MyParkTeam

Saturday, October 11, 2008 @ Dakota
Park vs. Fridley–Game 1

Park beat Fridley, 16-2 in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday, with tons of hitting and fine pitching.

Saturday, October 11, 2008
Park vs. Fridley–Game 2

Park completed a rain-shortened game from earlier in the season, and beat Fridley, 13-5. The score was tied 4-4 when play resumed Saturday in the second inning. Grant Welsh had started the original game for Park, allowing four runs on no hits and six walks–the field was covered with water and the mound was a mess, and no pitchers were throwing many strikes. Jimmy Heck had relieved and pitched two scoreless innings with two strikeouts. When play resumed Saturday, Ryne McNary pitched the last four innings, allowing a run on three hits, six walks and five strikeouts.

Park scored two in the first when David Petit singled, Paddy Clancy walked, then both eventually scored on wild pitches. In the second, Park added two when Scott Foltz singled, Welsh singled, McNary walked, John Gallice walked to force in Foltz, and Welsh scored on a wild pitch.

In the fourth, Park added two when Max IntVeld walked, Tre Munson doubled him to third, then Foltz scored IntVeld with an RBI groundout. Derrick Keller followed with an RBI groundout scoring Munson. In the top of the 7th, Park put the game away with a 7-run outburst. Dylan Vosika doubled, IntVeld and Munson walked, Foltz doubled in Vosika and InVeld, Keller singled in Munson, Welsh scored Foltz with an RBI groundout, McNary reached on a fielder’s choice, Gallice singled, McNary and Gallice moved up on a wild pitch, Jack Bordewick walked to load the bases, Heck singled in McNary and Gallice, and Petit singled in Bordewick.

Park ended the Fall Season with a 9-0 record (one rained-out game wasn’t made up), and out-scored their opponents 100-29. While the +71 run differential makes the offense looks amazing, it shouldn’t be overlooked that Park’s pitching and great defense allowed just a shade over three runs per game!
_____

Saturday, September 27, 2008 @ Metrodome
Park vs. Hopkins

Park beat Hopkins in a scrimmage at the Metrodome Saturday night by an approximate score of 8-6 (scorebook wasn’t kept). From memory, there were great hits by Tre Munson (a lead-off triple to the baggy in right-center), Ryne McNary, Scott Foltz ( triple down the left field line), Derrick Keller (a 2-run triple), Jack Bordewick, Grant Welsh and Max IntVeld.

The pitching was solid, with McNary, Keller, Foltz, Petit, Welsh and Munson each throwing effectively. Each pitcher for Park broke the 70 mph mark on the radar gun, with Keller leading the pack with a top speed of 77.

_____

Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ Dakota
Park vs. Edina

Park kept their fall record perfect with a 9-1 win over the cake-eaters.
Derrick Keller started on the mound and allowed only one run on five hits in four innings; he walked two and struck out six. Jimmy Heck pitched the last two innings and didn’t allow a hit; he struck out two.

Park scored four in the first when Tre Munson doubled, Nick Omodt singled, Keller walked to load the bases, Munson scored on a wild pitch, Omodt scored on an errant throw back to the mound by the catcher, Grant Welsh reached on an error, Ryne McNary doubled in Keller, Heck walked, and McNary scored Max IntVeld’s bobbled grounder.

Park added three more in the second when Paddy Clancy walked, Munson walked, Park pulled off a double steal, and both scored on Omodt’s single. Omodt stole second and third, then scored on Keller’s RBI groundout.

Park added one in the fifth when Omodt reached on an error and eventually scored on Welsh’s single. Our last run came in the 6th when IntVeld singled and eventually scored on David Petit’s single.

Defensively, McNary had two great plays at shortstop, once turning a 6-3 double play, and once making a barehanded play and nipping a runner at first–Munson, playing second base later in the game, made almost the exact play!

Munson also sparkled in center on a tough play running in, and IntVeld made an incredible over-the-shoulder catch on a deep drive to left. Foltz threw out two runners at second (what else is new) to stifle some Edina rallies.

(fall record 6-0)
_____

Sunday, September 28th
Park vs. Blizzard

In a tight game for several innings, Park finally pulled away and beat the Blizzard 5-1.

The key to the game was Park’s pitching. Scott Foltz pitched the first three innings, allowed no runs on two hits and a walk; he struck out one. Grant Welsh pitched the next 1-1/3, allowing one run on three hits and an error before leaving with a sore arm. Jimmy Heck pitched 2/3 of an inning and didn’t allow a hit, and Ryne McNary mopped up, allowing no runs on three hits and an error in two innings; he k’d 1.

Tre Munson opened the first for Park with a single, stole second, advanced on a Nick Omodt groundout, and scored on Derrick Keller’s sac fly. Park went scoreless over the next three innings, and the score was 1-1 going to the fifth when Park took the lead. Max IntVeld singled, stole second, and scored on Jack Bordewick’s single. Bordewick advanced on a wild pitch, and scored on an Omodt single.

Park added two more in the 6th when Welsh and McNary singled, Park pulled the double steal with Welsh scoring on the overthrow of third, then McNary scored on a Heck single to end the game’s scoring.

Defensively, Park was solid throughout.

(fall record 7-0)
_____