posted on behalf of Herts Baseball Newswire reporter, ROB JONES
The Herts Raptors learned some harsh lessons in their first competitive game, against the Old Timers of Enfield. The score was tight heading into the bottom of the fourth, but then defensive lapses by Herts, and aggressive base-running by the home team, blew the game open. The Raptors were on the wrong end of several close umpiring calls, but kept their heads up to score some late runs, finally going down 33-8.
| Herts Raptors at old timers | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Herts Raptors | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 3 |
| old timers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 27 | 5 |
| old timers 33, Herts Raptors 8 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| old timers | Herts Raptors | ||||||||
| ab | r | h | bi | ab | r | h | bi | ||
| Player 1 2b | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | Ilya Dimitrov rf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Player 2 c | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Jonathon Lewys p-lf | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Player 3 1b | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | Andy Ringrose c | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Player 4 p | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | Paul Hawes 1b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Player 5 3b | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Andrew Slater 3b | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Player 6 ss | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Hunter Devine 2b | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Player 7 lf | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Rob Jones cf | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Player 8 cf | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Pete Cox ss | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player 9 rf | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | Jake Kikel lf-p | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 45 | 33 | 27 | 29 | TEAM TOTALS | 42 | 8 | 18 | 6 |
| E: Player 4(2), Player 5(2), Player 7, Jonathon Lewys(3). LOB: Herts Raptors 10, old timers 13. 2B: Player 2, Player 3, Hunter Devine(2), Paul Hawes, Jake Kikel. 3B: Player 2, Player 9. HR: Player 9. SB: Player 3(8), Player 6(6), Player 5(6), Player 7(5), Player 4(4), Player 1(4), Player 8(4), Player 2(2), Player 9(2), Hunter Devine(3), Rob Jones(2), Ilya Dimitrov, Paul Hawes, Andy Ringrose. CS: Jonathon Lewys. |
| old timers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Player 4 W | 9.00 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| Herts Raptors | ||||||
| Jake Kikel L | 4.00 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 2 |
| Jonathon Lewys | 3.00 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 |
| HBP: by Jake Kikel (Player 1). . . . . . . . WP: Player 4. PB: Player 2. T: 2:55. A: 41. |