Long Island 11, Barnstormers 4
The Barnstormers opened their exhibition schedule with a loss against the Ducks at Charlie Gehringer Field Thursday. Long Island’s Kevin Haverbusch went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a home run and seven RBIs. It’s safe to say he’s ready for the season to start.
Here was the lineup:
1. Foster, LF: 2-for-5, 2B, 3B, RBI, run
2. Gonzalez, SS: 3-for-5, RBI
3. Todd, 1B: 0-for-5, two strikeouts
4. Williams, RF: 0-for-2
Van Rossum, RF: 0-for-2, run
5. Delgado, DH: 1-for-2
Deitrick, DH: 0-for-3
6. Hileman, CF: 2-for-4, run
7. Hart, 2B: 0-for-2
Woods, 2B: 0-for-2
8. Burkhart, C: 0-for-2
Santana, C: 0-for-0, 2 walks, run
9. Van Note, 3B: 3-for-3, 2 2B, RBI, run
Some notes: No one enjoys spring training more than Van Note, who got off to a great start last season as well. In addition to his offense, he turned a double play on the only ground ball that came his way.
*Foster led off the game with a triple
*Gonzalez crushed the ball all game. Even his outs were hit hard.
*My guess is this will be the lineup against left-handed pitchers. John Halama started for the Ducks.
PITCHING:
Henkel: 2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Allowed a three-run homer to Damian Rolls. It was a wind-aided shot to left field.
Stevens: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Was definitely the sharpest pitcher. He was the only one who didn’t allow a run.
Evert: 1 IP, 1 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
Was supposed to pitch two innings, but struggled with control and only lasted one frame. Allowed a three-run double to Haverbusch.
Pennington: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2K
Allowed a two-run homer to Haverbusch.
DePriest: 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0BB, 2 K
Allowed a two-run double to Haverbusch. Struck out two of the four right-handed batters he faced
Lira: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Allowed a solo homer.
This wasn’t a great pitching performance, but it’s obviously early and Long Island’s lineup is loaded. It included Carl Everett, Edgardo Alfonzo and Rolls. There was also a tight strike zone, which is why the game lasted nearly three hours.
Not much other news to report. Still no signs of the elusive Mike Bynum.
Some quotes:
Frank Klebe on the result:
“Not much really to say except I liked the effort. I thought we came out trying to play the game the right way. We had some enthusiasm about us and everybody is getting their work done.”
On Jeremy Todd:
“I see right now he’s a little off. He’s swinging at some balls that he won’t swing at once he feels comfortable.”
Quincy Foster on spring training:
“If we’re going to lose, I want us to lose early and win late. Last year we won the last two games in spring training and that’s a momentum builder that you can take into opening day. We’ll just go from there.”
I agree…never put too much stock in exhibition results. After following major league baseball for about 54 yrs. I remember quite a few World Series winners didn’t win many games in Spring Training.
Will you be posting all the spring training scores? It would be interesting to see how the other teams are doing.
I can’t. Sorry, Scott. The other games were going on at other fields and it’s impossible to follow them all at once. I know Bridgeport played Somerset early and York played Camden in the afternoon. The Road Warriors were off. They didn’t have enough pitchers, I heard.
Not a problem.
According to the Intell’s Burt Wilson, who stayed to watch the beginning of York’s game, Travis Hake started at second base and batted seventh. That probably doesn’t mean much since shortstop Rayner Bautista is not in camp because of visa problems.