Cal/FHN (DH) Summary

Yesterday the Scots played FHN n their home finale. They won both games but I do not know how/ the scores as I missed Evrything but the first 4 innings of game 1 due to dehydration/illness. Shoutout to all my boys on picking up the W without me though.

Cal/Covenant Christian Recap

Yesterday the Scots took on the Chargers of Covenant Christian in what on paper is the most lopsided  game of the season. The Class A Scots with a 14-8 record were playing a struggling Class D Chargers team who only had a 2-14 record, so nobody even the Covenant coach expected this to be a close match telling me at first base "I don't think it'll matter all that much who you throw, you'll be fine." This coach was 100% spot on because the entire day was a rout. In game 1, the Scots started Mitch McCallum who walked one and struck out 11 in 4 innings. The Scots bats came alive the entire game and in the 3rd inning they sent 12 batters to the plate and scored 8 runs to make it 14-0. In the 4th inning, the Covenant reliever came in and just couldn't prevent the inevitable. He came in with two runners on and walked his first batter putting Mike Andrusiak up with one out and the bases loaded needing one run for a mercy, Coach Lind's exact words to Andrusiak were "Do not walk. At any cost we do not want to win this on a walk." Mike had swung at two that were terrible and worked the count to full, however the next one went behind his back and he was walked ending the game in a 15-0 mercy in which Covenant had 1 base runner on a walk and put one ball in play in which Trent Foreman picked up the grounder at second and tossed it to me at first. The Scots' amazing family support gave the boys, coaches, themselves and even some students an incredible between game cookout meal. In game 2, the Scots had by far the most unique lineup of the season. Usual middle infielder Keegan Mulvey was behind the dish, another usual infielder Trent Foreman was in center field, usual first baseman Nick Adams was at third base, and usual center fielder Austin Coon started on the hill for his first appearance of 2013. Coon pitched exceptional for not pitching in over a calendar year, going 3 innings allowing 0 hits and striking out 5 however he did walk 6 and allowed the one run Covenant managed to score yesterday. Even though it took a bit longer, the Scots bats were equally as productive in game 2. The Scots managed 14 runs in 3 innings and the most memorable hit would have to be the triple to right past the diving right fielder for Nate Pinder driving in 2 and making it 13-1 (He would later come around to score to make it 14-1.) but everybody in the lineup reached base at least once in this game. In the fourth inning we all witnessed a sight we will most likely never see again in our lives. Danny Paas for the first time since the 8th grade stepped on the hill to try and get the final 3 outs to secure the mercy. Paas got a ground out to Foreman at first (yes, Foreman played first quite well I might add) for out number one, then Adams got a grounder at third and airmailed it over the 5'10" Foreman and the runner ended up being on second. Paas K'd the next guy and finished the deal on the following batter to end the game in a 14-1 win. Covenant Christian the entire day had 0 hits, 7 walks, reached on 1 error and 1 fielders choice. They scrapped together one run and lost a combined 29-1, but these kids play hard, they're great kids on and off the field (I loved talking to these guys) and they were without 4 kids to varsity and that kills a small school like this. Best luck to these guys in the future though because they play the game hard. The Scots play their next game on May the 21st in a doubleheader against the Huskies of Forest Hills Northern. The Scots are now 16-8 and are 4 wins away from back to back 20 win seasons. Until Tuesday...#BULLPEN

Cal/EGR Summary (Game3)

Today the Scots boarded the buses for the final conference game of the head, to pay their visit to the East Grand Rapids Pioneers. As they warmed up they realized that the field wasn't the amazing field they expected as the outfield had some rugged terrain, however other than a tumble by yours truly in infield/outfield there was no effect. The Scots were sending continual star Keegan Mulvey to the bump expecting a solid performance. Mulvey did his part of the deal getting the balls to the defense to field but the second half of the deal was not completed. The Scots fumbled and threw the ball all over committing 11 errors today, in the 14-9 win, the boys gave up only one earned run the entire way. Mulvey went five and earned himself yet another W but this one will be attributed to the bats. The Scots scored 14 runs on 15 hits including an astonishing 4 triples. Keegan Mulvey, Ben Hamp and Caleb Sleeman contributed these for the Scots. Caleb Sleeman by far the best statistical hitter of the day went 3/5 with two triples and a double. Base running errors were also present as in the 5th the Scots had a runner on third and Adams hit a beautiful sac fly to the outfield, but for the 6th time this season the Scots didn't complete a sacrifice successfully. The Scots had to overcome these sloppy mistakes but with timely hitting they held on to defeat the struggling Pioneers. The highlight of the game would be the 4th inning when the Scots put up a 7 spot and batted around to the 12th batter, including back to back triples by Mulvey and Sleeman. The Scots play a Doubleheader tomorrow against Covenant Christian trying to take the win streak to 6. Come out to the varsity field and support the squad..comment below I wanna know where all my readers are from in their respective countries?

