GAME RECAP 7-6-2015
By Anna Dunlavey; @annadunlaveyy The DC Grays and the Alexandria Aces waited out a rain delay in the second inning of last night’s game that lasted nearly an hour. The Grays probably wish that the game had just been rained out. The Aces beat the Grays 5-2, and the Grays record now drops to 10-18 on the season. Starting pitcher Connor Van Hoose (Bucknell) pitched five solid innings, giving up six hits and striking out nine batters. But in the top of the sixth, after getting two outs, Van Hoose walked two batters and allowed a run to score on a single. Layton Dill (East Mississippi CC) was called on in relief. Dill needed to get just one out, but he was unable to do so. He allowed four runs to score, one on a bases loaded walk and three on a bases loaded double. Van Hoose was tagged with two of those runs, as well as the loss. After the double, Harry Thomas (UNC Greensboro) came out of the bullpen. Thomas gave up a walk, but struck out the last batter to finally end the inning. The disastrous sixth inning proved to be the only inning where the Aces scored, as Enrique Oquendo (Lamar) and Reid Frazier (Penn State) effectively shut them down after that. Oquendo pitched the seventh, and had a characteristically outstanding performance. He only faced three batters, striking out two and getting the third on a groundout. Frazier pitched the final two innings. He only gave up one hit, and struck out one. The Grays did not find much success at the plate, only getting four hits on the night. Two of those hits came in the bottom of the second, immediately after the rain delay. Colton Shaver (Brigham Young) singled, and Scottie Sanders (Southeastern Louisiana) doubled. Shaver tried to come home on the Sanders double, and although he was tagged out at the plate, Sanders was able to advance to third and then come home on a wild pitch. The Grays’ next hit came six innings later, when Drew Reid (Harvard) singled in the bottom of the eighth. The final hit of the game was a ninth inning home run hit by Kurt Sinnen (Old Dominion). It was Sinnen’s second homer of the season. The Grays have a day off tomorrow before playing the Baltimore Redbirds at home on Wednesday. Thomas is expected to start.
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Coming off a Friday win and holiday weekend, the Grays (10-17) will take on the Alexandria Aces (8-12). Probable starter for tonight’s game will be Connor Van Hoose of Bucknell. Van Hoose is coming off a loss against the Bethesda Big Train where he went six innings giving up three earned runs on eight hits. The Aces will pitch Jake Wersinger of Wilmington. His last start was against the Grays, where he went five innings giving up one earned run off three hits in a loss. Location: Washington Nationals Youth Academy at 7 p.m. GAME RECAP 7-3-2015
By Anna Dunlavey; @annadunlaveyy It rained for most of last night’s game between the DC Grays and the Vienna Riverdogs, but that didn’t put a damper on the Grays’ evening. The Grays beat the visiting Riverdogs 13-7 to secure their tenth win of the season and improve to an overall 10-17 record. Maverik Buffo (Brigham Young) started for the first time since sustaining a minor ankle injury earlier in the season. He said he felt a little shaky at first, but regained composure to throw eight hitless innings and get his first win of the season. Buffo gave up three runs, walked only four batters, and struck out nine. The Riverdogs’ only hit was a grand slam home run given up by Will Korosec (Stevens Institute of Technology) in the top of the ninth. He struck out one batter, before walking three and giving up the homer. After that, Colton Shaver (Brigham Young), who had just returned from the TD Ameritrade College Home Run Derby, moved from catcher to the pitcher’s mound to complete the game with two strikeouts. The game got off tI a fast start. The Riverdogs scored in the top of the first, but the Grays were quick to tie it up in the bottom of the inning. RF Tony Holton (Jackson State) walked, stole two bases and scored when Quinn Carpenter (Texas Tech) hit into a double play. It seemed like the bottom of the second would be short, as the first two Grays batters went out in order. However, the Grays sparked a 2-out rally that lead to four more runs scoring. SS Drew Reid (Harvard) and 3B Keifer Rawlings (Bucknell) got things started when they were both walked. 