OBI 0-2 in 2015 Jerseys...

5-8-1 OBI finished the season in 6th place and will face 3rd seed Shock Therapy in the quarterfinals of the 2015 Season 1 D1 Tourney. This after two decent efforts last week versus #2 seed Knuckle Babies where OBI lost two 3-run games, 7-10 & 10-13.

The big news of the week was definitely the new jerseys being distributed before the game. The bad news is that we have yet to win while wearing them...

The Knuckle Babies squad is made up of tournament players from several teams. They are a solid team that played to enjoy themselves this week. However, we were not able to fully take advantage of their lackadaisical play and we were fairly quiet offensively. Our 29 hits and .460 team batting average were numbers we should not aspire to hit often if we wish to remain in D1 ;~) ...

Game 1 was all about the 3rd inning. After Spillane, Steve, and John produced a solo run in the first, the 3rd ended up being the only other run scoring inning. Nuta singled, then was driven in on JRs Double. Matt and Clint followed Larry's line out to RF, with singles where JR scored on the latter hit.

Spillane stayed out of a double play with good hustle, and then Steve and John followed with back-to-back Doubles. Michael capped the inning with a 2-run single to center. Having pulled to within 7-9, OBI was unable to score in the final 3 innings.

The drought continued into the third inning of Game 2,,, giving OBI 5 consecutive non-scoring innings. Oh Joy... However, the big news of the day was,,, YES!!!,,,

Steve broke up the perfect game with a 3-pitch walk in the bottom of the 3rd. Michael's own Base on Balls and a Jakob single later,,, ho hum,,, Jayse hit it like a MAN! and a Grand Slam was born... The four runs tied the game after 3 innings.

The tie was short lived as the KBs nailed a 7 spot in the top of the 4th inning. Matt then walked to open our 4th inning at bats. And with two-outs, Steve and John go back-to-back again, this time with Triples. Michael once again, caps the run outburst with an RBI, ho hum, single.

Jayse and Paul opened the 5th with singles but a double play put a damper on the rally. Larry followed up with a run scoring single for our solo run in the inning that brought the score to 8-13.

In our final at bat, down 5 runs,,, Clint and Steve both scored on hits by John and Michael. But the rally was cut short two batters later and the final 10-13 was in the books.

We will begin this weeks tournament play at 8:15 on field 5 in hopes of making some noise further in D1.