Unofficial Recaps by Roger Tower
FALL BALL (September 30 - November 13, 2013)
November 13, 2013 - White 1, Blue 1
The pitching dominated the final scrimmage of the fall.
Jon Duplantier pitched 5 innings for Blue allowing just one unearned run in the second inning.
With one out in the second, Ewing walked. McCanna hit an excuse me single to short on a hit-and-run play. Ewing taking third. A failed pick-off play at first allowed Ewing to score. McCanna advanced to second.
The inning ended with a pop to short and a called strike-out.
In his five innings, Duplantier allowed three singles, three walks with four strike-outs and the unearned run.
Caleb Smith pitched five innings of no hit, no run ball for the White squad. Caleb faced three batters in four of the five innings.
In the second inning, he walked the first two batters. A fielder's choice back to the pitcher forced the lead runner at third-base, A fielder's choice grounder to second advanced the runners a base, A strike-out ended the threat.
Caleb's line was no runs, no hits, three walks, and three strike-outs.
After five innings, it was 1-0 White over Blue.
Austin Orewiler relieved in the sixth for Blue. Austin pitched the sixth and seventh and held White scoreless. He allowed two hits and struck-out two.
Kevin McCanna pitched the sixth for White. He struck-out the first two batters. Reeves broke up the no hitter with a single to center. McDowell followed with another single. A fly out ended the sixth.
John Williamson pitched the seventh for White. After a ground-out to short and a strike-out, an infield error put a runner at first. Cook singled to left. Reeves was HBP to load the bases. A wild pitch scored the runner at third. A fly out to center ended the fallball season.
All hits today were singles. McCanna had two with Taylor, Murphy, Aquino, Cook, Reeves and McDowell each getting a hit.
That's the final. 1-1 in seven innings.
November 11, 2013 - White 4, Blue 4
Fallball may be almost over but the weather held for another scrimmage as the sides battled to a 4-4 tie.
Evan Rutter pitched the first four innings for Blue holding the White squad to a single run in the third. Warren singled off the pitcher's glove. Hoelscher singled to right as Warren scampered to third. Hoelscher followed to second on the throw to third.
The runners held on a grounder back to the pitcher. Ewing drilled a ball to deep left-center scoring Warren on the sac-fly RBI. Number 18 for Ewing. The inning ended on another fly to left.
Rutter allowed five hits, no walks, and struck out two.
John Williamson pitched the first four innings against Blue. In the second, Blue scored two runs. Fox singled to right to lead-off. Taylor singled up-the-middle. Fox held at second. On an attempted bunt, Andrew Murphy made an amazing diving catch in foul territory. The base-runners alertly advanced when no one covered third base. McCanna drove home the first run with a sac-fly. Dunlap singled through the left-side for his ninth RBI of the fall. Stainback singled to center. Dunlap to second. The inning ended on a 6-4-3 double play.
Williamson's line for the day was 4 innings, 8 hits, 1 SO, and 1 BB.
Connor Mason pitched the fifth and part of the sixth before reaching his pitch limit. He gave up three runs (1 ER). He allowed two hits, four BB, and no SO.
Two runs scored in the fifth on singles by C. Teykl and Ewing. Cook walked to load the bases. A fielder's choice grounder forced Cook at second with Teykl scoring. Another run scored when the throw to first got past the first baseman. No other runs scored that inning.
In the sixth, an infield error put the lead-off runner on base. A stolen base and a walk followed. A wild pitch moved the runners to third and second. A fielder's choice grounder (short to first) allowed a run to score. No other runs scored before Mason reached his pitch limit.
Max McElligott pitched the fifth and sixth for White. He gave up a single run in each inning. In the fifth, Reeves singled with one out. Fox was HBP. Taylor singled to load the bases. Wunderlich's single to short scored the run.
In the sixth, Stainback walked. A pop-foul was the first out. McDowell singled Ford to second. Reeves reached on an infield error. The run scoring. McDowell to third. An infield pop-up and a fly to left ended the rally.
McElligott's totals were 2 R, 1 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 1 HBP, and no SO.
Zech Lemond closed it out in the top of the seventh. He walked Cook and then picked him off first with a great move. A fly to center and a grounder to second ended the game.
Final 4-4.
The following batters had 2 hits each: Ewing, Stainback, McDowell, Taylor, Wunderlich and Dunlap.
These batters had one hit each: Warren, Hoelscher, C. Teykl, Cook, Murphy, Reeves and Fox. All the hits were singles.
Golf tomorrow. MBB plays SE Louisiana tomorrow night at Tudor Field House at 7:00 PM.
November 9, 2013 - White 1, Blue 5
The White squad won for the third straight game besting Blue in a tight pitcher's duel.
White scored 1 run in the top of the eighth and held on in the bottom of the inning to win 1-0.
McDowell started for Blue. He pitched 4 scoreless innings. The only batter to reach base was Brian Smith on a single up-the-middle in the third. He had 1 SO.
McCanna started for White. He held Blue scoreless through 4 innings. He allowed singles to Blake Fox and Andrew Dunlap and walked one. McCanna struck out four.
Trevor Teykl took over for Blue and pitched 3 shutout innings. In the eighth, Shane Hoelscher singled to left to start the inning. Keenan Cook doubled down the right-field line. Hoelscher stopping at third.
Skyler Ewing singled to center driving home the first run of the day. That was Skyler's 17th RBI of the fall. Cook went to third.
John Williamson hit a fly to center. Cook was out trying to score from third. A good throw from Charlie Warren to JC Reeves got the second out. A strike-out ended the inning.
