Coming off a solid win last night against the T Bolts, the DC Grays (16-20) will host the Herndon Braves (17-19) with Ryan Garner (Memphis) as the expected starter. Garner is coming off a solid, six-inning outing against the Gaithersburg Giants, giving up two earned runs off three hits to get the win. Braves’ Connor Norton (South Carolina Aiken) will make his start coming off a hitless, seven inning start against the Riverdogs. Location: Washington Nationals Youth Academy, **1 p.m.**
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After coming off back-to-back shutouts against top contenders in the league, the Grays return home to face the T Bolts. Starting pitcher Connor Van Hoose (Bucknell) will toe the rubber for DC after coming off a rough appearance against the Big Train going 1.1 with three earned runs off four hits. T Bolts’ Connor Chasanov (Delaware) is coming off a one inning appearance in relief giving up two hits. Location: Washington Nationals Youth Academy, 7 p.m. **It will be Sabre Metro night at the park, so get excited!** GAME RECAP 7-17-2015 By: Anna Dunlavey; @annadunlaveyy The DC Grays made history on Friday night in Vienna. After defeating the Baltimore Redbirds two nights ago 2-0, they got another shutout win against the Riverdogs. The 3-0 win marks the first back-to-back shutouts in Grays history. The Grays have the hard work of starter Harry Thomas (UNC-Greensboro) and reliever Zack Irwin (East Mississippi CC) to thank for the historic win. Thomas started the game and threw 6.2 strong innings, scattering just three hits. He walked two batters and struck out six. Irwin, who took the mound for the final 2.1 innings, got his first win of the season. He struck out two batters, and didn’t give up any hits or walks. Just as they did in the game against the Redbirds, the Grays broke a scoreless tie late in the contest. This time the Grays struck in the top of the ninth. C Kurt Sinnen (Old Dominion) changed the game, starting the inning off with a double. Sinnen reached third when 1B Colton Shaver (BYU) singled, and SS Drew Reid (Harvard) drove in Sinnen on a sacrifice fly to give the Grays the lead. The Grays had the first and only run on the board, but Quinn Carpenter (Texas Tech) gave the Grays some needed insurance. Carpenter hit a two-run home run to put the Grays up 3-0. It was Carpenter’s second homer of the season, and Irwin’s scoreless ninth made it stand up. The regular season ends in a week, and the Grays, now 15-20 on the season, are looking to finish strong. They’ll face the Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts tonight at home at the Nationals Youth Academy at 7pm. Conner Van Hoose (Bucknell) is the probable starting pitcher for the Grays. GAME RECAP 7-16-2015 By: Anna Dunlavey; @annadunlaveyy The DC Grays came back from the All-Star Break with a bang last night when they beat the Baltimore Redbirds 2-0. This is the second time in a row that the Grays have beaten the league-leading Redbirds. The win boosts the Grays’ record to 14-20 as the final week of the season approaches. Last night was a pitcher’s duel that was scoreless until the 8th inning. Grays hurlers Quinn Carpenter (Texas Tech) and Maverik Buffo (Brigham Young) were up for the challenge. Carpenter started the game and lasted six innings. He only gave up one hit, walking two batters and striking out five. Buffo pitched the final three innings. He gave up two hits, struck out three batters, and got the win. The two Grays pitchers weren’t helped out by the offense until the eighth inning, when the Grays finally got a run across the plate. 1B Kurt Sinnen (Old Dominion), who was named the All-Star Game’s Most Valuable Player on Wednesday, drove in DH Tony Holton (Jackson State) to put the Grays on the board. RF Harrison Bruce (University of San Francisco) scored SS Drew Reid (Harvard) in the ninth for the insurance run. Tonight, the Grays will play the Vienna Riverdogs for the final time this season. Harry Thomas (UNC-Greensboro) is expected to start. The Grays (14-20) will visit the Vienna Riverdogs (18-13) tonight with Harry Thomas of UNC Greensboro on the mound. Thomas is coming off a two inning relief appearance against the Express, where he allowed one hit with three strikeouts. The Riverdogs will pitch Jordon Accetta (Wofford College) who went six innings in his last start, giving up two earned runs off three hits. Location: James Madison High School, 7 p.m. The Grays will take on the Baltimore Redbirds tonight with Connor Van Hoose (Bucknell) on the mound. Van Hoose is coming off a relief appearance agaisnt the Big Train where he went 1.1 giving up three earned runs off four hits. The Redbirds will start Mark Curtis of Shippensburg Univeristy who is coming off a quality seven inning start giving up just two hits and no earned runs. Location: Calvert Hall High School Last night, the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League held their all star game at Bethesda Big Train’s Shirley Povich Field. The turnout for the league’s top players was large, with numerous scouts in attendance behind the backstop. The D.C. Grays were represented by three position players; Colton Shaver (1B BYU), Quinn Carpenter (OF Texas Tech), and Old Dominion University’s Kurt Sinnen (1B). Shaver participated in the league’s home run derby, something he has gotten used to this summer after coming off his appearance in the NCAA College Home Run Derby in Omaha. But yesterday’s Grays’ standout player ended up being the most valuable player on the night for the league. Kurt Sinnen went 1-1 with an RBI and scored the winning run. Sinnen started, hit in the nine hole, and