The Raiders are adding another method of losing to our repertoire - you must admit, it is quite varied. The last two weeks - the art of coming up just short. Last week, via the nine run bottom of the ninth walk off by the opposition. This week - the Raiders had the ninth inning comeback, but left the tying and go ahead runs on base and lost 18-17 to the Mudcats.
Still, it's better than a blowout. We spotted the Cats 10-2 and 13-4 leads after three and five innings. But then we found our bats! Who knew you were supposed to use them to hit the ball where they ain't! We scored five in the seventh and ninth to make it respectable.
The infield had a pretty good game defensively. Don Devencenzi made a great catch roaming into shallow right from 2B to catch a pop up in the second. Cary Mitsuyoshi turned a nifty rover unassisted to first double play in the fifth. But it was first baseman Jeff Kravin who had the best day defensively. He stretched to all 5'7" twice to nail high throws from his compadres with a toe on the bag. And then, in the seventh dragged his slow legs down the line and stuck up his glove just in time to catch a foul ball with two outs to keep the Cats off the board for the only time in the game. It came at a key point, after the Raiders had tallied five to get back into the game.
Jay Sankey returned to the leadoff spot and banged out four hits. David Gerds went 4-5 with his customary three doubles, but also added a three run homer in that seventh. David Gratz added a two run shot (among his three hits) later that inning. David Balfour, Ray Oducayen, Devencenzi, and Kravin rounded out those that contributed three knocks. Everyone had at least one.
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