Trevor allowed the 1 ER on 5 hits, 1 BB and 3 SO. Besides the 3 hits in the eighth, he gave up singles to Shane Hoelscher and Andrew Murphy.
Nick Orewiler pitched the final 4 innings for White. He continued the shutout of Blue. He gave up two singles (Kirby Taylor and Connor Teykl). He walked two and struck-out two.
It was once again a beautiful day.
Also, Rice men's basketball defeated University of St Thomas this afternoon, 69-60.
November 8, 2013 - Gray 6, Blue 5
Another great night for baseball. Blake Fox pitched 5 innings for Blue. He retired the first 13 he faced before John Williamson doubled down the left-field line. He struck out the last 2 batters he aced. For the game, he struck out 6 with no walks.
Austin Orewiler pitched the first 5 innings for Gray. Blue scored 3 in the first. Stainback and Wunderlich each singled. Wunderlich got picked off. Aquino doubled Stainback home. An infield grounder was the second out. Fox walked and McCanna reached on a infield error. Aquino scored, Fox to third. Dunlap singled home the final run of the inning.
Austin followed with 4 scoreless innings. He allowed 6 hits, 1 walk, 1 HBP and had 4 SO.
McNair relieved Fox. He walked 2 before Evan Rutter replaced him. Gray scored on a failed pickoff play. Ewing walked. Another run scored on a DP grounder. That ended the scoring.
John Williamson pitched the bottom of the sixth. He pitched a scoreless inning.
Gray took the lead in the seventh off Rutter, scoring 4 runs. An infield error put McDowell on first. He scored on Warren's triple. Hoelscher walked. Williamson forced him at second. Warren holding at third. Cook sent Warren home with a single. A wild pitch moved Williamson and Cook up a base each. Ewing singled them home. No other scoring occurred after that.
Blue got 2 back in the bottom of the inning. Aquino singled. Reeves walked. After a strike out, another walk loaded the bases. A wild pitched scored the first run, leaving runners at 2nd and 3rd. A sac-fly by McCanna tied it up.
Max McElligott pitched a scoreless eighth for Blue.
Final 6-5 in 7.5 innings.
November 7, 2013 - White 3, Blue 2
Today, Jon Duplantier pitched a 5 inning complete game win. He struck out 9 and walked none. He allowed 2 runs (1 earned). He gave up six hits (no extra base hits.)
Caleb Smith pitched the first 4 innings for Blue. He didn't allow an earned run. One unearned run scored. He struck out 6 and walked 3. he gave up 2 hits.
The game was tied at 1-1 going to the fifth.
Connor Mason made his first appearance of the fall. He pitched 1 inning. Two runs scored. One earned. He gave up 2 hits. One double on an ill-advised shift. He struck out one.
Duplantier was touched for a unearned run in the fifth.
November 4, 2013 - Blue 3, White 1
On a gray misty afternoon, the Owls squeezed in 6 innings of baseball. Blue won 3-1.
White went up in the top of the first as Charlie Warren led off with a single through he right-side. Michael Aquino tripled to right center to score Charlie.
After a strike-out JC Reeves walked. A double-play grounder to second ended the inning. That was the only run White would tally on the day.
Blue scored twice in the bottom of the first. Ford Stainback walked to lead-off. Shane Hoelscher followed with a single up-the-middle. A fielder's choice grounder eliminated Shane at second.
Ford scored when the throw to first skipped past Blake Fox. A pop-up to second was the second out. Keenan Cook singled to short. Brian Smith singled to center driving home the second run. Another pop-up ended the first.
Blue added another run in the third. With one out, Chase McDowell tripled to right-center. He scored on Skyler Ewing's Texas leaguer to right. Cook singled up-the-middle. A fly-out ended the inning.
There was no further scoring.
McDowell pitched 5 innings. He gave up 1 R, 1 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, and 2 SO.
Trevor Teykl pitched 5 innings. He allowed 3 R, 3 ER, 7 H, 2 BB, and 7 SO.
Zech Lemond pitched 1 inning striking out 3 and allowing a double to JC Reeves.
Jordan Stephens pitched one inning striking out 3 and allowing singles to Kevin McCanna and Dayne Wunderlich.
John Williamson and Keenan Cook each had 2 singles.
McDowell and Aquino each had a triple.
JC Reeves a double.
The following each had a single: Warren, Stainback, Hoelscher, Ewing, Brian Smith, McCanna and Wunderlich.
Off to watch Rice vs. Marshall in the soccer match tonight.
November 3, 2013 - Blue 4, White 3
Blue rallied with two runs in the bottom of the fifth to overtake White to win today by a 4-3 score.
Any thoughts of a 0-0 tie today evaporated in the bottom of the first as Michael Aquino homered to left giving Blue an early 1-0 lead.
White took the lead in the third. Shane Hoelscher tripled to right-center. Connor Teykl singled Shane home.
Not to be out done by his home run derby partner, Skyler Ewing homered to left making the score 3-1 White. Three fly-outs followed to end the frame.
Blue scored one in the bottom of the third. Ford Stainback singled to left. He stole second as the batter struck-out. A fly-out followed. JC Reeves walked.
Blake Fox drove a double past first down to the right-field corner. Ford scored. Reeves to third. A strike-out quenched the rally.
It was 3-2 White after three.
White was held scoreless in the next four innings.
In the bottom of the fifth, Blue scored twice. With one out, Kirby Taylor singled to second. After a strike-out, Andrew Dunlap doubled to left. Kirby holding at third. A wild pitch scored Kirby with Dunlap moving to third. Another wild pitch scored Dunlap. Stainback and Aquino walked. A pop-fly to left closed the inning.
