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Bridgewater Reds infielder and pitcher Derek Shifflett was named RCBL Player of the Week for May 29th-June 3rd. Shifflet had three solid pitching performances, one at Montezuma on Wednesday (2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 2 K), another on Friday at Stuarts Draft (1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 1 K), and a complete game at Elkton on Saturday for game one of a doubleheader [7 IP, 2 R (1 ER), 7 H, 1 BB, 10 K). At the plate, he hit .421 with nine hits and two RBIs, including a home run in game one at Elkton on Saturday. “Just glad to be out there having fun with some great guys,” Shifflet said. “We have a very balanced team, just need to keep doing what we do and keep the foot on the gas pedal. It’s going to be a fun year.” This season is going to be Shifflett’s last in the RCBL, as he will retire at the end of the season. The RCBL media team recently had Shifflett on The Rocktown Rundown to discuss his decision and his career. Rocktown Rundown Episode 1: Opening Week - YouTube
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By Dean Barker The RCBL Shockers took the lead in the fourth and never looked back, picking up a 4-2 road win at the Grottoes Cardinals on Sunday, June 4. With the win, the Shockers moved to 2-3, while Grottoes fell to 3-2. “If we get guys to produce at the plate and get pitching like that, and our defensive play… we should be solid all year,” Shockers head coach Nolan Potts said. Mason Sawyers picked up the win for the Shockers to move to 1-0, pitching a full nine innings and giving up two runs (one earned) on four hits with six walks and one strikeout. “After every inning, I was like ‘Dang, I feel good, I’ll go again,’” Sawyers said. “I just kept going, I knew they’d make good plays behind me.” Tucker Garrison took the loss for Grottoes and fell to 2-1 on the season, pitching the first four innings and giving up three earned runs on six hits with no walks and no strikeouts. Andrew Baugher pitched four innings, giving up one earned run on three hits with no walks and three strikeouts. Lucas Cash pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning with two strikeouts. The Shockers got on the board first with RBI doubles from Haden and Harrison Madagan in the top of the fourth, followed by an RBI triple from Kaden Spaid to make it 3-0. Garret Huffman hit an RBI triple in the bottom half to cut the deficit to 3-1. With two on and one out in the top of the fifth, Nick Arnold would hit an RBI double to plate Luke Keister, but Dawson Russel was called out at the plate. With the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth, Whit Scafidi grounded into a 6-4-3 double play, but Dylan Nicely came home for the Cardinals to make it a 4-2 game. The Shockers had four runs on nine hits with one error and four left on base. Arnold went 2-4 with an RBI to lead the way. Russel was 2-4. Spaid, Haden and Harrison Madagan all went 1-4 with one RBI. Bodie Pullen went 1-3. Connor Houser was 1-4. In the field, the Shockers turned five double plays on the day. The Cardinals had two runs on four hits with two errors and five runners stranded. Huffman went 1-2 with an RBI and a walk to lead the Cardinals. Jacob Merica and Aidan Miller were both 1-3. Eli Lam was 1-4. “We had some opportunities, and just didn’t have quality at-bats when we needed,” Cardinals head coach Tim Nicely said. “We didn’t take advantage of the opportunities we had throughout the game.” The Shockers will be back in action when they visit the Montezuma Braves on Tuesday, June 6 at 7:30 pm. Potts says the Shockers will have to take this game seriously. “They’re very well coached, very talented squad, got some pitchers, and definitely some guys that can hit,” Potts said. “If we get pitching like that, defense, and like we talked about, a little situational hitting, put a big inning together and play all three phases of the game well, I think we’ll be fine.” The Cardinals will look to bounce back when they host the Blue Sox on Wednesday, June 7 at 7:30 pm. To win, Nicely says his team will need to learn from this loss. “We need to fix the things we didn’t do so well, we’ve got to have a better approach at the plate,” Nicely said. “We just need to come ready to play Wednesday… All the teams in this league are good, they have good players.” By Tyler Carney A dominant day at the plate for the Braves saw them take down the reigning runner ups 7-5. 