Nighthawks GMI 13AA vs West O Rays

GMI took on the West O Rays in a soggy chilly double header on Sunday 4/28.  GMI coming off their 1st win picked up right where they left off.  Sam Martinez started on the mound as the rain strated coming down.  Sam pitched 4 solid innings holding the Rays to only 3 runs.  The defense was nothing short of outstanding.  It's hard to single out any one player because they all gave 110%.

Nothing got past Tyler Push at short all game long, Drew Poulas made another diving catch in center, he's making a habit of making great catches out there.  Brant Ridder not to be outdone made a diving catch at short.  Sam caught a line drive hit straight back at him faster than you could blink.  The whole defense was solid all day. 

The hitting started off a little slow going 3 and out the 1st inning, but in the 2nd things started looking better, a single by Bergen Hofer got things started.  Then Drew Poulas walked followed by a single from Riley Harms driving in the 1st run for GMI.  The guys really showed a lot of patience at the plate, it seemed like every batter took the pitcher deep into the count and 6 walks in the game kind of proves that out.

From the 2nd inning on it was pretty much all GMI scoring 1 in the 2nd, 3 in the 3rd inning, 1 in the 4th and 2 in the 5th and final inning.  Great defense, solid pitching and aggresive base running all combined for a 7-3 win in game one. 

GMI didn't let up in game 2 either.  Brock Hagarty pitch a solid 4 innings only giving up 2 runs.  The defense seems to be the story of the day for GMI, great catches in this game too, by Bergen Hofer, Gage Harbaugh got one behind the plate, nice stops in the infield, I don't think one single ball got through the infield in either game. 

GMI had a lot of good at bats in game 2 drawing 7 walks and 3 of those walks crossed the plate for runs.  The hits are still slow to come, but we are making the most of the ones we do get.  I think the boys are getting more comfortable at the plate each game so the hits are going to start real soon.

GMI still scored 8 runs to win 8-3 for their 3rd win in a row. They are on a good streak right now and it's fun to watch.  The 1st tournament of the season is coming up next weekend and I expect the streak to continue through it too. 

Leave me a comment if you have anything to add, a great play I missed, or just let me know if you like the post or not.  Thanks for reading. 

Granite Marble Interiors vs Lincoln Cyclones

The Nighthawks 13AA Granite Marble Interiors met the Lincoln Cyclones for a double header Sunday, April 22.  Bergen Hofer was on the mound for the 1st game and pitched a great game holding the Cyclones to only 4 runs.  GMI had some trouble getting the bats going though and only managed one run of their own to go down 1-4. 

 The defence for GMI was showing some signs of improvement in the first game with only a couple of errors.  Gage Harbaugh did a good job catching only letting a couple of pitches get past him.  Gage is improving behind the plate every game. 

Drew Poulas made a couple of nice catches in the outfield which was nice to see.  The outfield has had so problems early this year just letting the ball bounce in front of them instead of taking the extra step to make the catch.  Drew didn't let that happen this game.

 Game two GMI was the home team for this game and got the bats going in the top of the 1st.  Brock Hegarty did his job as leadoff taking the pitcher deep and ending up with a walk.  Tyler Push then hit a nice double to score Brock.  Addison Gloeb then singled moving Tyler to 3rd.  Riley Harms hit into a sacrifice to score Tyler to give GMI 2 runs in the 1st. 

 Addison started on the mound in the 2nd game and was throwing some good heat shutting down the Cyclones in the 1st.  The 2nd inning Drew got on by way of a walk followed by a single Sam, and we managed 1 more run in the second.  The Cyclones also picked up a run to make the score 3-1 after two.  The Cyclones pick up one in the 4th to make it a 1 run game at 3-2 GMI. 

 GMI had a big inning in the 5th, Gage got things going with a single followed by Tyler drawing a walk.  The a shot from Addison for a double and scoring Gage and Tyler.  Riley also got a single and Bergen walked to give GMI a 3 run inning.  Cyclones wern't going away scoring 3 runs of their own to keep themselves only 1 run back.  Neither team scored in the 6th. 

Drew pitched the late innings and did pretty good, he also had some good defence behind him to shut down the Cyclones in the final inning giving GMI their 1st and much needed win. 

The next up for GMI will be the West O Rays at home.  Check back for photos and comments on that game and if you have any comments or suggestions please feel free to post them.