West Raleigh Riverdogs

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Game #5: RIVERDOGS 18 Bats 12

The Riverdogs arrived at West Raleigh by 10:30am for pictures before they headed down to the field area for warm ups.

Spring 2012 Riverdogs!!

Flexing!

Team captains for the game vs the Bats: John and Lance!

First pitch was taken at Noon on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Raleigh. Since the Dawgs were the home team (for the first time this season)...they Dawgs took their defensive positions first.

Here's how we looked DEFENSIVELY...

1st inning:
Luke (shortstop) to Ian (first) for out #1.
Luke caught a fly ball at shortstop for out #2.
Luke caught another fly ball at shortstop for out #3.

2nd inning:
Luke caught a fly ball at shortstop for out #1.
Benjamin (centerfield) to Alex (third) to Lawson at second base for the second out.
John (pitcher) to Ian (first) for out #3.

3rd inning:
Lawson (second) to Ian (first) for out #1.
Alex (third) to Lawson (second) for out #2.
Luke (shortstop) to Lawson (second) for out #3.

4th inning:
Lawson caught a fly ball at second for the first out.
Lawson had an unassisted play at second for the second out.

5th inning:
Lawson (second) to Luke (shortstop) for out #1.
Ian had a double play at first. He caught a fly ball that went foul and then tagged first base.

6th inning:
Luke caught a fly ball at shortstop for out #1.
The ball tipped off Lawson's glove...Benjamin backed him up and threw the ball to Luke (shortstop) at second base for out #2.
Alex (third) to Lawson (second) for the last out.

We can't say enough good things for the outfielders this game! Way to back up your infield teammates and your outfield teammates. Excellent job Jack S, John, Josh, Benjamin, Gavin, Jack B, Lance and Griffin!

Also, good job behind the plate Jack B, Jabril, Griffin and Lance!!

Now for the OFFENSE...

Alex: 3-3 with a double, 1 RBI and 2 runs scored
Lawson: 3-3 with a double, 1 RBI and 2 runs scored
Ian: 2-3 with 1 RBI and 2 runs scored
Luke: 3-3 with a homerun (2nd of the season), double, 4 RBI and 3 runs scored
John: 2-3 with a double, 2 RBI and 2 runs scored
Josh: 2-3 with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored
Benjamin: 0-3 with 1 RBI
Jabril: 3-3 with 1 RBI and 2 runs scored
Gavin: 2-3 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Jack B: 2-3
Lance: 2-3 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Griffin: 2-3 with a double, 2 RBI and 1 run scored
Jack S: 1-3 with 1 RBI

Saturday's line score	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H
Bats	2	0	4	0	6	0	12	25
RIVERDOGS	4	0	2	5	7	X	18	27

THE RIVERDOGS WON...18-12!!!!!!

Next up...Game tomorrow (Sunday) at 1pm against the Thunder! Players must be ready to go by NOON!

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Game #4: RIVERDOGS 7 Mudcats 9

The Riverdogs played on Nowell Field tonight against the Mudcats and the Mudcats took the win, 9-7.
A huge thank you to Jim Bowdish for covering me tonight keeping the books! Also, thank you Dan Stahlman for helping out in the dugout during games!

Team captains for today's game...Griffin and Josh

Luke to John for an out

Jabril going to back up the infield

An incredible catch by Luke with Alex there for back up

I'm not quite sure who played what position during the game, so I can't give exact defensive stats. So, here's a look at our OFFENSE...

Alex: 3-3 with a double
Lawson: 1-3 with 1 run scored
Ian: 2-3 with an over-the-fence homerun in right field, 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Luke: 3-3 with 2 doubles, 1 RBI and 1 run scored
John: 2-3 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Josh: 2-3 with a double and 2 runs scored
Ben: 1-2 with a double and 1 run scored
Jabril: 2-2 with 4 RBI
Gavin: 1-2
Jack B: 1-2
Lance: 0-2
Griffin: 0-2
Jack S: 1-2

End of game

Thank you to Mama T for the delicious cupcakes for the boys!!!!!
The Riverdogs will return to Riverdog Stadium (Ephesus Church) tomorrow night for practice and then they'll face the Bats on Saturday after team pictures!

