Friday, April 22, 2011

Tweeners at Buckeyes

Buckeyes 3, Tweeners 2

4 shutouts, 2 for each team, and in the other game we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Back-to-back shutouts to begin the series by Lilly and Padilla with help from some other nondescript pitchers. I know we rolled BP-HR at least a dozen times in those 2 games. Then Cole Hamels was relieved in game 3 with his shutout intact throught 7.2 IP, and on the next pitch Ben Zobrist found the clear HR on Kameron Loe's card. So we finally scored after 25.2 innings, while Wainwright & friends combined for the shutout. We split a doubleheader to close the series. In the nightcap, Daniel Hudson(4-0) pitched a fine game. He surrendered 4 hits and 1 walk in 6 innings reducing his ERA from 1.56 to 1.16. Neither team managed to score after the 4th inning. Santiago Casilla preserved the game for Hudson, recording his his 2nd save. Earlier that day, Felix Hernandez was removed with a 4-1 lead in the 8th inning, and the efforts of the Tweeners' bullpen were thusly summarized by the Buckeyes' beat writer:
At Buckeyes the GLENN Buckeyes outdistanced the NORM TWEENERS by a final score of 8 to 4. A hugely decisive outburst by GLENN in the 8th inning quieted any NORM hopes for a victory as they creamed NORM blasting them with 7 runs on 6 hits. The highlight belonged to Brooks Conrad who made the crowd come alive when he belted a three-run homer.

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