MBC Gels and Plays BEST Game EVER

It all came together for the MBC team on Sunday against the Bellevue Baseball Club. They played the best game ever against an evenly matched team. The final score was 6-0, but tells nothing of the drama contained during this tight game.

Guthrie Morrison was brilliant in four innings of work, allowing just two hits (to the same guy) and fanning five. His best inning was his last (pitch count). MBC had just taken a 1-0 lead and the Bellevue lead off hitter sliced a triple down the right field line. With the tying run at third, no outs, infield in, Guthrie induced a ground out to third and struck out the next two hitters (the 3 and 4 hitters!).

Daniel Hunt came on for the last three innings and took over and matched Guthrie's performance. Three innings of two hit ball and with just a 2-0 lead Daniel wiggled out of a bases loaded jam by inducing a weak fly ball to center.

MBC made the most out of their offense. With just five hits, and three walks baserunning took center stages. MBC took a 1-0 lead in the fourth after Landon Fletcher and Jackson Hirch walked. Arthur Lane clutched up and hit a single to score Landon to give MBC the slight advantage in a scoreless game.

In the fifth, after shutting down Bellevue's best scoring chance, Guthrie lead off with a single and promptly stole second. Joseph Carey hit a deep ball to right center and Guthrie tagged up and took third. Bellevue made a critical mistake in thinking Guthrie had left second too soon and decided to appeal at second. As the pitcher threw the ball to second the speedy Guthrie shot out for home and slid in front of the tardy throw from the second baseman, thus stealing home and giving MBC a two run cushion. Cole Burcham followed with a booming triple, but MBC was unable to score him with two outs.

MBC put the game away in the seventh. Both Guthrie and Jake Welch hit tough plays to short that Bellevue could not handle. Thomas Carey hit a deep fly to move both runners up bringing Joe Eskenazi up with two out. Joe hit a hot grounder that tipped off the Bellevue pitchers glove scoring Jake and the speedy Guthrie again scored when the rattled pitcher's throw eluded the first baseman. The final dagger was inserted by Landon who belted a huge double to score MBC's final two runs.