Meridians Baseball

Guest Manager Jason Ehrhardt steps in for our return to Ludlow:  After spotting the young (and somewhat mouthy) Trojans an 0-1 lead in the 1st, the Meridians take control of the game in the 3rd inning by plating 4 runs.   3 more score in the 4th and 2 more in the 5th inning to get to a comfortable 9-1 lead.   The Trojans get the last handful of runs to make the score look a bit closer than it was, but the outcome was never in doubt.   Final: 10-7

Tyler gutted out 5 and 2/3 throwing to a strike zone that resembled the diameter of a Dixie cup!   Gater still collects 8 K's on the night though.   Reese came in to retire the final 4 outs (2 K's) and pick up the Save.

Lahmers and Lee both went deep, but the hardest hit ball all night belonged to Parkhurst who hit a laser off of the top of the left-center field fence!  Jack, getting a rare opportunity to swing from his natural right side, emits conjecture from the opposing 3rd baseman, "Can he really hit righthanded?"  Jack answers on the next pitch with his shot to one of the deepest parts of the field.

Tanner tricks their 1st baseman with the classic, "I'm going to hit a pop-up in fair play, you're going to let it drop & spin foul and then I'm going yard on the next pitch" play.

All 10 Meridians grab a base knock with multi-hit nights from Ehrhardt (3 runs), Lahmers (2 RBI), Parkhurst (2 RBI), Gater and Drake.

Meridians return to CRC play after 3 weeks off with a sweep of the Cincinnati A's.   We go back to our horses on the hill as both Gater and Reese toss CG's.   Tyler picks off yet another baserunner while Reese tries to barehand slap any ball that comes back into his vicinity.   Herby and Soto mangle the scorebook in Game 1, so...  Finals:  7-? and 11-9

Cornett dominates the day hitting the ball hard all afternoon (multi-hits, 3B) with 6 RBI (4 in Game 2).   We get a midsummer cameo from Shumar who scores 4 times on the day with multi-hits and walks.   Herby with 3 hits, 3 SB and 3 runs out of the lead-off spot in Game 2.   Love with 3 hits, 2 SB, 3 runs on the afternoon.   Multi-hit day for Kraus (3), Powell (3 with 2 2B's), Reese (2 RBI), Fugate (RBI) and Bowman (2 SB).

A quick, long one... 

Herby returns to the hill and only has to toss 4 innings as we put this one away right away in the top of the 1st with 12 men crossing the dish.   That's with the lead-off guy making the 1st out and then Soto responsible for both the 2nd and 3rd...   5 more cross in the 2nd, 5 in the 3rd and 4 in the 4th (Final: 26-1) vs. the newly-formed Whales.

Herby walks a few, hits one ("Ow!!"), but strikes out the side in the 3rd & 4th after lead-off singles in each (only hits given up with 9 K's total).  

Every Meridian hits, every Meridian scores:  Lahmers, Williams and Bach with 3 hits each while Soto, Reese, Lee, Drake and Herbstreit all have multi-hit nights.   Lee scores all 4 times.. Couture, Ehrhardt, Williams and Bach 3 times each with Lahmers, Soto and Drake each scoring twice.

An umpire misfire delays the day, but Tanner's buddy steps up to call the DH for us.   Game 1 gets away from us as their 4th inning brings in 6 (1 already) with 3 more to follow in the 5th to wrap it up.   Soto breaks up the potential no-no with a clean liner to left with 1 out to spare.

We get back to real baseball again in Game 2, leading throughout with a close finish.   Kraus mops up Game 1, then steps up to start the finale as well.   JK knuckles his way to the Win, letting Cornett grap the 3-inning Save.   Final: 5-4 vs. Cincinnati Brew Crew

Web gem from Bowman who almost snags a shoestring liner in the 2nd base hole, keeps it within distance and then backhands the toss to Soto for the scoop.   Reese 'hoovers' a ball in the 3rd base hole for a tag & toss double play as well.   Tanner throws out the potential tying run at 3rd in the 7th of Game 2.

Soto tallies the only multi-hit afternoon (3), but a key RBI for the eventual winning run by Kraus in the 6th inning of Game 2 with a key steal by Bowman to get in scoring position for him.   Cornett scores twice in the finale with a SB to try and get in a 3rd time.

Barnburner Thrusday night vs. a new squad in the NKABL, the Tarheels (NKU club team).   They drop a 5-spot on us right away, but then we start chipping away in the 3rd with doubles by Herbstreit and Reese, scoring 2.   Knocks by Lahmers, Bowman and Herby again plate 2 more in the 4th while they tack on 3 more of their own.   We really close the gap in the 5th though, crossing the plate 6 times on 7 hits including Lahmers popping a 2-run shot to left center.   They edge their score to 11 in the 6th and while we don't do anything right away, we find ourselves in prime position in the bottom of the 7th.   Drake, Herby and Lewis fill up the bags on consecutive singles to load them.., but only a K, pop-up and groundout follow...  (Final: 10-11)

Herbstreit with 4 hits, Reese with 3 while Lewis, Lahmers, Bowman and Drake also have multi-hit nights.   Herby, Lahmers and Bowman each score twice.   Reese and Herby share the mound with Lewis tossing a quick 7th.   Herby picks one off with D-Will gunning down another.  Soto's a little shaky at 3rd somehow taking a Meinken hop off the outside of the glove, but a great backhand snag by Jack at the other hot corner.