Astros

Ross was the beginning pitcher for the Astros. He walked the first batter, but it was not a problem, as Grant and Dylan paired up for the 2 - 6 caught stealing. The second batter reached first on a throwing error by the third baseman. Ross then struck out Jeremy and JoJo to end the top of the first. In the bottom of the first, Ross helped his own cause by leading off with a homerun over the left field fence. Timmy struck out. Grant singled and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Aaron followed Grant with a walk. Dylan struck out and Colin grounded out to end the inning. Astros ahead 1 - 0. Ross began the second inning with a strike out of Mercurio. Miles hit a double but scored on a double-error by the Astros. Ross struck out the third batter, giving up a single and a walk to the next two. The sixth batter hit to Tyler for an unassisted out at first. Tyler, Chris and Fletcher flew out to left field and struck out (2) to end the second inning. At the end of 2, score is tied. Ross was serious the third inning and struck out the side, 1, 2, 3. The Astros helped Ross out in the bottom of the inning. Brian struck out. Lewis reached base on a hit by pitch. Lewis advanced on a miscommunication by the Dodgers pitcher and shortstop who allowed a pop-up to fall but then threw out Brett going to first. Ross then hit a long double which scored Lewis. Timmy came to bat. Ross advanced to third on a passed ball. Timmy laid down a gorgeous squeeze bunt that was hard enough to roll up the line toward first but was soft enough that it did not bounce off the grassline and veer foul. PERFECT, Timmy! It allowed Ross to score. Grant hit a single. Aaron struck out ending the inning. At the end of 3, the score was 3 - 1. A pitching change began the fourth. Tyler allowed a hit by the Dodgers lead-off hitter. Runner advanced to second on an overthrow by the catcher in a pick off attempt at first. Next batter grounded out to second. Jeremy hit a fly to center for the second out. Lead-off advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on a passed ball. JoJo walked and then Mercurio flied out to short. In the fourth, Dylan led-off with a strikeout. Colin walked. Tyler popped out to the catcher. Chris hit a bunt toward third during which Colin double-advanced when the defense attempted to throw out Chris. Men on first and third. Chris advanced to second with no attempt made. Fletcher walked. Brian struck out. The Astros lead 3 - 2. Leadoff batter gets a single and advances to second on a throwing error by Tyler on a pickoff attempt. Tyler strikes out the next batter. There is a pitching change made. Colin comes in to pitch, getting the batter to flyout to second, and then striking out Elliott for the final out of the inning. In the bottom of the fifth, the Astros strikeout, groundout and flyout to end the inning. End of 5, Astros still leading 3 - 2. In the top of the sixth errors did in these Astros. (Similar to some real Astros games in years past.) Colin walked the first batter. Second batter hits a single. Third batter reaches safely on a mental error. First batter scores on an in-the-dirt bouncer pickoff attempt from the catcher to third. The man on second advances to third and the man on first to second. The next batter strikes out. Next batter strikes out but advances to first on a dropped ball by the catcher and is safe at first on the bouncing throw to first. Next batter flies out to second. Jeremy hits a fly over the first baseman's head which lands fair in right field. Another run scores. JoJo hits a hard grounder to the shortstop who gets the last out of the inning on a 6 - 3 play. Having allowed 4 runs this inning, the Astros head to the bottom of the 6th with time having run out, score is 6 - 3. Timmy is leadoff this inning and gets a single. Grant hits a hard grounder to third, and is safe on a fielder's choice as they get out Timmy. Aaron grounds out 6 - 3. Dylan grounds out 4 - 3. Game ends, with a score of 6 - 3. This next week is a killer! We play Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 6, 8 and 8 respectively. See you at the fields!!! Written By Pam Keever