St. Johns vs. Horns

[Chop]

Top of the 7th.

Hudson Hamilton in to pitch for us.

A fiesty strikeout pitcher. His spin rates on his slider and curve already significantly exceed the average spin rates for MLB pitchers. Nasty drops on his breaking pitches. Comparible to Tumis (although Tumis's stuff seems to defy the laws of physics, moving in unnatural ways at times).

Hamilton also throws a fastball well into the 90s.

 

[aUTfan]

two easy ground balls to Flores with Hamilton on the mound and quickly 2 outs.

 

[Chop]

2 Ground outs to SS, one off of Hamilton's hand...

2 away.

 

[aUTfan]

and wow, Hamilton did his best LBJ impersonation and threw the ball about 10 yards short of home plate there.

 

[Chop]

Walk

 

[aUTfan]

That ball four pitch was a pretty good pitch, could have gone either way.

 

[aUTfan]

What in the world is going on? Umpire taking a snickers break?

 

[aUTfan]

holy mackeral, this umpire has lost his marbles, that ball was above the hitters head and he called it a strike.

 

[aUTfan]

and Hamilton gets out of it on a k looking on the corner.

 

[Chop]

Hudson Hamilton with a K to end the top half of the 7th.

10-4 us

to the stretch.

 

[Chop]

holy mackeral, this umpire has lost his marbles, that ball was above the hitters head and he called it a strike.

This game, we seem to finally be on the net positive bad calls going in our direction.

 

[aUTfan]

I mean, the pitch was high and it was dropping rapidly but it sure looked high and the hitter just looked over at his coach with amazement. i think he was still stunned when the next pitch was thrown.

 

[Chop]

How the heck did you find that Chop?? inquiring minds want to know.

I just searched for "Castelluccio" and that place of amazing natural beauty came up.

 

[aUTfan]

Good piece of hitting there by Belyeu, good curve ball and Belyeu waits on it and then pulls it down the line for a lead off double.

 

[Chop]

Belyeu with a double!!!

Good to see Max getting his bat warmed up.

 

[Chop]

Good catch by the Redmen's SS for out #1.

 

[Chop]

Kennedy grounds out. 2 away.

 

[aUTfan]

Dang, and Schuessler hits a laser right above the SS and he snags it, no fault of his there, he nailed it, just didn't fall for him. Schuessler needs to get in the lineup this weekend, he's batting better than Borba is and I like Borba but Shooosler is consistent.

 

[aUTfan]

would like to see coach pull the trigger on Brown and move him down, put Schuessler in the 4 hole. Would make a big difference.

 

[aUTfan]

Gasparino walks, two on two outs for Thomas.

 

[Chop]

would like to see coach pull the trigger on Brown and move him down, put Schuessler in the 4 hole. Would make a big difference.

Schussler is one of our best hitters thus far this year. During weekend series, in the games that Galvan catches, Shuessler should be our DH..

 

[aUTfan]

Thomas is batting near .600!!! Unfreakingbelievable.

 

[Chop]

Uh oh,
Castelluccio is getting the hook
Hit the showers (but I just can't call a guy named after a place like the superbly beautiful plains of Castelluccio, Italy a "filthy bum")
Enter Chuck Sanzio to pitch for the Redmen, a Sr. from New Jersey



When I go to Italy, I'm actually going to visit that place. Wow!

 

[aUTfan]

Thomas should be on the list for the Dick Howser trophy. He's that good.

 

[aUTfan]

Powell is so overdue (for him) it's not funny. bases loaded, could blow this thing wide open. (Thomas HBP)

 

[aUTfan]

Powell doubles to bring in three runs, 13-4 Horns. Still two outs, two on (2nd and 3rd) with Flores up now.

 

[Chop]

Thomas walks.

Powell

3 run double!!!!!!!!!

 

[aUTfan]

Flores HR!!! 2 run shot and the blowout is on. 15-4

 

[Chop]

We may have ourselves the sort of batting lineup that LSU has fielded in recent years.

Put that together with All-American LBJ, and apparently competent starting pitchers Charlie Hurley and Howard, and finally a good bullpen, and we could go really, really far.

 

[Chop]

Flores HR!!! 2 run shot and the blowout is on. 15-4

Flores is killing it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 homeruns already this year.