We finished our league campaign with another loss, but this was perhaps our best performance of the season. We played really well in the field and were slightly unlucky when batting.
Dave W. was the only person to bat 1000, going 2 for 2, with Ed, Sam, and Richard all going 2 for 3. Sarah was the best of the women and was unlucky not to get more reward than her 1 for 3.
Hayley also hit the ball hard but with no luck.
In the field the whole team contributed to an efficient performance but stand outs included Uric, who pitched another fine game, Emma, who had a really good game at first, James, who played well at short, and Sam, who was the stand out performer in the outfield.
A big thank you to Steve Beddows from Mayhem II who umpired the game and did a fine job.
Tigers
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
3
Mayhem
2
0
0
0
2
1
X
5
MVPs
21/08/13: Lightning
We played well in patches against the best team in the division but never looked like getting the win. Highlight in the field was Steph's performance at second, which made her a shoo-in for MVP selection, elsewhere Emma was solid on one, Ed looked good in the outfield and Uric put in another fine pitching performance. Chloe took a nice outfield catch and Karl showed good range at short when snaring a pop up behind third base.
With the bats Steph again shone, with Richard also looking good as they both went 2 for 3. Elsewhere good Lightning defence kept the bats quiet. Hayley, Dave and Kirsty all made their Wednesday night debuts and all showed promise.
Lightning
2
1
5
1
4
3
0
16
Tigers
0
0
3
0
0
2
1
6
MVPs
14/08/13: Mutineers
A really encouraging performance after last week's flat display with Uric leading the way both with the bat, 3 for 3 with 2 line drive Home Runs, and with the ball as he put in an excellent pitching performance, fielded his position well and gave some leadership to the infield.
Other stand outs included Richard, who went 3 for 4 with a couple of doubles and made some good plays at 3, James who looked really good at short, Emma, who put in her normal solid performance at first and also got her longest ever base hit putting it well over the head of the 3rd baseman, and the defensive efforts of the whole outfield who even when they didn't make the outs got the ball back into the infield in a hurry and kept the scoring under control. Becky deserves special mention for one fine catch in right field.
Tigers
0
1
1
3
3
0
0
8
Mutineers
3
1
6
0
3
0
X
13
MVPs
07/08/13: Bullfrogs
A very tired looking performance after our exertions over the weekend. After a poor first couple of innings we did steady the ship and looked good defensively in the middle third of the game before we let things slip again in the last two innings. With the bats we never really got going, with our only real rally too little and too late in the bottom of the 7th.
Sam was the stand out performer with the bat, going 4 for 4 as well as also putting in another fine pitching performance. Emma also deserves a mention for some strong hitting, sending a couple of line drives down the third base line and Becky continued her improvement, hitting the ball hard with little luck.
Stand out performer in the field was Ed who was a bundle of energy in the outfield, getting a good force out on two from centre right and almost repeating the trick at first later in the game. Claire did some good work in right taking a couple of nice catches and Irene looked more comfortable at second and also got some good outs.
Bullfrogs
2
7
0
0
1
6
7
23
Tigers
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
4
MVPs
31/07/13: Camels
With a rather makeshift lineup we made a better job of playing the Camels than we managed at our first meeting but still came up short. Sam's 3 for 4 was the best male record of the evening, and Chloe and Emma were the best of the women, each going 2 for 3. Richard hit the ball hard and came close to a home run in the 6th and Claire also hit the ball hard but with no luck. Also worthy of note was that Karl being delayed in traffic meant Dave made his first outfield appearance for many years, before escaping to take over on the mound in the 2nd. Emma had a solid game at first and James displayed his versatility by starting at short before moving into the outfield when Karl came into the game in the 3rd.
Tigers
3
0
1
1
1
0
2
8
Camels
0
4
0
3
2
7
X
16
MVPs
24/07/13: Mayhem
A bad first two innings in the field left us in a deep hole against an impressive Mayhem team. We played much better after that but never looked like recovering from that initial damage and they ran out easy winners. James was understandably rusty at short stop in the early going, but grew into the role and made some good plays in the later innings. All four outfielders, Uric, Claire, Sam and Becky, made impressive catches and Tony pitched well throughout the game. Ed also made a couple of nice plays at third and Deb was solid at first.
With the bats Sam and Tony were the stand outs, each going 3 for 3. Tony also hit a home run, with Claire also recording a four bagger, our first Wednesday night female home run of the season. Overall we were well beaten but we looked good defensively in the later innings and there was plenty there for us to build on in the last 5 games of the season.
