Game #11: RIVERDOGS 15 Bulls 2

A nice Tuesday night at the ballpark! The Riverdogs played great tonight and here's how it looked for our DEFENSE...

1st inning:
Lawson tagged the runner on his way to second base for out #1.
John caught a great fly ball out in left centerfield for out #2.
Luke (shortstop) took a fielder's choice to second base where Lawson was at to end the inning.

2nd inning:
Luke reached/leaped out and caught a line drive at shortstop and then threw the ball to Ian (first base) to get the runner out...double play!
John caught a hard line drive at third base for the last out.

3rd inning:
Charley (third base) to Ian (first base) for out #1.
Luke (shortstop) to Ian (first) for out #2.

4th inning:
Lawson (second base) to Ian (first base) for out #1.
Luke (shortstop) to Ian (first base) for out #2.
Charlie took a fielder's choice (third base) to Lawson (second) for the last out.

5th inning:
Charley stopped a hard hit at pitcher and threw the ball to Ian, but just missed getting the out.
Ian reached up and caught a ball that was headed to right field for the first out.
John (third) to Ian (first) for out #2.
John caught a fly ball at third base for the third out.

6th inning:
Luke caught an infield fly ball at shortstop for an out.
Charley charged the ball that landed between home and first base...threw the ball to Ian at first base to end the game.

Jack did an amazing job behind the plate for the Dawgs. There was one play where he quickly took off his helmet, grabbed the ball and was about to throw it to Ian at first base until he was told "foul ball." Luis is showing great improvement as catcher...he's getting up quickly and wants to make a play. Cullen is also improving a great deal with the hard work behind the plate. Noah shined for an inning as a Riverdog catcher, too!

Our outfielders did a great job paying attention, getting the ball into the infield and backing them up! Way to go John, Noah, Benjamin, Cullen, Luis and Gavin!

Now for the OFFENSE...

Lawson: 3-4 with a great hit to right centerfield and 2 runs scored
Ian: 3-4 with a double and 3 runs scored
Luke: 3-4 with a double to left field, 2 RBI and 2 runs scored
John: 2-4 with a nice hit to right centerfield, 3 RBI and 2 runs scored
Charley: 2-3 with a great hit to left centerfield and 2 runs scored
Benjamin: 3-3 with a triple to right field, 3 RBI and 3 runs scored
Gavin: 2-3 with a hit to right field, 3 RBI and 1 run scored
Jack: 3-3 with a nice hit to left centerfield and 2 RBI
Noah: 2-3 with a great hit down the middle and 1 RBI
Luis: 0-3 with 1 RBI
Cullen: 0-3 with a hard hit to first base

Tuesday's line score	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H
Bulls	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	7
Riverdogs	7	4	0	2	2	X	15	23

The Riverdogs will be back in action this Friday night at 5:30pm vs the Lookouts! It's the last regular season game of the Fall 2011 Minor League season!!!


Go DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Game #10: RIVERDOGS 14 Scrappers 0

The Riverdogs played the Scrappers this morning with a 9:30am start, which meant the team needed to be there for pre-game practice at 8:30am. It's hard to believe the season is nearing the end. Wow! Coach Lance was so proud of how the team played defensively...so all DAWGS earned a gold bone! That's a pretty big deal to them to be able to put a gold bone on their batting helmets!

Here's how it all played out...DEFENSIVELY...

1st inning:
The Turner brothers had the first out (Gavin at pitcher to Ian at first base).
Lawson caught a fly ball at second base.
John caught a fly ball out in left centerfield in a 1-2-3 inning!

2nd inning:
Ian had an unassisted play at first base for out #1.
Lawson caught another fly ball at second base to end the inning.

3rd inning:
Lawson (second) to Ian (first) for out #1.
Charley caught an infield fly ball at pitcher for the second out.
Another Lawson to Ian throw for the last out. Another 1-2-3 inning.

4th inning:
Charley (pitcher) to Ian (first) for outs 1 and 2.
Ian (first) ran up, fielded the ball, turned around to throw the ball to Lawson who covered at first base for the last out. Beautiful play!!

5th inning:
Turner boys again for out #1 (Gavin at pitcher to Ian at first base).
Luke caught a fly ball at shortstop for the second out.
Lawson (second) to Ian (first) for the last out.

