A's initiate Ed Taylor's Team

When a rookie joins a team, existing players will often torment their new teammates with some form of hazing. When Ed Taylor's Team joined the BMFL, the A's could think of no better way than to beat EDT. On Sunday night, the A's faced off against EDT and won 8-4.

Much credit needs to be given to EDT. They had the lead late into the game with some good pitching from Mike Goodfellow. They had given the A's a run for their money, and kept the game in their favour for most of the game. Unfortunately, in the top half of the 7th inning, the A's exploded for 6 runs.

Crazy Will led off the inning with a surprising triple. This seemed to motivate the A's hitters as they kept pounding away at cutting the 4-2 lead that EDT had built up. When it was all said and done, the A's proved again that they can never be counted out.

The A's started the game without centre-fielder Will Mood. Will was serving game 1 of his 2 game suspension. As he is usually our clean-up hitter, the A's had a huge offensive hole in their line-up. The slack would have to be picked up by the rest of the roster. In addition, Shelley Howard's recent ankle injury has limited the A's defensive options. Clearly, the A's would have to pull up their socks and grind out a win.

The A's missed many opportunities in the game to score and build a lead. With runners in scoring position, A's batters got stymied and struck out at keys times. They were not capitalizing on their opportunities. Thankfully, they were able to find their touch before the end of the game.

The A's play the Blues on Thursday night at 9pm.