HURTIN' UNITS SMOKE THE JOINTS, FEELING A HIGH.

HURTIN' UNITS VS. THE DISLOCATED JOINTS.

GAME # 12 - July 5, 2012

Hurtin' Units win 16-10

Team Record  4-7-1

Keogh Park- Looking at the standings today, the Dislocated Joints are having pretty decent season with a record of 10-2-0, they lost on Tuesday evening to the Grusome Devils. Again I was comparing the 2012 Hurtin' Units numbers to others, but the numbers of the Joints really put things in to perspective with me. The Dislocated Joints in 11 games had only given up 97 runs against (best in the league) and have only scored 145 runs for... The Hurtin' Units have scored, in 10 games, 141 runs for and have allowed 146 runs against, not the greatest run differential (middle of the pack), but the numbers do tell the story... The Joints have a run differential of +48 runs (again the best in the league). When you can hold your opponents to less than 9 runs per game you're going to win your fair share of games...

In our game against the Tap Masters we didn't look very good. My pitching was mediocre at best, our batting was just awful and our defense was fighting the ball most of the night... Let's just chalk up this game to "One of those games" and be done with it...

The game against the Dislocated Joints is expected to be a tough one with the Joints only losing 2 games on the season. I mentioned in another posting that I think we play better against the top teams, but tonight's test will give us a chance to see how we will fair against the top team... This weekend we have the HTKP tournament and I hope that everyone is looking forward to playing this weekend...

At the legion after our game on Wednesday night, most of our team was in good spirits even after the shit kickin' we took at the hands of the Tappers. Rob and Jamie both said they were looking forward to the tournament and I really think this tournament will be good for our team...I am really looking forward to the tournament, I love to play, what can I say... This tournament will give me some good pitching practise, it will give guys who are struggling with the bat some no pressure hacks, it will give me a chance to play around with a batting order and most of all it will help bond us as a team... Sambuca time draws near....

The weather for our game with the Dislocated Joints was still hot, at 6:00pm on game day the temperature was 31 degrees and with the humidity it felt like 37...The skies were almost clear.

At game time we had 12 players ready to play, a full team ready to take on the top team. Al had missed the game against the Tap Masters, but was back for this one... We were the visitors again, on a four game road trip don't ya know...

Boxscore:                     1    2     3     4     5     6     7       Total 


Hurtin' Units                  1     6     1     0     7     1    X         16   


Dislocated Joints         1     0     7     0     2     0    X         10   

" And there she goes"... I made a slight adjustment in the batting order for this game against the Joints, I moved Gord R. (SS) up in to the lead off position to take some pressure off him. I was thinking that Gord was trying to hard to hit the ball out in the cleanup position. In the top of the first inning, on the second pitch of the game, Gord hit a home run in to the lawn bowling courts for his first rounder of the season... This started the game in the direction we wanted to see. In the home half of the inning the Joints scored a single run. In the top of the second, the Units went on a hitting spree and scored 6 runs, stranding the 7th on 3rd base. In the bottom, the Joints went down I,2,3 change em up boys.. In the top of the third inning the Units scored a single run, but the Dislocated Joints, in the bottom, sprayed the ball around the diamond (good hits all of them) and scored a 7 run inning. The score at the end of 3 innings 8-7 for the Units...

The fourth inning saw neither team score. In the top of the fifth inning, the Units sent 10 batters to the plate and scored 7 runs. In the bottom,  the Joints countered with 2 runs of their own.  The sixth inning became the open inning and in the top of the inning, the Units scored a single run. The bottom of the inning, the Joints sent only 4 batters to the plate, before the Units defense shut the door...

We really are a little bit of a Jekyll and Hyde team. Our game against the Tap Masters on the night the lights wouldn't come on was similar to the game against the Dislocated Joints. We were batting great, our defense was stellar, we look like and act like we are in the driver's seat and in control of the game. And then we have night's like we did against the Tap Masters this week, taking 3 innings to get through the order, defensive skills were fogotten at home and no focus on what we are doing... Maybe every team goes through this, it certainly has kept things interesting...The Help the Kids tournament begins tonight, I'm looking forward to seeing Dr. Jekyll...