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amead17 · 02-24-2018, 05:54 AM

Today we finish the 3 game series against the Monsters. I am hoping that the day off will have done me good and I can help the team win today.

The manager has made a few tweaks to the line up again and goes with the following.

2B Angleo Mendoza
SS Casey McCauley
3B Joshua Mills
DH T. J. Kiritsis
LF Pat Palin
RF Tanner Rice
1B Scot Noftall
Catcher Tomas Ayala
CF Adam Queen

On the mound today is Tyler Crostic. Crostic has been our best pitcher so far this year with a 3-0 record from 4 starts. We are hoping he can continue this form.

Top of the first and Mendoza is the lead off man for us. Mendoza gets a little roller on the infield that stays close to home plate. The Catcher fails to pick it up and we get our first base on an error. Mendoza doesn't get any further as McCauley hits one straight to second for the double play to see them both out. I come up next to see how the day off affected my timing. I manage to get bat on ball but it flies out to the right fielder who takes the catch to retire us.

Bottom of the first and Crostic will face Stark first up. Crostic gets strike out number 1 of the game to start the inning off. I then get involved as Shumate sends a slow roller my way that I pick up and fire to first for the out. Contreras then tries to hit a long one but it falls into the glove of Rice in right field to see the game scoreless after 1.

Top of the second and Kiritsis gets some help being given a base on balls. Palin fires one out to Second and we run into another double play that sees our first 2 batters of the inning out. Rice strikes out to see us end the inning scoreless.

Bottom of the second with Madrigal up to face Crostic first. I am involved again as Madrigal sends one over to me that I fire to first for the out. McCauley then takes the ground out at short to get Rose before Viter gets the Monsters first hit by putting one out to right field. I get the final out as St. George sends one into the gap in left field that I pick up and fire to first for the final out of the inning. Game remains 0-0.

Top of the third and we don't start well as Noftall goes down on strikes. Ayala goes the same way as the Monsters pitcher finds a groove. Queen then puts a pop up over home plate that sees us retired in quick fashion.

Bottom of the third and Crostic will face Altman. Altman fires a high one out to left centre for the first out. Teal pops one up to second for the next out. Stark comes in for his second attempt. Crostic gives him a nice one to hit and it goes towards the right wall. Rice cannot reach it at the wall and it goes for a solo home run of 371 feet to see us go behind. We get out of the inning with only the 1 run against us as Shumate sends a bouncer to first for the easy out. We are down 1-0.

Top of the fourth and we are starting our second time round. Mendoza up first flies out to left centre for the first out. McCauley sees his strongly hit ground ball picked up at second for the next out. I come in for my second go but strike out to sees us go down very quickly.

Bottom of the fourth and Contreras comes up first. Mendoza gets him on a pop up over second. Crostic gives Madrigal a walk. Rose sends one over to short. But we cannot make the double play as Rose beats the ball at first to get base. Madrigal was out at second. We keep the score down to 1-0 in the Monsters favour by getting Viter on a fly out to right for the end of the inning.

Top of the fifth and Kiritsis is up first. Kiritsis sees one he likes and bangs it long out to left field. It hit it so well the fielder could only sit and watch as it flies over the fence for a solo home run of 364 feet to tie up the score. Palin doesn't follow up very well as he strikes out. Rice tries to get one into right field but the second baseman of the Monsters gets a glove to the liner to take the catch. Noftall then puts an easy catch out to the left fielder to leave the game tied at 1-1.

Bottom of the fifth and Crostic is facing St. George. Crostic looses control of one and it hits St. George for a base. There are a few words exchanged as St. George moves to first where he is met by the trainer who examines him. He is to be taken out of the game with an injury. Pinch runner Hagins gets to move to second as Altman hits one straight to first where he is tagged out. We then make a bad error as McCauley fails to get a grounder to Noftall correctly. It flies past him and into the wall. This allows Teal to move to second for a double on the error while Hagins moves from second all the way home to give the lead back to the Monsters. That is it for Crostic as he is pulled by the manager and Trevor Farner is sent in. that perhaps wasn't a good move as Farner allows Stark to get one out to left centre for a base hit. This sees Teal to run for home and double the Monsters lead. We calm down and Shumate puts a fly ball out to right field for the second out of the inning. Ayala then does what he is good at and gets the ball to second to see Stark caught trying to steal. This leaves the game with the Monsters leading 3-1.

Top of the sixth and we need to try and get back into the game again. Ayala is up first and he puts a long one out to right field but it drifts into foul territory where the fielder makes a great catch by the seating. Queen then strikes out for number 2. Mendoza puts a weak one out towards third but the fielder cannot get the ball up and out in time so Mendoza gets a base hit. McCauley then lets the side down again by hitting into another double play at second seeing both him and Mendoza out to end the inning.

Bottom of the sixth and Farner is facing Contreras. He gets Contreras to strike out. Madrigal then fires a strong one down the right line that falls in for a base hit. He then turns it into a double as he beats the throw from Rice. Palin makes a great dive to get the second out taking one from Rose. Viter strikes out and we remain 3-1 behind going into the last 3 inning of the game.

