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2016 Seasonings

Opening Day

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Tonight the 2016 OOTL season will kick off as the Bastards travel to Lewisberry to take on the Lemonheads.  2016 OOTL POY hopeful Zack Greinke gets the ball in the opener. He will be opposed by Cole Hamels.

Other pitching match ups are
Scherzer v Young (a former Bastard)
Miller v Odorozzi
Salazar v Buchholz

On Thursday the Bastards will continue their road trip to as they venture to Shartzville for the first time. Same rotation for the Bastards as the Browns counter w/ Kershaw, Gallardo, Shields and Wacha.
I’m gonna make an effort to do series write ups this year…those efforts probably won’t last past this email but goal setting is always a good idea.
BTW Darwin Barney leads the Grapefruit League in RBI’s as he just drove in his 5th run of the day!
Good luck to everyone this season!!!
Steve
2015 Third Period

Lemonheads at Birds of Pray

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G-1 Leading 1-0 on a 1st inning RBI double by Loney, the Heads scored twice in the 3rd on an Altuve error. They increased the lead to 4-0 on a 5th inning solo by JD Martinez. Birds scored 3 in the bottom of the 5th on C. Headley’s 3-run homer (#7). Heads then got 2.2 innings of 2-hit ball to preserve their 4-3 win.

G-2 Heads score 3 in the 1st ripping 5 hits in the first 6 batters, with RBIs by Sandoval, Desmond and Murphy. Heads then got back-to-back doubles to lead off the 2nd (Blackmon RBI) for a 4-0 lead. Birds bats then woke up, scoring 3 in the 3rd (N. Cruz homer #10), 2 in the 4th (Headley homer #8) and 6 in the 5th en route to the Birds 12-8 win. Heads got a bases clearing triple from Desmond in the 6th.

G-3 J. Teheran scattered 4 singles in a CG 5-0 shutout. Birds got a 2-run homer by Lagares (#2).

Heads hit 1 homer, with 3 turned back in game 2 by Richards. Birds hit 5 homers (1 gift) and scored 20 runs on 31 hits.

2015 Second Period

Lemonheads at Speakers

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Game 1 – After Anthony Rizzo’s RBI single gives the Speakers a 1-0 1st inning advantage, the Lemonheads bat around plus-1 in the 3rd. The aftermath includes a Yan Gomes 2-run single and Daniel Murphy hit-and-run RBI single. The Speakers collect one meaningless single until the 8th when Jason Heyward and Buster Posey go back-to-back to make the final of 6-3 appear better.
W – Zack Greinke; L – Carlos Martinez (0-2); S – Fernando Abad

Game 2 – Somehow the Speakers send 9 to the plate in a 4-run 2nd, which begins with a Yasiel Puig solo (his 3rd). The offense then takes the remainder of the game off while the Bud Norris shirt creates its magic spell. Bud goes 8 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K in the 4-1 final.
W – Norris (3-4); L – Matt Shoemaker; S – Jeurys Familia (7)

Game 3 – You may ask, “How can a team score 8 runs in the 1st and lose?” With the Speakers, it’s easy. Still ahead 9-7 with 2 outs in the 9th, Yoervis Medina’s error leads to JD Martinez’s 2-run double. After Pablo Sandoval goes deep for an 11-9 Lemonheads lead in the 11th, Anthony Rendon smacks a 2-run triple in the bottom half. (Of course, with 1 out, Howie Kendrick whiffs to prolong the madness.) Finally, Ian Desmond homers to lead off the 12th and the Speakers do their usual disappearing act (1-2-3) in the bottom half for a 12-11 Lemonheads come-from-behind win.
W – Abad; L – Neftali Feliz (0-1)

2015 Third Period

Speakers at Lemonheads

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Game 1 – 3 RBI singles in the 3rd give the Speakers a 3-1 lead. Alex Gordon’s SF in the bottom half narrows the lead to 3-2. The Speakers load the bases on a single, walk and HBP with 2 outs in the 5th when Albert Pujols offers shades of past glory and connects for a grand slam. The Speakers hold on, 9-5.
W – Carlos Martinez (1-2); L – Marcus Stroman; S – Jeremy Affeldt (2)

Game 2 – Charlie Blackmon greets Bud Norris with a lead off HR in the bottom of the 1st. The Lemonheads pick up 2 more in the 2nd on a Gordon RBI double and Brayan Pena RBI single. That would be enough for Collin McHugh and ‘Heads pen in a 4-2 victory. JD Martinez leads off the 6th with a rope to center that Yoenis Cespedes can’t catch up to. Cespedes crashes into the wall and must leave the game.
W – McHugh; L – Norris (3-5); S – Fernando Abad

Game 3 – The Speakers celebrate their second grand slam of the series when Danny Santana receives a gift from Chris Young (-26) in the 2nd inning. Pujols (5-5, 2-2B, 7th HR, 3-RBI, 4-R) again conjures up his scary card days as the Speakers roll, 11-1. Ian Desmond hits a bomb with 2 outs in the 9th to spoil Alex Wood’s shutout.
W – Wood (4-2); L – Young

The Speakers win their first series since taking 2 of 3 from the Birds of Pray in early August. Pujols raises his average from .195 to .216.

2015 Third Period

Lemonheads at Lymebees

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Game 1; McHugh vs Arrieta; Lemonheads score 1 run in the 1st and 2 more runs in 5th. Bees get 1 run in the 2nd and tie the game in the 5th with 2 runs. Lemonheads score 1 run in the 6th, HRs by Martinez and Desmond in the 7th, and Desmond ends the scoring with a 2-run HR in the 9th as the Lemonheads win 9-3.

Game 2; Liriano vs Gray; Lemonheads get 2 runs in the 1st, a solo HR by Murphy in the 2nd and 1 run in the 4th. Bees get a 2-run HR by Tulowitzki in the 4th. Lemonheads get 1 run in the 6th. Bees get 2 runs in the bottom of the 6th. Lemonheads get a solo HR by Walker in the 9th to lead 6-4. Bees manage to load the bases with 2 outs in the 9th. Tulowitzki hits his second HR of the game for a walk-off Grand Slam as the Bees win 8-6.

Game 3; Stroman vs Hendricks; Lemonheads get 2-run HR by Martinez in the 1st. Bees score one run in the bottom of the 1st and another run in the 4th. Lemonheads get a 2-run HR by Murphy in the 6th. Bees tie the game in the bottom of the 6th on a 2-run HR by Beltre. Bees get 1 run in the 7th and 2 runs in the 8th to win 7-4.

Lemonheads out hit Bees in series 41 to 28 hits.

Lymebees record 42-28.