Hurtin' Units win 11-9
Team Record - 10-7-0
Coventry Park- Back on May the 12th, in game # 3 on the season, the Hurtin' Units and the Tap Masters played a tough game ending in a 16-15 loss for the Units.
Even though the Hurtin' Units lost, I got a real good feel as to how resilient this team really was. The Units were trailing by a score of 16-6 going in to the open inning. The Units would rally for 9 runs in the top of the 7th inning (open) and had the tying and go ahead runners on bases. The Units would lose the game, but showed they were capable of mounting a comeback and had a never say die attitude.
The Units worst loss of the season came last week against the Rusty Rebels, when the Units were hammered by a score of 35-17. Up until that game, the Units worst loss was against the Draft Kings, when the Units lost by a score of 19-13. The Units were still in this game going in to the 7th inning.
Game Time: 7:00pm.
The weather for this game vs. the Tap Masters was very good; The temperature was hovering around 20 degrees, the humidity was low and there was a strong breeze. The winds were definitely a factor in this game; the pitching and balls hit in the air were moving around like they were in a popcorn maker. The sky was also filled with sunshine, shining in to the eyes of the right fielders.
The Units were the home team in this game.
Roman D. was the umpire for this game.
It was great to have Teddy back in this game. I like having Ted in the lead off position and after missing 3 games, he was back. In the first inning, Ted looked a little bit rusty, but it didn't take long before he was on base. Ted went 3-4 in his first game back, scoring 3 of our 11 runs. Not bad for a guy with jet lag. Welcome back Teddy!!
Jon was also back after missing a week.
The Hurtin' Units started this game slowly, not even getting through the batting order until the 3rd inning.
The Units defense looked good in the first inning, shutting down the Tap Masters, allowing only 5 batters to come to the plate and stranding runners at 3rd and 1st.
The second inning wasn't as clean cut as the first inning, the Tap Masters would score 4 runs and in the top of the third inning, the Masters would score another 3 runs. The score after 2.5 innings was 7-0 for the Masters. In the bottom of the third inning, the Units would adapt to weather conditions and we decided to start hitting the ball on the ground and keep it out of the air. The plan started to work, the Units sent 9 batters to the plate and 4 would come around to score. In the top of the fourth inning, the Units would shut down the Tappers and in the bottom of the inning the Units would score another 3 runs. The score at the end of 4 innings was a 7-7 tie.
In the top of the fifth inning, the Tappers would send 5 batters to the plate and 1 run would come in to take the lead. In the bottom of the inning, the Units would send 5 batters to the plate and would strand 2 runners on base.
In the top of the sixth inning, the Units shut down the Tap Masters 1,2,3. Change them up boys! In the bottom of the sixth inning, the Units would get the first 2 batters on base, followed by Jon, who would hit a bases clearing, in the park, homerun. The Units would take the lead for the first time in the game. Peter would hit a double and Mark would drive in an insurance run before the inning ended.
In the top of the seventh inning (open) the Tap Masters would get the leadoff batter on base, Len would hit back to me (Jimmer) for a out at first, Jason would drive in the run, Tim would hit a single and Jason would advance to third base, Gary would pop out, and Rick would foul pop up to Robert (Units' catcher) and the Units would hold on for the win.
Inside the Lines:
- Jason B. was tagged out at second base by Clayton who tagged Jason in an unpleasant area. Let's just say Jason's voice seemed to be a bit higher.
- I forgot the lineup/position sheet at home, but found an old one and with a couple of changes... made it work.
- The Units don't play for 9 days, perhaps this is a good thing... for this game, Ted was jetlagged, Jon had a head cold, Mark has a boo boo on his elbow that seems to get worse every game, Peter has aches and pains...everywhere and Brad forgot his baseball stuff at home. All good reasons to look forward to a 9 day break.
- Mark and Robert both went 4-4 in this game.
- Ted went 3-4, scored 3 runs in his return from England.
- Jon hit a 3 run, in the park, homerun.
- The Units showed resilience and adaptability in turning this game around after a slow start.
- There were some difficult catches made by the Units' defense. Jon and Peter both made spectacular over the shoulder catches. Clayton had to back pedal a long way to make a catch at behind 2nd base. The outfield was challenged all game with balls that were twisting around in the strong wind.
- I usually don't talk about myself in our games (mostly because there is nothing to talk about), but in this game, I went 3 for 3 and scored 2 runs. Way to be Jimmer!!
- This game was a total team win with contributions from everyone on the field. Nice win Units.
- In this game, I was super impressed with the play of Robert J. Robert started the game catching a foul tip and ended the game catching a foul pop up at home plate, what I like to call baseball bookend outs. Two big outs in this game. Robert also went 4-4 batting, hitting the ball hard at every at bat, he also scored 2 runs in the game. Good game Robert.
The Hurtin' Units next game is Thursday July 28, 2016 at Keogh Park at 8:15pm.
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