Schedule for the week: Mon 10/21 - Practice 2:30 Tue 10/22 - Practice 2:30 Wed 10/23 - Practice 2:30 & scrimmage Thu 10/24 - Off Fri 10/25 - Practice 2:30 & scrimmage Sat 10/26 - Practice 11:00 & scrimmage Sun 10/27 - Practice 4:30 & scrimmage
A couple more guys- Stripling and Brookins- have continued to hit well and put themselves on the list for playing time. Probably could mention McDonald, too, but he needs a few more hits to convince me. Today also presented two chances for Shelton to show defensive skills. He made a nice dive to his left to grab a ground ball single and prevent a runner from second from scoring. A couple of plays later, he made a good dive to his right and bounced up to throw out the batter. FWIW my current current lineup: C Heyman 1B/3B Stripling/Boser 2B Kurland SS Shelton LF Brookins CF Cyr RF Evans I feel certain the opening day lineup will be different, but those guys have had good success in the first half of the fall. One more tidbit, Michael Byrne is back in Gvl after TJ surgery and will be a student assistant while he gets closer to graduation. He was in the orange dugout today.
Here is a summary of the October 23 scrimmage. For those who have not been to a scrimmage it is a hybrid game. A team may only bat 7 or 8 players. Some players that bat do not play in the field. Other players in the field may not bat. Games begin in the 5th or 6th inning. If a player on first tries to steal second and is thrown out, he goes back to first. An out is registered. With that in mind, here we go. Orange is visitors. Game begins in fifth inning. Orange lineup: 30 Wilson RF 4 Kurland 2nd 28 Heyman C 24 Brookins LF 6 Boser SS 13 Stripling 3rd 21 McDonald 1st' 40 Bullen DH 3 Jones CF but did not bat Blue Lineup: 1 Nadeau 2nd 5 Cyr CF 10 Shelton SS 2 Evans RF 29 Donay C/1st 35 Clayton LF/C 25 Myers 3rd 26 Janssens 1st did not bat
Pitchers Blue: 34 Philpott 2 innings, 4 hits, 2 runs, 0 K's and BB's 22 Barberi 2 innings, 4 hits, 1 run, 1 BB, 0 K's 27 Rowland 1 inning, 2 hits, 2 runs, 0 K's, 0 BB's Orange: 31 Menendez 2 innings, 0 hits, 0 runs, 2 BB's, 2 K's 99 Montsdeoca 2 innings, 3 hits, 2 runs, 0 BB's 2 K's 37 Jenkins 2/3 inning 0 hits,runs,BB, 2 K's Scrimmage stopped in middle of top of ninth. Final score: Orange 5, Blue 2 (doesn't matter) Highlights: Home run by Colby Shelton for Blue and Landon Stripling for Orange. Blake Brookins hit a triple Low-lights: Throwing error by Donay to second base. Fielding error by Kurland Practice happenings: During double play practice, someone made an error so all players in that drill had to do modified push ups. Hard to describe. Two arms on ground...lower arm ,raise one leg...raise one arm... raise other leg...raise other arm. See I told you it was hard to describe. Another first in practice: batting practice without using the batting cage. Wow, Gatorgal04 can do a much better job. Hope she's there Friday. I see now why you cannot have people talk to you during a game. Scrimmages are twice as complex.
Liam Peterson was absolutely filthy in his one inning of work that I saw. Struck out the side and was up to 97. A couple of offspeed pitches played very well. Split was 19 miles an hour.
They haven’t had any out at any practice I made it to, but someone let me snap a pic of theirs today. Maybe they had em out over the weekend?
Useful story on the front page about today's practice. I was particularly glad to see that Kyle Jones got his first action of the fall.
He took one in the helmet in his first AB, came around to score, then immediately hit a beauty just inside third to the LF corner for a nice 2B.
