Game #11 Capsule

Home team giants sent Andrew Bishop to the Mound, his 1^st pitch was hit to centerfield which was easily caught by Taylor Mullins, the five (5) pitches later the second batter popped up to first baseman Tate Mayes for out #2.  The Tigers would load the bases with a single and two (2) walks before the sixth man would go down swinging.

The Giants would start off the bottom of the 1^st with a single by Sam Hamilton.  Bishop, Wil Mayes and Logan Tinnel would fall victim to the high velocity fastball of Tyler Sagraves for outs 1, 2 and 3.

After one (1) complete inning – no score.

Andrew Bishop would start off the top of the 2^nd inning with a strike out, then a Tiger hitter would single, and then Bishop followed with another strikeout. The Tigers would put on their two-out rally caps and hammer out three (3) consecutive singles scoring two (2) runs before pitching change took place when it was learned Bishop was slinging a sore arm.  Tate Mayes would take over the hill  and face two hitters before a tiger was caught attempting to steal home for the third out.

The Giants would go down in order… The victims would be Tate Mayes with a capital “KS”, Taylor Mullins would hit a pop fly two the Tiger 2^nd baseman for out #2, and Billy Rapp would fall victim to the fastball with a “KS”

 After two (2) complete innings – Tiger 2 – Giants 0.

Tate Mayes would start off the top of the 3^rd with a walk, followed by  two (2) strike outs.  The Tigers would get that lead off walk across the plate for a run and again load the bases with a single and two (2) walks before the seventh man would go down swinging.

The Giants would again go down in order… The victims would be Dakota Benton and Marshall Newlon caught looking “K”, the Sam Hamilton would connect but be a step slow as he would be thrown out at first by the second baseman.

After three (3) complete innings, the Tiger would add a run – Tigers 3 – Giants 0.

Tate Mayes would start off the top of the 4^th, and would take care of business with defensive help behind him.  The Tigers would go down in order, a ground out, a pop fly and a “KS”.

The Giants pumped up after a 3 and out stop would come to bat and send eight (8) batters to the plate.  The inning would start with Andrew Bishop getting his bell rung with a 60 plus MPH fastball to the head.  He would be okay and trot to 1^st.  Wil Mayes would single to right field.  Logan Tinnel would go down swinging for out #1.  Tate Mayes would send a line drive into right field for a Triple, scoring Bishop and Big Brother.  Tate would score on a passed ball.  Taylor Mullins would beat out a ground ball for a base hit, then steal 2^nd base.  Billy Rapp would send a ground ball to right field to score Mullins for the go ahead run.  Dakota Benton and Marshall Newlon would fall victim to the high velocity fastball for outs 2 and 3 in the inning.

After four (4) complete innings, the Giants now lead – Tigers 3 – Giants 4.

The top of the 5^th inning would have Tate Mayes pitching.  The first batter would hit a ground ball to Short Stop Andrew Bishop who would make the play to first for out #1.  Tate would issue a free pass to the next batter.  The third batter would hit a ground ball to Bishop at short who would try to make the play at second.  Bishop made a poor throw, which got past the Tinnel.  The Tiger runners took advantage and advanced.  Wil Mayes tried to make a play at third which got by Marshall Newlon, the runner tried to score on the bad throw but the third toss to home from Newlon was on target and the runner was called out.  After all of that action, the Tigers would have a runner on 2^nd base with two (2) outs.  Tate would face two (2) more batters and would issue passes when Big Brother Wil Mayes would take the hill.  Wil would strike out the batter to end the inning.

The Giants would come to bat and send five (5) to the plate staring with Sam hamilton who would hit to the Tiger Short stop who would make the play at 1^st for out #1.  Andrew bishop would single and steal second, Wil Mayes would single and Andrew Bishop would cross the plate BUT be called out for interference by Tinnel who was trying to get to the lefty side of the plate prior to the end of the play.  Logan would make up for his mental mistake by carding a double and scoring Mayes.  Tate Mayes would hit a hard grounder to the Tiger 2^nd basement who would make the play despite being injured for the 3^rd out. 

After five (5) complete inning, the Giants add one run – Tigers 3 – Giants 5.

The Tigers sent four (4) batters to face Wil Mayes, he would strike three (3) of the four (4) Tiger hitters out and surrender a single in the middle.

Final Score – Tiger 3 – Giants 5

Tigers  33 Plate Appearances, 7 hits, 8 BB, 7 K

Giants 23 Plate Appearances, 8 hits, 2 BB, 10 K