The Resurrection Life Warriors start their second go-around in league play this week. Rez hosts Pax Christi at 6:50 on field 2 after delivering an 18-2 drubbing in the teams' first contest. The team will be playing with just nine, but that shouldn't be a problem. See the lineup below:
1. Austin C, P
2. Jamy A, RF
3. Chris B, CF
4. Eric J, 2B
5. Jeff T, 3B
6. Jason M, LF
7. Andy B, SS
8. Jeff J, 1B
9. Adam H, C
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Defense Leads Team to 6-0
It was bound to happen and Thursday night it did; the offense was mearly average for the Resurrection Life Warriors and the defense carried the team to a 9-5 victory over Wooddale.
The bats didn't like the early gametime and sluggishly pushed out 13 basehits with four doubles and two homeruns. The team did draw six walks and had a total of 19 baserunners in seven innings.
Defensively, the team had 11 infield assists to go with the full 21 putouts with just one meaningless error. Excellent showing from the infield with a couple fine catches in the outfield.
Jeff Tenney captured Player of the Game honors with a 3-3 day at the plate with one of the team's doubles and homeruns. He knocked in three runs and played an excellent third base, shortstop and one inning at first. He finished with four infield assists, three putouts and an unassisted doubleplay.
It looked like business as usual as the first four batters of the game scored for Rez. Chris Wold walked on three pitches and Adam Hey followed with the same. Chris Burr walked to load them up for Eric Johnson who blooped one up the middle for an rbi-single. Jason Merritt had the first hard-hit ball of the game, lining out to the shortstop for the first out. Tenney stepped up and drove one deep, plating two runs on the double to make it 3-0. With runners on second and third, Austin Colby looped a sacrifice fly to right field to make it 4-0 and cap the innings scoring.
Wooddale came out and put two runs across in the bottom half to make it 4-2 after one inning. The team had three singles and used aggressive base-running to advance around the diamond.
The Warriors looked good at the start of the second as Andy Briggs cut one through the tough wind for a solo homer to open things. However, the next three batters went down in order and Wooddale came to bat. Wooddale went down quickly too and Rez stepped up to bat once again.
Adam and Burr had back-to-back singles to start the inning but a popout and hard-hit doubleplay ended the inning without any runs. The defense continued its good play, holding Wooddale scoreless in the bottom of the third keeping the score 5-2 after three. Tenney ended the inning with his nice doubleplay from shortstop.
Good defense leads to good offense as Tenney roped a solo shot to center to start inning for Rez. Jeff Johnson drew a one-out walk but that was it for the team and Wooddale came up in the bottom half down just four runs.
Wooddale singled to open the inning and used two more hits to plate one run. Two lineouts ended the inning, 6-3 Rez.
Wold doubled with one out in the fifth but was cut down on the bases on Adam's hard grounder. Burr lined one down the left-field line but Adam was cut down at third to end the inning.
Wooddale went scoreless in the bottom half to keep the score 6-3 going into the sixth inning. Rez again didn't score, lining out twice and leaving Tenney's single and Austin's walk on base.
This time, Wooddale answered the call, blasting a two-out two-run homer to make it 6-5 going into the seventh and final inning.
For the first time all season, the Warriors faced a serious challenge late in the game. The offense stepped up as Andy walked, Jonathan Engbrecht singled and Jamy Antoine delivered the big blow, knocking a double to right off the wall, scoring Andy with no outs. Wold singled to plate Jonathan and Adam hit a hard grounder to score Jamy to make it 9-5 with one out and one on. Burr singled to put runners at first and second for Eric, but Eric lined out to left and Jason grounded out to end the inning.
Tenney made a nice play on a tough grounder to start the seventh and Austin finished things off with two slick plays at shortstop to end the game. Wold picked up his fifth win of the year as the Warriors held off the upstart Wooddale team, 9-5.
The victory gives Rez a clean sweep of the league the first time through. At 6-0, the team is comfortably in first place with the first rematch of the season next week at 6:50 on field 2 versus Pax Christi.
The bats didn't like the early gametime and sluggishly pushed out 13 basehits with four doubles and two homeruns. The team did draw six walks and had a total of 19 baserunners in seven innings.
Defensively, the team had 11 infield assists to go with the full 21 putouts with just one meaningless error. Excellent showing from the infield with a couple fine catches in the outfield.
Jeff Tenney captured Player of the Game honors with a 3-3 day at the plate with one of the team's doubles and homeruns. He knocked in three runs and played an excellent third base, shortstop and one inning at first. He finished with four infield assists, three putouts and an unassisted doubleplay.
It looked like business as usual as the first four batters of the game scored for Rez. Chris Wold walked on three pitches and Adam Hey followed with the same. Chris Burr walked to load them up for Eric Johnson who blooped one up the middle for an rbi-single. Jason Merritt had the first hard-hit ball of the game, lining out to the shortstop for the first out. Tenney stepped up and drove one deep, plating two runs on the double to make it 3-0. With runners on second and third, Austin Colby looped a sacrifice fly to right field to make it 4-0 and cap the innings scoring.
Wooddale came out and put two runs across in the bottom half to make it 4-2 after one inning. The team had three singles and used aggressive base-running to advance around the diamond.
The Warriors looked good at the start of the second as Andy Briggs cut one through the tough wind for a solo homer to open things. However, the next three batters went down in order and Wooddale came to bat. Wooddale went down quickly too and Rez stepped up to bat once again.
Adam and Burr had back-to-back singles to start the inning but a popout and hard-hit doubleplay ended the inning without any runs. The defense continued its good play, holding Wooddale scoreless in the bottom of the third keeping the score 5-2 after three. Tenney ended the inning with his nice doubleplay from shortstop.
