Worst game ever!

Did you know the league actually did a home run derby? It was on Friday July 30th. The Baltimore Redbirds faced off against the Bethesda Big Train in the championship game after the Redbirds creamed the Orioles. REALLY BAD.
Thanks to whoever did the live game tracker. Actually whoever didnt do the game tracker because now i have no stats. Something is suspicious but i dont want to post it here. Apperantley the game is in the 6th inning. http://crcbl.bbstats.pointstreak.com/flash/index.html?gameid=22387. But the Big Train did get crushed and early too as the Redbirds got their 2nd 7 run inning of the day in the 3rd inning. They scored 3 runs the inning before to give them a 10-0 lead going into the bottom of the 3rd. The Redbirds also by then had 3 home runs off the bats of Seth Baldwin, Frank Florio, and Nate Woods. But Danny Stienstra had an answer to those 3 home runs.

The Big Train scored 1 run the next inning and 2 in the 5th. But the Redbirds added 2 more runs to hold up a 6 run victory. Since the Redbirds played a doubleheader they would be tired for the championship game #2.

2nd best game ever!

1st baseman Glynn Davis makes an unassisted out
For the 2nd game in a row the game started of with a bang. At least for the visitors. Glynn Davis hit a home run to left field to give the O's a lead without even an out. They ended up stranding Chris Cook on 2nd after his double which came after the home run. Ryan Collins scored in the 2nd but the O's answered back scoring 2 more of their own in the bottom of the 2nd. But in the 3rd the lead changed again but for the last time. The Big Train scored 4 runs in the 3rd all unearned to pitcher Chris O Grady. The first run came from Ryan Collins who singled with runners on 2nd and 3rd to score Connor Bernatz. Austin Harclerode walked to load the bases for Mason Morioka who launched a ball to center field over the center fielders head for a bases clearing double. Connor Bernatz scored again in the 4th. Austin Harclerode in the 5th. And Jarrod Parks and Austin Harclerode in the 6th. And going into the 6th it was 9 to 3. Hugh Adams came in to relieve Cameron Love and allowed his first 2 earned runs of the 2010 year. He ended up throwing 4 innings allowing 5 hits, 2 runs, 3 walks while striking out 3. Austin Harclerode in the 8th hit the longest home run yet this season as it cleared the scoreboard in left-center by about 5 feet. Mason Morioka later scored that inning. The ball game ended 11-5 in favor of the Big Train.
3 Star selection:

#1 Austin Harclerode
4 AB 4 runs 3 hits 2 RBIs 2 walks 1 HR

#2 Mason Morioka
5 AB 1 run 3 hits 4 RBIs 1 walk

#3 Nick Schneeberger
4 AB 3 hits

Best game ever!

The Baltimore Redbirds beat the Big Train 4 out of 6 times in the regular season. With the a 10-game winning streak earlier in the season the took 2 seed. The game started off with a bang. After 5 pitches there was a man on 3rd. Ben Winter hit a triple on a 2-2 count. It was the only extra base hit of the whole game! He ended up to be the only run of the inning. Alex Fredrick scored a run in the 2nd to give Baltimore a 2-0 lead. Turns out that those were the only runs they would score as Cody Allen, David Wayne Russo, and Bryan Hamilton shut the door after the 2nd. Nothing barely happened until the 7th when Connor Bernatz sacrificed to score Nick Scheeberger who singled, advanced on a wild pitch and then advanced on a ground out to first. The score was 2-1 after the 7th and nobody had any ideas to leave at that point. And for a good reason. In the top of the 8th Danny Stienstra lead off and drew a walk. Jarrod Parks sacrificed to move him to 2nd base with 1 out. Then the right fielder Ryan Collins tied the game with a base hit to score Danny Stienstra. Austin Harclerode walked and Ryan Collins advanced on a wild pitch earlier in the at-bat. The Redbirds changed pitchers then Mason Morioka walked to load the bases. Nick Schneeberger grounded the ball to 2nd where Cory Jensen made the play got Morioka at 2nd but couldn't get the hustling Schneeberger at 1st. So the Big Train had the lead for the 1st time in the playoffs. Then Matt Bowman lined out to Jensen to end the 8th. The Redbirds left a runner on 1st in the bottom half of the 8th. Then the Big Train loaded the bases again in the 9th with no outs. But Jarrod Parks struck out and Ryan Collins did this:

In the bottom of the 9th Bryan Hamilton came on to protect a 1 run lead. And he delivered as he struck out the first 2 batters. And with 2 strikes he was 1 strike away from striking out the side, but Nate Woods had other plans.

And with the league leader in home runs up to bat this could only mean 1 thing:

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STRIKEOUT BABY!!!!!!!!

Tonight's 3 Stars:

#1 David Wayne Russo

4 Innings Pitched, 0 runs, 3 hits, 1 walk, 5 strikeouts.

#2 Ryan Collins

2 for 5 with the game winning run and the game tying RBI

#3 Bryan Hamilton

1 Inning Pitched, 3 strikeouts, 1 hit, save

Other notes:

The Big Train won the game on 4 hits, the Redbirds had 8.

The Redbirds made 4 errors

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2009 Champions Bethesda Big Train

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July 30th Game

What normally goes here? Big Train win again!!! 8-2 vs. Herndon. Jordan Beistline pitched 7 innings only allowing 1 run and the Braves scored again in the 9th. The Braves Billy Rumpke hit 2 straight foul balls that hit the same car and 1 other ball went into a sunroof onto the passenger seat in another car. Eli Boike got hit in the shoulder and the ball jumped up and his chin-lip area. Ouch. The Big scored early and often to get the W.

The Big Train will play the winner of the 2:30 game between the Braves & Redbirds. The Big Train have 2 chances to win the championship.

Playoffs round 2

Game 3: (4) SS-T Thunderbolts @ (2) Maryland Redbirds --- Loser Eliminated --- 2:30 PM

Game 4: (3) Herndon Braves @ (1) Bethesda Big Train --- 7:30 PM

July 29th Game

The Big Train are good. Have you ever noticed that? Well they won again! Another comeback win. In the 8th the T-Bolts jumped ahead 5-3 on a 2-RBI single. The Big Train as you know never give up. Bernatz hit a ball into right field for a leadoff hit. Jarrod Parks led off. After a full count, there was ball 4 apparently the umpire said there were 3 balls. There was a long discussion between the umpires and the home plate umpire came out and shook his head "no." The fans again booed and Sal Colangelo was pointing toward the press box where the official scorekeeper was holding up 4 fingers. Then the umpire went over to the 1st base umpire and talked, then the 3rd base umpire, and then declared ball 4. After that another batter walked. Then a sac fly moved Parks over to 3rd. Michael Bottoms knocked in Luke Adkins on an error and the Big Train shrunk the deficit to 1. Next Danny Stienstra hit a 2-RBI single and those were the winning runs to push the Big Train only 2 straight wins away from a championship.

Big Train 6-5.

4th Seed

The Big Train will play the SS-T Thunderbolts Wednesday.

The T-Bolts came back to beat the Aces 9-6.
The T-Bolts waited, hoping the Redbirds beat the Bombers.
The Redbirds beat the Bombers 5-4.
The Bombers got eliminated and the T-Bolts are in the 4th seed.