Surrey Indians 3 @ MapleRidge Jerks 13

Indians Jerked Around in Big Loss

Rumor has it there was a Rob Aubertin and Rod Wingrove sighting at Central park... The Indians thank these two gentlemen for coming out.. sorry you had to see that.

So do you want the good news first or the bad news? Doesn’t really matter, I’m writing the piece now, and I ain’t waiting for your response. Besides, you've already read the good news... see above.

Central park in Burnaby was the setting for the Indians’ worst defeat of the season. The tribe dropped the contest by a score of 13-3 behind poor relief pitching and poor hitting, The game remained very tight for the first five innings as K. Neidert had a strong outing on the mound allowing only two runs (one earned) on four scattered hits. But it was not E. Roblero’s day as he gave up eight runs (seven earned) on eight hits, including a bomb to left field.

The Jerks opened up the bottom of the second with a double to left centre. They took a 1-0 lead when the next batter blooped a single in the same direction. J. Karls made sure it was only a single by gunning down the Jerky baserunner as he tried to stretch his blooper into a double.

The Indians bats would have no answer against a dominant Jerks right hander who had a big sweeping slider sliding out of harm’s way. It wasn’t until the top of the third, when with one out and obviously no body on base, B. Tonogai broke up the no-no with a single up the middle. The only hit the Indians recorded in the first six innings.

The Jerks scored their second run in the bottom of the third. P. Francis singled to left and stole second. He would score on an errant throw by the third baseman trying to record the third out at first. In this same inning, C. Ren made two outrageous diving stops at third base. Both outs were recorded by Ren diving to his right, getting up, and gunning down the runner at first on bang-bang plays. Both truly amazing plays…

Neidert gave way to Roblero in the bottom of the sixth with the score 2-0 in favor of the Jerks. Roblero quickly found himself in trouble by walking the first batter he faced. Five straight singles followed. Each just out of the reach of Indian leather. The Jerky boys would go on to score the six run max and added two more on a two run shot to left field in the bottom of the seventh.

The top of the seventh looked promising for the tribe for just a few seconds…. C. Ratelle led off the inning with a gapper to right centre. He was gunned down on his way to second base. With two outs, Roblero drew a walk and went to third on R. Edger’s single to left. T. Jones followed with a run scoring double. With Indians on second and third, J. Ubeda grounded out to end the inning.

In the top of the eighth, Tonogai took one for the team right in the middleback. Karls then drilled a 1-1 offering over the wall in left field bringing the score to 10-3. The blast by Karls keeps the Indians’ streak of homers in every game by an Indian alive.

In the bottom half of the inning, the Jerks responded with three runs of their own. T. Jones finished the game on the hill for the Indians allowing three runs (all unearned) two hits and a strike out.

The Indians recorded a total of six hits in this contest... and that just ain't gonna getter done. The tribe will look to bounce back and take their frustrations out on the Newton Rockies next Sunday at Unwin park. Game time is 4pm… be there or else…

Here are your player of the game nominations in alphabetical order:
Chris Ren 1 for 2 (1B, 2 amazing defensive gems)
Josh Karls 1 for 4, 2RBI (1HR, 1RS)
Kris Neidert 0 for 3 * 5IP, 2R 1ER, 4H, 1BB, 1K
Tyler Jones 1 for 4, 1RBI (2B)