A Cameron Johnson walk-off sacrifice fly helped the Bulldogs hold off a scrappy Bay Area team Friday 9-8. After building a 5-0 lead in the first inning, poor base-running and bouts of wildness on the mound caused what appeared to be headed for a mercy-rule shortened game into a hard-fought battle between these two rivals. Boogie Russell picked up the win in relief of Wesley Winn, and Ryan Bertram clubbed his fourth homerun of the season to lead the offensive attack.
Despite being able to put runners on base throughout the game, mental errors on the base paths ran us out of several rallies. Normally sound in the running game, this day seemed to be full of mistakes that seemed contagious. Despite the lapses, our proud warriors found a way to win despite the adversity and improved our record to 12-7. Great teams have to find a way to win despite continual wrenches being thrown in and our boys did that today. No matter what level of talent Bay Area has, they are going to give us their best effort and today was no different. Teams won't lay down and give us wins, and today was one of those days where we struggled, but ultimately the boys bit, scraped, and clawed their way to victory.
Ryan Bertram, Cameron Johnson, and Austin Wilson led the way offensively for the Bulldogs on a day when seven of the nine starters recorded at least one base hit. We are off until next Thursday when we travel to West Columbia for our first district game of the season and first-ever in TCAL.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment