{"id":3803,"date":"2023-08-23T19:46:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T23:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/?p=3803"},"modified":"2024-05-05T20:07:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T00:07:20","slug":"oppenheimer-was-long-sweatsox-vs-crusaders-iv-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/23\/oppenheimer-was-long-sweatsox-vs-crusaders-iv-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Oppenheimer Was Long | SweatSox vs Crusaders IV RECAP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Somebody gonna get they ass kicked.\u00a0 Somebody gonna get their wig split.\u00a0 Somebody gonna get they ass kicked.\u00a0 Somebody gonna get their wig split.\u00a0 ACKNOWLEDGE ME!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now, in my own words, a breakdown of last night\u2019s SweatSox vs Crusaders match-up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINALLY, NO TRILLIUM?<\/strong>– Last night at the Sportsplex, the SweatSox ended our regular season with a 12-6 loss to the Crusaders, finishing the season with an 11-12-1 record, and a date with the Barons in Round 1 of the playoffs starting this Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an even further egregious display of managing incompetence, SweatSox Authority Cory Bond gave #2 starter Josh Ramage the nod a day after ace Eric White got hurt starting a meaningless game himself.\u00a0 Fortunately, Ramage seems to have walked away unscathed, throwing 2 innings of tune-up, giving up 2 hits, 2 walk, a 1 run before exiting the game with a 5-1 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larry Pawelek pitched 4 innings of relief, giving up 12 hits and 8 runs, while picking up our final L of the 2023 regular season.\u00a0 He did strike out 3 Crusaders though, shame on you Wes Kelly, Ethan Fisher, and Jason McGee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Craig Cornell closed the game for the SweatSox, making his annual pitching appearance in our final game of the regular season.  Cornell gave up 3 hits and 3 runs in his 1 inning of work, and he even recorded a strikeout: shame on you Carlos Mendoza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Eric White finally benched for the majority of a game, it was someone else\u2019s turn to step up and lead the offense, and that someone else was Steve Brown.  Downtown led the team with 2 hits (1B, 2B), and 2 RBI.  Honourable mention to Trevor Williams, who scored 2 runs from the leadoff position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And WTF is going on with the Crusaders pitching staff: I, Shaun Keay, got HBP 2 more times last night, making that 4<\/strong> HBP\u2019s in 5<\/strong> plate appearances over a 26 hour period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I fucking hate pitchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had a few standout performances on defense last night: Shoutout to starting shortstop Craig Cornell, who had 5 assists and 2 putouts in 6 innings of work at SS.\u00a0 Honourable mention to Mike Pignat, who had 3 catches and 0 errors in LF, and Jaspreet Sanghra, who had 2 putouts and 3 assists at 2B.\u00a0 Our new middle infield combo is primed for the playoffs!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEXT UP for the SweatSox is our first round playoff series against the Barons, starting on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Close enough\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SweatSox drop regular season finale 12-6 against the Crusaders.

WP- Hurtubise (2-1)
LP- Pawelek (0-2)
HBP- Keay (x4 in 26 hrs)

RECAP: Henderson went to the wrong field. Gadbois screwed us again. Cornell pitched.

NEXT: Playoffs vs @BytownBarons<\/a> starts on Friday.#wonthehyjinx<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/bR86k1MO0y<\/a><\/p>— SweatSox (@SweatSox) August 23, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>