JULY 22, 2018 – DH GAME #2 - @ INDY HOWL (BISHOP CHATARD HS)

 

HC PHILLIES ANSWER BACK FOR A BIG VICTORY IN GAME #2 VERSUS THE INDY HOWL AS BEN KENNEDY AND SCOTT KESSLER LEAD THE WAY FOR THE PHILLIES ON THE MOUND.  SCOTT KESSLER AND KYLE HUTTON COME UP BIG FOR THE PHILLIES AT THE PLATE. 

 

On a wet day in Indy the clouds would move through and the rain would let up just in time to get game #2 under way.  In the top the 1^st the Phillies would threaten to strike first but would come up empty.   Ben Kennedy makes the start on the mound for the Phillies and after giving up a leadoff HR would settle down to get the Howl in order.  In the top of the 2^nd, Kyle Hutton rips a base hit and steals 2B.  Matt Longfellow comes through with a ground ball to SS that allows Hutton to score from 3^rd to tie the game up at 1.  Kennedy sits the Howl down in order in the 2^nd.  In the top of the 3^rd the Phillies with the bases loaded as Matt Longfellow hits a ground ball to 3B allowing one run to score and Longfellow beats the throw the 1B and another run advances in from 3B during the throw as the Phillies go up 3-1.  Two pitches later Longfellow steals 2B and Kyle Hutton takes off from 3B to score at home.  The Phillies add another R as Clayton Jones gets aboard and steals 2B before being brought in on the RBI 1B by Scott Kessler.  Kennedy puts together another scoreless inning on the mound as the Phillies lead 5-1 after 3.

 

In the top of the 4^th Kyle Hutton comes through with an RBI 1B and two more R’s would come across to score in the inning as the Phillies jump on top 8-1.  Matthew Alspaugh and Clayton Jones both scoring R’s.  The rain continued to come down and began to pickup shortly the Howl respond with a 2 R HR in the bottom of the 4^th to cut the lead to 8-3.  It was near pouring rain in the 5^th inning as the Phillies load the bases but do not bring anyone in after a close call at 3B.  In the bottom of the 5^th Ben Kennedy comes through after 2 Howl batters get aboard in the inning.  The score remains 8-3 after 5.  In the top of the 6^th the Phillies would get a runner aboard before going down in order.  The Howl began to rally in the 6^th bringing 2 R’s across first before another scores on a pitch that gets by at home plate.  With the lead cut down to 8-6 the Howl had 2 runners aboard when Scott Kessler comes in and gets a big ground ball to 3B to keep the Phillies on top. 

 

On to the final inning as the Phillies attempt to get some of the R’s back that were lost in the previous innings.  The Phillies would strand two runners in the inning coming up empty and taking a 2 run lead into the final ½ inning.  3 outs away as Scott Kessler gets the first batter to fly out to Jeremy Martin in LF.  Kessler then comes up with an 8 pitch battle strikeout versus a very good hitter for a huge 2^nd out.  1 out away from the victory, Kessler gets a ground ball to short as Matthew Alspaugh first to 1B in time for the final out and to clinch a big Phillies victory.  Phillies Win!  HC PHILLIES  8  - INDY HOWL 6.

 

OFFENSIVE PERFORMERS

 

SCOTT KESSLER:  3-5 w/ R, 3-1B, RBI, & SB

KYLE HUTTON:  3-4 w/ R, 3-1B, RBI, & SB

CLAYTON JONES:  2-4 w/ 2-R, 1B, 2B, BB, & 3-SB

MATTHEW ALSPAUGH:  2-4 w/ R, 2-1B, & BB

MATT LONGFELLOW:  1-4 w/ 1B, 2-RBI, & SB.

JEREMY MARTIN:  1-2 w/ R, 1B, & 3-BB.

BEN KENNEDY:  1-4 w/ 1B.

 

DEFENSIVE PERFORMERS

 

BEN KENNEDY:  5.2 IP, WIN, & 4-K’s.

SCOTT KESSLER:  1.1 IP, SAVE, & RETIRED ALL FOUR BATTERS FACED.

 

UP NEXT:  HC Phillies (8-5) head to Badger Park – O’Malia Stadium in Carmel (IN) for one final DH versus the (7-4) Indianapolis Monarchs on Sunday, 7/29/18. 

 

 

 

HC PHILLIES COME UP SHORT IN GAME #1 VERSUS THE INDY HOWL. 