Good defense leads to good offense as Tenney roped a solo shot to center to start inning for Rez. Jeff Johnson drew a one-out walk but that was it for the team and Wooddale came up in the bottom half down just four runs.
Wooddale singled to open the inning and used two more hits to plate one run. Two lineouts ended the inning, 6-3 Rez.
Wold doubled with one out in the fifth but was cut down on the bases on Adam's hard grounder. Burr lined one down the left-field line but Adam was cut down at third to end the inning.
Wooddale went scoreless in the bottom half to keep the score 6-3 going into the sixth inning. Rez again didn't score, lining out twice and leaving Tenney's single and Austin's walk on base.
This time, Wooddale answered the call, blasting a two-out two-run homer to make it 6-5 going into the seventh and final inning.
For the first time all season, the Warriors faced a serious challenge late in the game. The offense stepped up as Andy walked, Jonathan Engbrecht singled and Jamy Antoine delivered the big blow, knocking a double to right off the wall, scoring Andy with no outs. Wold singled to plate Jonathan and Adam hit a hard grounder to score Jamy to make it 9-5 with one out and one on. Burr singled to put runners at first and second for Eric, but Eric lined out to left and Jason grounded out to end the inning.
Tenney made a nice play on a tough grounder to start the seventh and Austin finished things off with two slick plays at shortstop to end the game. Wold picked up his fifth win of the year as the Warriors held off the upstart Wooddale team, 9-5.
The victory gives Rez a clean sweep of the league the first time through. At 6-0, the team is comfortably in first place with the first rematch of the season next week at 6:50 on field 2 versus Pax Christi.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
May 21 vs Wooddale
The Resurrection Life Warriors look to expand its league lead by taking on 2nd place and fellow undefeated team, Wooddale at 5:50 on field #2. Wooddale was horrible last season but the team is very young and has obviously improved. With the early gametime, a couple of players may be running late so the expected lineup looks like this:
1. Chris Wold, P
2. Adam Hey, C
3. Chris Burr, RC
4. Eric Johnson, 2B
5. Jason Merritt, LF
6. Jeff Tenney, 3B
7. Austin Colby, SS
8. Jeff Johnson, 1B
9. Andy Briggs, 3B
10.Jonathan Engbrecht, RF
11.Jamy Antoine, DH
1. Chris Wold, P
2. Adam Hey, C
3. Chris Burr, RC
4. Eric Johnson, 2B
5. Jason Merritt, LF
6. Jeff Tenney, 3B
7. Austin Colby, SS
8. Jeff Johnson, 1B
9. Andy Briggs, 3B
10.Jonathan Engbrecht, RF
11.Jamy Antoine, DH
Friday, May 15, 2009
Rez Takes Twinbill, 17-11 & 29-12
The bats were loud and mighty Thursday night for the Resurrection Life Warriors. Those bats enjoyed a non-wind-impeded game smashing out 52 hits and scoring 46 runs in a doubleheader sweep. The team swatted 22 extra base hits NOT including the eight homeruns that were hit for outs.
Game one saw a good start and a warming-up finish for game two's display as the team handled Eden Prairie Assembly of God 17-11. Game two pitted the top two teams in the league but Immanuel proved to not be in the same class as the Warriors rolled 29-12.
Five players banged out three hits in game one, led by Chris Burr who captured his first Player of the Game honor of the season with a 3-4 outing with two runs scored, three rbi, two doubles and a triple. Jeff Tenney, Jason Merritt, Austin Colby and Adam Hey all had three hits also. Jamy Antoine and Chris Wold added two hits and Andy Briggs, Eric Johnson and Jeff Johnson all added one each to round out the base knocks for the game.
Both Wold and Jeff Johnson were tough-luck hitters in the game smashing two homeruns for outs. Jamy and Austin also hit homeruns that counted as outs. The team was able to escape without any damage but losing two innings to homerun outs could potentially cost them in the future.
Andy led off the game with a flyball to left-center that was dropped. A Jonathan Engbrecht flyout moved Andy to third and he came home on Burr's rbi-triple. Eric lofted a sacrifice fly to score Burr to make it 2-0 with two outs and no one on base. Jamy blasted an opposite field solo shot and Tenney followed with a double. Jason lined a shot that bounced off the shortstop's chest to move Tenney to third. Wold came through with a two-out rbi-single making it 4-0. Still with two outs, Jeff Johnson drove a shot to the wall scoring both runners. Austin followed with his first of five homeruns on the night, ending the inning's scoring 8-0 Rez.
EPAG didn't score in its half of the first but Rez went down in order in the top of the second leaving the door open in the bottom half. EPAG was able to push one across on two hits and a sac fly.
Up 8-1, the Warriors got that run back in the third. With one out, Tenney doubled and scored on Wold's rbi-single. EPAG continued to fight, clawing its way to two runs in the bottom of the third on four hits.
Now 9-3, Rez opened it up for good with five runs in the fourth. Austin led off with a solo homer to right for the team's third homer of the game. Adam drew a walk and after back-to-back outs, Burr doubled to put two on with two outs for Eric. Eric stroked a three-run yack to make it 13-3. Jamy came right back with a triple and jogged home on Tenney's third hit of the game. Jason roped a double but the inning ended as Wold crushed a would-be three-run homer for an out.
EPAG responded with two runs in the bottom of the fourth to make it 14-5 going into the fifth. The Warriors put three more runs up in the fifth to end their scoring for the game. Jeff Johnson lasered a liner to dead center that cleared the fence for the first out of the inning and Austin roped a shot to right that scooted under the fielder's glove and to the wall, allowing Austin to scamper home on the error. Adam singled to start the rally again and Andy found his stroke for a single to set the table. After the second out, Burr doubled to score both runners and end the inning.
