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| Showdown on Coventry 2. |
Hurtin' Units win 26-15
Team Record- 2-0-0
Coventry Park- The Hurtin' Units played the Sons of Pitches 3 times last season. The first time was in the regular season, July 8th, in the Units 10th game, and the Sons would defeat the Units by a score of 20-19. The second time was in the HTKP tournament and the Sons would again defeat the Units, by a score of 9-8. The third time, and the most painful time, was in the playoffs.
Tuesday September 9th, 2014- The score of the game will read 24-17 for the Sons of Pitches. Going in to the bottom of the 7th inning, the Hurtin' Units had a 5 run lead. The Units would get the first two batters out on a great double play by Kevin and back ended by Mike at first.
Two batters out, still a 5 run lead and then a bad break, as a game ending fly ball tipped off the glove of Dave Mc. to keep the inning alive. Six runs would cross the plate and that was the ball game. A deflated Units team started to walk off the diamond, when Roman informed us that we had to play out the 7th inning for the plus/minus. It was difficult to continue playing when you had just lost a heartbreaker like this one. We would give up another 6 runs (+7) without ever getting the final out.
The three games that we played, against the sons, were all one run games, (the playoff game score was higher only because we played for plus/ minus) with the Units coming out on the losing end of all three. That really was the story for the 2014 Units. A real right hook to the ribs... eh Woody!!
Over the past weekend, Mike and I held a batting practice to help break in the newest bats. We had 7 guys show up to Coventry park and we all hit 2 buckets of balls each.
The guys who showed up were Vince, Mike, Jimmer, Darrell, Glen T. Andy G. and Dan R. I think this turn out was pretty decent considering how hot and humid it was.
The 2 new bats (Psycho and Warpath, those are the manufacturers names, not ours) performed quite well the second time around. Most of us were getting in some really solid, deep hits from both bats, but Psycho definitely out performed Warpath. Definitely out performed, definitely.
For this game we got our shirts, a navy blue jersey with white lettering and a new Stewie logo with new font style. Welcome to the new look Hurtin' Units.
After such a warm (hot) and humid past weekend, the temperature and weather for this game felt like it was winter again. The temperature at 6:00pm was 12 degrees, with overcast skies and a strong, cold northwest wind...yuck!! There was also a chance of rain.
At game time the Units had 10 players dressed in the new shirts, several with a jacket or sweatshirt over top. Dave and Todd both were wearing shorts. Mike C. and Dave Mill were the missing players.
This game will be the first of 2 meeting with the Sons this season.The second game will be in on June 2nd, before we have even played some of the other teams.
This game was the first of two games, for the Units, this week. I actually enjoy playing twice a week, but I'm not exactly thrilled about writing two blog postings in a week, especially when the games are close together. It's not the scribbling down the mindless dribble I throw on the page, it's more about trying to remember the plays and situations of each game. Did Scott hit a homerun or was it Darrell? Or maybe it was both. This kind of stuff. I usually jot down a few notes the morning after a game and with a game sheet or boxscore I try to piece the game back together in my head.
The Units were the visitors again in this game. Our first two innings of the game were almost perfect. In both the first and second innings the Units scored 7 runs, in each, while going through the batting order in both. I say almost perfect because on the defensive side, of the first two innings, we gave up a run to the Sons in the first inning.
In the third inning the Sons and Units traded runs, both teams with 2 runs. The Units would score 2 more runs in the top of the fourth inning, but the Sons would counter with 7 well earned runs. No cheap runs here, all earned on solid hits sprayed all around the diamond. In the fifth inning, both teams were held off the score sheet. At the end of five innings the score was 18-10 for the Units. Over the next 2 innings, the 2 teams would continue to score runs, the Units would score 8 more runs and the Sons would tack on 5 more. The final score 26-15.
There were several highlights that I do remember from this game. I do remember Scotty actually hitting a homerun. I know Vince made a spectacular catch on his shoe tops, I know for the second straight game the infield turned an inning ending double play. Dave Mc (SS) was like a vacuum at short, a vacuum with a cannon attached and pointed toward firstbase, throwing out numerous Sons batters. We might have to change his name to McGlovin. Todd hit a towering shot to left field, sending Jimmy Mac scrambling to find the ball and spinning him around, it dropped in for a hit. Everyone was hitting the ball hard and the Psycho bat was creating havoc for the Sons of Pitches.
