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Tube Sox - 1 WP: Josh "McEasy" McEachin (4) 2B: Aaron Slazer, Justin Soto, Jeff Lunsford O's take down rival Tube Sox with excellence in all three phases: offense, defense, and pitching. Over the years, the Orioles and the Tube Soxs aka Nationals aka Sky Sox have had epic battles with sides playing for championships against each other. Most all the games have been close affairs. This was not one of those games. The O's started off fast against Scates, the Tube Sox starting pitcher. With one out, Aaron Slazer hit a double down the left field line to continue his strong season. Slazer is hitting .421 on the year and has been especially good as of late, hitting .625 and an OBP of .667. He's being on fire as of late. Boston Coppedge followed that with a 1-2 single to left-center, scoring Slazer and giving the O's a 1-0 lead. After a SB from pinch runner JP Weber to get to 2nd and advancing to 3rd on a balk, Tanner Stevenson lifted a ball to shallow center which the O's tried to sneak another run across. Unfortunately, the ball was probably a little too shallow and JP was thrown out at the plate to keep the score to 1-0. McEasy started on the bump and started off in dominate fashion, striking out two in the first inning and continuing his stellar season. With a 1.64 ERA on the year, McEasy has crushing opponents left and right and this night was no different. McEasy allowed four hits over five innings and kept the Tube Soxs off the board, only allowing one runner to reach 3rd. Between McEasy, Gladney, Hanan, and Pokornowski, the O's starters have been on fire and are clearly the deepest staff in the league. The O's broke it open in the 3rd by batting around, scoring six times and missing the opportunity for more as they left them loaded. Cody Gladney started it off with a walk, followed by a single by Preston Cole. After a infield fly to 2nd, the top of the lineup got to work with four straight hits (JP Weber, Slazer, Coppedge, and Tanner Stevenson) and each getting an RBI out of the deal. Soto followed up by reaching on an error and McEasy was hit by the pitch, keeping it at one out and five runs in. The O's made it six in the inning with a sac fly from Jeff "Sweetbeard" Lunsford and gave the O's a 7-0 lead. Another three shutdown innings after the offensive outburst completed McEasy's night: 5 IP, 4 hits, 4 BB, 6 K. While McEasy's night was done on the bump, the O's offense was back at it with another big inning in the top of the 6th. Coppedge leads off with a HBP but is forced out at 2nd on a fielder's choice by Stevenson. The O's bats picked it up from that point with a double from Soto, single from McEasy, a double from Sweetbeard, and a single from Original Frenchie, Luc de la Soujeole. Cass gets hit and has a large bruise to show for it and that's followed by another hit by Gladney, who's also been hitting the ball at .500 clip the past five games. PCole came up with bases loaded and also grounded into a fielder's choice but beat out the throw to 1st, allowing the 12th run of the night to score and effectively end the game. We did have a new sighting on the mound with Tanner Stevenson seeing his first action of the year on the bump. His fiance' Lacey was in the stands and was asking "So what exactly are you doing?" to Coppedge behind the dish, who was coming in to replace Sweetbeard. Coppedge had no solid answers but just a smile and said "You'll see". Stevenson, throwing mainly a two seam fastball, struggled to find the zone at first and walked his first batter of the year. He did run into some good luck with a soft pop-up was caught by Jake "Jameson" Bellington and ended up doubling off the runner at first. Ironic that Jameson helped out Reverand Stevenson as they enjoy having back and forth exchanges about how one or the other doesn't show up. They're the worst of friends and best of warm-up partners with their beloved pennyball. Stevenson did allow the Tube Sox to get on the board with another walk and two straight singles but ended the game with a K and closed down a game the O's needed to create some separation in the top of the standings.