6th inning:
Jack (catcher) threw off his mask in about .2 seconds, picked up the ball and threw it to Ian at first base for an out. Another beautiful play by some Riverdogs!
John caught a line drive at third base to end the inning.

John, Benjamin, Gavin, Jack, Noah, Luis and Cullen did an outstanding job backing up the infielders!!! Behind the plate...hats off to Luis, Cullen and Jack! GREAT WORK!

Now for the OFFENSE...due to the run rule...we switched from offense to defense with one out...

Lawson: 3-3 with nice hits to the left side and 3 runs scored
Ian: 3-4 with a triple, double, single, 2 RBI and 2 runs scored
Luke: 4-4 with a double, 2 RBI and 4 runs scored
John: 4-4 with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored
Charley: 3-4 with 1 RBI and 2 runs scored
Benjamin: 2-4 with a nice hit to left field and 3 RBI
Gavin: 3-4 with infield hits and 1 RBI
Jack: 4-4 with a triple, 3 singles and 2 RBI
Noah: 1-4 with a hard infield hits and 1 RBI
Luis: 1-3 with a hit to third
Cullen: 0-3 with infield hits

Saturday's line score	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H
RIVERDOGS	2	0	4	3	0	5	14	28
Scrappers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

We're entering our last week of regular season play...

Practice tomorrow at 12:30-2pm at Ephesus Church!
Game against the Bulls Tuesday night!
Game against the Lookouts Friday night!
Tournament play begins next Saturday!!!!

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

Rain, Rain and More Rain

Due to the weather today...the Riverdogs spent one hour in the batting cages to work on some hitting drills at Grand Slam USA with the coaches. Hopefully the field will be in good playing condition on Thursday for our practice at 5:30pm!

Cullen Price's Masterpiece

For now I had to take a picture of Cullen's masterpiece about the Riverdogs because I do not know how to upload a PDF into a blog! Here is what he wrote in his story:

I had a baseball game. 

We won the game. 

The score was 11-3. 

I got Sunkist. I got orange lips. 

In the game Luke hit a biggy. But he got out.

He actually wrote out an entire team cheer on the slide!!! It's the one that goes like this:

 

Hey my name is Cullen and you know what I got?

"Hey whatchugot?"

I got a team that is hotter than hot.

"How is hot?"

Grand slams and homeruns, too.

"uh hah. uh hah."

Now let's see what Ben can do.

 

If any of the Riverdogs are writing about the team, then send them to me and I'll post them. It's best if you take a picture of it!

 

GREAT JOB #5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Game #9: RIVERDOGS 22 Thunder 8

Another Saturday at the ballpark in early October! Today at 11:30am the Riverdogs "hosted" the Thunder. We were down two teammates today...Cullen and Luke. We definitely missed them!

Here's what the DEFENSE did...

1st inning:
Charley caught an infield fly ball at third base for the first out.
Noah held the runner to a single after throwing the ball quickly from left field.
Charley tagged the runner out to end the inning.

2nd inning:
Lawson (shortstop) to John (second) for outs 1 and 2.
Ian caught an infield fly ball at first base for the last out.

3rd inning:
Benjamin (left centerfield) threw the ball to John (second) for an out.

4th inning:
Noah (pitcher) to Ian (first) for out #1.
Lawson (shortstop) to Charley (third) for the last out.

5th inning:
Ian had an unassisted play at first base for an out.
Lawson caught a fly ball at shortstop for the last out.

Great job behind the plate! Way to go Jack, Luis and Griffin! The outfielders were kept a little busy today. Way to go Noah, Gavin, Benjamin, Griffin and Luis!

Now for the OFFENSE...

Lawson: 5-5 with 3 RBI
Ian: 3-4 with a double and 4 RBI
John: 4-4 with a triple and 1 RBI
Charley: 3-4 with 2 RBI
Benjamin: 4-4 with a double and 1 RBI
Gavin: 3-4
Jack: 4-4 with a triple, double and 5 RBI
Noah: 4-4 with a double and 4 RBI
Luis: 3-4 with 1 RBI
Griffin: 3-4 with 1 RBI

This week is a different week for the Riverdogs. We have THREE practices before our next game. We practice Sunday at 1:30-3pm at Ephesus and then Tuesday and Thursday, 5:30-7pm at Ephesus!

