[Denny Lemaster]

Frustrating or promising? Reasons for optimism or pessimism? I’m not totally sure what the take away from this first series.

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Cullie Kronholm was the most consistent pitcher in the spring, and he continued that work into the regular season. A solo shot and double from Inveringham Fell’s Marlin Hotham being the blackest marks in Kronholm’s ledger. Kronholm had pitched, in the old cliché, good enough to win-striking out 6, walking 2 and allowing 5 hits in 7.1 innings pitched.

The offense just wasn’t there however. Both runs we scored were the results of the Blitz’s fielding miscues rather than our offensive proficiency. Our defense saved us a couple times, turning 3 double plays and cutting down a runner at the plate.

In the 11^th, it was Marlin Hotham’s bat which doomed us. His leadoff double, followed by Vance Yantis’s double provided the winning run.

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Game 2 was another tightly fought contest. Starter Tedd Della Pietro was in the strike zone in his 5+ innings of work-9 hits and 7 strike outs. I pulled him in the 6^th, after he allowed the second Blitz run. The 4 relievers used (Cooling-Leitzel-Peden-Medenwaldt) shut out Inveringham Fell down for the next 8 innings.

In the 8^th inning, we put together the first instance of sustained offense of the season. Duwen Harel doubled in a run and Odell Mowday’s sacrifice fly chased in the other.

The next few innings were a mix of close calls and 1-2-3. Inveringham Fell left the bases loaded in the 10^th and 13^th, while we left them loaded in the 9^th. Finally, in the bottom of the 13^th we loaded them again with only 1 out. Rafael MacShannahan was able to loft a fly ball long enough to score the winning run.

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The final game was a mix for us. Starter Reek Bossie allowed 4 hits to start the game and we never really could get back into the game. With our bullpen exhausted, I brought in Bobby Shawn, who is slated to be our 4^th starter. I could afford to do so with the next day being an off day. Shawn gave us 5 shutout innings with 7 strike outs (and 3 walks) to keep us close. But the offense was still stuck in the mud.

Mid East	W	L	PCT	GB		Batting Average	.224 - 90th		Earned Run Average	2.73 - 26th
Wrongettin Temple Crusaders	3	0	1.000	-		On-Base Percentage	.273 - 95th		Starters' ERA	4.70 - 62nd
Dinaminstry Eagles	3	0	1.000	-		Slugging Percentage	.259 - 100th		Bullpen ERA	1.02 - 31st
Belmer Crusaders	3	0	1.000	-		On-Base + Slugging	.532 - 101st		Runs allowed	11 - tied for 33rd
Stormbumton Cherokees	2	1	0.667	1		Runs Scored	8 - tied for 84th		Hits allowed	38 - tied for 94th
Shipenden Rams	2	1	0.667	1		Hits	26 - tied for 64th		Opponents AVG	.295 - 73rd
Pitdon Titans	2	1	0.667	1		Extra-Base Hits	4 - tied for 94th		BABIP	.374 - 96th
Impsfolly Hill Seals	1	2	0.333	2		Home Runs	0 - tied for 85th		Home Runs allowed	1 - tied for 21st
Holmworth Mount Samurai	0	3	0.000	3		Bases-On-Balls	8 - tied for 71st		Bases-On-Balls	13 - tied for 82nd
						Strikeouts	13 - tied for 30th		Strikeouts	29 - 1st
						Stolen Bases	1 - tied for 33rd