Scrimmage Report for Fri, 10/25/24 On the field for BLUE: C #28 Jr Luke Heyman 1B #21 RFr Caden McDonald 2B #1 Jr Justin Nadeau (JU) 3B #13 So Landon Stripling (TX Tech) SS #6 Sr Bobby Boser (USF) LF #35 Fr Brock Clayton (Gulf Breeze) CF #5 Jr Blake Cyr (Miami) RF #2 Sr Ty Evans BLUE pitcher summary: Innings 4 & 5: #12 So Liam Peterson RHP: 2 hits, 1 runs, 1 walk, 2 K; 42 pitches Innings 6 & 7: #33 Fr McCall Biemiller (Tampa) LHP: 1 HBP, 3 hits, 5 runs, 4 walks, 1 K; 39 pitches Innings 8 & 9: #26 Fr Niko Janssens (Spring Hill) LHP: 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 1 K; 29 pitches ORANGE batting: T4 0-0 #3 So Kyle Jones (Stetson): B/B/Kc/Kc/B – pop out to 1B. #10 Jr Colby Shelton: Kc/B/B/B/Ks/F/F – double to left/center fence Runner on 2B - #4 Jr Cade Kurland: Ks/Kc/Kc – down looking. Runner on 2B - #29 Jr Brody Donay: Kc/Ks (95)/B/B/Ks (96) – down swinging. T5 0-0 #24 So Blake Brookins: B/B/F/Ks (86)/B/B – walk. Runner on 1B - #30 Jr Ashton Wilson: Kc/B/Ks – runner gunned down at 2B/F/F/B/F – double to right/center fence. Runners on 2B & 3B - #25 Fr Kolt Myers: B/F/B – fly out to center. 1 in. Runner on 2B - #40 Jr Cole Bullen (CCF): Kc – ground out to 1B. T6 Orange 1-0 New Blue pitcher #33 #3 So Kyle Jones (Stetson): HBP Runner on 1B - #10 Jr Colby Shelton: B – runner steals 2B/B/B/B – walk. Runners on 1B & 2B - #4 Jr Cade Kurland: B/fly out to center. Great diving catch by #5 Blake Cyr. Runners at 1B & 3B - #29 Jr Brody Donay: B/Kc – runner steals 2B/pop out to 2B. Runners at 2B & 3B - #24 So Blake Brookins: B/Ks/Ks/Ks – down swinging. T7 Orange 1-0 #30 Jr Ashton Wilson: B/B/F/F/B/F/B – walk. Runner at 1B - #25 Fr Kolt Myers: Kc/B/F – runner steals 2B/B/F/B – walk. Runners at 1B & 2B - #40 Jr Cole Bullen (CCF): Kc/F/F/F/B – single to shallow right. 1 in. Runners at 1B & 3B - #3 So Kyle Jones (Stetson): Double down left line. 2 in. Runner on 2B - #10 Jr Colby Shelton: Homer to visitor’s bullpen. 2 in. #4 Jr Cade Kurland: Ks/B/B/B/B – walk. Inning called due to pitch count. T8 Orange 6-0 New Blue pitcher #26. New catcher #35 Fr Brock Clayton (Gulf Breeze). Heyman to 1B. #29 Jr Brody Donay: F/B/Ks/F/F – ground out to C. #24 So Blake Brookins: Kc/B/B – ground out to short. #30 Jr Ashton Wilson: B/F/B/F/B/F – fly out to center. T9 Orange 6-0 #25 Fr Kolt Myers (St. Augustine): Ks/Kc/Ks – down swinging. #40 Jr Cole Bullen (CCF): Kc/B/B/F/B – ground out to 3B. #3 So Kyle Jones (Stetson): F/F – ground out to P. ------------------------------------ On the field for ORANGE: C #29 Brody Donay 1B #40 Cole Bullen (CCF) 2B #4 Jr Cade Kurland 3B #25 Fr Kolt Myers (St. Augustine) SS #10 Jr Colby Shelton LF #24 So Blake Brookins CF #3 So Kyle Jones (Stetson) RF #30 Jr Ashton Wilson ORANGE pitchers: Innings 4, 5 & 6: #20 RSo Jake Clemente RHP: 2 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, 2 K; 52 pitches Innings 7, 8 & 9: #9 So Luke McNeillie RHP: 0 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, 2 K; 35 pitches BLUE batting: B4 0-0 #1 Jr Justin Nadeau (JU): B/Kc/B/F/F/B/F/F/Ks – down swinging. #5 Jr Blake Cyr (Miami): Kc/Kc/B – single to shallow center. Runner on 1B - #2 Sr Ty Evans: Ks/Kc/Ks – down swinging. Runner on 1B – #28 Jr Luke Heyman: Kc/F/B/B – runner gunned down at 2B. B5 Orange 1-0 #28 Jr Luke Heyman: Kc/F/B/B/B – walk. Runner on 1B - #6 Sr Bobby Boser (USF): Fly out to right. Runner on 1B - #13 So Landon Stripling (TX Tech): B/Kc/F/B – grounder to short. Got runner at 2B but late on the DP. Runner on 1B - #21 RFr Caden McDonald: Kc/Ks/B/B/F/F/B/F – fly out to right. B6 Orange 1-0 #35 Fr Brock Clayton (Gulf Breeze): Kc/F/B – fly out to center. #1 Jr Justin Nadeau (JU): ground out to 1B. #5 Jr Blake Cyr (Miami): grounder to 3B. E5 on the high throw. Runner on 1B - #2 Sr Ty Evans: Kc/F/B/B/B – fly out to right. Excellent job by Wilson on the catch. B7 Orange 6-0 – New Orange pitcher #9. New catcher #40 Jr Cole Bullen (CCF). Donay to 1B. #28 Jr Luke Heyman: B/Ks/F/Kc – down looking. #6 Sr Bobby Boser (USF): B/Kc/F/Ks – down swinging. #13 So Landon Stripling (TX Tech): B/F/B – fly out to right. B8 Orange 6-0 #21 RFr Caden McDonald: F/B/B – fly out to right. #35 Fr Brock Clayton (Gulf Breeze): B/Kc/B – fly out to center. #1 Jr Justin Nadeau (JU): Kc/F/B/B/B/B – walk. Runner on 1B - #5 Jr Blake Cyr (Miami): F/B/Kc – fly out to right. B9 Orange 6-0 #2 Sr Ty Evans: Kc/B – fly out to center. #28 Jr Luke Heyman: Ground out to 3B. #6 Sr Bobby Boser (USF): Ground out to short. FINAL ORANGE 6-0
Summary of practice and scrimmage 10-26 During practice all pitchers had to play infield. Half the pitchers were at first base, the other half at third base. Both positions fielded ground balls and faked throw home. Then those at third moved to shortstop. Those at first moved to second. This is a double play drill. So, ground balls fielded by second would throw to the shortstop and then vice versa. Scrimmage: Orange was visitors and the lineup was: 3 Jones CF 10 Shelton SS 4 Kurland 2B 29 Donay C, 1B 24 Brookins LF 30 Wilson RF 25 Myers 3B 40 Bullen 1B, C Orange pitchers: #23 Barlow RHP Transfer from Clemson #27 Rowland RHP Freshman Blue Lineup: 1 Nadeau 2B 5 Cyr CF 2 Evans RF 28 Heyman C, 1B 6 Boser SS 13 Stripling 3B 21 McDonald 1B, LF 35 Clayton LF 2B Blue Pitchers: #47 King RHP Freshman #15 Whritenour RHP Freshman The game started in the 5th inning. Jones started by hitting a double, then Shelton hit a home run, his third of the fall practice (I think). Orange scored another that inning. Did not score again until the 8th. Blue went 3 up,3 down in 5th. In the 6th they scored 3 with 3 hits and a walk. Did not score again. Orange scored 3 in the 8th with five walks, one hit then Coach called “Game”. Did not finish the 8th or play the ninth inning. Pitchers Stats: Barlow- 3 innings, 3 hits, 3 runs, 1 BB, 1K Rowland – 1 inning, 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 0 K’s King – 3 innings, 4 hits, 3 runs, 0 Walks, 5 K, gave up one homerun Whritenour- 1/3 inning, 1 hit, 3 runs, 5 walks, 1 K Note: Gatorgal will be back today (Sunday).
