Timp Sports Weekly
June 4, 2013
Publisher's Message
For this week's issue, we look at a Timp Colt League game played between the American Fork Red Sox and the Pleasant Grove Marlins. Played at Pleasant Grove's Manila Park May 31, the contest was a thriller that showed why people tended to love baseball. The reason was a great defensive performance by both teams. Let's take a hit at that story.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
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Pleasant Grove Marlins Swim Past AF Red Sox 2-1 in Timp Colt League Action May 31
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In Timp Colt League action at Pleasant Grove's Manila Park May 31, the Pleasant Grove Marlins squeezed past the American Fork Red Sox 2-1.
While the Marlins employed Chandler "Bison" Bice as their only pitcher in the game, American Fork used four pitchers, who together scattered four Pleasant Grove hits and struck out 10 batters.Chandler, meanwhile, fanned 12 batters and gave up only two hits.
Chandler opened the game by striking out Kolby Houston. The pitcher then walked Koy Dibb, and Kyle Paulsen doubled off Chandler. Before American Fork could get on the board first, Chase Durfey struck out, and Pleasant Grove pinched Jensen Whittaker in a groundout play at first.
On one out in the bottom of the first, Marlin Logan "Buff" Bice singled into left. A two-out single clubbed by Chandler reeled Logan in for the Marlins' first run.
Even though a Jeremy Chain, two-out single moved Marlin Campbell "Yonkers" Donkers into scoring position in the bottom of the second, pitcher Treyson McMurtrey struck out Wyatt Boudane to keep the Marlin lead stuck at 1-0.
In spite of giving up a second-inning single to Caleb Clark, Chandler's pitching kept American Fork off the scoreboard during the first three innings. As Red Sox fans had to deal with heartbreaking scenes such as Clark getting pinched at third during a second-inning putout play, they wondered whether American Fork would ever pick up a run in the game.
Well, that question did get answered in the affirmative. However, before the Red Sox finally pick up a run, Chandler hit a solo homer over the left-field fence in the bottom of the third. After that homer, American Fork did not let the Marlins make any more runs. In the meantime, during the top of the fourth, Houston scored a run on a Dibb sacrifice groundout.
The Red Sox came really close to tying the score at two during the top of the seventh. Having gotten on base through a walk, Paulsen stole his way around to third on one out. Chandler held up well under much pressure through striking out two of the next three batters that American Fork sent against him.
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