Cal/EGR Smmary

Due to the speech I have to write to win class election (Tuori for Treasurer by the way) and the homework I have encountered this summary will be published about 10-1030 EST. sorry for the inconveniences.

Cal/EK Summary

The Caledonia Fighting Scots sitting at 12-8 had a non conference road trip to fellow M-6 rival East Kentwood in a single game makeup from a rainout in April. The Scots were sending lefty Nick Tuori to the hill to try and pick up his second W of the season. Before the game, fellow lefty Sam Vanderwal told Tuori that "a gem is giving up 2 runs over 5 innings". Well exceed a gem he did, Tuori threw a complete game scattering 12 hits yet only allowing 2 runs (1 earned) and struck out 6 in the process. One major contribution to Tuori's success on the bump was the incredible defense shown by his infield the entire day. The lead off hitter (much to Tuori's discretion) went 4/4 and had his number all day long. The second hitter however fell victim as the infield characters of Austin Coon, Keegan Mulvey, Trent Foreman and Ben Hamp all turned glorious double plays to retire both of these men each time. While the defense was quite stellar, it was the offensive run support that did the trick. EK started some guy who was a righty and threw dead slow fastballs that made some former teammates look like Justin Verlander. The Scots jumped on him all day and there was far too many amazing performances to name each individual so here's some highlights. Nate Pinder had a spectacular bunt to start a 4 run rally for the Scots which included a s spectacular bunt by Tuori (yet again) which would go down as hit number 1 on the season (it's about time). In a peculiar moment Paas was at second and Vandy at third and Paas was about to overrun Vanderwal and then on the throw back to second , it went into center field and each guy moved up a base. The Scots gave Tuori 11 runs and he did the rest finishing off the EK Falcons on a grounder to Ben Hamp at second. Shoutout to the entire squad for picking me up in various ways today appreciate it. The Scots play at EGR in their final conference game tommorow. On the bump (assuming he can throw) is Keegan Mulvey who has appeared dominant throughout the year and hopefully can continue it tomorrow so the Scots get the sweep.

Cal/EGR (DH) Recap

The Scots started their final conference series of the year today with a home doubleheader against the dreaded Pioneers of East Grand Rapids. In case you aren't from Caledonia, (such as Russia or Germany or even Sioux Falls,SD) the East Grand Rapids are comparable to the New York Yankees, Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Lakers and Detroit Red Wings. All wealthy, tradition rich programs who you either love or hate. The Scots badly wanted to get both these wins but today before the game they suffered a slight setback. Normally the Scots have 15 roster players however today Trent Foreman and Caleb Sleeman were on varsity and then Mitch McCallum and Keegan Mulvey were not able to play along with the ineligible Mitch Kious so the Scots had 10 active players. In game one they threw Sammy Vanderwal who usually deals but they're was questions with the starting defense since a lot of people weren't where they usually play. The Scots in the bottom of the first scored 7 runs on 7 hits and sent 11 batters to the dish. The Pioneers were beat down but never gave up. They clawed to 7-2 but then the Scots struck again and put up a 5 spot in the 4th inning to make it 12-2. Now just needing three outs the Scots were confident, however the Pioneers never gave up and resiliently scored two runs in the top to make it 12-4. At this point, the Scots sent Nick Tuori to the pen to relieve Vanderwal if the Scots didn't score two in the bottom half. That was unnecessary though due to one "clutch" hit by Danny Paas. With Zeman and Adams on base, Paas sent one into the outfield scoring both and giving the Scots a 14-4 mercy win.
In game number two the Scots sent Nick Adams to the hill to try and take the 2-0 series lead. Adams didnt receive the same run support but he did throw well and had some varying amounts of defense behind him. The Scots pulled out a 3-2 win and almost had to go to the closer Nick Tuori but Carl wouldn't pull the hook and Adams slammed the door, but not as easy as expected he struck the first batter out but it got away from catcher Dan Zeman (yes somehow he caught, surprisingly well atta way Dirty Dan) and then Zemans throw went into right field and the runner took third base. We exchanged an out for a run and it was cut to 3-2 and that would be the final. The Scots improve to 12-8 and will play at EK Wednesday

