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amead17 · 02-13-2018, 01:35 PM

We are back home to see if we can turn around our current poor home form (3-8) with some better play.

The big club has again been tinkering after Casey McCauley returned from the disabled list. These moves have seen both Joe Van Alstyne and Chris Klika demoted to the Rock Hill Ducks while McCauley re-joins the club along with a promotion for Phil Bonier from the Ducks.

This will mean changes in the line-up for the first game of the 3 game series against the Dothan Oilers.

The manager has gone with the following line up

CF Chris Severson
2B Casey McCauley
SS Chris LaBuff
3B Joshua Mills
DH Angel Espinal
1B Scott Noftall
RF Tanner Rice
Catcher Tomas Ayala
LF Jose Becerra

The pitcher for today will be Dave Ziobro who had a no decision last time out. He is currently 0-2 so we are hoping we can put 1 in the win column for him.

I am now the only Wasp to have played every game this season. Pat continues to find his playing time curtailed as the manager decides to use other players.

Top of the first and Ziobro gets off to a perfect start by striking out Hall but Cheatom then puts a nice solid hit to left field for a base. Cheatom advances to second after Ziobro gives Marsh a walk. Things get worse as Culver puts one up over centre field that Severson can't get to and it drops in by the wall for a double. This sees Cheatom home for the first run while Marsh moves to third. We continue to struggle as Severson misses another one that gives Montalvo a double. This sees Marsh and Culver home and we are already 3 runs behind. Ziobro finally gets some control back by striking out Blalark. He also gets Soto to end the inning but we are down 3-0 and already under pressure.

Bottom of the first. Severson makes up for his poor fielding display to get us off to a solid start with a base hit. Severson then takes off for second and gets the steal. Severson moves up to third on a McCauley fly out to deep centre. We get our first run when Severson makes it home on a ground out by LaBuff. I am up next with nobody on and 2 out and the lead cut to 2. I pop an easy one up over the infield for the third baseman to take to end the inning. Score is 3-1 in the Oilers favour.

Top of the second and Ziobro gets Hinton swinging. He makes it 2 for the inning by also getting Swarn on the strike out. Hall then ends the inning by hitting straight back to Ziobro for the ground out.

Bottom of the second and Espinal gets us off to a good start by hitting a ground rule double as it skips over the wall on the bounce. Noftall flies out to right for the first out. Rice then get caught close to the crowd as he puts one into the left foul territory. Ayala gets a walk. Becerra strands Espinal and Ayala by hitting a soft one out to right centre for the catch. We still trail 3-1.

Top of the third and Ziobro continues his improvement getting Cheatom to strike out. Marsh grounds out to Short. I then retire the side on an infield pop up by Culver.

Bottom of the third and Severson hits a fly ball out to centre for the catch. McCauley puts one up just over second that is taken for the out. LaBuff then strikes out to leave the score 3-1 for the Oilers.

Top of the fourth and Ziobro gets another as Montalvo strikes out. We fail to get Blalark on an infield hit towards first. Soto then puts one out to short. We get the runner at second but Soto makes base at first. Ziobro gets strike out number 8 as Hinton goes down swinging.

Bottom of the fourth and I am leading off. I hit a soft liner out to Centre that drops in for a base hit. Espinal hits a pop up over the infield that the catcher grabs for the first out. Noftall strikes out. I then get stranded as Rice puts one out to Centre that is taken on the run to retire the side. We continue to trail 3-1.

Top of the fifth and first up is Swarn. He hits it might way and I make the pick up but don't throw to first to well. It goes in the dirt but my blushes are saved as Noftall manages to save it and get the out. The manager sends a new pitcher in as he pulls Ziobro. The new Pitcher is Gene Pickup. The first batter he faces is Hall who hits one my way. I miss it but manage to pick up the dropped ball and fire to first to just get the out. Pickup then gets Cheatom to strike out to end the inning.

Bottom of the fifth and Ayala starts off with a line drive out towards short that is taken by a leaping catch. Becerra gets the inning going with a solid hit out to left field for a base. We don't capitalise as Severson hits hopper to short and the Oilers complete the double play getting Becerra and Severson. We are still 3-1 down and starting to run out of innings to get it back.

Top of the sixth and another poor fielding show by Severson sees Marsh manage to get a triple to start the inning. Culver gets a walk. Pickup then gets Montalvo to strike out. We give up another run as Blalark gets a base hit into short centre. Marsh makes home and Culver moves to second. We get Soto on an infield fly. Pickup then gets the inning ended with a strike out of Hinton to limit the damage to 1. We are now 3 behind again 4-1.

