple, and he was immediately scored by John's single. Dunner doubled, his second of three consecutive ABs with a hit, and MDB sacrificed John in. Poutine followed with a two-run blast and when the dust settled, the Falcons were up 6-0 after three.

The defence held for most of the rest of the game, allowing only 3 runs until the seventh. In the meantime, the Falcon offence added another seven runs including a five-run fifth highlighted by Goliath's 3-run bomb.

So now we get to the anus-clenching. In the bottom of the seventh, Poutine took the mound to try to finish the game off. Facing the 7-8-9-10 hitters, who had collectively gone 2-for-8 so far, Pou started the inning getting Brad to ground out. Cool. But then Broadway went single, Jose home run, single, single, Hector home run. Jimmo lined out to right for the second out before they hit another couple singles that were scored by President Ryan's double. Were the fans sweating? Probably, since it was only Homie since Kevin's family had long deserted him for the playground, and Homie was dressed for a blizzard. After allowing seven runs, the lead was down to three with two out and Ryan on second, and Broadway sending their 11th man of the inning to the plate.

Poutine induced a flyout to end the game, and everyone relaxed.

GAME NOTES: How about our ump eh? Dude's an expert on spotting an Amish... Poutine was only a double away from the cycle.

Boxscore:

Statistical Highlights

Wednesday 9:30PM June 3rd, 2026

Dunner got a hit, but the team traded that moment of relief for a Grahambo hammy in a 12-8 weeknight win over Inglorious Batters.

At least the weather was decent.

Speed Bump continued his assault of any runner who dares challenge his arm with his third (or fourth?) outfield assist of the season, gunning down the Batters' Kyle, who dared to try to take an extra base.

Also: we had 13 players out! Can you even believe it?

Onto what happened: The Falcon D began the game strong, holding the Batters to delicious doughnuts in the first two innings, and only two in the third. Meanwhile, the offence built a decent foundation, scoring two in the first which would normally be highlighted by a Barry Guerrero Jr triple, but Dunner broke his 0-for-7 streak with a solid single, and somewhere an angel got its wings. The O continued with three in the second on a string of singles.

The Batters took a 7-5 lead in the fourth scoring five, but the Falcons responded with four of their own to re-take a lead they wouldn't relinquish.

GAME NOTES: In the Falcons' three-run fifth, Grahambo came up lame trying to beat out a ground ball to short, clutching the hammy and later dropping trou in the dugout so Dunner could have a closer look. Get well soon, Grahambo!... Kevin (remember him?) also gunned down a runner trying to take three for his first Falcons highlight.

Boxscore:

Statistical Highlights