Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Tuesday of Champions Part Deux-- vs. Windy City (2007 Frontier League Champions), 5:30pm EST

LINEUPS

BEACH BUMS

Mike Goetz - LF
Steve Young - 2B
Jake Whitesides - RF
Pat Perry - DH
Kyle Maunus - 1B
Johnny Coit - C
Jeff Brown - 3B
Brad Roblin - CF
Damon Lessler - SS

David Nathanson - P

WINDY CITY
Gilberto Mejia - 2B
Mike Coles - CF
Wes Long - SS
Phil Hawke - 1B
Ben Barrone - DH
Brett Amyx - LF
Josh Horn - 3B
Carlos Medero - C
Phil Grau - RF

Eric Fussell - P

I'll post some general thoughts on the exhibitions upon return from Gary...Overall even though the first game was a loss I came away very impressed...lots of fight, good hustle, patience at the plate...Look in the comments for the running play-by-play of this one...

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Had a chat with new Windy City Manager Brian Nelson...nice dude, look for the interview with him on this blog soon...Beach Bums will be the home team in the second game with the Thunderbolts, Frontier League Champions in 2007...Caught up with Mike Reese for an interview...have been looking for Taggert, may not get that one...I'm also attempting to get LaFringe Hayes but we'll see if that pans out or not...Game Two coming soon!!

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Underway...

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Gilberto Mejia opens with a single for Windy City...

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First inning trouble again...Mike Coles with a single up the middle, runners at the corners with no outs

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Wes Long with an RBI single past a diving Maunus at first...Mejia scores...Coles to third...1-0 Windy City, no one out

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One out...Phil Hawke on the first pitch sends a chopper to the mound, Nathanson fields no one covers, beats Hawke to the bag...Coles scores...2-0 Windy City

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Wild one...Long to third...

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Sexton brings the infield in...

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Ben Barrone...the newest TBolt grounds back to the mound...two outs, Long still at third...

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Brett Amyx grounds out to third...Top of the first over...for the Thunderbolts 2 runs, 3 hits and a runner left at third...

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Fussell slated to throw the first two innings...Mike Goetz leads off with a single...

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Steve Young with a single...Runners on first and second and no one out...

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Chopper to third by Jake Whitesides...bang bang play at second, Young out on a fielder's choice...one out runners at the corners...

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RBI Fielder's Choice by Perry...Goetz scores...2-1, Whitesides out...two outs...

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Maunus bounces into a fielder's choice...After one inning...

Windy City 2, Beach Bums 1

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Mike Goetz with a diving catch in left to rob Josh Horn leading off the second...one out!

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Nathanson with a 1-2-3 second...

Windy City 2, Beach Bums 1
Bot 2nd

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Johnny Coit strikes out swinging, Jeff Brown with a first-pitch single...Isaac Hess throwing for Windy City in the pen...

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Brad Roblin grounds into a double play...Windy City is as good they were last year defensively...Josh Horn with a good play in the hole...

After two...
Windy City 2, Beach Bums 1

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Gil Mejia with a leadoff single down the right field line...

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Nathanson gets Mike Coles to bounce into a double play...good pick by Maunus at first

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Wes Long flies out to left...

Bot 3rd
Windy City 2, Beach Bums 1

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Lessler fouls out to first opening the third...

Linescore
Windy City 2 runs, 4 hits
Beach Bums 1 run, 3 hits

Mike Goetz grounds out hard to short

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Welcome back Steve Young...Another hit into right field...hes at first with two outs...Steal?

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Jake Whitesides strikes out to end the inning and tosses his bat...To the 4th, Windy City 2, Beach Bums 1

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Phil Hawke grounds on a 3-1 pitch leading off the 4th against Nathanson...

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Nathanson records his second strikeout...

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One out walk doesn't cost Nathanson...His day done after four innings...full line in the 5th...

Still Windy City 2, Beach Bums 1

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Pat Perry flies out to center leading off the fourth...

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Maunus with a bloop single into right-center...Hes at first with one out

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Johnny Coit caught looking...

