Midwest League Action: Games of August 30, 2009

Complete scoreboard

@Kane County 6, Wisconsin 5 (10 innings): Cougars version | Rattlers version

@Dayton 8, Lansing 2: ...one day after the Dragons experimented with using one bat in a game against Lansing, they went back to their usual practice of every man using his own bat.

@Great Lakes 4, South Bend 2: Looooons version | Silver Hawks version

Fort Wayne 3, @West Michigan 1;
@West Michigan 4, Fort Wayne 0:

West Michigan Whitecaps pitcher Luke Putkonen was scheduled to start the first game of a doubleheader Sunday against the Fort Wayne TinCaps.

But the right-hander lasted just one pitch before the umpires mistakenly removed him from the game because of a lineup snafu, beginning what would prove to be an eventful day for the Whitecaps, who dropped the opening game 3-1 before taking the nightcap 4-0.

Bonus Excerpt

The umpires removed Putkonen just one pitch into the game because DePastino mistakenly used the lineup card intended for Saturday's rainout, which listed listed Robert Waite as the starting pitcher.

But DePastino forgot to change cards when he decided to start Pukonen on Sunday, and the umpires ordered Putkonen off the mound.

However, that ruling apparently was a mistake. Rule 3.05 (c) of the baseball rulebook states:

"Improper pitcher becomes the proper pitcher as soon as he makes his first pitch to the batter."

According to that rule, umpires Brett Taylor and Shaylor Smith should not have forced Putkonen to leave.

@Clinton 5, Quad Cities 0;
@Quad Cities 2, Clinton 1: LumberKings version | River Bandits version

Burlington 8 @Beloit 5;
@Beloit 2, Burlington 1: Snappers version | Bees Version