EPAG didn't go down lightly, pushing across four runs in the bottom half to keep the game going another inning. The Warriors couldn't take advantage though, hitting two more homeruns for outs, one each by Jamy and Wold. Again, EPAG inched closer with one run in the sixth.
Leading 17-10 going into the last frame, Rez looked to add some run support. However, Jeff Johnson and Austin went back-to-back homerun outs to stifle any potential rally. Adam's two-out single was left on the bases.
The defense held in the bottom of the inning as EPAG managed just one run, giving us the final score of 17-11.
Disappointed by the six homerun mistakes, the Warriors looked to fix that in game two. Austin did not get them off to a good start, lining the first pitch of the game over the fence in right for a solo homer. Jason singled and Burr followed with a two-run homer to make it 3-0. Three batters in, and the Warriors were down to two homers. But, the rest of the lineup stepped up and pushed across five more runs before another homer came into play.
Wold tripled and scored on Eric's single. Tenney singled and Jamy reached on an error. Jonathan lifted a sac fly to score Eric and after the second out, Andy looped one up the middle to plate Tenney and moved to second on the right-center fielder's bobble. Up 6-0, Adam stayed hot and lined a single to plate both Jeff Johnson and Andy. Austin kept it in the park and doubled to right-center but wasn't there long as Jason used the third homer of the inning, a towering three-run blast to left-center. Burr nearly killed the pitcher with a lineout to end the frame, 11-0 Rez.
Immanuel didn't know what hit them and it showed in its half of the first as the team went down one, two, three. Smelling blood, Rez went for the jugular in the second with consecutive singles to start the frame from Wold and Eric. But, a deep Tenney flyout and a line-drive double-play off of Jamy's bat ended that threat quickly.
Immanuel regained its composure and showed why it was undefeated coming into the game and put up a five-spot in the bottom of the second. Six hits and a lead-off walk contributed to the big inning and a nice catch from Jamy ended the inning before more runs could score.
Sensing a little chink in its armor, Rez had to answer with some runs of its own. After the first out, Jeff Johson singled, Andy singled and Adam singled to load the bases for Austin. Austin kindly cleaned the bases with a big-fly to dead center, his first grand slam of the season and the team's final homerun for the game.
Now down 15-5, Immanuel was unfazed having weathered the first inning storm already. The team put another five-spot up making it 15-10 after three innings. The team banged out six singles and used a sac fly to move runners across.
The Warriors wanted to end the game convincingly and squashed any hope of victory for Immanuel in the top of the fourth with nine more runs on eight hits and two walks. Wold, Eric and Tenney reached base single, walk, single to load them up for Jamy. Jamy laced a two-rbi single to start the scoring and Jonathan lined his first hit of the night to center for a double scoring Tenney. Jeff Johnson crushed another ball, but unfortunately it was an out. Andy went right back up the middle for a two-rbi single and Adam singled again to put two on for Austin. Austin drew a walk to load them up for Jason who hit a sharp grounder that the third baseman knocked down but couldn't make a play. Burr brought home two more with a single and Wold hit a sac fly to plate Jason and the final run of the inning.
Immanuel didn't score in the bottom half and the fifth and final inning rolled around for the Warriors. For good measure, Rez added five more runs to put a team-record 29 runs on the scoreboard for the game. Tenney and Jamy hit back-to-back singles and both came home on Jonathan's triple. Jeff Johnson kept his stroke in the park and singled home Jonathan. Andy hit a homerun for the first out and Adam flew out deep for the second out. Austin finished his perfect game at the plate with a double which would have clearly been a triple but pinch-runner Eric held up at third for some reason. Hmm. Jason took advantage of the extra runner and roped a two-rbi single to left to end the scoring.
Immanuel hit a deep blast into the trees for its final two runs of the game and Rez walked away with the 29-12 dismantling. Austin Colby earns his first Player of the Game with four hits, two doubles, two homers, five runs and five rbi. Jason added four hits while Wold, Tenney, Andy and Adam all had three. Burr, Eric, Jamy, Jonathan, and Jeff all had two hits giving each player a multi-hit game, another first in Rez life history. Well done.
The two dominating victories keeps Rez sitting atop the standings at 5-0 and averaging over 20 runs per game. Next week, the Warriors face Wooddale, last year's doormat but this year's surprising undefeated 4-0 team. The game is at 5:50 on field #4.
Game one saw a good start and a warming-up finish for game two's display as the team handled Eden Prairie Assembly of God 17-11. Game two pitted the top two teams in the league but Immanuel proved to not be in the same class as the Warriors rolled 29-12.
Five players banged out three hits in game one, led by Chris Burr who captured his first Player of the Game honor of the season with a 3-4 outing with two runs scored, three rbi, two doubles and a triple. Jeff Tenney, Jason Merritt, Austin Colby and Adam Hey all had three hits also. Jamy Antoine and Chris Wold added two hits and Andy Briggs, Eric Johnson and Jeff Johnson all added one each to round out the base knocks for the game.
Both Wold and Jeff Johnson were tough-luck hitters in the game smashing two homeruns for outs. Jamy and Austin also hit homeruns that counted as outs. The team was able to escape without any damage but losing two innings to homerun outs could potentially cost them in the future.
