Saturday, February 19, 2011

Game #1 in Bayamon


Game #1 was something of a nail biter to start the trip. Kevin Sadoski started things off by driving the first pitch of the game into CF for a basehit. The GAB started with some agressive baserunning but Kevin was nailed trying to steal 2B. The opening frame was a ZERO for the GAB but the tone was set. Chris Hacker took the hill to start the game and pitched a solid 4 innings, giving up four runs in the outing. The GAB had the bases loaded in the 2nd but couldn't plate a runner. Bayamon managed to score one in the second, one in the third, and a pair in the fourth. Although each inning was competitive, Bayamon had a 4-0 lead after the fourth. In the fifth, Alex Cave came in to pitch. Both teams put up ZEROS in the 5th and it seemed going into the 6th that the GAB had a pretty big deficit to overcome. Somehow everything clicked in the 6th. The GAB put up 5 runs in the top of the 6th to take a 5-4 lead. Bayamon fought back and scratched out another 2 runs in the bottom half of the inning to once agin take the lead at 6-5. Entering the top of the 7th the GAB managed to get runners on first and second with one out. Down a run and with two runners on, the GAB capitalized with a Hayden Lundberg "off the wall" triple in deep RF for a 7-6 lead. Hayden went on to score himself when Joe hit a basehit for an insurance run to make the score 8-6 going into the bottom of the 7th. Alex pitched a scoreless 7th to secure the win, with the GAB executing a game ending Moretti-to-Mickey 4-4-3 double play.

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  1. Down 4-0 in the 6th asked the Bayamon coach Angel for a run (just one) to get the goose egg off the scorboard. He replied "I don't want to hurt your fellings but I don't want to give you a run". We both laughed. GAB scored 5 runs that inning!

    Go ahead run in the 6th was squeezed in. I'll let you guess if it was a safety or suicide squeeze:-). Lundberg's shot would have been out at Riverfront. Turned three DP's.

    The locals were grilling pork chops during the game. What an aroma!

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