Game #2: RIVERDOGS 14 Bats 5

At 3pm this afternoon the Riverdogs hosted the Bats on Nowell Field at West Raleigh. The boys played hard and had some great defensive plays because the Bats kept hitting that ball! Our outfielders have improved a lot already by making some great catches, getting the ball quickly into the infield, backing up each other and backing up the infield! Way to go Noah, Benjamin, Gavin, Charley, Cullen, Jack, Griffen, John and Luis!

Here were the DEFENSIVE plays...

1st inning:
Benjamin (centerfield) threw the ball to Luke at second base (playing shortstop though) to tag the runner out at second for the first play of the game and the first out.
John caught a fly ball out in left centerfield for the second out.
Noah (leftfield) held a runner to first by throwing the ball in.
Gavin (pitcher) to (Lawson) at second for the third out.

2nd inning:
Lawson (second) to Ian (first) for out #1.
Luke (shortstop) to Ian (first) for out #2.
Charley (pitcher) to Ian (first) for out #3.
A 1-2-3 inning.

3rd inning:
Ian had an unassisted play at first for out #1.
Luke (shorstop) to Charley (third) for out #2.
Jack held a runner to first by throwing the ball in from leftfield.
Luke (shorstop) to Lawson (second) for out #3.

4th inning:
Luke caught a fly ball at short for out #1.
Ian caught a line drive at first for out #2.

5th inning:
Noah kept the runner to first by throwing the ball quickly in from leftfield.
Benjamin caught a fly ball in centerfield for out #1.
Gavin (pitcher) to Charley (third) for out #2.
Charley caught a fly ball at third base for the third out.

6th inning:
Luke (shortstop) to Ian (first) for the first out.
Lawson (second) to Ian (first) for the final out of the game.

Gret job behind the plate catching for the Riverdogs Jack, Luis, Gavin and Cullen!

Now for our OFFENSE...

Lawson: 3-4 with 2 runs scored
Ian: 2-4 with 2 doubles, 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored
Luke: 2-4 with 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored
John: 3-3 with 2 RBIs and 3 runs scored
Charley: 1-3 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Benjamin: 3-3 with 2 RBIs
Gavin: 2-3 with 1 RBI
Noah: 2-3 with 1 run scored
Jack: 2-3 with 1 run scored
Griffin: 1-3 with 1 RBI
Cullen: 3-3 with 2 runs scored
Luis: 2-3 with 1 RBI

The Riverdogs will meet the Thunder in a Tuesday night game this week. First pitch is slated for 5:30pm on Nowell Field!

GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!