2009-02-24 Eddies Elites (Wright) at Fischer's Fantastics (Looper): 1:30pm CST

[sgtcluels]

I can't resist the chance to start a game thread. Here is your first "official" game of the 2009 Brewers campaign. The intrasquad game scheduled to go 5 innings. Unfortunatly there is no audio/gameday for it.

 

Eddie (Ed Sedar)'s Elite

1. Corey Hart RF

2. Craig Counsell 2B

3. Ryan Braun LF

4. Prince Fielder 1B

5. Mike Rivera C

6. Mat Gamel DH

7. Vinny Rottino 3B

8. Alcides Escobar SS

9. Chris Duffy CF

Scheduled pitchers: LHP Chase Wright, RHP Tim Dillard, LHP Chris Narveson and LHP R.J. Swindle

(Brad) Fischer's Fantastics

1. Rickie Weeks 2B

2. Jason Kendall C

3. Mike Cameron CF

4. J.J. Hardy SS

5. Trot Nixon LF

6. Brad Nelson RF

7. Casey McGehee 3B

8. Mike Lamb 1B

9. Tony Gwynn, Jr. DH

Scheduled pitchers: RHP Braden Looper, RHP Mark DiFelice, LHP Sam Narron and RHP Omar Aguilar

- I will say 23 - 3 Elites.

 

[GormanHarvey]

UPDATE at 1:45 p.m. CT: It was nine up, nine down for Brewers pitchers before Hardy began 2009 the way he ended 2008. Hardy hit an 0-and-1 pitch from Dillard for a home run to left-center field leading off the bottom of the second inning. It's 1-0, Fantastics.

 

And the regulars are already hitting the showers. Hart, Counsell, Braun, Weeks, Kendall, Cameron, Fielder and Rivera all left the game after one at-bat, making way for Minor Leaguers on loan from the other half of the complex.

[GormanHarvey]

UPDATE at 2:14 p.m. CT: With so many defensive changes in this game, it looks like Lamb has the MVP award locked up. Lamb made a diving stop at first base in the top of the second inning and shoveled to DiFelice for a tough out against Mat Gamel, then drove in the Fantastics' second run in the bottom of the second inning with a sacrifice fly. That made it 2-0, but Scott Thorman got one run back in the top of the third inning with an RBI single.

[GormanHarvey]

UPDATE at 2:58 p.m. CT: Didn't get this in before we had to meet Macha on the field, but 2-1 was the final score, with Lamb's sacrifice fly representing the winning run for Fischer's Fantastics. Time of game was 55 minutes, prompting calls for four-inning games throughout Spring Training.

[Mass Haas]

GormanHarvey, unless you're Adam McCalvy (I'm guessing not), please note where you get those updates from.

 

Adam updated his blog with those notes.

[GormanHarvey]

Sorry - I was doing it quick at work. I figured everyone knew it wasn't coming from me. From now on I will be sure to make note of where things are coming from

[Brian the Automator]

Eddie's Elite are choke artists.