Top of the seventh and I am up for my third attempt. This could be my last go the way the team is playing so I need to make something happen. I get bat on ball but see it pop up over second for the first out of the inning. After getting a home run in the last at bat Kiritsis fails to connect this time and strikes out. Palin gets the inning going with a long one out to left field that hits the wall. It lands in for a double as the throw cannot get to second in time. It turns into nothing as Rice, facing a new pitcher, hits a grounder to second for the out and the end of the inning.

Bottom of the seventh and we continue with Farner. Hagins bats one to McCauley at short for the easy ground out. After the out the manager pulls Farner and sends in Cesar Arocho to face Altman. Arocho does not start well as he gives an easy hit to Altman that sees the ball land out near the centre wall. This gives him an easy double. Arocho is pulled immediately and Jose Juarez is sent for to pitch. Juarez faces Teal and makes him strike out for the second out of the inning. Stark then puts a pop up right over home plate for the easy catch by Ayala. The game remains 3-1 in favour of the Monsters.

Top of the eighth and Noftall is first up. Noftall puts an easy fly ball out to left field for the first out. Ayala then grounds out to short for the second. Queen gets the inning started by hitting one past the third baseman and into left field. He moves to second for a double. Queen gets stranded as Mendoza hits a grounder straight to short for the last out.

Bottom of the eighth and Juarez continues on the mound. Juarez gets Shumate to strike out so he remains hitless. Contreras then strikes out for number 2. Madrigal goes down swinging as well for a quick inning. The Monsters lead 3-1 going into the last.

Top of the ninth and we need to fire to get the game back. McCauley starts the inning well by getting a base hit towards third after facing a new pitcher. This brings me up to try and get my first hit of the game. I fail again and go hitless with another strike out. Obviously the rest day did me no good at all. Kiritsis then gets hit by one that sees him get a base and McCauley move to second. With the tying run now on base the manager decides to pinch hit for Palin with Espinal. Espinal hits one towards first and he is out but McCauley moves to third and Kiritsis to second. LaBuff pinch hits for Rice to try and get the game tied. The Monsters load the bases as the pitcher hits LaBuff with one. The manager sends in another pinch hitter in Bielecki in place of Noftall. It doesn't work as Bielecki strikes out and we lose the game 3-1 with the bases loaded.

It was a tough game with the bat to start with and we only really got going towards the back end hence the loss 3-1. I had a very poor game with 0-4 with 2 strike outs. I really need to improve as it seems to be all or nothing for me with the bat.

Tomorrow is a rest day for the league so hopefully I can sort my batting issues before the next set of games at home to the high flying Metairie Silverbacks.

