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Caddo Reds - 2
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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