 

Matt Longfellow makes his first start of the season on the mound and turns the Howl away in the 1^st inning.  David Early answers with a scoreless inning of his own in the bottom half.  Longfellow would struggle in the 2^nd allowing back to back BB’s before the Howl add back to back to hits to strike first.  Early keeps the Phillies off the board again in the 2^nd.  In the top of the 3^rd, Longfellow would strike out the side to turn the Howl away in the 3^rd.  Clayton Jones gets aboard in the 3^rd and steals 2B.  Stefan Welsh drives Jones in with an RBI 1B as the Phillies get on the board.  Matt Longfellow exits after 2 batters in the 4^th as Andrew Comp comes in to pitch.  Comp would turn the ball over to Pat Morgan in the 6^th before heavy rain called the game after 6 innings.  Phillies come up short in game 1 to drop to 7-5 on the year. 

 

OFFENSIVE PERFORMERS: 

 

STEFAN WELSH:  3-3 w/ 3-1B & RBI.

CLAYTON JONES & JEREMY MARTIN ADD 1B & R.  MATTHEW ALSPAUGH & MATT LONGFELLOW EACH ADD A 1B.

 

DEFENSIVE PERFORMERS:

 

MATT LONGFELLOW:  3.0 IP w/ 3 K’s.

ANDREW COMP ADDS 2.0 IP & PAT MORGAN ADDS 1 IP. 

 

 

HC PHILLIES SPLIT DOUBLEHEADER VERSUS THE INDIANAPOLIS GIANTS AT MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL.  MATT PULLEY LEADS THE WAY ON OFFENSE IN GAME 1 AND PITCHES 5 DOMINANT INNINGS IN GAME 2. 

DH GAME #1:  HC PHILLIES SUFFER 7-2 LOSS TO THE INDY GIANTS AFTER SINGLE BAD 4^TH INNING PUTS THE GIANTS AHEAD FOR GOOD. 

GAME #1 @ Mt. Vernon HS – Fortville (7/15/18):  Chris Cole makes his 2^nd start of the season on the mound for the Phillies versus the rival Indianapolis Giants in game 1 of a twin bill rematch of the last two IBL MSBL Championship games.  Eli Linder starts the game for the Giants and Chris Cole draws a 2 out BB in the 1^st inning to give the Phillies their first base runner of the game.  Matt Pulley stands in and drive the ball to the right centerfield gap to bring in Cole from 2B as the Phillies strike first in the 1^st.  In the bottom of the 1^st the Giants would get a runner aboard with one out but a ground ball to Matt Longfellow at 3B begins and inning ending double play turned by 2B Tyler Hodson as the Phillies turn the Giants away in the first. 

Linder would settle in to turn the Phillies away in the 2^nd.  In the bottom of the 2^nd an error at 3B allows the Giants to get two runners aboard.  A couple of batters later the Giants capitalize on the error by tying the game up at 1.  The Phillies were unable to answer back in the top of the 3^rd but the Giants bring a R across in the bottom half of the inning to take their first lead of the game at 2-1. 

Chris Cole gets aboard in the 4^th and Matt Pulley nails the right field wall just short of a HR as the Phillies threaten in the inning.  With the bases loaded Stefan Welsh draws an RBI BB as the Phillies tie the game back up at 2.  In the bottom of the inning Cole strikes out the first batter but the Giants would load the bases after that.  Back to back BB’s allow the Giants to go on top 4-2 with just 1 out in the inning.  Tyler Hodson comes out in relief and the Giants add 3 more R’s in the inning to blow the game open at 7-2. 

Nothing doing for the Phillies in the 5^th nor 6^th innings.  Hodson pitches very well though in both innings keeping the Giants off the board after settling in on the mound.  In the top of the 7^th the Phillies threatened with the bases loaded but a game killing double play turned by the Giants would end the game.  FINAL SCORE:  HC Phillies  2  -  Indy Giants 7. 

OFFENSIVE PERFORMERS

MATT PULLEY:  2-3 w/ 1B, 2B, & RBI.

STEFAN WELSH:  2-BB & RBI.

CHRIS COLE & JEREMY MARTIN EACH 1B.