15 hits from the Braves lineup made that game surprisingly close as the Braves stayed in control most of the way. A lead-off double from Michael Robertson kept his hot hitting going and set the tone for the rest of the game. However after advancing him to 3rd on a single from Luke Olimpio the D’backs got out of the jam. Ryan Farris would bring in Grayson Bush on an RBI single for Draft’s first run of the game and only lead. Montezuma would take the lead on a two RBI double from Blake French beginning his fantastic day at the plate. Draft would get out of the inning after Robertson took a scary HBP to the head but was left stranded, keeping it a one run game. The 5th inning rolled around however and big man Tristian Gordon would step up and knock in a 3 run homer bringing in Olimpio and Armstrong with him, changing the momentum in the game. Ryan Farris would get another RBI single in the bottom of the 5th keeping it a 3 run game. Draft was not going down quietly. Montezuma was not letting down however as Blake French would continue his great day at the plate leading off the 6th with a solo homer. “ I was trying to stay calm at the plate. I tend to get uptight when I’m up there and today I just tried to go up there, have fun and hit the ball,” said French after finishing 3 for 4 with 3 RBIs and a home run. The rest of the 6th the Diamondbacks would stiffen defensively after another single from Robertson shortstop Grayson Bush would turn an unassisted double play and bring Draft back up to bat. However they’d go down in order as Landon Lightner would draw a walk but get caught stealing Costa would strike out and Wayne would ground out to third. The top of the 7th saw another double play from the Diamondbacks this time going 4-6-3 and out of the innings in four batters stranding one. This tough defensive play and stranding a lot of batters would keep the game in reach for the Diamondbacks. The bend don’t break defense was eventually broken by a Luke Olimpio RBI single that scored Roberston from second; however the Braves would strand one in the inning. The bottom of the 8th saw the game get close again as Zach Roberts, the leadoff hitter, would knock in a 2 RBI single bringing the score to 7-5. Draft would hold the Braves to a scoreless 9th and the bottom of the 9th came up. After two strikeouts Draft hitters would draw three straight walks loading the bases. However, a groundout to second by Roberts would see the Braves hang on 7-5. C “ Last game we were so flat, tonight we were much more disciplined at the plate,” said manager of the Braves Chris Rush, “ We left a lot of guys out there so next time I’d like to see us move guys around the bases more but better job tonight. We have better hitters than what we showed against Broadway and we showed that tonight. I told the guys you come you better be ready to hit” As for pitching Alex Belako pulled the start for Montezuma going until the 5th when he was relieved by Blake Argenbright who would be followed by Owen Stewart in the 7th who would set up for Dalton Hall and in the 9th Lance Tate would finish the job. While Montezuma used a lot of pitchers they all did well only allowing 6 hits on the day and defensively one error on a bad hop off the infield. On the mound for Draft Jacob Dunford would pull the start going until the 6th giving up the bulk of the Braves runs however he would force batters to hit into a lot of ground outs and pop outs keeping his team in it. In the 6th Chandis Goff would come in in relief giving up a home run on his first batter faced, but it was the hot bat of French he would strand a lot of runners until the 9th when he was replaced by Austin Craft who would finish the game. Montezuma will return to action June 6th at home against the Shockers (2-3) and look to move back above .500 on the year. The Diamondbacks now 1-5 will look to get something going on the road against Elkton (0-7) June 6th. By Dean Barker The Bridgewater Reds utilized two stellar pitching performances and eleven runs to sweep a double header with the Elkton Blue Sox, 7-2 and 4-0 on June 3. With the wins, the Reds moved to 5-1 and a tie with Clover Hill for first place, while the