Fog Split Double Header
AP - Magnolia, WA
This past Monday, The Fog took the field as the visiting team for both ends of a double header. First up was The Sunset. A team that joined the league last year and ripped off 7 wins in their first 8 games to start the season, only to lose the final two games, including the last game of the year to The Fog and choke away their lock on a first place seed. The 2005 version of The Sunset came into the game looking to right the ship with a 3-4 record.
The Fog put 3 on the board to lead the game off, after Boyd and Nolte started the game with outs, Graeme singled, Carlson singled (Mike is finding his stroke), Nate walked, Dan singled and Peter singled. The Sunset answered with 2 in their half of the inning. The Fog put 4 more on the board in the second and the Sunset were retired in their half, only scratching out a single with two outs. From there on out, the Fog played add on, while The Sunset struggled to send more than 4 batters to the plate in an inning. The final nail in The Fog's victory over The Sunset was the brilliant double play turned by Graeme to Cook to Amsbary in the bottom of the 7th. The Fog won 12-2.
Other highlights from the game included Nate Watson watching strike 3 to end the 4th inning, just like Carlson's backwards K, it occurred in the 4th inning and was the last out of the inning, as well, like Mike, Nate disputed the call, and like Mike, received no support from the bench. Rather, like Mike, received more than his share of cat calls. The other funny incident happened in the 2nd inning. Joe lead off with a single, Cook singled hard to right, jogged to first like a pitcher, the right fielder seeing Cook take his time getting to first, attempted to throw him out, only to throw the ball past the first baseman. This overthrow woke Cook up, who put his head down and headed to 2nd only to see Joe standing on the bag admiring the view. Unlike camp, only one runner is allowed per bag, thus Cook was tagged out and left wondering what went wrong.
The night cap of the double header pitted the Fog against undefeated Red Ox, who came into the game with a record of 9-0. Again the Fog scored early, putting 2 on the board in the first. Red Ox countered with 1. The game was a seesaw affair with the Fog leading 7-3 heading into the bottom of the 3rd only to see Red Ox score 4 more to tie it up. Each time a team took the lead, the other came back and either tied or went ahead. Trailing 9-7 heading into the 5th, the Fog scored 2 to tie, then scored 2 more in the 6th to take the lead 11-9. Red Ox answered with 7 to seemingly pull away 17-11. With the top of the order leading off the 7th, with one out, the Fog answered with a 6 spot of their own to head into the bottom of the 7th leading by 1, 17-16. This game was very reminiscent of a game against Little Red Hen two years ago, and like that game, the Fog could not hold the lead in the bottom of the 7th as Red Ox followed two singles with a home run to win 19-17.
The Fog have two games remaining in the regular season, a double header this coming Monday, July 25th starting at 6:15 on Mag 3.
Currently The Fog are tied for 2nd with Pinehurst Pub, a team The Fog does not play. Red Ox has secured the #1 seed with a 10-0 record. The best the Fog can do is a #2 seed and ensure not facing Red Ox until the championship game.
This past Monday, The Fog took the field as the visiting team for both ends of a double header. First up was The Sunset. A team that joined the league last year and ripped off 7 wins in their first 8 games to start the season, only to lose the final two games, including the last game of the year to The Fog and choke away their lock on a first place seed. The 2005 version of The Sunset came into the game looking to right the ship with a 3-4 record.
The Fog put 3 on the board to lead the game off, after Boyd and Nolte started the game with outs, Graeme singled, Carlson singled (Mike is finding his stroke), Nate walked, Dan singled and Peter singled. The Sunset answered with 2 in their half of the inning. The Fog put 4 more on the board in the second and the Sunset were retired in their half, only scratching out a single with two outs. From there on out, the Fog played add on, while The Sunset struggled to send more than 4 batters to the plate in an inning. The final nail in The Fog's victory over The Sunset was the brilliant double play turned by Graeme to Cook to Amsbary in the bottom of the 7th. The Fog won 12-2.
Other highlights from the game included Nate Watson watching strike 3 to end the 4th inning, just like Carlson's backwards K, it occurred in the 4th inning and was the last out of the inning, as well, like Mike, Nate disputed the call, and like Mike, received no support from the bench. Rather, like Mike, received more than his share of cat calls. The other funny incident happened in the 2nd inning. Joe lead off with a single, Cook singled hard to right, jogged to first like a pitcher, the right fielder seeing Cook take his time getting to first, attempted to throw him out, only to throw the ball past the first baseman. This overthrow woke Cook up, who put his head down and headed to 2nd only to see Joe standing on the bag admiring the view. Unlike camp, only one runner is allowed per bag, thus Cook was tagged out and left wondering what went wrong.
The night cap of the double header pitted the Fog against undefeated Red Ox, who came into the game with a record of 9-0. Again the Fog scored early, putting 2 on the board in the first. Red Ox countered with 1. The game was a seesaw affair with the Fog leading 7-3 heading into the bottom of the 3rd only to see Red Ox score 4 more to tie it up. Each time a team took the lead, the other came back and either tied or went ahead. Trailing 9-7 heading into the 5th, the Fog scored 2 to tie, then scored 2 more in the 6th to take the lead 11-9. Red Ox answered with 7 to seemingly pull away 17-11. With the top of the order leading off the 7th, with one out, the Fog answered with a 6 spot of their own to head into the bottom of the 7th leading by 1, 17-16. This game was very reminiscent of a game against Little Red Hen two years ago, and like that game, the Fog could not hold the lead in the bottom of the 7th as Red Ox followed two singles with a home run to win 19-17.
The Fog have two games remaining in the regular season, a double header this coming Monday, July 25th starting at 6:15 on Mag 3.
Currently The Fog are tied for 2nd with Pinehurst Pub, a team The Fog does not play. Red Ox has secured the #1 seed with a 10-0 record. The best the Fog can do is a #2 seed and ensure not facing Red Ox until the championship game.
2005 Fog Stats
| Player | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SF | GIDP | AVG | Total Bases | Slugging Percentage | On-base Percentage | OPS |
| Eric Nolte | 25 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0.560 | 25 | 1.000 | 0.593 | 1.593 | |||
| Steve Boyd | 23 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.435 | 13 | 0.565 | 0.500 | 1.065 | |||
| Dan Houser | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 14 | 0.636 | 0.500 | 1.136 | |||
| Nate Watson | 22 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.545 | 17 | 0.773 | 0.560 | 1.333 | ||
| Matt Cook | 18 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0.500 | 9 | 0.500 | 0.591 | 1.091 | ||||||
| Daunte Gouge | 17 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0.412 | 7 | 0.412 | 0.444 | 0.856 | ||||||
| Peter Watson | 17 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.647 | 15 | 0.882 | 0.667 | 1.549 | |
| Brent Amsbary | 16 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0.563 | 11 | 0.688 | 0.563 | 1.250 | ||||||
| Mike Carlson | 16 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0.438 | 11 | 0.688 | 0.471 | 1.158 | |||
| Graeme Hanson | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0.571 | 16 | 1.143 | 0.625 | 1.768 | ||||
| Joe Gerlitz | 11 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0.545 | 6 | 0.545 | 0.545 | 1.091 | |||||||
| Jody Wilkins | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.333 | 3 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 | |||||||
| James Owen | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.250 | 2 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.500 | |||||||
| Kris Browne | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 5 | 0.625 | 0.500 | 1.125 | ||||||
| Craig Weaver | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.429 | 3 | 0.429 | 0.429 | 0.857 | |||||||
| Curtis Feddern | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.429 | 3 | 0.429 | 0.429 | 0.857 |
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