DEFENSIVE PERFORMERS

CHRIS COLE:  3.1 IP

TYLDER HODSON (IBL DEBUT):  2.2 IP

DH GAME #2:  MATT PULLEY DOMINATES ON THE MOUND TO LEAD THE HC PHILLIES TO A 6-4 VICTORY OVER THE INDIANAPOLIS GIANTS IN GAME 2 OF A TWIN BILL AT MT. VERNON HS IN FORTVILLE. 

GAME #2 @ MT. VERNON HS – FORTVILLE (7/15/18):  Matt Pulley makes the start on the mound for the Phillies versus the high powered Giants and in game #2.  Pulley comes out ready turning the Giants away in the 1^st.  Clint Seefeldt makes the start for the Giants and matches Pulley with a scoreless 1^st inning of his own.  A big double play in the 2^nd turns the Giants away again keeping the game scoreless.  Cheyne Reiter comes up for the Phillies in his IBL debut and leads off the 2^nd inning with a 1B.  After advancing Reiter would come in to score to put the Phillies on the board 1^st at 1-0.  In the top of the 3^rd Matt Pulley appears to have struck the batter out not once but twice but both pitches were called balls to extend the inning.  The Giants capitalize with a big 3^rd inning brining 3 R’s across to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the game.  In the bottom of the 3^rd the Phillies could not answer back to remain down by 2 R’s after 3. 

Pulley responds with a perfect 4^th inning to keep the game close at 3-1.  In the bottom of the 4^th Tyler Hodson and Stefan Welsh would each draw BB’s and would each advance after a WP on the mound.  Andrew Comp comes up huge for the Phillies blasting a line drive to right center field scoring both Hodson and Welsh.  Just like that the game is tied at 3.  The Phillies weren’t done though as Comp scores on a wild pitch to give the Phillies the 4-3 lead.  Clayton Jones comes up with a big 1B and steals 2B.  Jones advances to 3^rd  and would come in to score on Jeremy Martin’s RBI BB with the bases loaded.  Martin battled Jay Broughton for 7 pitches and drew the walk on pitch 8.  Phillies take a 5-3 lead. 

Moving on the 5^th, the Phillies attempt to hold on to their lead after a 4 - R 4^th inning.  Matt Pulley battles on the mound as the Giants get runners aboard that advance to 2^nd and 3^rd.  With two outs in the inning Pulley battles working a full count in a 9 pitch at bat after 4 straight foul balls were hit by the batter.  On the 10^th pitch of the at bat, Pulley paints the inside corner for a called strike 3 to turn the Giants away.  A huge pitch!  In the bottom of the 5^th the Phillies would go down in order to keep the game at 5-3.

Ben Kennedy comes on in relief for the Phillies and allows a lead off 2B in the top of the 6^th inning.  Kennedy battles back though to get the next 3 batters to ground out and fly out to turn the Giants away once again.  In the bottom of the 6^th, Clayton Jones gets aboard again and once again steals 2B.  After Jones advances to 3B after Matt Pulley is intentionally walked for the 2^nd time in the game.  Jeremy Martin stands in and works the count full before hitting the ball hard to 3B side.  The Giants 3B was able to stop the ball but was too far back to attempt any throw as all runners are safe and Jones scores from 3B.  The Phillies get an insurance R taking a 6-3 lead into the final inning. 

In the 7^th, Eli Linder leads off the inning with a 1B and Scott Yanney draws a BB to bring the tying run to the plate.  Jay Broughton comes through with an RBI 1B cutting the Phillies lead to 6-4.  Kennedy settles down to pick up a big out but would BB the next batter to load the bases.  A dramatic finish as whose day would it be, Ben Kennedy’s or Matt Tyner’s at the plate for the Giants?  Kennedy gets Tyner to ground the ball to SS, Matthew Alspaugh gloves it, flips to 2B, Tyler Hodson makes the turn to 1B and just in time!  Double play ends the ball game!  Phillies Win!  FINAL SCORE:  INDY GIANTS 4 – HC PHILLIES 6

OFFENSIVE PERFORMERS

CLAYTON JONES:  2-4 w/ 2-R’s, 2-1B, & 2-SB.

JEREMY MARTIN:  1-3 w/ BB, 1B, & 2-RBI.

ANDREW COMP:  1-3 w/ R & HUGE GAME TYING 2-RBI 1B.

CHEYNE REITER & TYLER HODSON EACH ADD A 1B & R. 

DEFENSIVE PERFORMERS

MATT PULLEY:  5.0 IP, WIN, 1 ER, & 6 K’s.