Blue loaded the bases in the sixth but failed to score.
For Blue:
Nick Orewiler went 4 inn. He allowed 3 R, 3 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, and 2 SO.
Evan Rutter pitched 3 inn. He allowed 0 R, 4 H, 2 BB, and 2 SO.
For White:
Kevin McCanna threw 4.2 inn. He gave up 4 R, 4 ER, 6 H, 3 BB, and 9 SO.
John Williamson pitched 1.1 inn. He allowed 0 R, 1 H, 4 BB, and 1 SO.
Hitters for Blue:
Taylor 2 singles.
Aquino 1 HR.
McDowell, Fox and Dunlap 1 double each.
Stainback 1 single.
Hitters for White:
Every hitter for White had at least one hit.
Williamson 2 singles.
Ewing 1 HR
Hoelscher 1 triple
Cook 1 double
Warren, Teykl, Brian Smith and Murphy each had a single.
November 1, 2013 - Blue 0, White 0
It was a double (or maybe a quadruple) shutout day. Each side and all four pitchers didn't allow any runs to cross the plate today.
White 0 Blue 0 in 8 innings.
All four pitchers went four innings of shutout ball.
For the Blue team, Blake Fox gave up one single to Kirby Taylor. Blake struck-out six and had one HBP.
Jon Duplantier relieved Fox. Jon allowed two singles (Kevin McCanna and Taylor) while striking-out five and walking one. That's a total of eleven SOs for Blue pitchers.
For the White squad, Austin Orewiler allowed four singles (Shane Hoelscher, Ford Stainback, Chase McDowell and John Williamson). Austin struck-out two with one walk.
Caleb Smith relieved Orewiler. Caleb agave up five singles (Shane Hoelscher, Skyler Ewing, John Williamson, Dayne Wunderlich and Andrew Murphy). Caleb struck-out two and had one HBP.
The key to success was each pitcher had a great change-up working today.
Since there weren't many offensive highlights it should be noted that Zech Lemond and Jordan Stephens did participate in batting practice today.
Alumni game and RBI dinner tomorrow.
October 28, 2013 - Blue 5, White 4
In today's eight inning scrimmage, Blue nosed out the White 5-4. Ewing was at third again today. Lemond did play some centerfield. Taylor was at first.
With Kevin McCanna pitching four shut-out innings, the Blue team took the early lead.
In the bottom of the first, Charlie Warren continued to hit well with a lead-off single for Blue. Aquino walked. A strike-out followed. Ewing walked on four pitches. Connor Teykl singled up-the middle. Two runs scored. Ewing went to third.
Dayne Wundelich drove home Ewing on a sac-fly to right. A strike-out ended the first.
In the bottom of the second, Warren singled to center with two out. He was cut down attempting to steal second on a great throw by Reeves.
Blue added a fourth run in the third. Cook doubled down the left-field line with one out. Ewing singled him home. Two outs followed to close the inning.
In the fourth, Murphy singled with one out. He stole second. A foul pop out was the second out of the inning. Warren walked. A ground out to short was the third out.
Chase McDowell pitched the first four innings for White. His line was 4 inn, 4 R, 4 ER, 6 H, 4 SO, 3 BB.
McCanna's line was 4 inn, 2 H, 3 SO, 3 BB. The hits were singles by Kirby Taylor and Brian Smith.
Trevor Teykl pitched the final four innings for Blue. Evan Rutter threw the final four innings for White.
White scored three runs in the fifth when Dunlap walked on a full count. Taylor reached on an infield error. Stainback singled off the pitcher's foot. The bases were loaded.
Hoelscher singled to center. Dunlap scored. Bases still loaded. Byrd singled up-the-middle. Taylor and Stainback scored. Hoelscher went to third. Reeves hit a fly to left that was caught. The throw home doubled up Hoelscher.
Blue was put down in order in the fifth.
White tied the game at 4-4 in the top of the sixth. With two out, Taylor reached on an infield error. Stainback doubled to left-center. That scored Taylor to knot the score at four. An infield grounder ended the top of the sixth.
Blue rallied with two outs. Murphy almost hit one out to left. His double caught the top of the wall. McCanna singled to right to send home the winning run.
Byrd had an infield single to start the seventh. An outfield fly was the first out. Byrd was out attempting to steal after the batter struck-out.
In the bottom of the seventh, Aquino singled. A double play grounder retired two. A strike-out ended the frame.
White was retired in order and Blue stranded Fox after he singled with two out.
Trevor Teykl's line: 4 inn, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 SO. 1 BB.
Evan Rutter's line: 4 inn, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 H, 2 SO.
Final in eight was Blue (Home) 5 White (Visitor) 4.
October 26, 2013 - Blue 6, Gray 0
Austin and Nick Orewiler pitched a combined 8 inning shutout to lead Blue to a 6-0 win over Gray.
Austin pitched 5 innings giving up 4 hits. He struck out 4. Nick pitched 3 innings. He allowed 2 hits with one SO.
Each of the Gray pitchers allowed one earned run.
Duplantier pitched 4 innings. He struck out 5. He gave up 4 hits.
Caleb Smith pitched 3 innings. His line was 4 H 1 BB 1 ER.
Holt McNair pitched one inning. His line was 3 R 1 ER 1 BB.
Warren, Aquino, Ewing, C Teykl and Hoelscher each had 2 hits. Warren and Hoelscher each had a double.
The following had one hit each: B Smith, Murphy, Stainback, Byrd, McDowell and McCanna.
Skyler Ewing made his debut at third. He made a nice catch of a foul pop near the fence.
Tomorrow is an off day.
