Game 10: TCBC 3, Riverside Dodgers 2

So I guess the old adages are true: in Baseball, all things come back around, and the calls even out. Finally, it seemed like the errors didn't totally destroy an inning for Three Cities, and the bad calls didn't knock the team out of the game. . . This time, it was the the Dodgers who ended up on the short end of things, with a costly throwing error in the 6th breathing life to a 3-run inning TCBC and nullifying a solid pitching performance by their starting pitcher.

After breezing through the heart of TCBC's order twice without issue, Chris Miller and John Millin led off the 6th with back-to-back walks, bringing up Matt Willbond, who squared to put down the sacrifice bunt. The ball was fielded cleanly by the Dodger pitcher, but with Tim Zeitz running for Miller, the throw to third had to be rushed, and the combination of a sliding Zeitz and a ball in the dirt knocked the overthrow out of play, scoring Zeitz, and moving Millin to third (and an alert Willbond into scoring position himself). As has happened time and again this season, the top of the Three Cities batting order did not dissappoint, with John Stewart and Lou Gerig knocking in an RBI each and giving TCBC a 3-2 lead in the process. This was enough to put Three Cities on top for good in this game.

Another solid start was put in by Josh Taylor, bringing his record to an even 1-1 on the year and dropping his ERA to an even 3.00 on the season (in 21 IP). In a bit of the old switcheroo, John Toth was credited with the save, and in pitching 3 scoreless innings to close out the game, brought his ERA into the single digits (in a team-leading 24 IP).

Fielding gems were the norm again for Gerig, but new comer Nate Kievman also made his presence known in putting in a good showing at first base, and especially in connecting on a rare 5-3-2-4-3 throw-'em-out tag-'em-out double play with Chris Elliott, Miller and Millin to end a rally in the Dodger 4th.


Here's the Boxscore

Here's the updated season (to date) stats.

Here's the Game Results.