Game #9 Mudcats-vs- Riverdogs

Riverdogs vs. Mudcats – April 26, 2014

                               Coach always says, "defense wins games"!

The Mudcats proved that today!  Excellent defense by the Cats to hold the Riverdogs off with a 4-2 win.

The first inning went by pretty quick for both dugouts with great defense by both teams.  Jackson made a great grab out left field to log the third out and bring the Cats up to bat.   The Riverdogs only scored one run in the first inning.  Brayden smashed out a double, but the Cats couldn’t bring him in and closed out the inning 1-0 Riverdogs.

 The Mudcats demonstrated their rock solid defense in the second inning with Cameron, Brayden and Jay all making great plays sending the Riverdogs up and out three.  The Mudcats started making some contact with the bat and ball, got a few runners on base, and Nic drove in the first Cats run and tying up the game 1-1.

Will sent the first two Riverdog batters back to the bench with two great grabs and then Channing and Brayden connected for the third out.  The Cats started getting some good hits in the third inning, but a good double play by the Riverdogs closed out the inning.

Top of the fourth inning and the Mudcats got three quick outs to retire the Riverdogs.  The Cats got a couple of runners on base and then Cameron drove the ball to deep centerfield for a two run RBI putting the Cats on top 3-1.  Jake stepped up big and drove in another run making the score at the end of the fourth 4-1, Cats on top.

Riverdogs came out strong in the fifth, scoring a run, but the Mudcats played good defense and held the Dogs to only one run.  The Cats didn’t score any in the fifth, but they knew they only had to play one more inning of good defense and they would come out with the victory.

And, they did just that! Channing and Brayden played solid defense and between the two, logged all three outs in the sixth inning to secure the Mudcats win!

 

Overall, all the boys hit well and played great defense to collect a great Mudcats team win! Go Cats!!!

Thank you Mudcat Mom , "JESSICA" ~ AKA, " Trey's MOM " , for the game day breakdown !

Looking forward to a weekend of WEST RALEIGH ~~ MUDCAT baseball ! Two games to play this weekend. Time to hunker down, win some games and get on a roll for the end of the season and TOURNAMENT TIME !

I feel a "RALLY " coming ! See you cat's on the field Saturday !