Indians blank the Cards
The Coquitlam Cardinals rolled into Whalley on Sunday afternoon and they probably wished they never had.
The tribe quickly went to work in the bottom of the first inning when C. Edger and B. Tonogai received free passes. A. McBoyle followed with a run scoring single to place runners on the corners. K. Neidert then walked to load the bases for E. Roblero. With the count 1 and 0 the Cardinals hurler unleashed a wild pitch to score Tonogai and moved the runners up a base. After Roblero was retired, J. Olar smacked a run scoring single. The fourth Indian run crossed the plate when G. Nolan grounded out and Neidert rushed home from third.
Roblero got the ball rolling on the hill experiencing some control problems. Although he tossed 3 shut out innings and allowed no hits, Roblero walked 3 and plunked 2; one of them in the centre of his helmet. When Roblero got the ball back, there was red paint on the baseball. Fortunately, the hitter was ok.
The Indians added to the lead in the bottom of the second inning by scoring 3 more runs. It all happened with 2 outs; Tonogai once again showing the opposition what patience is all about, walked on five pitches. McBoyle also reached 1st on a walk. Neidert then bounced a grounder to shortstop, which should have ended the inning however, the Cards could not convert the out. Two runs scored on the play and Neidert moved to second. Roblero followed with a single to centre. J. Olar then bounced to second but once again the Cardinal defense was shaky allowing Neidert to sore. C. Ren crossed the plate with the Indians’ 8th run in the bottom of the 3rd on McBoyle’s sac fly to right.
T. Jones jumped on the hill to relieve Roblero in the top of the 4th inning. He’d record 8 strikeouts in 4 innings of work, allowing no runs and only 2 base hits. Jones allowed 3 runners to reach on walks and 1 was hit by a pitch.
The tribe kept adding to the lead by scoring 1 in the bottom of the 4th, 2 in the bottom of the 6th and 1 more in the bottom of the 8th.
Neidert tossed the last 2 innings preserving the shutout by allowing no hits and a walk.
The tribe will now get ready for the final game of the regular season at Unwin park against the much improved Newton Rockies.
Player of the game nominations:
Andrew McBoyle 1 for 2, 1B, 1BB, 2RS, 2RBI
Jason Olar 2 for 3, 1B, 2B, 2BB, 2RS, 1RBI
Tyler Jones 0 for 2, 1RBI * 4IP, 0R , 8K, 2H, 3BB
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