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

Game #8: RIVERDOGS 6 Bats 8

The Riverdogs played a good mid-week game tonight! We missed our #8...Griffin.

Here's how we looked DEFENSIVELY...

1st inning:
Luke (shortstop) to Lawson (second) for the first out.
Ben caught a nice fly ball out in centerfield for the second out.
Charley had an unassisted play at third base for the third out.

2nd inning:
Noah kept the runner to a single by quickly throwing the ball in from leftfield.
Ben threw the ball from centerfield to Lawson at second base for an out.
Lawson (second) to Luke (shorstop) at second base for the last out.

3rd inning:
Lawson (second) to Ian (first) for out an out.
Ian tagged the runner out at first for the last out.

4th inning:
John (pitcher) to Ian (first) for outs 1 and 2.

5th inning:
Luke (shortstop) to Ian (first) for the first out.
Lawson caught an infield fly ball for the second out.
Gavin (pitcher) to Charley (third) for the last out.

It's great to see the outfielders backing up each other and the infielders in case of any overthrows. Great job Jack, Noah, Cullen, Benjamin, Gavin and Luis! Also, it takes a lot of work to try and catch every pitch that comes to you. Way to go catchers...Jack, Luis and Cullen!

OFFENSIVELY here's how we looked tonight...

Lawson: 1-4 with a single to left center and 1 run scored

Ian: 1-3 with a beautiful triple down the rightfield line, then a passed ball that got him home with 2 RBI and a run scored

Luke: 2-3 with a nice hit to left centerfield

John: 1-3 with a great hit to centerfield

Charley: 3-3 with a great shot to centerfield and 2 runs scored

Benjamin: 3-3 with 2 great hits to left centerfield and one down the middle along with 2 runs scored

Gavin: 1-3 with a nice hit out to right centerfield with a RBI

Jack: 3-3 with great hits to right centerfield along with 3 RBI

Noah: 2-3 with infield hits

Cullen: 2-3 with infield hits

Luis: 1-3 with an infield hit

Wednesday's line score	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H
RIVERDOGS	0	2	0	2	2	0	6	20
Bats	1	0	4	2	1	X	8	16

Next up for the DAWGS is a game this Saturday at 11:30am against the Thunder!

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

Game #7: RIVERDOGS 12 Bees 1

While the Riverdogs were at West Raleigh...

Coach Lance was here:


A HUGE thank you to Coach Cailean, Coach Dave, Coach Wayne and Tom Hegeman who came in to pinch hit! Great job coaches!

The Riverdogs played 4 in the outfield instead of 5 since we were down 2 teammates.

Here's how the DEFENSE looked this afternoon...

1st inning:
Lawson (second) to Luke (shorstop) for an out at second base.
A double play...Luke caught a fly ball at second and then threw the ball to Ian at first.

2nd inning:
Charley (pitcher) to Lawson (third) for an out.
Charley caught an infield fly ball at the pitcher's mound for an out.

3rd inning:
Charley (pitcher) to Ian (first) for an out.

4th inning:
John (pitcher) to Luke (shortstop) at second base for the first out.
John (pitcher) to Ian (first) for the second out.
Luke (shortstop) to Ian (first) for the last out.

5th inning:
John (second) to Luke (shorstop) at second base for an out.

6th inning:
John (pitcher) to Ian (first) for the first out.
Charley had an unassisted play at third for the 2nd out.
Luke (shortstop) to Lawson (second) at second base for the last out of the game.

Now for the OFFENSE...

Lawson: 4-4 with a triple to left centerfield
Ian: 3-4 with 2 hits to right centerfield and 2 RBI
Luke: 3-4 with a double to left centerfield and 2 RBI
John: 2-4 with a hit to left field
Charley: 4-4 with 3 singles to left and left center along with 3 RBI
Benjamin: 2-4 with a hit to left center and 1 RBI
Gavin: 2-4 with a hit down the middle and 3 RBI
Noah: 2-4 with infield hits
Cullen: 2-4 with infield hits and 1 RBI
Luis: 2-3 with infield hits

Saturday's line score	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H
Riverdogs	6	3	2	0	1	0	12	26
Bees	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	14

Next up...
Practice at Ephesus TOMORROW at 1:30-3pm!

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