Red Sox Practice Reminder

We will practice tomorrow (Thur) at 5PM at Ladera.  See you there.

Red Sox Game 17 Game Summary - Another Close Call

The following game summary was provided by Coach Barry.

The Red Sox pulled out a closely fought 3-2 victory over the surging Nationals on Wednesday evening.   The win takes the Red Sox to 12-5 on the season (5-2 in the second half).  The victory also brings the Red Sox record to 3-0 in games decided by 1 point.  The Nationals go to 4-15 on the season (3-6 in the second half). 

Lawrence Gilliam (3-0,  5.4 ERA) started off on the mound to throw 3  2/3 solid innings allowing 2 runs (1 earned). He also gloved a hard hit one hopper and threw to first for an out. The Nationals started Jordan who also had a strong outing.  The Red Sox defense was tight all the way through. They turned a double play when Tristan Williams (.345 BA, .596 OBP) caught a pop fly at SS and threw to Jonathan Phelps (.528 BA, .630 OBP) at first for the out when the runner didn't tag up. Grant Craddolph (.486 BA, .673 OBP) hit a long high shot to left center for a stand up triple; continuing home to score on a over throw to third. Tristan and Jonathan both scored after getting on with base hits and advancing to home on stolen bases. Jonathan played a great game at first fielding two ground balls hit to first for a couple of outs and also catching throws to first for a few more outs. Kyle Reece (.286 BA, .540 OBP) scooped up a hard hit ground ball in center field and quickly made a throw to Tristan who tagged the runner out at second.  Tristan relieved Lawrence with 2 outs in the 4th and pitched a scoreless 1 1/3 innings to record his second save of the year.

Special thanks to Marie and Greg for handling the score book.  Coach Lawrence will transcribe the scorebook into the stats applications and update the website on Thursday.


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Lawrence Gilliam
Minor Division Standings
http://LaderaRedSox.shorturl.com   - Stats
http://LaderaRedSox.blogspot.com  - Blog

Game Reminder

We play the Nationals today at 6PM.  Please arrive by 5PM for warm up.

Red Sox Notes

Practice Reminder
We will practice tomorrow, Thur, at 5PM at Ladera.

Game Summary Omission
In a rush to go to press, I omitted an additional game ball to Tristan Williams in the Mets game for shutting down the Mets in the final inning.

Standings Update
The Braves appear to have 1st place locked up as they are leading by 2.5 games with 3 to play.  Their magic number is 2.

In an upset, the Nationals defeated the Dodgers last night in a high scoring affair. 

In the race for 2nd place, the Red Sox (4-2), hold a 1.5 game advantage on the Dbacks and Dodgers (both 3-4).   The Red Sox magic number to clinch 2nd is 3.  Any combination of 3 Red Sox Wins or 3 Dback and Dodger losses clinches 2nd place for the Sox. 


Misc Stats

• The Red Sox are 3-1 in games decided by 2 runs or less.  A key stat that measures the team's resolve to win.
• Red Sox pitchers average 1 strike out per 2.79 batters faced.  That's over 1 per inning.  Tristan and Lawrence lead way with 1 strike out per 2.55 and 2.61 batters, respectively.
• The Red Sox are 1-5 in games where they score 7 runs or less. 
  
• Outside of the division leading Braves, the Red Sox are the only team playing above .500 for the season.
• Kyle is the only Red Sox to play in every game this season.
• The Red Sox have been shut out once this year.
• The Red Sox are 0-2 in games when one of the coaches is missing.
• The Red Sox are undefeated in games immediately following a new moon
  
• (okay I made the last one up)
  

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Lawrence Gilliam
Minor Division Standings
http://LaderaRedSox.shorturl.com   - Stats
http://LaderaRedSox.blogspot.com  - Blog

Red Sox Game 16 Mini Summary – A "W" is a "W"

The Red Sox ended a two game slide by pulling out a nail bitter against the Mets on Sunday.  The Red Sox rallied for 6 runs in the top of the 4th to earn an 8-6 victory and bring their record to 4-2 in the second half (11-5 overall). 

 

The Red Sox got on the board early as lead off batter,  Jonathan Phelps (.528 BA,  .630 OBP), earned a walk and advanced home on two Mets throwing errors.  Derek Marshall also collected a hit in the inning but was left stranded as Met's pitcher Jimmy got on track.

 

Derek (1-0, 9.29 ERA) got the start on the mound for Red Sox and turned in a flawless first inning, striking out the side in order on 16 pitches.

 

Kyle Reece (.281 BA, .540 OBP, 18 runs scored), led off the second inning with a walk.  Kyle used his speed to advance around the bases and score on a series of wild pitches and errors to bring the score to 2-0. 

