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.
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