BEN KENNEDY:  6 OUT SAVE. 

UP NEXT:  HC Phillies (7-4) head to Bishop Chatard HS near Broad Ripple to match up with the Indianapolis Monarchs (7-4) in another twin bill on Sunday, July 22, 2018. 

HC PHILLIES LOSE A CLOSE ONE IN 10 INNINGS TO THE INDIANAPOLIS PIRATES 6-5.  CHANDLER FARROW PUTS UP A GREAT PERFORMANCE ON THE MOUND WHILE CHRIS COLE AND CLAYTON JONES PACE THE PHILLIES ON OFFENSE WITH 3 HITS EACH. 

MT. VERNON HS – JULY 8, 2018:  Chandler Farrow makes his first start of the season on the mound for the Phillies against the Indy Pirates and after loading the bases in the first inning gets a huge double play ball to turn the Pirates away in the 1^st.  Each team would score in the 2^nd inning as Clayton Jones extends his hit streak to 11 straight at bats with a base hit by getting aboard in the 1^st.  Jones would steal 2B & 3B before scoring from 3^rd to tie the game up at 1 in the 2^nd.  Both pitchers pitch a scoreless 3^rd to keep the game tied.

In the 4^th, the Pirates would threaten but another double play ball would turn them away.  Chandler Farrow helps his own cause with an RBI 1B to put the Phillies up 2-1.  Stefan Welsh, Andrew Comp, and Pat Morgan would all three 1B as the Phillies plate two more R’s to increase their lead to 4-1 after a 3 R 4^th inning.  In the 5^th the Pirates would score an unearned R to cut the lead in half at 4-2.  In the bottom of the 6^th Chris Cole would 2B and would come around to score to put the Phillies up 5-2 after 6. 

In the top of the 7^th the Pirates would get 2 runners aboard after an error by the Phillies at 3B.  Ben Kennedy comes on in relief but the Pirates put together a rally scoring 3 big R’s in the 7^th to tie the game up at 5.  Both teams threatened in the 9^th and the Phillies had a runner on 3B in the 8^th and 9^th innings but could not bring the runner across.  Extra innings we go tied at 5. 

In the top of the 10^th the Pirates start with a runner at 2^nd and 1 out using the California rule.  Kennedy picks up a huge K for the 2^nd out.  Just two pitches later the runner at 2B takes off stealing 3B and is safe due to an error by the Phillies.  The runner nearly gets gunned down at home but scores in time.  Pirates lead 6-5.  In the bottom of the 10^th Chris Cole hits a rocket to SS that was stopped and Scott Kessler was gunned down at 3B.  Down to their final out the Phillies can’t move Chris Cole around as the Pirates hang on for the 6-5 win in 10 innings. 

OFFENSIVE PERFORMERS

CLAYTON JONES:  3-4 w/ 2-R’s, 3-1B, & 3-SB.

CHRIS COLE:  3-5 w/ R, 2-1B, & 2B.

CHANDLER FARROW:  1-3 w/ SAC & RBI 1B.

**5 additional Phillies batters had at least one hit. 

DEFENSIVE PERFORMERS

CHANDLER FARROW:  6.0 IP w/ 1 ER ALLOWED. 

BEN KENNEDY:  5 K’s in 3.2 IP.

UP NEXT:  HC Phillies (6-3) remain at Mt. Vernon HS for a twin bill versus the Indianapolis Giants (6-3) next Sunday 7/15/18 @ 12:30pm & 3:15pm. 

HC PHILLIES DEFEAT THE INDIANAPOLIS CARDINALS 15-6 BEHIND HUGE 3^RD INNING, BIG PERFORMANCE AT THE PLATE FROM CLAYTON JONES, AND DOMINANT PITCHING BY BEN KENNEDY IN HIS 1^ST CAREER IBL START. 

SCECINA MEMORIAL HS – INDIANAPOLIS (7/1/18):  HC Phillies matched up versus the Indianapolis Cardinals for the 2^nd and final time in the 2018 IBL MSBL regular season.  Coming out hot the Phillies waste no time at the start of this game as Clayton Jones rips a leadoff single for his 5^th hit in a row coming off of a 4-4 performance the week prior.  Also red hot on the season is Scott Kessler as Kessler draws a BB to put the first two runners aboard.  Matt Pulley comes up with one out and works a full count before driving the ball to deep CF one hopping the wall to score both Jones and Kessler.  Phillies go up 2-0 on Pulley’s 2-RBI 2B.  Stefan Welsh steps in with 2 outs and drives the ball to deep CF over the head of the fielder to score Pulley from 2^nd.  The Phillies plate 3 R’s in the top of the 1^st inning.  Benjamin Kennedy out of Eastern Illinois University makes his first career IBL start for the Phillies on the mound.  The Cardinals answer right back by not only tying the game up but adding another R to take a 4-3 lead after 1 inning.  A shaky start for Kennedy and the Phillies defense. 

