Chad Spalding
Chad Spalding
phenomenal time tyler unheard
Having two triples in one inning is something that is unheard of in my time with the team. Tyler just had a phenomenal game.
bad bounce eighth good great shame tyler win
Jake pitched a great game. It's a shame we let them back in it. It's good that Tyler was able to get his first win because he showed that he can bounce back from a bad inning. That's pretty good for an eighth grader.
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This was a fun game to watch. There were some exciting plays and just good competitive baseball. I thought we could have pushed across a few more runs, but we played good enough to win.
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What can you say about this kid? He takes the ball with no fear and he produces. We were planning on getting him some innings this year and here he is pitching like this in the district. It's a good thing he's pitching well, cause now we're going to need him.
billy compete good players quality team tough
One of our players had a really tough night. Other than that we showed we could compete with a quality team like Dunbar. We have a pretty good team, especially when Billy Darryl is on the mound.
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I think some of our players have the jitters out in the field. It's the first year of varsity for several of them and some of our veterans are showing a little rust coming out of basketball. We were lucky that the seven errors didn't really hurt us that much. Normally, when you have that many mistakes you're going to lose the game.
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Other than that inning, we didn't play too badly. I thought the first six innings were very promising for us. Billy Darryl Grant pitched well again and we got an opportunity to face three Dunbar pitchers who would be among the best in our region.
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He's definitely one of the top pitchers in the region. But after facing the tough pitcher we saw at Louisville Eastern, I thought we'd do a better job against him. You'd think that with that many hits, including a couple of homers that we could win this game. But the theme of our season continues... not making the plays.
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We were more ready to play than I even thought we were going in. Even during the infield/outfield drills before the game, I don't think we've been that sharp in over two years. That's the kind of things a coach looks for early on. The guys couldn't understand why I was smiling so much before the game started.
ball batting change effort five hit innings order week
Overall, I would have to give this effort a B minus, but for the first five innings we were better than that. We should have hit the ball better. With our depth, I'm going to have to go with who's hot. Our batting order may change from week to week.
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Overall, this is one of the faster teams that we've had here. We haven't really had many opportunities to steal so far. But our speed around the bases is going to be one of our strengths as the season goes along.
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We did what you're supposed to do and for me that is more exciting than hitting a home run. We executed some good old-fashioned plays. We hit the cut-off man and we made the plays in the field to win.
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I'm really happy with our pitching right now. We had a few defensive lapses, but you have to expect that this early. We didn't hit the ball well, but we did have some timely hitting. That's something we didn't have all year last year.
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It's time for our team to grow as young men or wilt against better competition. We're going to face some adversity as this season goes along. Time will tell how we handle it.