HERTS RAPTORS MAKE HISTORY AS THEY PLAY THEIR FIRST EVER GAME

Headlines Herts Spring League Raptors
by AspiDimitrov

Herts Baseball Newswire Correspondent, Hunter Devine, writes

The first game in the history of the Herts Raptors commenced last Sunday during week one of the Herts Spring League, hosted at Richmond. Raptors’ starter and manager, Jake Kikel, was scored on quickly to open the first few frames, let down by the defence which got off to a slow start. However, he kept the team in the game and eventually got some help from his defence which made some nice plays, highlighted by a stellar catch in Left Field by Ilya Dimitrov.

 

Mark Hoffman, who had already made contributions with the bat (finishing the day 3-3 with 3 stolen bases and 2 RBIs), relieved Kikel in the 4th and pitched well, striking out 4 and giving up 3 runs, 2 earned.

 

Richmond, meanwhile, cruised through the game limiting the Raptors’ bats to 2 runs whilst scoring 10 themselves.

 

Though the game did not end up the way the Raptors’ had hoped it would, there were many positives for the young team to take away from the loss as they hope to make some noise in BBF’s Single-A division this season.

 

Herts Raptors at Richmond Dragons
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Herts Raptors 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 1
Richmond Dragons 3 4 0 1 2 0 10 12 0

Richmond Dragons 10, Herts Raptors 2
Richmond Dragons Herts Raptors
  ab r h bi   ab r h bi
Player 1 p 2 2 2 0 Ilya Dimitrov lf 4 0 1 0
Player 2 c 3 3 1 0 Jonathon Lewys 3b-rf-1b 1 1 0 0
Player 3 1b 4 1 1 2 Nick Russell cf 3 0 0 0
Player 4 2b 4 3 3 2 Mark Hoffman 1b-p 3 0 3 2
Player 5 3b 4 1 2 1 Pete Cox ss 2 0 0 0
Player 6 ss 2 0 1 2 Hunter Devine 2b 3 0 0 0
Player 7 lf 3 0 1 0 Andrew Slater rf-3b 1 0 0 0
Player 8 cf 2 0 1 0 Kal Dimitrov c 3 0 1 0
Player 9 rf 3 0 0 0 Jake Kikel p-rf 3 1 3 0
TEAM TOTALS 27 10 12 7 TEAM TOTALS 23 2 8 2

E: Kal Dimitrov. LOB: Richmond Dragons 7, Herts Raptors 11. 2B: Player 3, Player 4.
SB: Player 4(4), Player 1(4), Player 2(3), Player 5(2), Mark Hoffman(3), Ilya
Dimitrov, Jake Kikel.

Richmond Dragons IP H R ER BB SO
Player 1 W 6.00 8 2 2 7 9
Herts Raptors            
Jake Kikel L 3.00 9 7 4 2 7
Mark Hoffman 2.00 3 3 2 3 4

HBP: by Player 1 (Andrew Slater). . . . WP: Jake Kikel. T: 2:55. A: 90.

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