We'll begin this story with the punchline:

Rick Strouse hit two homeruns in a single game.

We repeat, do not adjust your monitors.  Your contact lenses are in working condition.

Strouse went deep twice.

If you haven't laughed yourself off your computer chair and are still able to read this, the Mean Machine played perhaps its strangest set of games in history with a split against Eddie's Tavern, ?-? and 5-3.

The opener saw the Machinists go deep a record six times, including two shots by Strouse (he had 2 career HRs in his previous 111 career games) and two from a Machine newcomer: Wes Little. 

Jon Magnuson and Tom Pelsnik completed the longball nonsense with their own homeruns.

In the nightcap, the M.M.'s watched a 3-2 last-inning lead dissipate with all the glory of Byung-Hyun Kim on a 3-run walkoff blast.

The 3-6-1 team's final four games will be played against teams with a combined .500 record:  Famous Sam's, currently 10-0; and the Dirty Dogs, 0-10.

Nuuuuuuuumbers have been posted!