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amead17 · 02-05-2018, 02:35 PM

Today has seen us lose relief pitcher Nick Hill back up to AAA Tulsa but Danny Hatton has come the other way to give us the depth needed.

We face the Gulfport Riptides for the 3rd game of 3 today with the series tide at 1 game each. Hopefully we will find our hitting form today after yesterdays poor showing both from myself and the rest of the team.

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

LF Angelo Mendoza
2B Matt Crubaugh
3B Joshua Mills
SS Steve Bielecki
1B Chris LaBuff
DH Joe Van Alstyne
Catcher Tomas Ayala
RF R.J. Furtado
CF Jose Becerra

I have been moved up to third in the line-up but my room mate Pat Palin misses out today.

Tyler Crostic gets his second outing on the mound. He was awarded the win the previous time out and hopefully we can make it 2-0 for him today.

Top of the first and Bielecki grabs a spectacular catch to get the first out of the game. McGee gets a base hit into short right centre. Crostic gets Groth to strike out but gives a walk to Sutherland. Tiger then hits a solid ground ball straight to Bielecki who gets it to first to retire the side.

Bottom of the first and I am guaranteed to be batting as I start 3rd in the line-up today. Mendoza grounds out first up after trying to bunt. Crubaugh strikes out with the count full. I come up with the bases empty and lay into one. It sails towards the left field fence but their Left Fielder makes an amazing catch and stops my hopes for a run. The game is tied at 0-0

Top of the second and Hudgens flies out to right field for the first out. Ruiz picks up a base hit to short left. Lopez then gets a hit into centre. Ruiz moves to third. We then let Strassner pick up a single that sees Ruiz home. We get Melsom on the fly. McGee then hits a single that sees Lopez get home. I then make a mistake that sees the bases loaded as I throw the ball high going for second base. An error tagged onto me. Crostic gets us out of the inning by striking out Sutherland but we trail 2-0 and are already struggling.

Bottom of the second and Bielecki flies out as does LaBuff. Van Alstyne then grounds out to see us down in order for the second time to continue to trail 2-0.

Top of the third and we start badly as Tiger picks up a double. Furtado gets Hudgens on the fly but Tiger still gets to third. I make amends for my error in the last by getting Ruiz on a ground out. We then get Lopez on a ground out to remain 2 behind.

Bottom of the third but we start badly again as Ayala Strikes out. Furtado grounds out and Becerra strikes out to see 3 innings and 3 up 3 down in each to see us really struggle with the bat and trail 2-0.

Top of the fourth Crostic gets Strassner to strike out. He also gets Melsom the same way. Somehow we managed to get McGee after Ayala drops the third strike. He picked the ball up and managed to get it to first for the out.

Bottom of the fourth and we finally get someone thing going as Mendoza gets a walk. Crubaugh then hits a single to see Mendoza advance to second. I now have to prove my self as I come up with 2 on base. I hit out towards centre and see the ball bounce in for a base hit to load the bases. Bielecki comes up next and hits a good one into the left corner that just stays fair. This sees Mendoza and Crubaugh home. I think about it but decide not to risk it and stay at third. Bielecki's double ties the game. LaBuff puts up one to centre field and sees the catch made. I tag up and give it a go for home but just miss out on the slide and am given out. Bielecki sits at third as Van Alstyne comes up but he cannot bring him home as he strikes out. The game is now tied at 2-2.

Top of the fifth and Groth gets a base hit to right field. Sutherland then strikes out. Tiger comes in again and hits a solid grounder my way. I field it and fire to second for the out before it then goes to first to complete the double play and retire the Riptides from this inning.

Bottom of the fifth and we start with another strike out for Ayala. Furtado picks up an infield hit as their second baseman doesn't try the throw. Furtado then takes a long lead from first as Becerra faces. The strike is made and the catcher of the Riptides tries to get Furtado. Furtado makes it back to the bag as the throw misses first base. Furtado moves to second. Becerra then grounds out. Mendoza hits a solid ball out to right centre that sees him come up with a base hit. Furtado scrambles to third and then races for home with no throw made. Crubaugh is up next and he strands Mendoza by hitting a fly ball to left. We now lead 3-2 in the game.

Top of the sixth and Crostic gets the ground out of Hudgens. Our manager then pulls Crostic and sends in Hector Castaneda to pitch. He gets Ruiz to fly out as his first out. He then strikes out Lopez to keep the lead for us.

