In a game that lasted a brisk hour and six minutes, the Canes took a 15-0 win over RBA South in a game shortened to three innings by the run rule. It was quite a departure from the last meeting between these two teams, but this time, as the RBA coach told his team in the huddle, "They hit the ____ out of the ball." (Coach Sean said ____ means "stuff")
After Andrew pitched his way out of a tough spot in the top of the first, the game was never in doubt again, as the Canes plated five runs in each inning and played spotless defense to earn the shutout. It also was a terrific opportunity to work on math word problems, as Coach Kevin guaranteed that if the Canes won every inning, they would also win the game. There was a short pause, and then Chace announced, "Well...yeah...we'd have more runs than them!" You can call Chace the bus driver because he just took you to school.
The win advances the Canes to the semifinals, which take place at 2 p.m. against the winner of the Quick Strike and Tidewater Drillers.
First inning
Jake walked and stole second. Gavin doubled him home. Drew's RBI single scored Gavin. Chace singled. A wild pitch advanced both runners. Ben lifted a sacrifice fly. JT smoked a two-run homer.
Score after one inning: Canes 5, RBA South 0
Score after one inning: Canes 5, RBA South 0
Second inning
Bryce hit a one-out single and stole second. Jake walked. A wild pitch advanced both runners and another wild pitch scored Bryce. Another wild pitch scored Jake. Drew walked in front of Chace's double. Andrew singled home a pair. After stealing second, he scored on JT's single.
Score after two innings: Canes 10, RBA South 0
Third inning
Asher singled. Eli ran for him and stole second. Eli then wriggled his way out of a rundown at second and ended up scoring on the play. Bryce walked. Jake singled. Gavin walked. Drew's mammoth shot to pitcher scored a run. Chace hit a two-run single. Andrew drove in the walk-off run with a single.
Score after three innings: Canes 15, RBA South 0
Third inning
Asher singled. Eli ran for him and stole second. Eli then wriggled his way out of a rundown at second and ended up scoring on the play. Bryce walked. Jake singled. Gavin walked. Drew's mammoth shot to pitcher scored a run. Chace hit a two-run single. Andrew drove in the walk-off run with a single.
Score after three innings: Canes 15, RBA South 0
Pitching Performances
Andrew battled through two tough innings and pitched his way out of a bases-loaded jam in the first.
JT closed it with a perfect third.
Dugout wisdom
This isn't going to sound funny in print, but it was hilarious in the dugout. One of the RBA players was wearing high white socks with his all-dark uniform. It looked pretty much exactly like this. JT then began speaking solely in a British accent while in the dugout, which made it even better when he cranked his home run, leading to lots of "Jolly good show!" salutes for him when he returned to the dugout.
JT closed it with a perfect third.
Dugout wisdom
This isn't going to sound funny in print, but it was hilarious in the dugout. One of the RBA players was wearing high white socks with his all-dark uniform. It looked pretty much exactly like this. JT then began speaking solely in a British accent while in the dugout, which made it even better when he cranked his home run, leading to lots of "Jolly good show!" salutes for him when he returned to the dugout.
Quarterfinal Web Gems
- In the top of the second, Gavin went deep in the hole at shortstop, then made a strong throw to a stretching Chace to retire the hitter.
- Chace leaped to stab a would-be double down the first base line for the final RBA out of the game.
Quarterfinal 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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RBA South
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0
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0
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0
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X
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X
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X
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0
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2
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Canes
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5
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5
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5
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X
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X
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X
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15
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12
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