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Stros Drop Two

By JJ Eusay, 03/01/21, 7:30PM CST

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Our squad thought this was just practice games, so we are just giving everyone a head start.  At least Johnny "Jorts" Burke is already in mid season form.  There will be better days ahead when our new trash cans show up next week.

Game 1 vs. Dyer's Tacos

By far the best jersey matchup of the day.  LOTS of horizontal stripes going on and it was AWESOME.  The Tacos came out smokin with their new rookie phenom Luke Moran and claimed an early lead.  We battled back to take a 4-3 lead in the 3rd inning only to see them answer with the six spot.  Burke settled in after that and held them scoreless for the next two innings, but the bats offered little help.  10-8 was the final score.

Game 2 vs. Miller's Mariners

The M's started quick to put us in an early 4-0 hole.  However, Burke worked his magic and got some solid defense behind him to hold them scoreless in 4 of the next 5 innings to keep us in the game.  The bats struggled again, but Alfredo Sardi and Burke kept us alive.  Sardi started the 4-run third inning with a two-run inside the park homer and was followed by back to back triples from Justin Reed and the captain.  Ben Enlow's sac fly capped the scoring and tied the score at 6.  That is where it would stay for 3 innings as both pitchers went to work.  We had the stage set in the bottom of the 7th for a walk off win, but Miller worked his way out of a 1 out jam with the winning run on third.  The game moved to extras and one pitch.  The M's had the top of their order up and capped a 4 run inning with a blast from rookie Pete Salazar.  We made a rally to make it interesting but couldn't complete the comeback.  Great effort but came up short.  Final score 10-6.

POW Candidate: Johnny "Jorts" Burke- 5 for 6, Double, RBI and fantastic pitching both games.  Deserved better than he got.  

Alfredo Sardi- 4 for 7, HR, 3B, 2 RBI

Ian Contreras 2 for 4, 2B, RBI