Blue Sox fell to 0-7 and stayed in last. “It went down to pitching again, and the hitting,” acting Bridgewater head coach Dennis Miller said. “I think the more these guys play, the better we get.” Derek Shifflett pitched a complete seven innings in the first game, giving up two runs (one earned) on seven hits with one walk and ten strikeouts. At the plate he was 3-7 on the day with a walk and an RBI from a home run in the first game. “When you have defense like that behind you, and… when you score that many, it feels pretty good, especially in a seven-inning game,” Shifflett said. Nick Griffin pitched six shutout innings in the second game, giving up just one hit and no walks and striking out four. “I had command of all five pitches, just stay low in the zone, roll ground balls, let our defense make plays,” Griffin said. Noah Cornwell had a powerful day at the plate, going 6-7 with a walk and five RBIs and a walk, including a two-run homer in the second game. “Like I said last night, just trying to get myself in good counts, hit the ball hard,” Cornwell said. “You know, this infield isn’t really the best, so I was just trying to make them make plays in the infield, and hit the ball hard and see what happens, and I think that’s what I did today.” Brett Tharp had a speedy day, bunting for a single in the second game and stealing two bases in the first. One of those bases was home, which he stole in the fourth inning of game two. “Just watching the catcher, how he throws the ball back, and what the pitcher does after he catches it, that’s the main thing,” Tharp said. “If the catcher’s just gonna lob the ball back, that gives you the opportunity, and usually pitchers aren’t expecting somebody to steal home, so it catches him off guard, and gets him to bobble the ball.” Peyton Thomas took the loss for Elkton in game one, throwing six innings and giving up seven runs (five earned) on eleven hits with two walks and one strikeout. Alex Sutton lost the second game, giving up four runs (three earned) on ten hits with one walk and three strikeouts. Colby Cave pitched the seventh innings of both games, giving up no runs on two hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Dusty Cash went 1-6 on the day with one RBI, a solo home run to right in the first game. Brandon Mullins went 1-2 in the second game, his third inning double to right being the only Blue Sox hit of the second game. Andi Merica went 3-6 on the day. “They (Bridgewater) outhit us; they had balls drop that we didn’t, I mean we pieced up some nice hits and they were right to them, that was the biggest thing,” Elkton head coach Mike Sutton said. “Our pitching really worked well for us, and overall I’m pleased with where we’re at.” Bridgewater will hope to take sole possession of first place when they travel to the Clover Hill Bucks on Tuesday, June 6 at 7:30 pm. After getting a little bit more action under their belts, Miller hopes his team will be ready for the rematch with the Bucks, losing the first game 8-6 on Monday, May 29. “We’ve seen them now, we’ll be a little bit more prepared for Clover Hill,” Miller said. “Like you say, we hadn’t played for a whole week, and so we were kind of cold, but I think we’re ready this time.” Elkton will look for their first win when they host the Stuarts Draft Diamondbacks on Tuesday, June 6 at 7:30 pm. To win, Sutton emphasized the need for offensive production. “The key of it is just getting some hits to fall,” Sutton said. “If our pitching runs the way it did tonight, and you know, we played really solid defense tonight, things are gonna fall into place.” Bridgewater Reds Interview (6/3/23) - YouTube Mike Sutton Interview (6/3/23) - YouTube By Dean Barker In a rematch of last year’s RCBL Championship, the Bridgewater Reds scored first and never trailed in a 6-3 victory over the Stuarts Draft Diamondbacks. With the win, the Reds improve to 3-1 and move into a three-way tie for second, while the D-Backs fall to a 1-3 tie for sixth. “Well I think pitching had a lot to do with it, and then, a lot of key hits too,” acting Bridgewater head coach Dennis Miller said. “Our pitching is doing well this year.” Jared Peake picked up the win for the Reds, pitching four innings and giving up two unearned runs on four hits with one walk and two strikeouts. Joe Christopher pitched the