October 24, 2013 - Blue 3, Gray 3
Another perfect weather day for fall ball. Blue and Gray tied at three runs each in a five inning scrimmage.
Blake Fox pitched the first four innings for Blue. He allowed 3 runs on 6 hits. He walked two and struck out three.
Gray scored one in the first on infield singles by Byrd and Ewing and single to center by McDowell.
Gray added two runs in the third. Stainback walked. Hoelscher doubled to right. Stainback to third. Byrd hit a two RBI single to center.
The next three batters were retired.
Williamson singled to lead-off the fourth. Stainback walked after two outs. The inning ended on a fielder's choice ground out.
Ryan McCarthy started for Gray and faced seven batters in 2.1 shutout innings. He gave up one hit (Warren's single) and one walk.
Max McElligott relieved him in the third and retired the side with two strikeouts. McCanna had reached on an infield error between the two Ks.
In the fourth, McElligott walked Aquino, hit Cook with a pitch, and walked Reeves. A wild pitched scored Aquino and moved the other two runners to second and third.
Connor Teykl relieved McElligott. With the infield pulled in, Teykl got an infield ground out to third. The runners holding. Blake Fox singled to right-center. Two runs scored. That took Blake off the hook for the loss.
Teykl retired the next two hitters.
McElligott pitched 0.2 inn with 3 runs, no hits, 2 walks, and 2 SOs.
Connor Teykl pitched 1.0 inn with one hit, no runs, no walks, and one SO.
Lemond pitched the fifth for Blue. Ewing tripled to right with one out. With the infield in, McDowell hit a high-hop grounder to Aquino. Michael managed to get the ball and make the throw home to cut down Ewing at the plate. McDowell was forced at second on a fielder's choice to end the inning.
Stephens relieved for Gray in the fifth. He retired the side in order.
Next scrimmage is Saturday morning.
October 23, 2013 - Blue 7, Gray 1
The weather was perfect once again.
Today three of the pitchers were stretched out to four innings with the fourth pitcher going three innings.
Blue broke the one-one tie with 6 runs in the bottom of the seventh to garner a 7-1 win in 7 1/2 innings.
McDowell and McCanna each pitched four innings for the Blue. Trevor Teykl pitched the first four innings for Gray with Rutter pitching the final three innings.
McDowell pitched four shut-out innings. He allowed a one out triple to Connor Teykl in the second. Two ground outs to the right-side failed to plate the run.
Aquino lead-off the fourth with a single. An infield grounder to second with one out was turned into a double play to end the fourth.
Trevor Teykl walked the first two batters in the bottom of the first. A sac-bunt by Byrd pushed the runners to second and third. Teykl struck out the next batter and got a grounder to first to end the inning.
Brian Smith singled to lead-off the second. A fielder's choice eliminated Smith. A fly out followed. McDowell singled to center and Stainback walked to load the bases. A grounder to short forced Stainback at second ending the frame.
Blue broke on top with a run in the third. Byrd opened with a triple to right-field. Ewing doubled down the left-field line driving home Byrd. Williamson flied to right with Ewing taking third. Ewing was out at the plate on Smith's infield grounder to short. The inning ended on a ground-out to first.
Teykl pitched a perfect fourth.
Kevin McCanna pitched four solid innings for Blue. He looked like the pitcher the Owls want to see in the future. He faced four batters in each of his first three innings and three in the final stanza.
Gray scored one run in the sixth (McCanna's third inning) when Aquino doubled with one out. Cook singled to center to score Aquino. A strike'em out throw'em out double play ended the inning.
Warren continued his hitting by leading off the eighth with a single. An infield double play erased Warren. A ground-out to the right side ended the game.
Evan Rutter pitched the final three innings for Gray. After two scoreless innings, the team Blue rallied. In the bottom of the seventh, McDowell singled. Stainback followed with another single. Hoelscher doubled to right-field corner to score McDowell. Byrd's sac-fly fly plated Stainback.
An infield ground-out with the infield drawn in was the second out. Things spiraled out of control after that. An infield error allowed Hoelscher to score. Brian Smith singled. His third hit of the day. Fox followed with an RBI single. Another infield error loaded the bases. McDowell's third single of the day drove home the final two runs. An out followed.
After McCanna shut-down Gray in the eighth, the final was Blue 7 Gray 1.
The Owls do it again tomorrow. The weather should be perfect again.
October 21, 2013 - White 4, Blue 3
The White beat the Blue 4-3 in a seven and one-half inning scrimmage today. There was a beautiful sunset as the scrimmage ended.
Jon Duplantier started for White and pitched three scoreless innings. He struck out three and gave up one hit.
Austin Orewiler started for Blue and also pitched three shut-out innings. He allowed two singles and struck out one.
Caleb Smith relieved Duplantier in the fourth. He pitched three innings with no runs, one hit and four strike-outs.
Nick Orewiler pitched the next three innings for Blue. In the fourth, JC Reeves homered to left putting White up one run. In the fifth, Brian Smith singled to left.
Smith moved up a base on a passed ball. He took third on a fly to center. Williamson singled to center to score Smith. Williamson stole second. He advanced to third on a ground-out to second.
The inning ended as Williamson was tagged out trying to steal home. Nick pitched a scoreless sixth. He pitched three innings and allowed 2 runs, 5 hits, 1 SO, and 1 walk.
It was White 2 Blue 0 after six innings.
Williamson came on to pitch the seventh and eighth for White.
In the seventh, Byrd walked to lead off the inning. He stole second and took third on a wild pitch. Ewing singled off Williamson's leg. Byrd was nearly out at third when the ball caromed to Cook at third.
