Special Guests at the NC State Baseball Game Tonight: The RIVERDOGS!

The Riverdogs had an opportunity to go down to the field and watch warm ups at tonight's game against Maryland. Then, they were escorted onto the field and ran out with the players for the National Anthem. The kids represented West Raleigh AND the Riverdogs very well! They had a lot of fun together and it was just a great experience! Thank you Coach Lance and Team Mom Stephanie for having us all sit together!!!

Pre-game picture

Funny faces now

Some Riverdogs with Coach Dave in the bullpen area

Getting organized

Brandon, Christian and John

Our team does this, too!

Waiting for some Wolfpack players to give some high fives

Pitcher, First and Third

Outfield

Short and Second

Are you sure you want the Riverdogs off the field? They can help the team out!

Even Mr. Wuf came over to the DAWGS!

We'll be ready to play a big game tomorrow against the Thunder! First pitch is scheduled at 3pm, but everyone needs to be there by 2pm!

Friday, April 29...Riverdogs @ NCSU Baseball game!!

As the NC State Baseball team is introduced...each Riverdog will run out with the Wolfpack starts as they head to their positions! Then, the Riverdogs will stand during the National Anthem before returning back to the stands!

It will be an exciting time for the Riverdog Family!!! Make sure the players wear their team jerseys and hats! Everyone should arrive inside the gate by 5:50pm before the players are escorted down to the field! It'll be a great night to cheer on the Wolfpack over Maryland!

Minor League standings as of 7pm tonight (Wednesday)...

Riverdogs	8	6	2	0	0.750	86	61
Thunder	6	4	2	0	0.667	59	42
Scrappers	6	4	2	0	0.667	34	25
Mudcats	8	4	4	0	0.500	63	53
Bats	8	4	4	0	0.500	45	51
Bees	8	3	4	1	0.438	58	57
Bulls	8	3	4	1	0.438	76	66
Lookouts	8	1	7	0	0.125	24	90

Game #8: RIVERDOGS 8 Mudcats 6

Tuesday, April 26, 2011...WHAT AN EXCITING GAME!!!!!

Our defense had some action...

1st inning
Second baseman (Lawson) to first baseman, Tony for the first out
Luke made an unassisted play at third for an out
Luke caught an infield pop fly at thirs
Outfielders John, Josh and Andrew had great stops to hold runners to only one base each time!

2nd inning
3 up...3 down
Andrew saw some infield action as pitcher and caught an infield fly for out #1
Third baseman (Tony) threw the ball to Luke at first for out #2
Lawson (playing second) threw the ball to Luke at first four out #3

3rd inning
Andrew (played pitcher) to Blake at second for out #1
Infield fly to pitcher (Andrew) for out #2
Blake to Lawson for out #3
Centerfielder, Ian, stopped the ball to hold the runner at first base.
This was a big inning for the Mucats...a homerun was hit and scored 5 runs!

4th inning
Shortstop (Blake) threw the ball to Tony at first for out #1
Foul out to Luke at third for out #2
Second baseman (Lawson) threw the ball to Tony at first for the third out

5th inning
Blake (shortstop) to Luke (first base) twice!
Infield fly to shortstop (Blake) to end the inning

6th inning
Tony made an unassisted play at first for out #1
Blake made an unassisted play at second for the second out (almost a double play!!!)
Flyout to Blake at shortstop to end it!

Now's let's talk about the offense...for the Riverdogs...

Josh went 1-3
Lawson 2-3
Luke 2-3 with a double
Blake 3-3
Tony 1-3 with 2 RBI
Ian 2-3 with a double and 1 RBI
Andrew 2-3 with 1 RBI
Brandon 3-3 with 3 RBI
Christian 1-3
Benjamin 3-3
John 2-3 with 1 RBI
Griffin 0-3

1st inning: 5 hits, 4 runs (Lawson, Luke, Blake and Tony scored)
2nd inning: 3 hits, 0 runs
3rd inning: 3 hits, 1 run (Blake scored)
4th inning: 2 hits, 0 runs
5th inning: 2 hits, 0 runs
6th inning: Ian, Brandon and John had RBIs to put us up 3! Also, hits by Andrew, Ben and Christian moved runners into scoring position and then Blake, Ian and Brandon scored!!!!!

