Author: Herts Baseball News Editor

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: London Mets 24 Herts Harriers 11 – U17 League

London Mets U17 at Herts Harriers U17
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
London Mets U17 1 0 3 3 0 3 14 24 9 4
Herts Harriers U17 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 11 5 5

 

London Mets U17 24, Herts Harriers U17 11
London Mets U17 Herts Harriers U17
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Marty Cullen Jr ss-p 4 4 2 2 Callum Vangundy 3b-p 4 2 2 0
Joe lf 4 5 1 2 Carlos Casal Jr ss-3b-p 2 2 1 2
Alex c-3b 4 4 2 3 Tom Everex-Armstrong p-lf 4 2 0 1
Taichi p-ss 3 4 2 2 (t7) Nimrod Wynne lf 1 0 0 0
Max 1b 4 2 2 1 Conner Brown c-2b-rf 1 2 0 0
Connor 3b-c 2 1 0 2 (t7) Alex Guthrie 2b-rf 1 0 0 0
Matt rf 5 2 0 1 Jonny Compton-Weight 1b 4 0 0 1
Sameem 2b 4 2 0 0 Brodie Caress lf-p-c 3 0 2 2
V Player 9 xh7 6 0 0 0 Jose Morillo 2b-ss-p 4 0 0 0
Charlie Mayhew cf 2 2 0 0
Warwick Byrne rf 1 1 0 0
(b4) Drew Mayhew rf 2 0 0 0
(b6) Tom Jansson-Wright p-rf 0 0 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 36 24 9 13 TEAM TOTALS 29 11 5 6

 

E: Taichi(2), Marty Cullen Jr, Max, Carlos Casal Jr(2), Callum Vangundy, Conner
Brown, Jonny Compton-Weight. LOB: Herts Harriers U17 9, London Mets U17 9. 2B:
Taichi, Marty Cullen Jr, Alex, Carlos Casal Jr, Callum Vangundy, Brodie Caress. SB:
Joe(5), Marty Cullen Jr(4), Taichi(4), Alex(2), Max, Connor, Matt, Sameem, Charlie
Mayhew(2), Callum Vangundy, Conner Brown, Carlos Casal Jr, Warwick Byrne.

 

London Mets U17 IP H R ER BB SO
Taichi 3.33 3 7 0 7 4
Marty Cullen Jr W 3.33 2 4 3 4 4
Herts Harriers U17
Tom Everex-Armstrong 3.00 2 4 2 4 2
Brodie Caress 2.00 2 6 1 4 2
Carlos Casal Jr 1.00 0 0 0 2 1
Callum Vangundy 1.00 5 7 5 2 0
Jose Morillo 0.00 0 4 0 2 0
Tom Jansson-Wright L 0.00 0 3 3 3 0

 

HBP: by Callum Vangundy (Connor). WP: Marty Cullen Jr(5), Taichi, Jose Morillo(4),
Brodie Caress(3), Carlos Casal Jr(2), Callum Vangundy(2). PB: Alex, Connor, Brodie
Caress. T: 3:45. A: 120.
London Mets U17 – Top of the 1st:
Marty Cullen Jr struck out swinging.
Joe walked, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, batted forward to home.
Alex grounded out, 1 RBI.
Taichi walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd.
Max singled, stole 2nd.
Connor grounded out.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Bottom of the 1st:
Callum Vangundy singled, stole 2nd, forced out at 3rd.
Carlos Casal Jr walked, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on passed ball, batted
forward to home.
Tom Everex-Armstrong reached on fielder’s choice, advanced to 2nd on passed ball,
batted forward to home.
Conner Brown walked, batted forward to 3rd.
Jonny Compton-Weight struck out swinging.
Brodie Caress doubled, 2 RBI.
Jose Morillo flied out foul.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
London Mets U17 – Top of the 2nd:
Matt lined out.
Sameem grounded out.
V Player 9 called out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Bottom of the 2nd:
Charlie Mayhew struck out.
Warwick Byrne walked, stole 2nd.
Callum Vangundy struck out swinging.
Carlos Casal Jr struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
London Mets U17 – Top of the 3rd:
Marty Cullen Jr walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
Joe grounded out.
Alex singled, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on error, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
Taichi reached on error, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
Max walked, batted forward to 3rd.
Connor grounded out, 2 RBI.
Matt struck out swinging.
3 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Bottom of the 3rd:
Tom Everex-Armstrong grounded out.
Conner Brown walked, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch.
Jonny Compton-Weight flied out.
Brodie Caress singled, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch.
Jose Morillo grounded out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
London Mets U17 – Top of the 4th:
Sameem walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on error.
V Player 9 called out.
Marty Cullen Jr singled, stole 2nd, advanced to home on error.
Joe reached on error, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, advanced to home on
passed ball.
Alex walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on passed ball, forced out at home.
Taichi walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to 3rd.
Max struck out swinging.
Connor walked, batted forward to 2nd.
Matt reached on fielder’s choice.
3 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Bottom of the 4th:
Charlie Mayhew walked, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to home.
Warwick Byrne reached on error, batted forward to home.
Callum Vangundy walked, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on error.
Carlos Casal Jr walked, forced out at 2nd, 1 RBI.
Tom Everex-Armstrong reached on fielder’s choice, advanced to home on error, 1 RBI.
Conner Brown reached on error, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to 3rd,
advanced to home on wild pitch.
Jonny Compton-Weight grounded out.
Brodie Caress walked.
5 runs, 0 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
London Mets U17 – Top of the 5th:
Sameem struck out swinging.
V Player 9 called out.
Marty Cullen Jr grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Bottom of the 5th:
Jose Morillo lined out.
Charlie Mayhew walked, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, advanced to home on wild pitch.
Drew Mayhew struck out swinging.
Callum Vangundy doubled, batted forward to home.
Carlos Casal Jr doubled, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, 1 RBI.
Tom Everex-Armstrong grounded out.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
London Mets U17 – Top of the 6th:
Joe reached on error, stole 2nd, advanced to home on error.
Alex reached on error, advanced to 2nd on error, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch,
batted forward to home.
Taichi singled, stole 2nd, advanced to home on wild pitch, 1 RBI.
Max struck out swinging.
Connor walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch.
Matt walked.
Sameem grounded out.
V Player 9 called out.
3 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Bottom of the 6th:
Conner Brown walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, batted forward to home.
Jonny Compton-Weight grounded out, 1 RBI.
Brodie Caress grounded out.
Jose Morillo reached on error, advanced to 3rd on error.
Charlie Mayhew reached on error, advanced to 2nd on error.
Drew Mayhew struck out swinging.
1 run, 0 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB.
London Mets U17 – Top of the 7th:
Marty Cullen Jr walked, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, advanced to home on wild pitch.
Joe walked, stole 2nd, advanced to home on wild pitch.
Alex walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, advanced to home on wild pitch.
Taichi walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, advanced to home on error.
Max walked, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on error, advanced to home on wild
pitch.
Connor hit by pitch, advanced to 2nd on error, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, batted
forward to home.
Matt reached on error, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to home.
Sameem walked, batted forward to home.
V Player 9 called out.
Marty Cullen Jr doubled, batted forward to home, 2 RBI.
Joe singled, batted forward to home, 2 RBI.
Alex doubled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
Taichi doubled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
Max singled, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, advanced to 3rd on passed ball, batted
forward to home, 1 RBI.
Connor walked, forced out at 2nd.
Matt reached on fielder’s choice, stole 2nd, advanced to home on error, 1 RBI.
Sameem reached on error.
V Player 9 called out.
14 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Herts Harriers U17 – Bottom of the 7th:
Callum Vangundy grounded out.
Carlos Casal Jr walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on passed ball, advanced to home
on wild pitch.
Nimrod Wynne struck out swinging.
Alex Guthrie struck out swinging.
1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Youngest baseball players in Hertfordshire set for Saturday’s season opener