 

The Mets responded with 5 runs in the bottom of the second as they benefited from 5 walks in the inning.  Team ERA leader, Jonathan Phelps (2-1, 3.46 ERA) relieved Derek on the mound during the inning.  Tristan Williams fielded a ground ball at short stop and threw to Kyle at third to record out 1 of the inning.  Derek, who replaced Jonathan at first base, recorded out 2 on an unassisted ground ball to first.  Out 3 was recorded as Bailey Goldstein threw to Lawrence Gilliam who relayed to Kyle at third to get Chase attempting to stretch a double into a triple.  2 runs were scored on the play. 

 

At the end of 2, the Mets led 5-2.

 

Mets pitcher, Jimmy, continued to befuddle the Red Sox batters as he made it through the top of the Red Sox line up, allowing only a walk to Grant Craddolph (.486 BA, .673 OBP), in the top of the third.

 

Jonathan stayed on the mound in the bottom of the third.  After the lead off batter walked, Grant, who was behind the plate, threw to Lawrence at first base to pick off the runner taking a lazy lead off.  Jonathan struck out the next batter to record out 2.  The Mets would earn 3 more walks and a base hit to score 1 run in the bottom of the third.  Jonathan battled to record out 3 with a strike out.

 

With spirits (and attitudes) in question, the Red Sox returned to the dugout trailing 6-2; needing a rally as time was becoming a factor.

 

Lawrence Gilliam (.406 BA, .604 OBP) got the inning started by legging out an infield single hit to the gap between short and 2nd.  Lawrence would advance to 3rd base on a wild pitch and a passed ball.  The speedy Tristan Williams (.345 BA, .596 OBP) drew a walk.  Following the direction of Coach Barry and Coach Lawrence, Tristan sprinted to first and rounded to second to draw the throw.  Mets pitcher Jimmy fired the ball to second to get Tristan, allowing Lawrence to score.  The next batter, Bailey, drew a walk.  With 2 outs in the inning, and needing 3 runs the tie, slugger Desmond Box (.333 BA, .581 OBP) stepped to the plate.  Desmond, riding the high of just missing a home run by 10-15 feet in the previous game, stroked a towering fly ball to third base that was mishandled by the Mets.  Bailey scored on the play to bring the Red Sox within 2.  Jonathan followed with a walk, Grant was hit by a pitch, and Derek walked to load the bases for Evan Lott (.150 BA, .370 OBP).  Desmond scored on Derek's walk.   Evan drew a walk, bringing in Jonathan to tie the game. Grant scored on Evan's walk to give the Sox the lead.  Lawrence delivered his second base hit of the inning on a line drive to left center to score Derek and give the Red Sox a 2 run lead.  The inning was called, mistakenly, due to the 6 run rule.

 

The Red Sox sent staff work horse, Tristan Williams (3-2, 6.52 ERA) to the mound to close out the game.  Tristan leads the team in innings pitched, games pitched, and strike outs.  Needing base runners, the Mets lead off batter laid down superb bunt.  Derek, who relieved Grant behind the plate, hustled forward and threw a bullet to Jonathan at first to get the out.  The next batter laid down another tough bunt.  Again, Derek hustled forward and delivered a strike to Lawrence covering first for out 2 – TWO PLAYS WORTHY OF WEB GEM MENTION IN A ROW.     Tristan took care of the rest by recording out 3 to close the game.

 

Jonathan earns the win, and Tristan earns the team's first save of the year.

 

There are many Game balls go around this time:

Derek Marshall – for a superb inning of work on the mound and 2 web gem plays behind the plate.

Jonathan Phelps – for excellent relief pitching

Kyle Reece – for two put outs at third base

Lawrence Gilliam – for 2 base hits and solid defense through the game

Terrance Gant and Evan Lott – for displaying a winning attitude when other team members began to doubt

Grant Craddolph – for solid work behind the plate

 

I have attached the usual files.  The game recap can be found via the link on the team schedule .
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Lawrence Gilliam
Minor Division Standings
http://LaderaRedSox.shorturl.com   - Stats
http://LaderaRedSox.blogspot.com  - Blog

 

Red Sox Practice Reminder

We will practice today at 5PM at Ladera.

Red Sox Practice Reminder

We will practice tomorrow (Thur) at Ladera at 5PM.

Practice Today at 5PM at Ladera

We will be at Ladera for our standing Monday practice.  Practice is from 5 to 6:30.

Lawrence

Red Sox Practice Schedule

We will practice tomorrow (Thur) at 5PM at Ladera.

 

In prep for the big game against the Braves on Sat, we will have a batting cage practice on Saturday at 2:30PM at West Coast Baseball in El Segundo.  Coach Derek reserved the cages from 2:30 to 3:30.   Gametime is 6PM on Sat.

 

Lawrence

Red Sox Practice Reminder

We will practice tomorrow (Monday) at 5PM on our field (Ladera).

Red Sox Practice Reminder

We will practice tomorrow (Thur) at 5PM on our field (Ladera).

Thursday is also the last day to get your order and money in for the first round of Ladera jacket orders.

Red Sox Game Reminder

We play the Mets today at 6PM.  Please arrive by 5PM for warmup.