Video highlights created by Raptors Manager, JAKE KIKEL
| Herts Raptors at Essex Arrows | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Herts Raptors | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 19 | ||
| Essex Arrows 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 20 | ||
Going into the bottom of the 8th inning Herts Raptors could smell their first win of the season. An 8-run lead was exactly what the Raptors wanted at such a late stage of the game against local rivals Essex Arrows.
But then the Raptors suffered a collapse which could even rival the Herts Hawks collapse against
In the top of the 9th manager Jake Kikel managed to rally his troops again putting 4 runs on the board and once again taking a lead, 19-17. The pressure was on. Unfortunately it wasn’t to be for Hertfordshire newest league team – they lost 19-20.
Despite the demoralising loss, the team can take a lot of positives from this game. The Raptors’ bats are really coming along. The pitching and defence showed improvement from the previous game with some outstanding plays from Hunter Devine, Andrew Slater and catcher Andy Ringrose. Rod Ariss and
The team will need to pick themselves up quickly and start again next Sunday on the Road at the Braintree Rays. The Raptors are hoping to have several key players return for that game, including Mark Hoffman,