Ahead of this Saturday’s season opening games in the youth leagues we are in conversation with Herts Baseball Club’s Head of Under-11 programme, Mike Wakelam.

The Dodgers versus Giants rivalry resumes this Saturday with the opening day of the 2013 season for the Herts U11 teams. Is one of the teams seen as the favourite or do you expect it to be a close race once again?

Mike Wakelam: It’s been close the past couple of years, and really, at the beginning of the year we feel it’s best to revisit the lineups for each time and make sure both teams are balanced out to ensure a great season’s competition and fun for all.

We understand that several players from the U11 age group will gradually be making the step up to the U14 league. Do you have any specific advice for them?

Mike Wakelam: There are a couple of the under 11s ready to move up this year or definitely next year. Ozan Martin and Oliver Durer are turning 11 in August, so primed to step up when needed in the Under-14 team. They’re both ready, having grown immensely the past couple of years.

There has been a good number of new players joining the U11 teams. If this continues would the club consider creating a new U8 age group and how would this benefit the Herts baseball programme?

Mike Wakelam: We’d love to have an Under-8 age group. The past couple of years we’ve had a few players join, and yes, this year more are interested, but unfortunately not enough to have their own age group. There are a couple of considerations when including Under-8 players in the Under-11 age group. Safety is an important point, as the older players are hitting and throwing the ball harder, but also the enjoyment factor. Young players enjoyment is usually linked to their skills and understanding, and this is different for all players.

Do you have any suggestions for the new U11 players who have joined the league on things they can do during the week at home or in the park to help their development?

Mike Wakelam: Consistency is very important at a young age. So playing catch at home with parents or siblings is a great way to improve skills. Also watching games or youtube skills videos is a great way to get a further understanding of the game.

We understand that the number of U11 teams from other regions is increasing. Will Herts look to use this opportunity to add a few exhibition or interleague games for this age group?

Mike Wakelam: Yes! This season we will be playing several games against other clubs. We’ll be selecting an All-Star team to play these games, giving the older and more experienced players in the age group a chance to display their skills at a higher level of competition.

The parents of the U11 league members are always in attendance on game days to support the teams. Do you have a message to the parents ahead of the new season?

Mike Wakelam: Enjoy! And please try to be on time. The first part of each Saturday is skills work, so for players to improve, they need to be on time. This means at the field with gloves on when it’s time to start. If you want to be in the starting line-up, please try to get to the park on time. Of course it’s fine when players are late with legitimate reasons.

 

 

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Herts household names by the end of the season

Herts recently announced the appointment of Jake Caress and Lee Manning as the co-managers of the Herts Cardinals, the club’s U14 league team. We had the opportunity to put some questions to Jake Caress as his team prepares for the start of the U14 season next month.

We are not too far away from Opening Day. Do you feel ready or has the bad weather in March affected preparations?

Jake Caress: In many cases this year the march weather has greatly affect the amount of training in preparation for the season, but all of this aside I believe that the team will be ready for opening day.

What are your main goals for this season?

Jake Caress: The main goal for the Cardinals this year is to work on fundamentals while playing the game but more importantly to have fun.

What win-loss percentage would be seen as a successful season for the team and is it realistic to expect your team to reach the playoffs or even challenge for the title?

Jake Caress: If we could break even with a .500 then I would consider the season very successful, I have high hopes that we will certainly challenge our way into a playoff spot as well.

Who are the players we should look out for this year?

Jake Caress: I haven’t had a chance to look at all of the players this year yet but I’m sure by the end of the season some will be a Herts household name.

Which of your opponents in the league are likely to be the biggest challengers for the national title?

