Less than an hour prior, Jeremy McCuin cranked a 2-RBI single to left field in the seventh inning. Scott Mehan and Drew Swift came around to score, and, voilà, game over. Because it was the first game of the doubleheader, the game ended with a 10-run mercy rule.
Fast forward and hour and Phoenix Municipal was like the Twilight Zone. The Devils had on a new uniform, a new pitcher was on the mound — freshman Brady Corrigan — and instead of being up 10 runs, they were nearly down 10.
Corrigan was making his first career start, just as Boyd Vander Kooi did in the first game.