Cal/Rockford DH Recap/Quotes

Hey sorry I was too busy this weekend to draft the rockford recap so here's a brief summary. The Scots got trashed as starter Nick Adams lasted 2 innings and didnt quite go to work and they got mercies on a run allowed by Nate Pinder (yes your read that right) 12-2 in game 2, the Scots won on a 2 hit shoutout by Keegan Mulvey which earned him a victory in a bet with yours truly. The Scots moved to 10-8 on the year.

Quotes

Haden Horvath-Magic School Bus man...I didn't know how it could fly but then I realized that it was just a cartoon.

Haden Horvath-you stuffed it in like a pro there big fella.

A lot of Bryce Mercer laughing in Game 1 was basically all anybody heard/remembers

Cal/Lowell Game 3 Recap

The Scots were at home on Thursday taking on the Lowell Red Arrows hoping for a sweep I. The series after picking up the first two wins tuesday on the road. They sent Sammy Vamderwal to the hill and the consistent lefty was equally consistent yet again. Vanderwal pitched 4 innings allowing 2 hits and one run which was unearned. The run was scored on a single up the middle in the 2nd following an error in the infield. The 1-0 lead would prove big enough as the Scots bats were silent all game. Cal had 2 guys reach third base the entire day, one was stranded and the other picked off. On the pick off, that may have been the biggest blunder of an inning all year. The Scots had Adams on third and Andrusiak on first with one out in the 4th. Andrusiak took off toward second and the catcher made a quality pump fake drawing Adams off third. Despite being not far off the bag, the catcher rifled a throw and a rundown ensued. The end result was Adams getting tagged out attempting to slide back into 3rd and Andrusiak was stranded at second by a pop fly. The 7th inning was the last good shot the Scots had and yet another blunder ensued. Trent Foreman got on with one out and attempted to steal second twice but both pitches were fouled off. The batter was retired and then with two outs Foreman stole second, putting the tying run 180 feet away. However Keegan Mulveys line shot to the left side was snagged and that ended the last rally the Scots had and ending the game with a 1-0 loss. The Scots relief pitcher Mitch McCallum threw 3 solid innings and made tremendous plays on the hill to get himself out of potentially dangerous situations. The Scots fall to 9-7 and will travel to Rockford tommorow for a doubleheader.

Cal/Lowell (DH) Quotes/Thoughts

Quotes-

Coon-Hey Paas guess what? You're white!

Coon- Now that looks good like a postcard! (nick tuori- greetings from lowell)

Adams-They can afford to buy a fence?

Bryce-Thats how you do the double play! Way to do that double play boys!

Keegan when asked on what he has to say about today's game-(expletive). That (expletive) changes your life forever (referring to getting yaked)

Giles after Hamp turned two-Somebody carry that bout off the field!
Thoughts-

So today we played Lowell and we got lost going to their field. First we went to the high school and yelled at the lax idiots on the bus across from us. Then we drove through the glorious hills of Lowell and got to the field which at first looked like a pile but the longer you were there it kind of grew on you. So when I found out I wasn't starting I coached first base and I did get to celebrate Mitch Horgans first JV hit with him (he wasn't all that excited like Hudson/McCallum). Unlike last three games no runners at first got picked off so that's a good thing. So Giles told me to warm up when Adams got in a bit of a jam and so I got Paas and warmed up and felt great despite throwing 75pitches/5innings yesterday. Sadly, I was not used but I'll take the W either way. I didn't play in game 2 either but with three games left this week, I will for sure get a start or quality amount of relief innings so I'm good with that. Shoutout to Trent for goin to work on varsity, and to my newly found readers in Russia. Happy that y'all are reading I appreciate it so please spread the word of caledonia baseball around the world. We wouldn't mind a game in Russia that'd be sweet (Moscow maybe?) until next time...#BULLPEN

