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Practice/Scrimmage Reports for week of 10/8/23

Discussion in 'GatorGrowl's Diamond Gators' started by Gatorgal04, Oct 9, 2023.

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  1. Oct 15, 2023 #21
    gator1977

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    Thanks to the folks that have posted in this first week of practices. I'm away from Gainesville on family business but hope to be back with some observations by next weekend. My bias tends toward: How good and deep is our pitching and defense. From what I've read, it appears that the hitters are a bit ahead of the pitchers at this point- which is likely par for the course given that our top guys are not throwing flat out this early and batters have a good sense of what's coming.
     
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  2. Oct 15, 2023 #22
    Gatorgal04

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    Brief summary of Saturday's doings from my spies:

    Scrimmage was 6 innings, with 3 pitchers doing 2 innings each:

    Orange:
    #12 Fr RHP Liam Peterson/Palm Harbor - 4 hits, 2 runs, 3 K
    #31 Fr LHP Frank Menendez/Miami - 2 hits (including homer by Tyler Shelnut), 1 run, 2 K
    #8 Fr RHP Christian Rodriguez/Coral Springs - 3 hits, 2 runs, 1 K

    Blue:
    #3 So LHP Cade Fisher/Dalton GA - 3 hits (including homer by Cade Kurland), 1 run, 4 K
    #48 Fr RHP Hunter Jones/Anthony - 3 hits, 3 runs, 4 K
    #21 Fr RHP Caden McDonald/Tampa - 3 hits, 2 runs, 1 K

    Hitters of note:
    Shelnut 3-3
    McDonald 2-3 (also listed as 1B)
    Robertson 3-4 (he's been tearing it up)
    Kurland 2-4
    Cags 2-4
     
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  3. Oct 15, 2023 #23
    Gatorgal04

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    Scrimmage Report for Sunday, 10/15/23

    Started in the 6th inning. Blue was the home team.

    On the field for BLUE:
    P - #13 Rs Jr RHP Ryan Slater
    C - #28 So Luke Heyman
    1B - #29 So Brody Donay/VA Tech
    2B - #4 So Cade Kurland
    3B - #6 Sr Tyler Shelnut
    SS - #44 Gr Armando Albert/FAU
    LF - #30 So Ashton Wilson/Charleston So
    CF - #16 Fr Hayden Yost/Tampa
    RF - #11 Rs So Mikey Robertson

    Orange Batting:

    Top of the 6th. Score 0-0

    #50 Gr Jaylen Guy/Liberty flies out to left
    F/Kc - #1 Gr Dale Thomas grounds out to short
    #10 So Colby Shelton/Alabama singles to shallow left/center
    F/B/B/F/F/Ks - #14 Jr Jac Caglianone goes down swinging

    Top of the 7th. Score 0-0

    Kc/F/B - #15 So Landon Russell/Gulf Coast St hits a foul tip and catcher throws him out
    Ks/B/B/B/Ks - #23 Fr John Martinez/Orlando singles to shallow left
    WP (Martinez steals 2B)/B/Ks/B/F/Ks - #26 Gr Tanner Garrison/Coastal Carolina goes down swinging
    F/B/Ks/B/F - #24 Fr Blake Brookins/Palmetto Bay grounds out to P

    Top of the 8th. Score 0-0. New pitcher for Blue is #32 Fr RHP Grayson Smith/Rockey Face GA

    B/B/B/B - #5 Fr Sammy Mummau/Palm Harbor walks
    B/B - #50 Gr Jaylen Guy/Liberty HBP. Coach Black comes out and talks to Smith and Heyman.
    Kc/Ks/B/B - #1 Gr Dale Thomas hits into 6-3 DP. Mummau now on 3B.
    Kc/F/Ks - #10 So Colby Shelton/Albama goes down swinging

    Top of the 9th. Score Blue 1-0. New pitcher for Blue is #20 Rs Fr RHP Jake Clemente/Coral Springs

    F/F/B/B – #14 Jr Caglianone grounds out to 2B. Great job by Kurland getting to a deep ball.
    B - #15 So Landon Russell/Gulf Coast St flies out to left
    B/B/B/B - #23 Fr. John Martinez/Orlando walks
    F/B - #26 Gr Tanner Garrison/Coastal Carolina doubles to left/center. 1 in.
    Kc/B/F/B/B/B - #24 Fr Blake Brookins/Palmetto Bay walks
    #5 Fr Sammy Mummau/Palm Harbor singles to shallow center. 1 in.
    Kc/F/Kc - #50 Gr Jaylen Guy/Liberty – goes down looking

