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Bulls Split in Opener

By JC Burks, 09/12/22, 8:30AM CDT

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Tarpons 3 – Bulls 12

After tossing and turning all night dreaming of big wins and clutch hits, the Bulls came flying out of the chute raring to play on a beautiful morning.

In the first inning the Bulls came out strong getting runners on base; Matt Rakofsky led off with a single, Cesario hit a double, and then Brumley hit a sharp single driving in Matt, Osgood walked, and then with the bases completely juiced the ace Hap Burden hits a GRAND SLAM putting the Bulls up 5-0.

The Tarpons come up and start smoking the ball, but the Bulls D would not allow a single hit going 3 up 3 down. Two massive catches were made in the bottom of the first with Hap Burden showing he is double threat guy and catching a liner at full trot, and then the Commish shows his OF skills and makes a sweet jumping catch at the top of the wall to shut down the inning.

We went down quietly in the second and the Tarpons put up two (and could have been a lot more) but Brumley does what great pitchers do and got out of a jam without too much damage.

In the Third we put up another 3 runs on a Cesario solo shot, great hits by Osgood, Slaver, a BB by Doc, and then a clutch sac fly by Abbey. This was followed by another solid inning on D where the Tarpons didn’t score, and Doc was a wall at third making several stabs and gunning out the runners.

More runs in the fourth with sub Jonah Taylor smoking a liner to get us started, double by Matt Rakofsky, sacs by Scott and Cesario. Again great defense with Osgood making a great catch on a smoked line drive to LF.

After a quiet fifth by both teams the Bulls came out and got another 2 runs on 5 hits in the sixth with sub Jonah Taylor turning the lineup over, and Matt Rakofsky/Brumley/Osgood/Slaver all getting singles and driving in two runs.

 

Bulls 5 – Dragons 12

Outside of two fine catches in the first with Monte laying out for a grounder, and Cesario reaching way over the fence and stealing a HR from “I Guy” the first three innings by both teams were dominated by two of the best pitchers in a duel.

The Bulls blinked first and gave up 8 runs in the 4 where the Dragons were placing the ball where the Bulls were not.

Finally in the fifth the Bulls began stirring with sharply hit doubles by both Brumley and Monte (RBI) we were finally on the board!

In the sixth we finally decided to take the hats off the bats and went on a two out rally kick started by a Jonah Taylor single, Matt Rakofsky single, Scott hits a single, Cesario doubles driving in two, then Brumley hits another double and drives in two more, Osgood topped off the inning with a single driving in our fifth run.

The 7th we gave up another pair and then Greenberg came out to Tommy Trumpet and shut us down and sending the Bulls home with a split.

 

Bulls on Parade:

Matt Rakofsky 6-7, 5 singles/1 double, 4 runs scored

Hap Burden 3-7, 2 singles and a GRAND SLAM

Sub Jonah Taylor 4-5, 4 singles and kept turning over the line up