Andy led off the game with a flyball to left-center that was dropped. A Jonathan Engbrecht flyout moved Andy to third and he came home on Burr's rbi-triple. Eric lofted a sacrifice fly to score Burr to make it 2-0 with two outs and no one on base. Jamy blasted an opposite field solo shot and Tenney followed with a double. Jason lined a shot that bounced off the shortstop's chest to move Tenney to third. Wold came through with a two-out rbi-single making it 4-0. Still with two outs, Jeff Johnson drove a shot to the wall scoring both runners. Austin followed with his first of five homeruns on the night, ending the inning's scoring 8-0 Rez.
EPAG didn't score in its half of the first but Rez went down in order in the top of the second leaving the door open in the bottom half. EPAG was able to push one across on two hits and a sac fly.
Up 8-1, the Warriors got that run back in the third. With one out, Tenney doubled and scored on Wold's rbi-single. EPAG continued to fight, clawing its way to two runs in the bottom of the third on four hits.
Now 9-3, Rez opened it up for good with five runs in the fourth. Austin led off with a solo homer to right for the team's third homer of the game. Adam drew a walk and after back-to-back outs, Burr doubled to put two on with two outs for Eric. Eric stroked a three-run yack to make it 13-3. Jamy came right back with a triple and jogged home on Tenney's third hit of the game. Jason roped a double but the inning ended as Wold crushed a would-be three-run homer for an out.
EPAG responded with two runs in the bottom of the fourth to make it 14-5 going into the fifth. The Warriors put three more runs up in the fifth to end their scoring for the game. Jeff Johnson lasered a liner to dead center that cleared the fence for the first out of the inning and Austin roped a shot to right that scooted under the fielder's glove and to the wall, allowing Austin to scamper home on the error. Adam singled to start the rally again and Andy found his stroke for a single to set the table. After the second out, Burr doubled to score both runners and end the inning.
EPAG didn't go down lightly, pushing across four runs in the bottom half to keep the game going another inning. The Warriors couldn't take advantage though, hitting two more homeruns for outs, one each by Jamy and Wold. Again, EPAG inched closer with one run in the sixth.
Leading 17-10 going into the last frame, Rez looked to add some run support. However, Jeff Johnson and Austin went back-to-back homerun outs to stifle any potential rally. Adam's two-out single was left on the bases.
The defense held in the bottom of the inning as EPAG managed just one run, giving us the final score of 17-11.
Disappointed by the six homerun mistakes, the Warriors looked to fix that in game two. Austin did not get them off to a good start, lining the first pitch of the game over the fence in right for a solo homer. Jason singled and Burr followed with a two-run homer to make it 3-0. Three batters in, and the Warriors were down to two homers. But, the rest of the lineup stepped up and pushed across five more runs before another homer came into play.
Wold tripled and scored on Eric's single. Tenney singled and Jamy reached on an error. Jonathan lifted a sac fly to score Eric and after the second out, Andy looped one up the middle to plate Tenney and moved to second on the right-center fielder's bobble. Up 6-0, Adam stayed hot and lined a single to plate both Jeff Johnson and Andy. Austin kept it in the park and doubled to right-center but wasn't there long as Jason used the third homer of the inning, a towering three-run blast to left-center. Burr nearly killed the pitcher with a lineout to end the frame, 11-0 Rez.
Immanuel didn't know what hit them and it showed in its half of the first as the team went down one, two, three. Smelling blood, Rez went for the jugular in the second with consecutive singles to start the frame from Wold and Eric. But, a deep Tenney flyout and a line-drive double-play off of Jamy's bat ended that threat quickly.
Immanuel regained its composure and showed why it was undefeated coming into the game and put up a five-spot in the bottom of the second. Six hits and a lead-off walk contributed to the big inning and a nice catch from Jamy ended the inning before more runs could score.
Sensing a little chink in its armor, Rez had to answer with some runs of its own. After the first out, Jeff Johson singled, Andy singled and Adam singled to load the bases for Austin. Austin kindly cleaned the bases with a big-fly to dead center, his first grand slam of the season and the team's final homerun for the game.
Now down 15-5, Immanuel was unfazed having weathered the first inning storm already. The team put another five-spot up making it 15-10 after three innings. The team banged out six singles and used a sac fly to move runners across.
The Warriors wanted to end the game convincingly and squashed any hope of victory for Immanuel in the top of the fourth with nine more runs on eight hits and two walks. Wold, Eric and Tenney reached base single, walk, single to load them up for Jamy. Jamy laced a two-rbi single to start the scoring and Jonathan lined his first hit of the night to center for a double scoring Tenney. Jeff Johnson crushed another ball, but unfortunately it was an out. Andy went right back up the middle for a two-rbi single and Adam singled again to put two on for Austin. Austin drew a walk to load them up for Jason who hit a sharp grounder that the third baseman knocked down but couldn't make a play. Burr brought home two more with a single and Wold hit a sac fly to plate Jason and the final run of the inning.
Immanuel didn't score in the bottom half and the fifth and final inning rolled around for the Warriors. For good measure, Rez added five more runs to put a team-record 29 runs on the scoreboard for the game. Tenney and Jamy hit back-to-back singles and both came home on Jonathan's triple. Jeff Johnson kept his stroke in the park and singled home Jonathan. Andy hit a homerun for the first out and Adam flew out deep for the second out. Austin finished his perfect game at the plate with a double which would have clearly been a triple but pinch-runner Eric held up at third for some reason. Hmm. Jason took advantage of the extra runner and roped a two-rbi single to left to end the scoring.
Immanuel hit a deep blast into the trees for its final two runs of the game and Rez walked away with the 29-12 dismantling. Austin Colby earns his first Player of the Game with four hits, two doubles, two homers, five runs and five rbi. Jason added four hits while Wold, Tenney, Andy and Adam all had three. Burr, Eric, Jamy, Jonathan, and Jeff all had two hits giving each player a multi-hit game, another first in Rez life history. Well done.
