South Oakland Ducks Baseball

Game Day 13: Ducks at Monsters

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South Oakland Ducks of the North Side (9-3)

at

Monongahela Monsters (5-7)

4:30pm

Brentwood Park

South Oakland looks to avenge an early season, 5-1 loss to Monongahela today in Brentwood. The Monsters are the only team the Ducks have not defeated. The Ducks need a win to stay tied for first with the WOLFPACK!!! (9-3) and Lions (10-4).

After a 3-0 start, the Monsters have gone 2-7. Monongahela seemed solid when we played them, not many easy outs in their lineup. They must have lost a pitcher or something. Or maybe they ran into these guys:

Game Day [10]: Ducks (6-3) vs Bulldogs (3-3)

Today’s game will be the Ducks first in Brentwood. Half our roster is on vacation, so we’ll test our depth. Brian Strom will take the hill for the South Oakland.

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Bad News for the Monstres

 

Game Day 13: Ducks vs. Senators.

2014 South Oakland Ducks, Gameday, pittsburgh NABA

South Oakland Ducks of the North Side (9-3)

vs

Senators (3-8)

8pm

Springview Field

Hopefully the weather holds up.

We played the Sens on Sat and, like the first match-up, outlasted them in a game that was close early and turned into a fairly one-sided Ducks win.

I have to wonder who they’re going to throw on short rest today.

The Lions swept the bombers on Sunday, and are now tied for first at 10-4. The Bombers are making me look bad for touting them so highly early on.

The WOLFPACK!!! are 9-3.

We’re starting to see some separation between the top 3 teams and the rest of the conference. The Monsters, Bombers and Titans are all under achieving right now, as best as I can tell, and the Senators and Warriors have been unable to get into the swing of the season with all the rain outs.

We need a win tonight keep pace, and stay in the hunt for a bye in the playoffs.

Assume the game is on, unless there is a monsoon. Rescheduling this time of year is near-impossible.

Captain America is scheduled to make his return tonight.

captainamerica180s Bad News for the Senators

 

 

 

X-Rays are Negative and I got some sweet painkillers. Ducks Win.

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EDITS by MightyEskimo

 

The South Oakland Ducks of the North Side defeated the Senators 10-6 (as confirmed by the scorebook) Saturday afternoon in North Park. The win brings the Ducks (9-3) back into a tie for first with the WOLFPACK!!! and keeps South Oakland a game ahead of North America. The Senators dropped to 3-8.

The Ducks struck first in the top of the second. After the Sens recorded two quick outs, their starting pitcher walked the ducks 7,8,9 hitters, before Gwin singled in two.

Then Senators took a 4-2 lead in the bottom half of the inning as Matt Swetz struggled with his command. Swetz finished with 2Ks in 1 2/3 IP, and allowed only one hit. There were many walks, and some errors.

The Ducks tied the game in the third when Strom singled in Culp.

Then the Senators went ahead 5-3 after three, but South Oakland scored three in the top of the fourth when Moore singled past a drawn-in infield, then Limbach hit an RBI fielder’s choice to first, before Culp a two-run triple. Culp finished 1-for-1 with a triple, 3 walks, and 2RBI.

The Senators put in a reliever at some point. The Ducks added four in the top of the sixth. Dover hit a two-run double that one-hopped the fence in left. I’ve never seen a ball hit that far at Pie Trayor. Riley drove in a run with a ground out to first.

Strom was robbed of extra bases. for the final out of the inning.

Ben Hartranft suffered an upper body injury making a diving attempt at a single in the third inning. Hartranft finished 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI.

One of the Senators players blew hit knee out, then almost singled on one leg in the second inning, but was thrown out at first in a 9-1-3 putout. I think that’s the first time we’ve forced out a guy from the outfield. Naturally Garrett was involved.

Really, that was a bad coaching mistake that led to the Sens having to take an out. Always leave one guy out of the batting lineup if you can just for flexibility. Though, it did speed up the game.

 

South Oakland’s next game is Wednesday vs. the Senators, 8pm at Spring Hill.

Quack.

Game Day 12: Ducks at Senators

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South Oakland Ducks of the North Side (8-3)

at

Senators (3-7)

12:30pm

Pie Traynor Field

We’re going to have to juggle the lineup a bit due to a whole bunch of weddings this weekend. The Senators have beaten the Titans, Bombers and Monsters, 3 teams that have played us close. But man, 86 runs against in ten games is a lot.

A win ties us for first again and puts the pressure on the WOLFPACK! (9-3) to win Sunday night to keep pace.

If I’m late, Strom is in charge.

stromgraff The commish is MIA, the bulldogs blog is dormant. 

We are finally getting back on a regular weekend then Wednesday schedule for a bit before we have six game in seven days from (I think) the 22nd to the 29th of June.

18A news:

  • The Lions (8-4) have won four straight and are now a game out of first.
  • The WOLFPACK! won two, one-run games last weekend over the Titans and Bombers respectively.
  • The Warriors (1-6) have been rained out at least once a week all season long.

Jason Fetter will be South Oakland’s starting pitcher this afternoon, but Matt Swetz may make his return to the mound out of the bullpen, nine years removed from his last NABA appearance. Swetz also gets to bat cleanup today because of pizza.

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Bad News for the Senators

Ducks Win

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South Oakland of the North Side (8-3) came away with a 2-1 victory over the Titans(5-7) in Bellevue, Sunday afternoon.

Ducks’ starter, Brian Strom pitched five innings for the victory, scattering 7 hits, striking out 7, and recording his league-leading seventh hit batter. He also smashed his head against the fence after a diving attempt at a foul ball down the right field line in the 7th. He returned to the game.

