You gotta know when to hold 'em.

Game # 11 – June 29th, 2023

Hurtin' Units vs. The Gamblers

Hurtin' Units lose 11-9

Team Record 2-9-1

Coventry Park - The weather for this game was perfect, the temperature was in the mid-20s, the sun was shining, there was a soft breeze and the field conditions were much better than Tuesday night.

The official start time was:700pm, start your stopwatch.

At game time, the Units were down 2 players, Tom H. and Jamie were missing for this game. Tom with injury and Jamie recovering from surgery. The Units picked up Kevin Moore as a sub, and the Gamblers picked up Jerry Muirhead.

So, 2 posts ago I told the Hurtin' Units group that the Units had signed a mystery player, this is not me pulling your leg (other than the signing part), Units do have a new player coming into the fold. Tom H. has packed it in for the season; Tom was having some injury issues and would have a difficult time the day after games, he also popped his hip 3 or 4 weeks ago, and hasn't played since. He decided to call it a season. I'm a little sad about this, Tom is a very good player and a great team guy. So, the Units have seriously picked up a replacement player and that player is Mystery Guy. The rumours are floating around out there, and Mystery Guy's identity will soon be revealed.

Coming into this game, the Gamblers were tied for the top spot in the standings. They had been creeping up the standings over the last couple of weeks and earlier this week caught up to the Beer Bros. who have held the top spot for the entire season. The Hurtin' Units season has been a struggle, so playing the # 1 team was going to be a challenge. The Units played the Beer Bros. tough and I was hoping for the same with the Gamblers. I think we played them well.

The Hurtin' Units were the home team in this game. In the top of the first inning, the Gamblers would get on the board quickly, Lorne would get on, and the next batter Ian would blast a homerun over the left field fence, fortunately, that was all they would get in the inning. In the bottom of the inning, the Units get off to a pretty good start of their own, sending 7 batters to the plate and scoring 3 runs in the inning.

In the 2nd inning, the Gamblers would score a single run and the Units would go down 1,2,3 in the inning. In the 3^rd inning, the Gamblers would do a carbon copy of the 1^st inning, Lorne got on, and Ian hit a home run over the left fence. In the bottom, Units would send 5 batters to the plate, 3 would get on base, but nobody would score. The 4^th inning would see the Gamblers score another single run, and the Units again would go down quickly, 4 batters, 3 outs. The score after 4 complete innings was 6-3 for the Gamblers.

In the 5^th inning, the Gamblers sent 5 batters to the plate and a single run would come in to score. In the bottom of the inning, Units did the same as the last inning, 4 up, 3 out. In the 6^th inning, the Gamblers came out swinging, 8 batters and 4 runs would light up the scoresheet. The Units sent 7 batters to the plate and 4 runs would also come around to make the game a little closer. After 6 complete innings, the score was 11-7 for the Gamblers.

In the open inning, the Units would shut down the Gambler's offence, 4 batters, 3 out. The Units had their last kick at the can, they would score 2 more runs and fall short of tying or winning this game. And just like that the Units record gets a little worse, with a 2-9-1 after 12 games and the halfway point in the schedule.

The Units next game is Wednesday July 5^th vs. The Draft Kings.