Scrimmage Report for Sun, 10/27/24 On the field for BLUE: C #28 Jr Luke Heyman 1B #21 RFr Caden McDonald 2B #1 Jr Justin Nadeau (JU) 3B #13 So Landon Stripling (TX Tech) SS #6 Sr Bobby Boser (USF) LF #35 Fr Brock Clayton (Gulf Breeze) CF #5 Jr Blake Cyr (Miami) RF #2 Sr Ty Evans BLUE pitcher summary: Inning 4: #18 RJr Pierce Coppola LHP: 2 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, 0 K; 1 E; 45 pitches Innings 5 & 6: #34 So Alex Philpott RHP: 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 walk, 1 K; 24 pitches Innings 7 & 8: #37 So Matthew Jenkins (SFC) RHP: 2 HBP, 2 hits, 2 runs, 0 walks, 2 K; 38 pitches Inning 9: #99 Fr Carson Montsdeoca (Bowling Green) RHP: 4 hits, 4 runs, 0 walks, 1 K; 21 pitches ORANGE batting: T4 0-0 #3 So Kyle Jones (Stetson): B/B/F/F – line out to 1B #10 Jr Colby Shelton: B/B/Ks/Kc/B – single to shallow left Runner on 1B - #4 Jr Cade Kurland: B/B/F/runner to 2B on BPO (botched pick-off) – HOMER 2 in. #29 Jr Brody Donay: B/B/Ks/Ks/F/B/F/B – walk Runner on 1B - #24 So Blake Brookins: B/Kc/Kc/ E1 on grounder to P. Throw was high. Runners on 1B & 2B - #30 Jr Ashton Wilson: B/F/B/B/Kc/F/B – walk. Inning called – pitch count. T5 Orange 2-0 – New Blue pitcher #34 Alex Philpott #25 Fr Kolt Myers: single up the middle. Runner on 1B - #40 Jr Cole Bullen (CCF): Kc/Kc/F/B/Kc – down looking. Runner on 1B - #3 So Kyle Jones (Stetson): B – runner out at 2B (2/3/6) – fly out to right. T6 Orange 2-0 #10 Jr Colby Shelton: F/Kc/B/F/B – ground out to 2B. #4 Jr Cade Kurland: B/B/B/Kc/F/B - walk Runner at 1B - #29 Jr Brody Donay: Ks – fly out to right. Runner at 1B - #24 So Blake Brookins: Kc – ground out to 1B. T7 Orange 2-0 – New Blue pitcher #37 Matthew Jenkins #30 Jr Ashton Wilson: Kc/B – single to shallow center Runner at 1B - #25 Fr Kolt Myers: F/B/Ks/B – runner steals 2B/ground out to P. Runner to 3B. Runner at 3B - #40 Jr Cole Bullen (CCF): HBP Runners at 1B & 3B - #3 So Kyle Jones (Stetson): B – runner steals 2B/B/B/Kc – ground out to 3B. 1 in. Runner on 3B - #10 Jr Colby Shelton: F/Kc/B/B – HBP. Runners on 1B & 3B - #4 Jr Cade Kurland: Pop out to right. T8 Orange 3-0 New catcher #35 Fr Brock Clayton (Gulf Breeze). Heyman to 1B. McDonald to Left. #29 Jr Brody Donay: B/F/F - HOMER #24 So Blake Brookins: B/B/Ks/Ks/B/F/Ks – down swinging. #30 Jr Ashton Wilson: Kc/Ks/B/Kc – down looking. #25 Fr Kolt Myers (St. Augustine): Ks/B/Kc – Pop out to 1B. T9 Orange 4-0 – New Blue pitcher #99 Fr Carson Montsdeoca (Bowling Green) #40 Jr Cole Bullen (CCF): B/Ks – ground out to 1B. P covers. #3 So Kyle Jones (Stetson): K/Ks/B/B/B – single to shallow left. Runner on 1B - #10 Jr Colby Shelton: B – runner gunned down at 2B – single to right/center. Runners on 1B & 3B - #4 Jr Cade Kurland: B/B – single over 3B. 1 in. Runners on 1B & 2B - #29 Jr Brody Donay: B – HOMER. 