“I think I did well with my pitch count, but we just made errors.” “I definitely didn’t have my best stuff today, but it was good enough to get ground balls right at guys,” Mack added. It is the third time Saratoga’s junior right-handed has thrown a complete game in the last 10 days. We weren’t ready there were too many errors and mistakes at crucial times and that’s why we lost the game.” I’d say we out-played them, but it’s like we didn’t come to play in the field. “Tonight we came here and completely outhit them,” Mack said. He allowed just one hit and three unearned runs, without walking a batter. He used just 78 pitches over six innings of work. In the loss, Mack tossed his seventh complete game of the season. He’s Pitcher of the Year for a reason, but we were able to get the job done.” “We had to manufacture runs,” Curtis added. It feels amazing,” he said after getting the final out. “I just hope I don’t wake up from a really good dream right now. He allowed just one hit, while striking out five. They turned a big double play and got the job done.”Ĭurtis, who pointed to Mariano Rivera as his favorite closer, went on to earn the save after pitching 2 2/3 innings of scoreless ball. “I just wanted to put a pitch in there and let my defense do the work.

“He’s a good hitter in a big spot,” Curtis said. With two runners on in the top of the fifth inning, and one out, Shenendehowa handed the ball to Brad Curtis, as Rhude came up to bat.Ĭurtis used just one pitch to escape the inning, forcing Rhude to ground into a 6-4-3 double play. He struck out three, without walking a batter. In the start for Shenendehowa, Nino Salati allowed seven hits and one run over 4 1/3 innings. Those hit-by-pitches really helped give us an opportunity to do that.” “We only had one hit, so we needed baserunners in order to manufacture runs, any way possible.

“It played a huge factor,” Hall added on his and Farina’s hit-by-pitches. “We’ll take it if it’s inside, really just any way to get on base.” “We get right up on the plate and we’re not going to move our feet,” Hall said. After Thomas Hall reached on a hit-batsman - his eighth of the season - he stole second and then scored on a throwing error by Saratoga third baseman Jack Rigabar. The Plainsmen used a similar formula to tack on a third run in the bottom of the sixth.

May 28 aa daily reflection