| Game Summary | |||
| Result | Hooks 7 at Express 7 | ||
| (Short Game) | Team Pages | ||
| Scheduled | 3/8/2015 10:00a | Hooks |
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| Location | Back Caldecott | Express |
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| Game Type | Normal | ||
| Official(s) |
Plate Umpire: Erich Metting van Rijn |
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| Game Summary | Please see Team Summaries, below | ||
| Team Summaries | Express Notes: Just two games into the season, the 2015 NOLL AAA Express have already earned the moniker of the Comeback Kids. After coming back from four runs down in the sixth inning last week against the Bats, the Express fought their way back repeatedly this morning against the visiting SOLL AAA Hooks at Caldecott field. Down by one run in the third inning, by five runs in the fourth, and then by one in fifth, the Express battled back each time to fight the hard-hitting Hooks to a 7-7 tie. The Express's biggest rally came in the fourth. Down 6-1 and entering the home-half of the fourth, Sam W-S got things started with a stand-up double to right-center. After walks by Sommers D-N, Tyler J, and Ari F. scored the first run, Cole E cleared the bases with rocket double to left field. After two more walks to Erik W and Jonah L, Kiran K drove in the tying run with a single to left. Sommers D-N came on to pitch in the top of the fifth and battled his way through seven Hooks batters, getting three strike outs to negate his three walks and yielding just one run. 'Sommers' pitching in the fifth is what kept us in the game,' said coach Brook after the game. 'He gave us quite a performance.' In the bottom of the fifth, with timing running out on the game, Liam D lead off with a solid double up the middle. He scored two batters later on Tyler J's infield single. After that, the Hooks held firm, with relief pitcher Wes W. fanning Alex N. and Ari F. to end the game, knotted at seven runs a piece. The game was tight before both teams broke out in the fourth inning. Sam W-S pitched two shut-out innings to start the game for the Express, striking out three and helping his own cause with an alert throw to the plate in the first and a nice play on a comebacker in the second. Cole E took over the reins on the mound in the third and worked around walks to the first two hooks he faced to strike out three and hold the Hooks at one run. John S. pitched the fourth, striking out one. After the game, Coach Brook said, 'I was very pleased with how the team did not give up and played tough to the very end. The Hooks are a great team, so our guys should be very happy with how they played. It was a fun game to watch. Now, we're on the Thunder and the Naturals next weekend.' Hooks Notes: |
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| Pitcher Stats | ||||
| Express Pitchers | PPI | GP | IP | PC |
| 36.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 36 | |
| 39.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 39 | |
| 81.82 | 1 | 0.33 | 27 | |
| 18.00 | 1 | 2.00 | 36 | |
| Hooks Pitchers | PPI | GP | IP | PC |
| 29.32 | 1 | 1.33 | 39 | |
| 15.50 | 1 | 2.00 | 31 | |
| 45.45 | 1 | 0.66 | 30 | |
| 19.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 19 | |
