Line Ups: Blue #11 Robertson CF #2 Evans RF #!5 Riopelle C #6 Shelnut 3B #24 Rivera SS #43 Prevesk LF #23 Fabian 2B #16 Lastres 1B #47 Arroyo DH alternated with #33 Blair #8 Sproat SP Orange: #36 Langford CF #4 Kurland 2B #14 Caglianone 1B #1 Thomas 3B #5 Halter SS #28 Heyman C #25 Schiefofer RF #9 Alvarez DH #32 Talbott LF #12 Waldrep SP
Top of Inning 2 (first inning played) Gentle breeze blowing in from left center field. Blue Batting, Waldrip pitching Robertson F8 Evans F9 foul territory Riopelle F7 on 96mph pitch 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors and 0 LOB Waldrip topped out at 98mph Bottom of Inning 2 Orange Batting, Sproat pitching Langford single to left, stole second Kurland single on topped ball halfway down third base line that stayed fair, Langford to third Caglianone high hopper over third baseman for double, Langford scored, Kurland to third Thomas K swinging on 90mph slider Halter K swinging on 90mph slider Heyman 5-3 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB Sproat topped out at 97mph End of second - Blue 0 Orange 1
Top of Inning 3, Waldrip still pitching Shelnut K called on sharp 85mph slider Rivera tripled on one hop off right center field fence Prevesk singled to center scoring Rivera Fabian singled through 5/6 hole, Prevesk to second Lastres K swinging on 86mph straight change Arroyo F6 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB Bottom of Inning 3, Sproat still pitching Schiefofer singled off glove of first baseman diving toward line Alvarez lined to short on 98mph fastball Talbott K called on 99mph fastball Langford grounded out to third who forced runner at second 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB End of Third - Blue 1 Orange 1
Top of Inning 4, Waldrip still pitching Robertson K swinging 86mph Evans K swinging Riopelle K swinging 88mph 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB Overheard scouts saying Waldrip began using split finger for first time in 4th inning (very effective!) Bottom of Inning 4, Sproat still pitching Kurland 6-3 on 96mph pitch Caglianone 1-3 on 88 mph pitch Thomas lined to centerfielder 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB End of Fourth - Blue 1 Orange 1 Waldrip - 3 IP, 3 Hits, 1 Run, 1 ER, 5 K, 0 BB; his release point is almost directly overhead so he gets lot of downward drop on his pitches. Sproat - 3 IP, 4 Hits, 1 Run, 1 ER, 3 K, 0 BB
Top of Inning 5 - Tejeda pitching Shelnut HR to right center on 3-1 94mph pitch Rivera single to right field; picked off by Tejada, 1-3-6 for putout Prevesk F8 Fabian double to right center Lastres line single up the middle to drive in Fabian Blair lined out to right 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB Bottom of Inning 5 - freshman lefty Cade Fisher pitching; Alvarez to C, Heyman to DH Halter K swinging, out 2-3; looked very uncomfortable against Fisher Heyman double to left center Schiekofer popped up a bunt toward third, ball fielded on one bounce and Schiwkofer didn't run so was out easily 5-3, Heyman stayed on second Alvarez grounded out to first baseman unassisted 0 runs 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB End of fifth - Blue 3 Orange 1
Top of Inning 6 - Tejeda still on mound Robertson singled Evans walked Riopelle singled to left, scoring Robertson, Evans to second Shelnut sharp single to left, both runners advance one base Rivera reached on fielder's choice, 6-4, Kurland's throw for attempted double play pulled Caglianone off bag, Evans scored Prevesk BB Fabian doubled to right center driving in Riopelle and Rivera Lastres K swinging Arroyo 4-3 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB Botton of Inning 6 - Fisher pitching Talbott 4-3 Langford singled Kurland grounded into double play 6-4-3 0 runs 1 hit 0 errors 0 LOB End of Sixth Blue 7 Orange 1 Tejeda 2 IP, 8 hits, 6 runs, 6 ER, 1 K, 2 BB
Top of Inning 7, Clemente on the mound Robertson K swinging on 92mph pitch Evans 5-3 Riopelle 4 pitch BB Shelnut doubled to right center scoring Riopelle Rivera singled to right scoring Shelnut, Rivera to second on error by RF Schiekofer (overran ball) Prevesk K swinging 2 runs 2 hits 1 error 1 LOB Bottom of Inning 7 - Fisher for his 3rd inning Caglianone K swinging on 89 mph pitch Thomas 6-3 on 91mph pitch Halter 4-3 on 88 mph pitch 0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 LOB End of Seventh Blue 9 Orange 1 Fisher 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 K, 0 BB
Top of Inning 8 - Clemente on mound Fabian HBP in face, laid on ground face down for a minute, walked off with trainer holding towel to nose/forehead area; Prevesk ran for Fabian Lastres HR to right center scoring Prevesk Blair HR to right field Robertson BB, stole second Evans lined to leftfielder Riopelle F8 Shelnut K called after Robertson advanced to third on WP 3 runs 2 hits, 0 errors 1 LOB Bottom of Inning 8, Purnell on the mound; Halter from Orange team played second in place of Fabian. Heyman 4-3 Schiekofer K Alvarez BB on 4 pitches Talbott 6-3 0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 1 LOB Final Score Blue 12 Orange 1 (did not play 9th inning) Clemente 2 IP, 4 hits, 5 runs, 5 ER, 3 K, 2 BB was obviously affected after hitting Fabian and the delay during which he stood between the mound and home plate Purnell 1 IP 0 Hits, 0 R, 1 K, 1 BB
Big thanks for your report bturner. Really sounds like both of our better freshmen pitchers had a rough day. But glad to hear Fisher has put together two nice outings. Shelnut had a really good day at the plate. Was there any infielders that stood out with their defense?
Not many infield opportunities, Rivera had a nice pickup going to his left with a good throw to first; Halter was handcuffed by a slicing liner with backspin that dropped in front of him and bounced to his right, he was able to stop it with his bare hand. Batter was given a hit. Derek Fabian also had a good day at plate with 1 single and 2 doubles before his injury.
Lastres also. I could see either of these two getting some DH opportunities against Lefthanded starters.
The scoreboard MPH appears to be a a tick or two higher than scouts' guns- I asked one of them and Waldrep was in the 94-95 range- scoreboard had him up to 97 on one pitch.
Did I count this right, UF pitchers threw 16 innings with 4 walks and 1 HBP = 5 or 2.81 per 9, on average. Last year we were running over 4.
