...represents our current varsity baseball record. As mentioned earlier in a comment, we picked up our first win of the season last Thursday v the Ubly Bearcats. Brent Doerr picked up the win in game 1 going 6 and 2/3 and only yielding 2 runs. It was 6-0 going into the 7th inning and Austin Babich closed the game for the final out with the bases loaded (after walking AND balking in a run with the bases loaded) to seal the win 6-2.
In the nightcap, we jump out to a 2-0 lead only to give up a 3-run blast in the bottom of the first to a southpaw sophomore. But, we battled back to regain the lead 4-3 the next inning. However, more problems and we fell behind 11-4. But, we managed 2 runs each in future innings to cut the lead to 11-8. Ubly then entered their #2 stopper and we lost 14-8.
Saturday was the Tuscola County Tournament in Vassar. We were scheduled to play Caro in the opening round. We were looking for revenge as we came up hitting for a 1-0 lead...only to see ourselves give up 7 runs in the bottom of the 1st. Mason Doerr was unable to get through the whole inning and was pulled when the top of the order came around again (Then again, when you give a team 7 outs, anyone will score 7 runs.) The Hawks failed a comeback and lost 7-2 after 4 and 1/2 innings.
With the loss, that meant we had to face mighty KINGSTON!!! Basically a JV team. The Hawks pulled out the 15-7 victory. Yes, 7 runs to Kingston. We'd have a better chance of Adam Stoeckle getting on the mound to throw strikes. We literally can't hit water from a boat...or grass if we were playing on a grass infield.
Last night: The Hawks bats pounded out 6 runs in the first inning but went silent until the 6th inning. The Harbor Beach managed one in the first to cut it to 6-1. It stayed that way until The Beach small balled a few more runs to make it 6-4. Next inning, 3 errors later, we are down 10-6 heading to the top of the 6th inning. We scratched out some gap shots and plated 3 runs to make it 10-9. We shut them down defensively in the 6th to set the stage for the dramatic 7 inning.
The first two batters didn't help as we fell in a deep hole with 2 outs and no runners on base. But, some timely hits eventually got us to runners at 2nd and 3rd with Austin Babich, our best hitter, at the plate. Ball 1, ball 2, ball 3. At this point, I gave Austin the "green light." Strike one. Ball 4.
Bases loaded, two outs, and a senior at the plate. (It should be noted that the backstop was about a football field behind homeplate. It was possible to steal 2nd and 3rd on a passed ball.) Ball one....I can't remember much after that except our batter simply couldn't put the ball into play and struck out. Ball game over. 10-9. We really needed that game.
Game 2: Not knowing ahead of time that The Beach didn't have a JV squad, basically Harbor Beach was happy with a win and just put in a bunch of freshmen and sophomores. We won, 10-0. Big whoop.
Silver Lining: The last 3 occasions we've had a game day, we've managed to at least go 3-3. Next up: Lakers...first conference matchup!
It should also be noted that of our 14 players on the roster, four run track and one plays golf. We were missing 3 players last night due to a track invitational. All of them are great hitters...3 of our top 5 in the batting order to be exact. Two are pretty good defensive players. I'm not making excuses, but track didn't help us. However, we should win no matter who shows up, especially with a 6-1 lead in the 4th inning.
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Some of your guys run track? That's silly, baseball > track, no matter how you look at it. Way to be dedicated.
You bet I could get you some strikes. You can time my pitches on a sundial, batters would swing just because they were so bored. And that's my fastball.
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