02-24-2018, 05:54 AM	#36
amead17 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 9,288	15th July 2017 Today we finish the 3 game series against the Monsters. I am hoping that the day off will have done me good and I can help the team win today. The manager has made a few tweaks to the line up again and goes with the following. 2B Angleo Mendoza SS Casey McCauley 3B Joshua Mills DH T. J. Kiritsis LF Pat Palin RF Tanner Rice 1B Scot Noftall Catcher Tomas Ayala CF Adam Queen On the mound today is Tyler Crostic. Crostic has been our best pitcher so far this year with a 3-0 record from 4 starts. We are hoping he can continue this form. Top of the first and Mendoza is the lead off man for us. Mendoza gets a little roller on the infield that stays close to home plate. The Catcher fails to pick it up and we get our first base on an error. Mendoza doesn't get any further as McCauley hits one straight to second for the double play to see them both out. I come up next to see how the day off affected my timing. I manage to get bat on ball but it flies out to the right fielder who takes the catch to retire us. Bottom of the first and Crostic will face Stark first up. Crostic gets strike out number 1 of the game to start the inning off. I then get involved as Shumate sends a slow roller my way that I pick up and fire to first for the out. Contreras then tries to hit a long one but it falls into the glove of Rice in right field to see the game scoreless after 1. Top of the second and Kiritsis gets some help being given a base on balls. Palin fires one out to Second and we run into another double play that sees our first 2 batters of the inning out. Rice strikes out to see us end the inning scoreless. Bottom of the second with Madrigal up to face Crostic first. I am involved again as Madrigal sends one over to me that I fire to first for the out. McCauley then takes the ground out at short to get Rose before Viter gets the Monsters first hit by putting one out to right field. I get the final out as St. George sends one into the gap in left field that I pick up and fire to first for the final out of the inning. Game remains 0-0. Top of the third and we don't start well as Noftall goes down on strikes. Ayala goes the same way as the Monsters pitcher finds a groove. Queen then puts a pop up over home plate that sees us retired in quick fashion. Bottom of the third and Crostic will face Altman. Altman fires a high one out to left centre for the first out. Teal pops one up to second for the next out. Stark comes in for his second attempt. Crostic gives him a nice one to hit and it goes towards the right wall. Rice cannot reach it at the wall and it goes for a solo home run of 371 feet to see us go behind. We get out of the inning with only the 1 run against us as Shumate sends a bouncer to first for the easy out. We are down 1-0. Top of the fourth and we are starting our second time round. Mendoza up first flies out to left centre for the first out. McCauley sees his strongly hit ground ball picked up at second for the next out. I come in for my second go but strike out to sees us go down very quickly. Bottom of the fourth and Contreras comes up first. Mendoza gets him on a pop up over second. Crostic gives Madrigal a walk. Rose sends one over to short. But we cannot make the double play as Rose beats the ball at first to get base. Madrigal was out at second. We keep the score down to 1-0 in the Monsters favour by getting Viter on a fly out to right for the end of the inning. Top of the fifth and Kiritsis is up first. Kiritsis sees one he likes and bangs it long out to left field. It hit it so well the fielder could only sit and watch as it flies over the fence for a solo home run of 364 feet to tie up the score. Palin doesn't follow up very well as he strikes out. Rice tries to get one into right field but the second baseman of the Monsters gets a glove to the liner to take the catch. Noftall then puts an easy catch out to the left fielder to leave the game tied at 1-1. Bottom of the fifth and Crostic is facing St. George. Crostic looses control of one and it hits St. George for a base. There are a few words exchanged as St. George moves to first where he is met by the trainer who examines him. He is to be taken out of the game with an injury. Pinch runner Hagins gets to move to second as Altman hits one straight to first where he is tagged out. We then make a bad error as McCauley fails to get a grounder to Noftall correctly. It flies past him and into the wall. This allows Teal to move to second for a double on the error while Hagins moves from second all the way home to give the lead back to the Monsters. That is it for Crostic as he is pulled by the manager and Trevor Farner is sent in. that perhaps wasn't a good move as Farner allows Stark to get one out to left centre for a base hit. This sees Teal to run for home and double the Monsters lead. We calm down and Shumate puts a fly ball out to right field for the second out of the inning. Ayala then does what he is good at and gets the ball to second to see Stark caught trying to steal. This leaves the game with the Monsters leading 3-1. Top of the sixth and we need to try and get back into the game again. Ayala is up first and he puts a long one out to right field but it drifts into foul territory where the fielder makes a great catch by the seating. Queen then strikes out for number 2. Mendoza puts a weak one out towards third but the fielder cannot get the ball up and out in time so Mendoza gets a base hit. McCauley then lets the side down again by hitting into another double play at second seeing both him and Mendoza out to end the inning. Bottom of the sixth and Farner is facing Contreras. He gets Contreras to strike out. Madrigal then fires a strong one down the right line that falls in for a base hit. He then turns it into a double as he beats the throw from Rice. Palin makes a great dive to get the second out taking one from Rose. Viter strikes out and we remain 3-1 behind going into the last 3 inning of the game. Top of the seventh and I am up for my third attempt. This could be my last go the way the team is playing so I need to make something happen. I get bat on ball but see it pop up over second for the first out of the inning. After getting a home run in the last at bat Kiritsis fails to connect this time and strikes out. Palin gets the inning going with a long one out to left field that hits the wall. It lands in for a double as the throw cannot get to second in time. It turns into nothing as Rice, facing a new pitcher, hits a grounder to second for the out and the end of the inning. Bottom of the seventh and we continue with Farner. Hagins bats one to McCauley at short for the easy ground out. After the out the manager pulls Farner and sends in Cesar Arocho to face Altman. Arocho does not start well as he gives an easy hit to Altman that sees the ball land out near the centre wall. This gives him an easy double. Arocho is pulled immediately and Jose Juarez is sent for to pitch. Juarez faces Teal and makes him strike out for the second out of the inning. Stark then puts a pop up right over home plate for the easy catch by Ayala. The game remains 3-1 in favour of the Monsters. Top of the eighth and Noftall is first up. Noftall puts an easy fly ball out to left field for the first out. Ayala then grounds out to short for the second. Queen gets the inning started by hitting one past the third baseman and into left field. He moves to second for a double. Queen gets stranded as Mendoza hits a grounder straight to short for the last out. Bottom of the eighth and Juarez continues on the mound. Juarez gets Shumate to strike out so he remains hitless. Contreras then strikes out for number 2. Madrigal goes down swinging as well for a quick inning. The Monsters lead 3-1 going into the last. Top of the ninth and we need to fire to get the game back. McCauley starts the inning well by getting a base hit towards third after facing a new pitcher. This brings me up to try and get my first hit of the game. I fail again and go hitless with another strike out. Obviously the rest day did me no good at all. Kiritsis then gets hit by one that sees him get a base and McCauley move to second. With the tying run now on base the manager decides to pinch hit for Palin with Espinal. Espinal hits one towards first and he is out but McCauley moves to third and Kiritsis to second. LaBuff pinch hits for Rice to try and get the game tied. The Monsters load the bases as the pitcher hits LaBuff with one. The manager sends in another pinch hitter in Bielecki in place of Noftall. It doesn't work as Bielecki strikes out and we lose the game 3-1 with the bases loaded. It was a tough game with the bat to start with and we only really got going towards the back end hence the loss 3-1. I had a very poor game with 0-4 with 2 strike outs. I really need to improve as it seems to be all or nothing for me with the bat. Tomorrow is a rest day for the league so hopefully I can sort my batting issues before the next set of games at home to the high flying Metairie Silverbacks.