2B Mike Caputo (Seton Hall) drove Reid home on a single. Holton walked and DH Kurt Sinnen (Old Dominion) singled to score both Rawlings and Caputo. Carpenter was hit by a pitch to load the bases, and Holton scored on a bases loaded walk drawn by Shaver. The Grays scored again in the fourth inning, when Caputo crossed the plate while the Riverdogs were trying to tag out Shaver on the first base line. But it was the fifth inning where the Grays really blew the game open. Holton scored Reid, Rawlings, and Caputo on a bases loaded triple, then scored himself on a single from PH/LF Desmond Stegall (Grambling State). Stegall stole second, then scored the inning’s fifth run on a double from Shaver. The Grays ended the inning with an 11-1 lead. Although the Riverdogs put a few more runs up on the board in the sixth, the Grays quickly brought their lead back to double digits. LF Bryan Baquer (Washington College) scored two runs on wild pitches–one in the sixth inning, and one in the eighth, before the Riverdogs tacked on four runs with their ninth inning grand slam. The Grays will take a break this Fourth of July weekend, and return to action at home on Monday, when they play the Alexandria Aces. The DC Grays will face the Vienna Riverdogs with probable starter Maverick Buffo of Brigham Young on the mound for DC. Buffo is coming off one inning in relief in a win against the Giants. Brandon Withers of James Madison is coming off a win where he went 6 innings giving up two earned runs on seven hits. Location: Washington Nationals Youth Academy at 7 p.m. GAME RECAP 7-2-2015
By: Anna Dunlavey; @annadunlaveyy The Rockville Express used a four runs fourth inning to take a lead they would not relinquish last night, defeating the hometown DC Grays 8-2. The Grays’ record now falls to 9-17 on the season. The Express struck first, with a run in the top of the second, but the Grays evened things up in the bottom of the inning. 1B Scottie Sanders (Southeastern Louisiana) doubled, and scored on a sacrifice fly from LF Lamar Briggs (Jackson State). The Grays took a one-run lead in the bottom of the third, when 3B Keifer Rawlings (Bucknell) doubled and DH Kurt Sinnen (Old Dominion) scored him on a single. However, the Express took over in the fourth inning, establishing a 5-2 lead. The Grays were unable to score again themselves, and were unable to stop the Express’ offense in the game’s remaining innings. Starting pitcher Layton Dill (East Mississippi CC) gave up the game’s first five runs. He threw for 3.1 innings, gave up seven hits and two walks, and struck out two batters. Dill was pulled after three runs had scored in the fourth inning in favor of southpaws Marlon Pruitt (Grambling State) and Ryan Garner (Memphis). Pruitt walked two batters, but gave up no hits or runs. Garner, who finished out the fourth inning and came back out for the fifth inning, gave up two hits, one of which was a two-run home run. Reid Frazier (Penn State) entered the game in the top of the sixth, and pitched for three innings. He gave up a run without giving up a hit, as an Express batter made it all the way to second on an error, went to third on a fielder’s choice, and came home on a wild pitch. Frazier walked one batter, and struck out three. Enrique Oquendo (Lamar) pitched the ninth. He walked one batter, but struck out the side. Oquendo now has 11 strikeouts in five innings, and has only given up one hit so far this season. Tonight, the Grays will play the Vienna Riverdogs at home at the Nationals Youth Academy. Maverik Buffo (Brigham Young) is expected to start for the Grays. GAME RECAP 7-1-2015 By Anna Dunlavey; @annadunlaveyy The first place Bethesda Big Train ended their 6-5 win over the DC Grays last night the same way they started it –with a home run. For the Grays, who put up a good fight and lead for much of the game, it was another gut-wrenching loss. The game concludes a week-long road series for the Grays, who are now 9-16 on the season. The Grays got off to a great offensive start. DH Tony Holton (Jackson State) got the first hit of the game, a single, and C Kurt Sinnen (Old Dominion) singled right after him. RF Quinn Carpenter (Texas Tech) was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Holton scored on a wild pitch during LF Lamar Briggs’ (Jackson State) at bat, and both Carpenter and Sinnen scored on a single from 3B Keifer Rawlings (Bucknell). Before the Big Train had come up to bat, the Grays already had three runs on the board. This wasn’t, however, the safety net the Grays might