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Game 1 of 9 - @ Blanchester Wild


I decided to leave the line-up as is, yet I dropped Agopsowicz who wasn't cutting it as a starter. Bobrowski pitched 107 only 4 days ago, yet was well rested and he played well in 5.1 innings. His 15th win came with 6 hits including 6 K's and 4 Walks. He tired quite early but I kept in for as many innings as possible.

I threw Agopsowicz in as a reliever and he did very well too. I probably could have kept him in for the 9th but Koivula is in a bit of a hot streak at the moment, so thought it would be silly to let somebody on a hot streak sit out the game.

Any fears I had on our Offense was quickly quashed in the first inning as we battered Burns all over the place before being pulled early. From there it was all us.

Wyndrowski picked up Player of the Game for his 3 Runs and 4 RBI performance which included a Triple. Four of our Runs came with 2 outs on the board, which pleases me.

The weakest played was Wuhl, who I pulled in the 7th for Puumalainen who also gave up his 3rd error of the season. I moved Ahonen to SS so Puumalainen could play 2nd, but thankfully the error didn't result in any runs conceded.

The result was great, but as the game progressed I kept an eye on the other games and kept my feelings in check. Gold Coast had beaten our fierce city rivals Black Island and Sandford City went down in 14 to Peanut Valley.



The Tigers result was frustrating, as I really want to close the gap, so we remain 3 behind with 8 games to go. Caron also won which drew them level with Blanchester at the top. The Wild will be keen to pull away again, so they will be fired up for our next meeting tomorrow.



We also received some good news, with CF Filip Tomaszewicz eligible to come of the disabled list. The 35-year old has spent his whole career at Megopolis, and is a bit of a fan favourite. In 121 games this season, the right hander is batting .175/.271/.365. It seems he struggles to make contact but when he does he hits extra bases with regularity (24 2B and 1 3B this season).

I can't see him featuring in my line-up but he could sit 6th or 7th, and replace Nigbor who isn't exactly firing on all cylinders at the moment.

Lehto is due up as our next starting pitcher, which doesn't fill me with confidence. I have a good Reliever in Jyrkainen ready to go and also Siedlmayer who looks as if he could do the business. Hopefully Lehto can pitch a few good innings so the relievers can come in a limit the damage.

Here's hoping.