Game #5: RIVERDOGS 11 Bulls 1

The Riverdogs arrived to West Raleigh bright and early for pictures at 8am! I took a bunch of team photos there this morning, but I think I was still half asleep because they did not turn out! So, if you took any...please send my way, so I can post on here. Thanks!

The weather was not great, but at least we did not have a downpour. Rick Pate, Interim Director of Baseball at West Raleigh, along with a few staff members worked until around 10pm Friday night fixing the fields and then were back at it VERY early Saturday morning and throughout the day. It took a lot to keep those fields in playable conditions due to Mother Nature. Due to the weather, we started our game at 9am instead of 9:30am.

We missed our very own Coach Wayne helping out the team! But, a big thanks to Benjamin's dad, Dan, for filling in as dugout coach!

Here are the stats for today...

DEFENSE:
1st inning:
Noah backed up his teammate and kept a solid Bulls hitter to a single.
Lawson (second) to Luke (shorstop) for the last out of the game.

2nd inning:
Charley (pitcher) to Ian (first) for out #1.
Luke (shortstop) to Ian (first) for another out.

3rd inning:
Luke (third) to Ian (first) for out #1.
Lawson (shortstop) to John (second) for out #2.
Ian caught a fly ball at first base for the last out.

4th inning:
Lawson (second) to Luke (shortstop) for the first out.
Luke caught a very high fly ball for out #2 at shortstop.
Luke (shortstop) to Lawson (second) for the last out.

5th inning:
Charley (pitcher) to Ian (first) for out #1.
Ian caught a fly ball at first for out #2.
Lawson (third) to Ian (first) for the last out.

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

Jack, Luis, Gavin and Cullen did a great job behind the plate!

A big shout out to our outfielders for quickly throwing the ball into the infield with the Bulls' big hitters! Way to go John, Charley, Benjamin, Gavin, Noah, Jack, Griffin, Cullen and Luis!

Now for our OFFENSE...

Lawson: 3-4 with a double and 2 runs scored
Ian: 3-4 with a double, RBI and 2 runs scored
Luke: 3-3 with a double, RBI and 2 runs scored
John: 3-3 with a RBI and 2 runs scored
Charley: 0-3, but will get them next time!
Benjamin: 2-3 with 2 RBI and 1 run scored
Gavin: 1-3 with 2 RBI
Noah: 2-3 with a RBI and 1 run scored
Jack: 2-3
Griffin: 1-3 with 1 run scored
Cullen: 2-3 with a RBI
Luis: 2-3

Practice is scheduled for Sunday at West Raleigh, 3-5pm. We play the Lookouts Monday night at 5:30pm!!

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