Tuesday, June 3, 2008

3rd and 4th Baseball goes 1-1 against Nevada teams

The season finally got started for the 3rd and 4th grade boys with a pair of games in Nevada on Monday night. The Royals split the games losing the first 0-3 and winning the second 1-0. Game 1 vs. Nevada 2- Steven Cutler, Parker Eley and Tanner Clatt shared pitching duties on the mound for the Royals in game one. Nevada 2 got on the board early scoring 2 runs on some good hitting and costly throwing errors by the Royals. Steven showed good control after some first inning, first game jitters and struck out 4 batters and allowed 1 earned run in his 2 innings of work. Parker Eley making his first ever pitching debut, pitched well striking out the first 2 batters he faced and finishing with 3 strikeouts and 1 earned run allowed in 1 inning of work. Tanner Clatt closed out the game for the Royals showing good velocity and accuracy in his work on the mound as he struck out 3 of the 4 batters he faced. The Royal bats were a little silent in game one as some good Nevada 2 pitchers controlled the game throughout. Steven Cutler with a line-drive single past second,Tanner Clatt with a sharply hit single between 2nd and short and Brady Stoeffler with a double to center had the only 3 hits for the Royals in Game 1. Game 2 vs. Nevada 1- This also was a pitchers duel but one where the Royals jumped out to the lead and strong defense and pitching sealed the win. Wayne Beard lead-off the game with a triple to center field and Garret Tiarks' RBI single plated Wayne for an early 1-0 lead. These were the only 2 hits the Royals mustered on the night but because of their defense and pitching it was enough. In the bottom of the first Grant Tiarks took the mound and first game jitters and lack of control quickly found himself with the bases loaded and no one out. Grant gathered himself and struck out the next 2 batters on eight pitches, he then induced a high flyball to center field that Garret Tiarks made a running catch on and the Royals had quashed the threat. Grant pitched 2 innings struck out 3 and allowed 0 earned runs in 2 innings of work, Hunter Beard came on in relief in the third, striking out the first batter he saw and inducing 2 groundouts in the next 3 batters on nice fielding by the Royals. Brady Stoeffler earned the save as he came on in the 4th getting 2 quick strikeouts and then making the play on a comebacker with a throw to first to end the game. All in all it was a good couple of first games and as is the case usually for this age, hitting in a live game against live pitching is a struggle early in the year.

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