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amead17 · 03-03-2018, 01:50 PM

Today we play the Lake Charles Express for game 2 of the 3 game series. We are just hoping to manage to get some hits today after our last 2 games saw us not score a run and only get 7 hits for the whole ball club.

Seversons injury was not a bad as first feared and he is d.t.d for a few days. This didn't stop the Black Cats from making a minor change. They promoted pitcher Nick Hill back to the Triple A Tulsa Aggies after only a couple of days with us and sent Left Fielder Cooper Houghton down from the Single A Erie Phantoms to help our batting. Houghton was my first room mate before he got promoted preseason so I know him a little bit.

Houghton gets an immediate start as the manager goes for the following line up today.

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

Pitching for us today is Tyler Crostic. Crostic had a 3-1 record for the team this year and only gave up 2 hits in his last outing against the Express on the 24th June. We are hoping he can have the same type of game today.

Top of the first and Mendoza gets to lead off. Mendoza gets to take a base on a walk for the start of the game. McCauley then gets strike out number 20 for the year as he goes down swinging. Bielecki also strikes out to mean I am up to try and help get the first hit for the team. I get bat on ball but fire straight to second for a ground out that see the side retired.

Bottom of the first and Crostic starts by giving Blodgett a walk. I get a an infield pop up from Gilberds that lands nicely in my glove for the first out. We fall behind again as De Regt gets one out to centre field that lands wide of Severson for a double. Blodgett rounds third and makes home without a throw. De Regt moves to third after Wedlow sees a long one to right centre fall into the glove of Severson for out number 2. Potts tries a little one that rolls towards second McCauley charges in and makes the pick up that gets the out at first and ends the inning with the Express leading 1-0.

Top of the second and Houghton is up for his first bat for us. It doesn't go well as he joins the strike out club and goes down swinging. Severson also strikes out for our fourth of the day. Out first hit of the day comes from a Rice roller towards third. He makes first base without being challenged by the throw from third. Ayala then strikes out to leave Rice stranded and our batting woes continue.

Bottom of the second and Crostic is facing Brittain. We manage to get Brittain as Becerra at first manages to cover the hole and pick up the grounder for the tag at first. Crostic then gives Crager a base hit to left centre after building a full count. We give up another base hit as Severson cannot reach one at short centre. Reich gets on base and Crager moves to second. Bellefeuille moves Reich to second and Crager to third after grounding out to Mendoza at short. We get lucky as Blodgett sends a grounder straight back to Crostic on the mound for the final out of the inning that leaves the score 1-0 in the Express' favour.

Top of the third and Becerra is our lead off. Becerra becomes the sixth of 9 batters to strike out as we get a serious case of the swing and miss ball. Mendoza follows up with strike out number 7 to see our second out. McCauley makes it 3 in the inning and 8 overall as we go down 1, 2, 3.

Bottom of the third and Crostic will face Gilberds. Gilberds gets one to fall in to short left for a base hit. Gilberds moves to second as De Regt grounds out to McCauley at second. Wedlow puts a pop up over McCauley at second for out number 2. We get the inning ended as Potts grounds out to Mendoza at short stop.

Top of the fourth and we really need to get control of our bats. Bielecki finally gets bat on ball and it drops into centre field for a base hit. I am up next trying to get my game turned around. I catch the swing and miss bug as I become strike out number 9. We finally break our duck as Houghton shows why he has been at single a level before today. He connects with one that goes down the right line falling safe before drifting over to foul territory. This gives Bielecki time to round third and run home to score. Houghton turns his hit into an RBI Double. Severson becomes strike out number 10 for the Express starter as we continue to give him easy outs. Rice ends the inning with an easy return grounder to the pitcher that sees him tagged at first. We have tied the game up at 1-1.

Bottom of the fourth and Brittain will be first to face Crostic. Brittain starts the inning with a base hit to left field. Crager gets a grounder out to second. McCauley fields and tags at second before attempting the double play at first. Crager beats the throw to be safe. We get Brittain but not Crager. I get a nice catch from Reich up next as he tries to find the left side. Bellefeuille smacks one into right field that lands for a base hit. Crager moves to third. Crostic gets Blodgett to go down swinging and end the inning with the score still tied at 1-1.

