Xavier Baseball Series

[BASS]

top 5th

gaeckle at 65 pitches

crisp strikes out swinging, 1 out

hammond hits one back up the middle to kozeal who makes a great play and throw to get him out at 1st.  2 down.

stonehouse hits one over the wall in right center.  the wind helped that one.

mensik throws his bat into the net...then goes down looking.

hogs lead 3-1 after 4 and a half

[Gambler]

Come on bats.

[BASS]

bottom of the 5th

piech is done.  another righty, michael murphy in.

pompey runs a full count, then takes one in the shoulder blade.  runner on 1st.

brumbaugh grounds into the SS that bounces off him.  runners safe at 1st and 2nd.

ruiz flies out, both runners advance

souza doubles to the left center wall!.  2 runs score!  hogs lead 5-1!

helfrick grounds out, souza stays put.  2 down.

kozeal rips one to right center, the centerfielder makes a leaping outstretched catch at the wall to rob him of a double.  3 outs.

hogs score 2 and lead 5-1 after 5

[Son of Spam]

They have definitely worked on squaring Sousa up in the box. 2 doubles and looks good on his swings.

[BASS]

top 6

gaeckle is done.

cole gibler on the mound for the hogs

johnson grounds out on the first pitch

fitz goes down swinging on a check swing that was very close, looks like it was safe.  2 down.

peters singles to right.

townsend flies out to center.

hogs lead 5-1 midway through 6.

[BASS]

bottom of the 6th

murphy on the mound, 17 pitches

aloy boots the first pitch to the gap between first and second for an infield single.

murphy is done.  this pitching change brought to you by WKRP in Cinncinnati and Herb Tarlek who still swears to god he did not know turkeys couldn't fly.

whp ashton chronister is in the game, he is 6'8".

robinett flies out to left.  1 down.  aloy stays at 1st.

niu grounds into a double play.

hogs lead 5-1 after 6.

[BASS]

top of the 7th

gibler back on the mound after only 10 pitches in the 6th.

canterberry grounds out to brumbaugh, 1 down.

crisp grounds out to kozeal at 2nd, 2 down.

hammond bounces one up the middle that gets into centerfield.

stonehouse rips one down the right field line for a standing double.  runners at 2nd and 3rd.

mensik down 0-2 and gibler hits him.  bases loaded with 2 outs.

helfrick to the mound to chat with gibler.

johnson flies out to right center.

hogs lead 5-1 midway through 7

[Doc Hogaday]

Big out.

[BASS]

bottom of the 7th

chronister back on the mound

pompey goes down swinging.  1 out.

brumbaugh goes down staring.  2 outs.

ruiz grounds out. 

can we go ahead fire the hitting coach?

hogs lead 5-1 after 7

[Gambler]

46 Ks in 4 games. Ouch.

[Son of Spam]

We will lead the league in strike outs this year. And I mean us striking out.

[BASS]

top of the 8th

gibler on the mound with 30 pitches to his name

fitz homers to right field on the first pitch.  hogs lead 5-2.

peters hits a chopper to short, closer play at 1st than you'd think, but he's out.

townsend grounds out to kozeal.

canterberry flies out to right.

5-2 razorbacks midway through 8.

[BASS]

largest home opener attendance in history.  10,300 and something.

[BASS]

bottom of the 8th

chronister back on the mound

souza grounds out.  1 out.

helfrick hits one deep to right and it is just foul.  no help from the wind on that one.  singles into the shift and it bounces off the shortstop, safe at first, e6.

kozeal up....i gotta step out unexpectedly.  someone want to take pbp from here?

[Son of Spam]

Hogs win 5-2.

[Cardiac Hog]

That's a Winner!  WPS!

[BleedinRed]

4 hits?  Concerned.  

[Gambler]

The bats have me worried.

[DirkPiggler]

4 hits?  Concerned. 

Thank the good Lord we have a proven hitting coach who values contact.

[Feral]

Said it after Arlington and I'll say it again.

This team is giving me 2024 vibes. All pitching and zero offense.