Gm 2 - vs SIU-E

[SB Shock]

Should be slightly better day with wind in the south and slightly warmer.

[SB Shock]

3 up, 3 down to start. 2 of them k's. Not a bad day at the ball park.

[SB Shock]

Casey G with 2 run hr to start off 1st

[Cdizzle]

Need to clean up the defense.

Gillaspie with a good offensive start to the year.

[SB Shock]

Shox work around a couple errors. Kirk makes a good play to end the threat. 2-0 shox bottom 2

[SB Shock]

Shockers execute a hit-n-run!

[shocks02]

2-0 after 2

[RoyalShock]

Shockers execute a hit-n-run!

Talk about a seeing-eye grounder!

[Cdizzle]

Talk about a seeing-eye grounder!

Still. If the coach called for a hit and run, the runner went, and the hitter put the ball in play on the ground, I'd say we're heading in the right direction.

[Play Angry]

I sure enjoy listening to Shane's play by play.

AJ sounds sharp. I think he may be the key between our staff being decent vs. very good this year.

[Cdizzle]

Why is my power-hitting 4-hole 3rd-baseman showing bunt on an 0-0 count with 2 outs and nobody on?

Edit: aaaaaaand, strikeout. Nice.

[Play Angry]

Good for Bayliff, long overdue.

A homer by GB gives the Shox a 3-0 lead.

[RoyalShock]

2-run dinger from Bayliff! 4-0, good guys.

[SB Shock]

Baylif hits a 2 run HR. Shox lead 4-0 in bottom 5.

[Cdizzle]

Dearman walks. Bayliff goes big fly for the first time in his career.

For as hard and as consistently as Bayliff has hit the ball in his career, that's pretty amazing. He squares up the ball consistently enough that he should "luck" into 3-4 HRs a year. IMO he is the perfect example of the bats being too weak.