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amead17 · 03-02-2018, 08:57 AM

We have travelled the 480 or so miles from Tuscaloosa to Lake Charles over night to face the Express in their home stadium. We are hoping that to shake off the dismal performance of yesterday and try for the win today.

The manager has decided to go with the following line up for the first game of the series.

SS Angelo Mendoza
CF Chris Severson
DH Steve Bielecki
3B Joshua Mills
2B Casey McCauley
RF Tanner Rice
1B Chris LaBuff
Catcher Tomas Ayala
LF Jose Becerra

On the mound today is Matt Hood. Hood has probably been our best pitcher this year so far after getting a 1-1 records from 5 starts. Hopefully we can help him build on that record today.

Top of the first and Mendoza will lead off. Mendoza picks up strike out number 20 for the season to begin the game. We then suffer a big blow as Severson is hit by a pitch in the shoulder. The trainer has him taken out of the game. Hopefully it is not serious with Palin already out for the season. Queen takes Seversons place at first base. Bielecki hits a looper out to right field to be out number 2. This brings me in for my first go of the game. I get one to go along the ground but straight to Short where they go to second base and tag Queen out for the end of the inning.

Bottom of the first and Hood faces Blodgett up first. Blodgett gets to a full count then gets one to go out to centre field and in for a base hit. Hood gets Brittain to strike out for the first. Roethler is up next and gets one out to the centre wall for a double. This sees Blodgett round to third. Hood uses a fast ball to get Pena to strike out for number 2. We then have a disaster in the field as Gilberds hits to Mendoza at short. Mendoza fires the ball to LaBuff at first but it is in the dirt and then skips out of the field of play. This allows Blodgett and Roethler to score while Gilberds moves to second. We end the inning 2 runs behind as Wedlow is caught at second by McCauley. We trail 2-0

Top of the second and McCauley is starting first. McCauley gets a good start as he gets one out to the left corner for a double. Rice puts one out to centre field but sees it fall into the glove of the fielder. LaBuff comes in and gets a nice base hit out to the left line that sees McCauley move to third just as rain starts to fall. We go no further as Ayala hits one straight to second that gets turned into a double play to end the inning.

Bottom of the second and we give another double up to start an inning as Tennant gets one to the centre wall as Queen cannot quite reach. Becerra gets Reich on the fly down the left field line for the first out. Shang goes down swinging for number 2. Tennant is stranded as we get Blodgett on a pop up fly over the infield with a McCauley catch. 2-0 for the Express

Top of the third and Becerra becomes our first out as he hits a grounder straight back to the pitcher. Mendoza is given a walk to make base. Mendoza then gets caught stealing on a Queen strike for the second out. Queen then goes down swinging to end the inning.

Bottom of the third and Brittain begins for the Express as the rain ends. Brittain gets a walk. Roethler hits one out to centre that Queen manages to get to for the first out. I get into the defensive action and start a double play that ends the inning as Pena hits my way. Game stays 2-0 in the favour of the Express.

Top of the fourth and Bielecki goes first for us. Bielecki hits a grounder to first but cannot beat the fielder so is out. I come in with the bases empty. I go down swinging on 3 strikes. McCauley follows me with another strike out to end the inning.

Bottom of the fourth and Hood faces Gilberds for the second time. Gilberds picks up a base hit out to short centre to get the Express going. Our poor outfield fielding continues as Wedlow gets one down in right field and turns it into a double with Gilberds going to third. Ayala misses one from Hood when facing Tennant and it allows Gilberds to score, moving Wedlow to third. We give up a second run when Tennant grounds out to first but allows Wedlow to score. Reich grounds out to second for the second out of the inning. Queen takes Shang in centre field to end the inning but we now trail 4-0.

Top of the fifth but we still don't get going as Rice strikes out. LaBuff grounds out to third and Ayala grounds to short to see a very quick 1, 2, 3 for us.

Bottom of the fifth and we get Blodgett out on a little flare to right field that Rice takes. Brittain grounds out to first for the second out. Roethler then strikes out to make the fifth a very quick inning. We still trail 4-0.

Top of the sixth and we start with a Becerra strike out to keep the quick procession up. Mendoza strikes out as well. We finally get base hit number 3 as Queen gets one to go out to centre field missing the fielder. Bielecki comes in facing a new pitcher and he hits a fly ball out to right that the fielder takes to end the inning.

Bottom of the sixth and Hood continues by facing Pena. Pena is hit by a Hood pitch and they have a few words as Pena moves to first base. Hood gets pulled and the manager sends in Nick Hill. Hill gives Gilberds a walk first up allowing Pena to go to second. Hill gets Wedlow to strike out. We see the lead go further away from us as Tennant gets one to go over Queens head in centre field to the wall for a double. This scores Pena and sees Gilberds to third. Reich cannot get one past McCauley who dives from second to take the catch for out number 2. Queen makes an error on one that lands in front of him giving Shang a double and allowing both Gilberds and Tennant to score as our game falls apart. We finally get out of the inning as Blodgett grounds to Mendoza for the final out. We now trail 7-0 and are heading for another big loss with no batting.

