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amead17 · 02-25-2018, 02:43 AM

We are back home for a 3 game stand against the Metairie Silverbacks. They are currently leading the Mississippi League with a record of 18-7. Our 10-15 is nowhere near their record. Also, with our terrible home record, this series is going to be doubly tough for us. We went 0-2 the last time we faced the Silverbacks this season.

I spent the off day getting in some extra batting practice to try and find my rhythm again after going 0-4 in my last 2 outings. The Black Cats decided to leave well alone in the player department over the day off so we go into the game with the same squad.

The manager has picked the following line-up for today's game.

SS Angelo Mendoza
2B Casey McCauley
DH Steve Bielecki
3B Joshua Mills
LF Tanner Rice
RF Pat Palin
CF Chris Severson
1B Scot Noftall
Catcher Tomas Ayala

The pitcher on the mound for the game today is Antonio Torres. Torres is 1-2 from his 5 games but has been improving as the season goes along. Hopefully we can help to improve the record for his pitching.

Top of the first and Risoli will lead off for the Silvebacks. Risoli tries a bunt to start the game but Ayala is onto it quick and sends it to first for the out. Bradt then hits one out to deep centre but Severson get under it for the second out. Up next is our worst nightmare come back to visit, Totten. Totten clips one, that sees half his bat go spinning, my way but it only comes to me slowly so I don't have time to make the throw so keep hold of it to limit it to a single. Barr comes up next and slugs one out to centre field that rebounds off the wall for a double. Totten rounds third easily and heads home for the first run of the game. Barr moves to third on a wild pitch from Torres to Miller. We get out of the inning with only 1 run against us as Miller goes down swinging.

Bottom of the first and we start with Mendoza. Mendoza gives us the perfect start by getting one out to left field for a base hit. McCauley can't keep it going as he hits a pop up fly to right field for the first out. Mendoza makes the move to second after Bielecki hits an infield grounder that he beats to first for the second hit of the game. I am up next hoping that the extra batting practice has given me my rhythm back. The Silverbacks decide not to risk it and give me a walk to load the bases. Rice is up next to try and drive some of us home. Rice hits one out towards second that is easily fielded and I am tagged out. Rice makes first for the base hit that sees Mendoza come home for our first run of the game. Bielecki moves to third. Palin is up next to try and give us the lead. Palin strikes out to his own disbelief and we are retired with the game tied at 1-1.

Top of the second and Torres faces Stoneback up first. Stoneback puts a grounder my way that I pick up and fire to first for the out. Torres then gets Tessen to swing away with a strike out. Lyons finishes the inning by putting a pop up behind home plate for Ayala to take easily.

Bottom of the second and we start with Severson. Severson gets a walk to put him on base. Noftall hits a solid one out towards left but the Silverback short stop makes a leaping grab to get the out. Ayala puts one into right field to claim a base hit that sees Severson risk taking third with the slide. He beats the throw to get to third. Severson cannot score as Mendoza hits into a double play that sees both himself and Ayala out. The inning ends with the score still 1-1

Top of the third and Outley will be the first Silverback up. Outley clips one out to the right field line that Palin cannot get to. This gives him an easy double. Risoli then strikes pout for the first out of the inning. I get in on the action again as Brandt hits one towards left. I reach and pick it up to fire over to Noftall at first to get the out. Only problem is it brings up Totten again. Hopefully we can limit him. Totten gets a good piece of one that goes into left centre and lands for a base hit. This sees Outley round third and head home to get the Silverbacks the lead. Barr comes in and tries to hit one past short but Mendoza is there to take the ball and shovel to second for the final out of the inning. Silverbacks have a 2-1 lead.

Bottom of the third and McCauley will lead off for us. McCauley hits a grounder straight at first for the first out. Bielecki then gives first base a pop up fly in foul territory to make it 2 out. This brings me up to try for my first hit after the walk in the first. I get a piece of one but can only put a little looper up over second to watch it fall into the fielder glove for the out. We still trail 2-1.

Top of the fourth and Torres is facing Miller. Miller gets a solid base hit out to right field to start things off for the Silverbacks. Stoneback strikes out on a Torres fastball to give us number 1. Tessen gets one past Mendoza at short to allow Miller to move to second on the base hit. Miller moves to third as Lyons puts one out to Second. Tessen is out at second but we cannot make the double play giving Lyons the base hit. Outley comes in and hits one into the middle that gets in for a base hit. This allows Miller to score and Lyons to move to third. Risoli does a similar thing as another grounder makes it into centre field to score Lyons and move Outley to second. Our manager has seen enough and pulls Torres, sending in Trevor Farner to try and complete the inning. Farner gets Bradt to hit a pop up infield fly that Noftall takes and that ends the inning woith the score 4-1 in the Silverbacks favour.

