Sunday, May 29, 2011

Discouraging Weekend [was: 2011 Outlaws Baseball Tournament #8 Day #2]

The Outlaws finished up a discouraging weekend losing two more games on Sunday. Of the four games that they lost, they were tied 1 to 1 in the top of the sixth in the first game, they led 4 to 3 going into the bottom of the fifth in the third game and they led 5 to 1 going into the top of the fifth in the fourth game.

In the first game on Sunday, the Outlaws played the Sacramento Blue Devils. They played the Blue Devils twice before: losing to them in the fall of 2009 and beating them in the fall of 2010.

At the plate, Jack was 0 for 2 with a hit by pitch and a run scored. In his first at bat, he hit a 0 and 2 pitch to the shortstop and was thrown out at first. Jack was hit on the top of his helmet by the first pitch of his second plate appearance. He stole second and went to third on a balk. Jack scored on Josh's sacrifice bunt. In his third at bat, he hit a 2 and 2 pitch into deep left center for an out.

In the field, Jack played six innings at third base. It was an adventure. He had two errors, two assists and a put out. In the first and fourth innings, he handled grounders to the left side and threw the runner out at first. In the third and fourth innings off the same batter, Jack had grounders hit to the left side. Moving to his left, the first one took a big hop and caromed off his glove. The second one took a big hop into his chest and Jack could not find the handle in time to get the runner.

In the second inning with the bases loaded and one out, Jack chased a foul pop up to the fence against the dugout. He gloved the ball right against the fence, but ball popped out of his glove. Jack caught the ball in his bare hand for the out. The other coach was screaming that the ball had bounced off the fence. I asked Jack afterwards and he said he was not sure what happened...

Leading 4 to 3 going into the top of the fifth, the Outlaws gave up four runs on an error and an unsuccessful fielder's choice attempt to get a runner at home. The Outlaws lost by the score of 7 to 4. The box score is here.

The Outlaws turned right around and played the Bay Area Black Sox. The Outlaws played this team twice a month ago in the Fair Oaks Tournament, losing to them in the pool game and beating them in the championship game.

At the plate, Jack was 1 for 3 with a run scored. In his first at bat, Jack popped a 2 and 1 pitch up to the first baseman for an out. With Trevor on third and one out in Jack's second plate appearance, they tried a suicide squeeze. The pitch was outside and Jack was not able to get his bat on it. Trevor was able to get out of the run down and then when the other team relaxed stole home. Jack eventually drove an 0 and 2 pitch through the left side for a single. Jack went to second on Josh's single and then scored on Bailey's home run. Comically, with Josh on first, Bailey almost caught up with Josh at home plate. In his third at bat, Jack grounded a 0 and 1 pitch to the left side and was thrown out at first.

In the field, Jack played six innings at first base. He had 8 assists, including two double plays. Jack took throws from the third baseman, second baseman and shortstop for outs.

Leading by the score of 5 to 1 going into the top of the fifth, the Outlaws gave up six runs and ended up losing by the score of 7 to 5. The box score is here.

All four of the teams that the Outlaws lost to on Saturday and Sunday qualified for the playoffs on Monday, including the #1, #2, #5 and #6 seeds. The Outlaws are not a very deep team. With one of the core players [Breyton] missing for the weekend, it was doubly difficult to compete against some stronger teams.

The Outlaws have 19 wins and 16 losses for the Spring 2011 season. The game log is here.

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