Byrd scored on a single to center by McDowell. Ewing took second. McCanna singled home Ewing. McDowell to third. McCanna followed to second on the throw. Murphy hit a sac-fly to center that scored McDowell.
Blue was up 3-2 going to the bottom of the seventh.
Max McElligott pitched the seventh for Blue. He allowed 2 runs on 2 hits and a walk.
Fox walked to open the inning. A fly out followed. Kopycinski singled to right. Fox to second.
A pop foul out was the second out of the frame. Cook singled to shortstop. Fox scored. Kopycinski took second. He scored after two wild pitches. A fly out ended the seventh.
White was now in the lead 4-3.
Williamson closed it out with two strike-outs and a fly out. He pitched two innings giving up 3 runs on 3 hits and one walk with four SOs.
Reeves, Cook and Ewing each had two hits. Reeves the HR. Aquino, Teykl, Smith, Kopycinski, Williamson, Byrd, McDowell and McCanna each had singles.
Byrd and Williamson each stole a base.
Next scrimmage is Wednesday.
October 19, 2013 - Rice 11, Lamar 7 (scrimmage)
The Owls and Cardinals played fourteen innings of baseball on an absolutely perfect fall afternoon. The Owls prevailed 11-7.
Rice out hit Lamar 21-8. However, Lamar worked the Rice pitchers for ten walks and one hit batter.
Rice scored one run in the first. With one out, Hoelscher walked. Aquino popped a ball to short-right. Hoelscher went half-way to second but started to retreat to first when it appeared it would be caught. The right-fielder couldn't make the catch. He threw to second to force Hoelscher. Reeves dropped a single into center. Aquino went to third.
Ewing singled to right. Aquino scored. An infield fielder's choice ended the inning.
Fox retired the first five batters he faced. He hit the next batter with an inside pitch. An infield error put runners at first and second. A walk loaded the bases. A single up the middle plated two runs.
Another walk followed. That runner was forced at second to end the rally.
Rice failed to score in the second. Neither team scored in the third.
After three, it was Lamar 2 Rice1.
In the fourth, Lamar scored two more runs. An infield error allowed the lead-off man to reach. A double to left put runners at second and third.
A grounder to second plated the first run. The other runner took third. A walk followed. The next batter lined out to third.
Lamar now put the runner at first in motion. The throw to second got past the man covering second. The runner on third scored.
Another walk followed. Another line drive out to third ended the inning.
The Owls were down 4-1.
Cook singled to right. A strike-out was the first out. Kopycinski dropped a single into right. Andrew Dunlap cleared the bases with a HR over the left-center field fence. No further action followed.
After 4, it was tied at 4.
McCarthy finished his 3.1 innings of work with seven straight outs.
Rice took the lead in the sixth. Cook singled to center. Stainback beat out an infield hit to third. Warren also singled to third . The first run scored on a failed pick-off throw to second. All runners advanced. Dunlap got his fourth RBI of the day with a sac-fly to left. Byrd singled home the final run of the frame.
The Owls would never relinquish the lead. They now were up 7-4.
Lemond pitched a perfect seventh inning.
Trevor Teykl held Lamar scoreless in the eighth and ninth.
Rice added two runs in the eighth. Connor Teykl singled to right. Ewing legged out a single to short. Byrd was HBP to load the bases. Dunlap got another RBI with a fielder's choice grounder to third that forced Byrd at second. Teykl scored. Ewing moved to third.
Warren scored Ewing on a sac-fly. That concluded the scoring in the inning.
After nine, it was 9-4 Rice.
Lamar scored twice in the tenth. A lead-off double was followed by a walk. A single scored one. A sac-bunt pushed the men on first and second up a base. A grounder to second scored the second and final run of the inning.
Rice answered with two runs. After one out, Aquino walked. C. Teykl singled to center. With a full count on Ewing, the Owls employed a hit and run. Ewing responded with a double to left that scored Aquino and Teykl. The next two batters fhit fly balls to left to end the Owls scoring for the day.
It was 11-6 Owls after ten innings.
McCanna pitched a scoreless 11th. Lamar scored one in the 12th on two walks and an RBI double.
Rutter pitched a scoreless 13th and Stephens pitched a perfect 14th.
Final was 11-7.
October 16, 2013 - Blue 1, Gray 1
The start time was moved up to 2:50 PM to avoid possible showers later in the afternoon. The game was concluded in 1 hour 35 minutes.
The final was 1-1 in 6 innings.
The scrimmage featured the initial fall ball pitching appearance of Jordan Stephens.
Pitchers for White were Jon Duplantier, Ryan McCarthy and Evan Rutter. Each pitched two innings.
Pitchers for Blue were Blake Fox (2 inn), Zech Lemond (1 inn), Jordan Stephens (1 inn) and John Williamson (2 inn).
Duplantier pitched the first two innings for White. Blue broke on top in the first on infield singles by Stainback and Ewing that surrounded a flare to right for a single by Hoelscher.
The run scored on a sac-fly to center by Williamson.
Fox singled in the second with two outs. He was stranded as Duplantier got an infield grounder to end the inning.
McCarthy pitched the third and fourth innings allowing no runs and two singles. One each by Wunderlich and Murphy.
Rutter pitched two shut-out innings. He allowed an infield single to Hoelscher. A double play erased the runner and ended the fifth.
Wunderlich singled with two out in the sixth. He was stranded on an infield ground-out. Hoelscher and Wunderlich were the only hitters with two hits.
Blake Fox started the game for Blue. He pitched two shut-out innings. Warren singled to lead-off. He was picked-off by Fox. Cook had a double.
