Final Fall Ball - O&B World Series

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I am Gatorgal04's assistant and am giving what turned out to be a very weird and confusing ending to Game One.


Orange & Blue Series

Game One Summary

Game one started in the fourth inning.

Orange is the visitor and their lineup is:
#4 – Kurland 2nd
#5 – Cyr LF
#2 – Evans RF
#28 – Heyman C
#30 – Wilson CF
#21 – McDonald 1st
#25 – Myers SS
#40 – Bullen 3rd

Pitchers: #22 Barberi innings 4 &5
# 25 Janssens Innings 6 & 7
#31 Menendez Innings 8 & 9

Blue lineup:
#3 Jones CF
#10 Shelton SS
#13 Stripling 3rd
#29 Donay C, 1st
#6 Boser 1st, 2nd
#1 Nadeau 2nd, RF
#24 Brookins LF
#35 Clayton RF, C

Pitchers: #37 Jenkins innings 4 & 5
#33 Biemiller inning 6
#44 Ong inning 7
# 15 Whritenour inning 8 + two outs in 9th (explanation later)

4th inning:

Orange did nothing. Three up…three down Ks, SS- 1st, F LF
Blue the same F RF, F LF, 1st unassisted

5th inning:
Orange:

Luke Heyman leads of with a home run to left field. (Highlight of game.)
Wilson follows with a single, but is stranded.
McDonald goes short to first.
Myers and Bullen strikeout

Blue:
Donay K looking
Boser Ks
Nadeau Fly RF

Orange up 1-0


6th Inning
Orange:

Kurland out short to first
Cyr walked. Took second on a wild pitch
Evans Ks
Heyman out 3rd to 1st

Blue:

Brookins singles to left field
Clayton sacrifice bunt advances Brookins
Jones bunt single advances Brookins. Jones steals second
Shelton thrown out 3rd to 1st
Stripling thrown out 2nd to 1st

7th Inning
Orange: scores one run.
Wilson singles and goes to third with a wild pick-off throw by Ong
McDonald pops up to catcher
Myers sacrifice flies right. Run scores
Bullen 3rd to 1st.

Orange now up 2-0

Blue:
Donay singles
Boser K looking
Nadeau singles. Donay to 3rd
Brookins strikes out looking.
Donay tries to steal home and is thrown out pitcher to catcher.

8th Inning

Orange:
Kurland leads off with another K swinging
Cyr walks and goes to second on a wild pitch by Whritenour
Cyr advances to 3rd Evans fly out to right.
Cyr comes home on a wild pitch
Heyman flies out to center to end inning

Orange up 3-0

Blue:
Menendez in for Orange
Clayton line drives to center for first out
Jones walks
Shelton drives in Jones with a double.
Jones comes in limping with a hamstring. (Back out in field in 9th)
Stripling walks.

Donay gets to first on a fielder’s choice
Boser hits to short who forces Donay at second for 2nd out but scores Shelton.

Nadeau hits to pitcher who throws to first for 3rd out.
Score now Orange 3, Blue 2


9th Inning

Orange:
Wilson strikes out swinging
McDonald out short to first
With two strikes on Myers, pitcher Whritenour stops his pitch and indicates he is hurt.

The inning is stopped and Blue comes to bat.

Blue:

Coach O’Sullivan sends three Blue players to load the bases. (You have to understand that in scrimmages weird things happen).

Bases loaded.

Batter (lead off Jones) hits to first who throws out runner coming from third.

Next batter (I think it was Shelton) hits to second but throw home is late. Run scores.

Score now tied 3-3.

Pop up for second out.

Next batter hits to first. Runner on third thrown out at home. Runner thinks he is safe. Confusion reigns.

Game over.

PHEW! Can hardly wait for tomorrow.



Pitcher summary:

BLUE:
Jenkins- 2 innings, 2 hits, 1 run, 0 walks, 3 K’s
Biemiller- 1 inning, 0 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk 1 K
Ong – 1 inning, 1 hit, 1 run, 0 walks,0 K’s
Whritenour- 1+ inning, 0 hits, 1 run, 1 walk, 2 K’s, 2 wild pitches

ORANGE:

Barberi- 2 innings, 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 2 K’s
Janssens – 2 innings, 4 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 2 K’s
Menendez – 2 innings, 1 hit, 1 run, 2 walks, 0 K’s

Tomorrows game starts at 5:30.

 

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