I played hooky tonight. Instead of working like I was supposed to and instead of sleeping, which is what I should have been doing, I took in the Opening Night of the Redhawks AAA season.
The hometown Hawks took on the team from my other Hometown, the Memphis Redbirds. The game looked like it was off to a quick start when the Redhawks scored 3 runs in the first then Memphis answered with 3 in the seconds and another on the forth to make it 4 to 3 Memphis. But then the pitchers settled down. The pitchers settled down. The Redhawks scored one more off an RBI double again in the 6th. Then nothing happened except bush-league play.
The Redbirds committed three errors, all of which proved harmless against a stifled Oklahoma offense which went 3 for 20 with men in scoring position. (The Redbirds posted an almost as stunning figure of 3 for 18.) The twelfth inning was the Redhawks load the bases with no outs and somehow squander the opportunity.
Oklahoma's lack of production was coupled with some great defense against the Redbirds (3 double plays, 10 srikeouts) made for a long game. Finally, the Redhawks pulled it out in the 13th inning with another RBI double and a play at the plate.
Redhawks beat the Memphis Redbirds 5-4 and are now 1-1 in the young season. Tejeda gets a no decision but earns an ERA of 9.00. Durocher gets the win. Benes gets the loss and an ERA of 27.00 (faced four batters in 1/3 of an inning. Gotta love lopsided stats after the first game or two.)
2 comments:
Im pretty sure the game ended in the 13th only cause we left after the 12th. Otherwise it would have gone on forever...
You're probably right. Remember my last post. I am bad luck. I'm a cursed goat and I've spread my bad mojo to the AAA Redhawks now.
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