{"id":1152,"date":"2015-06-03T18:38:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T22:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2015-06-03T18:38:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T22:38:22","slug":"rip-marc-lett-3-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/03\/rip-marc-lett-3-0\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP: Marc Lett – 3.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past Monday night, for the first time this season, the SweatSox (4-3) and Braves (1-3) faced off at the Sportsplex.\u00a0 Hoping to avoid dropping to .500, we turned to our opening day starter, the SweatSox GLE Cory Bond, who hasn\u2019t lost a game since June 3, 2013.<\/p>\n

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It wasn\u2019t an ideal start for the soon to be WLE, who was chased from the game with just one out in the first after walking 4 Braves, hitting 1 of them, while giving up 2 hits and 5 runs.\u00a0 CBond took full responsibility and remained positive, reminding the team that there was still 6 2\/3 innings to go and to not give up.<\/p>\n

Eric White threw the final 20 outs without giving up a single run.\u00a0 He allowed just 2 hits while striking out 9, and gave the SweatSox every chance to come back & win.\u00a0 Led by Whitey\u2019s on field leadership, and The Authority\u2019s off field positivity, we managed to claw back with single runs in the 1st, 2nd, and 4th innings, then tied it up in the 5th after RBI\u2019s from Marc Lett and Mark Bond.<\/p>\n

In the 6th inning with two outs, the bases loaded, and with the Brewers and ghost of Geoffrey Magnus watching from the stands, the SweatSox took the lead after a Cory Bond two-run single.\u00a0 Positivity always pays off.\u00a0 SweatSox win 7-5.<\/p>\n

The co-winners of the 2004 A&W Kamloops International Baseball Game MVP Award, that Craig Cornell may or may not still have, are: Eric White and Marc Lett.\u00a0 The Janitor mopped up yet another mess, throwing 6 2\/3 innings of 0 run, 2 hit, 9 K ball to pick up the win; he also had 2 hits and 2 runs scored at the plate.<\/p>\n

OML had himself a great day at the plate as well, with 2 hits and 2 RBI. \u00a0On defense, he caught the 21 outs with what we\u2019ve recently learned is a life ending injury (keep reading for details)<\/em>, threw a base runner out with that same injury, and caught a tough foul ball at the backstop.\u00a0 The injury had nothing to do with the catch; it\u2019s just rare to see those ones caught.<\/p>\n

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SweatSox 7. Braves 5. Final.<\/p>\n

WP- White (2-1)
LP- Stephens<\/p>\n

No hashtags tonight. pic.twitter.com\/H6ZhxodvlA<\/a><\/p>\n

— SweatSox (@SweatSox) June 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n