have hoped for. The Big Train kicked off the bottom of the first with a leadoff home run and scored one more before the inning was over. The Grays made it 4-2 in the third when Briggs slid home on a wild pitch. The Big Train immediately took back that run, scoring in the bottom of the third, and took a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the sixth. Late in the game, Briggs and Scottie Sanders (Southeastern Louisiana) pushed the game to extra innings. Briggs doubled, and Sanders doubled to drive him in and tie the game on a bang-bang play at the plate. Although the Grays played good defense, including impressive glovework by SS Jackson Kramer (Lafayette), nobody could reach the Big Train home run that sailed out of the park in the bottom of the tenth to send the home crowd home happy and the Grays to another tough defeat. Connor Van Hoose (Bucknell) started the game and threw for six innings. He gave up five runs on eight hits, walking two and striking out two. Harry Thomas (UNC- Greensboro) pitched the next two innings, and struck out two batters, giving up no runs, hits, or walks. Reid Frazier (Penn State) took over on the hill in the top of the ninth. He was tagged with the loss in the 10th innings after he gave up the Big Train’s walk-off homer. It was the only hit he gave up. Frazier also struck out three batters. Tonight, the Grays return home after a week away from the Nationals Youth Academy. They’ll play the Rockville Express, and Layton Dill (East Mississippi CC) is expected to start. Tonight, the Grays (9-16) will have Layton Dill (East Mississippi CC) on the mound to face the Rockville Express (9-13). Dill is coming off a relief appearance against the Giants where he went one inning with one strikeout and no earned runs. The Express will throw Rafael Martinez of Miami Dade College. Martinez went 7.2 in his last start that resulted in a win against the T Bolts. Location: Washington Nationals Youth Academy (3675 Ely Place SE, Washington, DC) at 7 p.m. The DC Grays (9-15) will take on the South division leaders the Bethesda Big Train (18-4) tonight with Bucknell’s Connor Van Hoose on the mound for the Grays. Van Hoose is coming off a relief appearance where he went one inning striking out two. Big Train’s Alex Calvert of South Carolina will pitch tonight. He had a quality outing in an 11-0 win in his last appearance going five innings. Location: Shirley Povich Field at 7:30 p.m. GAME RECAP 6-30-2015 By Anna Dunlavey; @annadunlaveyy The DC Grays were keeping good pace with the homestanding Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts for most of last night’s game. Then, in the bottom of the seventh, they fell apart. The Grays gave up three runs in the seventh and four runs in the eighth before a Grays rally in the top of the ninth fell short. The 10-7 loss puts the Grays’ record at 9-15 on the season. The Grays started strong, with CF Bryan Baquer (Washington College) hitting a leadoff double in the first inning and 3B Keifer Rawlings (Bucknell) scoring him. The T-Bolts scored on their half of the first, knotting the game at 1. When the T-Bolts scored in the third, the Grays got one back in the fourth. 1B Scott Sanders (Southeastern Louisiana) doubled to score C Colton Shaver (Brigham Young) and almost brought in LF Lamar Briggs (Jackson State) as well, but Briggs was called out after a scramble at the plate. The T-Bolts got another run in the fifth on a passed ball, and the Grays evened the score at three in the top of the seventh, with Kurt Sinnen (Old Dominion) scoring on a single from Shaver. Starting pitcher Ryan Garner (Memphis) was on the mound for four innings. He gave up three runs on six hits, walking two and striking out one. He was relieved by Bailey Spence (Cecil CC) in the fifth inning. He struck out two and walked one, and up until the seventh inning, he had given up no hits or runs. The bottom of the seventh looked like it would be a quick one. Spence retired the first two batters in order. However, the T-Bolts then scored three runs, including one on a bases loaded walk after Steven Ghiardi (Millersville) relieved Spence. The Grays got one of those runs back in the top of the eighth, when LF Desmond Stegall (Grambling State) scored on a sacrifice fly from SS Jackson Kramer (Lafayette), and making up those other two runs didn’t seem out of reach. But in the bottom of the eighth, Jarred Scott (Alabama Southern CC) walked three batters in a row and was