DUBAI: The Mumbai Cobras beat the Karachi Monarchs 9-2 on Sunday to secure the first regular season series in Baseball United’s history.
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Akshay More, the first-ever professional Indian starting pitcher had a dream debut, pitching three solid innings and allowing only one hit. More also struck out three batters.
Saurabh Gaikwad, who relieved his countryman on the mound, worked for 0.2 innings, with both outs as strikeouts. Tushar Lalwani, born in Mumbai, worked the last two innings of the game flawlessly, allowing only one hit and striking out one.
Brantley Bell went two-for-four with a double, a triple, two runs scored and two runs batted in, while Caleb McNeely (2-for-3, 1 RBI, 2 R) hit a solo home run to right field, to lead an early attack.
