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amead17 · 03-22-2018, 01:02 PM

I am back. I have re-joined the team ready to get my season back on track. I have replaced Chris Severson who has been moved onto the DL with his wrist tendinitis. The Black Cats have also demoted Ray Petty back to the Rookie level and sent us Gene Pickup again from the AAA Tulsa Aggies.

We are on the road against the Dothan Oilers for the start of a 3 game series and the manager went with the following line up for the first game.

2B Casey McCauley
RF Cooper Houghton
3B Joshua Mills
DH Chis LaBuff
SS Steve Bielecki
1B Scot Noftall
LF Chris LaVacca
Catcher Josh Pittman
CF Jose Becerra

On the mound for us today is Danny Burns. He had a no decision in his first start for us and goes for his second start today.

Top of the first and Casey McCauley is leading off. McCAuley grounds out to second base for the first out off the game. Houghton puts up a soft pop up in the infield to be out number 2. This brings me up for my first at bat since returning from injury. I get a solid piece of one and it falls safe in centre field for a base hit. I then move up to second base as LaBuff puts a soft one into short left centre for the second base hit of the game. The teams problems with hits and no runs continues as Bielecki then goes down swinging to strand myself and LaBuff on base.

Bottom of the first and the Oilers start with Bedlecom. We do not start well on defence as Bedlecom gets one into left field for a base hit. Bedlecom his first steal of the year as Pittman cannot get the ball to second in time. Purcell is struck out by Burns for out number 1. Pittman continues to struggle to find his range as Bedlecom steals another base from a Marsh Strike. Marsh then strikes out. Burns then manages to get Cheatom to strike out to strand Bedlecom on third. The game is tied 0-0.

Top of the second and we will lead off with Noftall. Noftall gets a bouncing ball to go past short and out to the out field for a base hit. LaVacca cannot move Noftall on as he hits a high one out to right field where it is caught. Pittman smacks one out to right field for a base hit that sees Noftall round second and run for third. No throw is made. Becerra becomes out number 2 as he pops one up to the short stop. McCauley is in for his second go of the game and he gets one out to left field where it falls in for a base hit. Noftall scores and Pittman moves to second. Houghton is up next but goes down swinging to end the inning. We lead the game 1-0.

Bottom of the second and Burns is facing Moncada. Moncada takes it to a full count but is struck out as he fails to hold up. Blalark pops one up to the right foul area that Noftall takes for out number 2. Pittman then catches Stodolka in left foul territory to end the inning. We still lead 1-0.

Top of the third and I am leading the inning off. I hit a soft one out to right field but it is caught to make me the first out of the inning. LaBuff then sees his attempt down the right line drift foul and caught by the right fielder. Bielecki then sends a grounder straight to second to be out number 3.

Bottom of the third and Burns will face Hinton first up. Hinton sends one to first base where Noftall makes the tag for the out. Sena gives McCauley and easy pop up over the infield to make it 2 out. Bedlecom then puts a grounder to Bielecki at short to be out number 3. We still lead 1-0.

Top of the fourth and up for us is Noftall. Noftall gets his second single of the game as he puts one out to right field. LaVacca backs Noftall up nicely with a single into centre field. This allows Noftall to round second and take third. Pittman is the first out of the inning after his fly ball out to short left. Becerra strikes out to become the second out. McCauley also strikes out stranding Noftall and LaVacca.

Bottom of the fourth and Purcell is the first to face Burns. I get my first defensive action since injury as he grounds towards me and I send it to first for the easy out. Marsh grounds out to short for number 2. Cheatom also puts a ground ball towards short but he beats the throw to get an infield base hit. Moncada gets a walk on a full count moving Cheatom to second. Blalark then sends a long one out to centre field and it looked to all in the stadium that it was going to be a homer until it held up in the wind and fell into Becerra's glove as he stretched for it. We remain 1-0 up after 4.

Top of the fifth and we will be leading off with Houghton. Houghton tries to get one up the middle but a diving catch by the second baseman stops that play. I come in next looking to add to my hit in the first. I swing and miss to get my first strike out of the game. LaBuff puts one out to short left centre that falls in for a base hit. Bielecki gets one to short centre for a base hit sending LaBuff to second. Noftall cannot make it 3 out of 3 as his hit to short centre is caught after some hustle by the centre fielder. We end the inning with 2 more base runners stranded.