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Maunus picked off...end of the inning...Zac Cole coming to pitch...

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Nathanson threw 54 pitches in four innings, 34 strikes...Two runs, four hits, a walk and two strikeouts...

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Whitesides misreads a ball in right...Carlos Medero reaches on a single that falls in front...

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Phil Grau down swinging...One out...

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Second strikeout for Cole as he strikes out Mejia swinging...two outs

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Mike Coles grounds back to Cole...end of inning...

Windy City 2, Beach Bums 1

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Joe Panozzo on the hill now for Windy City...Jeff Brown flies out to center leading off the inning...

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Brad Roblin down looking...

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Lessler draws a two-out walk...

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Goetz grounds out...Still Windy City 2-1 into the 6th...Matt Dillard taking the hill...

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Miller in at short...Brummett behind the plate...Yarbrough at first...Conrad in center...

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Phil Hawke doubles into right center with one away...

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Mike Goetz with a great running catch in right...

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Amyx walks...lifted for a pinch runner in Scott Billak...

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Josh Horn flies out...end of inning, two runners left on...

Windy City 2, Beach Bums 1
Bot 6th

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Windy City's first round pick in the Frontier League draft...Desmond Jones...now pitching...couple other changes as well...Amos Ramon at second, Billak stays in the game in left...Kevin Noles at third...

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Have I mentioned its good to see Steve Young back?? His third hit of the game is an infield bunt single up the first base line to start the sixth...

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Young grabs second on a wild pitch...tying run in scoring position

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Whitesides does his job moving Young to third with a groundout...

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Young scores on a wild pitch...Game now tied at 2-2, bases empty Perry at the dish...

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Perry flies out to left...two down

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Jones was the third overall pick at the draft...

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Hes facing a third round pick in Charlie Yarbrough...

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Yarbrough with an opposite field single...hes at first with two outs

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John Brummett's first at bat of the day...

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Brummett strikes out...

After 6 innings

Beach Bums 2, Windy City 2

Still have not led in the two games...Nick Pepper coming in...error free baseball, 7 hits for the Beach Bums, 6 for Windy City

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One pitch, one out for Pepper...Carlos Medero grounds out to third...Three umpires for this one by the way...

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Phil Grau grounds to short...two up and two down...

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Nick Pepper threw six pitches and got three outs as Amos Ramon grounded back to him...

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LaFringe Hayes enters for the Thunderbolts in center field...new pitcher is Jason Lowey

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Mike Epping pinch hits and bombs one to right that is caught in the deepest part of the park...

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James Conrad grounds out to second...

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Jared Locke on to pitch...Jeff Brown back at third after getting pinch hit for...

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LaFringe Hayes grounds out to Locke...one down...Quick inning for Locke...three groundouts

2-2 in the Bottom of the 8th

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Anthony Rebyanski on to pitch...

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Goetz with a sharp single to center, his second hit of the game...he scored in the first inning after a single...Wonder if Steve is bunting??

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Better idea...Goetz off to the races...stolen base...

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Goetz moves to third on a groundout by Young...infield in, one out...

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Whitesides singles through the drawn in infield...Goetz scores, first lead of the day...

Beach Bums 3, Windy City 2

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Perry walks...one out, runners at first and second...

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Yarbrough bounced into a fielder's choice...Brummett grounds into a fielder's choice on the first pitch...

Inning over...to the 9th...

Beach Bums 3, Windy City 2
Brett Bostelman in to close...

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Ben Barrone reaches on a throwing error by Brad Miller

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Billak out on a fielder's choice...One down...

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Two down...anotehr fielder's choice...Lets end this thing!! Bostelman to face Danny Sawyer...

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2-2 count...runner at third after a steal and wild pitch

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Bostelman strikes out Sawyer...Beach Bums win!!!! Like the first game they'll get another at bat...

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back to back flyouts to center...two down in the bottom of the inning

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LaFringe Hayes with a diving catch in left center...where was that last season?? Game over...