2008 Jr Cardinals Game 05

CN Cardinals (home) vs. SV Nationals (away)
24Apr2008

Starting pitchers:

1st Inning
Nationals

• Trae grounds to the 3rd baseman and is thrown out at 1st
• Nick A. grounds to the 2nd baseman and is thrown out at 1st
• Nikko singles up the middle
• Mark flies out to right field

Cards

• Sam grounds to the 3rd baseman and is thrown out at 1st
• Spencer walks
• With Aaron batting, Spencer steals 2nd base
• Aaron grounds to the shortstop and is thrown out at first
• With Jack batting, a passed ball
  Spencer to 3rd
• Jack walks
• Joey singles up the middle
  Spencer scores, Jack to 2nd base
• Jake grounds to the 2nd baseman and is thrown out at first

2nd Inning
Nationals

• Willy grounds to the 3rd baseman and is thrown out at first
• Lexy flies out to center field
• Ari is hit by a pitch and is awarded first base
• With Nick M. batting, a pickoff attempt is thrown wide
  Ari to 2nd base on the error
• Nick M. grounds to the 1st baseman, who steps on the bag unassisted

Cards

• Ryan pops up to the catcher
• Edmund bunts; the pitcher fields the ball and throws to the 2nd
  baseman, who is covering 1st for the out
• Shuhei grounds to the 3rd baseman; the throw to 1st is in the dirt
  Shuhei safe at first on the throwing error
• Sam pops up to the catcher

3rd inning
Nationals
Substitutions: Chris for Nick M.; Ahmed for Ari

• Grant doubles to left-center field
• Trae bunts; fielded by the pitcher and thrown out at 1st
  Grant to 3rd on the sacrifice
• Nick A. singles to left field
  Grant scores
• With Nikko batting, the pitcher balks
  Nick A. to 2nd
• Nikko grounds to the shortstop and beats the throw to 1st
  Nick A. to 3rd
• With Mark batting, Nikko steals 2nd (defensive indifference)
• Mark bounces to the pitcher and is thrown out at first
  Nick A. scores, Nikko to 3rd
• Willy flies out to left field

Cards

• Spencer grounds to the shortstop and is throw out at first

New Nationals pitcher: Mark

• Aaron grounds to the shortstop and is throw out at 1st
• Jack grounds to the 3rd baseman and beats the throw to 1st
• Joey pops up to the 2nd baseman

4th Inning
Nationals

• Lexy singles up the middle
• Ahmed strikes out
• Chris walks
  Lexy to 2nd
• Grant flies out to center field
• Trae walks
  Lexy to 3rd, Chris to 2nd
• Nick A. grounds to the shortstop. The throw to first is short but
  the first baseman makes a great play to dig the ball out of the
  dirt and get the out.

Cards
Substitution: Peter for Spencer

• Jake strikes out
• Ryan grounds to the shortstop and is throw out at 1st
• With Edmund batting, a pitch hits the knob end of the bat
  and rolls in front of the plate. The umpire rules that the ball
  struck the bat but not the batter's hands; this is a hit and a fair
  ball. The catcher fields the ball and throws to 1st for the out.
  Spencer substitutes for Edmund who is injured on the play

5th inning
Nationals

• Nikko walks
  Nikko steals 2nd due to inattention by the infield
• With Mark batting, Nikko steals third
  The throw is in the dirt and gets past the 3rd baseman

  Nikko scores on the throwing error
• Mark flies out to deep center field
• Willy grounds to the 3rd baseman, who misses the ball
  Willy safe at first on the fielding error
• Lexy flies out to deep left field
  Willy was halfway between 2nd and 3rd when the ball was caught;
  He probably should have been thrown out, but managed to return
  safely to 1st
• With Ahmed batting, Lexy steals 2nd
• With Ahmed batting, Lexy steals 3rd
• With Ahmed batting, a passed ball
  Lexy scores
• Ahmed walks
• With Chris batting, a bad pickoff throw to 1st
  Ahmed to 2nd
• With Chris batting, a wild pitch
  Ahmed goes to 3rd
• Chris walks

New Cards pitcher: Jack

• With Grant batting, Chris steals 2nd
  Ahmed scores on the throw to 2nd
• Grant grounds to the 2nd baseman and is thrown out at 1st

Cards

• Shuhei walks
• With Sam batting, the pitcher balks
  Shuhei goes to 2nd
• Sam grounds to the 2nd baseman and is thrown out at 1st
• Peter walks
• Aaron flies out to left field
• With Jack batting, Sam attempts to steal 3rd
  The throw is in time, but bad. Sam safe at 3rd on the error
• Jack grounds to the pitcher and is thrown out at 1st

6th inning
Nationals

• Trae grounds to the 3rd baseman and is thrown out at 1st
• Nick A. grounds to the 3rd baseman and is thrown out at 1st
• Nikko singles past the 2nd baseman when the ball takes a bad hop
• Mark grounds to the 3rd baseman and is thrown out at 1st

Cards

• Joey walks
• Jake strikes out
• With Ryan batting, the catcher attempts to pickoff Joey at 1st
  Joey goes to 2nd and is safe on a poor throw
• Ryan strikes out
• With Spencer batting, a wild pitch
  Joey to 3rd
  The wild pitch is not retrieved quickly by the catcher

  Joey scores on the error
• Spencer walks
• Shuhei stikes out

Game called due to darkness

Final score:
Nationals 5, Cards 2