UNITS BUBBLING OVER IN WIN AGAINST WOODYS.

HURTIN' UNIT VS. THE HOTTUB WOODYS.

Game # 19 - August 4th, 2015

Hurtin' Units win 7-6

Team Record-10-8-1

Coventry Park- It's really difficult to believe we are already at game # 19 in the 2015 regular season. It seems like just weeks ago when we were getting ready for the draft, a practice and the first game of the season. My how quickly time flies when you're having fun.

The Units game #1 season opener, May 5th, 2015, was against the Hottub Woodys. On opening night the visiting Hurtin' Units would defeat the Hottub Woodys by a score of 13-10 (a close game also) to get the season underway. The Units first win of the season.

As I have mentioned on several occasions, the Units, in 2014, did not win their first game until mid July last season.

Prior to this game, I was perusing the standings and the Units sit with a 9-8-1 record and were sitting in 6th place. The Hottub Woodys with a 5-13-1 record and were sitting in 13th place. 

The weather for this game was very gray and overcast, with temperatures in the mid 20s. At around 6:15pm the skies opened up for a brief shower, but by game time things were drying up. The outfield at Coventry #2 was still damp when we began playing. During the game the sun would make brief appearances, causing a bit of grief for the players looking in, but fortunately the clouds were there most of the time. 

At game time we had 10 players warming up. Dave Mc. was back. Vince and Bo were the missing players on the night. The Hurtin' Units were the home team. The umpire was Donny S.

GAME TIME - Over the first 3 innings, this game was a defensive gem with both teams making good, well positioned catches, and infield plays. The Hottub Woodys would not have a base runner until the 4th inning. The Hurtin' Units would have 1 runner in the 1st inning (Dave Mc) and 1 runner in the 3rd inning (Jimmer). 

In the top of the 4th inning, the Units would retire the HTW lead off batter (Wayne) and the next batter (top of the order) Jeff D. would hit a single and the bid for a no hitter was over. I actually did not realize that Woodys were hitless until I looked at the scoresheet the next morning. 10 batters out, in a row, to start the game...Nice work Units!

So... Jeff D. hits a single to break up the no-no, followed by Andy and Tristan who both get on base and all 3 would come around to score, with additional hits from Troy and Chris L., "Houston we have a run in"! 

In the home half of the 4th inning, the Units would send 5 batters to the plate and Dave Mc. would score with hits from Darrell and Mikey Boy. The score after 4 complete innings was Hottub Woodys 3, Hurtin' Units 1. 

In the top of the 5th inning, the Units would shut down the first 2 Woodys batters, then Wayne C. would reach base and would score on a triple by Jeff D., Len would get out to end the inning. 

In the bottom of the 5th inning, the Units bats would come to life (kinda like Popeye after consuming a can of spinach), 10 batters would come up and when the diamond dust had settled the Units would have 5 huge runs on the scoresheet.  The score after 5 complete innings, Hurtin'Units 6, Hottub Woodys 4.

In the top of the 6th inning, Tristan would be caught out, Robin (Dick) would hit an in the park homerun, followed by another in the park homerun by Chris L., the next 2 batters would get out to end the inning. 

In the home half of the 6th inning, Al F. would hit a double, Dave Mil. would hit a bunt single, advancing Al to third, I (Jimmer) would hit a deep fly ball to center field, the ball would be caught, Al and Dave would both advance, Al scoring the go ahead run. Mike (Cookie) would hit a drive down 1st base line and advance Dave to third, I would come in to run for Cookie. The next 2 Units batters would get out and the inning was over. 

In the top of the 7th inning (open), the Hottub Woodys would go down 1, 2, 3 to end the inning. The Units would not bat in the home half of the inning. Units Win 7-6.

I thought this was a good bounce back game for the Units, we played solid defensively and there were glimpses of the offense that we are capable of. The outfield played really well and Scott made some great catches, Mikey was solid at first, digging a couple of balls out of the dirt for outs. We turned a nice double play and almost a second one. Nice game Units. UNITS UNRELENTING!!