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amead17 · 02-09-2018, 01:42 PM

Today we face the Hattiesburg Ospreys for the third time and there is quite a bit of trepidation in the room as we players try to figure out a way to beat them. Myself, I see it that we just need to play better in all aspects of the game and we may have a chance.

The loss of Gus Flores to a Oblique strain has hit our bullpen. He will be out for 7 days. The big club has tried to bolster that area by sending Gene Pickup down from the Single A Erie Phantoms.

The Manager has made a couple of changes to the line-up to freshen things up a little

Today sees the following players start

2B Angelo Mendoza
SS Steve Bielecki
3B Joshua Mills
DH Chris LaBuff
RF Pat Palin
1B Scott Noftall
LF Tanner Rice
Catcher Tomas Ayala
CF Jose Becerra

Today's pitcher is Eric Hinkley. He hasn't pitched for us yet this year but he has had 2 starts with the Rock Hill Ducks that saw him pitch 8.2 innings without a decision.

Top of the first and Hinkley doesn't start well as the first pitcher faced is hit by a pitch to give him a base. He gains control on the next batter as he strikes out Maytubby. He then gets White to strike out as well. He throws a wild pitch at Carder that sees Colombo advance to second but he is then stranded as Carder strikes out.

Bottom of the first and Mendoza grounds into short for the out. Bielecki strikes out next up to see me come to the plate to try and get our game going. Their pitcher fires in a nice one that is just in my hitting zone and I clobber it 343 feet over the left fence to bring in the first run of the game on a solo homer. LaBuff grounds to second to see us retired with a 1-0 lead from my home run.

Top of the second and Pickens grounds out to second. Thorstad tries a bunt but Noftall grabs it and fires to first for the out. Watts then flies out to Centre to end the Ospreys inning.

Bottom of the second and Pat Palin starts us off. He clubs a solid base hit out to left field. He decides to take on the throw and slides in to second to turn it into a double. Noftall hits an infield fly to give our first out of the inning. Rice flies out to centre field then Ayala strikes out to strand Palin at second. We still lead 1-0

Top of the third and Hinkley starts by getting Lecain to strike out. Bielecki gets Brundy on an infield fly to make it 2 outs. Colombo then comes up and slaps one to left centre but Bielecki makes a great lunge to snag the ball for the out.

Bottom of the third and Becerra starts us off tamely with a strike out. Mendoza hits a bouncer to third for the ground out. Bielecki then makes a solid hit to right field that sees a base hit made. This will bring me up for my second at bat of the day. I hit a high hopper to second that sees me out on the throw. I leave Bielecki stranded with the score remaining 1-0 in our favour.

Top of the fourth and Maytubby gets a base hit from a bunt. White then puts a base hit into left field to see Maytubby to second. Carder flies out to left field to keep the runner set. Pickens hits one out to the wall at centre field that sees Maytubby home and White to third after it comes up as a double. Thorstad then hits a double to the left wall that sees both White and Pickens score. We get Watts on the fly into right. Lecain then hits a single wide of me at third which sees Thorstad home. We manage to get Lecain on the steal attempt to finish the inning but we now trail 4-1 and it doesn't look good.

Bottom of the fourth and LaBuff flies out to left. Palin attempts to start a recovery with a base hit to right field. Noftall flies out to short centre. Rice manages to get a base hit to short right centre to move Palin to second. The inning then ends with 2 men stranded as Ayala hits a grounder to short that goes to second to tag Rice. We trail 4-1.

Top of the fifth and Ayala gets Brundy on a pop up into the right foul territory. Colombo makes a base hit just in front of Becerra in Centre Field. Palin gets Maytubby on the fly in right field. Colombo moves to second on a White single to left field. Carder then keeps his 13 game hitting streak alive by putting up a double to the right wall that sees Colombo score. The manager has seen enough and pulls Hinkley with Nick Thompson his replacement. White and Carder run for home on a Pickens single to crack the game wide open. We get Thorstad on the fly to end the inning but are now 7-1 behind and staring at another defeat.

Bottom of the fifth and Becerra gets a base hit. We need a few of those strung together to get into the game but Mendoza fires into a double play to see both himself and Becerra out. Bielecki then strikes out to end the inning with us down 7-1.

Top of the sixth and Thompson gets Watts to strike out. Lecain then gets a base hit out to short left centre. Lecain then steals second on a strike. Brundy gets struck out. We then get Colombo to strike out to end the inning.

Bottom of the sixth and I am leading off. I need to get us off to a good start. I get a solid hit single out to left field. The Ospreys change pitcher and the new guy gets LaBuff to strike out swinging. Palin follows up and he hits into a double play at short that sees both myself and him out. We continue to trail 7-1.

Top of the seventh and Maytubby flies out to Centre. White gives a catch to Palin in right field. Carder then picks up another base hit with a strong hit into right field. Pickens hits a curve ball my way and I field it and throw to second for the final out of the inning.

Bottom of the seventh and we start with a base hit from Noftall out to right field only to be out next batter up as Rice hits into another double play. Ayala gets a walk. Becerra ends the inning with a strike out and we continue to trail 7-1

Top of the eighth and Thompson gives Thorstad a walk. Becerra gets Watts on the fly with a lunging catch. Lecain goes down swinging. I then gather a solid grounder from Brundy and fire to first to end the Ospreys inning.

Bottom of the eighth and Mendoza is out first up with a slow roller to first. Bielecki then grounds out to Short to bring me in for my fourth attempt of the day. I strike out for the first time to end the inning and leave the score 7-1 in the Ospreys favour.

Top of the ninth and Colombo strikes out. Maytubby then rubs salt into our wounds by striking a solo homer 426 feet over the left centre wall. White grounds out to first. We then get Carder on the fly to centre to hopefully end the misery of facing Ospreys batters. We trail 8-1.

Bottom of the ninth to just end the game. Mascoll takes LaBuff on a pop up to the right foul territory. Palin gets a walk as does Noftall and we get our most players on base all game. Rice strikes out to bring up Ayala. Ayala pops one out to left centre that is taken on the fly to end the game.

We go down 8-1 and we were only ever in the game in the first couple of innings. We managed 8 hits to the Ospreys 12 but just couldn't turn them into runs. I myself went 2-4 with a home run that gave me a run and an RBI.

We are now starting to drop away at the bottom of the division on 4-9 and need something to get us going. We have a day off tomorrow so hopefully we can clear our heads before the trip to the Bossier City Rhinos the day after.