Bottom of the fourth and Rice will start up for us. Rice gets us off to a good start with a strong base hit out to right field. Palin comes in next but he hits straight to short for a double play that takes both himself and Rice out. Severson gets the inning going again with a base hit out to Centre field. Severson then moves to second as Noftall gets a line drive to fall safe in centre field. Ayala then puts one out towards the left fence but it falls into the glove of the left fielder and retires us to leave the game 4-1 for the Silverbacks.

Top of the fifth and Farner continues by facing Totten. Farner gives Totten a walk. Severson gets Barr on a long fly out to centre field for the first out. Totten moves to second on a grounder from Miller who is out at first. We keep the scoreline 4-1 as Stoneback hits a return grounder to Farner for the final out of the inning.

Bottom of the fifth and we are back up to Mendoza for our first batter up. Mendoza gets one to go out to short right that lands safe for a base hit. McCauley then fires one out to left centre that hops in front of the fielder to allow him a base hit. Mendoza moves to second. Bielecki comes up next and puts a slow roller towards short. It is slow enough that he can make base and load the bases. I am up next and need to bat well to try and get someone home. I get a piece of the pitch and send it to short Centre where it falls in for a base hit,my first in a while, to score Mendoza and see everyone else advance 1 base to leave the bases loaded. Rice is up next to try and keep the runs coming. Rice clips one out to right field that falls in for his third base hit of the game. McCauley scores and Bielecki and myself advance to keep the bases loaded for Palin. The Silverbacks pitcher then throws a wild one at Palin that the catcher misses. This sees Bielecki make home. I move to third with Rice moving to second. The game is now tied and we still have no outs in the inning. We take the lead as both myself and Rice make home plate from a Palin double that bounces to the Centre wall. Palin slides into second to beat the throw. This prompts the Silverbacks to change pitcher. Things don't change for the Silverbacks as our monster fifth continues with a Severson single that sees Palin round third and come home for run number 6 of the inning without any outs. Noftall becomes the first out as he strikes out but Severson makes a play for second and beats the throw to steal a base. Ayala flies out to Centre for the second out of the inning. We have batted through the whole line up as Mendoza comes up for his second try of the inning. Mendoza sends one out towards first which the fielder gladly takes to end the inning but we are now in front 7-4 after that surprise monster run.

Top of the sixth and Farner will face Tessen to protect the lead. Palin grabs a fly ball from Tessen for the first out. Lyons then puts up a long ball to left that Rice gets under for out number 2. Outley gets a walk as Farner misses. I get in the game again on defence as I pick up a slow roller and get it to first for the out in time.

Bottom of the sixth and McCauley is first man up. The sixth doesn't start as well as the fifth as McCauley strikes out. Bielecki comes in next but he flies out to deep centre to sees us 2 down in quick order. I come in next and go back to my favourite play when batting of striking out. We remain 7-4 in front.

Top of the seventh and Farner will continue. Bradt is first up for the Silverbacks and slaps one out to right field that lands for a base hit. Bradt decides to try for second and Palin cannot get the throw in to second in time as Bradt has a sliding double. Farner then gets going as he makes Totten miss on a fast ball for out number 1. Barr comes in next and does what he is good at by hitting a long one out to left field that beats the fielder and the fence to go 337 feet and bring home 2 on a homer that cuts our lead to 1. Farner gets pulled for that and we send in Jose Juarez. Miller is the first Silverback to face him and he puts a grounder to second that goes to first for the out. Stoneback does the same thing and that retires the side with the score 7-6 in or favour.

Bottom of the seventh and we need to try and get our lead back. Rice is up first trying to keep his hitting record going. He fails as a long fly ball to left field is taken by the fielder. Palin then picks up strike out number 20 for the year as he goes down swinging. We get a base after Severson is hit by a change up. Espinal pinch hits for Noftall. Severson starts his run early as Espinal clips one out to left field. It lands safe and Severson makes it to third on the base hit. Ayala hits one out towards right field but it clips Espinal on the way through and that ends the inning as Espinal is out. We still lead 7-6.

