As the score shows, this game was all about defense. Well, it was also about hitting like tools but it's more fun to talk about the good things we did. But not before we throw you a picture of one of Matt's two strike outs. This shot was snapped on the "backwards K" Matt took while trying to force a walk. Nice take, Hyland:
Plate appearance failure aside, Matt pitched a great game. He struck out one guy and forced a lot of pop ups to Tom at first base. By only allowing 3 runs over 6 innings, his season ERA dipped below double digits for the first time all year to 9.85. Matt owes a lot of his success this game to his partner in crime signal caller Aaron behind the plate. Here's the happy tandem sharing an embrace between innings:
The view from Right Field was delicious this game. I think that we can all agree that the Half Nelson Steak Sauce not only makes us hungry for steak, but it definitely got in the domes of the Rotarians. Honestly, when does a team pop out to 1st base three times in one game? It was great standing in the centerfield gap and catching a ball hit right to me simply because of the steak sauce placement. Headgames for sure. But my best play of the season so far was running down a deep fly hit to right field from the Rover position. This picture was snapped by one of our only fans, Tommy's mom, as I jump up for the grab. Nice action snap, Mrs. Tullis.
Even though your trusty Right Rover made some fine defensive plays and a few guys had multi hit games, the play of the game goes to our 40oz MVP winner Matthew P. Dito. Dito was playing center field when a big hitting Ignacio Rotarian caught the sweet spot and pumped one well over his head. The Eagle Vines Head Pro got on his horse and used the power of the Yankee Pinstripe to chase down the shot for an important out that would have scored two runs should he not have caught it. Here's Dito in action on that fly ball right before he made the grab and then fell on his ass:
Dito's solid defense combined with his single during the 7th inning rally earns him his first ever 40 oz. Playa Of Tha Week award. Hoist your Cobra 40's and toast Matt!
Our last inning rally is something that really should have been. A Dito single followed by an Izzys Right Fielder line drive chased by an Aaron base hit got the comeback party started. Confidence filled our loins as the top of our order came up to bat. Our fill in leadoff man Tracy, a.k.a. Drunko McShortstop (R.I.P. Matt Clark/Pimpalicious) had a man on 1st and 2nd with two outs. The stage was set for his 40 oz MVP trophy and Izzys infamy before he popped out to center to end the game:
Can I propose a new strategery? Can we flip the order next game so that the crafty hitters like Tommy, Tom, Dito, Izzys Right Fielder and Aaron get things started on the right foot? For some reason the top of our order, aside from Brian, haven't been able to link together hits in the first few innings. That being said, I leave you with an inspirational picture of our Captain Brian running the bases on Monday night. If our old man Captain can turn on the afterburners, we can too:
Until next Monday.........Bitches. Here's to our 2nd win.
1 comment:
If you want to win a few games next year, I'm a ringer. Ask Matt about my softball skills. Matt saw me hit the school across the street from his house in Chico. That was a likely a 700 foot shot on the roll...maybe more.
Two runs? Are you guys playing fast pitch or something? When I played we scored 30 runs a game with ease. Not sure what up with Team Izzy's. Strikeouts are for the gays...sorry Matt.
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