Rebel Rubber Game Thread

[57stratdawg]

Weather looks nice. First pitch coming up. Black Unis always work out well for us.

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[TBone.sixpack]

Solid black unis

 

[57stratdawg]

*** 1st Inning ***

1 pitch, 1 out for Billingsley

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

The battle of the ugly uniforms

 

[57stratdawg]

2 down. And a single. OM swinging early at the plate

 

[57stratdawg]

Runner steals 2nd.

 

[57stratdawg]

Walk. Luke Alexander makes a really nice play to get out of the ining.

 

[57stratdawg]

Lead off single from Mangum

 

[57stratdawg]

Wild pitch. Jake takes 2nd.

No chance on tbat pitch.

 

[57stratdawg]

Alexander burns on 3-1. Full count.

 

[57stratdawg]

Whew. Another bad pitch. Mangum runs, but the 3B cuts the ball off early. Mangum also over slide the bag. Lucky.

Either way, runners on the corners. No outs.

 

[57stratdawg]

Allen K’s On Ball 4. 1 down, Stovall up.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Stovall batting cleanup....

 

[57stratdawg]

Stovall flies out, but Mangum scores. 1-0 MSU, 2 down.

 

[57stratdawg]

Vansau pops out on a 3-1 FB.

1-0 MSU after 1.

 

[57stratdawg]

2nd Inning -

Lead off walk, but double play erases it. 2 down.

 

[57stratdawg]

Another walk. Come on Billingsley. You got a 1-0 lead and facing the bottom of the order.

2 walks in the inning.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Billingsley really struggling with control. Double play was HUGE

 

[57stratdawg]

Now a 4 pitch walk. 2 on, 2 outs

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Walk #9 batter in 4 pitches SMH

 

[57stratdawg]

2-0 count and a wild pitch. Runners move up. Billingsley way off.

 

[57stratdawg]

Whew. 2-0 FB is popped out. We might have dodged one there.

1-0 Mid 2.

 

[57stratdawg]

Leadoff walk from Westberg. Good AB from him.

 

[57stratdawg]

Westburg wonders off 1B on a low throw. I thought he got in at 2B honestly.

That was way closer than it should have been.

 

[57stratdawg]

He’s out. No enough to over turn it.

Nice play from OM SS begins 2nd ends the inning. 1-0 MSU after 2.

 

[57stratdawg]

3rd Inning - Westburg gets a ball off his glove. Probably should have let Alexander take that. Not sure if that'll be an E or H.

Either way, 1 on.

 

[57stratdawg]

Another steal. OM's catchers are a hell of alot better than ours.

 

[57stratdawg]

Gilbert can't keep a ball in front of him. Runner to 3rd. 3-2 count

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

This team is very creative finding ways to give up runs & avoid scoring them

 

[57stratdawg]

Grounder ties the game. 1-1.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Walk, Stolen base, wild pitch, & grounder to SS to tie the game. It takes us 4 hits to score & we damned sure cannot score a runner from the 3rd with one out unless we get a wild pitch

 

[57stratdawg]

Double for OM. 1 on, 1 out.

 

[57stratdawg]

Billingsley so far:

27 Balls
22 Strikes

 

[57stratdawg]

Mangum can't hold onto a diving ball in the LF-CF gap. 2-1 OM.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Should we be starting Neff or France on Sunday instead of Billingsley?

 

[57stratdawg]

I don't know, but the announcers are right; when Billingsley is up in counts, he's much more effective. Trying to get guys to chase that slider when it's 2-0 or 3-1, is a tough way to live.

 

[57stratdawg]

K (on a inside call with the catcher set up outside) gets the 2nd out.

Runner still at 2nd. 2 down.

 

[57stratdawg]

Another K! 2 runs though. 2-1 OM.

 

[57stratdawg]

---------------------------- Mid 3 ---------------------------

 

[57stratdawg]

Poole Ks. Mangum HBP.

1 down, 1 on.