HURTIN' UNITS DEVILISHLY GOOD.

HURTIN' UNITS VS. THE GRUESOME DEVILS.

Game # 16- July 14th, 2016

Hurtin' Units win 18-10

Team Record - 9-7-0

Keogh Park- Last season the Hurtin' Units and the Gruesome Devils played each other twice. The Hurtin' Units would defeat the Devils in both games. In game #9, of the season, the Units would defeat the Devils by a 23-6 score and in game #11, two games later, the Units would beat the Devils 30-4. 

Hurtin' Units co-captain, Peter H. played on the Gruesome Devils last season. The Devils would only win 3 games all season. It would be an understatement to say the Devils did not have a good season. 

This season the Gruesome Devils are playing better baseball, but are still struggling a little. Coming in to this game the Devils record was 5-8-1. 

Game Time (9:30pm):

The weather for this game was hot, stinky hot and the daytime temperature was 34 degrees, with the humidity it felt like over 40. At game time the temperature had dropped slightly, but the humidity was still hanging around, just thinking about being outside made ya sweat. There was a strong breeze that would come up from time to time, cooling us down a little. 

At game time, we had 9 Hurtin' Units players dressed and ready to take on the Devils. Jon, Ted and Gord were all missing from this game. The Units picked up Kevin C. (Skippy) for the game.

The Hurtin' Units were the visitors in this game.

After the hangover on Tuesday night, the Units needed a better performance to renew our confidence, after the 35-17 beating from the Rusty Rebels. 

Game Sheets:

Between the Lines:

• The Units defense played well; on one occasion the Gruesome had the based loaded, no outs, and the Units would not allow a run. The Gruesome also had another inning were the 2 runners on, but the Units stopped them again.
• Ingo made a nice double play at third, catching a line drive and then throwing to first to double up the base runner who had left the bag. 
• I had a mosquito get caught in my throat and in took several innings to stop coughing and feel better.
• I (Jimmer) hit a ball, over the left fielder's head, all the way to the fence for a double... probably should have been a triple.  
• Several Units players were still hobbled in this game (still feeling the effects of the tournament weekend and Tuesday's game).
• After allowing the Gruesome to score in the first 3 innings, the Units held the Devils off the score sheet for the final 4 innings. 
• Jim R. went 5/5, and Robert, Mark and Clayton all went 4/5 in this game. Clayton would score a team high 4 runs in the game.
• Kevin C. (Skippy) went 3/4 and scored 2 runs. 
• The Units were only shut out in one inning.

The Hurtin' Units next game is July 19th vs. The Tap Masters.