It was a historic night in St. Paul. 17,000 saw the event, tens of thousands more waited in line to see the action at Battle Creek Field 3. And they were not disappointed. MPR led a close game for much of the night, but allowed the Grand Old Sluggers hope in the bottom of the last. Trailing by one with a runner on and two outs, the GOS’s slugger came to the plate and hit a towering smash to left. Rookie Chris Danforth’s running snow-cone catch preserved the 11-10 victory. Mason, Chris Bjork, and Ward stroked three hits each for MPR.

2nd baseman Jill Riley later lamented chalk talk attendance; some MPR-ers claimed distraction from a frivolous sideshow in the downtown area.

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