Canterbury Baseball Club
by Sean Callahan 18 December 2005
The White Sox scored thirteen unanswered runs to come back from a 5-1 deficit and run away from the Yankees, 14-5. Joshua Batchelor pitched a four hitter and went two for two with three runs scored. Newcomer Yonga Duk went 2 for 4 with four RBIs. Michael Bucher took the loss.
The Yankees started well in the top of the first, after Scott Woyak bunted for a single. For the first time in memory, he was thrown out at second attempting to steal (we won't count the multiple times Ryota Kadowaki has picked him off first), as Kristoffer Batchelor threw a strike to second. Bucher took the momentum to retire the next two batters to end the inning.
Josh Batchelor struggled in his half of the first, walking the first two batters, but recovered to strand them on second and third as Junichi Tomonaga flew out to right.
The White Sox pushed a run across in the second, but Mark Harbott, Jesse Norcliffe and Tomonaga pulled a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.
The Yankees scored five runs in the bottom of the second, taking advantage of three White Sox errors and two more walks. Bucher, David Ballinger and Nicholas Batchelor had hits in the inning, while Norcliffe had the only RBI, with a bases loaded walk.
The White Sox made it 5-5 in the top of the third, courtesy of two Yankees errors, a walk and three hits. Josh Batchelor and Yonga Duk each had a two run single to tie it up.
Josh Batchelor settled down in the third, retiring the side in order. He would face only one batter over the minimum over the final five innings, erasing Nick Batchelor on a double play in the fifth and picking Harbott off first base after he singled in the sixth.
The Sox took the lead in the top of the fourth – Bucher walked the bases loaded before being yanked for Harbott. Harbott got Stephen Phillips looking, but then walked two runs in to give the Sox the lead. Chad Denny singled in two to make it 9-5.
While the Sox pulled away, the Yankees made some good plays on defense, getting Ashley Denton in a run-down in the fifth, then getting him again in the sixth, as he tried to stretch a triple into a home run – Ryman to Bucher to K Batchelor. They also got Josh Batchelor at the plate as he tried to score in the seventh [note: teach Josh how to S L I D E].
The Yankees started well in the top of the first, after Scott Woyak bunted for a single. For the first time in memory, he was thrown out at second attempting to steal (we won't count the multiple times Ryota Kadowaki has picked him off first), as Kristoffer Batchelor threw a strike to second. Bucher took the momentum to retire the next two batters to end the inning.
Josh Batchelor struggled in his half of the first, walking the first two batters, but recovered to strand them on second and third as Junichi Tomonaga flew out to right.
The White Sox pushed a run across in the second, but Mark Harbott, Jesse Norcliffe and Tomonaga pulled a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.
The Yankees scored five runs in the bottom of the second, taking advantage of three White Sox errors and two more walks. Bucher, David Ballinger and Nicholas Batchelor had hits in the inning, while Norcliffe had the only RBI, with a bases loaded walk.
The White Sox made it 5-5 in the top of the third, courtesy of two Yankees errors, a walk and three hits. Josh Batchelor and Yonga Duk each had a two run single to tie it up.
Josh Batchelor settled down in the third, retiring the side in order. He would face only one batter over the minimum over the final five innings, erasing Nick Batchelor on a double play in the fifth and picking Harbott off first base after he singled in the sixth.
The Sox took the lead in the top of the fourth – Bucher walked the bases loaded before being yanked for Harbott. Harbott got Stephen Phillips looking, but then walked two runs in to give the Sox the lead. Chad Denny singled in two to make it 9-5.
While the Sox pulled away, the Yankees made some good plays on defense, getting Ashley Denton in a run-down in the fifth, then getting him again in the sixth, as he tried to stretch a triple into a home run – Ryman to Bucher to K Batchelor. They also got Josh Batchelor at the plate as he tried to score in the seventh [note: teach Josh how to S L I D E].
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