Another humid foggy day. Another disappointing turnout.
Although we did a little math and counted at least 7 players that can usually be counted on to be there that were not for legitimate reasons. The parking was a breeze too!
Satch threw another CG, working the ol' soup bone with a lot of change of speed stuff, the occasional curveball that was either a strike or right at the hitters back. Still workshopping that one. Nick W. started for the visitors, and is stuck in a doom loop of back tightness that has again forced him to leave the mound in the middle of an inning.
We had 11 by game time, but were buoyed by four league players that came from their game to fill in for us, thank you Elias, Byron, Ben, and Nico! Thanks to Alejandro for being the ambassador of the game.
At our high point, I think we had 16, but people started leaving mid-game, so we were never really comfortable. The visitors scored 2 runs in the first inning and we answered back and then piled another 2 on. The score was 4-2 for a few innings, and then our team exploded for some bases loaded magic and when the dust had cleared it was 10-3. Elias was destroying the ball, and running and sliding harder than we have seen at our game in a long time. He even slid headfirst into home on a close play at the plate.
After Nick bowed out, McG came in and did very well for not having any prep time. After he got through a few innings, then Jacob came in for a while and was throwing a pretty good knuckleball for some of the game, which was nice to see. Then he took himself out of the position mid-inning and Byron came in to finish up the mop job. Byron had a nice zip on his fastball and a sneaky delivery.
We tacked on a few more, and decided it was time to end, when the roster fell from 15 to 12. Nick W jumped ship to the homers to make the balance right, and from there the visitors managed a baserunner in the 9th but that was it for a rally.
Final 12-3, Homers
Highlights:
* Big thank you to the league guys that made our game possible! Hope to see you all again
* Don was right on time, in the 3rd inning
* Our team had an early issue with ground balls, just getting eaten up by them, but the defense settled down and we locked in
* Thanks to all the catchers (and pitchers) they were at a premium: McG, Gaspar, Nico, Don, Alejandro, Kenball
* Alejandro had several infield hits due to his hustle down the line
* Around the 4th inning my arm finally warmed up and I finished the 4th and the 5th with strike outs looking
* So many pop-ups, the changeup was working well for that
* Great play on a foul ball by Gaspar
* Cap tip to the visitors for playing good defense while filling in for us, great catch Don.....SHIT!
* Patrick went up and got one at SS for a fancy snare
* Elias had more hustle than any of us, with at least 3 extra base hits, including a bases loaded triple, and he almost caught Patrick on the basepaths
* I announced in the 9th that everyone was getting a fastball down the middle for their first pitch. Sometimes what you want the most is your downfall, and we had 2 quick outs to start.
* I don't think I have seen this play before, ground ball to the right side, 2nd baseman picks it up and then runs to first for the out. There was a convergence of myself, Adam, and Elias, and that is the play that made the most sense. And yes, I did cover the bag like I am supposed to.
* Gaspar, the consummate gentleman, offered to have us play 2 outfielders, since last week we did it his way. We played full field for the first part of the game, but with the exodus in the 6th, we shaved it down to 2. No real difference.
* Adam had two nice running plays on short pop flies
* I may be coming out of my extended slump, 3 hits including one that Nick signaled should have been a HR, but I was content to take a double. I don't want to hurt my arm patting myself on the back, but it was a pretty impressive hit
* Roll Call of the Faithful: Lynch, Gaspar, Nick W., Don, McG, Anna, Patrick, Jacob, Adam, Elias, Byron, Ben, Nico, Satch, Alejandro, Kenball
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