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HSL WEEK 3 BOX SCORES: BRACKNELL BLAZERS @ HERTS FALCONS
| Bracknell Blazers at Herts Falcons | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E |
| Bracknell Blazers | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Herts Falcons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Bracknell Blazers 5, Herts Falcons 2 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracknell Blazers | Herts Falcons | ||||||||
| ab | r | h | bi | ab | r | h | bi | ||
| Mike Trask p | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Kimiyoshi Saionji lf-2b | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shane Wagner c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carlos Casal 2b-ss | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Jefferys 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jason Greenberg c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Trask 2b | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Andy Cornish 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damian van Nieckerk 3b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Kerry p-rf | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Leigh Cohie ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Marc Martinez ss-3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jamie Ford lf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Nick Goetz 3b-p | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Collins cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Jamie Munn cf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordon Shepherd rf | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Iwan Evans rf-lf | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 28 | 5 | 6 | 2 | TEAM TOTALS | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| E: Mike Trask, Damian van Nieckerk, Henry Collins, Carlos Casal. DP: Bracknell Blazers 1. LOB: Herts Falcons 9, Bracknell Blazers 10. SB: Ryan Trask(2), Damian van Nieckerk, Mike Trask, Jamie Ford, Kimiyoshi Saionji, Dan Kerry, Iwan Evans. CS: Mike Trask, Ed Jefferys, Jamie Munn. |
| Bracknell Blazers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Mike Trask W | 8.00 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Herts Falcons | ||||||
| Dan Kerry L | 5.00 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
| Nick Goetz | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| HBP: by Mike Trask (Dan Kerry). WP: Dan Kerry(4). PB: Jason Greenberg. Balk: Dan Kerry. T: 2:45. A: 145. |
HSL WEEK 3 BOX SCORES: HERTS RAPTORS @ LONDON MARAUDERS
| Herts Raptors at London Marauders | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E |
| Herts Raptors | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| London Marauders | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 16 | 1 |
| London Marauders 31, Herts Raptors 5 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Marauders | Herts Raptors | ||||||||
| ab | r | h | bi | ab | r | h | bi | ||
| H Player 1 p | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Iwan Evans cf | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| H Player 2 c | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | Ken Pike ss-p | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| H Player 3 1b | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Jeff Witter 1b-ss-p | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| H Player 4 2b | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | (b1) Ilya Dimitrov ss-cf | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| H Player 5 3b | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Phil Gover 3b | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| H Player 6 ss | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Tom Green 2b | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| H Player 7 lf | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | William Belbin c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| H Player 8 cf | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | Chris Deacon 1b-p-cf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| H Player 9 rf | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Robert Crouch lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Gamble rf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| TEAM TOTALS | 41 | 31 | 16 | 19 | TEAM TOTALS | 18 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| E: H Player 2, Jeff Witter(3), Ken Pike, Iwan Evans, Phil Gover, Tom Green, William Belbin. LOB: Herts Raptors 6, London Marauders 12. 2B: H Player 1. 3B: H Player 3. SB: H Player 4, H Player 5, H Player 7, H Player 9, Ken Pike(2), Iwan Evans, Ilya Dimitrov. |
| London Marauders | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| H Player 1 W | 5.00 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| Herts Raptors | ||||||
| Jeff Witter | 3.00 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Ken Pike | 1.33 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| Chris Deacon L | 0.67 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| HBP: by Chris Deacon (H Player 4), by Chris Deacon (H Player 8). , by Ken Pike (H Player 4). . . . WP: H Player 1(5), Chris Deacon(4). PB: H Player 2(3), William Belbin(4). T: 2:45. A: 0. |
HSL WEEK 3 BOX SCORES: HERTS HAWKS @ GUILDFORD MAVERICKS
| Herts Hawks at Guildford Mavericks | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E |
| Herts Hawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 5 |
| Guildford Mavericks | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 4 |
| Guildford Mavericks 13, Herts Hawks 12 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guildford Mavericks | Herts Hawks | ||||||||