Top of the eighth and Tessen is first up for the Silverbacks. He hits a grounder to second but McCauley cannot get the ball out of his glove allowing a base hit on the error. The Silverbacks send Hoople in as a pinch hitter. Hoople gets a base hit out to centre that sees Tessen run for third beating the throw. Juarez gets Outley to swing away for a strike out. We give up the lead on the next batter as Pinch hitting Lopez gets one out to left field to score Tessen. Hoople moves to second. We get out of the inning with the game tied as Mendoza starts a double play that gets both Lopez and Batter Bradt to end the inning. Game tied at 7-7.

Bottom of the eighth and we can still win this if we bat well. Mendoza is up first facing a new pitcher. Mendoza fires a long out out to centre field but a diving catch by the fielder sees him out. McCauley gets a walk after watching a fastball. Bielecki finds the gap in right field to get a base hit. McCauley decides to advance to third with no throw from the fielder. I am up next to try and get the leading run over the plate. I go down swinging again. I really need to sort that out. LaBuff pinch hits for Rice. LaBuff puts one up over the foul territory that is taken and we end with 2 stranded on base.

Top of the ninth and we need to be good to make sure we go into the bottom with a chance. The manager sends our closer Danny Burns in to get the job done. It doesn't work as Totten comes in and hits a solo out to left field that goes 334 feet for the lead to the Silverbacks. Barr then picks up a base hit out to centre field as Burns struggles. Burns finally gets control to strike out Miller. Barr moves to second as Burns walks Stoneback as his struggles continue on the mound. Tessen sends a fly ball out to Centre which is taken but Barr manages to tag up and then move to third beating the throw. Hoople comes in and Burns manages to get him to strike out to limit the Silverbacks to 1 run and give us a chance in the bottom of the ninth.

Bottom of the ninth facing the Silverbacks closer and our manager pinch hits for Palin with Kiritsis. Kiritsis strikes out. Severson hits a grounder to third for the second out of the inning and we look to be going down to another defeat. Bonier strikes out and that is another home defeat for us 8-7.

It was a good game to play in but the defeat hurts after we lead 7-4. We need to sort ourselves at home or else this is going to get painful. I managed to go 1-4 with a walk, a run and an RBI along with 2 strike outs to have a better game than the previous 2.

We face the Silverbacks again tomorrow at home and hopefully we can turn it around.

