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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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March 2019
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