Saturday, October 27, 2012

A WIN! Now headed to the Championship Game Tomorrow!!

Yes, you read the title correctly! After losing to the Bulls earlier, the Riverdogs needed to fight back to stay in the tournament and they did just that! They beat the Bulls, 7-6!

Here's how we looked DEFENSIVELY...

1st inning:
Ben (shortstop) to Lance (first) for out #1
Gavin (second) to Lance (first) for outs 2 and 3

2nd inning:
Ben (shortstop) to Gavin (second) for the first 2 outs
Ben caught a fly ball at shortstop for the last out

3rd inning:
Gavin (second) to Ben (shortstop) for out #1
Ben (shortstop) to Gavin (second) for out #2
Griffin (pitcher) to Hayden (third) for the last out

4th inning:
A great 1-2-3 inning!
Ben (shortstop) to Lance (first) for out #1
Griffin (pitcher) to Lance (first) for out #2
Griffin (pitcher) to Hayden (third) for the last out

5th inning:
Griffin caught a fly ball at pitcher for out #1
Gavin had an unassisted play at second for out #2
Hayden (third) to Gavin (second) for the last out

6th inning:
Ben (shortstop) to Gavin (second) for out #1
Gavin (second) to Lance (first) for out #2
Ben (shortstop) to Lance (first) for the last out

Bailey and GW tag teamed at the catcher position and played well! Alex, Nathaniel, Brock, Brayden, Bailey, GW and Will were on their toes in the outfield backing up their teammates!

OFFENSIVELY...

Gavin: 1-3
Hayden: 3-3 with a double and 1 run scored
Ben: 2-3 with 1 run scored
Lance: 2-3 with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored
Griffin: 2-3 with a double, 1 RBI and 2 runs scored
Alex: 2-2 with 2 RBI and 1 run scored
Nathaniel: 2-3 with a double and 1 RBI
Brock: 1-3 with 1 RBI
Brayden: 2-3 with a double
Bailey: 1-3
GW: 0-2
Will: 0-2

The RIVERDOGS will face the Bees in the championship game tomorrow at 1:30pm!!!!!!!

If the DAWGS win, then they'll play a second game right after against the Bees (Bees are undefeated heading into the championship game and it's a double elimination tournament). Then, the Minor League Closing Ceremonies!!!!!!!

So proud of the Riverdogs!

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

RIVERDOGS 4 Bees 14

The game was to start at 2pm, but due to Hurricane Sandy...our game was to start 20 minutes after the Lookouts/Bulls game. So, first pitch was around 11am on Saturday. The Riverdogs were not playing like they had been the last 3 games, so we took the loss 14-4 against the Bees. Here's how we looked DEFENSIVELY...

1st inning:
Ben (shortstop) to Gavin (second) for out #1
Gavin (second) to Lance (first) for out #2
Ben (shortstop) to Hayden (third) for the last out

2nd inning:
Lance caught a fly ball at first for out #1
Hayden caught a low fly ball at third for out #2
Griffin caught a fly ball at pitcher for out #3

3rd inning:
Gavin caught a fly ball at second for out #1
Gavin (second) to Lance (first) for the second out
Griffin (pitcher) to Hayden (third) for the last out

4th inning:
Gavin caught a fly ball at first for the first out
Griffin (pitcher) to Ben (shortstop) at second for out #2
Ben (shortstop) to Gavin (second) for the last out

5th inning:
Lance had an unassisted play at first for out #1
Griffin (pitcher) to Lance (first) for out #2

6th inning:
Lance had an unassisted play at first for out #1
Ben caught a fly ball at shortstop for out #2
Griffin (pitcher) to Lance (first) for out #3

GW and Bailey did an awesome job sharing the duties behind the plate! Also, the outfielders kept busy today...great job Alex, Nathaniel, Brock, Brayden, Bailey, GW and Will!!!

OFFENSIVELY...

Gavin: 2-3 with 1 run scored
Hayden: 2-3 with a triple and 1 run scored
Ben: 1-3 with 1 RBI
Lance: 1-3 with 1 RBI
Griffin: 1-2
Alex: 0-2
Nathaniel: 0-2
Brock: 1-2 with 1 run scored
Brayden: 1-2 with a double and 1 run scored
Bailey: 2-2 with 2 RBI
GW: 0-2
Will: 0-2

Since this was our first loss in the tournament, we face the Bulls in the next game (back to back games this morning).

