bh89-2 Posted February 6, 2008 Report Posted February 6, 2008 Last night was the first match-up for barbers Hill and Bay City. BH wins 7-5. Both teams looked good. The format for BH was a 30 pitch count for all the pitchers they could get in. Two MLB scouts on hand to see the first 4 BH pitchers. Seemed to be a lot of interest in Thamn and Hales. Bay City looked very good and improved over last year. As always they have one speed demon on the team and he can be a difference in the game. BH pithing looked strong and their were some bright spots in the Sophmore ranks. Pitching Kendall Thamn threw 2 and a 3rd innings and only allowed one infield blooper hit. Looked very good and has picked up a little on the fast ball. Off-spead stuff looked good as well. Fast ball running 87-89. Off-speed aout 73-74. Kendall crushed a few pitches as well, so hope we see more of that this year. Hunter Silva up next for BH and threw a few more than 30 pitches. Hunter had great speed on his fast ball (89-90), but seemed to rely on it a bit much. Fast ball seemed to hang a bit over the plate and he allowed a few hits and runs. If he mixes his pitches and keeps the fastball low, he is going to be hard to hit. Off spead pitches were good when he threw them. Hunter has and will be effective in 08. Johnathan Kelley was next up for BH and after about an inning he setteled in nicely. Johnathan's fast ball was 85-87 and had pretty good off speed stuff. Johnathan located his pitches well and pitched out of trouble a few times. Ross Hales. Well, what do you say other than he can flat pitch. Ross worked fast and located all his pitches very well. Ross seems to have improved his off speed stuff and threw a nasty curve ball, much like that of former Huffma's Listi, except better. Ross fast ball was clocking between 89 and 90 consistently and very seldome was it not down in the zone. The rain started getting heavy at this point so we left early and did not see the last pitcher. Offense Offensively for BH it was easy to see this was the first game. The team scored when needed, but timing and bat speed for some of the proven power hiters was a little off tonight. There were a few sophmores in the line-up that did very weel and hit the ball. One sophmore #44 (sorry don't know name) is a beast. The kid is a switch hitter and has to be 6-4 and 250. They say he can crush a ball and I beleive it. Looking forward to watching him this year. Defense The team overall looked like they have not missed a beat. I can only remember one or two errors of the night and a lot of great plays. Not too bad considering the field was a little rough. The short stop turned a double play with a guy on 3rd to end the inning, which was nice to see. A few really good catches in the outfield too.
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