Sunday, June 29th @ Chaska H.S.Park U15s vs. Chaska
Yes, I know Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest, but Park’s fielders took that credo a little too seriously early on against Chaska, leading to five unearned first inning runs. Trailing 7-1 in the 6th, Park made a great comeback…[more]
Sunday, June 29, 2008 @ Chaska H.S.
Park vs. Chaska
After a scoreless top of the first, Ryne McNary took the hill for Park, and the combination of his own wildness (three hit batters and a walk), two hits, and three errors behind him, led to five unearned runs in 2/3 innings.
John Gallice was hurried into relief and pitched the next 5-1/3, allowing two runs on four hits; he struck out two.
Trailing 7-0 in the top of the 5th, Park scored a run when Max IntVeld singled, was forced at second on a fielder’s choice hit by David Petit; Petit was forced on a Jack Bordewick fielder’s choice, then Bordewick scored from first on a booming double to the wall by Jimmy Heck.
In the sixth, trailing 7-1, Grant Welsh singled, Gallice walked, McNary singled in Welsh, Dylan Vosika doubled scoring Gallice, Bordewick singled in McNary, and Heck singled in Vosika.
Trailing 7-5 in the top of the seventh, Welsh singled, Gallice singled with Welsh going to third, Derrick Keller walked to load the bases, McNary singled to score Welsh, Petit singled scoring Gallice and Keller, Bordewick scored McNary with a sac fly, Omodt reached on an error, Scott Foltz walked to load the bases, Welsh singled again (his second of the inning), scoring Petit and Omodt, Gallice singled (also his second of the inning) in Foltz and Welsh, and Keller singled to end the 9-run rally.
In the bottom of the 7th, leading by seven, Keller relieved Gallice and allowed one single, but no runs (in our league, I’d still call that a save situation!)
In all, Park had 16 hits, with all 11 players (Tre Munson and Paddy Clancy were not available) getting at least one hit, except….Foltz, the leading hitter on the team!
Defensively, Park was pretty rough early on, but Park did make a couple nice plays. With a runner on second, pitcher Gallice fielded a hard grounder up the middle and got the Chaska runner in a run-down which Park executed perfectly.
Later, in the bottom of the 6th, Chaska had runners on the corners with one out, and they tried a double steal. Foltz fired to shortstop Keller, who threw home and Park got a Chaska runner in a rundown between third and home, with third baseman McNary making the tag. McNary then threw toward second where the lead runner was straying off the base and CENTERFIELDER Omodt ended up running down the runner to end the inning! That’s 2-6-2-5-8 if you’re scoring at home. And if you’re scoring at home, that’s pretty pathetic.
On the year, Park has allowed exactly 78 runs in league play, and have scored 78 runs. On Tuesday, when Park wins, they will become the first Park A team ever to have a positive run differential in league play.
_____