YANKEE’S FIRST WIN A GEM

WE FINALLY WON A GAME THIS SEASON!!

Our record now boats a digit greater than zero preceding the much higher number following: 1-4-1. We beat the same team that we tied to open the season tonight, 4-2.

Our ace pitcher closed the first inning with three strikeouts, but not before our first baseman erred on an easy out to allow a runner on, which led to a few stolen bases and a run.

He, our pitcher, struck out in the bottom of the first and nearly lost his temper in the dugout after the called third strike – his helmet flew across the dugout and he pounded on the fence in a fit. Moments later, he was on the mound throwing toward home in a furious fervor. He retired the next 9 batters he faced, striking out 6 of them. Just one walk in the 5th, he entered the 6th and final inning tossing a magical no-hitter (oh, yeah, he also hit in the tying run on an RBI triple, before stealing home to take the lead. Yeah, he was pumped for the game after that!).

However, the Mets started off the sixth with a pansy-bunt that prevented our no-hitter. No worries, as we only allowed one run in the inning to preserve a 4-2 victory.

Still, our pitcher’s complete game boasted a pretty sweet, damn-near MLB-like pitching line: 6 IP, 1H, 2BB, 2R, 14K

Yeah, that’s FOURTEEN strikeouts! He struck out the side in two separate innings, as well as striking out three in two other innings.

Dominant? Can you say, “Duh?” He struck out more batters than the Mariners’ starter did against us in his complete game no-no shutout.

We also fielded very well, save for that one small error in the first inning. Needless to say, as a coach I haven’t been more proud of this team all year. We hit the ball (though not as much as we should/could have; their pitcher was tossing soft meatballs all game), stole bases and played a stifling defense. We simply played fundamental baseball.

I think this win will spark our team enough to at least play competitive the next few games. We have just two practices this week before Saturday’s interleague match-up, which is just a fluff-game to give our back-up players more playing time.

Batting practice… all week!