Sunday, May 16, 2010The Dodos jumped out to an early lead against the Indians, sending 16 to the plate in the first inning, scoring 11 runs on eight hits and five errors. Chris Hems continued his dominance of league pitching when a pop up fell in for a single. Two batters later, Troy Warn, Sr. extended his hit streak to nine games with an RBI single. An error by the Indians' short stop would put runners at the corners for Chris Hoffman. Hoffman executed a picture perfect squeeze play, giving the Dodos a 5-0 lead. With two outs, a 2-RBI double by Shane Shoemaker and an RBI double by Hems helped give the Dodos the 11-0 lead after the first half of the first inning. The Indians would counter with four runs via two hits, a walk, a hit batter and two Dodos' errors. The Dodos led 11-4 after one inning.
The second inning started the same for the Indians when Albert Hernandez hit a lead off double followed by an RBI single by Hoffman. RBI singles from Rick Jarakian and Dustin Burke along with a sac fly by Jason Butter and an RBI double hit by Sr. helped extend the Dodos' lead to 18-4. Shaun Stephans was on the hill for the Dodos, and he continued to have trouble finding the strike zone in the second inning, walking three, hitting one and giving up a 2-RBI double to the Indians to close the gap, 18-7 after two complete.
The Dodos scored another eight runs in the third inning, after a dropped third strike put the lead off runner on base. A walk, ground out and hit batter brought up Shane with one out. Shane hit an 0-2 fastball into left, scoring Hoffman. Three straight singles after Shane's would prompt an Indians' pitching change. The new pitcher walked Sr. on four straight pitches before serving up a double to Andy Gerber which scored two more runs. Stephans would face only four batters in the third, allowing one hit and striking out one. The Dodos were cruising 26-7.
The bottom of the fourth saw Stephans unravel on the mound. After a lead off walk to the ninth batter, he hit the next batter on a 2-2 count, then walked the next hitter, loading the bases with no outs. Two more consecutive singles and another walk would chase Stephens out of the game. The Dodos would turn to Shane for relief. Shane would hit the first batter faced, allowed a walk and a single before retiring the side on the three straight called strikes to the number ten hitter. At the end of four innings, the Dodos lead 26-14.
Dodos Baseball would score three more runs on two walks, an RBI double by Burke and an RBI single hit by Sr. Shane would get two quick outs in the bottom of the fifth before giving up a walk and a single, surrendering a run. A runner caught stealing third would end the game, giving the Dodos a 29-15 victory in five innings.
Fantasy Performances of the Day: Shoemaker 2-3 (5R, 3RBI, 2B, 2SB, HB, BB, K); Burke 4-5 (4R, 5RBI, 2B); Hems 3-3 (5R, 2RBI, 2BB, SB); Butter 2-4 (2R, 3RBI, SF, SB); Sr. 3-3 (3R, 3RBI, 2B, 2BB); A.Gerber 3-4 (R, 5RBI, 2 2B, BB); Hernandez 1-4 (2R, 2RBI, 2B, SF); Hoffman 1-4 (2R, 2RBI, SacBunt, SB, 2K); Stephans 2-3 (2R, RBI, BB); Jarakian 1-3 (2R, RBI, HB); K. Gerber 0-1 (R, HB).
Stephans (ND) 3IP, 13R, 10ER, 6H, 7BB, 3HB, 2K; Shoemaker (W) 2IP, 2R, 2ER, 2H, 2BB, HB, 2K
The second inning started the same for the Indians when Albert Hernandez hit a lead off double followed by an RBI single by Hoffman. RBI singles from Rick Jarakian and Dustin Burke along with a sac fly by Jason Butter and an RBI double hit by Sr. helped extend the Dodos' lead to 18-4. Shaun Stephans was on the hill for the Dodos, and he continued to have trouble finding the strike zone in the second inning, walking three, hitting one and giving up a 2-RBI double to the Indians to close the gap, 18-7 after two complete.
The Dodos scored another eight runs in the third inning, after a dropped third strike put the lead off runner on base. A walk, ground out and hit batter brought up Shane with one out. Shane hit an 0-2 fastball into left, scoring Hoffman. Three straight singles after Shane's would prompt an Indians' pitching change. The new pitcher walked Sr. on four straight pitches before serving up a double to Andy Gerber which scored two more runs. Stephans would face only four batters in the third, allowing one hit and striking out one. The Dodos were cruising 26-7.
The bottom of the fourth saw Stephans unravel on the mound. After a lead off walk to the ninth batter, he hit the next batter on a 2-2 count, then walked the next hitter, loading the bases with no outs. Two more consecutive singles and another walk would chase Stephens out of the game. The Dodos would turn to Shane for relief. Shane would hit the first batter faced, allowed a walk and a single before retiring the side on the three straight called strikes to the number ten hitter. At the end of four innings, the Dodos lead 26-14.
Dodos Baseball would score three more runs on two walks, an RBI double by Burke and an RBI single hit by Sr. Shane would get two quick outs in the bottom of the fifth before giving up a walk and a single, surrendering a run. A runner caught stealing third would end the game, giving the Dodos a 29-15 victory in five innings.
Fantasy Performances of the Day: Shoemaker 2-3 (5R, 3RBI, 2B, 2SB, HB, BB, K); Burke 4-5 (4R, 5RBI, 2B); Hems 3-3 (5R, 2RBI, 2BB, SB); Butter 2-4 (2R, 3RBI, SF, SB); Sr. 3-3 (3R, 3RBI, 2B, 2BB); A.Gerber 3-4 (R, 5RBI, 2 2B, BB); Hernandez 1-4 (2R, 2RBI, 2B, SF); Hoffman 1-4 (2R, 2RBI, SacBunt, SB, 2K); Stephans 2-3 (2R, RBI, BB); Jarakian 1-3 (2R, RBI, HB); K. Gerber 0-1 (R, HB).
Stephans (ND) 3IP, 13R, 10ER, 6H, 7BB, 3HB, 2K; Shoemaker (W) 2IP, 2R, 2ER, 2H, 2BB, HB, 2K
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