Jake Caress: From what I can remember the London Mets are always tough competition, but there will be others who will also be challenging for the title.

Which league game are you looking forward to most?

Jake Caress: Well it has to be the London Mets game as Southern derby’s go.

The postseason playoffs will be played at the brand new Farnham Park. Will this act as an even greater incentive for players to reach the postseason?

Jake Caress: I hope it will. The new facilities are second to none is this country.

What is your message to Herts Baseball fans ahead of the U14 season?

Jake Caress: We’re going to give it our best and hope to come out with some positive achievements, Play ball!

by Herts Baseball News Editor

New season, new expectations

The Herts Baseball youth program had a good 2012 season and it is expected that 2013 would be even better. Ahead of the new season we put several questions to Herts Harriers (U17) Head Coach Cristobal Hiche who is in his second year in charge of the team and led them to postseason quarter-finals.

We are just days away from the Opening Day clash with the London Mets. Do you feel ready or has the bad weather in March affected preparations?

Cristobal Hiche: No, I don’t feel ready. We haven’t practiced as a team. Maybe individually they’re ready since most attended GB and/or the Academy during the last few months. But baseball is still about teamwork.

What are your main goals for this season?

Cristobal Hiche: To reach the playoffs and fighting to reach the championship game. In other words that no matter if we end up winning or losing in the playoffs, the opposite team will be quite worried until the last pitch of the game. There are other goals off the field to try and make this the best Youth Program in the UK and creating future GB players.

What win-loss percentage would be seen as a successful season for the team and is it realistic to expect your team to reach the playoffs or even challenge for the title?

Cristobal Hiche: We need to finish above .500. That to me is the minimum for the year. We should reach the playoffs and a lofty but achievable goal is to reach the championship game.

Who are the players we should look out for this year?

Cristobal Hiche: There are many players, if not all, in the team that can make an impact this season but also in the future. However, if you ask me for players that should step up to the plate because it’s either their last year in the team and/or are ready to play in the adult league very soon (some already are doing it), those would be Zack Longboy, Marty Cullen Jr, and Jonny Compton-Weight. They’ll need to carry this team this season.

Which of your opponents in the league are likely to be the biggest challengers for the national title?

Cristobal Hiche: I think in U17 every team can be a challenge because kids can grow and improve so fast, a year can make a difference between an ok team and an excellent team the next year. Furthermore because it’s age-specific, you’ll have players getting too old but also getting many new young players. This means you don’t have the consistency for example of NBL teams like Falcons, Nationals, Mets,etc which you know they’ll be strong based on last year’s performance. We’ll have to see each weekend how strong the opposition is, which is actually quite exciting and should be fun.

Which league game are you looking forward to most?

Cristobal Hiche: All of them. Each weekend will be a new challenge as mentioned above…Of course I’m looking forward to the championship game!

The postseason playoffs will be played at the brand new Farnham Park. Will this act as an even greater incentive for players to reach the postseason?

Cristobal Hiche: Maybe, maybe not. I think the incentive for players to make the playoffs should be more than where the playoffs are played. The desire to win should be as a reward for their hard work, commitment, and the love of the game and to say they’re the best team in the UK, regardless if we play in Yankee Stadium or in a barn. Nevertheless, if that’s an extra motivation I’ll take it.

What is your message to Herts Baseball fans ahead of Opening day?

Cristobal Hiche: Come watch us some time. You’ll have fun watching these kids and possibly future GB stars. Besides, there are always some nice doughnuts, hot dogs, and drinks to kill the time.

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Eagles battle hard but go down in Milton Keynes

Eagles 16 MK Coyotes 34, BBF Single-A League

written by Duncan Hoyle

Herts Eagles were on the wrong end of a 34 – 16 scoreline at MK Coyotes on opening day, but can still take many positives from the game.

The Eagles have a completely new look about them in 2013, with several players now having moved up the Herts organisation. Only 2 players remained in the starting lineup from last seasons opening day, and it was last season’s joint Single-A Home Run Champion Adrian Smithers who got the Eagles off to a good start with a line drive to left field in the first at bat of the game. He would get in to score, along with returning catcher Geoffrey Thomas to start the ball rolling in the top of the first.

On the mound was manager Duncan Hoyle, making his first BBF league pitching appearance. Despite getting a number of first pitches in the strike zone, he wasn’t able to capitalize on this and after the end of the first MK had opened up at 6 – 2 lead, the Eagles being punished for a number of errors. But they responded superbly in the second to tie the game at 6 all, helped by 2 RBIs from Mike Cresswell and newcomer Jamie Lang, and some superb catching in left field from Will Belbin.

Manny Banson and Jamie Lang are just two of the many players who made their league debut on Sunday

At the mid point of the 3rd Herts had opened up a 9 – 6 lead but once again, made errors in the 3rd that got punished, and with Hoyle’s arm now beginning to tire MK score 9 times to lead 15 – 9.

Simon Roberts came in to pitch in the 4th, along with DH Adrian Smithers who moved to catcher. Roberts couldn’t find the strike zone with any regular accuracy, pitching all around the edges but not inside. MK went on to score heavily in the 4th and 5th and the Eagles batting had now ran out of steam with only 1 run being scored in the 5th and 6th.

Jamie Lang came on to pitch the 6th for the Eagles and he will be delighted to have secured his first strike out and to only concede 3 runs in his first attempt at pitching. Herts rallied well in the 7th to try to avoid a defeat on the “mercy-rule” but despite loading the bases could only score once.

The Eagles had a completely new look about them, with the vast majority of the squad beginning their first full season in baseball. Notable performances included a superb performance at 1st base from Dan Bartram, who in only his second week of playing the game looks to be a great signing, good performances in the infield from Mike Cresswell, Jamie Lang and Tom Kosak at 3rd, the latter two who were both making their first league starts. Adrian Smithers had a great game with 4 hits, 3 runs scored and looked good at catcher.