Top of the seventh and I am coming in just looking to get a hit for myself after seeing the team start to fall apart in the sixth. I am given a walk. I am then out on the next play as McCauley hits into a double play straight to short. Rice strikes out to end the inning.

Bottom of the seventh and Brittain starts up first. Hill gets him to strike out for the first out. Roethler gets a base hit to short left centre. Mendoza gets Pena on the fly at short for out number 2. I get the inning to end with a sharp pick up from a Gilberds grounder that I send to second to get Roethler. We still trail 7-0.

Top of the eighth and we start with LaBuff. LaBuff grounds out to first. Ayala then strikes out as we continue to really struggle. Becerra grounds out to first to see another very quick inning for us.

Bottom of the eighth and we give up another double in the outfield as Wedlow gets one past Rice on the right side. Wedlow moves to third as Tennant also gets a base hit out to the right field side. We give up an 8th run as Reich gets one to go past second for a base hit. Wedlow scores and Tennant moves to second. Shang flies out to left for the first out. Tennant moves to third and Reich to second as I get Blodgett on a ground out over to first. Another run scores as we cannot get the infield grounder by Brittain to first in time for the out. Tennant scores and Reich is at third. Our inning and game then goes from disaster to complete abysmal shambles as Hill gives a nice one to Roethler that he smacks beyond the right field fence to score 3 runs. Queen then makes another error as he cannot catch an easy fly ball from Pena who gets a double off the end of Queens glove. Gilberds gets a base hit to left field that sees Pena to third. Our disaster inning then continues as Wedlow gets a base hit out to left field that sees Pena score and Gilberds to second. We finally get the inning over when Tennant grounds out to second but with 6 runs against us in the inning we now trail 13-0 going into the last.

Top of the ninth and now the game is gone we suddenly find a hit as Mendoza gets one out to centre field. Pinch hitter Espinal strikes out. Bielecki also strikes out. I come in for go number 3. I strike out and the game is over.

We lose a disaster of a game 13-0 and only get 4 hits as a team. We slip to 11-18 as a team. I go 0-3 with a walk. If we continue to bat like this we could be on the end of some very horrible scorelines going forward as the team just cannot buy a run or even a hit.

We will face the Express again tomorrow and I am going to have to help trying to raise the teams morale after another thumping loss.

