The Echelbarger Phantoms are playing like a great baseball team and won convincingly tonight. We’re getting good pitching, great fielding and showing patience at the plate. We are now 6 and 2 for the season!
The Green Machine offense is back! We had 11 hits, 11 walks and 15 runs scored. Ryan had a nice triple in the 3rd and Christian had big RBI double in the 4th. We also had contributions from Jordan, Benji, Sean, Alex R, Jack, Ian and Alex B!
We are getting much better as a team in fielding. Jordan had the first play in the game with a line drive catch at shortstop. Alex, Reilly & Benji had a 5-3-2 combo to get the runner at home and Christian had a diving catch at second. All this in the 1st inning! Christian got a 6-4 with Ryan to get the 1st out of the 5th.
Jack started us off pitching tonight facing 5 batters with 8 strikes, 2 hits, 1 walk and 1 earned run. Jordan pitched 2.2 innings facing 16 batters, 37 strikes, 7 strikeouts, 3 hits, 5 walks and 4 earned runs. Alex B relieved Jordan in the 4th facing 4 batters, 3 hits, 1 walk and 2 earned runs.
The MVP of the game was Sean who pitched the 5th facing 5 batters with 12 strikes, 2 strikeouts, 1 hit, 1 walk and 0 earned runs. He batted 2 singles, 1 walk and 2 runs scored. In the 2nd he caught a line drive at shortstop and got a 7-6 tag with Benji to end the top of the 4th.
The other teams in the league are starting to take notice in our team. I am confident that we can win any game, the kids play with a lot of heart and are focused on defense.
Saturday is Little League Day, the Phantoms will have team photos, go through Slugfest & games, participate in the parade and the coaches will try to hit home runs.
Our next game is this Friday evening 4/23 against Distinctive Glass at Lynndale Field 2 at 7:00 pm. See you there. Go Phantoms!
Final Score: 3D Roofing 7 – Echelbarger 15
