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Article posted on behalf of Herts Baseball Newswire correspondent, Lee Manning
The second game of the day for the Falcons was against Premier League rivals Burgess Hill Redhats. The Redhats are the team that relegated the Falcons in the 2006 playoffs. This was an opportunity for payback for the Falcons. Against Great Britain National Team Pitcher, Gary Davison, the Falcons were looking to get an early lead. First up was veteran Lee Manning who ripped a 0-2 outside pitch to the right field and slide safely into 3rd base. Manning scored off a sack fly from Kimiyoshi Saionji setting the standard for the rest of the afternoon. Aspi Dimitrov pitched 3 innings before handing the ball to Bruce Dullea with a 6-5 lead, but bases loaded and no one out in the 4th. Dullea then got the next three batters out in superb style without giving up a single run. After Dullea’s 2 innings, Yuji Endo took to the mount with the game tied at 8-8 to pitch the last 2 innings. He showed great control and great pop to keep the Redhats quite. The Falcons started hitting the ball hard and everyone played great defence which was helped by Manning doing an over the shoulder catch but only to be outdone by former Falcons player now playing for the Hawks, Paul Auchterlounie, sprinting 40ft to chase down a hard hit drive to centerfield for the play of the day. Falcons won the game 13-9. Yuji Endo picked up the Win.
Manger Jason Greenburg must be having a hard time on who to play where and when but has the next two weeks looking at players who are all fighting for a starting spot. Every Falcon player showed that they wanted to win the games and hope to keep this going forward next week when they play at the AmericanSchool Of London.
Hitter of the day: Jason Greenberg going 7-7
Pitcher of the day: John Oliver
Play of the day: Paul Auchterlounie making a great catch on his horse in Centerfield.
Moment of the game: Bruce Dullea inheriting a bases loaded jam, no outs to shut down the Redhats not allowing any runs and preserving the 1-run lead.
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Herts Falcons at Burgess Hill Colts |
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Score By Innings |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
R |
H |
E |
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Herts Falcons |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
13 |
19 |
2 |
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Burgess Hill Colts |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
11 |
3 |
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Herts Falcons 13, Burgess Hill Colts 9 |
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Herts Falcons |
Burgess Hill Colts |
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ab |
r |
h |
bi |
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ab |
r |
h |
bi |
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Lee Manning ss |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
Player 1 p |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
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Kimiyoshi Saionji 2b |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
Player 2 c |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Jason Greenberg c |
4 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
Player 3 1b |
4 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
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Peter Kikel 3b |
4 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
Player 4 2b |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Greg Bochan cf-rf |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
Player 5 3b |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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(b3) Paul Auchterlounie cf |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Player 6 ss |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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Yuji Endo lf-p |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
Player 7 lf |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Bruce Dullea dh-p-rf |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
Player 8 cf |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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John Oliver 1b |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Player 9 rf |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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Dave Hamilton rf-lf |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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Aspi Dimitrov p-rf |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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TEAM TOTALS |
39 |
13 |
19 |
9 |
TEAM TOTALS |
28 |
9 |
11 |
8 |
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E: Lee Manning, Aspi Dimitrov, Player 1, Player 3, Player 5. LOB: Herts Falcons 10, |
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Herts Falcons |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Aspi Dimitrov |
3.00 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
12 |
5 |
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Bruce Dullea |
2.00 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
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Yuji Endo W |
2.00 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Burgess Hill Colts |
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Player 1 L |
7.00 |
19 |
13 |
9 |
4 |
7 |
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WP: Aspi Dimitrov(2), Player 1(3). PB: Jason Greenberg(3), Player 2. T: 2:00. A: 65. |