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.