Monday, October 22, 2012

Out of the Gates!

Coach Paul told the players after yesterday's game that they need to play Riverdog baseball all 6 innings and to be ready to play game #2 of the tournament as soon as the Dawgs are led out of the gates!!!

Well, the players did just that tonight! With a solid defense and a great offense, the Riverdogs took control of the game and never gave up that control the entire 6 innings! They went on and won their second game of the tournament against the Bulls, 11-4.

Here's how we looked DEFENSIVELY...

1st inning:
Ben (shortstop) to Gavin (second) for the first 2 outs
Griffin D caught a fly ball at the pitcher's mound for the last out

2nd inning:
Ben (shortstop) to Gavin (second) for out #1
Gavin performed a double play...tagged the runner for out #2 and then threw the ball to Lance (first) for the final out of the inning!

3rd inning:
Lance had an unassisted play at first for out #1
Ben caught a fly ball at shortstop for out #2
Gavin (second) to Lance (first) for out #3
A perfect 1-2-3 inning!

4th inning:
Ben caught a fly ball at shortstop for out #1
Ben (shortstop) to Gavin (second) for out #2
Ben caught a hard line drive at shortstop for out #3

5th inning:
Gavin (second) to Lance (first) for the first out
Ben (shortstop) to Hayden (third) for the second out (great decision!)
Here's what happened for the third out...the Bulls player hit the ball to right centerfield...Brayden threw the ball to his cutoff (Gavin)...the runner rounded the base and got stuck off the base and Gavin tagged the runner out!

6th inning:
Gavin (second) to Lance (first) for out #1
Hayden caught a fly ball at third for out #2
It took a couple plays and a few runs scored to get the last out.
Lance had an unassisted play at first for the last out of the game!

What a game!!!! Outstanding job holding the runners by getting the ball from the outfield to the infield...nice work Alex, Nathaniel, Brock, Brayden, Bailey, GW and Will!!!

Also, nice job behind the plate catching all those balls GW and Bailey!!

Here's how we looked OFFENSIVELY...

Gavin: 2-3 with 2 runs scored (great job leading off!)
Hayden: 3-3 with 1 RBI and 3 runs scored (wow!)
Ben: 3-3 with a double, 3 RBI and 2 runs scored (keep it up!)
Lance: 2-3 with 1 run scored (hard hits!!)
Griffin D: 2-3 with 3 RBI (great job!)
Alex: 3-3 with 2 RBI and 1 run scored (he is on fire!)
Nathaniel: 1-3 with 1 run scored (great hit!!!)
Brock: 1-3 with a double and 2 RBI (way to step up!!!)
Brayden: 1-3 (way to step up!)
Bailey: 0-3 (get 'em next time!)
GW: 1-3 (what an exciting hit!!)
Will: 1-3 (faster than lightening getting to first!)

We'll have some practices this week and then return to Nowell Field on Saturday for a 2pm game!!!

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

Here's another video...major DAWG pile! Where's Coach Paul? Where's Coach Dave? haha

Sunday, October 21, 2012

A WIN!!!!!!!!!!!

As stated in the earlier post...today marks a NEW season for the Riverdogs! The regular season is over. It's anyone's game now. All records go back to 0-0. The Riverdogs came back from behind today in the first tournament game, fought hard, was determined as a team and won the game against the Thunder!

Here's how we looked DEFENSIVELY...

1st inning:
Ben (shortstop) to Gavin (second) for the first out
Due to some errors...4 runs scored between the first and second out...Coach Paul called time and had every Riverdog hustle to him to regroup
After the end of the 1st inning...Riverdogs were down 5-1

2nd inning:
Hayden (third) to Gavin (second) for an out
Ben (shortstop) to Gavin (second) for the last out
At the end of the 2nd...Riverdogs were down 6-2

3rd inning:
Gavin (second) to Ben (shortstop) at second for outs 1 and 2
Griffin D (pitcher) to Lance (first) for the last out
At the end of the 3rd...Riverdogs were down 6-5

