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Same Old Story – Streaky Bats Portend Doom
April 3, 2061: San Fernando – “We need to get ourselves in sync,” Krill manager Ket Fiscus said tonight after her team fell 5-2 to San Fernando, dropping the series one game to two. “It’s clear our bats are still on Catalina Island,” she quipped. For the second night in three, the Krill lumber was mostly silent, registering only five hits against San Fernando starter Rick Marriot.
“He made us eat some humble pie,” said first baseman Mike McClure after an o-for-4 night that dropped his season batting average to .083. Not that he’s alone with that kind of number. Leadoff hitter Graham Aubry sits at .091 after three games in San Fernando, and center fielder Mike Cox is showing that his Charlotte performance was actually quite grand as he sits at an equal .091 figure. Napoleon Mellott and Tony Munyiga have double them, sitting at .182, and Kata Ishibashi is cooking with .200 gas.
“The top of San Fernando’s order is great,” said Misty Morgan, baseball anchor of the Forever Land Sports Network. “But at some point you’re going to have to get serious about these guys in the order. You have to be able to hit good pitching, and to be blunt, this is a hitter’s paradise. To walk out of a three game series with only eight runs at this park is a problem that can’t be laid fully at the feet of the opposing pitchers.”
Krill starter Franciso Ortiz was rotated up in the order specifically to combat the park’s propensity for creating home runs out of pop flies. To a degree, the approach worked. Ortiz yielded only five hits, none of them homers. But the Bears also coaxed three walks from the normally control-minded hurler, and turned it all into three runs before Ortiz left in the sixth.
A rugged debut from rookie sensation Winston Morris sealed the deal.
April 3, 2061: San Fernando – “We need to get ourselves in sync,” Krill manager Ket Fiscus said tonight after her team fell 5-2 to San Fernando, dropping the series one game to two. “It’s clear our bats are still on Catalina Island,” she quipped. For the second night in three, the Krill lumber was mostly silent, registering only five hits against San Fernando starter Rick Marriot.
“He made us eat some humble pie,” said first baseman Mike McClure after an o-for-4 night that dropped his season batting average to .083. Not that he’s alone with that kind of number. Leadoff hitter Graham Aubry sits at .091 after three games in San Fernando, and center fielder Mike Cox is showing that his Charlotte performance was actually quite grand as he sits at an equal .091 figure. Napoleon Mellott and Tony Munyiga have double them, sitting at .182, and Kata Ishibashi is cooking with .200 gas.
“The top of San Fernando’s order is great,” said Misty Morgan, baseball anchor of the Forever Land Sports Network. “But at some point you’re going to have to get serious about these guys in the order. You have to be able to hit good pitching, and to be blunt, this is a hitter’s paradise. To walk out of a three game series with only eight runs at this park is a problem that can’t be laid fully at the feet of the opposing pitchers.”
Krill starter Franciso Ortiz was rotated up in the order specifically to combat the park’s propensity for creating home runs out of pop flies. To a degree, the approach worked. Ortiz yielded only five hits, none of them homers. But the Bears also coaxed three walks from the normally control-minded hurler, and turned it all into three runs before Ortiz left in the sixth.
A rugged debut from rookie sensation Winston Morris sealed the deal.