Date: Sat, Oct 6/07, 10:15am
Location: Bethesda Field #6
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Alabama 50510--1118-
Maryland 01110--39-
Game Notes: Bama 11, Maryland 3
Good game against a scrappy Maryland team.
In the top of the first, our bats were on fire. McGee led off with a single. Alex got a single to move Branan into scoring position. After a strikeout, Jonah doubled both home. Jalen followed with an infield single. Griffin had a single to drive in Jonah and Jalen! After a 2nd strikeout, Brandon had a solid hit to drive in Griffin for the 5th run of the inning. 5 runs on 8 batters. In the bottom half, after a leadoff single, Branan fielded a ball up the middle and flipped to Jonah for a force out. Maryland struck out twice after that to end the inning.
In the top of the second, Will had a nice base hit to the outfield, but we unfortunately struck out 3 times for a quick inning. In the bottom half, Maryland strung together 3 hits to score one run. Brandon had a nice play at 3B for the last out of the inning on a force at 3rd.
In the top of the 3rd, Branan led the inning off with a hit. Alex followed with a single that scored Branan. Dawson then drove Alex in with a nice hit. Jonah had a solid hit in the outfield that drove Dawson in. Jalen followed with another hit that knocked in Jonah and Griffin ended the inning with a hit to score Jalen! We scored 5 runs on 6 batters! In the bottom half, after a leadoff strikeout, Maryland had 2 hits that scored one run. David fired in from the outfield to 2nd base to get the batter as he came off the bag at 2nd. Great job David and Branan. Maryland struck out for the last out of the inning. After 3, Bama 10, Maryland 2.
In the top of the 4th, after 2 strikeouts, Calvin got a single and Mitch drove him home with a solid hit to RF. Will hit the ball sharply again, but Maryland got the force out at 2ndbase for out #3. In the bottom half, Maryland led off with a double. After a strikeout, Dawson fielded a weak grounder and won the race to the bag for out #2. A solid single scored a run for Maryland. A ball was then hit to 3rd that Jalen fielded and fired to 3rd for out #3. After 4, Bama 11, Maryland 3.
In the top of the 5th we had the game in hand and didn't force the issue and went station to station so we would not run the score up. Branan, Dawson and Jonah had singles, but we didn't score. In the bottom half, Maryland had 2 strikeouts. After an overthrow to first, Alex backed up first base and fired to Jonah at 2nd and we got the out as the runner came off the bag. Game over. Final score Bama11, Maryland 3.
We hit the ball much harder today, even though we still struck out 9 times. We will need to really hit the ball tomorrow. Everyone played hard today and was really into the game. That is what we like to see. There were good plays from the outfield and infield. We got 2 outs from the outfield today! Griffin, Dawson, Mitch, and Brandon did great again at catcher. We don't praise them enough for the job they do behind the plate.
The following players were perfect at the plate: Branan, Jonah, Jalen, and Griffin! Great job guys. Alex, and Dawson were 2 for 3. Brandon, Mitch, Will, and Calvin were 1 for 2. Jonah and Griffin had 3 RBI's each! Great job guys! Get ready for tomorrow with Miami.