| ab | r | h | bi | ab | r | h | bi | ||
| H Player 1 p | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Ilya Dimitrov cf-xh3-2b | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| H Player 2 c | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mahendra Prasad 3b-rf | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| H Player 3 1b | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Hunter Devine ss | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| H Player 4 2b | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Mark Hoffman 1b-p | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| H Player 5 3b | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Perrie Sherman c | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| H Player 6 ss | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Tim Elkins xh1-1b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| H Player 7 lf | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Iwan Evans lf | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| H Player 8 cf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Robert Crouch rf-xh4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| H Player 9 rf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Ken Pike 2b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| (b3) Liam Green 2b-xh1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Greg Bochan p-3b | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Nick Russell xh2-cf | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| TEAM TOTALS | 39 | 13 | 14 | 9 | TEAM TOTALS | 40 | 12 | 13 | 9 |
| E: H Player 5(2), H Player 4, H Player 9, Hunter Devine(4), Greg Bochan. DP: Guildford Mavericks 1. LOB: Guildford Mavericks 10, Herts Hawks 12. 2B: H Player 5. 3B: H Player 1. SB: H Player 4(2), H Player 1, H Player 8, Iwan Evans(4), Greg Bochan(3), Mahendra Prasad(2), Ilya Dimitrov, Robert Crouch. |
| Guildford Mavericks | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| H Player 1 W | 8.00 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Herts Hawks | ||||||
| Greg Bochan L | 4.00 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Mark Hoffman | 3.00 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| WP: H Player 1. T: 2:48. A: 69. |
HSL WEEK 3 BOX SCORES: HERTS EAGLES @ ESSEX REDBACKS
| Herts Eagles at Essex RedBacks | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Herts Eagles | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
| Essex RedBacks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 6 |
| Essex RedBacks 12, Herts Eagles 7 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essex RedBacks | Herts Eagles | ||||||||
| ab | r | h | bi | ab | r | h | bi | ||
| Chris Porter cf | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | Tim Elkins 1b-rf-lf | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| John Read p | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Iwan Evans lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sheldon Smith ss | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (t8) Hunter Devine rf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Porter rf | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Brandon Deal 3b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Jenning 1b | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Mahendra Prasad cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Stuart Harper-Horn 3b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jonathon Lewys 2b-p-ss | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| (t3) Sean Briscomb 3b-rf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Ilya Dimitrov rf-c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ian Colvin 2b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Andy Cornish c-1b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Marcus Gooday lf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aspi Dimitrov p-xh1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Vince Warner c | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Greg Bochan ss-p | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Russell xh1-p-2b | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| TEAM TOTALS | 39 | 12 | 11 | 8 | TEAM TOTALS | 38 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
| E: Sheldon Smith(2), Stuart Harper-Horn(2), Chris Porter, Marcus Gooday, Jonathon Lewys(3), Iwan Evans, Tim Elkins, Nick Russell. DP: Essex RedBacks 1. LOB: Essex RedBacks 7, Herts Eagles 7. 2B: Andy Cornish, Brandon Deal. SB: Chris Porter(2), Sheldon Smith, Marcus Gooday, John Read, Vince Warner, Ian Colvin, Ilya Dimitrov. CS: Tim Elkins. SB: Ilya Dimitrov. SF: Brandon Deal. |
| Essex RedBacks | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| John Read W | 9.33 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Herts Eagles | ||||||
| Nick Russell | 4.00 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Greg Bochan | 2.00 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jonathon Lewys L | 1.00 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Aspi Dimitrov | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| PB: Ilya Dimitrov, Andy Cornish. T: 2:47. A: 54. |
BOTTOM OF THE NINTH HEARTBREAK FOR BULLDOGS
The Herts Falcons clinched top spot in their Herts Spring League group in the most dramatic fashion in the bottom of the ninth with two outs in the deciding final game against the hard-hitting Mildenhall Bulldogs. This sets a mouth-watering HSL Final in the Majors division against the 2009 British National Baseball League Champions, the Bracknell Blazers on Sunday, 11 April.