first four innings, giving up one earned run on four hits with three walks and four strikeouts. Derek Shifflett pitched a scoreless ninth with no hits, one walk and one strikeout. Will Coleman took the loss for the Diamondbacks, giving up four runs (three earned) in three innings on four hits with one walk and three strikeouts. Logan Stump pitched the first three innings, giving up one earned run on two hits with four walks and five strikeouts. Austin Craft pitched two innings and gave up one unearned run on two hits with one walk and a strikeout. Trever Mitchell threw a scoreless ninth with no hits, no walks and a strikeout. With the bases loaded and one out in the top of the second, Chris Huffman grounded into a force play at second, but drove in one to make the score 1-0 Reds. The D-Backs would respond in the bottom of the fourth, as Ryan Farris would double and Grayson Bush would single to tie the score at one. Noah Cornwell would break the tie in the top of the fifth with a two-out solo homer to left on a 3-0 pitch, making the score 2-1. “I don’t listen to some of those (unwritten) rules,” Cornwell said on swinging 3-0. “If a fastball was coming, I was going to swing.” Bridgewater would add some more in the sixth, as Jordan Yankey drove in two with a double to center, took third on a passed ball, and came home when Derek Shifflett’s grounder to shortstop was bobbled. With two on and two outs in the bottom of the sixth, Will Hass’s fly ball to center was dropped, allowing Calen Owens to score, but Zach Roberts was thrown out at the plate to keep the score 5-2. Caden Swartley would come home on a wild pitch in the seventh to push the deficit back to four. Chaz Harvey would double and score on a wild pitch in the eighth, but that would be all Stuarts Draft could do. The Reds had six runs on eight hits with three errors and eleven base runners stranded. Stuarts Draft had three runs on eight hits with two errors and eleven runners left on base. For the Reds, Yankey went 1-2 with two RBIs and two walks. Shifflett went 1-3 with a walk and an RBI. Cornwell was 1-5 with an RBI. Griffin was 2-3 with a walk. Caden Swartley was 1-4 with a walk. Corbin Lucas was 1-5. Sam Garber went 1-3. For the Diamondbacks, Bush went 1-2 with a walk and an RBI. Hass was 2-4. Ryan Ferris was 1-4. Jack Pausic and Patrick Rakes went 1-5. Chaz Harvey was 1-1. Owens was 1-2 with a walk. Bridgewater will be back in action tonight, June 3 at 4 pm when they travel to the Elkton Blue Sox for a double header. Stuarts Draft will look to snap a three-game losing streak when they host the Broadway Bruins tonight at 7:30 pm. D-Backs head coach Les Sandridge said that offense will be the key to getting back in the win column. “We’ve gotta score, three runs is not enough in this league,” Sandridge said. “Our pitching staff has been doing an excellent job, we’ve just gotta score some runs, give them some help.” By Dean Barker Carl Keenan struck out twelve and helped the Broadway Bruins defeat the Stuarts Draft Diamondbacks 4-0. With the win, the Bruins improved to 2-1 on the year, while the Diamondbacks fell to 1-2. “This win shows resiliency,” Bruins head coach Bryce Strawderman said.” “We’ve still got a lot of guys that aren’t here from high school, but with the guys we have, we were able to show up and compete, and put some decent at-bats together at the plate.” Keenan got the win for the Bruins, pitching 7 ⅓ innings and giving up no runs on just one hit with four walks and twelve strikeouts. Hayden Fravel pitched a scoreless inning with no hits, two walks and a strikeout. Karson Jennings pitched the last two outs of the game, giving up no runs on no hits with no walks and no strikeouts. “I was getting a lot more whiffs tonight on my fastball, that carried me through most of the game,” Keenan said. “Offspeed wasn’t working great, then I got to it about (the) fourth inning, and just took off from there.” Jacob Dunford took the loss for the D-Backs, pitching five innings and giving up one earned run on two hits with one walk and five strikeouts. Peter Shifflett pitched the first two outs of the sixth and gave up one earned run on one hit with three walks and a strikeout. Trever Mitchell pitched 2 ⅓ innings and gave up two earned runs on two hits with four walks and two strikeouts. Chandis Goff pitched a