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    On the field for ORANGE:
    P - #9 Fr RHP Luke McNeillie/Milton GA
    C - #26 Gr Tanner Garrison/Coastal Carolina
    1B - #14 Jr Jac Caglianone
    2B - #23 Fr John Martinez/Orlando
    3B - #1 Gr Dale Thomas
    SS - #10 So Colby Shelton/Alabama
    LF - #24 Fr Blake Brookins/Palmetto Bay
    CF - #50 Gr Jaylen Guy/Liberty
    RF - #15 So Landon Russell/Gulf Coast St

    Orange Batting:

    Bottom of the 6th – Score 0-0

    B - #11 Rs So Mikey Robertson singles to shallow right/center
    #4 So Cade Kurland grounds into 6-3 DP
    Kc/F - #28 So Luke Heyman grounds out to short

    Bottom of the 7th – Score 0-0

    Kc/Ks/B/F - #6 Sr Tyler Shelnut singles thru left gap
    F/Kc - #29 So Brody Donay/VA Tech flies out to center
    B (Shelnut gunned down going for 2B)/B - #16 Fr Hayden Yost/Tampa flies out to right

    Bottom of the 8th – Score 0-0. #25 Fr. RHP Reilly Witmer/Naples in for Orange.

    Kc/B/B - #21 Fr Caden McDonald/Tampa grounds out to short
    Kc/F/B/B/F/B/F - #30 So Ashton Wilson/Charleston So HBP
    F/Kc/B/F/B/B/wild throw by C to 1B moves runner to 2B/Ks - #44 Gr Armando Albert/FAU goes down swinging
    #11 Rs So Mikey Robertson doubles to left/center. 1 in.
    Kc/B - #4 So Cade Kurland HBP
    Kc/Ks/B/F - #28 So Luke Heyman grounds out to 3B.

    Bottom of the 9th – Score Orange 2-1. #41 Rs Jr RHP Blake Purnell in for Orange.

    Kc/Ks/B - #6 Sr Tyler Shelnut reaches on E6
    Ks/B/Kc/B/Ks - #29 So Brody Donay/Va Tech goes down swinging
    B - #16 Fr Hayden Yost/Tampa grounds out to 2B
    B - #21 Fr Cade McDonald/Tampa grounds out to P

    Final Orange 2-1
     
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  4. Oct 15, 2023 #24
    Matherly87

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    Lots of fastballs so far just to get thru their inning or two in the two that I've been to. Its mainly been about locating their fastball at this point. But at least we have seen lots of action on the base paths. Jameson was the only pitcher that I saw throwing breaking ball after breaking ball. Probably because his fastball was near 6 feet off the ground.
     
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  5. Oct 15, 2023 #25
    Matherly87

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    Wow I haven't even read the inning by inning but its the first experiment with the lineup from Sully this fall. Some examples are Robertson in RF, Thomas at 3B playing with Shelton at SS, Donay at 1B, Shelnut back at 3B. I'll drop some extra thoughts later on in the lineup thread.
     
  6. Oct 15, 2023 #26
    Matherly87

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    Mikey must be batting over 800 by now. Just a guess...
     
  7. Oct 15, 2023 #27
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    GatorGal, good to hear Shelnut is still hot going 3-3 with a homerun. The practice I watched he was getting the barrel on everything.
     
  8. Oct 15, 2023 #28
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    Amazing what a battle for “your” starting position brings out in a player. Would love to see this carryover to season.
     
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  9. Oct 15, 2023 #29
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    Matherly, was surprised to see Christian Rodriguez get his fair share of cuts in the batting cage during the practice I watched. At 5’11” and 215 he is rather thick looking, a power hitter! Also hoping he finds his way into the rotation, probably weekday but found it interesting he got to take his cuts too.
     
  10. Oct 15, 2023 #30
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    Seems like the Martinez kid is having a ot of good at bats, could be a nice surprise guy
     
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  11. Oct 15, 2023 #31
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    He has looked good with the glove, too.
     
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  12. Oct 15, 2023 #32
    Matherly87

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    I noticed that about Rodriguez on Friday as well. He came thru in one of the last groups with mostly freshmen and backups though but at least he is getting an opportunity. Now if he starts hitting with Cags, Kurland, Shelnut, Heyman or even Donay then maybe they are onto something.
     
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