The Bulldogs eased their way to a comfortable 12-2 win against the Milton Keynes Bucks earlier in the day which meant that the final group game between the Bulldogs and the Falcons would determine the group winner. The visitors from Mildenhall managed to take the lead early in the game, but Herts kept coming back to tie the game in the third and dramatically in the bottom of the eighth when newly-recruited Sri Lancan national team centerfielder, Mahendra Prasad, ripped a two-out single into right field to drive in two runs. With two outs and the game tied at 4-4 in the bottom of the ninth Carlos “the Jackal” Casal managed to get to third with his trademark aggressive running, stealing second and then third after getting on base on a hit by pitch. With Casal representing the winning run on third base, all eyes were on Falcons player-manager Jason Greenberg who stepped into the batter’s box. Deep into the count Greenberg made solid contact with a fastball. It seemed that the ball was taking an eternity to come down as the Mildenhall centerfielder was comfortably waiting under it to take the game into extra innings. Most of the fielders were already heading to their bench when the unthinkable happened. The ball popped out of the centerfielder’s glove and Carlos Casal came home to score and win the game for the team from Hertfordshire. After the initial few seconds of joy in winning what was a fantastic game of baseball, the Falcons players visibly tried to subdue their celebrations in an effort to avoid rubbing salt into the wounds of the Bulldogs. Freakish moments like this do occur in the wonderfully unpredictable game of baseball. This may have cost Mildenhall the game and a place in the HSL Championship Game, but on a positive note for them, the law of averages would suggest that they will not make another error like this for a very long time especially judging by their accomplished defensive performance. This, in many ways, is bad news for all the other NBL teams. The HSL games have shown that Mildenhall will be a major player in this year’s National Baseball League.
The weather played havoc with the HSL games in Richmond on Saturday, which means that the Bracknell Blazers finished top of Majors-A group on conceding less runs per game than Southampton. The Blazers will meet the Falcons in the HSL Championship game in the Majors Division. The game will be played at Grovehill Ballpark at 4pm on Sunday 11 April.
Mildenhall will meet the Southampton Mustangs in the Bronze medal game. To determine 5th and 6th place the Essex RedBacks will play against the Herts Eagles, who bounced back on Saturday with a 7-1 win against the MK Bucks in which Darrin Ward pitched a complete 9-inning game allowing only 1 run and 3 hits.
LEICESTER CRUSH WINDSOR AND HERTS TO CLINCH PLACE IN THE HSL MINORS FINAL
Despite losing to the Thames Valley Bisons in week one of the HSL, the Leicester Blue Sox knew that they still had a mathematical chance of finishing top of the group, but they needed to win two games in a row. Their first test was against Windsor and they passed it with flying colours. Next up were the Herts Hawks and although they kept in touch for five innings, they ran out of steam and the Blue Sox took advantage to win convincingly 24-13. Slugger Shanon Henry continued to impress with a home run which went deep over the right field wall. He is 5-for-11 (.545) so far in the HSL with two doubles, two triples and a home run (10 RBIs). The win went to the versatile Richard Hu who got on the mond in the fourth inning to settle the Leicester nerves with the game tied 10-10.
To determine the 2010 HSL Minors Champions, they will play against the Sidewinders who kept up their 100% record with wins against Richmond and Guildford on Sunday.