Top of the fifth and Ayala comes up first. Ayala gets a hard one out to deep left centre that lands safe. He goes for 2 and beats the throw with a head first slide. Becerra keeps our strong strike out progress going as he becomes number 11 of the game. Mendoza gets an intentional walk to move on base. McCauley hits out to right field but finds the fielder for out number 2. The bases become loaded as Bielecki gets a walk moving Ayala to third and Mendoza to second. I am up next and if ever I needed a hit it was now to help the team. I am facing a new pitcher. I cannot make contact and am struck out for the second time to strand 3 players on base.

Bottom of the fifth and we replace Crostic with Jesus Nunez on the mound. Gilberds is first up but hits a line drive towards McCauley who grabs the catch. De Regt fires a long one out to right field but Houghton manages to get under it for the second out. Wedlow puts one up towards right that drifts foul and Houghton gets the catch to end the inning and leave the score tied at 1-1.

Top of the sixth and Houghton is our lead off man. Houghton strikes out as we keep going down swinging. Severson gets a grounder towards third but it is quickly fired to first and the out. Rice then strikes out to make our inning quickly over.

Bottom of the sixth and Nunez continues to Potts. He gets him to strike out. Brittain puts a grounder out towards first that Becerra picks up but then makes a bad throw to Nunez at first allowing Brittain to make base. Crager puts one out towards McCauley at second. He picks it up and gets the ball to second base to tag Brittain. There is no throw for the double play and Crager is safe at first. We fall behind again as Reich gets one out to the right corner that falls in for a double. Crager makes the run for home. We fall further behind as Bellfeuille gets one to land in front of Houghton in right field. Reich scampers from second to home base for the 3rd Express run. Nunez gets pulled for Jose Juarez. Blodgett grounds to Mendoza at short and that ends the inning when he is tagged at first. We are now losing 3-1.

Top of the seventh and Ayala is our first batter. Ayala gets his second hit of the game as the ball bounces off the end if the left fielders glove to land safe. Becerra gives a soft fly out to centre field for out number 1 of the inning. We are retired as Mendoza grounds into a double play at third. That sees both himself and Ayala out.

Bottom of the seventh with Juarez continuing. Juarez gets Gilberds to strike out. De regt then gets one out to left field for a base hit. Juarez then puts one on a plate for Wedlow that he gets to go 431 feet and score a 2 run homer. Juarez gets pulled and Dashawn McKinzy comes in. Potts is the first to face McKinzy and goes down swinging. Brittain then puts a little pop up out to second to see the side retired but move into a 5-1 lead over us Wasps.

Top of the eighth and we need to find something if we are to get anything from the game. McCauley is up first and manages to get 1 back as he hits a bad ball 389 feet for a solo home run. Bielecki then gets a line drive out to centre field to fall in for a base hit. This brings me up to bat but I continue my very poor form as I strike out again. Houghton also strikes out for the second. We end up with only the one run as Severson grounds out to short. Game score now 5-2 in the Express favour.

Bottom of the eighth and McKinzy will continue. Crager is up first and McKinzy loses one to ping Crager and give him a base. Crager moves to second on a Reich bunt that sees Reich out at first. McKinzy loses another one and hits Bellfeuille to give up another base. McKinzy is pulled and Cesar Arocho comes in. Arocho gets Blodgett to strike out. Arocho is pulled and Donte Conston is sent in. We get the inning over as Conston gets Gilberds to strike out. Score still 5-2

Top of the ninth and we need something big to get back in the game. Rice is up first facing the Express closer. Rice goes down swinging for the first out. Ayala also strikes out as we seem to be struggling. Becerra ends the game with an infield pop up that the pitcher catches.

We lose another game, this time 5-2. Our batting was slightly better with 6 hits and 2 runs but my own personal form goes backwards with 0-4 and 3 strike outs. I also left 6 people on base.

Tomorrow sees the final game of the series in Lake Charles and we just have to hope we can get it together for at least 1 win. I myself need to seriously look at my batting as I fall back to .217 as an average.