Anthony Ciccone recorded the 2-inning save.

Culp and Ciccone had RBI for the Ducks.

Both starting pitchers pitched out of trouble all game, and there was solid defense from both sides.

Donnie had a sweet base hit in the fifth. Limbach also singled. Culp doubled in the game winning run in the first. We thought we lost Riley for while in the sixth.

The game ended on a deep fly out to left field that RBI Collector, Matt Swetz, misjudged initially before making a heart stopping, backpedaling, tumbling catch to seal the victory.

I’m surprised the Titans don’t have a better record.

quack.

Ducks Lose.

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WOLFPACK!!! 2, Ducks 1

South Oakland (7-3) had a man on third with one out in the bottom of the seventh but couldn’t get the run across, in a tough loss to West View. West View (7-2) is now in sole possession of first place.

The WOLFPACK!!! took a 2-0 lead in the sixth. An error, a hit batter and a single lead to the first run. He was safe, but it was close. The next batter walked, followed by a bases loaded force out at home on a shallow fly to center. He was out by three steps. The WOLFPACK!!! drove in another run on a fielder’s choice.

The Ducks scored in the bottom of the sixth, on an RBI groundout by Ciccone.

***

etc:

  • I thought for sure we were going to get rained out. It didn’t rain at all at Springview.
  • This was a great game by both sides, I can’t wait to beat that team in the playoffs.
  • That third baseman was good defensively, and their pitcher was one of the better guys we faced this season.
  • On four separate occasions, players slid into first.
  • Did you have kid on your high school or college team who could play a little but was such a head case he either quit for some imagined slight (blamed “politics,” of course), and then spent all his time eating weird drugs at shady after hours clubs in Philly, or maybe he was cut because his dad got in a fist fight with the coach or an ump, and it was too much trouble to deal with him? I knew some kids like that, growing up.
  • Fetter allowed 2 hits over six innings.
  • Jones struck out the side in the top of the seventh, including (I think) the sub who went in for one of their players who hurt himself sliding into first.
  • Casale, Galvanek, Swetz and Moore all had hits for the Ducks. Gwin was hit by a pitch and walked twice.
  • Galvanek picked off two runners in one inning. One guy off of second, one off first. He’s probably been our best player since hockey season ended, allowing him to make all the games.
  • I’d like to thank everyone who came out and watched, despite the flash flood and hail warnings.
  • Never slide into first.

 

quack.

 

Game Day 10: Ducks vs. WOLFPACK!

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South Oakland Ducks of the North Side (7-2)

vs

West View Wolfpack (6-2)

8pm

Springview Field

Such rain yesterday. I’ll let everyone know ASAP if we’re cancelled, but assume we’re playing until you hear otherwise.

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Dux 4 life would be such a better knuckle tattoo

If we do play tonight, the Ducks will welcome back Matt Limbach to the team.

Bad News for the Wolfpack

I woke up still in my baseball uniform two states away, and it was January.

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Ducks 11 Warriors 1.

Ducks pitcher Brian Strom allowed one hit over five innings for the complete game victory, hitting two batters, walking one, and striking out two.

Twelve different Ducks reached safely or drove in a run.

Alex Riley went 3 for 3 with two doubles.

Mike Brandt went 2 for 3. He hit a double off the top of the wall in left, and  was nearly thrown out a second.

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Ben Hartranft had two hits, but drove in zero runs, and pulled both hamstrings.

Lonnie the windmill Petril drove in a run when he hit into a 6-4-5-2 double play.

Garrett Moore was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, and was the second out in the above 6-4-5-2 double play.

South Oakland of the North Side (7-2) has won four straight.

First place will be on the line when the Ducks play the WOLFPACK! (6-2) next Wed. 8pm Springview Field.

quack

Down in Northern Virginia, I thought the cops were gonna arrest me for smoking pot in the cracker barrel parking lot, but they were there for the double homicide at the Waffle House by our motel.

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Monday’s 5-4 win was big. Both teams played well, there weren’t many walks or errors. The game took like fifteen minutes. I can’t remember the last time the Ducks made a late-inning rally like this one.

***

For five innings the Bombers got key hits, and South Oakland left runners on base. We had a guy thrown out at home, left the bases loaded once and twice had two men on with less than two outs and couldn’t get a run in.

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No one thought the Bombers had the balls to play in purple unitards and white tights.

The Bombers Pitcher located, and took advantage of the way-outside strike that ump likes to call. There’s no reason to throw it over the plate with that ump.

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In the first inning, the Bombers scored on a two-out infield single followed by a double that died in the grass in shallow right.

Allegheny added another run in the third, and two more in the fifth on a couple hard hit balls combined with some defensive miscues.

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It looked like the wheels might fall off, but Ciccone pulled it together and we stiffened up defensively.

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The Ducks trailed 4-0 in the bottom of the sixth and started the inning with a leadoff double by Casale and three straight singles to make the score 4-2. After a walk, Iceberg singled to make the score 4-3.

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The Bombers forced out a runner at the plate. Then with the bases loaded, Ben Hartranft hit a slow chopper to short, the Bombers forced a runner at second, but Hartranft beat the arrant throw to first. The first baseman missed the ball, and another run scored.

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In the top of the seventh, Jason Fetter walked the first batter, then turned a double play on a line drive right at his head.

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I’m not saying a couple guys on the Bombers don’t look like Ted Kaczynski 

The game ended on a groundout.

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Hartranft has 4 RBI in five games without getting a hit.

The Ducks have won three straight.

Pending Tornados, we play tonight at 6:15 in Etna vs. the Warriors.

quack