Magnolia 13's had better set their alarm clocks a bit earlier for Wednesday 6/10. That is the next chance they have to turn around their mid season slide after losing 9-1 to the Kent Bulldogs Red.
Tight defense and timely hitting (things MBC used to use AGAINST other teams) was the key for Kent. Kent pounded out 14 hits and made great plays to limit MBC to just two hits and one run.
Nothing seemed to go right for MBC. Ben Thomson's lead off "hit" was robbed by a terrific play from the Kent shortstop and our next two hitters struck out looking. Cambell Queen was hit by a pitch in the second and scored on a drive to the right center gap by Spencer Hogger. Spencer languished at third and was eventual nailed in a tight play attempting to steal home.
In the fourth, down 5-1 MBC rallied and loaded the bases on walks to Tino Peleti and Stuart Fairchild and a single by Nick Reeves. On a towering sacrifice fly to center, Nick Reeves was called out as he sidestepped the Kent catcher. The home plate umpire just could not grasp the concept of the word "OR" in the rule "Slide OR avoid contact". This minor disagreement between the home plate umpire and Coach Cougan ended the inning, and ended Coach Cougan's day.
Four quick Bulldog runs in the fifth inning then ended the MBC 13's day.
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