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at Memphis
Memphis, Tenn. FedEx Park
Radio: KFH 97.5FM/1240AM
Apr 29 (Fri) 6:00 p.m.
Apr 30 (Sat) 6:00 p.m.
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So far we're all ...
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4-0 Shox after the 3rd.Kung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille!Comment
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And now we're like ...
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4-4 at bottom of the 4th, but Shox just went up 5-4 in the top of the 5th.Kung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille!Comment
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Still 5-4 after 6. Good outing from Jace other than in the 4th.
Jace may be done. He had thrown 100 pitches. They might let him start the 7th but I kind of doubt it.
As usual I was wrong. Jace is out to stat the 7th. But I suspect he will be on a fairly short leash.
Walk the 1st guy. That would have been enough for me but HCEW leaves him in. Hits the next batter on a 2-2 pitch. That's enough for HCEW. Caden Favors comes on in relief.
Shocks must have gotten together before the 7th and talked about how they could lose this game. Caden got a sac fly and a fielders choice that allowed the inherited runner at 2nd to score and tie it at 5-all. At that point he had a chance to get out of the inning with only minimal damage. But he hit a batter, wild pitched the runners to 2nd and 3rd and then gave up a 2-run double before getting a strike out to end the inning. But Memphis has the lead 7-5 heading to the 8th.
Shocks with 1 more chance still trailing 7-5 into the 9th. 6-7-8-9 due up for the Shocks. Jordan Rogers singled to left. Andrew Stewart singled up the middle with Jordan moving to 3rd. Gage Williams and his .149 average up. Why not pinch hit with Cadena? Is he hurt? Gage strikes out. Couper Cornblum pinch hitting for Seth Stroh flied out to right field with Jordan scoring and Andrew holding at 1st. Chuck Ingram grounds to short who forces Andrew at 2nd. Gamer over. Shocks lose 6-7.
Losing streak moves to 11 games and 16 out of the last 17.
The Shockers all-time longest losing streak is 12 games in 1952-53.
SMH.Last edited by 1972Shocker; April 29, 2022, 09:52 PM.Comment
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We are really, really bad.Comment
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YuckBrummett throws, STRUCK HIM OUT! THE SHOCKERS ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! AN UNBELIEVABLE STORY!Comment
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Some major changes need to take place after the season (and I'm not referencing players or EW). Although the team needs to be pointed in the right direction next season or the seat will start warming. Right now this team is an outright embarrassment.Comment
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The Shocks have Cameron Bye going for them today. Hopefully, he can regain his form. He was not very good his last outing as he only went 3.1 innings against UCF giving up 6 runs on 8 hits including 2 homeruns.
The Shocks fall behind 3-0 after 3 innings.
The Shocks rallied for 5 runs on only 2 hits in the top of the 4th. A lead off home run by Garrett Kocis and a 3-run homer run Chuck Ingram to cap the scoring. In the bottom half of the 4th Memphis scored 2 runs on only 1 hit. The game tying run scored on an error by Camreron. After 4 innings it is 5-all.
Ross Cadena reached on an error by the shortstop and Couper Cornblum walked to give the Shockers 2 runners on base with the top of the lineup up. Chuck Ingram makes the Tigers pay (not something often uttered this year with the Shocks) with a double to left driving in his 4th and 5th runs of the game. Memphis making a pitching change. Need to get Chuck in from 2nd with nobody out. At a minimum Brock Rodden needs to move him over to 3rd on this at bat. Mission accomplished. An infield single by Brock and a fielder's choice grounder by Sawyre Thornhill to 2nd scores Chuck. Sometimes just putting the ball in play is all you need. Jordan Rogers singles to right moving Thornhill to 3rd. Kocis flies out to left field for the 2nd out. Andrew Stewart comes through with a 2-our RBI single to left putting the Shocks up 9-5. Xavier Casserilla flies out to end a good at bat for the Shocks.
Cadena and Cornblum back at it out of the 8 and 9 spots in the order with a single and double to open the 7th. Runners at 2nd and 3rd with not outs. Chuck Ingram gets RBI #6 with a sac fly to right with Cornblum moving to 3rd. Rodden popped up on he infield for out #2. Thronhill lined out to 1st. Shocks extend the lead to 10-5.
LJ McDonough on to pitch for Bye in the bottom of the 7th.
Shocks tack another small ball run on in 8th. Jordan Rogers singles who moves to 2nd on a Kocis ground out to the 2nd baseman and then moves to 3rd on a fly ball to center by Andrew Stewart from where he scores on a wild pitch. Shockers lead 11-5.
Grayson Jones on to pitch the 8th. Grayson retired 2 of the 1st for batters he faced and hit the other 2. A 2-out single plated a run for Memphis due to Grayson's gifts. HCEW goes to his closer Conner Holden to try to hold 'em. Conner gets a strike to to end the 8th with the Shocks leading 11-6.
Couper Cornblum at it again. Leads off the 9th with a single to center then stole 2nd. Chuck Ingram walked but wit 6 RBI on the day my guess is that was sem-intentional with 1st base open. Chuck doesn't walk very much. A passed ball move the runners to 2nd and 3rd. Brock Rodden is safe on a throwing error by the pitcher and both Cornblum and Ingram scoring. Thornhill singles to center and Rodden advances to 3rd. A Jordan Rogers sac fly scores Rodden. Kocis strikes out. Stewart singles to center moving Thornhill to 3rd and Casserilla walks to load the bases with 2 outs. New pitcher coming in to face Ross Cadena. Cadena pops out to 3rd. Shocks lead 14-6 needing 3 more outs.
After giving up a lead off double Holden sets down the next 3 and the Shockers finally get to sample the taste of victory and avoid the ignomy of tying the longest losing streak in school history. However, won't mean much and less the Shocks can build on it. They need to win tomorrow. Show that they can actually win an AAC series.
Shockers 14-14-1
Tigers 6-9-2Last edited by 1972Shocker; April 30, 2022, 08:54 PM.Comment
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Scoring 14 runs on 14 hits is very efficient offense for the Shocks although Memphis helped out with 9 walks, 1 hit batter, 4 wild pitches and 2 errors. But the Shockers finally made a team pay for their mistakes. Not something they have made a habit of this year.
Chuck Ingram was 3-4 plus a walk and drove in 6 runs.
Jordan Rogers was 3-5, Andrew Stewart was 2-3 plus 3 walks, Couper Cornblum was 2-4 plus a walk.
Believe or not the Shocks now how 3 players hitting above 0.300. Chuck Ingram is at .305, Jordan Rogers is at .304 and Brock Rodden is at .302. Whether they can remain there and build on those averages remains to be seen. And don't look now but Andrew Stewart is hitting .298. If Stewart can stay at .275 or better he is a very valuable piece of the puzzle.
I wouldn't say the pitching was great today but it was good enough.
I can't say that I am wild about 4 hour long baseball games.
Let's see what happens tomorrow.Comment
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Memphis should be ashamed of themselves.Kung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille!Comment
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