MBC 14's beat the Beast and the Washington Wave 13-5 in a mercy rule game that ended in the dark. Offense was huge, pitching was good and we are still working on that third thing.
The team jumped out with a two run first. A lead off walk to Ben Thomson and a single by Tino Peleti set the stage for Stuart Fairchild's two run double for an early lead. But despite gallant pitching by Stuart Fairchild, the team let the Wave grab those runs and more with a two error inning. Things could have been much worse had we not gotten the bases loaded double play on a screaming line drive back to the mound.
The defense was much better after the first inning. Stuart settled in and pitched through the fourth inning yielding just one more unearned run and gave up just three hits on the day. Jake Hawken threw a blazing fifth inning mowing down the Wave in his "rehab" outing, and Nick Reeves completed the mercy run game with a snappy sixth inning.
Offensively the team scored in every inning but the second.
In the third Jimmy Sheldrup started the ball rolling with a lead off single. After a walk to Ben Thomson, Nick Reeves hit a deep fly to right allowing Jimmy to tag on reach third. Tino Peleti then drove a ball to the left center field fence to score Jimmy on a sacrifice fly.
The fourth and fifth were the big innings. Stuart Fairchild reached on an error by "The Beast" (see last years write-up) at third. Jake Hawken followed with a single and a walk to Campbell Queen loaded the bases. Mitchell Smith scored two with a single. Walks to David Becker and Jimmy Sheldrup loaded the bases for Ben Thomson who promptly double in two more. Jimmy Sheldrup scored on a passed ball to complete the five run fourth.
In the fifth, as it started to get dark John Peterson led off with a walk which was followed by Jimmy Sheldrup single. Another walk to Ben Thompson loaded the bases and the Wave was forced to bring in The Beast.
If you remember this team from last year, the Beast was a huge pitcher who threw gas and just mowed through our team. He was reported to have signed a professional contract after that game, but those rumours apparantly were untrue. Well this year it was a different story.
Nick Reeves greeted The Beast with a double, deep to right center, to score two. Tino Peteti ripped a double to score two more and Jake Hawken followed with a scorching single to score the fifth run of the inning.
What a difference a year makes. This team has grown and matured and is gaining confidence with every game.
The team jumped out with a two run first. A lead off walk to Ben Thomson and a single by Tino Peleti set the stage for Stuart Fairchild's two run double for an early lead. But despite gallant pitching by Stuart Fairchild, the team let the Wave grab those runs and more with a two error inning. Things could have been much worse had we not gotten the bases loaded double play on a screaming line drive back to the mound.
The defense was much better after the first inning. Stuart settled in and pitched through the fourth inning yielding just one more unearned run and gave up just three hits on the day. Jake Hawken threw a blazing fifth inning mowing down the Wave in his "rehab" outing, and Nick Reeves completed the mercy run game with a snappy sixth inning.
Offensively the team scored in every inning but the second.
In the third Jimmy Sheldrup started the ball rolling with a lead off single. After a walk to Ben Thomson, Nick Reeves hit a deep fly to right allowing Jimmy to tag on reach third. Tino Peleti then drove a ball to the left center field fence to score Jimmy on a sacrifice fly.
The fourth and fifth were the big innings. Stuart Fairchild reached on an error by "The Beast" (see last years write-up) at third. Jake Hawken followed with a single and a walk to Campbell Queen loaded the bases. Mitchell Smith scored two with a single. Walks to David Becker and Jimmy Sheldrup loaded the bases for Ben Thomson who promptly double in two more. Jimmy Sheldrup scored on a passed ball to complete the five run fourth.
In the fifth, as it started to get dark John Peterson led off with a walk which was followed by Jimmy Sheldrup single. Another walk to Ben Thompson loaded the bases and the Wave was forced to bring in The Beast.
If you remember this team from last year, the Beast was a huge pitcher who threw gas and just mowed through our team. He was reported to have signed a professional contract after that game, but those rumours apparantly were untrue. Well this year it was a different story.
Nick Reeves greeted The Beast with a double, deep to right center, to score two. Tino Peteti ripped a double to score two more and Jake Hawken followed with a scorching single to score the fifth run of the inning.
What a difference a year makes. This team has grown and matured and is gaining confidence with every game.
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