Bottom of the sixth and I am leading off facing a new pitcher for the Riptides. I get a solid swing and hit the ball out to centre where it falls in for a base hit. I then advance to second on a weak grounder from Bielecki that sees him out at first. They give LaBuff a walk. Van Alstyne then strikes out. Ayala then comes up and gets bat on ball for the first time in the game. He hits a solid one out to centre and it lands for a base hit. I move to third and then run for home. I beat the throw on the slide to score my teams 4th run and my first of the game. Furtado strikes out to bring the inning to a close with the lead now 4-2 in our favour.

Top of the seventh and Castaneda gets Strassner to strike out first of all. Melsom gets a walk. Becerra gets McGee on the fly for the second out while Mendoza gets Groth as the third out, also on the fly.

Bottom of the seventh and Becerra starts with a fly out to centre. Mendoza grounds out to the pitcher. Crubaugh then strikes out to leave the score 4-2 for us.

Top of the eighth and Sutherland is up first. He hits a liner to centre where Becerra takes it but hurts himself on the play. The trainer says it is nothing and he can continue. LaBuff takes Tiger on the fly. He also gets Hudgens with the tag out to leave the score 4-2 Wasps.

Bottom of the eighth and I start us off again. I hit a solid one out to centre that the fielder just misses and it rolls to the wall. I get round first and make second for a double. I move to third on a solid base hit by Bielecki. LaBuff flies out and Van Alstyne strikes out before Ayala hits a fly out to centre field that leaves me stranded at third and sees the score remain 4-2 for us.

Top of the ninth and the manager calls for closer Latrell Angton. He gets Ruiz first up with a strike out. Ruiz queried it with the umpire but it was given. Lopez picks up a single to left field. Buckle comes in as a pinch hitter only to fly out to short left centre. Melsom then hits a liner to centre but Crubaugh gets to it and completes the out to see the game end.

We take the win 4-2 and I have a very solid game going 3-4 with a run. Tyler Crostic got the win and player of the game honours for his 5.1 innings.

We are now 4-6 for the year. We remain at home for the next series against our first division rivals of the year, the Hattiesburg Ospreys. That will be a tough series as they are 7-3 and lead our division.