03-02-2018, 08:57 AM	#40
amead17 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 9,280	20th July 2017 We have travelled the 480 or so miles from Tuscaloosa to Lake Charles over night to face the Express in their home stadium. We are hoping that to shake off the dismal performance of yesterday and try for the win today. The manager has decided to go with the following line up for the first game of the series. SS Angelo Mendoza CF Chris Severson DH Steve Bielecki 3B Joshua Mills 2B Casey McCauley RF Tanner Rice 1B Chris LaBuff Catcher Tomas Ayala LF Jose Becerra On the mound today is Matt Hood. Hood has probably been our best pitcher this year so far after getting a 1-1 records from 5 starts. Hopefully we can help him build on that record today. Top of the first and Mendoza will lead off. Mendoza picks up strike out number 20 for the season to begin the game. We then suffer a big blow as Severson is hit by a pitch in the shoulder. The trainer has him taken out of the game. Hopefully it is not serious with Palin already out for the season. Queen takes Seversons place at first base. Bielecki hits a looper out to right field to be out number 2. This brings me in for my first go of the game. I get one to go along the ground but straight to Short where they go to second base and tag Queen out for the end of the inning. Bottom of the first and Hood faces Blodgett up first. Blodgett gets to a full count then gets one to go out to centre field and in for a base hit. Hood gets Brittain to strike out for the first. Roethler is up next and gets one out to the centre wall for a double. This sees Blodgett round to third. Hood uses a fast ball to get Pena to strike out for number 2. We then have a disaster in the field as Gilberds hits to Mendoza at short. Mendoza fires the ball to LaBuff at first but it is in the dirt and then skips out of the field of play. This allows Blodgett and Roethler to score while Gilberds moves to second. We end the inning 2 runs behind as Wedlow is caught at second by McCauley. We trail 2-0 Top of the second and McCauley is starting first. McCauley gets a good start as he gets one out to the left corner for a double. Rice puts one out to centre field but sees it fall into the glove of the fielder. LaBuff comes in and gets a nice base hit out to the left line that sees McCauley move to third just as rain starts to fall. We go no further as Ayala hits one straight to second that gets turned into a double play to end the inning. Bottom of the second and we give another double up to start an inning as Tennant gets one to the centre wall as Queen cannot quite reach. Becerra gets Reich on the fly down the left field line for the first out. Shang goes down swinging for number 2. Tennant is stranded as we get Blodgett on a pop up fly over the infield with a McCauley catch. 2-0 for the Express Top of the third and Becerra becomes our first out as he hits a grounder straight back to the pitcher. Mendoza is given a walk to make base. Mendoza then gets caught stealing on a Queen strike for the second out. Queen then goes down swinging to end the inning. Bottom of the third and Brittain begins for the Express as the rain ends. Brittain gets a walk. Roethler hits one out to centre that Queen manages to get to for the first out. I get into the defensive action and start a double play that ends the inning as Pena hits my way. Game stays 2-0 in the favour of the Express. Top of the fourth and Bielecki goes first for us. Bielecki hits a grounder to first but cannot beat the fielder so is out. I come in with the bases empty. I go down swinging on 3 strikes. McCauley follows me with another strike out to end the inning. Bottom of the fourth and Hood faces Gilberds for the second time. Gilberds picks up a base hit out to short centre to get the Express going. Our poor outfield fielding continues as Wedlow gets one down in right field and turns it into a double with Gilberds going to third. Ayala misses one from Hood when facing Tennant and it allows Gilberds to score, moving Wedlow to third. We give up a second run when Tennant grounds out to first but allows Wedlow to score. Reich grounds out to second for the second out of the inning. Queen takes Shang in centre field to end the inning but we now trail 4-0. Top of the fifth but we still don't get going as Rice strikes out. LaBuff grounds out to third and Ayala grounds to short to see a very quick 1, 2, 3 for us. Bottom of the fifth and we get Blodgett out on a little flare to right field that Rice takes. Brittain grounds out to first for the second out. Roethler then strikes out to make the fifth a very quick inning. We still trail 4-0. Top of the sixth and we start with a Becerra strike out to keep the quick procession up. Mendoza strikes out as well. We finally get base hit number 3 as Queen gets one to go out to centre field missing the fielder. Bielecki comes in facing a new pitcher and he hits a fly ball out to right that the fielder takes to end the inning. Bottom of the sixth and Hood continues by facing Pena. Pena is hit by a Hood pitch and they have a few words as Pena moves to first base. Hood gets pulled and the manager sends in Nick Hill. Hill gives Gilberds a walk first up allowing Pena to go to second. Hill gets Wedlow to strike out. We see the lead go further away from us as Tennant gets one to go over Queens head in centre field to the wall for a double. This scores Pena and sees Gilberds to third. Reich cannot get one past McCauley who dives from second to take the catch for out number 2. Queen makes an error on one that lands in front of him giving Shang a double and allowing both Gilberds and Tennant to score as our game falls apart. We finally get out of the inning as Blodgett grounds to Mendoza for the final out. We now trail 7-0 and are heading for another big loss with no batting. Top of the seventh and I am coming in just looking to get a hit for myself after seeing the team start to fall apart in the sixth. I am given a walk. I am then out on the next play as McCauley hits into a double play straight to short. Rice strikes out to end the inning. Bottom of the seventh and Brittain starts up first. Hill gets him to strike out for the first out. Roethler gets a base hit to short left centre. Mendoza gets Pena on the fly at short for out number 2. I get the inning to end with a sharp pick up from a Gilberds grounder that I send to second to get Roethler. We still trail 7-0. Top of the eighth and we start with LaBuff. LaBuff grounds out to first. Ayala then strikes out as we continue to really struggle. Becerra grounds out to first to see another very quick inning for us. Bottom of the eighth and we give up another double in the outfield as Wedlow gets one past Rice on the right side. Wedlow moves to third as Tennant also gets a base hit out to the right field side. We give up an 8th run as Reich gets one to go past second for a base hit. Wedlow scores and Tennant moves to second. Shang flies out to left for the first out. Tennant moves to third and Reich to second as I get Blodgett on a ground out over to first. Another run scores as we cannot get the infield grounder by Brittain to first in time for the out. Tennant scores and Reich is at third. Our inning and game then goes from disaster to complete abysmal shambles as Hill gives a nice one to Roethler that he smacks beyond the right field fence to score 3 runs. Queen then makes another error as he cannot catch an easy fly ball from Pena who gets a double off the end of Queens glove. Gilberds gets a base hit to left field that sees Pena to third. Our disaster inning then continues as Wedlow gets a base hit out to left field that sees Pena score and Gilberds to second. We finally get the inning over when Tennant grounds out to second but with 6 runs against us in the inning we now trail 13-0 going into the last. Top of the ninth and now the game is gone we suddenly find a hit as Mendoza gets one out to centre field. Pinch hitter Espinal strikes out. Bielecki also strikes out. I come in for go number 3. I strike out and the game is over. We lose a disaster of a game 13-0 and only get 4 hits as a team. We slip to 11-18 as a team. I go 0-3 with a walk. If we continue to bat like this we could be on the end of some very horrible scorelines going forward as the team just cannot buy a run or even a hit. We will face the Express again tomorrow and I am going to have to help trying to raise the teams morale after another thumping loss.