We're off to Bucharest, well the team are, I'll be sat here in Sheffield watching it on my glorious WBL subscription, probably with a yoghurt. Anyway, the Sounds are looking good, contending for the European division title, and so I'm expecting a very tough series...
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Game 1
SP - Mototomi Motoyanagi
A win!! Sergio Rutz continued his great season with a 3 RBI game, including a towering home run in the eighth inning off Sounds reliever Blackmond. Motoyanagi gave up 4 runs on 6.2 innings and Baca shut out the Sounds for the rest. A solid start to our visit to Bucharest.
Player of the game: Sergio Rutz
Game 2
SP - Guzman
Guzman struggled, giving up 4 runs in 5.1 innings, before seemingly the entirety of our relieving core held the Sounds to two in the rest of the game’s innings. The offense managed to put together 12 hits (Koehler was 3 for 5), unfortunately they were all singles, and rarely came at the opportune time, and so only Garay and Kadin actually managed to bat anyone in, with one each, and so we lost 6-3. On the other side, Johnny Pedelty was on fire, going 2 for 3 with a home run, as well as two walks.
Player of the game: Johnny Pedelty (Bucharest Sounds)
Game 3
SP - Alois Herzog
The Hares suffered another 6-3 loss, bringing the Sounds to a division-topping 26-17, with another strong performance from Pedelty, who managed to get 2 RBIs in his only at bat of the game, as he pinch hit for Green in the 8th, Green had himself hit a run scoring sacrifice fly in the third inning. On the Hares pitching side of things, Herzog put in a decent performance, giving up three runs in 6 innings, while Barrios gave up three runs in the 7th, without getting anyone out, to be swiftly replaced by the more successful Enosa. Sounds’ Foul Ambidwile got player of the game, going 3 for 4 - all singles.
Player of the game: Foul Ambidwile (Bucharest Sounds)
A 2-1 loss to a team as good as Bucharest Sounds isn't too disappointing. I'll take it.