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06/14/11 MAJORS: OVLL Dodgers 6 vs. Costa Mesa National Vandals 3
The Dodger's second round TOC game versus the Costa Mesa National
Vandals proved to be a tough one. Hagen Danner started for the Dodgers
on the mound and shut the Vandals down in the top of the first. Brandon
Nicholson led off the bottom of the inning with a sharp single and Jake
Haffner stepped up with a 2-out line drive single to drive him in and
put the Dodgers up 1-0. In the top of the second, the Vandals first
batter reached on an error but Danner struck out the next three to end
the threat. In the bottom of the second Noah Willis led off with a line
drive single but was left on base with the next three batters striking
out. Jack Furry came in to pitch for the Dodgers in the
third and walked the Vandals first batter who was able to steal second
when the Dodgers failed to cover the base and took third on the missed
throw. Furry struck out the next two batters but the runner scored on a
passed ball for an unearned run before he got the Number three hitter
to fly out. That was tough since the play at the plate was very close
and could have gone either way. To make matters worse, Danner injured
his throwing hand on the play. In the bottom of the inning, Danner
reached with a 1-out walk and Furry smashed a ball by the shortstop to
score Danner and put the Dodgers up 2-1. Furry struck out the side in
the 4th and it looked good for the Dodgers when Willis started our half
of the inning by smacking another line drive single and taking second
when the Vandals failed to cover the base. Unfortunately we left Willis
on base again. This was compounded when we had some defensive trouble
in the top of the 5th. Furry walked the first batter and then gave up
the Vandals only hit of the game which gave them runners on first and
third with no outs. The Vandals attempted to steal second and Danner
threw a bullet to get the runner who somehow got tangled up with Willis
who was covering. Willis tagged the runner and then threw home but the
throw was a bit off and the run scored to tie the game. That's when
things got a little crazy as the field umpire apparently did not see the
tag at second and the runner proceeded to take third and attempt to
score on the play. Fortunately Danner recovered quickly and the
runner was tagged out at home. The next two batters reached on two
consective throwing errors off of easy groundballs. The Vandals were
able to score another run on another close call at the plate on a
fielder's choice back to the pitcher when it appeared that Furry tagged
out the runner. The safe call put the Vandals up 3-2. Fortunately the
Dodgers maintained their composure and Furry got the next two hitters
to pop up and ground out to end the threat. In the bottom of the inning
the Dodgers were
fired up and ready to fight back. Nicholson started the inning by
getting hit by a pitch and then took second on a wild
pitch. Danner promptly drove him in with a triple down the line and
then scored on a wild pitch. Furry followed with a walk and took second
as the pitcher took the throw back from the catcher but, unfortunately,
the field umpire made him go back to first because a player came on the
field to retrieve his bat during the play. The boys were pretty
frustrated and Haffner followed that with a single to advance Jack to
third and then Nick Welch banged a line drive to right field to score
Furry. Ethan Iles followed Nick with a 1-out line drive to drive
in Haffner and give the Dodgers a 6-3 lead. Furry struck out the side
in the top of the 6th on 10 pitches to end the game.
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