Bottom of the sixth and McCauley strikes out. LaBuff then pops a fly out up over to short. I am up third and need to get something going for us or we could be struggling. I get a nice infield hit that goes to second but allows me to make the first base. I am left stranded again as Espinal strikes out to leave it 4-1 Oilers

Top of the seventh and we get Swarn on the fly out to start the inning. Severson then catches Hall out in centre for the second out. We end the inning after a little pop up fly nestles in Noftalls hands.

Bottom of the seventh and Noftall strikes out and we continue to struggle to make base. Rice flies out to right field to remain hitless today. Ayala then grounds out to second for the end of the inning. Oilers still lead 4-1

Top of the eighth and we give Marsh another base hit as he lashes into left field. I get involved on the next play starting off the double as I take the grounder from Culver and fire it to second before it is moved to first. This gets Marsh and Culver. Montalvo flies out to right to end the inning.

Bottom of the eighth and we need something to stay in this. Becerra faces a new pitcher but nothing changes as he grounds out to first. Severson is then caught on the fly in foul territory to the left. We finally get another base hit as McCauley puts an infield hit up to second. LaBuff fails to keep things going as he grounds out to third and leave the score 4-1

Top of the ninth and we need a good inning to stand any chance in the game. Giberto Rodriguez comes in to pitch for us. He gets Blalark to strike out swinging but then gives up a double to Soto down the right line. We then walk Hinton for some reason when he is hitless. Swarn strikes out to make it 2 down. Hall comes into bat and he puts a single up over centre field. The walk of Hinton then hurts us a as Soto makes a run for home and beats the throw to put us further behind. We get out of the inning as Rodriguez strikes out Cheatom but we are now 5-1 behind and need something special in the bottom of the ninth to win

Bottom of the ninth and I am leading off. I need to make a base hit or we could be looking at a big loss. I don't make it as I pop an infield fly up to be caught by second base. Espinal strikes out as we tamely start to go down. Noftall also strikes out and we lose the game 5-1.

That is our ninth loss at home and we just cannot seem to find the confidence to win at our home ground at all.

In truth we were never in it as the base hits just did not materialise. I went 2-4 getting a third of our 6 hits.

We face the Oilers again tomorrow and hopefully our confidence hasn't been knocked to badly before that game.

