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amead17 · 02-04-2018, 04:16 AM

Today sees us play our second game against the Gulfport Riptides. Hopefully we can turn yesterdays win into a 2 game win streak today.

The manager has decided on the following line-up for today's game

LF Angelo Mendoza
DH T.J. Kiritsis
1B Angel Espinal
3B Joshua Mills
SS Steve Bielecki
2B Chris LaBuff
RF Pat Palin
Catcher Josh Pittman
CF Jose Becerra

Matt Hood will take the mound for us today. He did not have a good outing last time up so we are hoping for better today.

Top of the first sees Melsom ground out before we give up a triple down the right line to Hudgens. Hood gets Groth swinging for a strike out. Sutherland picks up a single into left field to put us behind by one as Hudgens scores. We get the next out as Sutherland tries to steal second on a strike. Pittman with the good throw to stop the attempt. We trail 1-0.

Bottom of the first and Mendoza strikes out first up for us. Kiritsis puts up a looper to fly out but Espinal manages to get one into short centre for a base hit. This brings me up to the plate for the first time today. I pop up an infield fly to see us retired. We continue to trail 1-0

Top of the second and Hood gets Buckle to strike out. He also gets Ruiz swinging for a strike out. Strassner grounds out to keep the score at 1-0

Bottom of the second and Bielecki hits a grounder to first for the out. LaBuff then strikes out before Palin is got on a ground out to keep our inning short and not very sweet. We trail 1-0

Top of the third and we get Hutzel on a ground out. Green is also got via the same route after a close call. Hood then gets Melsom to strike out.

Bottom of the third and we start badly with Pittman striking out. Becerra grounds out to first before Mendoza pops up a blooper into right foul territory for the riptides to retire us. We continue to trail 1-0.

Top of the fourth and Hood keeps up the good form by striking out Hudgens. Groth gets a base hit in shallow right field. Palin gets Sutherland on the fly with a great catch on the run. Hood then gets Buckle with a strike out.

Bottom of the fourth and Kiritsis flies out to start us off. Espinal gets struck out to see me come up with 2 out and nobody on trying to get something going for us. I don't help as I ground out to their short stop. We continue to lose 1-0.

Top if the fifth and Palin gets Ruiz on the fly. Hood hits Strassner with a pitch to move him to first. He then strikes out Hutzel. We then make a big mistake as Strassner tries to steal second. Pittman throws wide and Strassner gets second and then also third as we cannot keep the ball. I manage to save the inning up next as Green hits a grounder my way which I get to first in time to retire him and the side.

Bottom of the fifth and Bielecki sees a great hit snagged on the run by their centre fielder for the out. LaBuff strikes out as we continue to struggle in the box. Palin grounds out to third to see us still trail 1-0.

Top of the sixth and Hood gets strike out number 8 with Melsom swinging. He gets Hudgens for number 9. Palin hauls a great catch in for the third out off of Groth but gets hurt in the process. I am worried but he seems to shake it off and remains on the field.

Bottom of the sixth and Pittman grounds out to short. We finally get something as Becerra picks up a base hit to right field. Mendoza flies out to shallow left. Kiritsis flies out to left field as well and the hit from Becerra comes to nothing. We still trail 1-0 in a tight game.

Top of the seventh and the manager decides Hood has done enough. He sends Cesar Arocho in to pitch. We get Sutherland first up with a ground out. The manager switches pitchers again sending in Andres Sevilla who strikes out Buckle. We get Ruiz on a grounder in centre field.

Bottom of the seventh and Espinal starts us off with a base hit. I am up next looking for my first hit of the day. I fail, putting up a little looper over the left foul line that is taking for the out. Bielecki then grounds into a double play to see both himself and Espinal out to leave the game 1-0 for the Riptides.

Top of the eighth and Sevilla gets Strassner swinging. Hutzel then gets a base after being hit by the pitch. Green flies out. We give a base hit up to McGee who is pinch hitting. We finally start to unravel as pinch hitter Tiger comes in a smacks one out of the park to send it 414 feet and bring home 3 runs. Sevilla gets pulled and Nick Hill comes in to pitch. Groth gets a base hit on an error by Hill. We get Sutherland on a ground out up next but the damage has been done and we are 4-0 down.

Bottom of the eighth and LaBuff grounds out to third. Palin manages to get an infield base hit to start something for us only to see Pittman ground into a double play that retires the side. We are trailing 4-0 and going nowhere with the game slipping away from us.

Top of the ninth and we get Buckle on a ground out for the first out. Mendoza makes a great catch near the left side seating to get Ruiz on the fly. Mendoza also gets Strassner on a putout to leave the game 4-0 in the Riptides favour.

Bottom of the ninth and we have only 3 outs to try and find the 4 runs needed to keep the game alive. We don't start well as Becerra strikes out. Mendoza also strikes out as we look to be going down tamely. Kiritsis grounds out and that is it.

We lose 4-0 in a game we just didn't get going in. My own performance was woeful with the bat going 0-3.

We move to 3-6 and need to play much better than this with only 4 hits from the whole team all game.

Tomorrow sees us facing Gulfport again for the final game of the series and we had better turn up or our fans could get very nasty.