scoreless ninth with no hits, two walks and a strikeout. The Bruins got on the board first with a two-out solo shot to left from Ozzie Torres in the third. Grant Landis would lead off the sixth with a walk, then steal second, allowing Torres to drive him in on an RBI single to make it 2-0. The Bruins would leave the bases loaded in the sixth and seventh innings. The Bruins got back to work in the eighth, as with the bases loaded and one out, Joseph McNamera would drive in one with a sacrifice fly to left. Grant Landis would single to right to make the score 4-0, which is how the game would end. The Bruins had four runs on five hits with no errors and nine runners left on base. Torres led the way for Broadway, going 2-4 with two RBIs and two stolen bases. Landis was 1-2 with an RBI and two walks. Nixon was 1-3 with two walks. Keenan was 1-3 with a walk and a stolen base. Bower went 1-3 with a walk. McNamera was 0-1 with an RBI. “Basically, (the key) was teamwork, everybody did their job,” Torres said. “Pitching staff did pretty good, our defense (was) great, and we put the pressure on them (at the plate).” The Diamondbacks had no runs on one hit with no errors and left six base runners stranded. Nate Wayne had the sole hit for Stuarts Draft and went 1-4. The Bruins will hope to push their win streak to three when they take on the Montezuma Braves at 7:30 pm on Friday, June 2. The Diamondbacks will look to bounce back when they host the defending RCBL champion Bridgewater Reds in a rematch of last year’s finals on Friday, June 2 at 7:30 pm. Despite the loss, Stuarts Draft head coach Les Sandridge isn’t worried about his team. “These guys are motivated, we’ll be fine Friday,” Sandridge said. “They’ll come out ready to hit, pitching has been solid for us. I'm not worried about our pitching, our pitching staff’s been good… We’ll be okay, just got to get the sticks going.” By Tyler Carney An all-star caliber day on the mound saw the Reds take the day over the Brave 8-4. A fun one in Montezuma saw a little bit of everything including the Reds looking in championship form. The game looked to be heading in a defensive direction as neither team could muster a run in the first two innings but to no one’s surprise Michael Robertson would drive in a run in the bottom of the third continuing his great hitting season. However, more dominance on the mound from Reds pitcher Chris Huffman would prevent Montezuma from scoring any more runners in the third. Bridgewater would then claim the lead in the top of the 4th with three runs, with a groundout RBI from the pitcher Huffman and a two RBI single from Caden Swartley would put the Reds up two. The Reds would strike again in the sixth with another RBI single for Swartley. Montezuma had not quit yet as a two run home run from Gavin Rush would bring Montezuma back to within two in the bottom of the seventh and hoped to be a rally for the Braves. However the Reds never slowed down striking back with two of their own in the top of the eighth off of a Brett Tharp 2 RBI double that split the gap. Both teams would finish with 8 hits and only two errors on the night both committed by the Braves. The Reds would get another two in the top of the ninth coming again off the back of Swartley who hit a 2 RBI double capping off his great day with a fifth RBI. The Braves did have some chances to get back in it but after their last run coming in the bottom of the eighth off of a sacrifice fly from Jacob Cude, Monetzuma could not bring anyone in the rest of the way. As for pitching, reigning pitcher of the year Chris Huffman reminded us why he won the award, striking out twelve batters in just six innings of work while also batting in an RBI. He was eventually relieved in the top of the 7th by Mason Luck who set up for Derek Shifflett who would come in in the top of the 8th and finish the game pitching well earning him a save. “I just worked on mixing it up and getting ahead of hitters,” said Reds pitcher Huffman, “It’s a smaller field so limiting walks was huge and establishing the inside on the hitters.” On the other side Lance Tate would pull the start for the Braves and despite earning the loss put together a good day's work and was eventually replaced by Derrick Ryan who set up for Blake Argenbright. However Argenbright did not shine only managing two outs