GAME 1:
The Lady Of The Lake Saints defeated the USAO Drovers, by the score of 4-2.
USAO
In this game, the the Drovers sent Tucker White to the mound, as he went 4 innings and gave up just 2 hits. The Droves has to use 3 relief pitchers in this game, including Corey Korenic, Justin Hasek, and Angel Reyes. Korenic went 1 inning, and didn’t allow a hit. Hasek went 0.2 innings and gave up 3 runs on 2 hits. Reyes went 0.1 innings and gave up 1 run on 1 hit.
The offense for USAO was held to just 3 hits. The bats for the Drovers would be led by Greg Barnette, as he would go 1-2 with a double and a walk. P.J. Garcia went 1-3 with a single and a walk. Miguel Lorenzo went 1-3 with a single and walk.
Lady Of The Lakes:
The Saints sent Jordan Hackett to the hill, as he would throw 5 innings and allow 1 run on 3 hits. The Saints would have 2 relievers in the game, Logan Garza and Ty Cook. Garza and Cook would both pitch one scoreless inning.
The bats for the Saints collected 5 hits, led by Jose Diaz as he would go 2-3 with 2 singles and a walk. Daniel Anciso would go 1-3 with a single and a walk. Russell Brown would go 1-2 with a double and a walk. Xavier Solis would go 1-2 with a double and a walk.
Winning pitcher: Logan Garza (1-0)
Losing Pitcher: Justin Hasek (0-1)
Save: Ty Cook (1)
Player of the game:
Jose Diaz- He would go 2-3, and have 2 singles and draw a walk.
GAME 2:
In the second game of this series, the Drovers cruise to a 12-1 victory of the Saints.
USAO:
The Drovers sent Jose Hidalgo to the mound, and he pitched a gem. Hidalgo pitched 6 innings, and gave up 0 runs on 1 hit. He also finished the day with 10 strikeouts. The only relief pitcher for USAO was Mason Stasyszen, he threw 1 inning and gave up 0 runs on 0 hits. He also finished with 3 strikeouts.
The bats for the Drovers collected 14 hits, and they were led by P.J. Garcia as he would go 3-4 with a double and 2 singles. Stevie Thompson went 2-5 with a double and a single. Miguel Lorenzo went 2-4 with 2 singles and a RBI. Alex Sanchez went 2-4 with a solo homerun (1) , and a single. Sergio Mendez went 2-4 with 2 singles and 2 RBI’s. Wyatt Hull went 1-4 with a single, and 2 RBI’s. Kenniel Rivera went 1-5 with a single. Henry Rodriguez went 1-4 with a single.
Lady Of The Lakes:
The Saints sent J.B. Martinez to the mound, where he would throw just 2 innings and give up 2 runs on 3 hits.
The bats for the Saints were held to just 1 hit. Daniel Anciso went 1-3 with a single. The Saints we’re held to an .043 batting average, by Jose Hidalgo.
Winning pitcher: Jose Hidalgo (1-0)
Losing pitcher: J.B. Martinez (0-1)
Player of the game:
Jose Hidalgo- He threw 6 innings, and struck out 10 of the Saints hitters.
GAME 3:
In the final game of this series, the Drovers beat the Saints 4-3 in an extra inning battle.
USAO:
The Drovers sent Stephen Wright to the mound, where he would throw 5 innings and give up 0 runs on 0 hits. The Drovers also used 2 relievers, Corey Korenic and Angel Reyes. Korenic threw 2 innings and gave up 0 runs on 0 hits. Reyes threw 4 innings, and gave up 3 runs on 3 hits. He also struck out 7 Saints hitters during 4 innings.
The USAO bats collected 9 hits, led by Miguel Lorenzo as he would go 2-4 with 2 singles. Henry Rodriguez went 2-5 with 2 singles. Stevie Thompson went 2-4 with 2 singles. Sergio Mendez went 1-4 with a single. Greg Barnette went 1-5 with a single. Alex Sanchez went 1-6 with a single.
Lady Of The Lakes:
The Saints sent Garrett Moltzan to the mound, as he would throw 4 1/3 innings and give up 2 runs on 3 hits. The Saints has to use 4 relievers, Logan Garza, Ty Cook, Alex Martinez, Tony Esparza. Garza would throw 2 1/3 innings, and give up 1 run on 3 hits. Cook threw 0.1 innings and gave up 0 runs on 0 hits. Martinez would throw 3.2 innings and give up 1 run on 3 hits. Esparza threw 0.1 innings and gave up 0 runs.
The bats for the Saints collected just 3 hits, as they were led by Russell Brown as he would go 1-4 with a 2 run homerun (1). Robert Lopez went 1-5 with a solo homerun (1). Jose Diaz went 1-5 with a double.
Winning pitcher: Angel Reyes (1-0)
Losing pitcher: Ty Cook (0-1)
Player of the game:
Stephen Wright- He threw 5 scoreless innings for the Drovers, and didn’t allow a hit.
USAO’s shortstop P.J. Garcia said “We started off slow on the offensive side and lost a tough one in the first game. We bounced back in the second game and we strung a lot of hits together. The third game we fought hard and came together as a team to pull out a win and the series win. Our pitching was very good this weekend. We got to take it a day at a time and trust the process.“