Hurtin' Units lose 15-12
Team Record - 8-6-0
Keogh Park- Our last game was the mid point of the regular season, which means we start playing teams for a second time. This game with the Grisslies is the first time we will play a team for a second time.
On May the 4th, the Hurtin' Units played their first game of the season vs. the Grisslies. Our game was the 2nd game of the season for the Grisslies, who lost their first game to the Dodge City Rounders by a score of 27-7. Are we confused yet?
In
our first game with the Grisslies, the Hurtin' Units would be
defeated by a score of 5-4. The Units had a 4-2 lead going in to the
bottom of the 7th inning, but could not hold off the Grisslies.
Going
into this game vs. the Grisslies, the Units were in a bit of a
disadvantage; The team had not been on the field in 9 days. The Units' last game was Monday June 27th, when we beat the Dodge City Rounders
by the score of 37-8. The Grizzlies last played on July 4th, two
days before this game vs. the Units, so they had lots of at bats
coming in to this game.
In
the first meeting with the Grizzlies there was a similar situation;
The Grizzlies played the Hurtin Units in their season opener, and
other than a practice, weeks before the opener, the Units had not
even swung the bat. The Grizzlies season opener had been two days
earlier when they were beaten up by the Dodge City rounders 27-7, but
they still had some at bats before the Units game. Now I'm not making
excuses for this game, in fact I am writing this on July 4th, two
days before we even face the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies still have to
play the Dodge City rounders tonight before playing the Units on
Wednesday night. I will probably mention the score of the Grizzlies
and the Dodge City Rounders before talking about our game....Update:
The Grisslies would beat the Dodge City Rounders by a score of
29-12.
The game between the Dodge City Rounders and the
Okay, let me stray from all that I have been babbling about and talk about a sub game for a minute. So, I subbed for the Hottub Woodys on Monday night, July 4th, and Hurtin' Units' player Jon D. also subbed. I played at second base (for the first time in a long time, I might add) and Jon D. played in the field. Jonny D. was awesome in the field, making two spectacular (Pillar like) catches and multiple other plays (why is this guy not on the All-Star team??).
Late in the
game between the Woodys and the Dogcatchers, it looked like the
Dogcatchers might be in line for their first win of the season,
leading by 6 runs going in to the bottom of the 6th inning. The
Woodys would score 7 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning and then
shut down the Dogcatchers, in the top of the 7th, to win the game.
This was a fun game to play in.
STARS
of the GAME: Units vs. Grisslies.
I don't usually picks stars in our games. With all of our players being rated, I think it would end up being the top players more often and this really is a team game. I thought just to change things up for this posting I would do a 3 star selection.
First Star: I have to pick Donato as the first star in this game. Danny went 5 for 5 , scored 4 runs, 3 doubles, and 2 singles. And even with all of these hits and runs, the boy managed to entertain us with a foul ball off the fence, in to the trees and in to a garbage can. It was like watching Superman play.
Second Star: My second star pick would be Peter H. Peter went 4 for 4, with a Homerun, 2 doubles and a triple and 4 runs scored.
Third Star: My third star would be a tie (this is why I don't do 3 stars). The tie would be between Neil and Jon. Both these guys had really good nights.
Game
Time:
The weather for this game was stinky hot; the day time temperature reached 32 degrees and with the humidity it felt like 37. There was a risk of thunderstorms around 7:00pm.
At game time the Hurtin' Units had 11 players. The only missing body was Ted who was in England for his son's ball hockey tournament.
The Hurtin' Units were the home team in this game.
After looking at the boxscore on Thursday morning, it would not have been surprised me if this game had ended in a tie. The game was close thoughout and possibly with a hit or catch in the Units favor, it could have gone in a different direction.
I will post the game sheets for this game to esplain what happened Lucy.
Between the Lines:
- Before this even began, Brad told us a bird shit on his head (hat). Everyone told Brad this was lucky, but it really didn't work on this night. Brad is some what entertaining with his stories. i.e fishing naked.
- Jon D. is still looking to turn a triple play this season and came close in this game. Jon caught the ball at short, tagged the runner running from second, touched second for the force and threw to first, just missing the out at first.
- Doug Dwyer made an excellent over the shoulder catch for an important out.
- Donato was a Units killer on this night, as I mentioned before in the stars section, the guy went 5/5, 3 doubles, 2 singles, scoring 4 runs, making multiple catches in the field and even hit a foul ball over the fence, off a tree in to a garbage can. He could do nothing wrong on this night.
- I thought the defense, on both sides, was a little sloppy at times, on the night.
- The Units had a 9 day layoff, which I think hurt the batting and timing a little. The Grisslies had played 2 days before against the DCRs.
- Peter H. had one of his best games of the season. Peter went 4/4, scored 3 runs, hit a 3 run homerun (2nd of the season) and was solid in the outfield.
- Neil was a machine again on this night. I hate (okay hate is a bit of strong word), don't enjoy playing against Neil, he is such a tough out and if he gets a hit (which is quite often) he is usually at second or further. Good game buddy.
The Units next game is in the HTKP tournament on the upcoming weekend.
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