quietly dominated at the plate and in the field. With only three Grays players represented, Sinnen made his presence known and represented the D.C. Grays the best way possible, by winning the MVP. Sinnen has had a strong season at the plate with a team-leading .308 batting average and a tie for RBIs with 14. He’s been the swiss army knife of the Grays’ infield, filling in wherever needed with a .985 fielding percentage. Although the Grays weren’t strong in numbers last night, Kurt Sinnen stood out with his steady performance and even-keeled demeanor that earned him the MVP in a competitive all-star game. GAME RECAP 7-12-2015 By: Anna Adunlavey; @annadunlaveyy The Rockville Express scored four runs in the first inning of yesterday’s game, and the Grays never recovered. The final score was a 5-3 Grays loss. The Grays are now 13-20 on the season. Zack Irwin (East Mississippi CC) had a shaky start start in his first pitching performance in two weeks, but recovered nicely to give the Grays a solid outing. He gave up six hits over seven innings of work, and four of them were in the first inning. Irwin allowed one run to score on a single and then gave up a three-run homer. After that, Irwin regained control. He retired the side in order in four of the next six innings he pitched. Irwin allowed another run to score in the top of the seventh, when a batter he had hit with a pitch scored on a single. Harry Thomas (UNC-Greensboro) came out in relief for the final two innings. Thomas only gave up one hit, walked one batter, and struck out three. All three of the Grays’ runs were driven in by SS Jackson Kramer (Lafayette). In the top of the third, LF Harrison Bruce (University of San Francisco) walked and 3B Keifer Rawlings (Bucknell) was hit by a pitch. When Mike Caputo (Seton Hall) struck out and Bryan Baquer (Washington College) hit into a fielder’s choice, Kramer was at bat with two outs and two runners on. Kramer tripled, hitting the gap in deep right center, and scored both Bruce and Baquer. In the top of the seventh, Kramer once again came up with two outs, except this time the bases were loaded. RF Tony Holton (Jackson State) and Baquer had singled, and Bruce had walked again. Kramer singled to bring Holton across the plate. The Grays will get to rest for a few days with the Ripken League All-Star Break this Monday through Wednesday. Their next game is an away game against the Baltimore Redbirds on Thursday. Today, the DC Grays (13-19) will take on the Rockville Express (12-18). Zach Irwin of East Mississippi CC will take the mound. Irwin is coming off a 4-3 win, going seven innings with three earned runs off eight hits. Rockville’s starter will be Corey Leszczynski of Towson University who is coming off a two inning appearance against the Redbirds, with one strikeout. Today is also our first annual “East of the River Community Day” event. See flyer attached for details. Location: Washington Nationals Youth Academy (3675 Ely Place SE, Washington, DC)
Festivities Begin at 11am First Pitch at 1pm GAME RECAP 7-11-2015 By: Anna Dunlavey; @annadunlavey The homestanding Bethesda Big Train brought the DC Grays’ 3-game win streak to a screeching halt last night when they beat them 11-3. The loss puts the Grays’ record at 13-19 on the season. Starting pitcher Maverik Buffo (Brigham Young) started strong, getting two of his four strikeouts on the night in the first inning. The Big Train then took over, scoring two runs in the second inning and one in the third after Buffo’s command betrayed him. Buffo lasted five innings, striking out a total of five batters and giving up the three runs on four hits. Connor Van Hoose (Bucknell), who started against the Big Train the last time the Grays visited Shirley Povich Field, came out in the bottom of the sixth, where the Big Train scored another run on a sacrifice fly. The Grays finally put a run of their own on the board in the top of the seventh. C Colton Shaver (Brigham Young) walked and reached second on a wild pitch. He scored on a single from 3B Keifer Rawlings (Bucknell). LF Lamar Briggs (Jackson State) and 2B Mike Caputo (Seton Hall) both followed with singles to load the bases with one out. The momentum was lost just as quickly as it was gained, however, as SS Jackson Kramer (Lafayette) hit into an inning-ending double play. Bethesda padded its lead in the seventh. Although Van Hoose got the first batter he faced, he gave up two singles and a triple, allowing two more runs to cross the plate. Reid Frazier (Penn State) came in to finish the inning. One of Frazier’s inherited runners scored on an error, and another scored on a passed ball. The score was 8-1 by the end of the inning. The Big Train continued to terrorize Frazier in the eighth, scoring one run on a double and another on a bases loaded walk. Steve Ghiardi (Millersville) took over for Frazier with two outs and the bases loaded. He ended the inning with a strikeout, but not before giving up a bases loaded walk of his own. The Grays finally began to mount a comeback in the top of the ninth. They got two hits and scored two runs. DH Quinn Carpenter (Texas Tech) led off with a single, then stole second. PH Alex Woinski (Lafayette) was hit by a pitch to get two runners on. Kramer singled, scoring Carpenter, and Woinski also came home after a Big Train throwing error. That was, unfortunately, all that the Grays could muster. Today, the Grays will return to the Nationals Youth Academy to play the Rockville Express for the final time this season. Zack Irwin (East Mississippi CC) is the probable starter for the Grays. |
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