4th inning:
Ben (shortstop) to Gavin (second) for out #1
Griffin (pitcher) to Ben (shortstop) at second for out #2
Gavin (second) to Lance (first) for the last out

5th inning:
Ben (shortstop) to Gavin (second) for out #1
Then, a double play! Gavin caught a fly ball at second (with a runner on first) and then threw the ball to Lance (first) for the final out!!!
At the end of the 5th...Riverdogs were down 7-5

6th inning:
Griffin D caught a fly ball (his glove was on the ground and caught the ball) for out #1 and then turned it into a double play because he threw the ball to Lance (first base) since there was a runner on first for out #2!!!!
Griffin D (pitcher) to Lance (first) for the last out of the game!!!!!!

Great job behind the plate Bailey, Griffin W and Will!!!!!!! Way to hang tough with all that gear on!

Nice job outfielders for getting the ball quickly to the cutoff and for backing each other up! Great work Alex, Nathaniel, Brock, Brayden, Bailey, Griffin W and Will!!!!!!

Now for the OFFENSE...

Gavin: 2-3 with a double and 1 run scored
Hayden: 1-3 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Ben: 3-3 with 2 doubles and 3 runs scored
Lance: 3-3 with 2 doubles, 3 RBI and 1 run scored
Griffin D: 1-3 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Alex: 3-3 with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored
Nathaniel: 1-3 with 1 run scored
Brock: 2-3 with 1 run scored
Brayden: 2-3 with 3 RBI
Bailey: 0-3 with 1 RBI
Griffin W: 0-3
Will: 0-3

We were down 7-5 heading into the top of the 6th...we were the visiting team. We came back, got the bats going with Ben starting us off and scored 6 runs to take the lead with 11 runs total. We needed to hold them with our defense and the DAWGS did!

Next up for the DAWGS...tomorrow night (Monday) at 5:30pm against the Bulls!!!!!!!

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

Team dog pile after the win in the tournament!!!!!

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Tournament Time

The Riverdogs will face the Thunder tomorrow at 1:30pm  in the first tournament game!!!!!

It's the start of a NEW season!!

Here we go DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It Came Down to the Wire...

The Riverdogs took the loss in the bottom of the 6th (after tying the game in the top of the inning) with 2 outs...tough loss, but the Dawgs played hard as they ended the regular season against the #1 team in the league. The final score was 6-5.

If I can find the cord to plug in my camera, then I could post some pictures. But, want to send out a HUGE thank you to Coach Lance for bringing his knowledge of baseball, enthusiasm and pitching skills to the field today. Coach Lance coached the Riverdogs over the last 2 years and has "retired" from the minor league.

Here's how we looked DEFENSIVELY...

1st inning:
Ben caught a fly ball at shortstop for out #1
Ben (shortstop) to Lance (first) for out #2

2nd inning:
Griffin D caught a fly ball at pitcher for out #1
Ben caught a fly ball at shortstop for out #2
Lance had an unassisted play at first for the last out

3rd inning:
Ben (shortstop) to Lance (first) for an out

4th inning:
Lance had an unassisted play at first for out #1

5th inning:
Ben caught a fly ball at shortstop for out #1
Gavin (second) to Lance (first) for out #2
Hayden (third) to Gavin (second) for out #3

6th inning:
Ben made an amazing catch at shortstop for the first out

Great work behind the plate Will and Griffin W! Nice job getting the ball in outfielders and backing up your teammates...Alex, Nathaniel, Brock, Brayden, Bailey, Griffin W and Will!

OFFENSIVELY...

Gavin: 3-3 with 2 runs scored
Hayden: 2-3 with a double
Ben: 1-3 with a double and 1 run scored
Lance: 3-3 with 2 doubles, 3 RBI and 2 runs scored
Griffin D: 2-3 with 1 RBI
Alex: 1-3 with 1 RBI
Nathaniel: 2-3
Brock: 0-2
Brayden: 1-2
Bailey: 0-2
Griffin W: 0-2
Will: 0-2

Saturday's line score 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H
RIVERDOGS 1 0 0 1 0 3 5 15
Lookouts 2 0 3 0 0 1 6 9

Tough Loss Against the Bees

The Riverdogs lost 8-3. Here's how we looked DEFENSIVELY...