The two dominating victories keeps Rez sitting atop the standings at 5-0 and averaging over 20 runs per game. Next week, the Warriors face Wooddale, last year's doormat but this year's surprising undefeated 4-0 team. The game is at 5:50 on field #4.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
May 14 vs EPAG & Immanuel
It looks like the Resurrection Life Warriors will be at full tilt in the doubleheader this Thursday. All eleven roster members will be in attendance, although Adam Hey will be running late. EPAG is just 1-3, but is always a solid opponent and should put up a good fight. Immanuel was last season's third-place team, just a half game behind Rez Life. Immanuel and Rez split last season and both are 3-0, sitting atop the league standings. Game two's winner will be in the driver's seat for the first half league lead.
Vs. EPAG, Game #1
1. Andy B, MI
2. Jon E, C
3. Chris B, CF
4. Eric J, 2B
5. Jamy A, RF
6. Jeff T, 3B
7. Jason M, LF
8. Chris W, P
9. Jeff J, 1B
10.Austin C, SS
Vs Immanuel, Game #2
1. Austin C, SS
2. Jason M, LF
3. Chris B, CF
4. Chris W, P
5. Eric J, 2B
6. Jeff T, 3B
7. Jamy A, RF
8. Jon E, C
9. Jeff J, 1B
10.Andy B, MI
11.Adam H, DH
Vs. EPAG, Game #1
1. Andy B, MI
2. Jon E, C
3. Chris B, CF
4. Eric J, 2B
5. Jamy A, RF
6. Jeff T, 3B
7. Jason M, LF
8. Chris W, P
9. Jeff J, 1B
10.Austin C, SS
Vs Immanuel, Game #2
1. Austin C, SS
2. Jason M, LF
3. Chris B, CF
4. Chris W, P
5. Eric J, 2B
6. Jeff T, 3B
7. Jamy A, RF
8. Jon E, C
9. Jeff J, 1B
10.Andy B, MI
11.Adam H, DH
Friday, May 8, 2009
Is it the Jerseys??
The Resurrection Life Warriors welcomed their new jerseys with open arms and smoking-hot bats, erupting for a team-record 19 runs in the first inning of the Black Jersey Era. Obviously the game was an after-thought at that point as the team was only allowed to bat one more time, winning 24-0 versus league cellar-dwellers, St. Andrew Red, in 2 1/2 innings of play.
The team went to the plate 33 times in the game and reached base 27 times. In the first inning alone, Rez banged out 15 hits, drew two walks, scored 19 runs, ripped two doubles, three triples and all four homeruns, each one a no-doubter. A casual observer might wonder what effect the jerseys had on the Warrior bats. Needless to say, it was quite a performance.
Everyone got in on the action. Each player recorded at least one hit, scored at least one run and drove home at least one more. Austin Colby banged out four hits in four at bats, including three in the first inning alone. Jamy Antoine, Eric Johnson, Jeff Tenney, and Jonathan Engbrecht all added three hits apiece. Chris Burr and Adam Hey had two knocks each while Jeff Johnson and Jason Merritt contributed one.
Jonathan captured Player of the Game laurels with his perfect 3-3 game, with three runs scored, two rbi and a massive two-run homer. He has come out smoking this season, hitting a cool .818 after three games.
Really, the black-jersey/white-flare pants combo could have earned the POG for the first inning confidence explosion. We got comments and compliments from nearly every team that saw us, and I have the feeling the black jerseys may have struck a little fear into the heart of the opponent.
A nearby sideline reporter heard the following interchange between the managers and the umpire during the pre-game coin flip:
St. Andrew Red Mgr: "Wow, you guys got new uniforms. Look great."
Manager Colby: "Yes, thanks. First night wearing them."
St. Andrew Red Mgr: "You guys 2-0?"
Manager Colby: "Yes, so far so good."
St. Andrew Red Mgr: "Well you're going to be 3-0. (turns toward the umpire) We're going to get killed."
Manager Colby: Silently nodding inside his own head whispering..."you got that right..."
Fast forward 15 minutes and it's 19-0. How did that happen? Let's see. Austin, back in his customary lead-off spot, strokes a triple off the wall in right to start things. He added this after the game,
"I felt obligated to really try and put a good move on the ball my first time up," he paused. "I didn't want to make the team look anything less than solid, especially with the new jerseys. Gotta admit, felt good rounding second base in some nice, comfortable pants. Fun times."
Austin didn't get to enjoy standing on the bases long as Jamy ripped a hustle double to bring him home and open the floodgates. Eric followed with a sharp grounder to third base that squeaked through to left field. Brother Jeff quickly cleaned up the mess on the bases by lifting a ball as high as it went far, blasting his first homer of the season and making it 4-0 afte four batters. Chris patiently drew a walk and proceeded to walk around the bases after Tenney lasered one out by Brother Jeff's ball over the left-center field fence. Six batters, six swings, 6-0 Warriors. Jonathan started his great night with a single but a Jason popout temporarily stalled the rally. Adam then lined a single to left to put two on for Austin. Austin cut a sharp liner to right that took a nice sideways bounce and scooted to the corner for his second triple of the inning, pushing the score to 8-0. Jamy brought Austin home with a single and Eric lined one down the left-field line and barely beat the throw to second for a double. With runners on second and third, Brother Jeff lofted a high fly to right-center for a sacrifice fly, but the fielder dropped it, allowing Eric to move to third while Jeff hustled all the way to second. With runners on second and third again, Chris deposited a liner over the left-center field fence for his first homerun of the season and a 13-0 Rez Life lead. All with one out.