Game #7: RIVERDOGS 13 Lookouts 0

I apologize for the delayed blog entry, but I was out of town for over a week. A big thanks to Sue (Andrew's mom) for keeping the stats and giving me notes, so the blog can be updated!

April 19, 2011

We'll start with our offense...

Josh went 4-4 with 3 RBI and 1 run scored
Lawson went 1-4 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Luke went 2-3 with a double and 1 RBI
Tony went 3-3
Ian went 1-3 with 1 RBI
Aidan went 1-3 with 1 run scored
Andrew went 2-3 with a double, 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Brandon went 2-3 with a double, 1 RBI and 2 runs scored
Christian went 3-3 with a double and 3 runs scored
Benjamin went 1-3 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
John went 3-3 with a double, 4 RBI and 2 runs scored
Griffin went 3-3 with 1 run scored

Our defense looked like this...
1st inning: Aidan had a put out at 2nd, Josh caught a pop fly in the outfield and Tony had an unassisted out at first

2nd inning: Tony caught a line drive at first, Luke had a put out at second

3rd inning: Aidan had a put out at second and Luke caught two fly balls at shortstop

4th inning: Lawson caught a pop up at second, Tony made an unassisted play at first and Lawson finished with a put out at first

5th inning: Brandon had a put out at first, then Aidan had two put outs at first

6th inning: Lawson had two put outs at first, then Luke had a fly out at shortstop

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

Spring 2011 Spring Raffle...

It was very nice to go to the homepage for West Raleigh Baseball and see TWO Riverdogs' players listed as top sellers!!!!

Top Player Sellers:
1st place ($500.00) - Lawson Wheeler - Riverdogs
3rd place (200.00) -   Andrew Locke - Riverdogs

Way to go #7 and #1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Game #6: RIVERDOGS 14 Bees 5

We all weren't quite sure if this game would happen because of the storms that were supposed to come into our area. But, we made it through! We left the ball park last night at around 7:15pm or so and the DAWGS came back at 10am ready to play for the 11am game against the Bees!

We scored 6 runs in the first, 1 in the second, 5 in the third, none in the fourth, 2 in the fifth and none in the sixth!

Here's what the offense looked like for today...

JOSHUA: 2-for-3 infield hits
LAWSON: 1-for-3 with 1 RBI (nice hit to the left center)
LUKE: 1-for-3 with a double to left center
BLAKE: 3-for-3 with 2 RBI...all 3 hits were doubles to left center
TONY: 2-for-3 with a triple down the first base line and 2 RBI
IAN: 3-for-3 with a double down the first base line and 2 RBI
AIDAN: 2-for-3 both were infield hits with 1 RBI (on his out)
ANDREW: 2-for-3 with 2 doubles out to left center with 1 RBI
BRANDON: 2-for-3 with a triple out to right field and 4 RBI
CHRISTIAN: 0-for-3 He'll get them next time!
BENJAMIN: 2-for-3 with 1 RBI (made it to 2nd on a passed ball)
JOHN: 2-for-3 infield hits
GRIFFIN: 1-for-3 with a hit just passed the shortstop

Now our defense...

1st inning - Lawson to Blake for the first out, fly ball to Blake for the second, line drive to Blake for the third
2nd inning - Fly ball to Lawson for the first out, Brandon to Blake for the second, Tony to Luke for the third
3rd inning - Fly ball to Luke for the first out, fly ball to Ian for the second out, Blake to Luke for the third
4th inning - Blake to Tony at first for the first and almost had a double play back over to third, Aidan to Tony for the second, fly out to Blake for the third out
5th inning - Blake to Lawson for an out and a fly out to Blake for the final out
6th inning - Fielder's choice to Blake for the first out, Blake to Lawson for the third out

After the 9am minor league game and our 11am game...here are the standings for the League:

Land O' Frost Minor League

Team Name	P	W	L	T	Pct	F	A
Scrappers	4	3	1	0	0.750	26	15
Thunder	4	3	1	0	0.750	47	26
Riverdogs	6	4	2	0	0.667	65	55
Bees	6	3	2	1	0.583	48	44
Bulls	6	2	3	1	0.417	62	52
Bats	5	2	3	0	0.400	22	36
Mudcats	5	2	3	0	0.400	46	37
Lookouts	6	1	5	0	0.167	20	71

Next up for the Riverdogs...the Lookouts on Tuesday at 5:30pm!