Lemond pitched a perfect third.
Stephens pitched the fourth. He struck-out the lead-off man. Reeves singled up-the middle. He stole second and took third on a wild pitch. Another strike-out followed. A fly-ball to the outfield should have ended the inning. It was dropped and the run scored. That tied the game.
Murphy made a great catch of foul pop to the base of the screen behind home to end the inning.
Williamson pitched the final two innings. Brian Smith singled to lead-off the fifth. He was eliminated on a double play grounder to short. Williamson retired the next four hitters.
The Owls play Lamar on Saturday.
October 15, 2013 - Blue 4, Gray 1
The Blue team won for the fifth time today beating Gray 4-1.
It turned out to be the Chase McDowell story today. McDowell had his best pitching performance of the fall going three shut-out innings. He struck-out two with no walks. He gave up two singles.
Chase also had the big bat for Blue. He drove home three runs. One in each of his three at bats. His singles in the second and sixth drove home Andrew Murphy. Murphy had walked each time.
In the fourth, Brian Smith reached on a single. Murphy sacrificed Smith to second. Dayne Wunderlich reached on an infield single sending Smith to third. McDowell's sac-fly to center scored Smith.
Blue scored their other run in the fifth. Shane Hoelscher walked to open the inning. Leon Byrd ripped a single to right. Hoelscher taking second. After a strike-out, the two runners advanced on an infield grounder to the pitcher. A wild pitch scored Shane with Leon taking third.
The second strike-out of the inning concluded the rally.
Nick Orewiler followed McDowell. JC Reeves greeted him with a double to left. Reeves took third on a wild pitch. Hunter Kopycinski's single to left scored Reeves for Gray's only run. The inning ended with no further action.
Nick Orewiler allowed 3 hits and one run in two innings.
Austin Orewiler pitched the sixth for Blue. He allowed no runs, one hit, and one strike out. Blue pitchers did not walk a batter.
Caleb Smith started for Gray. Caleb also had his best outing of the fall. He gave up just the one run in the second and the one hit by McDowell.
The pitchers that followed Caleb were Trevor Teykl, Kevin McCanna and Max McElligott. Each pitched one inning allowing a single run apiece. McCanna had two strike-outs.
The squads will do it again tomorrow weather permitting.
October 13, 2013 - Rice 7, Sam Houston State 6 (scrimmage)
Rice and Sam Houston State manager to play the scheduled 14 inning scrimmage despite an occasional shower.
The start was moved up to 12:30 PM. Diamond dust was applied to the infield and the mound on more than one occasion. The crowd found seats under cover.
It was a fun game with many great defensive plays and timely hitting by each side.
Rice pitching held SHSU scoreless for the first 9 innings. Blake Fox, Jon Duplantier and Ryan McCarthy each pitched two innings. Zech Lemond, Kevin McCanna and Trevor Teykl each pitched a scoreless inning.
The Owls broke on top in the fifth inning.
Ford Stainback reached on an infield single. Carter Burgess made a diving catch of an attempted bunt for the first out. Ford moved to second on a ground-out to first. Shane Hoelscher doubled to left scoring Ford. A strike-out ended the rally.
In the sixth, Skyler Ewing and Keenan Cook each walked with one out. JC Reeves doubled to right-center scoring each runner. Two easy outs followed.
The score continued 3-0 Owls until Sam scored two in the tenth. With one out, Corey Toups doubled. Travis Lee reached on an infield single moving Toups to third. Lee stole second. Jake MacWilliams singled to center scoring two runs. Dylan Ebbs followed with a single to right. MacWilliams moved to third, Ebbs was cut down having rounded first too far. An infield ground-out to third ended the inning.
Rice got one back in the tenth. JC Reeves singled to right with one out. John Williamson ran for JC. Williamson took second on a passed ball. Cook grounded out moving the runner to third. Stainback singled to right for an RBI. Fox followed with a single to right . The inning ended on a pop to short.
It was 4-2 after 10.
Sam tacked on two in the eleventh.A hit batter, a walk, a couple of wild pitches and a sac-fly netted the first run. Another walk followed. Ryan Farney singled home the second run. Toups singled to load the bases. The Owls turned a 6-4-3 double play to get out of the inning.
Rice got one back in the twelfth. Ewing walked for the third time. He moved to second on a wild pitch. A ground out to third was the first out. Another wild pitch moved Ewing to third. Cook walked. Charlie Warren singled driving home Ewing. Cook to second. An infield double play ended the frame. It was 5-4 Rice.
A scoreless thirteenth followed.
In the fourteenth, SHSU scored twice when Shea Pierce homered to right-center following a walk to the lead-off man. Three quick outs followed.
Down one, the Owls fought back. Aquino dropped a Texas League single into center. Ewing walked for the fourth time on the day. Hunter Kopycinski laid down a beautiful bunt to force the third baseman to field the ball. Hunter beat the throw to first. The bases were loaded.
Cook the singled to center scoring Aquino and Ewing. Another bunt was unsuccessful forcing the runner at third. A fly ball double play ended the game.
Rice pitchers after the first 9 innings were Chase McDowell (1 inn), Caleb Smith (0.1 inn), Austin Orewiler (1.1 inn), John Williamson (1.1 inn) and Evan Rutter (1 inn).
Stainback had three hits. Warren, Hoelscher, Cook and Reeves each had two hits. Hoelscher had two doubles and Reeves one.
Aquino, Kopycinski and Fox each had one hit.
Next Saturday the Owls play Lamar.
October 9, 2013 - White 10, Blue 2
A beautiful fall day must have inspired the White team to play well as they finally won a game today. They scored early and often in beating the Blue team 10-2 in 6 1/2 innings.