For more information about the Herts Spring League visit the official HSL website links below:
HSL Scoreboard and Schedule (links to box scores are available for all games played at Herts)
HSL Stats (League Leaders)
HSL WEEK 2 BOX SCORES: LEICESTER @ HERTS HAWKS
| Leicester Blue Sox at Herts Hawks | ||||||||||
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| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Leicester Blue Sox | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 4 |
| Herts Hawks | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 |
| Leicester Blue Sox 24, Herts Hawks 13 | |||||||||
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| Leicester Blue Sox | Herts Hawks | ||||||||
| ab | r | h | bi | ab | r | h | bi | ||
| Jez Goddard 2b | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Hunter Devine ss | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Lynden Sedgwick cf-c | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Amit Odedra lf | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Shanon Henry p-ss | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | Rodney Naghar p-2b-rf | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Adam Brown 1b | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Paul Curtis 1b | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Richard Hu c-p-ss | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Kal Dimitrov c | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Dave Burke 3b | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Perrie Sherman 2b-p | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Meredith ss-cf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Liam Green 3b-p | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Williams lf | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Tim Elkins cf | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Crawshaw rf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (t4) Rob Jones cf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| (b4) Paul Monk rf | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Ilya Dimitrov rf-2b-3b | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| (b6) Tom Treharne rf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| TEAM TOTALS | 42 | 24 | 13 | 17 | TEAM TOTALS | 35 | 13 | 11 | 6 |
| E: Dave Burke(3), Mark Meredith, Perrie Sherman(4), Hunter Devine(2), Liam Green(2), Paul Curtis, Rodney Naghar, Ilya Dimitrov. DP: Herts Hawks 1. LOB: Herts Hawks 8, Leicester Blue Sox 8. 2B: Richard Hu(2), Shanon Henry, Dave Burke, Rodney Naghar. HR: Shanon Henry. SB: Shanon Henry(3), Richard Hu(3), Jez Goddard(3), Dave Burke(2), Ilya Dimitrov, Kal Dimitrov, Amit Odedra. |
| Leicester Blue Sox | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Richard Hu W | 3.67 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Shanon Henry | 3.33 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Herts Hawks | ||||||
| Rodney Naghar | 3.00 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Perrie Sherman L | 3.00 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Liam Green | 1.00 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| HBP: by Rodney Naghar (Dave Burke), by Shanon Henry (Ilya Dimitrov). , by Richard Hu (Perrie Sherman). . , by Perrie Sherman (Lynden Sedgwick). , by Liam Green (Lynden Sedgwick). WP: Shanon Henry(4), Richard Hu(2), Perrie Sherman(3), Rodney Naghar, Liam Green. PB: Lynden Sedgwick(2), Kal Dimitrov. T: 2:45. A: 67. |
HSL WEEK 2 BOX SCORES: MILDENHALL @ HERTS FALCONS
| Mildenhall Bulldogs at Herts Falcons | ||||||||||||
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| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Mildenhall Bulldogs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| Herts Falcons | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| Herts Falcons 5, Mildenhall Bulldogs 4 | |||||||||
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| Herts Falcons | Mildenhall Bulldogs | ||||||||
| ab | r | h | bi | ab | r | h | bi | ||
| Marc Martinez lf-3b-ss | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Brandon Blide 3b-p | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Casal 2b-1b-3b | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Barry ss | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Jason Greenberg c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Blose 2b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Kerry p-cf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kyle lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Deal ss-1b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Carlos rf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kimiyoshi Saionji rf-2b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Castro p | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| (t6) Mahendra Prasad rf-lf | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | (b4) Sen-Yi 3b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Goetz 3b-p | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Berk cf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| (t7) Peter Kikel 1b-p-rf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | (t4) Zip cf-rf | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jamie Munn cf-lf | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jon Mabie c | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| (t8) Aspi Dimitrov rf-p | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chewy 1b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| (t4) Steve 1b-rf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| TEAM TOTALS | 33 | 5 | 7 | 2 | TEAM TOTALS | 35 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| E: Dan Kerry(2), Brandon Deal(2), Brandon Blide, John Blose, Zip. DP: Herts Falcons 2. LOB: Herts Falcons 8, Mildenhall Bulldogs 11. 2B: Dan Kerry, Brandon Deal, Kimiyoshi Saionji, Brandon Blide. SB: Carlos Casal(2), Jason Greenberg, Brandon Blide, John Blose, Kyle, Sen-Yi. CS: Dan Kerry. |
| Herts Falcons | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Dan Kerry | 3.00 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Nick Goetz | 3.00 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Peter Kikel | 2.00 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Aspi Dimitrov W | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mildenhall Bulldogs | ||||||
| Brandon Blide L | 5.67 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Castro | 3.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| HBP: by Castro (Jason Greenberg). . , by Castro (Jamie Munn). . . . . . , by Brandon Blide (Carlos Casal). WP: Nick Goetz, Peter Kikel, Castro. PB: Jon Mabie. T: 2:49. A: 102. |
HSL WEEK 2 BOX SCORES: MK BUCKS @ HERTS EAGLES
| MK Bucks at Herts Eagles | ||||||||||||
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| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| MK Bucks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Herts Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 3 |
| Herts Eagles 7, MK Bucks 1 | |||||||||
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| Herts Eagles | MK Bucks | ||||||||
| ab | r | h | bi | ab | r | h | bi | ||
| Iwan Evans lf-xh9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Jon Reynolds cf-xh7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aspi Dimitrov 3b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Tam Tashikawa c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Deal ss | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Ben Alexander ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrin Ward p | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Olly Calcutt lf-xh6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Louis Hare 1b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Bryan Clarice rf-xh9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathon Lewys cf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Tom Lloyd p-xh2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Auchterlounie c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Kerr 3b | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Elkins rf-xh5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kawa Tadashi 2b-xh4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Naghar 2b-xh6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Chris White p-1b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Russell xh1-lf | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Dave Lloyd xh1-lf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Manning xh2-2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ernie Ayala xh2-1b | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mahendra Prasad xh3-rf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Geoff Finning xh3-cf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Oliver xh4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Simon Felstead xh4-2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris xh5-rf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| TEAM TOTALS | 41 | 7 | 10 | 5 | TEAM TOTALS | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| E: Aspi Dimitrov, Brandon Deal, Paul Auchterlounie, Jim Kerr(3), Ben Alexander(2), Geoff Finning(2), Chris White, Simon Felstead. LOB: MK Bucks 4, Herts Eagles 14. 2B: Louis Hare. SB: Brandon Deal(2), Rodney Naghar(2), Darrin Ward, Nick Russell. CS: Aspi Dimitrov, Ernie Ayala. |
| Herts Eagles | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Darrin Ward W | 9.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| MK Bucks | ||||||
| Tom Lloyd L | 4.33 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Chris White | 3.67 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| HBP: by Chris White (Mahendra Prasad). . . T: 2:40. A: 89. |
A NEW PEARL IN THE CROWN OF HERTS BASEBALL
As the adult and little league baseball seasons approach, Herts Baseball Club is one of several clubs in the country unveiling a new baseball diamond and improved baseball facilities.
Over the last 3 years the club has been on a relentless mission to create the best facilities in British Baseball. Last month the club reached a major landmark by completing the creation of the second diamond at its home ballpark in Hemel Hempstead. This project was made possible thanks to funding from BSUK as part of the facilities grant awarded to Herts last year as well as funding from Dacorum Borough Council and separate Herts fundraising projects and donations from Herts members and supporters.
The funds were invested in constructing a backstop, creating the infield clay areas, pitching mound, as well as a cut-off drain to improve the drainage in the infield. The funding was also used to repair the infield on the first diamond. The icing on the cake is the two scoreboards, one for each of the diamonds, which must be the biggest and best scoreboards in living memory in British Baseball.
All of this makes Grovehill Ballpark the only baseball venue in the country which has two high standard baseball diamonds with permanent outfield walls.
The venue will be a tremendous boost for the Herts youth baseball programme. The expanded facility increases the capacity to six little league diamonds which will enable the club to accommodate the growing number of teams in its Little League and especially when hosting events like the Herts Futures Tournament.
Herts Baseball Club President, Aspi Dimitrov, said: “We are grateful for the incredible support we have received from Dacorum Borough Council, BSUK and all of the club’s members and supporters without whom this would not have been possible.” He added: “These facilities will benefit not only the residents of Hemel Hempstead and Hertfordshire, but the whole British Baseball community as teams from across the country come to Grovehill Ballpark to take part in league games, tournaments and other events. Our only concern is that rumours are being spread on the internet that a Bracknell Blazers jersey was secretly buried under the home plate to cast a Bambino-like curse on our Club”.
The Herts Little Leaguers will probably be the first to grace the second diamond in the middle of May when the new grass is expected to be all set for baseball. With the Southern Adult League schedule published a few days ago it has been confirmed that the first official adult league game on the second diamond will be on 23 May when the Herts Hawks host the Sidewinders. Herts Baseball Club has not yet confirmed the date when the facility will have its official opening. The club is hoping to bid for one of the NBL special events which are scheduled in June as announced by the British Baseball Federation and, if they are awarded that event, then it could be the ideal occasion to mark the official opening of the new facility.
This project is ongoing and it will continue for many years to come. What’s next? Dugouts? Grandstand? Floodlights? One thing is certain. Herts Baseball Club has proven that there are no boundaries to what its members can achieve with the support of its partners and supporters.