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,