1st inning:
Griffin D (pitcher) to Lance (first) for out #1
Gavin had an unassisted play at second for out #2

2nd inning:
Griffin D (pitcher) to Lance (first) for out #1
Ben (shortstop) to Gavin (second) for the last out

3rd inning:
Lance (centerfield) to Ben (shortstop) for out #1
Griffin (second) to Ben (shortstop) at second for out #2
Hayden (third) to Gavin (first) for the last out

4th inning:
Gavin caught a fly ball at second for an out
Griffin D (pitcher) to Lance (first) for the last out

5th inning:
Griffin D (pitcher) to Lance (first) for out #1
Gavin (second) to Lance (first) for outs 2 and 3

OFFENSIVELY...

Gavin: 2-3 with 1 run scored
Hayden: 3-3
Ben: 2-3
Lance: 1-3 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Griffin D: 2-2 with a double and 1 RBI
Alex: 1-2
Nathaniel: 2-2 with 1 run scored
Brock: 1-2
Brayden: 1-2 with 1 RBI
Bailey: 0-2
Griffin W: 0-2
Will: 0-2

Riverdogs face the Lookouts in the last regular season game on Saturday at noon!

Sunday, October 14, 2012

RIVERDOGS 8 Thunder 11

The Riverdogs played another close game...this time against the Thunder. Here's how we looked DEFENSIVELY...

1st inning:
Griffin (second) to Gavin (first) for the first 2 outs

2nd inning:
Alex had an unassisted play at third for out #1
Griffin had an unassisted play at second for out #2
Ben caught a fly ball at shortstop for the last out

3rd inning:
Gavin had unassisted plays at first for outs 1 and 2
Ben (shortstop) to Griffin (second) for the last out

4th inning:
Gavin caught a fly ball at first for out #1
Brayden had an unassisted play at third for out #2

5th inning:
Gavin caught a fly ball at first for the first out
Ben (shortstop) to Griffin (second) for out #2
Alex caught a line drive at third for out #3

Great job trying new positions in a game situation Alex, Hayden and Brock!

Enjoyed watching Griffin W, Alex, Bailey and Brayden work hard behind the plate! Nice job Bailey, Hayden, Brock, Brayden, Griffin W and Will in the outfield!

OFFENSIVELY...

Gavin: 1-3 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Hayden: 2-3 with a triple, double, 1 RBI and 2 runs scored
Ben: 3-3 with 3 doubles, 3 RBI and 1 run scored
Griffin: 0-3
Alex: 1-3 with 1 RBI
Brock: 1-3 with 1 run scored
Brayden: 1-3 with 1 run scored
Bailey: 2-3 with a double, 2 RBI and 1 run scored
GW: 0-3
Will: 1-3 with 1 run scored

Next up for the DAWGS...Game on Wednesday night against the Bees!!!!!!

Thursday, October 11, 2012

RIVERDOGS 10 Bulls 7

In a 5:30pm game against the Bulls tonight, the Riverdogs walked away with a win!! The second win of the season!

We had a great showing on the defense...great job getting the ball quickly into the infield from the outfield and also way to back each other up! Nice work in the outfield Lance, Alex, Nathaniel, Brock, Brayden, Griffin W and Will! Our catchers were definitely working hard behind the plate - Alex, Brayden and Griffin W!

DEFENSIVELY...

1st inning:
Nathaniel (centerfield) to Ben (shortstop) at second for out #1
Griffin (pitcher) to Lance (first) for out #2
Gavin had an unassisted play at second for the last out

2nd inning:
Gavin (second) to Lance (first) for outs 1, 2 and 3 in a nice 1-2-3 inning!

3rd inning:
Ben (shortstop) to Hayden (third) for an out
Griffin (second) to Gavin (first) for the last out

4th inning:
A great 1-2-3 inning!
Griffin (pitcher) to Lance (first) for out #1
Gavin (second) to Lance (first) for out #2
Ben caught a line drive at shortstop for out #3

5th inning:
Ben (shortstop) to Hayden (third) for an out
Ben caught a fly ball at shortstop for the last out

6th inning:
A great double play...Ben caught a line drive and then threw the ball to Lance (first)!
Gavin (second) to Lance (first) for the final out!

OFFENSIVELY...

