Filed from above the stadium lights at Bowser Castle, where the lava bubbled politely and the only thing hotter than the molten moat was Andre's lineup on Week 7. The Field Marshal's club came to enemy territory and left no doubt, hanging 29 hits on Jimmy's pitching staff in a 13-2 demolition that pushed Andre to a spotless 5-0 atop the standings. From the first inning, when the visitors plated two and never looked back, this was less a ballgame than a siege. At the center of it stood Shy Guy (Black), who turned in the kind of start managers frame and hang on the wall. Nine full innings, ten strikeouts, and just two earned runs — a tidy 2.00 ERA earned the masked right-hander Game MVP honors. He surrendered 14 hits but bent without breaking, stranding Jimmy's rallies and going the distance while his offense did the rest. Jimmy scratched out lone runs in the fourth and sixth, but those were footnotes to a chapter already written. The damage was a group effort. Magikoopa (Yellow) went a perfect 5-for-6 with a pair of RBI, Daisy added four hits and drove in four, and Noki (Red) chipped in a 4-for-6 afternoon. On the other side of the ledger, Dixie Kong absorbed the brunt of it — 18 hits allowed in just 4.1 innings — before Magikoopa (Blue) came on in relief and found the waters no friendlier, yielding eleven more knocks. Paratroopa (Red) was a bright spot for Jimmy with four hits, though he was left waiting on teammates who never arrived. Press box note: Andre's bats poured it on late, tacking on three in the eighth and three more in the ninth, the sort of finishing touch that turns a comfortable win into a statement. With the victory, the Field Marshal remains unbeaten while Jimmy slips to 3-4, his run differential now sagging into the red. — Inky the Blooper