We now pause for a quick water break....and to chase down some homerun balls...thanks for your patience.
With clean bases, Tenney chopped a single up the middle and Jonathan followed with the fourth homerun of the inning - and final one allowed for the game - to deep left-center making it 15-0 after 16 batters. Jason, desperately worried about making the first two outs of the game, cut a sinking liner to right that bounced past the fielder and Jason was in with a stand-up triple. Pressure off. Adam then hit a grounder at the shortstop who kicked it around allowing Jason to score and putting Adam on first. Austin then tried to ease one into left for a change and punched a grounder through the hole for his third hit of the inning. Not game, inning. With two on, Jamy hit one right back to the pitcher for a potential double-play ball, but the pitcher rushed his throw and everyone was safe. When it rains, it pours. With the bases chucked, Eric calmly drew a walk to drive home Adam. Jeff ripped one to deep left-center which was caught at the wall for the second out, but Austin trotted home to make it 18-0. There was some action after the throw that allowed Jamy to score as well, making it 19-0. It could have been worse but Chris roped one right at the second baseman who somehow blocked it with his stomach and underhanded the ball to second for the final out.
St. Andrew Red, looking a little glassy-eyed, stepped to the plate for its half of the first inning. After four pitches, Red had two runners on after a couple bleeder singles. However, the following batter hit a liner at Tenney at short, who short-hopped it, fired to Eric at second who tagged the runner on second and then touched second to force-out the runner from first. Eric narrowly missed a triple-play but with the confusion on the field, he was unable to get a throw off to first. With two outs, Austin struck out the next batter looking to end the first inning just as impressively as it started.
What can you do for an encore after putting a 19-spot up in the first inning? Rez did its best, adding another five runs on eight hits, which could have been more but Brother Jeff destroyed a would-be three-run homer for an out, because of the four-homerun limit.
Tenney doubled to dead center to start the inning and moved to third on Jonathan's third hit. Jason lined one to the right-center fielder for the first out, but Tenney hustled home to make it a sac fly and a 20-0 game. Adam singled to push Jonathan to second and Austin lined another shot to right which found the corner and placed him gently at third base for the second three-triple game of his career. Austin came home on Jamy's line-drive single up the middle and Jamy advanced to second on Eric's single. Brother Jeff then deposited the second out well beyond the left-center field wall and Chris singled to score Jamy and cap the scoring at 24.
Red, now more in awe than anything, strode to the plate and looped a lead-off single before going down one, two, three to end the second inning. Due to a poor ruling, Red was allowed to bat its half of the third inning to see if the team could score five runs to avoid the 20-run mercy rule. The Warriors were disappointed with this call, receiving only two innings to hit, but maintained their focus and finished the game quickly with excellent defense.
Jason came to the mound in the second and third innings and earned his first ever pitching victory. The defense was perfect for its nine outs and on the year has committed just three errors in three games. After this offensive explosion, the Warriors are hitting .606 on the year with nine homeruns and a 1.046 slugging percentage. Every single player has an OPS of 1.000 or higher with early-season MVP favorite Eric Johnson leading the way with a 2.553 mark. He also is pacing the team with his .909 average, two homeruns and ten rbi - staring a potential halfway Triple Crown in the face.
Through three games, every player has scored at least twice and driven home at least one run. Only three players haven't hit homers, but all three of those will be expected to do so in short time. This could be a record-setting year for the Warrior offense.
The victory puts Rez Life at 3-0 on the season with its first double-header slated for next week at 7:50 and 8:50 on field 3 versus EPAG and fellow 3-0 team, Immanuel. It should be a fun night.
The team went to the plate 33 times in the game and reached base 27 times. In the first inning alone, Rez banged out 15 hits, drew two walks, scored 19 runs, ripped two doubles, three triples and all four homeruns, each one a no-doubter. A casual observer might wonder what effect the jerseys had on the Warrior bats. Needless to say, it was quite a performance.
Everyone got in on the action. Each player recorded at least one hit, scored at least one run and drove home at least one more. Austin Colby banged out four hits in four at bats, including three in the first inning alone. Jamy Antoine, Eric Johnson, Jeff Tenney, and Jonathan Engbrecht all added three hits apiece. Chris Burr and Adam Hey had two knocks each while Jeff Johnson and Jason Merritt contributed one.
Jonathan captured Player of the Game laurels with his perfect 3-3 game, with three runs scored, two rbi and a massive two-run homer. He has come out smoking this season, hitting a cool .818 after three games.
Really, the black-jersey/white-flare pants combo could have earned the POG for the first inning confidence explosion. We got comments and compliments from nearly every team that saw us, and I have the feeling the black jerseys may have struck a little fear into the heart of the opponent.
A nearby sideline reporter heard the following interchange between the managers and the umpire during the pre-game coin flip:
St. Andrew Red Mgr: "Wow, you guys got new uniforms. Look great."
Manager Colby: "Yes, thanks. First night wearing them."
St. Andrew Red Mgr: "You guys 2-0?"
Manager Colby: "Yes, so far so good."
St. Andrew Red Mgr: "Well you're going to be 3-0. (turns toward the umpire) We're going to get killed."
Manager Colby: Silently nodding inside his own head whispering..."you got that right..."
Fast forward 15 minutes and it's 19-0. How did that happen? Let's see. Austin, back in his customary lead-off spot, strokes a triple off the wall in right to start things. He added this after the game,
"I felt obligated to really try and put a good move on the ball my first time up," he paused. "I didn't want to make the team look anything less than solid, especially with the new jerseys. Gotta admit, felt good rounding second base in some nice, comfortable pants. Fun times."
