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• 6/13 Tournament Championship: Reds vs Cardinals... The Championship brought on nerves and a few surprises. Jed hit a two run home run to put the Reds ahead in the first inning. Outstanding pitching by Jonathan (6 strikeouts) and two amazing stretching catches by Lexing in center field helped the Reds stay close through the first five innings. Max fired up the team with a week-side double and exciting steals to score twice in the fourth. Mathias at shortstop made throws to first and almost completed a double play for two outs. Alex from third base made a good throw for an out in the third inning. Shiron made two solid throws from second for outs in the 4th and 5th inning. Jed struck out two at pitcher in the 6th inning. Mathias made a craddle catch as catcher to end the sixth. Reds pitchers allowed 8 walks and hit to batters. Strong Cardinal pitching kept the Reds team hits to 7, the second lowest count for the season. A tightly fought game let go with a few errors and passed balls on wild pitches to a red hot Cardinal hitting, pitching and defensive squad determined the fate of the game. Cardinals win 9-6.
• 6/9 Round 1 - Tournament: Reds vs CN DiamondBacks... The opening game of the tournament featured powerful pitching (7 strikeouts) and 11 hits including 2 doubles. Leading the offensive effort were Jonathan (double, 2 singles, scored), Shiron (3 singles, stolen based, scored 2 times), Jed (double, single, stolen base), Mathias (single, 4 stolen bases, scored 3 times), Scott (single, stolen base, scored), Ryan (single, scored), Alex (stolen base), Max (stolen base, scored), and Matthew (scored two times). Defensively the pitching staff dominated with Jonathan (5 strikeouts), Shiron (strikeout), Ryan (strikeout), and Jed closing out with powerful throws. Mathias made a nice play at shortstop to Jed at first, Jonathan at pitcher made out with throw to Jed at first and as shortstop with a throw to Mathias at second, Alex made two outs with throws from third to Mathias at second, and Max made a nice throw to Jonathan at second from center field for an out. Overall sold effort offensively and defensively. Reds win 11-2.
• 6/7 Reds vs CA Yankees... Reds generate 11 hits with four doubles and showed impressive pitching with ten strikeouts in a close match. Offense standouts include Lexing (double, single, RBI, stolen base, scored), Jonathan (double, single, Shiron (single, RBI, two stolen bases, scored), Mathias (double, RBI, 3 stolen bases, scored), Ryan (double, scored), Alex (2 singles, 2 stolen bases, scored 2 times), Max (single, stolen base, scored), Yoshi (3 stolen bases, scored), and Jed (single). Pitchers Ryan (3 strikeouts), Shiron (strikeout), Alex (6 strikeouts) combined for only four walks. Defensive plays from Shiron (fielded grounder at second and threw to Alex at first to out), Max (at catcher threw to Ryan for tag at home), Ryan (playing third caught a fly ball), Jed (at first caught fly ball), Lexing at second and Jonathan at short stop combined for two outs at second in the bottom of the sixth. Excellent pitching combine with a strong hitting especially down the stretch clinched the match. Reds win 10-7.
• 6/4 Reds vs CA Yankees... Reds light up for 19 hits with 1 triple and four doubles and eight strikeouts from Reds pitchers. Impressive performances from Jonathan (triple, double, single, stolen base, scored 4 times), Shiron (4 singles, 2 stolen bases, scored 4 times), Ryan (double, 2 singles, 4 RBIs, scored 3 times), Alex (2 singles, 2 RBIs, stolen base, scored 3 times), Jed (single, RBI, stolen base, scored 3 times), Gabe (double with one bounce over fence, single, stole base, scored 2 times), Yoshi (double, stolen base), Mathias (single, RBI, scored), Lexing (single), Matthew (RBI). Defensively, at pitcher Jonathan (six strikeouts), Jed (strikeout), Yoshi (strikeout), Mathias, Matthew combined gave up five walks. Reds win 20-12.