The ever dependable Will Belbin had a solid game at left field and 1st, with some solid hitting, 15 year old Adam Landau Smithers did all that could have been asked of him at centerfield with a good catch and 3 runs scored. Club favourite Manny Banson made his debut and scored to get his account opened with the club, and also debuts were given to Dans brother Andy Bartram, and James Holt in the closing stages to leave the Eagles with many positives to take from the day, and a great platform to build upon in 2013.

A special mention should be given to Joseph Osborne-Brade, who suffered a horrendous injury in the Hunlock Series, and instead of feeling sorry for himself has remained positive while he regains his fitness and has taken up the role of base coach, scorer and assistant to manager Duncan Hoyle and his presence has no doubt helped the Eagles make some excellent early season progress with their. Base-running game.

 

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Spirited late Ravens rally not enough

Conner Brown impressed on his Ravens league debut (photo by Will Baxter)

The Ravens may have lost two games in heartbreaking fashion against the visiting Leones de Feltham, but they will be going into their next league games with plenty of optimism.

As their name would suggest, the Leones are a team made up of Latin American players with many years of baseball experience so this doubleheader was always going to be a difficult test for the Ravens. With some of the Ravens’ big guns away, it was good to see the club’s upcoming young talent step up and they didn’t disappoint.

GAME1: Leones de Feltham 8 Herts Ravens 4

Liam Green was the starting pitcher in the first game going 4 1/3 innings with 4 strikeouts and 4 earned runs. It was very positive to see improvement in Green’s control with the number of walks reduced significantly and most of them came at the end of his outing when his arm started to tire.

Moment of controversy - it makes a big difference when a professional photographer is covering the action. The photo appears to prove that umpire Dave Smith made the right decision to call Mike Cattermole safe as his foot seems to have made contact with the edge of home plate just as the ball entered the catcher's glove on a force-play at home plate (photo by Will Baxter)

This was a game where both teams showed some good pitching and defence and the score stayed at 2-2 right up to the fifth inning, but then the visitors opened up a 7-2 lead with a big 5-run fifth inning. Gilberto Medina came in to relieve Green on the mound and he kept Herts in the game allowing only 1 hit and no earned runs in 2 2/3 innings. The team couldn’t take advantage of this and was not able to mount a major come back leaving quite a large number of runners on base (11). Matt Johnston who made his comeback from a hamstring injury, had an outstanding day with the bat (3-4).

Click to view game 1 box scores

GAME2: Leones de Feltham 15 Herts Ravens 13

With Mike Cattermole on the mound for Herts in game two, they got off to a quick start and built up a 7-2 lead after just 2 innings. The heart of the Ravens batting order of Liam Green (2-5 3RBI), Gilberto Medina (3-5 2RBI) and Carlos Casal (2-2) was causing the Leones some real problems. However, the visitors started put up numbers in the next few innings to tie the game at 9-9 in the fifth. They also managed to silence the bats of the Ravens by bringing in their game one starting pitcher. He had pitched 7 innings in game 1 and pitched another 2 in the second game. When he came out for his third inning of game two (10th inning of the day) he threw one pitch at which point Herts Manager, Carlos Casal, referred umpire Dave Smith and the visiting Manager, Andres Maslowski, BBF’s rule 7 (pitching restrictions) which indicates that “If a pitcher pitches in both games of a doubleheader, he/she shall not accumulate more than 9 full innings over 2 games, however distributed (Doubleheader). A pitcher shall be considered to have violated these rules if he throws one pitch in an inning above the prescribed limits.” Under these regulations “The minimum penalty for violating these rules is automatic ejection from the game for the pitcher and his manager”, however the Ravens waived that penalty which allowed both the visiting manager and the pitcher to stay in the game.

By that time the team from Feltham had built a 15-10 lead and the Ravens had one last chance to get back in the game in the bottom of the last inning. 6 Herts players reached base to make the score 15-13 and loaded the bases but the Leones held on and secured the win.

Click to view game 2 box scores

Carlos Casal paid a compliment to his team. “We couldn’t have asked our players for more. A very positive performance giving us lots of optimism for the rest of the season. Several young players made their AAA-League debuts today and it will be exciting to see them develop and grow in the coming years.”

Next up for the Ravens is a visit to Finsbury Park next Sunday, 28 April, where they will meet the London Metros who are 1-3 so far this season but this is after playing against two of the AAA Leagu favourites, Bristol and Oxford, so tis will be a real test for Casal’s team.

 

by Herts Baseball News Editor

New look Raptors show their claws in season opener

written by Ken Pike

Theo Scheepers went 3-4, with 5 BB and 5R (photo by Rob Jones)

There is an old adage in competitive sports that goes along the lines that a season cannot be won in the first game. While that is certainly true, some common ways of describing opening fixtures include ‘rusty’, or ‘statements of intent’, and both of these were true of the Herts Raptors in their away fixture at Leicester 2Sox.

Preparations for the season were hardly ideal and the Raptors defence could be forgiven a few simple errors. Rain had prevented all but one HSL warm-up game, and the game that did go ahead had several first team members missing due to the Easter Weekend scheduling. A last minute friendly against the Herts Eagles – a sister team intended to be a training ground for newcomers – ended very one sided in the Raptor’s favour, and so the squad were largely untested against high calibre opposition. What’s more, no one knew what kind of opposition the Leicester were bringing to the single A league as they have only just this year moved over from the Midlands double A division.

As a result of this anticipation, and apprehension were both in high supply for Sunday’s visit to Western Park in Leicester. The top of the first inning looked to be going pair shaped with two outs and no runs on the board. However, the famous Herts 2-out drive kicked in and brought 7 runs across the plate. The batting abilities had clearly not been rain affected, and the new additions to the team all made a positive start alongside their more experienced team mates.

The bottom half of the inning however proved a different story. Young star pitcher Zack Longboy struggled to hit his usual devastating groove, and some sloppy fielding all round aggravated the issue allowing five 2Sox runners to get round the bags bringing it back to a 2 run game. This trend continued over the next two innings with Herts consistently batting in large additions to their score only to be pegged back in the bottom of the inning. Despite this, the small overall lead was growing and by the time veteran Raptor Jeff Witter came in to relieve the tiring young starter. The net difference at the turn of the fourth inning was four runs in the Raptors favour.

Raptors manager, Arnie Longboy, will be happy to start the seaosn with a win. (photo by Rob Jones)

Some individual great plays including a pair of difficult outfield stops from Warwick Byrne and Rob Jones and a diving grab behind his shoulder from catcher Ken Pike, along with Jeff’s assured pitching brought a confidence boost to the Raptors and a change of gear. A three up three down 6th inning blew the game wide open putting the Herts team in a commanding position – a mercy rule victory was a possibility with a big score and good defence in the seventh. Precisely that ensued with Herts beating up on the third pitcher to take to the mound for Leicester and ending the inning on a massive 42 run total and a lead well in excess of the 11 run mercy rule margin.

While the 2Sox made a spirited effort at a comeback in the bottom of the seventh, loading the bases and scoring runners, it was ultimately not enough. The inning finished leaving the 2sox trailing by 22 runs.

It looks like Ken Pike will be spending more time behind the plate this season (photo by Rob Jones)

For a team with so many changes since last year there was much to be happy about. Having lost some big bats in the form of Gilberto Medina, Glen Downer, and John Kjorstad, worries about weak hitting proved to be unfounded. The newly promoted Sony Lama and Theo Scheepers had been known for strong batting and baserunning abilities on which they delivered perfectly. Returning Raptors veteran Jeff Witter got the game ball from coach Arnie Longboy for a calm and assured performance on the mound, while Ken Pike’s first full game at his newly discovered position of catching only allowed for three pass balls all game and held the Leicester running game in check.

A mighty 42 runs crossing the plate for the Raptors is certainly a statement of intent for a team that is tipped to top their group, and in fact puts them at the top of the league after week one, but conversely conceding 20 runs means work has to be done to prevent stronger opposition from derailing a playoff push. A first test of that will come with the very next game against the Old Timers where a Herts win will turn a whispered statement into an assured proclamation.

Starting Lineup:

Zack Longboy – P (swapped to 1st base in 4th inning)

Rob Jones – LF

Arnie Longboy – 2nd

Ken Pike – C

Sonam Lama – 3rd

Theo Scheepers – SS

Amit Odedra – CF

Jeff Witter – 1st (swapped to P in 4th inning)

Warwick Byrne – RF

 

by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: Tuesday 25 Hawks 15 – AA League

Hove Tuesday at Herts Hawks
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Hove Tuesday 2 0 11 6 1 5 25 18 3
Herts Hawks 3 0 7 3 2 0 15 7 7

 

Hove Tuesday 25, Herts Hawks 15
Hove Tuesday Herts Hawks
ab r h bi ab r h bi
V Player 1 p 6 5 4 4 MORILLO Jose a ss 2 2 1 1
V Player 2 c 6 4 5 6 DIMITROV Ilya 1b 1 2 0 1
V Player 3 1b 5 3 2 3 DEVINE Hunter c 1 1 0 0
V Player 4 2b 6 2 1 0 (t3) MARQUES Ben 2b-c 1 1 0 1
V Player 5 3b 4 2 1 0 AUCHTERLOUNIE Paul cf 5 2 5 4
V Player 6 ss 4 2 2 1 RUSSELL Nick p 0 0 0 0
V Player 7 lf 3 2 0 0 (t2) CARESS Brodie p-2b 2 1 0 0
V Player 8 cf 3 2 1 1 GOULD Daniel 3b 1 1 0 0
V Player 9 rf 3 3 2 1 (t4) CARESS Mark rf 1 0 0 0
ASQUITH Ross lf 3 3 1 1
SLATER Andrew 2b-rf-p 4 2 0 1
VANGUNDY Callum rf-c-3b 4 0 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 40 25 18 16 TEAM TOTALS 25 15 7 9

 

E: V Player 1, V Player 2, V Player 3, MORILLO Jose a(2), MARQUES Ben(2),
AUCHTERLOUNIE Paul, GOULD Daniel, SLATER Andrew. LOB: Hove Tuesday 6, Herts Hawks 8.
2B: V Player 2(2), V Player 1, V Player 3. HR: V Player 1. SB: V Player 5(3), V
Player 9(3), V Player 1(2), V Player 2(2), V Player 6, V Player 8, V Player 4,
MORILLO Jose a(3), ASQUITH Ross(3), SLATER Andrew(2), DIMITROV Ilya(2), AUCHTERLOUNIE
Paul, MARQUES Ben, GOULD Daniel. CS: MORILLO Jose a(2), DIMITROV Ilya.