02-25-2018, 02:43 AM	#37
amead17 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 9,288	17th July 2017 We are back home for a 3 game stand against the Metairie Silverbacks. They are currently leading the Mississippi League with a record of 18-7. Our 10-15 is nowhere near their record. Also, with our terrible home record, this series is going to be doubly tough for us. We went 0-2 the last time we faced the Silverbacks this season. I spent the off day getting in some extra batting practice to try and find my rhythm again after going 0-4 in my last 2 outings. The Black Cats decided to leave well alone in the player department over the day off so we go into the game with the same squad. The manager has picked the following line-up for today's game. SS Angelo Mendoza 2B Casey McCauley DH Steve Bielecki 3B Joshua Mills LF Tanner Rice RF Pat Palin CF Chris Severson 1B Scot Noftall Catcher Tomas Ayala The pitcher on the mound for the game today is Antonio Torres. Torres is 1-2 from his 5 games but has been improving as the season goes along. Hopefully we can help to improve the record for his pitching. Top of the first and Risoli will lead off for the Silvebacks. Risoli tries a bunt to start the game but Ayala is onto it quick and sends it to first for the out. Bradt then hits one out to deep centre but Severson get under it for the second out. Up next is our worst nightmare come back to visit, Totten. Totten clips one, that sees half his bat go spinning, my way but it only comes to me slowly so I don't have time to make the throw so keep hold of it to limit it to a single. Barr comes up next and slugs one out to centre field that rebounds off the wall for a double. Totten rounds third easily and heads home for the first run of the game. Barr moves to third on a wild pitch from Torres to Miller. We get out of the inning with only 1 run against us as Miller goes down swinging. Bottom of the first and we start with Mendoza. Mendoza gives us the perfect start by getting one out to left field for a base hit. McCauley can't keep it going as he hits a pop up fly to right field for the first out. Mendoza makes the move to second after Bielecki hits an infield grounder that he beats to first for the second hit of the game. I am up next hoping that the extra batting practice has given me my rhythm back. The Silverbacks decide not to risk it and give me a walk to load the bases. Rice is up next to try and drive some of us home. Rice hits one out towards second that is easily fielded and I am tagged out. Rice makes first for the base hit that sees Mendoza come home for our first run of the game. Bielecki moves to third. Palin is up next to try and give us the lead. Palin strikes out to his own disbelief and we are retired with the game tied at 1-1. Top of the second and Torres faces Stoneback up first. Stoneback puts a grounder my way that I pick up and fire to first for the out. Torres then gets Tessen to swing away with a strike out. Lyons finishes the inning by putting a pop up behind home plate for Ayala to take easily. Bottom of the second and we start with Severson. Severson gets a walk to put him on base. Noftall hits a solid one out towards left but the Silverback short stop makes a leaping grab to get the out. Ayala puts one into right field to claim a base hit that sees Severson risk taking third with the slide. He beats the throw to get to third. Severson cannot score as Mendoza hits into a double play that sees both himself and Ayala out. The inning ends with the score still 1-1 Top of the third and Outley will be the first Silverback up. Outley clips one out to the right field line that Palin cannot get to. This gives him an easy double. Risoli then strikes pout for the first out of the inning. I get in on the action again as Brandt hits one towards left. I reach and pick it up to fire over to Noftall at first to get the out. Only problem is it brings up Totten again. Hopefully we can limit him. Totten gets a good piece of one that goes into left centre and lands for a base hit. This sees Outley round third and head home to get the Silverbacks the lead. Barr comes in and tries to hit one past short but Mendoza is there to take the ball and shovel to second for the final out of the inning. Silverbacks have a 2-1 lead. Bottom of the third and McCauley will lead off for us. McCauley hits a grounder straight at first for the first out. Bielecki then gives first base a pop up fly in foul territory to make it 2 out. This brings me up to try for my first hit after the walk in the first. I get a piece of one but can only put a little looper up over second to watch it fall into the fielder glove for the out. We still trail 2-1. Top of the fourth and Torres is facing Miller. Miller gets a solid base hit out to right field to start things off for the Silverbacks. Stoneback strikes out on a Torres fastball to give us number 1. Tessen gets one past Mendoza at short to allow Miller to move to second on the base hit. Miller moves to third as Lyons puts one out to Second. Tessen is out at second but we cannot make the double play giving Lyons the base hit. Outley comes in and hits one into the middle that gets in for a base hit. This allows Miller to score and Lyons to move to third. Risoli does a similar thing as another grounder makes it into centre field to score Lyons and move Outley to second. Our manager has seen enough and pulls Torres, sending in Trevor Farner to try and complete the inning. Farner gets Bradt to hit a pop up infield fly that Noftall takes and that ends the inning woith the score 4-1 in the Silverbacks favour. Bottom of the fourth and Rice will start up for us. Rice gets us off to a good start with a strong base hit out to right field. Palin comes in next but he hits straight to short for a double play that takes both himself and Rice out. Severson gets the inning going again with a base hit out to Centre field. Severson then moves to second as Noftall gets a line drive to fall safe in centre field. Ayala then puts one out towards the left fence but it falls into the glove of the left fielder and retires us to leave the game 4-1 for the Silverbacks. Top of the fifth and Farner continues by facing Totten. Farner gives Totten a walk. Severson gets Barr on a long fly out to centre field for the first out. Totten moves to second on a grounder from Miller who is out at first. We keep the scoreline 4-1 as Stoneback hits a return grounder to Farner for the final out of the inning. Bottom of the fifth and we are back up to Mendoza