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Spirits - 2
Orioles - 3 WP: Craig Jaquez (1-0) *Snake win* 3B: Alex Faught 2B: Alex Faught, Boston Coppedge Behind some strong pitching and a little timely hitting, the O's took the first of many battles with the Dallas Spirits in walk-off fashion. Cody Gladney got the start and go the first couple of batters to fly out. He wasn't so lucky with the next three batters as the three hole lined up the middle, just out of Gladney's grasp. The 4-hole hit a liner to left that was knocked down by Frenchie at short and nearly gloved as well. A bloop single over 1st base drove in the first run of the game for the Spirits, which seems to be the only way people can score on Gladney this year. Gladney escaped further damage by getting the first of seven groundouts to end the inning. The O's got started quickly themselves with Carlos Colon reaching on an error and stealing 2nd base. After a groundout from Gladney, Boston Coppedge came up and hit the first pitch he saw for a double down the line that one-hopped the wall, scoring Colon and tying up the game at 1. Advancing to 3rd on a passed ball, Coppedge scored on a sac fly from Justin Soto to take the lead 2-1. The Spirits hit back in the 2nd, leading off with a double to the right center gap and using some fundamental baseball to advance the runner to 3rd and eventually scoring him on a weak ground out to 3rd. After getting out of the 2nd, Gladney and Coppedge figured out some things and started up a new strategy. This strategy worked out well with Gladney throwing four no-hit innings after the 2nd and only allowing 3 baserunners (walk, HBP, error). Another stellar start for Gladney, who now sports a 1.68 ERA on the year. The old warhorse can still get it done. The Spirits starter was just as good though, shutting the O's down every time they threatened. The O's had a runner at third multiple times with less than two outs and couldn't get him in. Alex Faught, in his first game back this year, lead off with a triple in the 6th but the O's couldn't find a way to score him. The 8th saw multiple hits and also multiple runners thrown out my the Spirits catcher. That guy can throw the pill and made sure we knew it. The O's waived the white flag on running the bases after that. In relief of Gladney was Faught, who lead the team with a 1.23 ERA last season. He faced four batters and allowed just one walk. We're glad to have him back in the fold going forward. Sunday was also the debut of Craig Jaquez, a pitcher just brought onto the squad. We can thank Justin Soto for the pickup. Jaquez stands about 6'6" so putting him on the mound makes him over 7' tall and it's pretty intimidating. Jaquez threw the 8th and 9th innings, striking out 4 and only allowed one HBP. He's definitely a useful weapon for the O's going forward and he will be striking fear into many opponents this season and beyond. After Jaquez shut down the top of the 9th, the O's went to work in the bottom. With one out, Alex Faught doubled down the right field line and set the stage for Preston Cole. Batting right handed for the first time all day, PCole lined a ball over the short stop to the left center gap, easily scoring Faught and giving the O's a big victory over a solid opponent in walk-off fashion. The Spirits are for real and will be a threat going forward this year and many years to come. Next game: Away vs Old Fashioneds, 7:30 @ Carpenter Park We've hit the halfway point in the spring season which means it's time for updated stats. Below are the top 3 (and ties) in the major categories.
Hitting Batting Average Tanner Stevenson - .462 Justin Soto - .455 Carlos Colon - .381 Team Average: .312 RBI's Justin Soto - 10 Josh McEachin - 9 Boston Coppedge - 8 Hits Justin Soto - 15 Boston Coppedge - 11 Cody Gladney - 9 Hits/Game: 10.4 Runs Justin Soto - 10 Boston Coppedge - 8 Luc de la Soujeole - 8 Carlos Colon - 8 Runs/Game: 8 Walks (includes HBP) Jeff Lunsford - 6 Carlos Colon - 6 Aaron Slazer - 4 BB/Game: 4.6 On Base Percentage (OBP) Carlos Colon - .519 Aaron Slazer - .500 Rolando Villa - .500 Team Average: .396 Stolen Bases Carlos Colon - 8 Jeff Lunsford - 4 Justin Soto - 4 Luc De La Soujoule - 4 Tim Hanan - 4 Total Bases Justin Soto - 23 Boston Coppedge - 15 Josh McEachin - 12 Home Runs Justin Soto - 1 Josh McEachin - 1 Pitching (Min. 3 IP) Wins Josh McEachin - 3 Vinnie Pokornowski - 2 Tim Hanan - 1 Cody Gladney - 1 Saves Vinnie Pokornowski - 1 ERA Tim Hanan - 0.00 Cody Gladney - 1.174 Josh McEachin - 2.015 Team ERA: 1.746 K/9 Ratio Tim Hanan - 16.714 Josh McEachin - 11.687 Cody Gladney - 6.457 Team K/9: 9.659 WHIP (Walks + Hits/IP) Cody Gladney - 0.978 Tim Hanan - 1.143 Vinnie Pokornowski - 1.286 News and Notes
Your favorite team takes on their rivals, the Tube Soxs, tonight at Carpenter Park at 7:30 PM. Come on out and support your O's! |
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March 2019
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