A's win short game

Wally's A's played against the Rogues tonight in a rain shortened game. Will Mood started for the A's, while Kevin Wilson started for the Rogues. The A's wasted no time in their offensive attack. Serge Gauthier led of the bottom half of the first inning with a single.

Alex Davies was the next one up to bat. He layed down an excellent bunt and was able to get down the line quickly. The Rogues, seemingly unprepared for the bunt, misfired on the execution of the out and the A's had 2 on with nobody out.

Eric "Pedro" Sanchez was up next. He too layed down a beautiful bunt. This time the Rogues were ready and were able to get the speedy Sanchez out at first. 2 on, 1 away.

Next, Will Mood, our most dangerous hitter came up and surprisingly struck out. Usually clutch in RBI situations, Mood must have had a touch of rust from returning from his 2 game suspension.

Thankfully, with 2 outs, we had Sheldon Howard come up to the plate and deliver a beautiful single to score a pair of runs. The A's got another hit in the inning, but failed to score.

The A's would have runners on in the second, but again had failed to cash them in.

In the third, the A's had a chance to break open the game as they had loaded up the bases. They managed to do a little bit of damage, but ultimately the Rogues escaped relatively unscathed.

The final score was 4-1 after 4 1/2 innings. The rain had began to fall pretty hard and the teams pushed hard to get the game in.

It looks as if the Rogues are an improved team this year. Their two new guys look like they will fit in quite nicely. Defensively, Matt Peters looked solid at second base. He pitched in tonight offensively as well. Kevin Wilson was on the mound tonight and although he was tagged for 4 runs, he kept most of the A's hits in the infield or just through. I played with him for Ed Taylor's Team the other night, and had noticed his agility while he was playing centerfield. He looks like a player that can fill any hole in the lineup. The Rogues did well with their drafting it seems from a one game analysis.