Meridians Baseball

Meridians welcome a full roster to the Thursday opener and play good ball throughout, but let it slip away in the final inning.   A few hard hit balls, but some outfield assists and the web gem of the day with Matt Netherly diving up the middle and flipping for the force out at 2nd.   A solid effort by Dave Pearson pitching into the 7th inning.   We remain patient at the plate and accept 6 walks, but not too many hits.   Lewis with a few rocket line drives and Pratt with a multi-hit night.  Netherly boomed an opposite field double to the fence to give us an insurance run in the bottom of the 6th, but apparently we needed more insurance against another good DJ-run club.   (Final: 4-7 vs. Flames)