Bottom of the fifth and Burns will continue against Stodolka. Stodolka is out number 1 as a deep ball to centre is taken by Becerra. Hinton puts a little grounder towards first that Noftall has to rush to get. He picks it up and sends it to the covering Burns for the out. I make the third out as Sena puts a ground ball towards the left hall. I pick it up and send it to first in time to get the out. We still lead 1-0.

Top of the sixth and LaVacca will be our lead off. LaVacca shows how its done as he doubles our lead with a solo homer of 353 feet. Pittman is in facing a new Oilers pitcher. Pittman goes down swinging for the first out. Becerra then gets a walk to make base. McCauley gets one to go down the left line that the left fielder has to struggle to get. This gives him a double. Becerra takes his chance and rounds third and pushes for home to score our third run of the game. Houghton gets a good piece of a pitch and sends the ball to the centre field wall. This allows McCauley to run for home while Houghton has himself a double. The run scoring sees me come in next to try and keep things going. I am facing a new pitcher. I get a good shot out to left field where it falls safe. Houghton rounds third and easily makes it home. I run for second and beat the throw on the slide for a double. LaBuff comes in next and he gets a single out to centre field. I round third and go for home. There is no throw and I score my first run after my injury. LaBuff moves to second on a wild pitch. LaBuff then moves to third as Bielecki puts a long fly ball out to right field where he is caught. Noftall sees the inning end when he strikes out stranding LaBuff at third. We have stretched our lead very well in the inning as we are now up 6-0.

Bottom of the sixth and Burns gets to go again. Bedlecom is up first and he sends a line drive straight back to Burns who makes the catch. The game ends for Burns on the next hitter as he gives Purcell a walk. Burns looks to have hurt his arm and the trainer takes him out of the game. Jesus Nunez replaces Burns. Marsh is the first batter he faces and he is out in Left Field caught by LaVacca. Cheatom becomes Nunez's first strike out of the game as we end the inning still with a 6-0 lead.

Top of the seventh and LaVacca leads off. After his homer last time up he fails this time, striking out. Pittman sends a grounder back to the mound to be out at first. Becerra strikes out to see us have a fast inning after our long one last time up.

Bottom of the seventh and Nunez will continue. Moncada is his first victim as he strikes out on a full count. Our pitching injury woes deepen as Nunez also leaves the game with a shoulder injury. Pickup gets the call to come in to pitch next. Blalark is first to face him but grounds out to short. Stodolka is up next but his small grounder towards left sees me rush in to pick it up and throw all in one motion to just get the ball to the bag before him to end the inning. We still lead 6-0.

McCauley will be our lead off at the top of the eighth. McCauley is the first out as the pitcher gets him to swing and miss. Houghton also swings and misses a bad one to be struck out. This brings me up for my 5th at bat of the game. I get a piece of the pitch but send it to the short stop who sees me out at first with the throw.

Bottom of the eighth and Pickup will get to continue. Hinton goes in first against him but can only send a fly ball out to Becerra in Centre field for the first out. Pickup gets his first strike out as Sena goes down swinging. Bedlecom is out number 3 as we take the team shut out into the ninth on a return grounder to Pickup. We lead 6-0.

Top of the ninth and we lead off with LaBuff. LaBuffs high infield pop up is taken by the second baseman for out number 1. Bielecki grounds out to short for out number 2. Noftall then strikes out to end our regulation 9 innings with the bat.

Bottom of the ninth and we continue with Pickup to try and close out the game without a run against us. Purcell is up first and Pickup gives him a walk. Marsh becomes out number 1 as his line drive is taken by LaVacca in left field. Becerra then keeps the shut out alive by hustling over to deep left centre to catch one from Cheatom. Moncada comes in and puts one up out to right field but substitute fielder Mares gets under it and we get the shut out.

We win 6-0 and it is our best win for a while. Seems that I had a good game back after injury as well as I went 2-5 with an RBI and a run scored along with a double. Danny Burns got the win and the player of the game honours.

We are now 16-28 and facing the Oilers again tomorrow. Hopefully we can weather the reactions from them to this loss and come out winners again.