• 5/31 Reds vs TC Giants... Reds generate 13 hits with a home run, two triples and three doubles and seven strikeouts from Reds pitchers. Lead by assistant coach Doug McCann, the offensive attack came from Ryan (triple, double, single, 2 RBIs, stolen base, scored 2 times), Jonathan (double, 2 singles, scored 3 times), Max (double, single, RBI, 3 stolen bases, scored 2 times), Shiron (2 singles, 2 RBIs, scored 3 times), Scott (triple, double, RBI, scored), Gabe (2 singles, RBI, scored), Yoshi (scored), Matthew (scored), and Alex (scored). Defensively, pitchers Jonathan (3 strikeouts), Ryan (3 strikeouts), Alex (1 strikeout) gave up 6 walks combined. Reds win 15-7.
• 5/27 Reds vs CN Giants.... A close game through the 4th inning was broken open by a 4 run 5th lead by a Jonathan double, Shiron single, Gabe single, Max single. Shiron really came through for the team pitching 4 innings, going four for four at the plate with a double, three singles, 3 RBIs and scoring 4 times. Other standout performances came from Jonathan (double, 2 singles, RBI, scored), Mathias (double, scored), Alex (double, RBI), Ryan (2 singles, 2 RBIs, scored), Max (single, scored), Gabe (single, scored). Defensively, the infield made 8 plays for outs including Ryan at catcher throwing to second for an out. 6 of the 8 infield outs included the short-stops Mathias, Jonathon or Shiron. Pitchers Shiron (3 strikeouts), Alex (2 strikeouts), Jed (1 strikeout) all threw well giving up 6 walks and 6 hits compared to the Reds who walked 5 times and had 14 hits, including 4 doubles. Both Shiron and Jed each had an inning where they pitched three up and three down.
• 5/20 Reds vs CN Cardinals... Despite the wind gusts, terrific pitching by aces Jonathan and Ryan helped get past a strong Cardinals hitting team. Jonathan registered 6 strikeouts in four innings with one inning where he got three up and three down. Ryan closed out the last two innings with three strikeouts. Jonathan and Ryan only gave up two walks. The Cardinals had a strong hitting attack with 14 hits including a triple and double compared to the Reds, who had 13 hits, but 8 of the hits were in the top of the six, when the Reds stormed for 7 runs. On offense leadership came from Alex (3 singles, 1 RBI, 2 stolen bases, scored), Shiron (1 double, 2 singles, 1 RBI, scored twice), Mathias (2 singles, 2 RBIs, stolen base, scored twice), Jonathan (2 singles, 2 RBIs, scored twice), Gabe (single, 2 RBIs, stolen base, scored), Scott (single, scored and nice hit to deep center field, but caught), Ryan (2 stolen bases, scored), Lexing (1 RBI, 2 stolen bases, scored), Matthew (stolen base, scored twice), Max (stolen base). On defense, Mathias (made three outs, but was robbed of a double play that looked out at first, standout throws from catcher to Lexing at third, from shortstop to Alex at first, and from Jonathan at pitch to Mathias at second), Jonathan (as pitcher made 3 outs with throws to Alex at first), Alex caught a fly ball at first, Shiron (helped end the game with a running catch in center field), Scott made an out with a force play at third. The Cardinals made a good run in the fourth and fifth innings tying the score twice at 4 and 6 and then scoring 4 in the bottom of the six to make it a good competition. Reds win 13-10.
• 5/17 Reds vs CA Angels... The Angels threw a lot of curve balls to the Reds keeping their hits to 8 and striking out the Reds 5 times. Offensively Ryan (2 singles, stolen base, scored), Yoshi (double), Alex (single, 3 stolen bases, scored two times), Jed (single, 2 Stolen bases, scored twice), Mathias (single, stolen base, scored), Shiron (single), Max (single), Lexing (two stolen bases, scored), lead the effort. Pitchers Mathias (4 innings, 2 strikeouts), Jed (1 inning, 2 strikeouts), and Ryan (2 inning, strikeout) gave up four walks combined compared to 3 walks given up by Angels pitches. Defensively Max made the play of the game with a double play by catching a fly ball in right field and then throwing it quickly to catch the runner going back to first. Mathias from the pitchers mound fielded 3 grounders and one from shortstop and threw to Jed at first for 4 outs. Lexing had a nice catch in deep center field for an out. Jed fielded a grounder to first for an out. Alex from second fielded a grounder and threw to Jed for an out. Ryan from pitcher fielded a grounder and threw to Jed for out at first. Although the CA Angels had 10 hits compared to the Reds 8, the CA Angles had 4 doubles and the Reds just 1 double. The Angels had 5 strikeouts and Reds had 5 strikeouts. The difference came in passed balls and missed opportunities where the Reds left runners on base. CA Angels win 10-6.