The White team pitching dominated and cruised to a resounding victory.
Jon Duplantier pitched two perfect innings getting four ground ball outs and two fly ball outs.
He was followed by Evan Rutter who pitched two scoreless innings. He gave up two hits (a single to McDowell and a triple to Cook). He struck out two.
John Williamson pitched the final two innings for the White. He pitched a perfect fifth inning. In the sixth, he gave up two runs. McCanna singled to right-center. A wild pitch allowed McCanna to take second.
An infield out did not advance the runner. A fly to deep center allowed McCanna to take third. Cook singled home the first run for Blue. Ewing doubled home the second run on his sixth extra-base hit of the ball. Williamson struck-out the next batter to end the frame.
The White bats struck for two runs in the first off Caleb Smith. Stainback tripled to center. A strikeout followed. Byrd reached on a fielder's choice infield error. Stainback scored. Reeves walked. Byrd to second. Williamson grounded to second base. Reeves retired. Byrd took third. An attempted double steal allowed Byrd to score with Williamson caught in a run down to end the inning.
White scored three more in the second. Smith singled to center. Smith took second on a fielder's choice ground-out. An error on an attempted pick-off at second allowed Smith to take third. Wunderlich drove home the run with a single to center. Murphy doubled to left. The runner on base taking third. Dunlap roped a single to left scoring two runs. Stainback walked. A line drive to center was caught and the runner on second was doubled-off.
After two innings, White had a 2-0 lead.
Austin Orewiler pitched the third and fourth for Blue. Byrd walked to open the third. Reeves singled. Byrd to third on the hit-and-run. Smith's one out sac-fly scored Byrd. A fly to center concluded the rally.
Orewiler pitched a perfect fourth.
After four innings, it was 6-0 White.
McCanna pitched innings five and six for Blue. McCanna retired the side in order in the fifth.
After six, it was 7-2 White.
In the sixth, Reeves reached on an infield single and took second on a throwing error. Williamson singled Reeves home. A double play wiped out Williamson. A fly to right was the third out.
McElligott pitched the seventh for Blue. Wunderlich walked. Murphy beat out an infield single. Dunlap walked. A wild pitch scored Wunderlich. Hoelscher singled through the hole on the left-side to score Murphy and Dunlap. An infield double-play and a fly out ended the scrimmage.
Final 10-2 White.
October 8, 2013 - Blue 5, White 2
Blue rallied to win 5-2 in 6 innings.
White scored two runs in the top of the first on Aquino's 2 run HR to deep left-center. Warren reached on an infield single prior to the HR.
Blue answered with 3 runs in the bottom of the first. Stainback opened the inning with a double down the left-field line.
After a fly out, Byrd singled to right driving home Stainback. Ewing tripled to right-center. Byrd scored. Williamson dropped a single into right to score Ewing.
A strikeout and an infield grounder ended the rally.
After one, it was 3-2 Blue.
Blue tacked on two more runs in the third. Byrd singled to right. He stole second. Ewing doubled to center with Byrd scoring. Williamson singled upthe middle scoring Ewing.
Williamson was out trying to steal second. An outfield fly and a strikeout concluded the inning.
After three, it was Blue up 5-2. That was the final score.
Andrew Dunlap started his first game of the fall as DH.
Zech Lemond made his initial appearance of the fall throwing one perfect inning with a strikeout.
Other pitchers:
Fox 2 inn 5 H 3 R 2 SO
T. Teykl 3 inn 3 H 2 R 2 SO 1 BB
McDowell 3 inn 2 H 2 R 1 SO
McCarthy 3 inn 3 H 0 R 2 SO
Hitting highlights:
Byrd 2 H, Ewing 2 H (D, T), Williamson 2 H, Aquino 2 H (HR)
One hit each by Warren, Reeves, C. Teykl, Stainback (D), B. Smith (D),
RBI: Aquino 2, Williamson 2, Ewing 2, Byrd 1
SB by Byrd.
Blue uniforms lead 4-0-1.
Intrasquad again tomorrow.
October 5, 2013 - Blue 4, White 2
Blue pounded out 11 hits including 3 doubles (Aquino, Kopycinski and Taylor) to beat the White team 4-2 in 8 1/2 innings.
Once again all the runs were scored in the first 3 innings.
White broke on top with 2 runs in the top of the first. Hoelscher singled to left. Byrd followed with a single to right with Hoelscher advancing to third. Byrd stole second. Hoelscher scored when the throw to second went into the outfield. Williamson drove home Byrd with a single to right. That was to be all the scoring that White could muster on the day.
Blue immediately answered with 2 runs in the bottom of the first. Warren reached on an infield single. After a fly out, Warren was picked off first. Cook walked. Ewing singled to right with Cook taking third. Teykl walked to load the bases. Kopycinski singled to left, scoring 2. An infield out ended the inning.
Blue added 2 more runs in the second. Brian Smith singled to left. Taylor doubled to left. A strikeout followed. A walk to Warren loaded the bases. Aquino's single to left drove home 2 runners. Two outs followed to end the second.
After two innings, it was Blue 4, White 2. It remained that way for the rest of the game.
Aquino, Kopycinski, Ewing, Bryd, Williamson and Fox each had 2 hits.
Warren, Cook, Smith, Taylor, Murphy, Hoelscher and Rathjen each had 1 hit.
RBI: Aquino 2, Kopycinski 2, Williamson 1
Byrd and Cook registered a stolen base each.