to two walks and an RBI and was replaced quickly by Dalton Hall who managed to clean up and set up for hard throwing closer Alex Belako. Belako is someone who will be key to close out games for the Braves who did not have his best outing but the control is getting better with his velocity. He would finish out the Montezuma loss. “ From a coaching standpoint I wouldn’t tell our guys to change a whole lot going forward, there were two pretty good pitching staffs out there tonight, we faced two of the top pitchers in the league and we made it close,” said Braves manager Chris Rush. For Bridgewater they now move to 2-1 on the young season and will look to keep it going in the championship rematch on the road against the Diamondbacks June 2nd. Montezuma falls to 2-2 and will continue their home stand and look to bounce back against the Broadway Bruins also June 2nd. By Tyler Carney The bats were hot on a perfect night for baseball in Grottoes as the Cards took down the visiting Stuarts Draft D’backs 10-3. The Cards got off to a hot start in what would turn into a dominant performance against a solid D’backs team. “ We’ve been talking about the good starts, and Tucker threw strikes early and we played great defense behind him, that really set the tone for the game,” said Cards Manager Tim Nicely. After a scoreless first from both sides, two ground out RBIs from Jacob Merica and Luke Tomajcyzk brought in a runner each in the bottom of the second. Starting pitcher Tucker Garrison would keep the D'Backs scoreless until the 4th where a 2 RBI double from Grayson Bush would tie the game, but that would be the closest the D’backs would get. Grottoes would jump back ahead in the bottom of the 4th with an RBI sacrifice fly from Tomajczyk and would score another run in the bottom of the 5th as a 6-3 double play off the bat of Natty Solomon would be enough to bring in a run making the score 4-2 where it would stay through the stretch. Bottom of the 7th the Cards would blow the game open with 4 runs scored off of 2 RBI singles from Cameron Irvine and Garrett Huffman. Right after them Clayton Michael who came in for Jacob Merica in the 6th would step up and drive a 2 RBI double into the gap. All these RBIs came with two outs in the innings, very close to a completely different game. “We are swinging it really good right now and not all guys are right out of season and they’re swinging it well too,” said Manager Nicely. Tucker Garrison was eventually relieved by Eli Lam who continued the shutdown defense. The two top end pitchers would finish with 13 strikeouts and only 3 runs allowed on the entire day. Also only allowing 4 hits and defensively only 1 error to the D’backs 3. As for the D’backs, starting pitcher Jacob Grabeel would not get the loss as he was relieved in the bottom of the 5th where his relief Lance Gowans would give up the winning 4th run and unfortunately for Gowans he’d have to suffer through the bottom of the 7th until his relief Chandis Goff would come in and finish the game. Was not their day as the Cardinals strung together 19 hits in the game. The 8th saw the last of the scoring from either side as Ryan Farris of the D’backs would hammer a triple to center and was brought in by a Jack Pausic ground out RBI. Eli Lam had seen enough though as he would strike out the following batter. The bottom of the 8th saw two more runs batted in for the Cardinals. With Adian Miller bringing one home on an RBI single and Natty Solomon with his second RBI of the day brought in another. The top of the 9th saw Eli Lam almost send the D’backs home in order, however a HBP and a walk gave the D’backs a glimmer of hope. However once again Lam had seen enough and struck out Calen Owens looking after a long at bat to seal the Cardinals victory. The Cardinals move to 3-1 and will have until Sunday to rest. They’ll hope to keep the bats hot at home against the Shockers June 4th. As for the D’backs they have a quick turnaround as they’ll face the Broadway Bruins at home tonight. They’ll hope to turn it around as they fall to 1-1. By Dean Barker The Clover Hill Bucks utilized a five-run sixth inning to hand the defending champion Bridgewater Reds a 8-6 loss on Monday, May 29 at Buck Bowman Park. With the win, the Bucks moved to 3-1 and second place in the RCBL, while the Reds fell to 1-1 and a