 

Hove Tuesday IP H R ER BB SO
V Player 1 W 5.67 7 15 9 13 7
Herts Hawks
SLATER Andrew 2.33 5 6 5 2 0
RUSSELL Nick 2.00 2 2 1 1 2
CARESS Brodie L 1.67 11 17 8 5 2

 

HBP: by V Player 1 (GOULD Daniel). , by RUSSELL Nick (V Player 9). . , by V Player 1
(MARQUES Ben). . . WP: V Player 1(4), CARESS Brodie(5). PB: V Player 2(3), MARQUES
Ben, VANGUNDY Callum. Balk: CARESS Brodie(2). T: 3:00. A: 68.
Hove Tuesday – Top of the 1st:
V Player 1 singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
V Player 2 singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home
on error, 1 RBI.
V Player 3 walked, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on error.
V Player 4 grounded out.
V Player 5 reached on error, stole 2nd.
V Player 6 struck out looking.
V Player 7 struck out swinging.
2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Bottom of the 1st:
MORILLO Jose a walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
DIMITROV Ilya struck out swinging.
DEVINE Hunter walked, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on passed ball.
AUCHTERLOUNIE Paul singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, advanced to 3rd on passed ball,
advanced to home on wild pitch, 1 RBI.
RUSSELL Nick walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, advanced to 3rd on passed ball.
GOULD Daniel hit by pitch, stole 2nd.
ASQUITH Ross struck out swinging.
SLATER Andrew struck out looking.
3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Hove Tuesday – Top of the 2nd:
V Player 8 popped out.
V Player 9 hit by pitch, stole 2nd, tagged out going to 3rd.
V Player 1 grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Bottom of the 2nd:
VANGUNDY Callum struck out looking.
MORILLO Jose a walked, stole 2nd, caught trying to steal 3rd.
DIMITROV Ilya walked, stole 2nd.
DEVINE Hunter popped out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Hove Tuesday – Top of the 3rd:
V Player 2 doubled, advanced to 3rd on error, advanced to home on passed ball.
V Player 3 reached on error, advanced to 2nd on passed ball, batted forward to 3rd,
advanced to home on error.
V Player 4 singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on wild pitch.
V Player 5 singled, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, advanced to home on
wild pitch.
V Player 6 walked, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, batted forward to home.
V Player 7 walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, batted forward to home.
V Player 8 singled, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on error, 1 RBI.
V Player 9 walked, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on error, batted forward to
home.
V Player 1 singled, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
V Player 2 singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
V Player 3 ground rule doubled, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, advanced to home on
error, 2 RBI.
V Player 4 struck out swinging.
V Player 5 reached on error, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to 3rd.
V Player 6 grounded out.
V Player 7 popped out.
11 runs, 7 hits, 4 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Bottom of the 3rd:
AUCHTERLOUNIE Paul singled, advanced to 2nd on passed ball, batted forward to home.
CARESS Brodie walked, batted forward to home.
GOULD Daniel walked, batted forward to home.
ASQUITH Ross walked, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
SLATER Andrew popped out.
VANGUNDY Callum struck out swinging.
MORILLO Jose a walked, batted forward to home.
DIMITROV Ilya walked, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
MARQUES Ben walked, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to home on error, 1 RBI.
AUCHTERLOUNIE Paul singled, advanced to 3rd on error, 2 RBI.
CARESS Brodie reached on error, tagged out going to 2nd.
GOULD Daniel reached on fielder’s choice.
7 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Hove Tuesday – Top of the 4th:
V Player 8 grounded out.
V Player 9 singled, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, batted forward to home.
V Player 1 reached on error, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
V Player 2 doubled, advanced to 3rd on balk, batted forward to home, 2 RBI.
V Player 3 singled, advanced to 2nd on error, advanced to 3rd on balk, advanced to
home on wild pitch, 1 RBI.
V Player 4 reached on error, advanced to 2nd on balk, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch,
batted forward to home.
V Player 5 walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on wild pitch.
V Player 6 singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, 1 RBI.
V Player 7 struck out swinging.
V Player 8 walked, stole 2nd.
V Player 9 flied out.
6 runs, 4 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Bottom of the 4th:
ASQUITH Ross singled, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, batted forward to
home.
SLATER Andrew reached on fielder’s choice, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd, advanced
to home on wild pitch, 1 RBI.
VANGUNDY Callum struck out looking.
MORILLO Jose a grounded out.
DIMITROV Ilya walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
MARQUES Ben hit by pitch, batted forward to 2nd, stole 3rd.
AUCHTERLOUNIE Paul singled, 1 RBI.
CARESS Brodie grounded out.
3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Hove Tuesday – Top of the 5th:
V Player 1 hit solo home run, 1 RBI.
V Player 2 flied out.
V Player 3 grounded out.
V Player 4 lined out.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Bottom of the 5th:
CARESS Mark grounded out.
ASQUITH Ross reached on error, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, advanced to home on error.
SLATER Andrew reached on error, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
VANGUNDY Callum struck out swinging.
MORILLO Jose a singled, stole 2nd, caught trying to steal 3rd, 1 RBI.
2 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 0 LOB.
Hove Tuesday – Top of the 6th:
V Player 5 grounded out.
V Player 6 singled, advanced to 2nd on passed ball, stole 3rd, batted forward to home.
V Player 7 walked, batted forward to home.
V Player 8 walked, batted forward to home.
V Player 9 singled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
V Player 1 doubled, batted forward to home, 2 RBI.
V Player 2 singled, stole 2nd, 2 RBI.
V Player 3 flied out.
V Player 4 popped out.
5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Bottom of the 6th:
DIMITROV Ilya walked, advanced to 2nd on throw, caught trying to steal 3rd.
MARQUES Ben popped out.
AUCHTERLOUNIE Paul singled, stole 2nd.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: Ravens 13 Leones 15 – AAA Leagues

Leones de Feltham at Herts Ravens
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Leones de Feltham 2 0 2 3 2 2 4 15 21 8
Herts Ravens 1 6 1 1 1 0 3 13 8 6

 

