HURTIN' UNITS PLAY A LATE DATE WITH ROUNDERS..

HURTIN' UNITS VS THE DODGE CITY ROUNDERS...

Game # 6 - May 30, 2012

Hurtin`Units win 16-6

Team Record  1-4-1

Keogh Park- Well it's good be away from Coventry Park, where we have played some pretty decent baseball over the last little while, but with nothing to show for it. A change of venue could be just what we need to stop our streak. Some may look at the standings and say this could be a disaster, the Rounders sit second in the standings with a record of 4-1-0 and we play them back to back. I still think we have good team that can compete with any team in the league... 

The last time we played the Dodge City Rounders was on July 5, 2011. We had rode in to Dodge City looking to get out of a funk, a funk which was a 5 game losing streak. Our record was 5-7-0 and if you recall we had started the season 4-0-0, we were lookin' to get back, get back, get back to where we once belonged. I also thought, back then, that a road trip might be the tonic we needed to get back on track, I was wrong, dead wrong, we got beat up real bad in Dodge City with a final score of 18-4. We are a new band of gunslingers this season, but Dodge is ram tough, looking for a good fight tonight.

In our last game against the Brew Jays, we saw our bats come to life scoring a season high 21 runs and tying our most runs given up in a game. We have proven we can play good defense and the hitting power is definitely there, so all we need is a night where the defense and pitching slow our opponents down to  the point that our offense can out score them... This is called a win... 

After our game against the Brew Jays, in the Coventry Park parking lot, we had a good feel about how we are playing, most of us think that it is just a matter of time until this current streak comes to a conclusion and we start to put some wins on the board...This game could be the turning point.  

The weather for this game was really good, the daytime temperature had peaked out at around 17 degrees with some cloudy skies and at game time the temperature had dropped down to 13 degrees, a little cool, but good for hitting the ball. This game was the first of two 9:30pm games...

At game time we had 11 players in uniform ready to take on the Dodge City Rounders, Gord R. (3rd) was missing... We were the home team this game...

I really thought that we were on the road (visitors) for this game, but it turns out we were the home team again, oops my bad. I forgot to bring a new ball for the game, fortunately DD was at our game score keeping and supplied me with a ball...Thanks Doug, I'll reinburse you with a new ball next time I see ye...I also thought that Kidder was going to be away, so the lineup needed so revamping, not a big deal, but these were things that kept me off balance up unitl the start of the game...

For the first time this season, we got off to a good start and the defense slowed the Rounders batters with only 2 runs in the first inning... Our good start continued thoughout the game and the defense kept the Rounders bats at bay only allowing a total of 6 runs... I was unable to get a photo of the game sheet, but based on the score Units probably had control for most of the game. Clayton, Cam, Jamie, Anicete are on fire with the bats, Gord, Al and Dave had a great week batting, and the rest of us are really starting to come around... Great games this week guys... On Monday June 4, we go on the road to Dodge City for another game against the Rounders. It is great to have a win under our belt and hopefully we can keep keep it going...

Lab- Tumble