03-22-2018, 01:02 PM	#56
amead17 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 9,275	7th August 2017 I am back. I have re-joined the team ready to get my season back on track. I have replaced Chris Severson who has been moved onto the DL with his wrist tendinitis. The Black Cats have also demoted Ray Petty back to the Rookie level and sent us Gene Pickup again from the AAA Tulsa Aggies. We are on the road against the Dothan Oilers for the start of a 3 game series and the manager went with the following line up for the first game. 2B Casey McCauley RF Cooper Houghton 3B Joshua Mills DH Chis LaBuff SS Steve Bielecki 1B Scot Noftall LF Chris LaVacca Catcher Josh Pittman CF Jose Becerra On the mound for us today is Danny Burns. He had a no decision in his first start for us and goes for his second start today. Top of the first and Casey McCauley is leading off. McCAuley grounds out to second base for the first out off the game. Houghton puts up a soft pop up in the infield to be out number 2. This brings me up for my first at bat since returning from injury. I get a solid piece of one and it falls safe in centre field for a base hit. I then move up to second base as LaBuff puts a soft one into short left centre for the second base hit of the game. The teams problems with hits and no runs continues as Bielecki then goes down swinging to strand myself and LaBuff on base. Bottom of the first and the Oilers start with Bedlecom. We do not start well on defence as Bedlecom gets one into left field for a base hit. Bedlecom his first steal of the year as Pittman cannot get the ball to second in time. Purcell is struck out by Burns for out number 1. Pittman continues to struggle to find his range as Bedlecom steals another base from a Marsh Strike. Marsh then strikes out. Burns then manages to get Cheatom to strike out to strand Bedlecom on third. The game is tied 0-0. Top of the second and we will lead off with Noftall. Noftall gets a bouncing ball to go past short and out to the out field for a base hit. LaVacca cannot move Noftall on as he hits a high one out to right field where it is caught. Pittman smacks one out to right field for a base hit that sees Noftall round second and run for third. No throw is made. Becerra becomes out number 2 as he pops one up to the short stop. McCauley is in for his second go of the game and he gets one out to left field where it falls in for a base hit. Noftall scores and Pittman moves to second. Houghton is up next but goes down swinging to end the inning. We lead the game 1-0. Bottom of the second and Burns is facing Moncada. Moncada takes it to a full count but is struck out as he fails to hold up. Blalark pops one up to the right foul area that Noftall takes for out number 2. Pittman then catches Stodolka in left foul territory to end the inning. We still lead 1-0. Top of the third and I am leading the inning off. I hit a soft one out to right field but it is caught to make me the first out of the inning. LaBuff then sees his attempt down the right line drift foul and caught by the right fielder. Bielecki then sends a grounder straight to second to be out number 3. Bottom of the third and Burns will face Hinton first up. Hinton sends one to first base where Noftall makes the tag for the out. Sena gives McCauley and easy pop up over the infield to make it 2 out. Bedlecom then puts a grounder to Bielecki at short to be out number 3. We still lead 1-0. Top of the fourth and up for us is Noftall. Noftall gets his second single of the game as he puts one out to right field. LaVacca backs Noftall up nicely with a single into centre field. This allows Noftall to round second and take third. Pittman is the first out of the inning after his fly ball out to short left. Becerra strikes out to become the second out. McCauley also strikes out stranding Noftall and LaVacca. Bottom of the fourth and Purcell is the first to face Burns. I get my first defensive action since injury as he grounds towards me and I send it to first for the easy out. Marsh grounds out to short for number 2. Cheatom also puts a ground ball towards short but he beats the throw to get an infield base hit. Moncada gets a walk on a full count moving Cheatom to second. Blalark then sends a long one out to centre field and it looked to all in the stadium that it was going to be a homer until it held up in the wind and fell into Becerra's glove as he stretched for it. We remain 1-0 up after 4. Top of the fifth and we will be leading off with Houghton. Houghton tries to get one up the middle but a diving catch by the second baseman stops that play. I come in next looking to add to my hit in the first. I swing and miss to get my first strike out of the game. LaBuff puts one out to short left centre that falls in for a base hit. Bielecki gets one to short centre for a base hit sending LaBuff to second. Noftall