• 5/13 Reds vs CA Giants... For possibly the biggest game of the season so far, it turned out to be a hit fest. Against a strong Cupertino American Giants squad, the Reds lit up with a team season record of 22 hits. Lead by the amazing offense of Jonathan (2 doubles, 2 singles, 3 RBIs, scored 4 times), Jed (4 singles, 3 RBIs, scored), Shiron (3 singles, stolen base, scored), Max (3 singles, 2 RBIs, scored 3 times), Ryan (2 singles, stolen base, scored 3 times), Matthew (2 singles, 2 RBIs, stolen base, scored 2 times), Alex (2 singles, scored), Gabe (single, RBI, scored), Lexing (single), Yoshi (single, RBI), Scott (RBI), and Mathias (scored). Defensively, Jonathan pitched an outstanding game going 4 innings and only giving up 2 runs and registering 4 strikeouts. Reliever Alex registered 2 strikeouts and Mathias gave up no walks. In total pitchers only gave up 3 walks for the whole game. The outstanding defensive players of the game included Shiron (caught 2 line drives, 2 outs with throws to Mathias at second and 2 outs to Jed and first), Lexi caught 2 fly balls in center field, Jonathan fielded 2 grounders as pitcher for outs at first), Jed (caught 5 throws to first for outs and snagged a fly ball), Alex fielded a ball near third and threw runner out at first. Outstanding overall performance both offensively and defensively against a good team. In the last 5 games the Reds have on average scored 9.6 more runs than their opponents. Reds win 17-7.
• 5/6 Reds vs CN Diamondbacks... Reds team shines with 13 hits including 4 doubles and solid defense on a sunny afternoon. A close first inning was broken open by a 4 hit rally scoring 6 in the third. Brilliant offensive performances came from Ryan (2 doubles, 2 RBIs), Jonathan (double, single, 3 RBIs, scored), Shiron (double, single, 2 RBIs, stolen base, scored), Alex (3 singles, 2 RBIs, stolen base, scored 2 times), Gabe (2 singles, stolen base, stored), Mathias (single, scored 2 times), Scott (single, stolen base, scored), Jed (single), Max (2 stolen bases, scored), and Lexing (scored). Solid pitching from Shiron (2 strike outs in 4 innings), Jed (2 strike outs in 1 inning), and Ryan (2 strike outs in one inning). In all, pitchers gave up 7 walks. Stand out defensive plays came from Mathias (from shortstop caught fly ball and fielded two grounders to first), Shiron (2 outs as pitcher to first), Ryan (catcher to second), Alex (snagged line drive catch at third), Jed (fly ball caught at first and fielded grounder and Jonathan covered from second for nice out), and Matthew and Max (as secondmen fielded grounder to first). The Reds performance extends winning steak to 4 games. Reds win 12-4.
• 5/3 Reds vs CN Giants... For the big game the Reds came through with impressive pitching (6 strikeouts, 1 walk) and 15 team hits. Monster shots to the outfield from Yoshi (triple, RBI, stolen base, scored) and Gabe (double, RBI, stolen base) excited the crowd and team. Other outstanding offense came from Shiron (2 doubles, single, 2 RBIs, scored 3 times), Jonathan (double, 2 singles, RBI, 4 stolen bases, scored 2 times), Mathias (double, single, 3 stolen bases, scored 4 times), Matthew (single, RBI, scored), Alex (single, RBI, 2 stolen bases, scored), Lexing (single, RBI, stolen base), Ryan (RBI, stolen base, scored), Jed (single, RBI, stolen base, scored), and Scott (nice hit past second base). Pitching aces Mathias (3 strikeouts, including one 3 pitch inning) and Jonathan (3 strikeouts) gave up the least number of bases on balls of any pitching team thus far this year (1 walk). Shiron made three outs with throws to first to Jed and from short stop threw out a runner going to second. Yoshi showed great form in throwing out a runner from third to first. Jonathan caught a line drive while playing second and as pitcher threw out a runner to first. Mathias also as pitcher threw out a runner to first. Reds show outstanding effort against a strong team. Reds win 14-2.
