“Like I said, not being ready to play kind of encompasses the way we competed at the plate today.” “I thought we gave away a lot of at-bats,” Cota said. Reiss Calvin, Jake Tsukada and Jackson Nicklaus each had one hit.Īfter Tsukada’s single in the third inning, the Raptors went without a hit for the remaining six innings against Yakima Valley pitchers Peyton Graham, Jackson Betancourt and Julian Taudin-Chabot. The Raptors gave up 16 hits to Yakima Valley, but only compiled three of their own. “At this point in the season with the way we’ve been rolling, these guys should be excited to get here and win ball games every night.” “I don’t think the guys were prepared to play, and part of that is probably the coaches’ fault,” Cota said. Combined with another run on a fielder’s choice, the Pippins held a commanding seven-run lead. Hank Dunn, Eisenstat and Maxim Fullerton then delivered three straight RBI singles. Spencer Shipman and Blaszak led off with base hits, then moved into scoring position when Ridgefield reliever Joseph Jasso was called for a balk. Ridgefield held the Pippins scoreless from the second inning onward until the ninth, when trailing 5-2. The final inning was akin to a series of upper cuts to deliver the knockout. The knocks kept coming in the second inning against Ridgefield starting pitcher Charlie Royle, with four more runs scoring, including a Tommy Eisenstat three-run homer to give Yakima Valley a 5-0 lead. Yakima Valley swung away on Ridgefield, starting on the very first pitch of the game when leadoff hitter Zach Blaszak blasted a solo home run to right field to give the Pippins an instant 1-0 lead.
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