Hurtin' Units win 20-16
Team Record 9-1-1
Coventry Park- The temperature and humidity over the last couple of days was brutal, the temperature at 3:30pm was around 32 degrees C. and the humidity made it feel like 38 degrees. At game the temperature had dropped, but the humidity was still there, just moving around slightly was enough to get the sweat running down our backs... This was definitely a night for cold beers after the game...I know Babe Ruth would agree...This is Babe Ruth in the picture.... Right??
The Hurtin' Units were facing the league's leading team the Brew Jays. The Brew Jays have lost only one game all season and they come into this game with a 10-1-0 record and 20 points in the standings...The only loss the Jays suffered was to the Hurtin' Units on May 27, 2010, when the Hurtin' Units won by a 10-7 score. On the night the Units defeated the Jays, Jerry W. the Hurtin' Units ace pitcher was missing and Tom Perry (P3) and Myself (P2) pitched a gem of a game coming up with the win...
The Hurtin' Units currently hold the second position in the standings, a slight lead over the Banshees, a team we beat twice in the last couple of weeks. After a great couple of weeks and with a 5 game winning streak going in to tonight's game, the Units were in for a good battle against the league leaders. And a good battle it was...
I have recently found out I could include videos into the blog, it's actually a new thing, and since I don't have any videos of the Hurtin' Units and I wanted to try out the video thing, I have included a favorite of mine, a video that has been viewed by many of people about 120 times, featuring The Pieman ( Piero D. of the Grisslies and he played for the Wild last season) playing golf for the first time. Pieman was the guy who came to our practise wearing the designer jeans....The video is titled " Pieman goes Golfing"... If it doesn't play for you, you can also view it on u-tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Ws7jAmHj4 , probably a better view on u-tube...Enjoy.
Now back to the game...
At game we had 11 players suited up and eager to do battle with the league leaders, everybody likes to get up for the top guns, I think it's a measuring stick as to how well you're playing. Don Curran was our only missing player this evening.
This was a really good game and a great win for the Units, defeating the Brew Jays for the second time this season. The Brew Jays only two losses come from the bats of the Hurtin' Units...This was not an easy win and at times it looked very bleak for the Units, the Blue Jays built an early lead on some early, sloppy Hurtin' Unit defense. Both the defense and the offense would come through in the later innings for a heroic come from behind victory.
The Hurtin' Units were the visitors in this game for only the second time this season. In the top of the first inning the Units offense looked solid, we had scored 4 runs, the based were loaded with 2 out and Tom Perry was up to bat, unfortunately, for the first time that I have ever seen, Tom struck out watching as the 3rd strike nipped the board. The Brew Jays scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 1st.
Over the next two innings, the Brew Jays defense kept the Units off the score sheet and only 2 unit players actually reached base. The Blue Jays scored 6 runs in the 2nd and 4 more in the 3rd inning... At the end of 3 innings the score was 12-4 for the Brew Jays...
The 4th inning saw each team score runs, the Units scored 4 runs and again left runners on base, the Jays scored 3 more runs in the bottom of the inning. The fifth inning was quick and painless, neither team scored, the Units defense shut down the Jays 1, 2, 3, change em up boys! Score after 5 innings Jays 15- Units 8...
I went over to the score keeper to ask the score at the end of the 5th, 15-8, we were down by 7 with 2 innings to go. We could tie the score with a good offensive inning. Tom Perry got the inning started with a base hit, Jimmy Mac followed with another base hit, Al Hayward with another base hit, Jerry forced Al out at second, but brought around Tom to score... Jim, Jerry, Jens, Paul, and Robin all also came around to score, Robin was scored by a sacrifice fly hit deep in to right field by Chris Nyers. Unfortunately, it was not my best night at bat and the inning ended with me flying out and with Chris Ross on second. The Unit defense held the Jays to only a single run in the bottom of the 6th. The Jays lead was cut to 2 runs...16-14 going into the open inning...
In the top of the 7th inning the Hurtin' Units offense went back to work. Down by 2 runs, Mike started the inning reaching first, Tom followed with a single and took a runner (Jimmer), Jimmy Mac got another single and advanced the runners, Al and Jimmy got out in a double play, Mike came into score, I was at third ( the tying run), two out and Jerry hits a single bringing the tying run across to score...Jerry, Jens, Paul and Robin all came in to score and give the Units a 20-16 lead... In the bottom of the inning the first 2 batters got out... a fly out and a ground out, the next 2 batters reached as far as second base and with Francis at bat, Jerry managed to induce a foul ball strike out to end the game...Hurtin' Units win 20-16 in a dramatic comeback....
Boxscore:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Total
Hurtin' Units 4 0 0 4 0 6 6 20
Brew Jays 2 6 4 3 0 1 0 16
This was a great character building win, to beat the number one team in a come from behind win speaks volumes to the we think of our team. There were some rough innings in this game, we managed to survive the adversity and come away with a second win against a very strong team. This is something no other team has managed to do even once against the Brew Jays this season. This is a special win... come from behind, beat the #1 team in the league for the second time this season and we gain some ground in the standings... This game had some special moments worth mentioning... Mike O. hit an in the park homerun to lead off the 4th inning, Al H., Jens, Paul, Robin and Chris R. all went 4 for 5 at bat, Chris N. made a nice running catch in the field, I had a nice defensive game at 2nd base and we never stopped believing we could win... Special thanks go out to Zack on the Hurtin' Units bench, giving high fives and keeping the team spirit alive...UNITS UNRELENTING!!
This was a great character building win, to beat the number one team in a come from behind win speaks volumes to the we think of our team. There were some rough innings in this game, we managed to survive the adversity and come away with a second win against a very strong team. This is something no other team has managed to do even once against the Brew Jays this season. This is a special win... come from behind, beat the #1 team in the league for the second time this season and we gain some ground in the standings... This game had some special moments worth mentioning... Mike O. hit an in the park homerun to lead off the 4th inning, Al H., Jens, Paul, Robin and Chris R. all went 4 for 5 at bat, Chris N. made a nice running catch in the field, I had a nice defensive game at 2nd base and we never stopped believing we could win... Special thanks go out to Zack on the Hurtin' Units bench, giving high fives and keeping the team spirit alive...UNITS UNRELENTING!!
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