02-04-2018, 04:16 AM	#18
amead17 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 9,288	28th June 2017 Today sees us play our second game against the Gulfport Riptides. Hopefully we can turn yesterdays win into a 2 game win streak today. The manager has decided on the following line-up for today's game LF Angelo Mendoza DH T.J. Kiritsis 1B Angel Espinal 3B Joshua Mills SS Steve Bielecki 2B Chris LaBuff RF Pat Palin Catcher Josh Pittman CF Jose Becerra Matt Hood will take the mound for us today. He did not have a good outing last time up so we are hoping for better today. Top of the first sees Melsom ground out before we give up a triple down the right line to Hudgens. Hood gets Groth swinging for a strike out. Sutherland picks up a single into left field to put us behind by one as Hudgens scores. We get the next out as Sutherland tries to steal second on a strike. Pittman with the good throw to stop the attempt. We trail 1-0. Bottom of the first and Mendoza strikes out first up for us. Kiritsis puts up a looper to fly out but Espinal manages to get one into short centre for a base hit. This brings me up to the plate for the first time today. I pop up an infield fly to see us retired. We continue to trail 1-0 Top of the second and Hood gets Buckle to strike out. He also gets Ruiz swinging for a strike out. Strassner grounds out to keep the score at 1-0 Bottom of the second and Bielecki hits a grounder to first for the out. LaBuff then strikes out before Palin is got on a ground out to keep our inning short and not very sweet. We trail 1-0 Top of the third and we get Hutzel on a ground out. Green is also got via the same route after a close call. Hood then gets Melsom to strike out. Bottom of the third and we start badly with Pittman striking out. Becerra grounds out to first before Mendoza pops up a blooper into right foul territory for the riptides to retire us. We continue to trail 1-0. Top of the fourth and Hood keeps up the good form by striking out Hudgens. Groth gets a base hit in shallow right field. Palin gets Sutherland on the fly with a great catch on the run. Hood then gets Buckle with a strike out. Bottom of the fourth and Kiritsis flies out to start us off. Espinal gets struck out to see me come up with 2 out and nobody on trying to get something going for us. I don't help as I ground out to their short stop. We continue to lose 1-0. Top if the fifth and Palin gets Ruiz on the fly. Hood hits Strassner with a pitch to move him to first. He then strikes out Hutzel. We then make a big mistake as Strassner tries to steal second. Pittman throws wide and Strassner gets second and then also third as we cannot keep the ball. I manage to save the inning up next as Green hits a grounder my way which I get to first in time to retire him and the side. Bottom of the fifth and Bielecki sees a great hit snagged on the run by their centre fielder for the out. LaBuff strikes out as we continue to struggle in the box. Palin grounds out to third to see us still trail 1-0. Top of the sixth and Hood gets strike out number 8 with Melsom swinging. He gets Hudgens for number 9. Palin hauls a great catch in for the third out off of Groth but gets hurt in the process. I am worried but he seems to shake it off and remains on the field. Bottom of the sixth and Pittman grounds out to short. We finally get something as Becerra picks up a base hit to right field. Mendoza flies out to shallow left. Kiritsis flies out to left field as well and the hit from Becerra comes to nothing. We still trail 1-0 in a tight game. Top of the seventh and the manager decides Hood has done enough. He sends Cesar Arocho in to pitch. We get Sutherland first up with a ground out. The manager switches pitchers again sending in Andres Sevilla who strikes out Buckle. We get Ruiz on a grounder in centre field. Bottom of the seventh and Espinal starts us off with a base hit. I am up next looking for my first hit of the day. I fail, putting up a little looper over the left foul line that is taking for the out. Bielecki then grounds into a double play to see both himself and Espinal out to leave the game 1-0 for the Riptides. Top of the eighth and Sevilla gets Strassner swinging. Hutzel then gets a base after being hit by the pitch. Green flies out. We give a base hit up to McGee who is pinch hitting. We finally start to unravel as pinch hitter Tiger comes in a smacks one out of the park to send it 414 feet and bring home 3 runs. Sevilla gets pulled and Nick Hill comes in to pitch. Groth gets a base hit on an error by Hill. We get Sutherland on a ground out up next but the damage has been done and we are 4-0 down. Bottom of the eighth and LaBuff grounds out to third. Palin manages to get an infield base hit to start something for us only to see Pittman ground into a double play that retires the side. We are trailing 4-0 and going nowhere with the game slipping away from us. Top of the ninth and we get Buckle on a ground out for the first out. Mendoza makes a great catch near the left side seating to get Ruiz on the fly. Mendoza also gets Strassner on a putout to leave the game 4-0 in the Riptides favour. Bottom of the ninth and we have only 3 outs to try and find the 4 runs needed to keep the game alive. We don't start well as Becerra strikes out. Mendoza also strikes out as we look to be going down tamely. Kiritsis grounds out and that is it. We lose 4-0 in a game we just didn't get going in. My own performance was woeful with the bat going 0-3. We move to 3-6 and need to play much better than this with only 4 hits from the whole team all game. Tomorrow sees us facing Gulfport again for the final game of the series and we had better turn up or our fans could get very nasty. Last edited by amead17; 02-04-2018 at 06:47 AM.