Stuart Fairchild supplied the ice. Throwing five strong innings, striking out nine Vipers and allowing two hits for his shutout. Hmm, something the Man behind the program did to the Atlanta Braves the night before.
And as Jamie Moyer has his Ryan Howard, well Stuart has both himself and Tino Peleti and the rest of the team did their best Philly batters impression.
Tino Peleti was 3-4 with six RBI, this included TWO (count'em, TWO) opposite field OUT OF THE PARK home runs. Tino looked like Joe HomeRun Trot today!
Stuart Fairchild was 3-4 with 2 RBI (poor guy had to hit twice AFTER Tino cleared the bases or he would have had more RBI.
Jake "the Rake" was 2-2 with a double.
Nick Reeves was 3-4 with an RBI and a double.
Campbell Queen and David Becker both had 2-3 days and John Peterson, Mitchell Smith (who called an exceptional game*) and recently called up (from the Seattle Prep JV) Chris Luttinen added to the hit parade.
Did I mention that Stuart struck out NINE BATTERS in his five innings of work? That is one way to get good defense behind you! Do the math that is nine outs out of fifteen. WOW! as Yogi might say, "That is almost half the outs!"
* Just in case you do not know, I let the catchers call their own games. Bish and I go back and forth on this, and most coaches do not let them call the game. I think that it is a good thing to work on. We talk with them about the opposing hitters. I believe we have two VERY smart guys back there and I want them to develop a feel for this part of the game. My hat is off to both Mitchell and Campbell, two very smart, leaders who do a masterful job handling our pitchers and leading this team.
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