In the top of the 2^nd inning the Phillies would strand 2 runners after Frank Cole draws a lead off BB and Clayton Jones extends his hit streak to 6 consecutive at bats with a base hit.  In the bottom half of the inning Kennedy settles down after allowing the leadoff hitter to get aboard with 2 big K’s in the inning.  Cardinals lead 4-3 after 2.

In the 3^rd the Phillies break the game wide open with a record inning.  Chris Cole leads off the inning with a 2B and Matt Pulley drives another ball deep to the wall for an RBI 2B scoring Cole to tie the game up at 4.  Jeremy Martin and Stefan Welsh draw back to back BB’s to load the bases with no outs.  Andrew Comp gives the Phillies the lead with an RBI 1B scoring Pulley and all runners advance.  On the play a base running error leads to a run down at 3B but Jeremy Martin decides to shoot for home plate and makes it on an errant throw as Welsh and Comp both come around to score as well.  Three more R’s come in as the Phillies double up the Cardinals 8-4.  Frank Cole, Sean Burton, and Matt Longfellow come through with back to back to back 1B’s to reload the bases once again.  Clayton Jones does it again with an RBI 1B scoring Frank Cole extending his hit streak to 7 consecutive at bats with a base hit.  Scott Kessler comes through once again with an RBI 1B scoring Sean Burton as the 7^th R comes across the plate in the inning for the Phillies.  Chris Cole and Matt Pulley then draw back to back RBI BB’s scoring Matt Longfellow and Clayton Jones increasing the run count to 9 total R’s on the inning.  Jeremy Martin walked his first time up in the inning and comes through with a big 2-RBI 1B scoring Scott Kessler and Chris Cole (2^nd R of the inning) as the Phillies plate 11 total R’s in the inning to break the game wide open with a 14-4 lead.  A record inning for the Phillies as all 10 batters in the lineup not only reach base but also score at least 1 R as well.  With a comfortable lead Ben Kennedy picks up back to back K’s and a pop fly to himself for a perfect 3^rd inning on the mound.  Phillies lead 14-4 after 3 innings.

Each team to would step up on defense for the next 3 innings as neither team would score in the 4^th, 5^th, nor 6^th innings.  Clayton Jones picks up his 8^th consecutive base hit in the top of the 4^th inning but was stranded on the base paths at 3B.  Continuing to cruise, Ben Kennedy would strike out the side in the bottom of the 6^th inning for his 5^th consecutive scoreless inning.    

After the Phillies came up empty in the top of the 7^th a couple of defensive errors would lead to the Cardinals bringing in 2 R’s in the bottom of the 7^th inning to cut the Phillies lead back down to single digits at 14-6.  Sean Burton steps up to lead off the 8^th inning with a 1B to RF as the Phillies have their leadoff man aboard for the 3^rd consecutive inning.  Clayton Jones extended his hit streak to 9 consecutive at bats with a base hit in the 6^th inning and stands in with 1 out in the 8th.  Jones rips the ball down the 3B line for another base hit, his 10^th consecutive at bat with a base hit.  An amazing 6 for 6 performance at the plate.  Scott Kessler then crushes the ball off the left center field wall as Sean Burton comes around to score.  After that the game would be called with Chris Cole at the plate in the top of the 8^th.  Phillies Win 15-6!  HC PHILLIES 15 – INDY CARDINALS 6

OFFENSIVE LEADERS

CLAYTON JONES:  6-6 w/ 6-1B, 2-R, RBI, & 2-SB.

SCOTT KESSLER:  3-5 w/ 2-1B, 2B, 2-R, 2-RBI, & BB.

MATT PULLEY:  2-4 w/ 1B, 2B, 2-R, 4-RBI, & BB.