02-05-2018, 02:35 PM	#19
amead17 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 9,252	29th June 2017 Today has seen us lose relief pitcher Nick Hill back up to AAA Tulsa but Danny Hatton has come the other way to give us the depth needed. We face the Gulfport Riptides for the 3rd game of 3 today with the series tide at 1 game each. Hopefully we will find our hitting form today after yesterdays poor showing both from myself and the rest of the team. The manager has decided on the following line-up for today's game LF Angelo Mendoza 2B Matt Crubaugh 3B Joshua Mills SS Steve Bielecki 1B Chris LaBuff DH Joe Van Alstyne Catcher Tomas Ayala RF R.J. Furtado CF Jose Becerra I have been moved up to third in the line-up but my room mate Pat Palin misses out today. Tyler Crostic gets his second outing on the mound. He was awarded the win the previous time out and hopefully we can make it 2-0 for him today. Top of the first and Bielecki grabs a spectacular catch to get the first out of the game. McGee gets a base hit into short right centre. Crostic gets Groth to strike out but gives a walk to Sutherland. Tiger then hits a solid ground ball straight to Bielecki who gets it to first to retire the side. Bottom of the first and I am guaranteed to be batting as I start 3rd in the line-up today. Mendoza grounds out first up after trying to bunt. Crubaugh strikes out with the count full. I come up with the bases empty and lay into one. It sails towards the left field fence but their Left Fielder makes an amazing catch and stops my hopes for a run. The game is tied at 0-0 Top of the second and Hudgens flies out to right field for the first out. Ruiz picks up a base hit to short left. Lopez then gets a hit into centre. Ruiz moves to third. We then let Strassner pick up a single that sees Ruiz home. We get Melsom on the fly. McGee then hits a single that sees Lopez get home. I then make a mistake that sees the bases loaded as I throw the ball high going for second base. An error tagged onto me. Crostic gets us out of the inning by striking out Sutherland but we trail 2-0 and are already struggling. Bottom of the second and Bielecki flies out as does LaBuff. Van Alstyne then grounds out to see us down in order for the second time to continue to trail 2-0. Top of the third and we start badly as Tiger picks up a double. Furtado gets Hudgens on the fly but Tiger still gets to third. I make amends for my error in the last by getting Ruiz on a ground out. We then get Lopez on a ground out to remain 2 behind. Bottom of the third but we start badly again as Ayala Strikes out. Furtado grounds out and Becerra strikes out to see 3 innings and 3 up 3 down in each to see us really struggle with the bat and trail 2-0. Top of the fourth Crostic gets Strassner to strike out. He also gets Melsom the same way. Somehow we managed to get McGee after Ayala drops the third strike. He picked the ball up and managed to get it to first for the out. Bottom of the fourth and we finally get someone thing going as Mendoza gets a walk. Crubaugh then hits a single to see Mendoza advance to second. I now have to prove my self as I come up with 2 on base. I hit out towards centre and see the ball bounce in for a base hit to load the bases. Bielecki comes up next and hits a good one into the left corner that just stays fair. This sees Mendoza and Crubaugh home. I think about it but decide not to risk it and stay at third. Bielecki's double ties the game. LaBuff puts up one to centre field and sees the catch made. I tag up and give it a go for home but just miss out on the slide and am given out. Bielecki sits at third as Van Alstyne comes up but he cannot bring him home as he strikes out. The game is now tied at 2-2. Top of the fifth and Groth gets a base hit to right field. Sutherland then strikes out. Tiger comes in again and hits a solid grounder my way. I field it and fire to second for the out before it then goes to first to complete the double play and retire the Riptides from this inning. Bottom of the fifth and we start with another strike out for Ayala. Furtado picks up an infield hit as their second baseman doesn't try the throw. Furtado then takes a long lead from first as Becerra faces. The strike is made and the catcher of the Riptides tries to get Furtado. Furtado makes it back to the bag as the throw misses first base. Furtado moves to second. Becerra then grounds out. Mendoza hits a solid ball out to right centre that sees him come up with a base hit. Furtado scrambles to third and then races for home with no throw made. Crubaugh is up next and he strands Mendoza by hitting a fly ball to left. We now lead 3-2 in the game. Top of the sixth and Crostic gets the ground out of Hudgens. Our manager then pulls Crostic and sends in Hector Castaneda to pitch. He gets Ruiz to fly out as his first out. He then strikes out Lopez to keep the lead for us. Bottom of the sixth and I am leading off facing a new pitcher for the Riptides. I get a solid swing and hit the ball out to centre where it falls in for a base hit. I then advance to second on a weak grounder from Bielecki that sees him out at first. They give LaBuff a walk. Van Alstyne then strikes out. Ayala then comes up and gets bat on ball for the first time in the game. He hits a solid one out to centre and it lands for a base hit. I move to third and then run for home. I beat the throw on the slide to score my teams 4th run and my first of the game. Furtado strikes out to bring the inning to a close with the lead now 4-2 in our favour. Top of the seventh and Castaneda gets Strassner to strike out first of all. Melsom gets a walk. Becerra gets McGee on the fly for the second out while Mendoza gets Groth as the third out, also on the fly. Bottom of the seventh and Becerra starts with a fly out to centre. Mendoza grounds out to the pitcher. Crubaugh then strikes out to leave the score 4-2 for us. Top of the eighth and Sutherland is up first. He hits a liner to centre where Becerra takes it but hurts himself on the play. The trainer says it is nothing and he can continue. LaBuff takes Tiger on the fly. He also gets Hudgens with the tag out to leave the score 4-2 Wasps. Bottom of the eighth and I start us off again. I hit a solid one out to centre that the fielder just misses and it rolls to the wall. I get round first and make second for a double. I move to third on a solid base hit by Bielecki. LaBuff flies out and Van Alstyne strikes out before Ayala hits a fly out to centre field that leaves me stranded at third and sees the score remain 4-2 for us. Top of the ninth and the manager calls for closer Latrell Angton. He gets Ruiz first up with a strike out. Ruiz queried it with the umpire but it was given. Lopez picks up a single to left field. Buckle comes in as a pinch hitter only to fly out to short left centre. Melsom then hits a liner to centre but Crubaugh gets to it and completes the out to see the game end. We take the win 4-2 and I have a very solid game going 3-4 with a run. Tyler Crostic got the win and player of the game honours for his 5.1 innings. We are now 4-6 for the year. We remain at home for the next series against our first division rivals of the year, the Hattiesburg Ospreys. That will be a tough series as they are 7-3 and lead our division.