Meridians Baseball

After only an inning each in an April scrimmage, we finally get Reese and Gater some mound work.   Both have flashes of brilliance despite the layoff as Reese takes the first 4 innings with 2K (3H, 2BB), a relay assist to stop further damage in the 2nd and a 1-2-3, 3rd thanks to a hop & a dive (cup touched the ground first) from Tanner behind the dish on a short pop-up.

Fugate takes over in the 5th - retiring the side in order with the help of our other web gem, a diving snare of a line drive in front of Meza in CF.   The Chiefs do most of their damage in the 6th then (2H, 3BB), but Gater regains his mechanics and strikes out the last two (3K total).

Depending on scoring, we may have had a 1- to 3-hit night as Kraus has a solid, eyes-closed 2B off of 25+ Meridian Kroell with Couture beating out a ball up the middle and even Tanner with a high ball over the CF's head that isn't quite corralled.   Meridians super-sub Ehrhardt taunts the karma of the Gods by swiping two bags off of Meridians tourney temp Tilley only to then log the commonplace "2U" and "9-3" put-outs in his last two ABs.   Luke may have been born Where The Streets Have No Name because he scored it a "U2".

Stolen bases from Meza, Reese and Williams as well.   The main highlight for the Chiefs may have been Tilley's beard and his little squirrel buddy, Paco, who lives deep within the thicket in there.   Final: 0-5