• 4/30 Reds vs CA Yankees... The chill of the Miller field wind couldn't hold back the heat from Reds bats producing 19 hits lead by Jonathan (5 singles, 5 RBIs, scored twice), Mathias (deep center field double, single, 1 RBI, 3 stolen bases, scored 4 times), Ryan (right field double, 2 singles, 1 RBI, scored once) Shiron (2 singles, 2 RBIS, 3 stolen base, scored 3 times), Alex (two singles, stolen base, scored twice), Lexing (2 singles, 2 stolen bases, scored twice), Jed (single, 1 RBI, scored) Matthew (single, stolen base, scored), Yoshi (single, stolen base, scored), Max (2 stolen bases and scored), Scott (two stolen bases and scored). Pitching strength came from Jonathan (2 strike outs), Mathias (1 strike out), and Shiron (1 strike out). In total the pitchers gave up 7 walks throughout the game. Aggressive defense came from Max and Matthew at second base (fielding grounders and earning out from throw from second to first), Lexing (pop fly right field), Jonathan (infield pop fly from second), Mathias (short-stop to second), Shiron (solid throw for out from short-stop to first), Jed and Alex (throws for outs from third to second), Alex and Jonthan (as pitcher throwing out runner going to first). A strong hitting and defensive performance by the Reds produced favorable results. Reds win 19-8.
• 4/26 Reds vs TC Giants... The hot pitching of Tri-City Giants' big ace was not enough to hold off Reds big bats and shining defense. Stand out hitting by Ryan (2 triples, 4 RBIs), Max (Triple extended to home run on smart base running, single, two stolen bases, scored), Lexing (3 singles from two nice bunts and a solid hit, scored 3 times) Shiron (double, 2 RBIs, stolen base, scored), Matthew (singed, 2 stolen bases, scored), Mathias (single, three stolen bases), Alex (scored twice) and Scott (scored). Excellent fielding from Max (catch in center field), Jed (third to first for on out), Scott (nice throw from second for an out), and Mathias threw to Shiron at second to get a running out. Strong pitching from Mathias (4 strikeouts), Jonathan (2 strikeouts), and Jed (2 strike outs) and gave up the least number of bases on balls (4 walks ) this season so far. A terrific effort by the Reds to come back and win on a hot day. Reds win 11-4.
• 4/22 Reds vs Cardinals... The cloudy day shadowed over the Reds as the storming bats of the Cardinals hit 5 doubles and 6 singles to the Reds 5 hits. Mathias (double, 2 singles, 2 RBIs, stole 5 bases and scored), Alex (2 singles, RBIs, stole 2 bases and scored 2 times), Jonathan (RBI) and Gabe (RBI) lead the Reds offense. Max (scored, stole 3 bases), Ryan (scored, stole base), Matthew (scored, stole base), Shiron (scored, stole base), Lexing (scored, stole base), and Jed (stole base) contributed to scoring. Pitchers Alex (2 strikeouts), Ryan (1 strike out) and Shiron (1 strike out) gave up less bases on balls (8 walks) then the Cardinals (11 walks). Mathias had a few nice defensive plays at catcher grabbing a pop fly and as second baseman throwing a runner out at first. Jonathan made a nice throw to home from second base for a nice out and made a good tag for an out playing third. Ryan caught a pop-fly while at first. It was a good competition right down to the last out. Cardinals win 12-10.
• 4/8 Reds vs CA Angels... The cold wind chilled the Reds as they battled a solid CA Angels squad. Alex got hot slugging a double and a single generating 3 RBIs to lead the hitting attack with Jonathan (3 singles, scored, 2 stolen bases), Ryan (2 singles, scored 2 times, 1 RBI), Mathias (2 singles, scored and 4 stolen bases), Lexing (single, 2 RBIs) and Shiron (single, scored). Pitchers Jonathan (3 strike outs), Ryan and Alex all threw well. CNLL pitchers gave up 5 walks to Angels 3 walks. The terrific defensive plays of the game go to Shiron at catcher snagging a pop fly ball, Yoshi at third catching a line drive, and Mathias at short-stop catching a mid-center field fly ball over his shoulder Willie Mays style. A top of the 6th run at catching up fell short on a double play interference call. CA Angles win 9-7.