3 in. #24 So Blake Brookins: B/Ks/B/F/Ks – down swinging. ------------------------------------ On the field for ORANGE: C #29 Brody Donay 1B #40 Cole Bullen (CCF) 2B #4 Jr Cade Kurland 3B #25 Fr Kolt Myers (St. Augustine) SS #10 Jr Colby Shelton LF #24 So Blake Brookins CF #3 So Kyle Jones (Stetson) RF #30 Jr Ashton Wilson ORANGE pitchers: Innings 4 & 5: #22 Fr Jackson Barberi RHP: 1 hit, 0 runs, 4 walks, 1 K; 46 pitches Innings 6 & 7: #31 So Frank Menendez LHP: 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 2 K; 28 pitches Inning 8: #44 Fr Felix Ong (Key West) RHP: 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 walks, 0 K; 14 pitches BLUE batting: B4 Orange 2-0 #1 Jr Justin Nadeau (JU): B/F – ground out to 2B. #5 Jr Blake Cyr (Miami): F/B/Ks/B/B/B – walk. Runner on 1B - #2 Sr Ty Evans: B/F/B/B/Ks – runner steals 2B/F/B – walk. Runners on 1B & 2B – #28 Jr Luke Heyman: F/F – fly out to center. Runner to 3B. Runners on 1B & 3B - #6 Sr Bobby Boser (USF): B/B/B/B – walk. Bases loaded - #13 So Landon Stripling (TX Tech): Pop out to short. B5 Orange 2-0 #21 RFr Caden McDonald: F/B/Kc/F/B – fly out to right. #35 Fr Brock Clayton (Gulf Breeze): K/F/F – ground out to short. #1 Jr Justin Nadeau (JU): B/B/Kc/F/B/B – walk. Runner on 1B - #5 Jr Blake Cyr (Miami): B – single to shallow left. Runner to 3B. Runners on 1B & 3B - #2 Sr Ty Evans: F/B/F/B – runner steals 2B/Ks – down swinging. B6 Orange 2-0 – New Orange Pitcher #31 So Frank Menendez #28 Jr Luke Heyman: Kc/B/B/Ks/F/B – pop out to 1B. #6 Sr Bobby Boser (USF): F/B/F/Ks – down swinging. #13 So Landon Stripling (TX Tech): B/B – single to shallow left. Runner on 1B - #21 RFr Caden McDonald: B – ground out to short. B7 Orange 3-0 – New Orange catcher #40 Jr Cole Bullen (CCF). Donay to 1B. #35 Fr Brock Clayton (Gulf Breeze): Infield single. Runner on 1B - #1 Jr Justin Nadeau (JU): F/B/Kc – grounds into 6-4-3 DP. #5 Jr Blake Cyr (Miami): Ks/B/B/F/B/F/Kc – down looking. B8 Orange 4-0 #2 Sr Ty Evans: B/Kc/B – fly out to center. #28 Jr Luke Heyman: B/F/Kc/B – double to left corner. Runner on 2B - #6 Sr Bobby Boser (USF): fly out to center. Nice running catch by Jones. Runner on 2B - #13 So Landon Stripling (TX Tech): F/B/B – ground out to 2B. Bottom of the 9th wasn’t played, likely due to total time allowed for the practice/scrimmage. FINAL ORANGE 8-0
Reads like our hitters are getting a little more comfortable with third and fourth looks at our pitchers. That’s both normal and good. It should give our pitchers incentive to locate their pitches better.