Chris Cole adds an RBI-2B, Jeremy Martin a 2-RBI 1B & 3-BB’s, Frank Cole & Sean Burton with 2-Hits each, and Stefan Welsh + Andrew Comp each add an RBI. 

DEFENSIVE LEADERS

BEN KENNEDY:  CG, W (1-0), & 12 K’s.

 

UP NEXT:  HC Phillies (6-2) take on the much improved (5-3) Indianapolis Pirates this Sunday, 7/8/18 at Mt. Vernon HS in Fortville, IN.  12:30pm first pitch!  Clayton Jones looks to continue his current hitting streak of 10 consecutive at bats with a base hit. 

HC PHILLIES COME UP SHORT VERSUS THE INDY RANGERS ON SUNDAY AT MT. VERNON HS IN FORTVILLE.  A GREAT GAME THAT CAME DOWN TO THE FINAL PITCH TO DECIDE THE VICTOR.  CHRIS COLE PITCHES AN ABSOLUTE GEM GOING 8.1 IP WITH 5 CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUT INNINGS FROM THE 3^RD THROUGH THE 7^TH.  CLAYTON JONES AND SCOTT KESSLER STEP UP WITH BIG DAYS AT THE PLATE TO KEEP THE PHILLIES IN THE GAME UNTIL THE END. 

MT VERNON HS – FORTVILLE (IN):  Two veteran IBL teams matching up for the 2^nd and final time this season as the Indy Rangers square off against the Hamilton County Phillies.  Chris Cole makes his first start of the season on the mound for the Phillies versus a high powered Rangers offense known for being one of the better hitting teams in the IBL.  It was a rocky start for Cole and the Phillies defense as multiple defensive miscues allow the Rangers to plate 3 R’s in the 1^st inning alone.  In the bottom of the inning Scott Kessler rips and RBI 2B to bring in Matthew Alspaugh to cut the Rangers lead to 3-1. 

In the top of the 3^rd, the Rangers bring across two more runs to go on top 5-1.  Matthew Alspaugh comes up with an RBI 1B scoring Andrew Comp to cut the lead to 5-2 in the bottom of the 3^rd.  Neither team would score in the 4^th or 5^th innings.  Chris Cole comes up with his 3^rd straight scoreless inning in the top of the 6^th.  In the bottom of the 6^th Scott Kessler rips an RBI 1B scoring Alspaugh again and Chris Cole adds a SAC-FLY RBI scoring Kessler.  Jeremy Martin adds and RBI 1B scoring Matt Pulley as the Phillies come from behind to tie the game up at 5. 

Chris Cole continues his great outing with his 4^th consecutive scoreless inning in the top of the 7^th.  In the bottom of the 7^th, Cole helps his own cause with a SAC-FLY RBI, his 2^nd of the game, to give the Phillies their first lead of the game at 6-5.  In the top of the 8^th, the Rangers would bring across the tying run on a SAC-FLY RBI of their own to knot the game up at 6.  In the top of the 9^th Matt Pulley comes in and picks up a huge out before Rangers veteran C Gino DeAnda comes through with a bloop hit to RF allowing not one but 2 R’s to score to make the game 8-6.  In the bottom of the 8^th, Clayton Jones comes through to tie the game right back up with an RBI 1B.  Jones then steals 2B, and steals 3B.  With just 1 out the Phillies could not bring Jones in as Scott Kessler’s line drive was hit too hard to tag up on and Chris Cole’s line drive up the middle was somehow snagged by the P to end the game. 

OFFENSIVE PERFORMERS

CLAYTON JONES:  4-4 w/ 4-1B, RBI, & 3-SB

SCOTT KESSLER:  3-3 w/ 2-R, 2B, 3B, 2-RBI, HBP, BB, & SB.

MATTHEW ALSPAUGH & JEREMY MARTIN EACH WITH 2 HITS & AN RBI.  STEFAN WELSH WITH 2 HITS.

DEFENSIVE PERFORMERS

CHRIS COLE:  8.1 IP w/ 4 K’s. 

UP NEXT:  HC Phillies (5-2) take on the Indianapolis Cardinals at Scecina HS on 7/1. 

HC PHILLIES DEFEAT THE INDIANAPOLIS BANDITS 12-2 BEHIND CG PERFORMANCES FROM MATT PULLEY AND STEFAN WELSH AND A BIG 4 HIT DAY AT THE PLATE FOR CHANDLER FARROW. 

