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Litty · 08-06-2019, 04:27 AM

July 3rd 2019

Now 0-2 on the season, East Driftwood turned to Ben Castle. Castle had first played in the summer series in 2007 and had 18 wins in 67 games, along with a 2.41 ERA. For West Driftwood, Eric Stull had been handed the pitching assignment. Stull was 35 and had been playing since 2000. He was a two-time league leader in ERA and was a pitcher worthy of great respect.

West Driftwood started strong, scoring two runs on two hits in the top of the first. Aaron Reisinger responded with a two-out solo home run in the bottom of the inning to bring the score to 2-1. Austin Schlegl extended West Driftwood’s lead to 4-1 with a two-run double in the top of the third as Ben Castle failed to find any that worked against the West Driftwood hitting core. After 2.1 innings of work, Castle had given up four runs on four hits and had been saddled with an ERA of 15.43. However, for what reason he was kept on the mount by manager Keith Johnson. Castle was finally relieved after Schlegl scored on a Brett Bennewitz single. In 2.2 innings of work, Castle had given up five runs on five hits, thrown sixty-two pitches and earned an ERA of 16.88. He was replaced by Bill Guenther, the rookie pitcher making his second appearance of the season. Guenther pitched fine but his scoreless frames came to an end as he gave up an RBI double to Brett Bennewitz in the top of the fifth, which was immediately followed by a Joe Boucher single that brought Bennewitz home. Jane Martin relieved Guenther in the top of the sixth after a single, balk and walk. However Martin proceeded to give up a walk and a run-scoring fielder’s choice in her first two batters. A passed ball escaping catcher Cristian Janicki allowed another West Driftwood run to score, meaning Martin had given up two runs to the first three batters she had seen before getting out of the inning. The game ended with a burst of excitement as East Driftwood were able to score three runs in the bottom of the ninth off Chris Maddux. However, it wasn’t enough and the game ended 9-4.

W: E. Stull (1-0) L: B. Castle (0-1)

08-06-2019, 04:27 AM	#9
Litty Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2019 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 138	July 3rd 2019 Now 0-2 on the season, East Driftwood turned to Ben Castle. Castle had first played in the summer series in 2007 and had 18 wins in 67 games, along with a 2.41 ERA. For West Driftwood, Eric Stull had been handed the pitching assignment. Stull was 35 and had been playing since 2000. He was a two-time league leader in ERA and was a pitcher worthy of great respect. West Driftwood started strong, scoring two runs on two hits in the top of the first. Aaron Reisinger responded with a two-out solo home run in the bottom of the inning to bring the score to 2-1. Austin Schlegl extended West Driftwood’s lead to 4-1 with a two-run double in the top of the third as Ben Castle failed to find any that worked against the West Driftwood hitting core. After 2.1 innings of work, Castle had given up four runs on four hits and had been saddled with an ERA of 15.43. However, for what reason he was kept on the mount by manager Keith Johnson. Castle was finally relieved after Schlegl scored on a Brett Bennewitz single. In 2.2 innings of work, Castle had given up five runs on five hits, thrown sixty-two pitches and earned an ERA of 16.88. He was replaced by Bill Guenther, the rookie pitcher making his second appearance of the season. Guenther pitched fine but his scoreless frames came to an end as he gave up an RBI double to Brett Bennewitz in the top of the fifth, which was immediately followed by a Joe Boucher single that brought Bennewitz home. Jane Martin relieved Guenther in the top of the sixth after a single, balk and walk. However Martin proceeded to give up a walk and a run-scoring fielder’s choice in her first two batters. A passed ball escaping catcher Cristian Janicki allowed another West Driftwood run to score, meaning Martin had given up two runs to the first three batters she had seen before getting out of the inning. The game ended with a burst of excitement as East Driftwood were able to score three runs in the bottom of the ninth off Chris Maddux. However, it wasn’t enough and the game ended 9-4. W: E. Stull (1-0) L: B. Castle (0-1) __________________ Good times, good vibes going forwards.