The Hurtin' Units are back on the field Thursday evening vs. the Beer Bros. at Keogh Park. The first time at Keogh this season.
Tuesday September 9th, 2014- The score of the game will read 24-17 for the Sons of Pitches. Going in to the bottom of the 7th inning, the Hurtin' Units had a 5 run lead. The Units would get the first two batters out on a great double play by Kevin and back ended by Mike at first.
Two batters out, still a 5 run lead and then a bad break, as a game ending fly ball tipped off the glove of Dave Mc. to keep the inning alive. Six runs would cross the plate and that was the ball game. A deflated Units team started to walk off the diamond, when Roman informed us that we had to play out the 7th inning for the plus/minus. It was difficult to continue playing when you had just lost a heartbreaker like this one. We would give up another 6 runs (+7) without ever getting the final out.
The three games that we played, against the sons, were all one run games, (the playoff game score was higher only because we played for plus/ minus) with the Units coming out on the losing end of all three. That really was the story for the 2014 Units. A real right hook to the ribs... eh Woody!!
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| Definitely out performed. Definitely!! |
The guys who showed up were Vince, Mike, Jimmer, Darrell, Glen T. Andy G. and Dan R. I think this turn out was pretty decent considering how hot and humid it was.
The 2 new bats (Psycho and Warpath, those are the manufacturers names, not ours) performed quite well the second time around. Most of us were getting in some really solid, deep hits from both bats, but Psycho definitely out performed Warpath. Definitely out performed, definitely.
For this game we got our shirts, a navy blue jersey with white lettering and a new Stewie logo with new font style. Welcome to the new look Hurtin' Units.
After such a warm (hot) and humid past weekend, the temperature and weather for this game felt like it was winter again. The temperature at 6:00pm was 12 degrees, with overcast skies and a strong, cold northwest wind...yuck!! There was also a chance of rain.
At game time the Units had 10 players dressed in the new shirts, several with a jacket or sweatshirt over top. Dave and Todd both were wearing shorts. Mike C. and Dave Mill were the missing players.
This game will be the first of 2 meeting with the Sons this season.The second game will be in on June 2nd, before we have even played some of the other teams.
This game was the first of two games, for the Units, this week. I actually enjoy playing twice a week, but I'm not exactly thrilled about writing two blog postings in a week, especially when the games are close together. It's not the scribbling down the mindless dribble I throw on the page, it's more about trying to remember the plays and situations of each game. Did Scott hit a homerun or was it Darrell? Or maybe it was both. This kind of stuff. I usually jot down a few notes the morning after a game and with a game sheet or boxscore I try to piece the game back together in my head.
The Units were the visitors again in this game. Our first two innings of the game were almost perfect. In both the first and second innings the Units scored 7 runs, in each, while going through the batting order in both. I say almost perfect because on the defensive side, of the first two innings, we gave up a run to the Sons in the first inning.
In the third inning the Sons and Units traded runs, both teams with 2 runs. The Units would score 2 more runs in the top of the fourth inning, but the Sons would counter with 7 well earned runs. No cheap runs here, all earned on solid hits sprayed all around the diamond. In the fifth inning, both teams were held off the score sheet. At the end of five innings the score was 18-10 for the Units. Over the next 2 innings, the 2 teams would continue to score runs, the Units would score 8 more runs and the Sons would tack on 5 more. The final score 26-15. There were several highlights that I do remember from this game. I do remember Scotty actually hitting a homerun. I know Vince made a spectacular catch on his shoe tops, I know for the second straight game the infield turned an inning ending double play. Dave Mc (SS) was like a vacuum at short, a vacuum with a cannon attached and pointed toward firstbase, throwing out numerous Sons batters. We might have to change his name to McGlovin. Todd hit a towering shot to left field, sending Jimmy Mac scrambling to find the ball and spinning him around, it dropped in for a hit. Everyone was hitting the ball hard and the Psycho bat was creating havoc for the Sons of Pitches.
The Hurtin' Units are back on the field Thursday evening vs. the Beer Bros. at Keogh Park. The first time at Keogh this season.
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