 

BRUNETTE PARK – LAWRENCE (IN) ON 06/17/2018:  After an unexpected week of the HC Phillies take the field versus the Indianapolis Bandits at the beautiful Brunette Park in Lawrence.  It did not take long for the Phillies to get going as Scott Kessler rips and RBI 2B in the gap scoring Matthew Alspaugh to put the Phillies up 1-0 in the 1^st.  Matt Pulley rips a line drive to deep CF scoring Kessler and Chris Cole.  Stefan Welsh brings in Pulley with an RBI 1B as the Phillies plate 4 R’s in the top of the 1^st inning.  Matt Pulley makes his 4^th start of the season on the mound and turns the Bandits away with a 1-2-3 inning after walking the leadoff batter.

 

In the bottom of the 2^nd the Bandits baserunner would attempt to steal 3B and would score their first R on an errant throw cutting the Phillies lead to 4-1.  Matt Pulley would strike out the side after that.  In the top of the 3rd Chandler Farrow comes through with an RBI 2B in the top of the 3^rd to get that R right back and to extend the lead to 5-1. 

 

Matt Pulley and Zachary Lyons would cruise on the mound from there.  Pulley throwing 4 consecutive scoreless innings and Lyons with 3. 

 

In the 7^th Andrew Comp comes through with a Sac-Fly RBI and Sean Burton picks up an RBI ground out as the Phillies increase their lead to 7-1.  In the bottom half of the inning the Bandits would pick one of those R’s right back up to cut the lead to 7-2.  Neither team would score in the 8^th. 

 

In the 9^th the Phillies break the game wide open as Chandler Farrow rips a 2-RBI 2B into the right CF gap following an RBI HBP by Jeremy Martin.  The Phillies were not done adding 2 more R’s to increase their lead to 12-2.  Down to their final out in the 9^th the Bandits would pick up a 2 out 1B from Jerry Wise before Matt Pulley paints the corner for a game ending called strike 3!  Phillies Win!  HC PHILLIES 12 – INDY BANDITS 2.

 

OFFENSIVE GAME LEADERS: 

 

Chandler Farrow:  4-5 w/ 2-1B, 2-2B, 3-R, 3-RBI, & 2-SB.

Matthew Alspaugh:  3-4 w/ BB, 3-1B, 2-R, & SB.

Scott Kessler:  3-5 w/ 2-1B, 2B, 2-R, & RBI.

Matt Pulley:  2-4 w/ 1B, 2B, 2-R, 2-RBI, & BB.

Stefan Welsh, Andrew Comp, and Sean Burton each add an RBI.

 

DEFENSIVE GAME LEADERS: 

 

Matt Pulley:  CG 9.0 IP, W, 1ER, & 14 K’s.

Stefan Welsh:  9 innings behind the plate in the heat.

 

UP NEXT:  HC Phillies (5-1) travel back to Mt. Vernon HS in Fortville for an Opening Day rematch versus the (3-3) Indy Rangers.  12:30pm first pitch. 

HC PHILLIES DEFEAT THE INDIANAPOLIS GIANTS 7-5 BEHIND COMBINED EFFORT ON THE MOUND FROM ERIC TEALL AND BEN KENNEDY ALONG WITH A HUGE OFFENSIVE PERFORMANCE FROM SCOTT KESSLER. 

 

MT. VERNON HS – FORTVILLE, IN (6/3/18):  IBL VETERAN ERIC TEALL MADE HIS 2^ND START OF THE 2018 SEASON ON THE MOUND FOR THE PHILLIES AND PITCHES A PERFECT 1^ST INNING WITH 2 K’S.  ELI LINDER TAKES THE MOUND FOR THE GIANTS AND SCOTT KESSLER COMES THROUGH WITH A 1 OUT 1B BUT THE PHILLIES STRAND 2 IN THE 1^ST.  ERIC TEALL CONTINUES TO CRUISE WITH ANOTHER PERFECT INNING IN THE 2^ND AND ELI LINDER MATCHES WITH A PERFECT BOTTOM HALF OF THE 2^ND.  BOTH PITCHERS CONTINUED TO CRUISE IN THE 3^RD. 