Austin didn't get to enjoy standing on the bases long as Jamy ripped a hustle double to bring him home and open the floodgates. Eric followed with a sharp grounder to third base that squeaked through to left field. Brother Jeff quickly cleaned up the mess on the bases by lifting a ball as high as it went far, blasting his first homer of the season and making it 4-0 afte four batters. Chris patiently drew a walk and proceeded to walk around the bases after Tenney lasered one out by Brother Jeff's ball over the left-center field fence. Six batters, six swings, 6-0 Warriors. Jonathan started his great night with a single but a Jason popout temporarily stalled the rally. Adam then lined a single to left to put two on for Austin. Austin cut a sharp liner to right that took a nice sideways bounce and scooted to the corner for his second triple of the inning, pushing the score to 8-0. Jamy brought Austin home with a single and Eric lined one down the left-field line and barely beat the throw to second for a double. With runners on second and third, Brother Jeff lofted a high fly to right-center for a sacrifice fly, but the fielder dropped it, allowing Eric to move to third while Jeff hustled all the way to second. With runners on second and third again, Chris deposited a liner over the left-center field fence for his first homerun of the season and a 13-0 Rez Life lead. All with one out.
We now pause for a quick water break....and to chase down some homerun balls...thanks for your patience.
With clean bases, Tenney chopped a single up the middle and Jonathan followed with the fourth homerun of the inning - and final one allowed for the game - to deep left-center making it 15-0 after 16 batters. Jason, desperately worried about making the first two outs of the game, cut a sinking liner to right that bounced past the fielder and Jason was in with a stand-up triple. Pressure off. Adam then hit a grounder at the shortstop who kicked it around allowing Jason to score and putting Adam on first. Austin then tried to ease one into left for a change and punched a grounder through the hole for his third hit of the inning. Not game, inning. With two on, Jamy hit one right back to the pitcher for a potential double-play ball, but the pitcher rushed his throw and everyone was safe. When it rains, it pours. With the bases chucked, Eric calmly drew a walk to drive home Adam. Jeff ripped one to deep left-center which was caught at the wall for the second out, but Austin trotted home to make it 18-0. There was some action after the throw that allowed Jamy to score as well, making it 19-0. It could have been worse but Chris roped one right at the second baseman who somehow blocked it with his stomach and underhanded the ball to second for the final out.
St. Andrew Red, looking a little glassy-eyed, stepped to the plate for its half of the first inning. After four pitches, Red had two runners on after a couple bleeder singles. However, the following batter hit a liner at Tenney at short, who short-hopped it, fired to Eric at second who tagged the runner on second and then touched second to force-out the runner from first. Eric narrowly missed a triple-play but with the confusion on the field, he was unable to get a throw off to first. With two outs, Austin struck out the next batter looking to end the first inning just as impressively as it started.
What can you do for an encore after putting a 19-spot up in the first inning? Rez did its best, adding another five runs on eight hits, which could have been more but Brother Jeff destroyed a would-be three-run homer for an out, because of the four-homerun limit.
Tenney doubled to dead center to start the inning and moved to third on Jonathan's third hit. Jason lined one to the right-center fielder for the first out, but Tenney hustled home to make it a sac fly and a 20-0 game. Adam singled to push Jonathan to second and Austin lined another shot to right which found the corner and placed him gently at third base for the second three-triple game of his career. Austin came home on Jamy's line-drive single up the middle and Jamy advanced to second on Eric's single. Brother Jeff then deposited the second out well beyond the left-center field wall and Chris singled to score Jamy and cap the scoring at 24.
Red, now more in awe than anything, strode to the plate and looped a lead-off single before going down one, two, three to end the second inning. Due to a poor ruling, Red was allowed to bat its half of the third inning to see if the team could score five runs to avoid the 20-run mercy rule. The Warriors were disappointed with this call, receiving only two innings to hit, but maintained their focus and finished the game quickly with excellent defense.
Jason came to the mound in the second and third innings and earned his first ever pitching victory. The defense was perfect for its nine outs and on the year has committed just three errors in three games. After this offensive explosion, the Warriors are hitting .606 on the year with nine homeruns and a 1.046 slugging percentage. Every single player has an OPS of 1.000 or higher with early-season MVP favorite Eric Johnson leading the way with a 2.553 mark. He also is pacing the team with his .909 average, two homeruns and ten rbi - staring a potential halfway Triple Crown in the face.
Through three games, every player has scored at least twice and driven home at least one run. Only three players haven't hit homers, but all three of those will be expected to do so in short time. This could be a record-setting year for the Warrior offense.
The victory puts Rez Life at 3-0 on the season with its first double-header slated for next week at 7:50 and 8:50 on field 3 versus EPAG and fellow 3-0 team, Immanuel. It should be a fun night.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
May 7 vs. St. Andrew Red
Heading into week 3, the Warriors have their first short-manned game of the season looming. Andy Briggs and Chris Wold are both soft-maybes heading into the contest versus St. Andrew Red. See the 9-man lineup below. UPDATE: Andy has been cleared to play so the lineup has been adjusted accordingly. UPDATE #2: Andy has re-told me that he cannot be there. Yes, he recognizes that he is acting like a woman picking out shoes. We forgive him.
Projected Lineup:
- Austin C, P
- Jamy A, RF
- Eric J, 2B
- Jeff J, 1B
- Chris B, LF
- Jeff T, SS
- Jonathan E, 3B
- Jason M, CF
- Adam H, C
Monday, May 4, 2009
Warriors Roll On, 2-0
Ressurection Life took a little time to warm up in the cool winds last Thursday, but an 11-run explosion in the sixth inning left no doubt about the superior team on the night en route to a 16-7 drubbing over St. Andrew Blue.