Pitching Lines:
Austin Orewiler 3 inn, 2 R, 3 H, 2 SO, 1 BB
Nick Orewiler 3 inn, 0 R, 5 H, 2 SO, 1 HBP
Caleb Smith 3 inn, 0 R, 0H, 1 SO, 2 BB
Kevin McCanna 3 inn, 4 R, 6 H, 4 SO, 4 BB
Jon Duplantier 3 inn, 0 R, 4 H, 2 SO, 1 BB
Holt McNair 3 inn, 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB
Max McElligott 1 inn, 0 R, 0 H, 3 BB
October 4, 2013 - Blue 2, White 2
On a warm fall afternoon, the two sides battled 8 innings to a 2-2 draw.
Chase McDowell and Blake Fox started for Blue (home) and White (visitor), respectively.
White scored 2 runs in the second on Connor Teykl's double to right. The double followed a walk to JC Reeves and a double by Taylor.
Blue tied it up in the third on an infield hit by Ford Stainback. Hoelscher brought Ford home on a double to right-center and took third on the throw home. Byrd hit a sac fly to tie the score.
Trevor Teykl (blue) and Ryan McCarthy (white) each pitched 3 scoreless innings. John Williamson (blue) and Evan Rutter each pitched 2 shutout innings.
Tomorrow, practice at 2 pm, with scrimmage to follow at around 4 pm.
October 1, 2013 - Blue 2, White 1
It was a beautiful night for the late evening scrimmage. Blue (Visitors) won 2-1.
The four pitchers for the visitors (Austin Orewiler, Caleb Smith, Holt McNair and Max McElligott) held the blue team to a lead-off single by Ford Stainback and a sixth inning run on a hit batter, a walk, a wild pitch and a sac-fly.
Blue scored two runs in the top of the fourth on Skyler Ewing's third double of the fall. Ewing's hit was preceded by a hit batter and a single to right by Michael Aquino.
Blue got at least one hit in each of the six innings.
Pitchers for the home squad were Kevin McCanna, Jon Duplantier and Nick Orewiler.
Michael Aquino and Keenan Cook each had 2 singles. Charlie Warren, Chase McDowell, Kirby Taylor and Ford Stainback each had a single.
Skyler Ewing had the big double to right and 2 RBI. John Williamson had an RBI.
September 30, 2013 - Blue 4, White 2
With rain falling all around the Houston area, Wayne worked his magic with the weather and the Owls got in 6 innings of fall ball without any rain.
Blue line-up (visitors)
Name
Charlie Warren CF 3 singles 2 runs
Michael Aquino LF 1 double 1 single 1 run 1 RBI
Leon Byrd SS 1 HR 1 run 2 RBI 1 BB
JC Reeves C 3 singles 1 RBI
Keenan Cook 2b
Kirby Taylor 3b 1 single
Kevin McCanna 1b
Beau Rathjen RF
Blake Fox DH
Pitchers:
Blake Fox 2 inn 2 R 3 H 2 K 1 HBP
Ryan McCarthy 2 inn 0 R 2 H 3 K 1 BB
Evan Rutter 2 inn 0 R 2 H 3 K 1 BB
White line-up (home)
Name
Ford Stainback ss 1 single
Shane Hoelscher 3b
Connor Teykl 2b
Skyler Ewing 1b 2 dbls 1 R
Hunter Kopycinski C 1 single
Brian Smith rf
John Williamson LF/DH 2 singles 1 run
Chase McDowell DH/LF
Dayne Wunderlich CF
Andrew Murphy DH
Pitchers:
Chase McDowell 1.1 inn 4 R 6 H 1 K 1 BB 1 HBP
Trevor Teykl 2.0 inn 0 R 3 H 3 K 1 BB
John Williamson 2.0 inn 0 R 2 H 2 K 1 BB
In the top of the first, the Blue team scored three runs as Warren singled, Aquino doubled him home and Byrd homered to right center to close out the scoring.
Blue added one more run in the second on Warren's infield single. Byrd walked pushing Warren to second. JC Reeves singled to score Warren.
In the bottom of the second, Ewing hit the first of his two doubles on the day. Williamson reached on an infield single and a throwing error allowed Ewing to score and Williamson to advance, Williamson took third on a fly to right and scored on an infield error.
That was the final run of the day.
Final Visitors 4, Home 2.
Tomorrow is a late practice and scrimmage. Practice starts at 6:30 PM. Scrimmage at 8:30 PM.
Blue line-up (visitors)NameCF 3 singles 2 runsLF 1 double 1 single 1 run 1 RBISS 1 HR 1 run 2 RBI 1 BBC 3 singles 1 RBI2b3b 1 single1b RFDHPitchers:2 inn 2 R 3 H 2 K 1 HBP2 inn 0 R 2 H 3 K 1 BB2 inn 0 R 2 H 3 K 1 BBWhite line-up (home)Namess 1 single3b 2b 1b 2 dbls 1 RC 1 singlerf LF/DH 2 singles 1 runDH/LF CF DH Pitchers:1.1 inn 4 R 6 H 1 K 1 BB 1 HBP2.0 inn 0 R 3 H 3 K 1 BB2.0 inn 0 R 2 H 2 K 1 BBIn the top of the first, the Blue team scored three runs as singled, doubled him home andhomered to right center to close out the scoring.Blue added one more run in the second on infield single. walked pushing to second. singled to score .In the bottom of the second, hit the first of his two doubles on the day. reached on an infield single and a throwing error allowed to score and to advance, took third on a fly to right and scored on an infield error.That was the final run of the day.Final Visitors 4, Home 2.Tomorrow is a late practice and scrimmage. Practice starts at 6:30 PM. Scrimmage at 8:30 PM.
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