 

IN THE 4^TH INNING TEALL SETS THE GIANTS DOWN IN ORDER AGAIN TO KEEP HIS NO HITTER IN TACT.  IN THE BOTTOM HAVE MATT PULLEY LEADS OFF THE INNING WITH A 2B OFF THE RIGHT CF WALL WHILE JEREMY MARTING AND ANDREW COMP BOTH WALK TO LOAD THE BASES WITH 2 OUTS.  PAT MORGAN COMES THROUGH AS THE HERO CRUSHING A LINE DRIVE TO LEFT CENTER SCORING PULLEY AND MARTIN TO PUT THE PHILLIES UP 2-0. 

 

THE GIANTS WOULD ANSWER RIGHT BACK BY PLATING 2 RUNS IN THE 5^TH.  MATTHEW ALSPAUGH LEADS OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE 5^TH WITH A 1B AND SCOTT KESSLER REACHES FOR THE 3^RD TIME IN THE GAME TO GIVE THE PHILLIES 2 BASERUNNERS WITH NO OUTS.  CHRIS COLE COMES THROUGH NEXT FOR THE PHILLIES WITH A BIG RBI 1B SCORING ALSPAUGH.  MATT PULLEY FOLLOWS WITH AN RBI FC SCORING KESSLER FROM 3^RD AND JEREMY MARTIN SCORES ON AN E6 AFTER REACHING ON A BASE HIT.  3 RUNS COME ACROSS IN THE 5^TH FOR THE PHILLIES TAKING A 5-2 LEAD.    

 

IN THE 6^TH, THE GIANTS WERE GIVEN SOME ASSISTANCE WITH A FEW FIELDING MISCUES TO EXTEND THE INNING AND 2 R’S WOULD COME ACROSS ON BALLS PB/WP’S.  THE GIANTS ANSWER RIGHT BACK YET AGAIN PLATING 3 R’S OF THEIR OWN IN THE 6^TH.  THE PHILLIES WOULD GO DOWN IN ORDER IN THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE 6^TH. 

 

BEN KENNEDY MAKES HIS IBL DEBUT OUT OF THE BULLPEN AND SITS THE GIANTS DOWN IN ORDER BY STRIKING OUT THE SIDE IN THE 7th.  WHAT A WAY TO BEGIN HIS IBL CAREER!  SCOTT KESSLER THEN COMES THROUGH WITH ONE OF THE BIGGEST HITS OF THE GAME, A LEAD OFF 3B PUTTING THE GO AHEAD RUN 90 FT AWAY ON 3B.  ALWAYS RELIABLE VETERAN CHRIS COLE COMES THROUGH YET AGAIN AFTER THAT BY LIFTING THE BALL TO RF ALLOWING KESSLER TO TAG AND SCORE AS THE PHILLIES GO BACK ON TOP 6-5. 

 

KENNEDY PITCHES ANOTHER SCORELESS INNING IN THE 8^TH AND THE PHILLIES MAKE SOME MORE NOISE IN THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE INNING.  MATTHEW ALSPAUGH RIPS AN RBI 1B BEFORE CHANDLER FARROW GOT CAUGHT IN A RUN DOWN AT 2B TO END THE INNING AND ACTUALLY THE GAME.  PHILLIES WIN!!!!  FINAL SCORE:  INDY GIANTS 5 - HC PHILLIES 7.

 

OFFENSIVE PERFORMERS

 

SCOTT KESSLER:  3-4 w/ 2 R, 3B, & RBI.

CHRIS COLE:  2-3 w/ 2 RBI & SAC-FLY. ßINCLUDES GO AHEAD SAC-FLY RBI.

MATTHEW ALSPAUGH:  2-5 w/ R & RBI.

PAT MORGAN:  1-3 w/ 1B & 2-RBI. 

MATT PULLEY ADDS A 2B & JEREMY MARTIN A 1B.

 

DEFENSIVE PERFORMERS

 

ERIC TEALL:  6 IP w/ 13 K’s & A NO HITTER THROUGH 4.0 IP.

BEN KENNEDY:  2 IP w/ 5 K’s, SAVE, & WIN. 

 

UP NEXT:  HC PHILLIES (4-1) TRAVEL BACK TO BISHOP CHATARD HS VS. THE INDY HOWL (2-3).  GAME TIME @ 12:30PM THIS SUNDAY 6.10.18. 

INDIANA BASEBALL LEAGUE 

 

2018 PLAYER OF THE WEEK - WEEK # 1

 

MATT PULLEY

 

COMPLETE GAME 2 HITTER W/ 13 K's 

 

2-4 w/ 1B, 2B, & RBI.