REBELS HAD UNITS ON THE RUN.

HURTIN' UNITS VS. RUSTY REBELS.

Game # 23 - August 20th, 2015
Makeup game.

Hurtin' Units lose 14-13

Team Record 11-11-1

Keogh Park-I mentioned the tournament last weekend and how many players, from the Hurtin' Units, played in the event. I failed to mention that 5 games on the weekend (that's what most of us played) and a game on Wednesday night had a lot of the Units players hobbling. There were 3 Units players, in the game against the Rebels, that needed to take runners upon reaching first base. And if we weren't using so many already, Todd would have definitely taken one also. 

We are not going to use this as an excuse, but it certainly played a role in the loss against the Rebels. All of our hurting players, still had to bat and get to first, before the exhausted pinch runners would continue on. Most of whom had played the night before, some with 6 at bats, in a 24-21 loss to the Dogcatchers. 

So, I was looking at the updated standings this morning and with only 3 games left on the schedule the Hurtin' Units could slip down a little more before the playoffs begin. Every team, but one, in the standings behind us, has at least 1 game in hand. 

The Hurtin' Units are the only team sitting at .500 at this point in the season. 

Position	Team	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties	Points	For	Against	Run Diff
1	Draft Kings	23	16	5	2	34	336	205	131
2	Dog Catchers	23	17	6	0	34	365	294	71
3	Master Batters	22	16	5	1	33	303	205	98
4	Beer Bros.	24	12	12	0	24	313	347	-34
5	Sliders	21	11	9	1	23	347	326	21
6	Hurtin' Units	23	11	11	1	23	343	330	13
7	Dodge City Rounders	22	9	9	4	22	334	320	14
8	Rusty Rebels	21	9	9	3	21	322	305	17
9	Grisslies	21	9	12	0	18	304	311	-7
10	Sons Of Pitches	21	8	11	2	18	282	330	-48
11	Hot Tub Woody's	23	7	15	1	15	261	298	-37
12	Gruesome Devils	22	7	14	1	15	292	430	-138
13	Dusty Cleats	21	6	13	2	14	242	271	-29

I really don't care where the Hurtin' Units finish, but I would like to see us on a bit of a roll going in to the playoffs. The Hurtin' Units remaining 3 games are vs. The Dusty Cleats, The Dodge City Rounders and the Sliders. The Dusty Cleats and the Dodge City Rounders are both behind us in the standings and we are tied with the Sliders, but they have 2 games in hand. 

The weather for this 9:30 game against the Rebels was good, temperature around 21 degrees and a strong breeze. Earlier in the day there were thunderstorms that rolled through the Tottenham area. 

At game time, we had 9 players warming up to take on the Rebels. Missing on the night were Mike O, Vince, Al F., and Darrell. Darrell showed up just as the game was starting. I called for subs, and we got Dave F. and Cliff Tucker. Since Darrell wasn't there at game time, I asked Peter H. to play and when Darrell showed we played with 11 players. Thanks Peter, Dave and Cliff. 

This game against the Rusty Rebels was a makeup game for a rain out on August 11th. 

The Units were the home team in this game. 

The Umpire was Lou. 

This game was the 8th game, this season, for the Units, that the game was decided by one run or less. The Units record in 1 run games is 3-4-1. More than 30% of all our games has been decided by 1 run or less. And all of the games were against different teams. The Units wins were against the Woodys, Tap Masters, and Master Batters, the losses were against Rebels, Dusty Cleats, Beer Bros., and the Grisslies. The tie came against the Dodge City Rounders. 












In this game, the Units bats were a bit cold on the night, probably the result of playing the night before when some of the Units players came up to bat 6 times in the 24-21 loss to the Dogcatchers. It makes me tired just thinking about batting that many times. 

In this game the Rebels would send 42 batters to the plate, the Units would send up 41. 

This game was a tough one to take. The Units were beaten up from the weekend tournament and the Wednesday night marathon with the Dogcatchers. We fought hard in this game, and it was close all the way to the end, with the Units having a chance to tie or win in the seventh inning, but we just ran out of gas.

The Units next game is next Tuesday vs. the Dusty Cleats. UNITS UNDERPLAY!!