for our first batter up. Mendoza gets one to go out to short right that lands safe for a base hit. McCauley then fires one out to left centre that hops in front of the fielder to allow him a base hit. Mendoza moves to second. Bielecki comes up next and puts a slow roller towards short. It is slow enough that he can make base and load the bases. I am up next and need to bat well to try and get someone home. I get a piece of the pitch and send it to short Centre where it falls in for a base hit,my first in a while, to score Mendoza and see everyone else advance 1 base to leave the bases loaded. Rice is up next to try and keep the runs coming. Rice clips one out to right field that falls in for his third base hit of the game. McCauley scores and Bielecki and myself advance to keep the bases loaded for Palin. The Silverbacks pitcher then throws a wild one at Palin that the catcher misses. This sees Bielecki make home. I move to third with Rice moving to second. The game is now tied and we still have no outs in the inning. We take the lead as both myself and Rice make home plate from a Palin double that bounces to the Centre wall. Palin slides into second to beat the throw. This prompts the Silverbacks to change pitcher. Things don't change for the Silverbacks as our monster fifth continues with a Severson single that sees Palin round third and come home for run number 6 of the inning without any outs. Noftall becomes the first out as he strikes out but Severson makes a play for second and beats the throw to steal a base. Ayala flies out to Centre for the second out of the inning. We have batted through the whole line up as Mendoza comes up for his second try of the inning. Mendoza sends one out towards first which the fielder gladly takes to end the inning but we are now in front 7-4 after that surprise monster run. Top of the sixth and Farner will face Tessen to protect the lead. Palin grabs a fly ball from Tessen for the first out. Lyons then puts up a long ball to left that Rice gets under for out number 2. Outley gets a walk as Farner misses. I get in the game again on defence as I pick up a slow roller and get it to first for the out in time. Bottom of the sixth and McCauley is first man up. The sixth doesn't start as well as the fifth as McCauley strikes out. Bielecki comes in next but he flies out to deep centre to sees us 2 down in quick order. I come in next and go back to my favourite play when batting of striking out. We remain 7-4 in front. Top of the seventh and Farner will continue. Bradt is first up for the Silverbacks and slaps one out to right field that lands for a base hit. Bradt decides to try for second and Palin cannot get the throw in to second in time as Bradt has a sliding double. Farner then gets going as he makes Totten miss on a fast ball for out number 1. Barr comes in next and does what he is good at by hitting a long one out to left field that beats the fielder and the fence to go 337 feet and bring home 2 on a homer that cuts our lead to 1. Farner gets pulled for that and we send in Jose Juarez. Miller is the first Silverback to face him and he puts a grounder to second that goes to first for the out. Stoneback does the same thing and that retires the side with the score 7-6 in or favour. Bottom of the seventh and we need to try and get our lead back. Rice is up first trying to keep his hitting record going. He fails as a long fly ball to left field is taken by the fielder. Palin then picks up strike out number 20 for the year as he goes down swinging. We get a base after Severson is hit by a change up. Espinal pinch hits for Noftall. Severson starts his run early as Espinal clips one out to left field. It lands safe and Severson makes it to third on the base hit. Ayala hits one out towards right field but it clips Espinal on the way through and that ends the inning as Espinal is out. We still lead 7-6. Top of the eighth and Tessen is first up for the Silverbacks. He hits a grounder to second but McCauley cannot get the ball out of his glove allowing a base hit on the error. The Silverbacks send Hoople in as a pinch hitter. Hoople gets a base hit out to centre that sees Tessen run for third beating the throw. Juarez gets Outley to swing away for a strike out. We give up the lead on the next batter as Pinch hitting Lopez gets one out to left field to score Tessen. Hoople moves to second. We get out of the inning with the game tied as Mendoza starts a double play that gets both Lopez and Batter Bradt to end the inning. Game tied at 7-7. Bottom of the eighth and we can still win this if we bat well. Mendoza is up first facing a new pitcher. Mendoza fires a long out out to centre field but a diving catch by the fielder sees him out. McCauley gets a walk after watching a fastball. Bielecki finds the gap in right field to get a base hit. McCauley decides to advance to third with no throw from the fielder. I am up next to try and get the leading run over the plate. I go down swinging again. I really need to sort that out. LaBuff pinch hits for Rice. LaBuff puts one up over the foul territory that is taken and we end with 2 stranded on base. Top of the ninth and we need to be good to make sure we go into the bottom with a chance. The manager sends our closer Danny Burns in to get the job done. It doesn't work as Totten comes in and hits a solo out to left field that goes 334 feet for the lead to the Silverbacks. Barr then picks up a base hit out to centre field as Burns struggles. Burns finally gets control to strike out Miller. Barr moves to second as Burns walks Stoneback as his struggles continue on the mound. Tessen sends a fly ball out to Centre which is taken but Barr manages to tag up and then move to third beating the throw. Hoople comes in and Burns manages to get him to strike out to limit the Silverbacks to 1 run and give us a chance in the bottom of the ninth. Bottom of the ninth facing the Silverbacks closer and our manager pinch hits for Palin with Kiritsis. Kiritsis strikes out. Severson hits a grounder to third for the second out of the inning and we look to be going down to another defeat. Bonier strikes out and that is another home defeat for us 8-7. It was a good game to play in but the defeat hurts after we lead 7-4. We need to sort ourselves at home or else this is going to get painful. I managed to go 1-4 with a walk, a run and an RBI along with 2 strike outs to have a better game than the previous 2. We face the Silverbacks again tomorrow at home and hopefully we can turn it around.