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

Friday, April 6, 2012

Game #3: RIVERDOGS 14 Lookouts 7

Both teams were down a few players, but the Riverdogs were able to pull off the win against the Lookouts on Thursday night!

A huge thanks to Gary Bussey for covering my job as the scorekeeper! Gavin came home and told me that Gary did the scrapbooking! hahahaha Thanks Gary for covering!

The DAWGS missed #6 Lance Phillips and #8 Griffin Dittner as they were on family vacations. The DAWGS also missed #4 Ian Turner because he was still not feeling well. Looking forward to seeing everyone back together next week though!

Coach Lance said that he was impressed with everyone on the Riverdogs during this game. He told me that Benjamin had an outstanding backhanded stop and threw the ball to second base for an out! He also said that Josh Bussey did a great job covering for Ian at first base! Plus, John Penry had three putouts in the sixth inning at pitcher. He was very happy with the Dawgs as team was playing with just 10 and not the normal 11.

Here's our OFFENSE:

Alex: 3-4 with 2 runs scored
Lawson: 3-4 with 3 runs scored
Luke: 3-4 with a double, 2 RBI and 2 runs scored
John: 4-4 with a double, 3 RBI and 4 runs scored
Josh: 3-4 with a double, 2 RBI and 2 runs scored
Ben: 2-4 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Jabril: 3-4 with 2 RBI
Gavin: 1-4 with 1 RBI
Jack B: 2-4 with a double
Jack S: 0-4

Thanks Stephanie for providing some pictures of the game! Don't forget to click on the photos to make them larger.

Team captains for the evening: #27 Benjamin Stahlman (hidden) and #1 Jack "Smiley" Bowdish

As Coach Lance says, "Defense wins ball games!"

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Game #2: RIVERDOGS 17 Bulls 2

The Riverdogs were on fire today for their 3pm game against the Bulls! What a great afternoon at the ballpark! It was great to watch Cullen, #3 on the Bulls, because last season he was wearing the blue and gold Riverdog jersey!

Team captains for today's game: Alex and Jabril!

Here's how the team looked DEFENSIVELY...I start with this because Coach tells the players that Defense wins ball games!

1st inning:
John caught an infield fly ball at third for out #1.
Josh (pitcher) to Ian (first) for the second out.
Josh caught an infield fly ball at the pitcher's mound for out #3.
A nice 1-2-3 inning!

2nd inning:
Ben (left centerfield) to Lawson (second) for out #1 (Ben does a great job with this!).
Alex had an unassisted play at third for the last out.

3rd inning:
Ian (first) to Luke (shortstop) at second for out #1.
John (third) to Lawson (second) for outs 2 and 3.
Another 1-2-3 inning!

4th inning:
Alex (third) to Ian (first) for out #1.
Alex caught an infield fly ball at third for out #2.
Luke (shortstop) to Alex (third) for the last out.

5th inning:
Luke caught a fly ball at shortstop for out #1.
Luke (shortstop) to Ian (first) for another out.

6th inning:
Luke (shortstop) to Ian (first) for out #1.
Ian had an unassisted play at first for the last out.

Great job behind the plate Jack B, Jabril, Griffin and Lance!

Also, a big shout out to the outfielders for not only backing each other up in the outfield, but also the infielders! Nice job Josh, Ben, Jabril, Gavin, Jack, Lance, Griffin and Jack S!

Now for the OFFENSE...

Alex: 4-4 with a triple, double and 2 runs scored
Lawson: 4-4 with 3 RBI and 3 runs scored
Ian: 3-4 with his first 2 out of the park homeruns to right centerfield, 6 RBI and 3 runs scored
Luke: 3-4 with his first out of the park homerun to leftfield, 1 RBI and 2 runs scored
John: 2-4 with 1 run scored
Josh: 3-3 with his first out of the park homerun to centerfield, 3 RBI and 1 run scored
Ben: 2-3 with 1 RBI
Jabril: 2-3 with 1 run scored
Gavin: 3-3 with 1 run scored
Jack: 2-3
Lance: 3-3 with 1 RBI and 2 runs scored
Griffin: 0-3 with 1 RBI
Jack: 1-3 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored

Way to hit the ball DAWGS!!!!!!!!

Great pitching, Coach Dave!!!!

Coach Dave entertaining himself during warm ups!

Coach Dave helping out the Bulls pitcher with his shoe.

Great game RIVERDOGS! Practice on Tuesday and another game on Thursday!

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Game #2 vs Thunder...Canceled

The Riverdogs and Thunder showed up ready to play by 8am to warm up. During that time, the rain kept coming down and the conditions were not looking good. But, we were all sitting there with our umbrellas and waiting for the official word from a West Raleigh official.

The Riverdog coaches tried hard to get the field in playable conditions for West Raleigh.

But, the game just could not happen...

I went into the Dawgs' dugout to hopefully take a picture of some unhappy faces, but Coach Lance showed his lower lip on behalf of his team!

Some of the Riverdog coaches had to go back down to Nowell field to put the tarp on the pitcher's mound area. They are sporting quite the shorts!!

We are not sure when we'll make up the game against the Thunder, but Opening Ceremonies will be rescheduled as well.

The Riverdogs will face the Bulls tomorrow at 3pm! Make sure everyone is ready to play by 2pm at Nowell Field!

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

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Game #1: RIVERDOGS 14 Bees 4

The Riverdogs looked very sharp out on Nowell Field at West Raleigh sporting their yellow/gold pants, blue socks and Riverdog jerseys!

After the Pledge of Allegiance, the players love throwing up their hats and catching them.

Coach Lance chose the two youngest players on the team...Gavin and Jack S to be the captains for the game. Go 6 year olds!!!!

It was a great day to be at the ball field watching some Riverdog baseball! Here's how we looked DEFENSIVELY...

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

2nd inning:
Luke (shortstop) to Ian (first) for an out.
John (pitcher) to Ian (first) for the last out.

3rd inning:
Lawson (second) to Ian (first) for out #1.
Luke (shortstop) to Ian (first) for out #2.
Luke (shortstop) to Lawson (second) for the last out.

4th inning:
Benjamin (centerfield) threw the ball to Luke (shortstop) at second base for out #1.
Luke (shortstop) to Lawson (second) for out #2.
Lawson caught a diving backwards catch at second for out #3.

5th inning:
Lawson (second) to Ian (first) for out #1.
Lawson caught an infield fly ball at second for out #2.
Josh (pitcher) to Ian (first) for out #3.

6th inning:
John caught an infield fly ball at the pitcher's mound for out #1.
Lawson (second) to Ian (first) for out #2.
Luke (shortstop) to Ian (first) for the last out. It was a nice 1-2-3 inning for the Dawgs.

Jack B, Jabril, Griffin and Lance did a great job behind the plate! Also, the outfielders did a great job backing each other up. Way to go Benjamin, Gavin, Lance, Jack S, Jack B, Griffin, Josh, Alex, Jabril and John!

Now for the OFFENSE...

Josh: 1-3
Lawson: 3-3 and 3 runs scored
Ian: 2-3 with a double and 2 runs scored
Luke: 3-3 with 3 doubles, 5 RBI and 2 runs scored
John: 1-3
Alex: 3-3 with a double, 2 RBI and 3 runs scored
Benjamin: 3-3 with 2 RBI and 1 run scored
Gavin: 2-3 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Jabril: 3-3 with a double and 2 singles
Jack B: 2-3 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Lance: 1-3 with 1 RBI
Griffin: 1-3 with 1 RBI
Jack S: 0-2, but will get them next time