Cal/Lowell (DH) Recap

The Scots were headed to Lowell today to take on the 3-8 Red Arrows in a conference clash. In game 1, the Scots sent Nick Adams to the hill and needed a quality outing to mend the lack of bullpen. What a quality outing they would receive, as Adams threw all 7 innings striking out 8 and yielding only 1 run (but according to Bryce he threw 106 pitches). He gave the Scots a perfect opportunity to get the W and boy did they do that. Today was the JV debut of Varsity star Mitch Horgan who is rehabbing a nagging arm injury by just DHing for the JV. In his first at bat, Horgan doubled to centerfield giving the Scots a 1-0 lead. The next batter he would score, as Nick Adams doubled to give them a 2-0 lead. Dan Zeman and Keegan Mulvey chipped in in the 4th and 5th and by that point it was 6-1. In the 7th, Nate Pinder singled to the right centerfield gap and broth in a pair to make it 8-1. Nate took off toward second and the pitcher balked (much to the disapproval of the Lowell skipper) and it was a free run for Spraggins making it 9-1. A passed ball would score Pinder and the final was 10-1. The Scots were rolling on all cylinders game 1 except one base running mistake that ended an inning w/ Mulvey in the box and Horgan on deck.
   In game 2, the Scots were sending their most consistently dominant starter, Keegan Mulvey to the mound to try and sweep the day. Keegan was straight dealing and with some help by newfound third base star Austin Coon, he steamrolled through the first five innings allowing only 1 run. That run came in the first and in the top of the third the Scots answered. With runners on 2nd and 3rd, Danny Paas stepped up to the dish to try and break up the shutout. Break up he exactly did, singling to left center and both runs would score giving the Scots a 2-1 lead. In the 5th inning, Mike Andrusiak singled giving the Scots a 4-1 lead and with one out it appeared a few more would be tacked on. Andrusiak easily took second and on a Ben Hamp single was trying to go all the way. As he rounded third, he was given the stop sign but had his head down due to receiving an earlier go sign and took off toward home. Well, Andrusiak got out at the plate and the skipper was furious benching him and moving Spraggins from right to left field. In the bottom of the 6th, which would be the last inning due to darkness, the Red Arrows had a runner on and one out with some tall yet kinda scrawny  guy at the dish, Keegan Mulvey seemed in prime position to keep the 3 run lead...well yea about that. The scrawny guy poked a high fly ball to left over the head of Spraggins for a home run cutting the lead to 4-3. Mulvey easily retired the last 2 batters and the Scots narrowly escaped the town of Lowell with 2 Ws. They will play Lowell Thursday for a chance at a sweep.

CAL/SOUTH (DH) Recap

So Im first gonna start by apologizing for this unusually late post. I got way too much homework and did not have time to complete this, so anyway here we go. The Scots were set to play a home doubleheader against cross-town rival South Christian. The first game the Scots decided to throw Nick Tuori for his first start of 2913. Dominantly a relief pitcher, this was a new role but Tuori fared quite well. Tuori lasted 5 innings scattering 7 hits and 4 runs, however only 1 run was earned. Tuori walked 1 and K'd 6 but picked up the loss. The main reason behind Tuoris loss was the lack of bats. The Scots were no hit for 3.2 innings until Trent Foreman had a single to break up the no-no. They eventually scrapped together a run in the 4th and 5th but when Tuori was done it was 4-2. Mike Andrusiak came into relieve and was as average as normal, nothing amazing yet nothing terrible. He gave up two runs and got bailed out by Keegan Mulvey and the infield gang who all game long turned double plays like turning on a radio. The Scots valiantly charged back into this game and a sac fly by Caleb Sleeman scoring Ben Hamp made it a 6-5 game with two down in the 7th. That was as close as the Scots would get though as SammyV struck out to end the game giving the Sailors a 6-5 W.
Game number 2 (following a delicious meal by the Coons and Pinders) was going to be started by Sammy V, who consistently puts up quality outings. Vanderwal did just that again yesterday throwing a complete game in 103 pitches allowing 2 earned runs the duration of the game. Vanderwal needed to throw the gem he threw because there was nobody left to throw, Nate Pinder and Austin Coon, both outfielders were set to toss for the Scots in relief (neither has thrown this year). The Scots bats came alive early scoring 2 in the first. This game was relatively a coast for the Scots, who were in control the duration of the game and never gave up the lead.the Scots ended up pulling out a 6-2 victory and now improve to 7-6 on the year. They got a DH at Lowell today to work on that conference record.

