Hixson vs. East Ridge I & II

[catsbackr]

I've known Dane since he was about 10 years old. He has been able to throw what would considered a lot of pitches since he was a sophomore. Case in point, he threw 162 pitches as a sophomore in the Dizzy Dean World Series. He threw 80-84 MPH then, he's throwing 88-90 now, not much fall off. He's a big kid, throws a lot with his lower body using his legs. I wonder how many pitches the ER pitcher threw? I would guess at least 120.

 

This thread has gone somewhere I really didn't want it to. I understand yelling and trying to get your team up, but when it is perceived as bush league, you should see it and stop. The yelling is not the only thing though, other things like throwing balls into the visitor's dugout during warmups on purpose is another thing. Don't say it didn't happen because it did happen 6-8 times, until the umpire began standing near the dugout in the 4th inning.

 

Decide the game on the field, play with class, may the best team win. Period.

[swole25]

i hate to burst everyone's bubble but hixson only earned one run and east ridge had 2 earned runs... east ridge wins the game if they play errorless defense... even with striking out 19 times what does that say about hixson's hitting... just curious....

[shakinbake22]

maybe east ridge thinks striking out wins games because they sure seem to think they could win without striking out...

 

sorry but thats part of the game... and hixson had five hits and five runs to east ridges too

 

east ridge had the errors in the 1st&2nd and hixson scored in the 3rd innings...

 

nuff said

[Cardsfan57]

ER did have two earned runs but they only hit 3 balls in fair territory all night. I dont know what you think, but I think thats laughable. I hope they get the holes out of their bats or it will be even worse on Wednesday

[mmb810]

i like that, well put. they already got drilled by Mr. Bolton. Someone said that tonight they are gonna get drilled by Mr. Smalley.

[catsbackr]

Game #2, Hixson 2 East Ridge 0.

 

Good game, Brett Smalley pitched a 2-hitter, striking out 9. Much calmer. The hollering and screaming was kept to a minimum.

Edited March 25, 2004 by catsbackr

[nokona2]

thanks for the score catsbackr, i was always curious to see who would win this one based on the talk off coacht. east ridge was saying that they could hit, well, they didnt hit monday when bolton threw for 19 strikeouts and obviously didnt hit well tonight with that fat goose egg in the 2-0 loss. any other details im missing from this game? congrats to hixson for the 2 game sweep!

[catsbackr]

East Ridge is not a bad team at all. They just need to get their bats going and play a little more defense. The 2 pitchers we saw Monday and Wednesday were good, the second game was scoreless until the fifth. They will surprise some people, they won't sneak up on anybody, but they will surprise some teams when they start hitting.

[mmb810]

so what does east ridge think the problem was? they're not bad and were a lot better sports last night. the pitcher pitched a good game. just had to face smalley.

[sandlot5]

GREAT 2 GAME SERIES. BOTH TEAMS BATTLED AND HIXSON WAS A BIT BETTER. HOPE BOLTON RECOVERS FROM THE 160 PITCH COUNT ABUSE HE TOOK MONDAY. HE PITCHED GREAT, AND HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE.