Game played at Champion Window Field. And what a game. Both teams played excellent. The game was error-free with several outstanding defensive plays.

 

Rob Rice led off the game for McNick with a leadoff single and scored on a one out double from Patrick Fitzgerald. Matt Isler was on the mound for Ryle and went 3 innings. Matt pitched well and gave up 1 run, 3 hits, 1BB, and 3 K's.

 

Ryle scored in the bottom of the first to tie it up. Etscheid walked, Lonkard singled, and O'Bryan drove in the run with a 6-4 FC, just barely beating the throw at first to stymie the attempted DP.

 

The game stayed tied at 1-1 until the bottom of the 6th when Ryle scored twice.

 

Tyler Mason was brought up from the JV farm and played his first game. He was 1-3 but hit the ball solid each time up. He looks like he will help Ryle with his bat down the stretch.

 

Tyler O'Bryan pitched the last 4 innings for Ryle. He was masterful - giving up 0 runs, 2 hits, 1BB, and 2 K's.

 

McNick's SS made several nice plays to rob Ryle of hits. Ryle reciprocated with Caleb Lonkard tracking down a bomb near the fence in left center hit by Fitzgerald. Lonkard was going full steam to snag it.

Also, with runners on 1st and 3rd with 2 outs in the 5th, Brent Truitt made a diving stop to his right at first base and made the nice toss to O'Bryan to get out of the inning. The play before Truitt's play was important too. In the 5th, McNick had runners on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out. Fitzgerald hit a slow tapper to O'Bryan on the mound who threw it to Evan Winchester at the plate. Winchester was getting ready to apply the tag but Rice didn't slide and leaned his shoulder into Winchester who was knocked down hard. Rice was thrown out of the game - and Ryle had their second out. Winchester finished out the 5th inning and then was replaced behind the plate by Marshall Long in the 6th.

 

Ryle scored their 2 runs in the bottom of the 6th via a double to right field by Etscheid, a triple and RBI by Lonkard, and an RBI single from Conner Hempel.

Nice to see the Raiders playing well. Congrats to the men from Union on another win.

Is Mason the jv kid that was hitting .600?

Is Mason the jv kid that was hitting .600?

 

Clyde - I haven't followed JV this year, so I don't know. But he has a nice lefty swing.