• 4/2 Reds vs CA Giants... The rain came down and the Reds stormed out 12 hits including Mathias (3 singles, scored), Ryan (2 singles), Scott (2 singles), Jonathon (2 singles), Jed (single), Gabe (single) and Shiron (single). Jed hit two hard shots to short stop that were fielded by excellent defense. The CA Giants hit a home run with an RBI and two singles, but got all the rest of their runs on passed balls. Defensively, the Reds struggled at first, but played well down the stretch with outstanding outs by Ryan (catcher to first), Shiron (pop fly at short-stop), Jed (pop fly at first), Jonathan (pitcher to first), Alex (fielded grounder and threw to second). The pitching staff threw well with Jed (4 strike-outs), Mathias (2 strike-outs) and Jonathan (3 strike-outs) retiring the last six batters in 23 pitches. Reds pitchers had 6 walks, but the CA Giants only had one walk from their ace that pitched 85 pitches and practically the whole game. The CA Giants had solid defense taking away several opportunities for the Reds to come back. The Reds left 9 batters on base throughout the game. CA Giants win 5-1.
• 3/29 Reds vs Tri-County A's... The Reds defense was slow to warm up, but the batters came out to play. Yoshi (triple, 1 RBI), Max (3 doubles, 2 RBIs), Alex (2 doubles, single, 5 RBIs), Scott (2 doubles, 3 RBIs), Jonathan (double, single, 1 RBI), Mathias (double, 2 RBIs), Shiron (1 double, 2 singles, 1 RBI), Jed (2 singles, 2 RBIs), Matthew (2 singles), Lexing (Single), Ryan (Single), and Gabe (Single, 1 RBI) combined for a whopping 21 base hits. Six pitchers got a chance to throw with Jed (3 strike outs), Ryan (2 strikeouts), Alex (1 strike out), Yoshi (1 strike out), Lexing starting the game and Matthew closing out the game. Both the Reds and A's pitchers walked eleven batters. To end the game, Mathias came up with a double play by catching a fly ball in center field and then throwing the runner out at third. Reds Win 24-11.
• 3/26 Reds vs Diamond Backs... Matthew stretches to catch fly ball to right field in nail-biting end to a close match. Jed almost hit one out, but missed and went foul. Gabe (2 RBIs), Mathias and Jed had singles. Game ends in Tie 4-4.
• 3/22 Reds vs Giants... Two singles by Jonathon, and almost a double by Ryan on a close play at second, along with singles by Mathias, Jed, Alex, and Matthew weren't enough offense to get past strong Giants pitching. The Giants pitchers only gave up 3 walks while Reds pitchers gave up 13 bases on balls. Pitchers Ryan and Mathias both registered two strike outs and Alex came in and did a nice job closing out the game with one strike out. The outstanding defensive play of the game went to Mathias with a double play from short-stop position, by fielding a grounder, stepping on second and throwing to Ryan to get the Giants out of the top of the sixth. Mathias at catcher threw a runner out at second and Shiron at catcher threw a runner out at third. The Reds couldn't convert runners on base to runs and came up short in the end. Giants win 6-2.
• 3/19 Reds vs DiamondBacks... Reds win 17-4.
• 3/15 Opening Day - Reds vs Cardinals... After a stormy morning, the lightning bats of Gabe (triple, single), Alex (double, single and 4 RBIs), Shiron (two line-drives caught in left, single and 1 RBI), Jonathan (2 singles), Matthew (1 single) broke open the Red's scoring machine. Power pitching of the Red's Aces Jed (6 K's in 2 innings) and Ryan (5 K's in 2 innings) shut down the offense of the Cardinals in the first 4 innings. Offensively, everybody on the team scored including Jonathan (scored 3 times), Mathias (scored twice and stole 3 bases), Ryan (scored two times), Gabe (scored 2 times), Alex (scored 2 times), Jed (scored once), Yoshi (scored once), and Shiron (scored once). Defensively, Mathias fielded a nice grounder to Jed on first to close out the second inning. Mathias came in the fifth and struck out two and Gabe came up with a spectacular running catch in left field to close out the game. The Red's shined bright in the opening game winning 14-5.
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