02-13-2018, 01:35 PM	#28
amead17 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 9,299	7th July 2017 We are back home to see if we can turn around our current poor home form (3-8) with some better play. The big club has again been tinkering after Casey McCauley returned from the disabled list. These moves have seen both Joe Van Alstyne and Chris Klika demoted to the Rock Hill Ducks while McCauley re-joins the club along with a promotion for Phil Bonier from the Ducks. This will mean changes in the line-up for the first game of the 3 game series against the Dothan Oilers. The manager has gone with the following line up CF Chris Severson 2B Casey McCauley SS Chris LaBuff 3B Joshua Mills DH Angel Espinal 1B Scott Noftall RF Tanner Rice Catcher Tomas Ayala LF Jose Becerra The pitcher for today will be Dave Ziobro who had a no decision last time out. He is currently 0-2 so we are hoping we can put 1 in the win column for him. I am now the only Wasp to have played every game this season. Pat continues to find his playing time curtailed as the manager decides to use other players. Top of the first and Ziobro gets off to a perfect start by striking out Hall but Cheatom then puts a nice solid hit to left field for a base. Cheatom advances to second after Ziobro gives Marsh a walk. Things get worse as Culver puts one up over centre field that Severson can't get to and it drops in by the wall for a double. This sees Cheatom home for the first run while Marsh moves to third. We continue to struggle as Severson misses another one that gives Montalvo a double. This sees Marsh and Culver home and we are already 3 runs behind. Ziobro finally gets some control back by striking out Blalark. He also gets Soto to end the inning but we are down 3-0 and already under pressure. Bottom of the first. Severson makes up for his poor fielding display to get us off to a solid start with a base hit. Severson then takes off for second and gets the steal. Severson moves up to third on a McCauley fly out to deep centre. We get our first run when Severson makes it home on a ground out by LaBuff. I am up next with nobody on and 2 out and the lead cut to 2. I pop an easy one up over the infield for the third baseman to take to end the inning. Score is 3-1 in the Oilers favour. Top of the second and Ziobro gets Hinton swinging. He makes it 2 for the inning by also getting Swarn on the strike out. Hall then ends the inning by hitting straight back to Ziobro for the ground out. Bottom of the second and Espinal gets us off to a good start by hitting a ground rule double as it skips over the wall on the bounce. Noftall flies out to right for the first out. Rice then get caught close to the crowd as he puts one into the left foul territory. Ayala gets a walk. Becerra strands Espinal and Ayala by hitting a soft one out to right centre for the catch. We still trail 3-1. Top of the third and Ziobro continues his improvement getting Cheatom to strike out. Marsh grounds out to Short. I then retire the side on an infield pop up by Culver. Bottom of the third and Severson hits a fly ball out to centre for the catch. McCauley puts one up just over second that is taken for the out. LaBuff then strikes out to leave the score 3-1 for the Oilers. Top of the fourth and Ziobro gets another as Montalvo strikes out. We fail to get Blalark on an infield hit towards first. Soto then puts one out to short. We get the runner at second but Soto makes base at first. Ziobro gets strike out number 8 as Hinton goes down swinging. Bottom of the fourth and I am leading off. I hit a soft liner out to Centre that drops in for a base hit. Espinal hits a pop up over the infield that the catcher grabs for the first out. Noftall strikes out. I then get stranded as Rice puts one out to Centre that is taken on the run to retire the side. We continue to trail 3-1. Top of the fifth and first up is Swarn. He hits it might way and I make the pick up but don't throw to first to well. It goes in the dirt but my blushes are saved as Noftall manages to save it and get the out. The manager sends a new pitcher in as he pulls Ziobro. The new Pitcher is Gene Pickup. The first batter he faces is Hall who hits one my way. I miss it but manage to pick up the dropped ball and fire to first to just get the out. Pickup then gets Cheatom to strike out to end the inning. Bottom of the fifth and Ayala starts off with a line drive out towards short that is taken by a leaping catch. Becerra gets the inning going with a solid hit out to left field for a base. We don't capitalise as Severson hits hopper to short and the Oilers complete the double play getting Becerra and Severson. We are still 3-1 down and starting to run out of innings to get it back. Top of the sixth and another poor fielding show by Severson sees Marsh manage to get a triple to start the inning. Culver gets a walk. Pickup then gets Montalvo to strike out. We give up another run as Blalark gets a base hit into short centre. Marsh makes home and Culver moves to second. We get Soto on an infield fly. Pickup then gets the inning ended with a strike out of Hinton to limit the damage to 1. We are now 3 behind again 4-1. Bottom of the sixth and McCauley strikes out. LaBuff then pops a fly out up over to short. I am up third and need to get something going for us or we could be struggling. I get a nice infield hit that goes to second but allows me to make the first base. I am left stranded again as Espinal strikes out to leave it 4-1 Oilers Top of the seventh and we get Swarn on the fly out to start the inning. Severson then catches Hall out in centre for the second out. We end the inning after a little pop up fly nestles in Noftalls hands. Bottom of the seventh and Noftall strikes out and we continue to struggle to make base. Rice flies out to right field to remain hitless today. Ayala then grounds out to second for the end of the inning. Oilers still lead 4-1 Top of the eighth and we give Marsh another base hit as he lashes into left field. I get involved on the next play starting off the double as I take the grounder from Culver and fire it to second before it is moved to first. This gets Marsh and Culver. Montalvo flies out to right to end the inning. Bottom of the eighth and we need something to stay in this. Becerra faces a new pitcher but nothing changes as he grounds out to first. Severson is then caught on the fly in foul territory to the left. We finally get another base hit as McCauley puts an infield hit up to second. LaBuff fails to keep things going as he grounds out to third and leave the score 4-1 Top of the ninth and we need a good inning to stand any chance in the game. Giberto Rodriguez comes in to pitch for us. He gets Blalark to strike out swinging but then gives up a double to Soto down the right line. We then walk Hinton for some reason when he is hitless. Swarn strikes out to make it 2 down. Hall comes into bat and he puts a single up over centre field. The walk of Hinton then hurts us a as Soto makes a run for home and beats the throw to put us further behind. We get out of the inning as Rodriguez strikes out Cheatom but we are now 5-1 behind and need something special in the bottom of the ninth to win Bottom of the ninth and I am leading off. I need to make a base hit or we could be looking at a big loss. I don't make it as I pop an infield fly up to be caught by second base. Espinal strikes out as we tamely start to go down. Noftall also strikes out and we lose the game 5-1. That is our ninth loss at home and we just cannot seem to find the confidence to win at our home ground at all. In truth we were never in it as the base hits just did not materialise. I went 2-4 getting a third of our 6 hits. We face the Oilers again tomorrow and hopefully our confidence hasn't been knocked to badly before that game.