02-09-2018, 01:42 PM	#23
amead17 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 9,299	2nd July 2017 Today we face the Hattiesburg Ospreys for the third time and there is quite a bit of trepidation in the room as we players try to figure out a way to beat them. Myself, I see it that we just need to play better in all aspects of the game and we may have a chance. The loss of Gus Flores to a Oblique strain has hit our bullpen. He will be out for 7 days. The big club has tried to bolster that area by sending Gene Pickup down from the Single A Erie Phantoms. The Manager has made a couple of changes to the line-up to freshen things up a little Today sees the following players start 2B Angelo Mendoza SS Steve Bielecki 3B Joshua Mills DH Chris LaBuff RF Pat Palin 1B Scott Noftall LF Tanner Rice Catcher Tomas Ayala CF Jose Becerra Today's pitcher is Eric Hinkley. He hasn't pitched for us yet this year but he has had 2 starts with the Rock Hill Ducks that saw him pitch 8.2 innings without a decision. Top of the first and Hinkley doesn't start well as the first pitcher faced is hit by a pitch to give him a base. He gains control on the next batter as he strikes out Maytubby. He then gets White to strike out as well. He throws a wild pitch at Carder that sees Colombo advance to second but he is then stranded as Carder strikes out. Bottom of the first and Mendoza grounds into short for the out. Bielecki strikes out next up to see me come to the plate to try and get our game going. Their pitcher fires in a nice one that is just in my hitting zone and I clobber it 343 feet over the left fence to bring in the first run of the game on a solo homer. LaBuff grounds to second to see us retired with a 1-0 lead from my home run. Top of the second and Pickens grounds out to second. Thorstad tries a bunt but Noftall grabs it and fires to first for the out. Watts then flies out to Centre to end the Ospreys inning. Bottom of the second and Pat Palin starts us off. He clubs a solid base hit out to left field. He decides to take on the throw and slides in to second to turn it into a double. Noftall hits an infield fly to give our first out of the inning. Rice flies out to centre field then Ayala strikes out to strand Palin at second. We still lead 1-0 Top of the third and Hinkley starts by getting Lecain to strike out. Bielecki gets Brundy on an infield fly to make it 2 outs. Colombo then comes up and slaps one to left centre but Bielecki makes a great lunge to snag the ball for the out. Bottom of the third and Becerra starts us off tamely with a strike out. Mendoza hits a bouncer to third for the ground out. Bielecki then makes a solid hit to right field that sees a base hit made. This will bring me up for my second at bat of the day. I hit a high hopper to second that sees me out on the throw. I leave Bielecki stranded with the score remaining 1-0 in our favour. Top of the fourth and Maytubby gets a base hit from a bunt. White then puts a base hit into left field to see Maytubby to second. Carder flies out to left field to keep the runner set. Pickens hits one out to the wall at centre field that sees Maytubby home and White to third after it comes up as a double. Thorstad then hits a double to the left wall that sees both White and Pickens score. We get Watts on the fly into right. Lecain then hits a single wide of me at third which sees Thorstad home. We manage to get Lecain on the steal attempt to finish the inning but we now trail 4-1 and it doesn't look good. Bottom of the fourth and LaBuff flies out to left. Palin attempts to start a recovery with a base hit to right field. Noftall flies out to short centre. Rice manages to get a base hit to short right centre to move Palin to second. The inning then ends with 2 men stranded as Ayala hits a grounder to short that goes to second to tag Rice. We trail 4-1. Top of the fifth and Ayala gets Brundy on a pop up into the right foul territory. Colombo makes a base hit just in front of Becerra in Centre Field. Palin gets Maytubby on the fly in right field. Colombo moves to second on a White single to left field. Carder then keeps his 13 game hitting streak alive by putting up a double to the right wall that sees Colombo score. The manager has seen enough and pulls Hinkley with Nick Thompson his replacement. White and Carder run for home on a Pickens single to crack the game wide open. We get Thorstad on the fly to end the inning but are now 7-1 behind and staring at another defeat. Bottom of the fifth and Becerra gets a base hit. We need a few of those strung together to get into the game but Mendoza fires into a double play to see both himself and Becerra out. Bielecki then strikes out to end the inning with us down 7-1. Top of the sixth and Thompson gets Watts to strike out. Lecain then gets a base hit out to short left centre. Lecain then steals second on a strike. Brundy gets struck out. We then get Colombo to strike out to end the inning. Bottom of the sixth and I am leading off. I need to get us off to a good start. I get a solid hit single out to left field. The Ospreys change pitcher and the new guy gets LaBuff to strike out swinging. Palin follows up and he hits into a double play at short that sees both myself and him out. We continue to trail 7-1. Top of the seventh and Maytubby flies out to Centre. White gives a catch to Palin in right field. Carder then picks up another base hit with a strong hit into right field. Pickens hits a curve ball my way and I field it and throw to second for the final out of the inning. Bottom of the seventh and we start with a base hit from Noftall out to right field only to be out next batter up as Rice hits into another double play. Ayala gets a walk. Becerra ends the inning with a strike out and we continue to trail 7-1 Top of the eighth and Thompson gives Thorstad a walk. Becerra gets Watts on the fly with a lunging catch. Lecain goes down swinging. I then gather a solid grounder from Brundy and fire to first to end the Ospreys inning. Bottom of the eighth and Mendoza is out first up with a slow roller to first. Bielecki then grounds out to Short to bring me in for my fourth attempt of the day. I strike out for the first time to end the inning and leave the score 7-1 in the Ospreys favour. Top of the ninth and Colombo strikes out. Maytubby then rubs salt into our wounds by striking a solo homer 426 feet over the left centre wall. White grounds out to first. We then get Carder on the fly to centre to hopefully end the misery of facing Ospreys batters. We trail 8-1. Bottom of the ninth to just end the game. Mascoll takes LaBuff on a pop up to the right foul territory. Palin gets a walk as does Noftall and we get our most players on base all game. Rice strikes out to bring up Ayala. Ayala pops one out to left centre that is taken on the fly to end the game. We go down 8-1 and we were only ever in the game in the first couple of innings. We managed 8 hits to the Ospreys 12 but just couldn't turn them into runs. I myself went 2-4 with a home run that gave me a run and an RBI. We are now starting to drop away at the bottom of the division on 4-9 and need something to get us going. We have a day off tomorrow so hopefully we can clear our heads before the trip to the Bossier City Rhinos the day after.