Meridians Baseball

Sweltering Sunday starts off well with Daron Williams on the hill and a lead in the first few innings of the day, but the heat and hot bats of the Cincinnati Hawks keep us down for the duration as we drop the pair.   Too hot to keep a book, but Soto only makes 1 out all day (3-4 with 4 walks) and that one ends the suffering at the end of Game 2.   Multi-hit day also for McClung, Pratt and Blain Williams (who gets picked off yet again, and this time was worse than all of the others...).   Pratt and B. Williams  make their Meridians' debut on the mound with Phil unable to hit the mascot so he tries to hit the on-deck batter instead (who he then struck out).   Web gems from Soto sliding to the dugout fence for a pop-up and Pratt with 2 sliding grabs in right field.   Great play all day by newcomer Ryan Williams (yes - another Williams, but this one's not related).   Kudos to Derek Williams and Fread who don the gear for the 2 games after Soto catches 8 innings in the morning for the Cincinnati Yankees win.