MBC lost a tough one last night 5-4 against Rips. The game was played on the evening of one of the better days in Seattle this spring. Too bad by game time the temperature had dropped 10 degrees and the wind blew very hard in from left field the entire game.
MBC again played error less baseball. The defense is really starting to come together. The infield made all the plays all night and the outfielders raced around grabbing everything in the air. The pitching was tremendous with the exception of a disappearing strike zone in the 7th inning which proved fatal.
Landon Fletcher threw three great inning. His one mistake, a lead-off walk in the first, was scored via a surprisingly early squeeze play in the first inning. Landon blanked them after that through three innings. Arther Lane dazzled the Brewers for the next four innings as MBC fought back to tie the score.
Guthrie Morrison came in for the seventh and after striking out the first two Brewers had the strike zone disappear on him. After two walks and runners on second and third a Brewer batter fouled off at least ten pitches to load the bases with a walk. A tired Guthrie then walked in a run and a pesky Brewer hitting placed a hit and MBC was down three runs.
In a very exciting finish MBC battled back. Guthrie singled and with two outs the Brewer shortstop could not handle Joe Eskenazi's hard shot. With two on and two out Cole Burcham launched a huge double over the left fielder's head to put the tying run at second. But that was as close as MBC came and the Brewers fought out of the jamb.
Cole finished the night with two hits, as did a resurgent Joe Carey. Jake Welch also added a strong hit.
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