03-03-2018, 01:50 PM	#41
amead17 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 9,275	21st July 2017 Today we play the Lake Charles Express for game 2 of the 3 game series. We are just hoping to manage to get some hits today after our last 2 games saw us not score a run and only get 7 hits for the whole ball club. Seversons injury was not a bad as first feared and he is d.t.d for a few days. This didn't stop the Black Cats from making a minor change. They promoted pitcher Nick Hill back to the Triple A Tulsa Aggies after only a couple of days with us and sent Left Fielder Cooper Houghton down from the Single A Erie Phantoms to help our batting. Houghton was my first room mate before he got promoted preseason so I know him a little bit. Houghton gets an immediate start as the manager goes for the following line up today. SS Angelo Mendoza 2B Casey McCauley DH Steve Bielecki 3B Joshua Mills RF Cooper Houghton CF Chris Severson LF Tanner Rice Catcher Tomas Ayala 1B Jose Becerra Pitching for us today is Tyler Crostic. Crostic had a 3-1 record for the team this year and only gave up 2 hits in his last outing against the Express on the 24th June. We are hoping he can have the same type of game today. Top of the first and Mendoza gets to lead off. Mendoza gets to take a base on a walk for the start of the game. McCauley then gets strike out number 20 for the year as he goes down swinging. Bielecki also strikes out to mean I am up to try and help get the first hit for the team. I get bat on ball but fire straight to second for a ground out that see the side retired. Bottom of the first and Crostic starts by giving Blodgett a walk. I get a an infield pop up from Gilberds that lands nicely in my glove for the first out. We fall behind again as De Regt gets one out to centre field that lands wide of Severson for a double. Blodgett rounds third and makes home without a throw. De Regt moves to third after Wedlow sees a long one to right centre fall into the glove of Severson for out number 2. Potts tries a little one that rolls towards second McCauley charges in and makes the pick up that gets the out at first and ends the inning with the Express leading 1-0. Top of the second and Houghton is up for his first bat for us. It doesn't go well as he joins the strike out club and goes down swinging. Severson also strikes out for our fourth of the day. Out first hit of the day comes from a Rice roller towards third. He makes first base without being challenged by the throw from third. Ayala then strikes out to leave Rice stranded and our batting woes continue. Bottom of the second and Crostic is facing Brittain. We manage to get Brittain as Becerra at first manages to cover the hole and pick up the grounder for the tag at first. Crostic then gives Crager a base hit to left centre after building a full count. We give up another base hit as Severson cannot reach one at short centre. Reich gets on base and Crager moves to second. Bellefeuille moves Reich to second and Crager to third after grounding out to Mendoza at short. We get lucky as Blodgett sends a grounder straight back to Crostic on the mound for the final out of the inning that leaves the score 1-0 in the Express' favour. Top of the third and Becerra is our lead off. Becerra becomes the sixth of 9 batters to strike out as we get a serious case of the swing and miss ball. Mendoza follows up with strike out number 7 to see our second out. McCauley makes it 3 in the inning and 8 overall as we go down 1, 2, 3. Bottom of the third and Crostic will face Gilberds. Gilberds gets one to fall in to short left for a base hit. Gilberds moves to second as De Regt grounds out to McCauley at second. Wedlow puts a pop up over McCauley at second for out number 2. We get the inning ended as Potts grounds out to Mendoza at short stop. Top of the fourth and we really need to get control of our bats. Bielecki finally gets bat on ball and it drops into centre field for a base hit. I am up next trying to get my game turned around. I catch the swing and miss bug as I become strike out number 9. We finally break our duck as Houghton shows why he has been at single a level before today. He connects with one that goes down the right line falling safe before drifting over to foul territory. This gives Bielecki time to round third and run home to score. Houghton turns his hit into an RBI Double. Severson becomes strike out number 10 for the Express starter as we continue to give him easy outs. Rice ends the inning with an easy return grounder to the pitcher that sees him tagged at first. We have tied the game up at 1-1. Bottom of the fourth and Brittain will be first to face Crostic. Brittain starts the inning with a base hit to left field. Crager gets a grounder out to second. McCauley fields and tags at second before attempting the double play at first. Crager