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Dallas Orioles - 16 WP: Craig "Pecos" Jaquez (1-0) 3B: Preston "PCB" Cole, Josh "McEasy" McEachin Your Dallas Orioles were all over the base paths in their sound win against the Caddo Reds on Sunday afternoon. Lead by two hits a piece from Boston Coppedge, Nick Bird, Josh "McEasy" McEachin, and Preston "PCB" Cole, the O's offense came alive, scoring at will it seemed. The game started out with Craig "Pecos" Jaquez on the hill and he did not disappoint. Scattering three hits, Jaquez hit a nice groove to start off the game by just working on different placement for his fastballs. Yes, that's plural, not a typo. Throwing the four seamer on the corner and then busting in the two seamer on the hands, he had it working on both sides of the plate on Sunday. He only had one tight spot on Sunday, with runners on 2nd and 3rd with two outs. He responded with a big strikeout to end the inning and dash any hopes of the Reds scoring on him on this day. Craig was followed by solid outings by Alex Faught and Jeff "Sweetbeard" Lunsford. Faught has been a mainstay to the rotation for the past few years, continuously pounding the strike zone to get ahead. Faught has averaged around 75% first pitch strikes in his O's career and he bested that mark on Sunday by throwing an incredible 87% first pitch strikes. Just remember kids, strike one is the most important pitch in baseball. Sweetbeard made his spring O's debut on the mound as well and had a nice and tidy 1-2-3 inning with a strikeout. Overall, the O's have given up six runs. All have been unearned. The pitching staff is once again the dominate force in the league. But enough of pitchers, let's get to the fun stuff... Hitting. We've had many names for the Orioles offense over the years. Hitters Union. '27 Yankees. Unfair. Take your pick. Today was one of the reasons why. After a few departures from last year's squad, the media had been questioning if the O's would still have the most explosive offense in the league. Frenchie, a long time mainstay in the O's lineup, had moved on to Vegas, followed by Tanner Stevenson, who will always be designated reverend. Last year's batting average champion Justin Soto had moved on to California. How would the offense cope? What the media seemed to forget is the O's don't rebuild, they reload. Returning players Kevin Simmons and Nick Bird have added some nice dimensions to the O's attack and the O's also brought on another bopper in the form of Lyndon "Pee Wee" Britt, who has slid in nicely in the middle of the order. All three were involved in the bottom of the 1st, which saw the O's take a 3-0 lead. After Carlos Colon reached on an error, Coppedge singled through the hole on the right side on a 3-2 hanging curveball. Pee Wee also reached on an error to load the bases for the moment. Nick Bird decided he'd like to wipe a couple of them clean, singling up the middle to score Colon and Coppedge. Sweetbeard followed up with a single of his own to push the score to 3-0. After scoring another one in the 2nd, the Reds managed to cut the lead down by half to 4-2. That's when the offense really got cooking. O's started to reach base left and right, scoring 4 times in each of the 4th, 5th, and 6th innings. I would go into each and every detail but honestly, it was a lot of baserunners, and I'm pretty tired. Pretty sure I'm hitting my word limit. Curious to see if anyone points this out at tomorrow's game. Preston Cole and Josh McEachin both laced triples to the right center gap for the only extra base hits of the game ironically. Even though those were the only ones for extra bases, the O's put on 21 baserunners on their own in the game, scoring 16 of them. They also left the loaded in the first, so it really could have gotten out of hand early. Overall, the O's are just happy to be back playing baseball and man, it feels good. The #getyourfix Player of the Game: Preston "PCB" Cole Presented by: Chop Shop Sports Garage PCole had himself a day with a couple of hits, a triple, 3 RBI's and a sweet snow cone catch out in left field. I'm guessing his arm workout from Saturday night will be catching on with the rest of the boys. Boobstick (near) Transfer: While he won't get it this time, he really did deserve it. While McEachin might have had a triple, he did have one terrible lapse of judgement as he just assumed he was out. Without consulting an umpire, McAssuming just talked to walk away from the bag and head to the dugout. Silly McEasy, always stay on the bag until they throw you off. If the pitcher had just played it cool, he would have had him out easily. You're saved this time, but next time, we won't be so generous. Next Game: Tuesday night vs Pirates, Carpenter Park #8, 7:00 PM Probable Starter: McEasy
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Orioles - 10 Braves - 4 WP: Josh "McEasy" McEachin (1-0) 2B: Aaron Slazer, Carlos Colon, Jeff "Sweetbeard" Lunsford 3B: Carlos Colon After a long winter break and an extended delay from weather and the City of Dallas, your Dallas Orioles were finally able to start their 2018 Spring season with a comfortable win on Tuesday night over the Braves 10-4. McEasy got the start on the bump and continued his dominance over his former team. Working on a new two seam fastball, McEasy cruised through three innings in efficient fashion (37 pitches), striking out five. He was followed by Cody Gladney who threw two no-hit innings, along with innings from Preston Cole and Timmy "The Cannon" Hanan. With all runs being unearned, the O's pitching staff is back to their dominating ways early. The offense also came to play and the scoring got started in the 2nd. After a one out walk from Gladney, Sweetbeard singles to left to have runners at 1st & 2nd. After a passed ball which moved up both runners, McEasy hit a sac fly to score Gladney and put the O's on the board 1-0. After a passed ball and steal from Colon, Preston Cole stepped in a delivered a single to left, scoring both runners. After PCole moved up from another passed ball, Jake "Jameson" Bellington lined a single through the left side, moving PCole to 3rd. One more passed ball in the inning scored PCole, giving the O's a 4-0 lead. The 3rd inning was more of the same. Aaron Slazer leads off with a double and scores on two wild pitches in a row to make the score 5-0. Coppedge walked, advancing to 2nd and 3rd on wild pitches. After a couple of strikeouts, Kevin Simmons and Gladney walked to load the bases. Jeff "Sweetbeard" Lunsford doubled to left, scoring Coppedge and Simmons easily. Gladney, unfortunately, was sent by an overly aggressive 3rd base coach (Carlos Colon) and was thrown out by a good 10 feet at the plate. While Jeff might have lost out on a 3rd RBI, he did push the lead to 7. The Orioles tacked on three more runs to reached double digit scoring and cruised home to a nice victory on opening night. The team ended up with 11 hits and looks to be in midseason form already. New additions Tristian Cummings, Lyndon "Pee Wee" Britt, and Kevin Simmons all contributed and have fit in nicely. The #getyourfix Player of the Game: Carlos Colon Sponsored by: Chop Shop Sports Garage While mentioned briefly above, Colon reached base three times, scoring three times, and threw in a double and triple for good measure. I'd call that a pretty good day. Boobstick Transfer: None, though we did get close. Tristian was picked off of 1st and that usually ends poorly for most Orioles. Tristian is new and doesn't know that he should have been out. After staying in a rundown long enough to score the runner from 3rd, he managed to draw an interference call to stay in the game and avoid the dreaded Boobstick. She currently resides with last year's title holder, Timmy Hanan. Next game: Sunday, Home vs Reds, Jesuit HS, 4:30 PM Probable Starter: Craig Jaquez |
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March 2019
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