then relieved by Marlon Pruitt (Grambling State). That turned into a four-run inning for the T-Bolts. One run scored on a bases loaded walk and one on a wild pitch. Scott was tagged with three of the runs, and Pruitt was charged with one, along with walking two batters and giving up one hit. For a few moments in the bottom of the ninth, it looked like the Grays could come back from that 10-4 deficit. Sinnen scored after RF Quinn Carpenter (Texas Tech) hit into a fielder’s choice that got Shaver out. Rawlings scored on a dropped third strike, and Carpenter scored on a wild pitch. However, the rally was too little, too late. The Grays wouldn’t tally again. Tonight, the Grays will make the trip to Shirley Povich Field to play the Bethesda Big Train. Connor Van Hoose (Bucknell) is the expected starting pitcher for the Grays. GAME RECAP 6-29-2015 By Anna Dunlavey; @annadunlaveyy It isn’t often that a pitcher can say he got a loss and a win on the same night, but that’s what happened to the Grays’ Harry Thomas (UNC-Greensboro) in Gaithersburg on Monday. The Grays completed a previously suspended game before playing the regularly scheduled game between the two teams. were only supposed to play one game last night against the Gaithersburg Giants. Thomas had started the original game, and was tagged with the loss when the Giants eventually completed the game and beat the Grays 13-6. But Thomas was also the starter in last night’s second game, which the Grays won 8-2. The first game started where it had left off, in the top of the third inning with the Giants up 5-0. The Grays got off to a better start this time around, getting a run in their first at bat of the night when DH Kurt Sinnen (Old Dominion) singled to score SS Jackson Kramer (Lafayette). The Giants got two more runs in the bottom of the fifth, but a scramble in the sixth ended with some more runs for the Grays. RF Zack Irwin (East Mississippi) reached on an error by the Giants’ second baseman. Sinnen and C Colton Shaver (Brigham Young) were both able to score on the error. The Grays got three more runs, one each in the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings. Bryan Baquer (Washington College) scored on a groundout from Sinnen, 1B Scott Sanders (Southeast Louisiana) scored on a single from 2B Mike Caputo (Seton Hall), and 3B Keifer Rawlings (Bucknell) scored on a sacrifice fly from Irwin. But it wasn’t enough to overtake the Giants, who were scoring runs themselves. Dan Jarrell (Washington College) pitched the restart, giving up six runs on five hits, walking three and striking out two over 3.2 innings. Will Korosec (Stevens Institute of Technology) pitched one complete inning, giving up a run, two hits, and a walk. Jarred Scott (Alabama Southern CC) finished the game, giving up a run on no hits and walking two batters. The second game started and ended in the Grays’ favor. Quinn Carpenter (Texas Tech), who has been having a great season on the mound and at the plate, scored Baquer on a double in the top of the first. Kramer took a bases loaded walk in the top of the fourth to increase the lead to 2-0. In the top of the fifth, the bases were loaded after Shaver doubled, Carpenter singled, and Sinnen was hit by a pitch. Lamar Briggs (Jackson State), who had been making great defensive plays all night, singled to score both Shaver and Carpenter. The bases were loaded again after Sanders was also hit by a pitch, and Sinnen scored after Caputo hit into a fielder’s choice. Carpenter hit a two-run homer in the top of the sixth, and Kramer doubled in the top of the seventh to score Aaron Inman (Loyola New Orleans). The game had to end after seven innings because the lights at Criswell Field were turned off based on a city ordinance, but the game was official and the Grays notched the victory. Thomas pitched four innings, giving up one run on three hits, walking two, and striking out four. Layton Dill (East Mississippi CC), Connor Van Hoose (Bucknell), and Maverik Buffo (Brigham Young) pitched one complete inning each to finish the game. Dill gave up no runs, hits, or walks, and struck out one. Van Hoose also gave up no runs, hits, or walks, and struck out two. Buffo gave up a hit and a run, but no walks, and struck out two batters. Tonight, the Grays will make up Saturday’s rained out game against the Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts at Montgomery Blair High School. |
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