Pirates Beat Sox

The Pirates handed the Black Sox our 7th loss in last 8 games 11-9. Again, there were some good individual performances in a disappointing defeat as an 8th inning rally came up short.

Highlights

• Hitting - We had 16 hits and only 4 strikeouts. Steve, (2/4, HBP), Rey (2/3, BB), Chad (2/4, 2 doubles), Mike Gray (2/4), Jonathan (1/2, BB, HBP) and Lance (3/4, double) all had good days at the plate.
• Pitching - Chad pitched 5 strong innings but, once again, was victimized by bad luck as a bad bounce on what would have been an inning-ending double-play ball cost us 5 runs in the fourth inning. Lance pitched 4 strong innings in relief.

Lowlights

• The "Breaks" - As in, we just can't buy one. As mentioned before, a bad bounce led to five of the Pirates 11 runs. Another ball took a wicked hop at second late in the game. On the other hand, it seemed like every ball we hit in the infield bounced right to somebody. It is just not our season... I truly believe we are a much better team than our record would indicate.

All-Star Balloting

Final Results are in:

• Jim McGaha (6)
• Dan Darrin (5)
• Steve Pietruza (3) - Alternate

Game time is Wednesday 6:30 pm at Helix High School.

Black Sox Schedule/Results

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