The team had a productive weekend at Oneonta traveling midweek. We won game game one in typical fashion -- falling behind early but sticking with our plan of attack. We were down 5-1 in the fourth but battled back for the win. Brain Sheehan connected for the game winner in the 11th.
We gave away a few oppotunities on the bases early on, which we usually don't do. As Dave Winfield used to say, most mistakes at the Major League level are baserunning errors and cutoffs.
The good news is we had three outfield assists to make up for the baserunning. Kenny Johnston had two and John Bennett had one. Kyle Grey did a great job out of the pen, holding the Red Dragons scoreless for the final seven.
We dropped game two after falling behind early. A long bus ride (arriving in Oneonta at 1:30 a.m.), followed by a doubleheader can be very challenging -- home field advantage. Our trip was stalled when we had to drop off coach Bowman in Elmira due to flu-like symptoms. He appears to be alright now.
Bowman seemed to have rubbed off on Kyle Morse. Kyle was slated to start the third game, but was not feeling so great and was scratched. We gave the start to catcher/shortstop/pitcher Jake Nowak. Jake pitched well considering the conditions. We had steady rain for a couple of innings where things got sloppy for both teams. He went four and left with the lead. He gave up about six infield hits.
Big Man was handed the ball and after giving up a first-pitch home run (reminded me of Baby Colletti's pitching chart, circa 1993 at Lynn University), he setteled in giving up three more hits and no runs over five innings for the win. No walks and struck out 7.
Overall, I was very happy with our team's effort. We ran out every ball, played through every play defensively and stayed positive.
As coach Tantillo says, yesterday's news is good for wrapping fish. No time to celebrate -- it's back to the Wig this weekend and the New Paltz Hawks. Come out and support the team!
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