St. X 11 Male 7

[TigerX]

Pitchers duel til the 4th and then both teams unloaded. St. X scored 5 runs in the top of the 7th and Male scored 4 in the bottom. Best game X has played in a while, especially on offense.

 

Good Luck tomorrow against LexCath!:thumb:

[Park1221]

Who pitched for X and Male? Any details on who delivered the big hits for X tonight. Glad to see the Tiger bats come alive. Anyone know the tiebreaker for the 25th if Male beats Manual?

[TigerX]

X through Ryan Moesby and Male started with Zach Greishaber. Greishaber was pretty effective keeping X hitters off balance the first couple of innings. He had good velocity and good command of his off speed pitches. He got in trouble about the 3rd or 4th inning when a couple runners got on and he gave up a few hits. X scored 4 in the 4th and Male relieved him. His defense did not help him tonight at all, Male had atleast 4 or 5 errors that kept big innings alive for X. X did what good teams do and capitalized on mistakes. At one point in the 7th X had 3 or 4 double in a row and busted the game open.

 

Moesby looked pretty strong overall, he gave up a couple of long shots to the wall. Because of the short field in left and strong arms, a couple of Male's would be doubles were thrown out. Moesby threw better tonight in terms of velocity and control than he has all year. Jr. Brent Sweeney came in relief of Moesby and threw well. He struggled a little with control, giving up a few runs off some good hits in the 7th, but worked well enough to close out a big win for the Tigers.

 

This was the best overall game I have seen X play in a while. They swung the bats well from top to bottom, and they also played small ball very well. I know the SS had two sacrifice bunts as well as the 2nd basemen Ferch. I think Jefferson was pleased at the way the Tigers came alive tonight.

After talking to several of the Male parents, they said Male has really been struggling of late. It sounded like they were having many of the same problems that X was having, in terms of hitting the ball and executing on defense.

 

Good Win for the TIGERS!!:dancingpa

[Park1221]

Thanks TigerX. I've heard that the tiebreaker is runs allowed in the two head-to-head to matchups between X,Male and Manual. Manual is in the drivers seat giving up only 2 runs with the Male game still left. X has given up 15(8 against Manual and 7 against Male). Male would have to put up at least 13 on Manual and give up at least 5 for X to win the district. Manual is in the drivers seat. Looks like the Tigers will have to beat Estes in Rd.1 of the district to advance.

[Xtiger69]

A good win for the Tigers going into a tough couple of games.