Tribe Opens Season Well
The Wyevale Tribe opened up their season by traveling to
In Game #1 the Tribe upended Harwood Corners 1-0 in great pitching battle. The Tribe’s Jason Giffen tossed a no hitter, and allowed only the first batter of the game to reach base via a walk. Rob Oliver tossed great game also giving up just a few hits and the lone run.
Game #2 had the Tribe comeback from a 3-1 deficit in the bottom of the 6th and scored 4 runs in the inning, to take the game 5-3, and set up a match up with the Hammer for first place in the division.
Game #3 had first place on the line as the Hammer faced the Tribe. The Tribe gave up 2 runs in the bottom of the first inning, fueled by a throwing error from the outfield. The Tribe battled back to tie the score in the top of the 6th, but in the bottom of the 7th with 2 out and the bases loaded the Hammer came threw with the game winning hit to take the game 3-2.
Game #4 saw the Tribe play the eventual tournament winners the Belmont Black Sox. After 2 innings with the score 6-2, Giffen relieved starter Kelly, and shut the Sox down the rest of the way. The Tribe could only muster 2 more runs and stranded the tying run at second base in the 7th.
Overall the Tribe played well. Giffen pitched extremely well for the start of the season, but will need some help in Innerkip. Giffen pitched a total of 19 innings gave up just 2 earned runs and struck out 34 along the way. The Tribe will now try to clean up their game over the next 3 weeks and head into Innerkip with some confidence and momentum.
Thank you to Woodstock Kelsey’s for putting on a well run tournament despite the inclement weather conditions.
| From: | "Michael Kelly" <kellymikej@hotmail.com> |