The Warriors cranked out 21 hits, including 11 in sixth, and used up all four team homeruns with a very strong wind blowing left to right.
Eric Johnson continued his masterful opening to the season with a 3-4 game, including three runs scored, four rbi, a double and a homer in the first. Jason Merritt, Austin Colby, and Adam Hey all hit three-run homers as well. Adam's blast, a no-doubter through the wind to left, was his first career homerun and propelled him to Player of the Game honors.
Rez opened the game with a scoreless first, stranding a lead-off single from Jason. Blue went down without scoring, leaving a two-out triple on third base. Eric opened the scoring with a solo shot, high and deep into the wind to start the second inning. After an out, Jonathan Engbrecht roped a single up the middle. A pop-out to center by Austin Colby was the second out but the bats picked it up after that. Jamy hit a single and both runners jogged home as Adam launched his bomb to left-center.
Blue did answer with two runs of its own in the bottom half, using three hits and a walk. The third double play of the year between Andy Briggs and Eric ended the inning.
Chris Wold led off with a singl in the third, but that was all the action Rez saw, going down in order after that. Blue followed suit and the game officially had a slow start, 4-2 Rez and the action headed into the fourth.
Rez was able to muster one run, with a single from Jonathan and a two-out triple from Jamy Antoine. Blue came right back and pushed one across to make it 5-3 going into the fifth inning.
Things looked a little gloomy as the Warrior bats were still silent, but thankfully the Blue bats were just as inept and after another scoreless inning, the game moved into the explosive sixth inning.
Jeff Tenney got off the schnide with a single to open the frame. Eric followed suit and after a Jeff Johnson lineout, Jonathan brought home the first run with a single. With two on, Austin lofted one into the cross-stream and it dropped just beyond the right-field fence, hugging the fair pole and staking the Warriors to a 9-3 leade and some breathing room. Jamy singled but was forced out on an Adam groundout. Andy started things again with a single which Jason followed with a bomb through the wind to left-center to make it 12-3 Rez. With the bases fresh, Wold singled and moved to second on Chris Burr's first hit of the season. Tenney coaxed a walk to load them up for early hot-man Eric who roped one through the wind down the left-field line clearing the bases and pushing the lead to 15-3. Brother Jeff followed with a single that Eric was able to hustle around and score on, capping the scoring at 16.
Blue got on the run-scoring bandwagon, scoring four runs on four hits, a walk and two Warrior errors. With the flip-flop rule in effect because of time contraints, Blue batted again for its half of the seventh and didn't manage run, ending the game 16-7 Rez Life.
Wold, Jonathan, and Jamy all had three hits on the night while Jason and Andy added two apiece.
The victory makes Rez 2-0 on the season and drops St. Andrew Blue to 0-2. The Warriors have the late game this week, facing St. Andrew Red on field #2 at 8:50.
The Warriors cranked out 21 hits, including 11 in sixth, and used up all four team homeruns with a very strong wind blowing left to right.
Eric Johnson continued his masterful opening to the season with a 3-4 game, including three runs scored, four rbi, a double and a homer in the first. Jason Merritt, Austin Colby, and Adam Hey all hit three-run homers as well. Adam's blast, a no-doubter through the wind to left, was his first career homerun and propelled him to Player of the Game honors.
Rez opened the game with a scoreless first, stranding a lead-off single from Jason. Blue went down without scoring, leaving a two-out triple on third base. Eric opened the scoring with a solo shot, high and deep into the wind to start the second inning. After an out, Jonathan Engbrecht roped a single up the middle. A pop-out to center by Austin Colby was the second out but the bats picked it up after that. Jamy hit a single and both runners jogged home as Adam launched his bomb to left-center.
Blue did answer with two runs of its own in the bottom half, using three hits and a walk. The third double play of the year between Andy Briggs and Eric ended the inning.
Chris Wold led off with a singl in the third, but that was all the action Rez saw, going down in order after that. Blue followed suit and the game officially had a slow start, 4-2 Rez and the action headed into the fourth.
Rez was able to muster one run, with a single from Jonathan and a two-out triple from Jamy Antoine. Blue came right back and pushed one across to make it 5-3 going into the fifth inning.
Things looked a little gloomy as the Warrior bats were still silent, but thankfully the Blue bats were just as inept and after another scoreless inning, the game moved into the explosive sixth inning.
Jeff Tenney got off the schnide with a single to open the frame. Eric followed suit and after a Jeff Johnson lineout, Jonathan brought home the first run with a single. With two on, Austin lofted one into the cross-stream and it dropped just beyond the right-field fence, hugging the fair pole and staking the Warriors to a 9-3 leade and some breathing room. Jamy singled but was forced out on an Adam groundout. Andy started things again with a single which Jason followed with a bomb through the wind to left-center to make it 12-3 Rez. With the bases fresh, Wold singled and moved to second on Chris Burr's first hit of the season. Tenney coaxed a walk to load them up for early hot-man Eric who roped one through the wind down the left-field line clearing the bases and pushing the lead to 15-3. Brother Jeff followed with a single that Eric was able to hustle around and score on, capping the scoring at 16.
Blue got on the run-scoring bandwagon, scoring four runs on four hits, a walk and two Warrior errors. With the flip-flop rule in effect because of time contraints, Blue batted again for its half of the seventh and didn't manage run, ending the game 16-7 Rez Life.
Wold, Jonathan, and Jamy all had three hits on the night while Jason and Andy added two apiece.
The victory makes Rez 2-0 on the season and drops St. Andrew Blue to 0-2. The Warriors have the late game this week, facing St. Andrew Red on field #2 at 8:50.
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