Mayhem
6
6
0
0
0
3
2
17
Tigers
2
1
0
1
0
1
0
5
MVPs
17/07/13: Lightning
Lightning came within 1 innings of staying in Division 1 at the break and they looked impressive defensively in this game. Good pitching from Oscar and sure handed fielding kept our bats quiet throughout the game. Our one batting standout was Chloe who went 2 for 2. When we were in the field they took advantage of our many errors to rack up the runs. James made a nice play after moving to short stop which almost resulted in a double play but there was little else of note to report. We had been very much in the game for the two fixtures before this but we second best throughout this game and ended up well beaten.
Tigers
1
0
0
0
2
3
Lightning
8
4
2
0
4
18
MVPs
10/07/13: Mutineers
The evening's proceedings started on a sour note as Anu took a ball to the face in the warm up and had to go to hospital for a check up. Happily the X-rays proved negative and she's now feeling much better. Best wishes to Anu from all the Tigers and big thanks to Tony for taking her to the hospital and staying with her there while she was seen to.
Back on the pitch we again put in a competitive performance but again we eventually came up short with a lack of experience costing us at times.
Sam was the stand out batter, going 5 for 5, and he also put in another strong pitching performance. Karl was solid at short stop, Sarah made some nice stops at second and Uric took some good catches in Left Centre. The Mutineers only managed one big innings, scoring 7 in the top of the 6th, but as so often happens that one big innings was enough to give them the win.
Mutineers
0
0
2
4
2
7
0
15
Tigers
3
0
5
0
1
0
0
9
MVPs
03/07/13: Bullfrogs
We played well for large portions of this game, and far better than in our first encounter with the Bullfrogs this season, but in the end we just let in too many runs.
Batting heroes on the night were Karl, Uric and Sam who all went 4 for 4. In the field both Chloe and Richard took nice catches in the outfield. Becky also did well in right field, making some strong throws back into the infield, Karl put in a solid performance at short stop, Sam pitched well in relief and Sarah continued her encouraging performances at second. Irene stepped in at very short notice to make her Wednesday night debut and didn't look out of place.
Tigers
4
1
2
1
0
2
2
12
Bullfrogs
6
0
6
0
5
0
X
17
MVPs
26/06/13: Camels
We looked promising in the first two innings but were then completely outclassed for the rest of the game. With a make shift line up we just couldn't cope defensively and fell to our heaviest defeat of the season. Tony was the stand out performer both at bat where he went 3 for 4 and in the field where he turned in his best pitching performance of the year so far. Other good batting performances came from Peter who went 3 for 3 at the plate and Uric, Richard and Chloe who all went 2 for 3.
In the field both Uric and Peter made some nice catches in the outfield whilst Richard and Emma deserve a mention for getting a classy out in a run down in the top of the first. For the most part however errors flowed freely and the Camels ran away with the game.
Camels
0
0
7
8
6
5
26
Tigers
6
1
0
0
0
1
8
MVPs
Date
Opponent
Pitch
H/A
Score
24 April
Meerkats
PW7
A
L. 17-25
01 May
Bats
6
H
W. 15-11
08 May
Storm
2
H
W. 8-7
15 May
Outlaws II
7
A
W. 16-9
22 May
Mayhem
4
A
W. 13-11
29 May
Bullfrogs
9
H
L. 4-18
05 June
Resting
?
?
?
12 June
Speeders
5
A
W. 20-0
19 June
Dragons
3
H
W. 21-11
Division 2
19/06/13: Dragons
An incident packed game that ended in a comfortable win that took us to a 6 and 2 record and meant that we won promotion to the play off division in our first season in Division 2. The Dragons started the game with some impressive batting in the first 2 innings but we more than matched them, batting round the order twice ourselves. After finishing the first one run ahead the eight runs we posted in the second gave us the platform for the win. We shut their bats down after that, giving up only 3 more runs over the remaining 5 innings whilst keeping our own score ticking along.
The story of the game doesn't just revolve around the box score however, Emma took a ball to the face in the third innings and had to retire hurt, with Sarah the Wildcats rookie moving across from Catcher to put in an impressive display at first and the injured Becky coming off the bench to catch and then stand in the batters box hoping for walks ! Happily Emma, whilst acquiring an impressive bruise, was not seriously hurt and the pain was alleviated later in the evening when she won big on the football scratch card!
Sam and Uric led the batting stats, each batting 1000, whilst Chloe and Deb led the way for the women, each going 3 for 5. Karl hit a home run. In the field Sam pitched a good game, Ed took a nice catch in the outfield, as mentioned above Sarah looked a natural after taking over from Emma at first, and Richard took a fine overhand catch to record the final out. Tony also deserves a special mention for umpiring the game. He wasn't able to play as we were down to 5 women so couldn't play our normal 6 and 6.