Leones de Feltham 15, Herts Ravens 13
Leones de Feltham Herts Ravens
ab r h bi ab r h bi
V Player 1 p 5 0 1 1 CASAL Jr Carlos ss 6 1 0 0
V Player 2 c 6 2 2 0 BOTEV Vassil c 4 3 0 0
V Player 3 1b 5 3 5 2 GREEN Liam rf 5 2 2 3
V Player 4 2b 5 3 3 2 MEDINA Gilberto 2b 5 2 3 2
V Player 5 3b 4 1 2 1 CASAL Carlos 3b 2 3 2 0
V Player 6 ss 5 1 2 1 CATTERMOLE Mike p 3 0 0 0
V Player 7 lf 5 2 1 0 ELKINS Tim 1b 3 0 0 1
V Player 8 cf 5 2 5 2 (b7) LLOYD-JONES Kyle 1b 1 0 0 0
V Player 9 rf 4 1 0 0 DIMITROV Aspi lf 3 1 1 0
COLIN Elie cf 1 1 0 0
(b3) BROWN Conner cf-rf 2 0 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 44 15 21 9 TEAM TOTALS 35 13 8 6

 

E: V Player 5(3), V Player 6(2), V Player 3, V Player 4, V Player 1, CASAL Jr
Carlos(2), COLIN Elie(2), MEDINA Gilberto, BROWN Conner. DP: Leones de Feltham 1.
LOB: Herts Ravens 11, Leones de Feltham 11. 2B: V Player 4(2), V Player 5, V Player
2, V Player 8, MEDINA Gilberto. SB: V Player 4, V Player 8, CATTERMOLE Mike(2),
ELKINS Tim(2), CASAL Carlos, MEDINA Gilberto, DIMITROV Aspi, BOTEV Vassil, GREEN
Liam. SF: V Player 5.

 

Leones de Feltham IP H R ER BB SO
V Player 1 W 7.00 8 13 2 9 7
Herts Ravens
CATTERMOLE Mike L 7.00 21 15 8 2 5

 

WP: V Player 1(3), CATTERMOLE Mike(2). PB: V Player 2(6), BOTEV Vassil(4). T: 2:55.
A: 64.
Leones de Feltham – Top of the 1st:
V Player 1 flied out.
V Player 2 doubled, batted forward to home.
V Player 3 singled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
V Player 4 doubled, batted forward to 3rd.
V Player 5 singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, 1 RBI.
V Player 6 popped out.
V Player 7 grounded out.
2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Bottom of the 1st:
CASAL Jr Carlos reached on error, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to 3rd,
advanced to home on error.
BOTEV Vassil reached on fielder’s choice, advanced to 2nd on error, tagged out going
to 3rd.
GREEN Liam struck out swinging.
MEDINA Gilberto singled, batted forward to 2nd.
CASAL Carlos walked.
CATTERMOLE Mike flied out.
1 run, 1 hit, 3 errors, 2 LOB.
Leones de Feltham – Top of the 2nd:
V Player 8 singled.
V Player 9 struck out looking.
V Player 1 grounded out.
V Player 2 grounded out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Bottom of the 2nd:
ELKINS Tim popped out.
DIMITROV Aspi singled, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on error, batted
forward to home.
COLIN Elie walked, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to home.
CASAL Jr Carlos struck out swinging.
BOTEV Vassil reached on error, batted forward to home.
GREEN Liam singled, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on passed ball, 2 RBI.
MEDINA Gilberto singled, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on passed ball, advanced to home
on passed ball, 1 RBI.
CASAL Carlos walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on error, advanced to home on passed
ball.
CATTERMOLE Mike walked, advanced to 2nd on passed ball.
ELKINS Tim grounded out.
6 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
Leones de Feltham – Top of the 3rd:
V Player 3 singled, advanced to 2nd on passed ball, advanced to 3rd on error, batted
forward to home.
V Player 4 reached on error, advanced on FC to 2nd, stole 3rd, batted forward to home.
V Player 5 sacrifice flied.
V Player 6 singled, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to 3rd.
V Player 7 struck out swinging.
V Player 8 singled, 1 RBI.
V Player 9 struck out swinging.
2 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Bottom of the 3rd:
COLIN Elie flied out.
CASAL Jr Carlos struck out swinging.
BOTEV Vassil reached on error, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
GREEN Liam singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, 1 RBI.
MEDINA Gilberto grounded out.
1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Leones de Feltham – Top of the 4th:
V Player 1 flied out.
V Player 2 singled, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to home.
V Player 3 singled, forced out at 2nd, 1 RBI.
V Player 4 reached on fielder’s choice, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on
passed ball.
V Player 5 doubled, advanced to 3rd on passed ball, advanced to home on error.
V Player 6 reached on error.
V Player 7 grounded out.
3 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Bottom of the 4th:
CASAL Carlos walked, advanced to 2nd on wild pitch, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch,
batted forward to home.
CATTERMOLE Mike walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd.
ELKINS Tim reached on fielder’s choice, stole 2nd, 1 RBI.
DIMITROV Aspi flied out foul.
BROWN Conner grounded out.
CASAL Jr Carlos flied out.
1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Leones de Feltham – Top of the 5th:
V Player 8 singled, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch, advanced to home on
wild pitch.
V Player 9 walked, batted forward to home.
V Player 1 grounded out.
V Player 2 struck out swinging.
V Player 3 singled, batted forward to 2nd.
V Player 4 singled, 1 RBI.
V Player 5 flied out.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Bottom of the 5th:
BOTEV Vassil walked, advanced to 2nd on passed ball, batted forward to home.
GREEN Liam reached on fielder’s choice, forced out at 2nd.
MEDINA Gilberto hit into double play.
CASAL Carlos singled.
CATTERMOLE Mike flied out.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Leones de Feltham – Top of the 6th:
V Player 6 grounded out.
V Player 7 singled, batted forward to home.
V Player 8 doubled, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on throw.
V Player 9 struck out swinging.
V Player 1 singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, advanced to 3rd on error, 1 RBI.
V Player 2 grounded out.
2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Bottom of the 6th:
ELKINS Tim walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch.
DIMITROV Aspi struck out looking.
BROWN Conner struck out swinging.
CASAL Jr Carlos struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Leones de Feltham – Top of the 7th:
V Player 3 singled, batted forward to home.
V Player 4 doubled, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
V Player 5 popped out.
V Player 6 singled, advanced to 2nd on error, batted forward to home, 1 RBI.
V Player 7 reached on error, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on passed ball.
V Player 8 singled, advanced to 2nd on defensive indifference, advanced to 3rd on
passed ball, 1 RBI.
V Player 9 flied out.
V Player 1 walked.
V Player 2 grounded out.
4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Herts Ravens – Bottom of the 7th:
BOTEV Vassil flied out.
GREEN Liam reached on error, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
MEDINA Gilberto doubled, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on error, 1 RBI.
CASAL Carlos singled, advanced to 2nd on throw, advanced to home on error.
CATTERMOLE Mike reached on error, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd.
LLOYD-JONES Kyle grounded out.
DIMITROV Aspi reached on interference, stole 2nd.
BROWN Conner walked.
CASAL Jr Carlos struck out swinging.
3 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 3 LOB.
by Herts Baseball News Editor

