{"id":3366,"date":"2022-08-22T02:24:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T06:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/?p=3366"},"modified":"2022-08-22T02:29:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T06:29:02","slug":"craig-is-typing-sweatsox-vs-reapers-3-0-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/22\/craig-is-typing-sweatsox-vs-reapers-3-0-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig is typing… | SweatSox vs Reapers 3.0 RECAP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

GREENBORO<\/strong>– On August 17th, the SweatSox dropped a 2-1 contest against the Reapers under the lights at Southgate, in a game where the result would have crucial playoff seeding implications.\u00a0 With the win, the Reapers are on track to grab the #2 seed (and guarantee their offseason pitch to move up to Tier 2 will be successful), while the loss just about assures the SweatSox will play in the 4 vs 5 first round series, inevitably against the Rockets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While usually it\u2019s the SweatSox defense that lets us down, it was a few mental mistakes on the basepaths that shot us in the foot this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. We had a chance to jump out to the early lead in the top of the first*<\/strong> with a runner at 3rd and nobody out, but Eric White started walking back to 2nd after easily stealing 3rd, thinking there was a foul ball (we believe he just wanted to steal it again and get credit for an extra SB). Eric was tagged out in all the confusion.\u00a0 The Reapers did a similar thing last game and still won, so we knew we still had a shot.

    *NOTE<\/strong>: We batted in the top of the 1st because we were the visiting team.

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  2. The SweatSox scored our only run of the game in the 6th, but we hit into a weird 4-6-3-6 FC bases loaded double play to end that inning earlier than we would\u2019ve liked, thanks in part to a big bounce off the 1st base fence that got our runner easily tossed at 2nd.\u00a0 Where were the base coaches on both these plays??<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    In our first Reapers matchup of the year, we got to face Brendan Ellingham on short rest, which went pretty well for us.\u00a0 This time though, we got the fully rested, fully charged, fully motivated Ellingham we\u2019ve heard so much about, and he lived up to the hype.\u00a0 In 6 innings pitched, he gave up either 2 or 3 hits depending on who you ask, just 1 walk, 6 strikeouts, and a couple HBP\u2019s in his last inning to a few of our big guns (White and CBond), just to let them know who was in charge.\u00a0 It was a well earned W for the reigning Tier 4 everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    While we didn\u2019t get the win, we did have a few stand-out plays on defense that shouldn\u2019t go unrecognized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n