BSL Nights Season 2 - Week 14 Recap

Medina vs Cairo

In our final regular season game on this Super Thursday, Cairo and Medina had a lot riding on this. Loser of the 2 will face off against a 5th place Lahore squad in a do or die match where the winner moves forward to face off against the ever so Dangerous, Damascus.

The game started off slow with both teams getting on the board early. There wasn’t much that happened early in this game but one of the highlights for Medina was the fact that Ismail Akhter finally found his form as he launched 3 homers out of the park bringing in 7 RBI’s. Zane Sheikh followed that up with a solo homer to give him his 4th on the season. On Cairo’s side, Captain Yasser Malik had a fantastic game as he put 1 over CF Hamid Malik’s head who managed to track it down to make the grab before colliding with the fence and losing the ball. Yasser then followed that up with a homerun right down CF bringing in a couple of RBI’s. Just as this game was looking like another dud, Both teams stepped up and combined for 24 runs in the final 3 innings.

Fast forward to the top of the 7th where Cairo was down 3. With some slick hitting, they consistently found the gaps and made Medina’s outfielders pay. Jay “Smooth” Ahmed sailed one over RF hitting the fence giving him a triple which brought up the top of the lineup. Hassan Khan stepped into a grand slam which helped Cairo take the lead. There was nothing Medina could’ve done as they watched Cairo pick them apart in that final frame. As the bottom of the 7th rolled around, Medina was unable to string together any hits as the Cairo shut them down and went on their merry way.  With this game in the books, the playoff picture is finally set in stone.

Medina will host Lahore in a kill or be killed wild card game. Are you ready for playoffs??? You better be, cause a single mistake can/will cost you your entire season. Hope ya’ll are ready to roll up your sleeves and get some dirt on your jerseys. ITS PLAYOFF TIME BABY!!! LETS GOOOOO