cannot make it 3 out of 3 as his hit to short centre is caught after some hustle by the centre fielder. We end the inning with 2 more base runners stranded. Bottom of the fifth and Burns will continue against Stodolka. Stodolka is out number 1 as a deep ball to centre is taken by Becerra. Hinton puts a little grounder towards first that Noftall has to rush to get. He picks it up and sends it to the covering Burns for the out. I make the third out as Sena puts a ground ball towards the left hall. I pick it up and send it to first in time to get the out. We still lead 1-0. Top of the sixth and LaVacca will be our lead off. LaVacca shows how its done as he doubles our lead with a solo homer of 353 feet. Pittman is in facing a new Oilers pitcher. Pittman goes down swinging for the first out. Becerra then gets a walk to make base. McCauley gets one to go down the left line that the left fielder has to struggle to get. This gives him a double. Becerra takes his chance and rounds third and pushes for home to score our third run of the game. Houghton gets a good piece of a pitch and sends the ball to the centre field wall. This allows McCauley to run for home while Houghton has himself a double. The run scoring sees me come in next to try and keep things going. I am facing a new pitcher. I get a good shot out to left field where it falls safe. Houghton rounds third and easily makes it home. I run for second and beat the throw on the slide for a double. LaBuff comes in next and he gets a single out to centre field. I round third and go for home. There is no throw and I score my first run after my injury. LaBuff moves to second on a wild pitch. LaBuff then moves to third as Bielecki puts a long fly ball out to right field where he is caught. Noftall sees the inning end when he strikes out stranding LaBuff at third. We have stretched our lead very well in the inning as we are now up 6-0. Bottom of the sixth and Burns gets to go again. Bedlecom is up first and he sends a line drive straight back to Burns who makes the catch. The game ends for Burns on the next hitter as he gives Purcell a walk. Burns looks to have hurt his arm and the trainer takes him out of the game. Jesus Nunez replaces Burns. Marsh is the first batter he faces and he is out in Left Field caught by LaVacca. Cheatom becomes Nunez's first strike out of the game as we end the inning still with a 6-0 lead. Top of the seventh and LaVacca leads off. After his homer last time up he fails this time, striking out. Pittman sends a grounder back to the mound to be out at first. Becerra strikes out to see us have a fast inning after our long one last time up. Bottom of the seventh and Nunez will continue. Moncada is his first victim as he strikes out on a full count. Our pitching injury woes deepen as Nunez also leaves the game with a shoulder injury. Pickup gets the call to come in to pitch next. Blalark is first to face him but grounds out to short. Stodolka is up next but his small grounder towards left sees me rush in to pick it up and throw all in one motion to just get the ball to the bag before him to end the inning. We still lead 6-0. McCauley will be our lead off at the top of the eighth. McCauley is the first out as the pitcher gets him to swing and miss. Houghton also swings and misses a bad one to be struck out. This brings me up for my 5th at bat of the game. I get a piece of the pitch but send it to the short stop who sees me out at first with the throw. Bottom of the eighth and Pickup will get to continue. Hinton goes in first against him but can only send a fly ball out to Becerra in Centre field for the first out. Pickup gets his first strike out as Sena goes down swinging. Bedlecom is out number 3 as we take the team shut out into the ninth on a return grounder to Pickup. We lead 6-0. Top of the ninth and we lead off with LaBuff. LaBuffs high infield pop up is taken by the second baseman for out number 1. Bielecki grounds out to short for out number 2. Noftall then strikes out to end our regulation 9 innings with the bat. Bottom of the ninth and we continue with Pickup to try and close out the game without a run against us. Purcell is up first and Pickup gives him a walk. Marsh becomes out number 1 as his line drive is taken by LaVacca in left field. Becerra then keeps the shut out alive by hustling over to deep left centre to catch one from Cheatom. Moncada comes in and puts one up out to right field but substitute fielder Mares gets under it and we get the shut out. We win 6-0 and it is our best win for a while. Seems that I had a good game back after injury as well as I went 2-5 with an RBI and a run scored along with a double. Danny Burns got the win and the player of the game honours. We are now 16-28 and facing the Oilers again tomorrow. Hopefully we can weather the reactions from them to this loss and come out winners again.