One day, folks, you may have the opportunity to play in a summer baseball tournament. And if you do, you should immediately ask the following questions:
1. Is it in Florida?
2. Is it in July?
If the answer to both of those questions is yes, you should bring a healthy supply of reading material, coloring books, activities, or whatever will keep you busy while you pass the time during the variety of rain/lightning/panther/gator delays. That's what happened again on Friday morning, as the Canes and Tri-State Arsenal nearly completed four innings before lightning and rain hit again. That led to an important coaching strategy session:
The weather interrupted one of the best games of the tournament so far, with the Canes and Tri-State Arsenal manufacturing runs and getting great pitching, with the Canes ultimately pulling out a 6-2 victory in a game shortened to five innings by the time limit. The Evoshield win snapped a 26-game unbeaten streak for Arsenal, which had not lost since May 20.
The Canes set the tone quickly with two runs in the top of the first, and held a 5-2 lead when the thunder, lightning and rain came. The two teams adjourned for over three hours, then reconvened to play another inning that finished out the game.
Little ball carried the offense, as the Canes mustered just four hits--three singles and an Eli dinger. But they turned those four hits into six runs. Meanwhile, the Canes pitching was outstanding, limiting Arsenal to just two hits and retiring the final nine hitters in a row.
Although this was the third game of pool play, it was the second game to finish, leaving the Canes 2-0 in pool play with one full game and a resumption left to play today.
Game 3 Canes scoring plays
First inning
Drew coaxed a two-out walk and went to second and third on wild pitches. Chace walked and stole second. Andrew's single scored Drew. A wild pitch plated Chace.
Score after one-half inning: Canes 2, Arsenal 0
Third inning
Gavin reached on a missed third strike. He stole second. Drew walked. Chace singled. A wild pitch scored Gavin, and Colin's fielder's choice scored Drew.
Score after two and a half innings: Canes 4, Arsenal 2
Fourth inning
Elias hit a massive solo homer on a 1-2 pitch.
Score after three and a half innings: Canes 5, Arsenal 2
Fifth inning
Jake singled and stole second. He went to third on a fielder's choice and scored on an error.
Score after four and a half innings: Canes 6, Arsenal 2
Score after one-half inning: Canes 2, Arsenal 0
Third inning
Gavin reached on a missed third strike. He stole second. Drew walked. Chace singled. A wild pitch scored Gavin, and Colin's fielder's choice scored Drew.
Score after two and a half innings: Canes 4, Arsenal 2
Fourth inning
Elias hit a massive solo homer on a 1-2 pitch.
Score after three and a half innings: Canes 5, Arsenal 2
Fifth inning
Jake singled and stole second. He went to third on a fielder's choice and scored on an error.
Score after four and a half innings: Canes 6, Arsenal 2
Pitching Performances
Drew started and threw 3.2 innings, striking out the final four batters he faced.
Colin relieved in the fourth and retired four batters in a row to finish the game.
Dugout wisdom
After Gavin had arguably been interfered with trying to round third and score on a grounder one batter before, he scored seconds later on a wild pitch. "That's a 'Ball don't lie' moment right there," Brady observed.
Colin relieved in the fourth and retired four batters in a row to finish the game.
Dugout wisdom
After Gavin had arguably been interfered with trying to round third and score on a grounder one batter before, he scored seconds later on a wild pitch. "That's a 'Ball don't lie' moment right there," Brady observed.
Game 3 Web Gems
- JT stayed with a hard grounder down the third base line and made a sure throw to Chace at first for the out.
Game 3 line score
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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R
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H
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Canes
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2
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0
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2
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1
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1
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X
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6
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4
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Tri-State Arsenal
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2
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0
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0
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0
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0
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X
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2
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2
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