Gavin: 2-4 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Hayden: 3-3 with 1 run scored
Ben: 2-3 with 2 RBI and 1 run scored
Lance: 2-3 with 2 runs scored
Griffin: 2-3 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Alex: 2-3 with 2 RBI and 1 run scored
Nathaniel: 3-3 with 2 RBI and 1 run scored
Brock: 2-3 with 1 run scored
Brayden: 2-3 with 1 RBI
Griffin W: 0-3
Will: 2-3 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored

Great job Riverdogs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Practice tomorrow night and then we face the Thunder at 4pm on Saturday!

Saturday's game was a close one against the Bats!

We took the loss against the Bats on Saturday with a final score of 10-7. Here's how we looked DEFENSIVELY...

1st inning:
Gavin (second) to Ben (shortstop) at second for an out

2nd inning:
Lance had an unassisted play at first for an out

3rd inning:
Brock (pitcher) to Lance (first) for an out

4th inning:
Ben (shortstop) to Gavin (second) for an out

5th inning:
Ben caught a fly ball at shortstop and then threw the ball to Hayden (third) to complete a double play

OFFENSIVELY...

Gavin: 3-3 with a double and 3 runs scored
Lance: 2-3 with a double, 2 RBI and 2 runs scored
Ben: 2-3 with 2 doubles, 3 RBI and 1 run scored
Hayden: 2-3 with 1 RBI
Alex: 0-3
Nathaniel: 2-3 with 1 RBI
Brock: 2-3
Brayden: 2-3
Bailey: 1-3
Griffin: 0-3
Will: 1-3



Friday, October 5, 2012

Scrappers 16 Riverdogs 7

It was a late night for both teams with a 7:30pm start on a Friday night. The Riverdogs fought hard and we're working on getting through that 4th inning...it seems to get us each time.

Tonight we played with only 9 kids. Our outfielders had a  lot of ground to cover since we played 3 and not 5. Gavin played first base for the first time ever. Brock and Nathaniel swapped out second base and pitcher. Griffin fought hard behind the plate for most of the innings with Will taking two of them. Brayden, Alex, Griffin and Will all chipped in with good defense in the outfield getting that ball in and covering a lot of space!The Riverdogs played hard after a tough loss to the Lookouts at the last game and down 3 players.

Here's how we did defensively...

1st inning:
Ben (shortstop) to Gavin (first) for out #1
Hayden had an unassisted play at third for an out

2nd inning:
Brock (second) to Ben (shortstop) at second for out #1
Nathaniel (pitcher) to Ben (shortstop) at second for an out

3rd inning:
A great 1-2-3 inning for this young team!!!
Brock (pitcher) to Gavin (first) for out #1
Hayden (third) to Gavin (first) for out #2
Ben (shortstop) to Gavin (first) for out #3

4th inning:
Ben caught 2 fly balls at shortstop for two outs

5th inning:
Ben (shortstop) to Hayden (third) for out #1
Brock (pitcher) to Hayden (third) for an out

6th inning:
Ben caught a fly ball for out #1
Ben (shortstop) to Gavin (first) for out #2
Nathaniel (second) to Ben (shortstop) at second for the last out

Offensively...with a former Riverdog pitcher who came back to help us out...Coach Hayes...

Gavin: 2-4 with 1 run scored
Alex: 1-4 with 1 run scored
Ben: 2-4 with a double and 2 runs scored
Hayden: 3-3 with 1 run scored
Nathaniel: 1-3 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Brock: 3-3 with a double, 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Brayden: 2-3 with 2 RBI
Griffin: 0-3 with 1 RBI
Will: 0-3 with a hard hit to second

Pictures tomorrow at 12:15pm and then a game against the Bats at 2pm!!

GO DAWGS!!!!!!

It's game time...

That's right! The start of the second half of the season! Looking forward to playing the Scrappers tonight at 7:30pm! This game should have been on Tuesday night, but Mother Nature wasn't cooperating with our schedule!

We'll have a guest pitcher for the Dawgs!!! He is eager to get on the mound tonight to help out the Riverdogs...a huge thank you to Coach Dave Hayes!!!! Coach Dave has pitched for the Riverdogs  the last few seasons.

Here we go DAWGS!!!!!