beats the throw to be safe. We get Brittain but not Crager. I get a nice catch from Reich up next as he tries to find the left side. Bellefeuille smacks one into right field that lands for a base hit. Crager moves to third. Crostic gets Blodgett to go down swinging and end the inning with the score still tied at 1-1. Top of the fifth and Ayala comes up first. Ayala gets a hard one out to deep left centre that lands safe. He goes for 2 and beats the throw with a head first slide. Becerra keeps our strong strike out progress going as he becomes number 11 of the game. Mendoza gets an intentional walk to move on base. McCauley hits out to right field but finds the fielder for out number 2. The bases become loaded as Bielecki gets a walk moving Ayala to third and Mendoza to second. I am up next and if ever I needed a hit it was now to help the team. I am facing a new pitcher. I cannot make contact and am struck out for the second time to strand 3 players on base. Bottom of the fifth and we replace Crostic with Jesus Nunez on the mound. Gilberds is first up but hits a line drive towards McCauley who grabs the catch. De Regt fires a long one out to right field but Houghton manages to get under it for the second out. Wedlow puts one up towards right that drifts foul and Houghton gets the catch to end the inning and leave the score tied at 1-1. Top of the sixth and Houghton is our lead off man. Houghton strikes out as we keep going down swinging. Severson gets a grounder towards third but it is quickly fired to first and the out. Rice then strikes out to make our inning quickly over. Bottom of the sixth and Nunez continues to Potts. He gets him to strike out. Brittain puts a grounder out towards first that Becerra picks up but then makes a bad throw to Nunez at first allowing Brittain to make base. Crager puts one out towards McCauley at second. He picks it up and gets the ball to second base to tag Brittain. There is no throw for the double play and Crager is safe at first. We fall behind again as Reich gets one out to the right corner that falls in for a double. Crager makes the run for home. We fall further behind as Bellfeuille gets one to land in front of Houghton in right field. Reich scampers from second to home base for the 3rd Express run. Nunez gets pulled for Jose Juarez. Blodgett grounds to Mendoza at short and that ends the inning when he is tagged at first. We are now losing 3-1. Top of the seventh and Ayala is our first batter. Ayala gets his second hit of the game as the ball bounces off the end if the left fielders glove to land safe. Becerra gives a soft fly out to centre field for out number 1 of the inning. We are retired as Mendoza grounds into a double play at third. That sees both himself and Ayala out. Bottom of the seventh with Juarez continuing. Juarez gets Gilberds to strike out. De regt then gets one out to left field for a base hit. Juarez then puts one on a plate for Wedlow that he gets to go 431 feet and score a 2 run homer. Juarez gets pulled and Dashawn McKinzy comes in. Potts is the first to face McKinzy and goes down swinging. Brittain then puts a little pop up out to second to see the side retired but move into a 5-1 lead over us Wasps. Top of the eighth and we need to find something if we are to get anything from the game. McCauley is up first and manages to get 1 back as he hits a bad ball 389 feet for a solo home run. Bielecki then gets a line drive out to centre field to fall in for a base hit. This brings me up to bat but I continue my very poor form as I strike out again. Houghton also strikes out for the second. We end up with only the one run as Severson grounds out to short. Game score now 5-2 in the Express favour. Bottom of the eighth and McKinzy will continue. Crager is up first and McKinzy loses one to ping Crager and give him a base. Crager moves to second on a Reich bunt that sees Reich out at first. McKinzy loses another one and hits Bellfeuille to give up another base. McKinzy is pulled and Cesar Arocho comes in. Arocho gets Blodgett to strike out. Arocho is pulled and Donte Conston is sent in. We get the inning over as Conston gets Gilberds to strike out. Score still 5-2 Top of the ninth and we need something big to get back in the game. Rice is up first facing the Express closer. Rice goes down swinging for the first out. Ayala also strikes out as we seem to be struggling. Becerra ends the game with an infield pop up that the pitcher catches. We lose another game, this time 5-2. Our batting was slightly better with 6 hits and 2 runs but my own personal form goes backwards with 0-4 and 3 strike outs. I also left 6 people on base. Tomorrow sees the final game of the series in Lake Charles and we just have to hope we can get it together for at least 1 win. I myself need to seriously look at my batting as I fall back to .217 as an average.