Dragons
4
4
1
1
0
1
0
11
Tigers
5
8
2
2
0
4
X
21
MVPs
12/06/13: Speeders
Won by forfeit.
29/05/13: Bullfrogs
We were second best all the way through this week's game as the Bullfrogs leapt into the lead with a 7 run first and never looked back. We managed to keep their scoring under some kind of control for most of the rest of the game, but they in turn put in an impressive defensive display which shut us out after the second innings. Sam and Ed stood out with the bat, each going 3 for 3, and Claire led the way amongst the women going 2 for 3.
In the field Claire and Ed worked hard in the outfield and took some nice catches, Deb also made some nice plays on third and Richard played well on second. Sam put in another good pitching performance, and Tony came into the game in relief after the fifth and only conceded 1 run in the last 2 innings.
Bullfrogs
7
1
2
2
5
0
1
18
Tigers
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
MVPs
22/05/13: Mayhem
A slow burner of a game with the tension building as the innings passed and the scoring dried up leaving us in a 10 all tie after 7. In the top of the 8th it was Karl's blast to right that gave us a 3 run lead to work with, and in the bottom of the 8th Mayhem scored just 1 run and saw their mammoth unbeaten league run come to an end. We started off slackly in the field with errors contributing to a high percentage of Mayhem's runs but we then tightened things up and only conceded one run in the second half of the game. Mayhem also kept things tight in the second half of the game with their first baseman collecting deserved MVP honours for an outstanding display. Our batting numbers were solid rather than spectacular with no individual performance really standing out from the crowd. In the field Sarah took a nice catch behind home plate, snaring a spiraling pop up that initially looked likely to fall safe, Emma played well on first and Sam pitched another fine game. The rest of the fielders threw off those early errors to record that impressive second half display.
Tigers
2
0
4
2
2
0
0
3
13
Mayhem
4
0
1
5
0
0
0
1
11
MVPs
15/05/13: Outlaws II
Another good performance against an Outlaws team who never really got going until the bottom of the 7th, when they showed what might have been with a 5 run innings. Ours was very much a team performance with everyone getting on base at least once and ten of the twelve batters scoring at least one run. Tony was the only one to bat 1000 and we hit no home runs, though Claire caught the eye hitting triples in consecutive at bats in the fourth and sixth innings. Defensively Sam put in another fine pitching performance and the infield looked solid with Karl taking some nice catches at short. Uric also made some good plays in left field with the rest of the outfield rather under employed until the burst of scoring in the 7th.
Tigers
4
1
2
4
4
1
0
16
Outlaws II
1
1
0
0
2
0
5
9
MVPs
08/05/13: Storm
After our customary slow start we dominated a tight and well played game against Storm. Karl and Richard were the batting heroes, each going 3 for 3 at the plate, and they also turned a pretty double play in the middle innings. Carrol from the Lions had a fine game at 1st and went 2 for 3 at the plate whilst Deb also went 2 for 3 and made some good plays at third. Sam put in another excellent pitching performance and despite a little wobble in the 7th we looked good throughout.
Storm
1
3
0
0
0
0
3
7
Tigers
0
2
4
0
2
0
X
8
MVPs
01/05/13: Bats
After the first 2 innings we were 9 - 3 down and looking at another defeat, but that's when we began to play. We shut the Bats down in 4 of the other 5 innings, giving up just 2 further runs in the fifth. At the same time we continued to score ourselves, with 4 runs in the third and 5 in the sixth being the highlights. Sam and Karl (4 for 4) and Richard and Peter (3 for 3) were perfect at the plate with other useful contributions coming from all parts of the order. In the field Karl was impressive at short and Emma was a brick wall at first, nothing got past her as she recorded innumerable put outs at one. Sam pitched a fine game and we just looked better and better as the game went on.
Bats
5
4
0
0
2
0
0
11
Tigers
2
1
4
1
2
5
X
15
MVPs
24/04/13: Meerkats
A shaky defensive display meant we never gave ourselves a realistic chance of defeating the Meerkats but there were also lots of encouraging signs in our performance.
Eleven out of twelve people in the line up got at least one hit, Matt ( 3 for 3) and Sam and Claire (each 4 for 4) were perfect at the plate. Sam and Uric also hit a homer each as we showed that we are perfectly capable of scoring runs at this level. Defensively it was a different story as the whole team collectively had an off day with the gloves. Sam did lighten up the gloom with a smartly taken double play, and we turned two more when we converted an infield fly into a double killing. Plenty to work on then but also reasons to think we will be able to compete at this level, roll on next week !
