The White Sox earned their first W of the 2009 season with a 7-1 victory over the University Little League Angels. The game marked the first time that a Ladera team has visited the new University Little League field. The Sox would like to thank University Little League for the hospitality.
Navari Julius, in his first action for the White Sox this year, got the start on the mound for the White Sox. He cruised through 2.1 scoreless innings of work, striking out 6 and allowing 1 hit. He was relieved by Grant Craddolph, who was fresh off of the basketball court where he played a playoff game just before the 6PM start time. Tired legs got the best of Grant, as he would yield to Robert Togia to close the game. Robert delivered 2.1 innings of shut out ball, allowing 2 hits and striking out 6 to earn the save.
White Sox pitchers accounted for 13 of the 15 outs in the game with strikeouts. The other two outs went as follows:
Shane Early handled a pop up to short stop in the first inning.
Malik Cole threw to Grant at 3rd base to catch a runner attempting to steal in the third inning.
Offensively, the White Sox got off to a slow start as they were perplexed by the lefty motion from Angel pitcher, Jessie. Speedy lead off batter, Cashion London, laid down a great bunt down the third base line to start the bottom half of the first inning. He would move around the bases and score on a series of wild pitches and passed balls. Navari also legged out an infield single in the first inning but was left stranded on second base.
The Sox struck for two runs in the bottom of the second with center fielder, Dathan Bailey, collecting his second infield base hit of the season by legging out a ground ball to second base. Dathan is currently batting 1.000 on the season (2-2). Robert followed with a pop up double to shallow center field; advancing Dathan to third base. With Nathan Moore at the plate, Dathan was able to score on wild pitch. Robert moved to third on the play and Cash drew a walk. Coach Gilliam gave Cash the green light to try the "trip" on the way to second base play in an attempt to draw a throw to second base. Cash, in an Academy Award winning performance, not only tripped, but tumbled to second base, forcing a throw from the Angels catcher which allowed Robert to score from third base.
In the third inning, Grant launched a fly ball to shallow left field that was mishandled by the left fielder to get on base. Navari would collect his second hit of the day with an RBI double to left center field to score Grant.
Finally, the Sox added 3 runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Robert collected his second hit of the day with a bloop single to right field. Next at the plate, Jordan Strong drew a walk to put runners on first and third. Malik stepped to the plate and delivered a 2 RBI triple to deep left field for his first hit of the season. Malik would score on the play on an Angel error at third base to close the book on White Sox scoring for the day.
Navari Julius earned the win for the White Sox as his pitching record goes to 1-1 with a 0.00 ERA-6.
Robert Togia earned the save.
You can find the box score here .
In other league news, the Yankees outlasted the Braves today to run their record to 3-0 and take sole possession of first place.
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