Hurtin' Units lose 31-12
Team Record-3-5-0
Coventry Park- I really do like weeks where we play 2 games, I think we are more engaged and play better. Last week we had 2 games and came away with a 1-1 split.
The last time the Hurtin Units met up with the Rusty Rebels was last year in the round robin portion of the playoffs. The game was a rain soaked affair and runs were hard to come by. The final score was 7-2 for the Rebels. The Rebels would go 4-0 in the round robin and then through the quarters, semis, and finals for the T.O.T championship. Our teammate
Dave M. was on that championship Rebel team.
Early Tuesday morning, the rain was falling quite hard and there were some doubts if it would let up by game time. But as the day progressed, the sky started to clear and by game time the sun was shining brightly. Yep, the sun was shining right in to the eyes of the players. Over the first couple of innings, the players at first, second, and right fields were looking in to the bright sun, not a good way to start the game. The temperature was in the 20's and no wind. At game time we were only down one player, Scott was down for this game with an injury (knee), but like a good athletic supporter he came out to keep us up.
I really think we are fortunate to have a score like this one, it could have been worse, the Rebels could have played the open inning and who knows what could have happened then. And the 6 runs the Rebels scored in the 5th inning, really should have been 7 runs. 31 or 32 runs really didn't matter, when all we could muster up offensively was 12 runs.
I don't remember the Units ever being beat by this many runs in a game. I went back to the archives to see if we have been kicked around this badly before. I found the Hurtin' Units have only lost one other game in franchise history by 30 runs or more. On August 16th, 2014, in game #20, the Hurtin' Units were defeated by the Dogcatchers by a score of 32-11. The worst defeat in team history. So, what does all this mean? Nothing, we give the Rebels some credit for hitting the ball well and all over the playing field. The Rebels sent 47 batters to the plate and made the most of those at bats. The Units sent 42 batters to the plate and did not capitalize on their opportunities. The Units didn't make a huge numbers of errors, the Rebels just hit really well. The Rebels brought the fire power to this game.
When I was pitching, I was trying a lot of stuff, trying to find something to slow the Rebels down. The Rebels were hitting everything. I remember I was trying to walk Brad Y., the count was 3-0, I threw a ball pitch and he still hit it. I threw a pitch short of the mat to Ryan (?), he goes down and gets a hit from this pitch...We couldn't get anyone at the bottom of the order either, they were relentless with their attack. Crap!! The Rebels had the highest team batting average going in to this game. The Units got to see it first hand.
I don't think we should be hitting the panic button just yet. And if we did, what can we really do. I like the lineup we have been using, I like the defense we have on the field, I think we just keep playing hard and I think the Units will be just fine. One thing we could do, if things get bad enough, is have a practice. Units Unsettled!!
The Hurtin' Units next game is Tuesday June 16th at Coventry Park at 8:15.
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