CAL SOUTH DOUBLEHEADER

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Cal/FHC Game 3 Quotes/Thoughts

Quotes-

Coon on the big fella- He makes Paas look like a (expletive) skinny kid.

Nate P on driving-Im not that bad, I almost hit a bus once.

Lind on every sniping opportunity-Get em Paas!

CG-what the (expletive) is going on? Run the (expletive) bases

Guy in Car-Hey number 9....you suck!


Thoughts

So I didn't get to play in today's game but it was up there on one of the better games to be a part of. Coach Lind, using his Davenport expertise, got us to pull off some "baseball swag" on the bench and actually it looks pretty sweet. Nothing like sniping batters with Paas and Hamp, or the cliche superman by Mike after his double. We finally blended together well chemistry wise for the first time this year, at least in the dugout and if we can get that going then watch out world we will roll by every single squad. Tuesday we got 2 vs Lowell so chances are Ill throw and I can't wait for that opportunity. Hopefully coach Giles will give me a shot to hit because I wanna get that first hit on the year seeing that I've only batted 3 times. With all the hope and excitement building for 5 days, Im out. Shoutout to Logan Hudson for reaching varsity, along with Mitch Horgan, Chris Clark and Dan Zeman for already being there, hopefully I'll get to join you next season. #BULLPEN

Cal/FHC Game 3 Recap

The Scots set off to Forest Hills Central High School today to take on the Rangers with a lot of chances on the line. With a win, they would sweep the Rangers, continue a 3 game win streak and most importantly they would break .500 for the first time all year long. There was the absence of Logan Hudson today, who was called up to varsity last night. Also, bat boy Bryce Mercer was also missing from the squad for disclosed reasons. New to the squad today was freshman Mitch McCallum. McCallum, a freshman transfer from St. Clair,Michigan was on a tear for the freshman squad and is a very high quality catcher so it was only time before he was going to join the JV squad. McCallum did not provide a huge offensive boost like Hudson did in his debut, as he went 0/2 but did draw a walk and got plunked. The main input he had however was behind the dish. Mitch, with Keegan Mulvey's assistance (I believe), called a beautiful game and should have thrown a batter out but the dime was dropped. Mitch "planned" the greatest play of the game, arguably the turning point. Sleeman threw an errant pitch, which was called, and McCallum popped up and slowly came back toward the plate but the runner was froze about 25 feet from the plate. So Mitch threw it to Sleeman who applied the easy tag and that play sparked the 7th inning overflow of offense. The offense for the Scots had its ups and downs all game long. In the first inning, Trent Foreman singled in a run to put them up 1-0 but he got picked off trying to advance bases. After an error led to a 1-1 tie, Austin Coon broke the tie with a base knock in the 2nd. The Scots also scored in the 3rd and the 4th on RBIs by Keegan Mulvey and Trent Foreman. The Scots gave Keegan Mulvey five runs through 5 innings, however it could have been at least 10. There  were multiple base running errors all night, guys were picked off, back picked, caught in rundowns, tried to take an extra base and they suffered from it. The Scots bats went silent for the 5th and apparently the gloves did too. Three of the six errors committed in the game were in the 5th which led to three unearned runs. All in all, starter Keegan Mulvey gave up 5 runs, all unearned over 4.2 innings. Caleb Sleeman worked the boys out of a second and third jam and then coasted fairly easily thru the sixth except 3 errors which led to 2 more runs. It was 7-7 at that point and the top of the 7th was going to lead off with Keegan Mulvey. Mulvey singled and after hit by Adams and a passed ball it was 2nd and 3rd no outs for Trent Foreman. For the third time Foreman came up clutch, singling in both runners for his fourth RBI of the game and more importantly giving the Scots the 9-7 lead. The Scots would tack on another run and then they sent Sleeman out in the 7th to finish the deal. Allowing one hit thanks to a Paas jinx but nothing more, Sleeman quickly closed the door and the Scots took a 10-7 win for a sloppy sweep of the FHC Rangers. They are now 6-5 and on a 4 game win streak. The next game is Tuesday at Lowell for a doubleheader,