Box scores: Tuesday 0 Hawks 10 – AA League

Hove Tuesday at Herts Hawks
Score By Innings 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Hove Tuesday 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Herts Hawks 2 0 6 1 1 10 7 0

 

Herts Hawks 10, Hove Tuesday 0
Herts Hawks Hove Tuesday
ab r h bi ab r h bi
MORILLO JR Jose p 1 1 0 0 Gary Still 2b 2 0 0 0
DEVINE Hunter p 3 2 2 2 Jinman Park ss 2 0 0 0
RUSSELL Nick p 4 1 1 0 Ryan Soan p 2 0 0 0
ASQUITH Ross p 2 2 0 0 John Bexendale c 2 0 0 0
GOULD Daniel p 1 1 0 0 Gavin Kehart 3b 2 0 0 0
DIMITROV Kal p 2 1 2 2 Jon Sayers 1b 2 0 0 0
SLATER Andrew p 1 1 0 0 Phil Barber rf 1 0 0 0
VANGUNDY Callum p 2 0 1 1 Jordan Sayers lf 2 0 0 0
BOCHAN Greg p 3 1 1 0 George Blaskett cf 2 0 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 19 10 7 5 TEAM TOTALS 17 0 0 0

 

LOB: Hove Tuesday 3, Herts Hawks 9. 2B: DEVINE Hunter. SB: DEVINE Hunter(3), DIMITROV
Kal(3), ASQUITH Ross(2), GOULD Daniel, BOCHAN Greg, Ryan Soan, Gavin Kehart.

 

Herts Hawks IP H R ER BB SO
RUSSELL Nick 4.67 0 0 0 1 7
Hove Tuesday
Ryan Soan 4.67 7 10 6 14 6

 

HBP: by Ryan Soan (MORILLO JR Jose). . . . PB: John Bexendale(6). T: 1:40. A: 0.
Hove Tuesday – Top of the 1st:
Gary Still reached on dropped 3rd strike PB, tagged out going to 2nd.
Jinman Park flied out.
Ryan Soan reached on error, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on passed ball.
John Bexendale struck out looking.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Bottom of the 1st:
MORILLO JR Jose walked, batted forward to 3rd, tagged out going to home.
DEVINE Hunter singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
RUSSELL Nick struck out looking.
ASQUITH Ross walked, batted forward to home.
GOULD Daniel walked, batted forward to 3rd.
DIMITROV Kal singled, stole 2nd, 2 RBI.
SLATER Andrew struck out looking.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Hove Tuesday – Top of the 2nd:
Gavin Kehart grounded out.
Jon Sayers struck out swinging.
Phil Barber walked.
Jordan Sayers grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Bottom of the 2nd:
VANGUNDY Callum grounded out.
BOCHAN Greg flied out.
MORILLO JR Jose hit by pitch, batted forward to 2nd.
DEVINE Hunter walked.
RUSSELL Nick struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Hove Tuesday – Top of the 3rd:
George Blaskett grounded out.
Gary Still struck out swinging.
Jinman Park grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Bottom of the 3rd:
ASQUITH Ross walked, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, advanced to home on passed ball.
GOULD Daniel struck out swinging.
DIMITROV Kal walked, batted forward to 3rd, stole home.
SLATER Andrew walked, batted forward to home.
VANGUNDY Callum walked, batted forward to 2nd, forced out at 3rd.
BOCHAN Greg singled, stole 2nd, batted forward to home.
MORILLO JR Jose walked, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on passed ball.
DEVINE Hunter doubled, stole 3rd, stole home, 2 RBI.
RUSSELL Nick flied out.
6 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Hove Tuesday – Top of the 4th:
Ryan Soan grounded out.
John Bexendale reached on error, forced out at 2nd.
Gavin Kehart reached on fielder’s choice, stole 2nd.
Jon Sayers grounded out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Bottom of the 4th:
ASQUITH Ross struck out looking.
GOULD Daniel walked, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on passed ball, batted forward to
home.
DIMITROV Kal walked, stole 2nd, batted forward to 3rd.
SLATER Andrew walked, batted forward to 2nd.
VANGUNDY Callum singled, 1 RBI.
BOCHAN Greg out by infield fly rule.
MORILLO JR Jose grounded out.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Hove Tuesday – Top of the 5th:
Phil Barber struck out swinging.
Jordan Sayers struck out swinging.
George Blaskett struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Herts Hawks – Bottom of the 5th:
DEVINE Hunter missed base, called out.
RUSSELL Nick singled, batted forward to 3rd, advanced to home on passed ball.
ASQUITH Ross struck out swinging.
GOULD Daniel walked, batted forward to 2nd, advanced to 3rd on passed ball.
DIMITROV Kal singled, advanced to 2nd on passed ball.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.