tie for fifth. “You just focus on what we do, and on playing our fundamental baseball, and not getting too high or too low on emotions,” Bucks head coach Kevin Chandler said. “At the end of the day, it’s another baseball game, and we’ve gotta execute.” Jaden Isidro picked up the win for Clover Hill, pitching the sixth and seventh innings and giving up five runs (four earned) and three hits with no walks and four strikeouts. Reid Long pitched the first five innings and gave up one run on six hits, one walk and nine strikeouts to get the no-decision. Tyler Conley pitched a scoreless last two innings with three strikeouts, one walk and no hits in a non-save situation. Jared Peake took the loss for Bridgewater, giving up two earned runs in an inning and a third with two hits, no walks and a strikeout. Chris Griffin pitched the first five innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on three hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Landen Campbell pitched two thirds of the sixth inning, giving up four earned runs on one hit with three walks and no strikeouts. Tyler Jones pitched a 1-2-3 eighth with a strikeout, no hits and no walks. Luke Shifflett got the Bucks on the board first with a bases-loaded RBI groundout in the third to make the score 1-0. Lucas Clark then ripped a sharp liner which Griffin miraculously caught to end the inning. The Reds would respond in the top of the fifth, as Noah Cornwell drove in Derek Shifflett with a single to right. The Bucks put the run back on the board in the bottom half, as José Rocha came home on a passed ball. With two on and one out in the top of the sixth, Patrick O’Niel plated one with an RBI groundout to second, and Derek Shifflett put the Reds up 3-2 with an RBI double to left. With John Siciliano walking to start the bottom of the sixth, TJ Johnson drove him in with a double to left, and took third on a wild throw to second from the catcher. Alex Knicely walked, and ball four went into the backstop, allowing Johnson to score the go-ahead run. Rocha walked with two outs, prompting Reds head coach Robert Sherfey to pull Campbell for Peake. Kevin Navedo would drive in another with a single, and Shifflett would reach on an error, allowing another run to score. Clark’s single to left would make the score 7-3 Bucks. With two on in the top of the seventh, Liam Simpson drove in one with a double to right, Josh Tayman added another with an RBI groundout to first, and Simpson would score on a passed ball to make the score 7-6. Kyle Carlson led off the bottom half with a double off the left field wall, and went to third and home on sacrifice flies from Johnson and Knicely to make the final score 8-6. The Bucks had eight runs on seven hits with two errors and seven base runners stranded. The Reds scored six runs on nine hits with four errors and ten runners left on base. “We created too many errors and gave them (Clover Hill) too many opportunities,” Sherfey said. “When they have opportunities, they’re going to capitalize on them, and we didn’t capitalize on some of ours.” For the Reds, Shifflett was 3-4 with an RBI and a walk. Simpson was 2-4 with an RBI and a walk. Cornwell was 1-4 with an RBI and a walk. Tayman was 1-4 with an RBI. Chris Huffman was 1-4 with a walk. O’Neil added an RBI. Navedo went 2-4 with an RBI and a walk to lead the Bucks. Johnson went 1-2 with an RBI. Clark was 1-4 with an RBI. Shifflett was 1-5 with an RBI. Eberly went 1-3. Carlson was 1-4. Knicely added an RBI. The Bucks will be back in action on Wednesday, May 31 at 7:30 pm when they travel to the Elkton Blue Sox. Bridgewater will hope to bounce back at the Montezuma Braves on the same date at the same time. Michael Robertson has been named the Valley Care Management player of the week for the first week of the 2023 season. He batted .583, was tied for first in the league with seven hits, a home run and six RBIs, and led the league in defensive putouts with eight. Montezuma Coach Chris Rush said that "Mike is a solid player offensively and defensively and is a true threat at the plate against most any pitcher. His speed makes him even a bigger threat when he gets on base. We are glad to have Mike back in a Montezuma uniform this year and look forward to a season of Robertson highlights." |
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