Playball!!!……Week 3

Once again, our multi-talented player/manager/field reporter has the story….

Crushers Destroy Emmers I

SHEBOYGAN–Chad Schreiber looked like the type of pitcher that managers dream about. The right-hander has played a major role in helping the Crushers to the franchise’s best start. Schreiber stayed on Route 66 all night as he one-hit Emmers I in a demolishing 14-0 win. Included in his one-hit wonder in the fourth inning, Schreiber walked seven batters, struck out none but was clearly in control the entire evening. “That’s exactly why I signed him,” said Player-Manager Tim Romanello, “for the majority of the night, he made the other team look severely handicapped. Schreiber’s performance [on Thursday] was living proof that fat people cannot play dodgeball.”

Schreiber now has a 3-0 record, a league-high this season. “What a year he’s having,” said teammate Chris Thousand, “he’s pitched another great ballgame tonight for us. He throws hard with a good curveball and a good changeup, and on top of that is what a good competitor he is.”

“I wanted to keep things simple on a warm, humid evening,” later said Schreiber, “I was just trying to stay around the zone and try to make them make contact, and that’s kind of the way it worked out. I just can’t believe how many pitches they took.”

The Crushers gave Schreiber a big cushion early. Kerwin’s RBI sacrifice fly gave the Crushers a 1-0 lead and opened the way to an eight-run first inning before finally tacking on insurance runs with four runs in the fourth and two more in the fifth.

Daisuke Sugimoto–whom Romanello didn’t have in his original line-up due to concerns about absent substitutions–was 2-for-3 with three RBI and a run scored. “Dai did a FAN-tastic job tonight,” said a jubilant Romanello, “he came up real clutch.”

Despite the final outcome, the Crushers failed to put away Emmers I and end the game earlier. “You know, we didn’t score a single run in the second or third innings at all. That was a little disappointing to me in my eyes,” said a tempered Romanello following the game, “if that was a really good team, a team of our caliber, you can’t take them for granted. Score when you can. You gotta score early and you have to score often. I wanted to score 23 runs in the first inning to end it and head to Applebee’s immediately for all-you-can-eat riblets, but this is a learning process and a great experience to build on.”

From the sixth-spot down, the Crushers had plenty of support throughout their line-up. The bottom of the order was a combined 8-for-11 with eight RBI, including perfect production from Schreiber and Bruton at the plate. “These type of box scores just make a manager smile geniusly,” said Romanello. [Colin] Bruton specifically has been swinging a hot stick. I’ve been thinking about moving him up in the order, but he seems perfectly comfortable in the nine-spot.”

Buton later commented on his performance, “I just want to thank my unbelievable skill and talent. Those two attributes of mine have really helped me achieve some top-level accomplishments.”

O’Callahan’s Crushers will play Penn Ave Pub on Thursday, June 12 at Wildwood Complex. The game is scheduled for 5:40 p.m. CT. Chad Schreiber is once again the scheduled starter for the Crushers.

Game Report
O’Callahans’ 14, Emmers I 0

INSIDE PITCH
PLAYER OF THE GAME-Daisuke Sugimoto.Sugimoto was 2-for-3 with three RBI and a run scored following his 0-fer the previous week against Dent Wizard and his cursing-filled argument with home plate umpire.
TURNING POINT-after giving up at least four runs in the first inning the previous two games, O’Callahans’ scored eight in the top of the first and gave up zero the entire game.

BOX SCORE
O’Callahans’ AB R H BI BB SO
Romanello cf……2 2 2 2 0 0
Kerwin cf……….3 0 0 1 0 0
Scharinger lf…….3 1 1 0 0 0
Thousand 3b……3 1 2 2 0 0
Bachar ss……….3 1 1 1 0 0
Schreiber p……..2 2 2 2 1 0
Doherty rf………..3 2 2 1 0 0
Buchmann 1b……3 2 3 1 0 0
Bruton 2b………3 2 2 2 0 0
Sugimoto………….3 1 2 3 0 0

O’Callahans’ 8 0 0 4 2 x x -14 17 2
Emmers I 0 0 0 0 0 x x –0 1 3

E-Scharinger (2, 1 fielding, 1 throwing) 2B-Bachar (2) TB-Romanello (2); Scharinger; Thousand 2; Bachar 2; Schreiber 2; Doherty 2; Buchmann 2; Bruton 3 RBI-Romanello 2 (7); Thousand 2 (8); Bachar 2 (3); Doherty (6); Buchmann (3); Bruton 2 (2); Sugimoto 3 (4) 2-out RBI-Romanello 1 (7); Thousand 2 (8) LOB-6 WP-Schreiber (3-0) T-0:47 Attendance: 7

2008 Team Statistics
AVG OBP SLG G AB R H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO E TB SF LOB HBP XBH
Thousand 0.818 0.818 1.182 3 11 7 9 6 2 1 0 8 0 0 3 13 0 1 0 3
Romanello 0.700 0.583 1.300 3 10 6 7 4 1 1 1 7 0 0 0 13 2 1 0 3
Schreiber 0.667 0.727 0.667 3 9 5 6 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 3 0 0
Doherty 0.636 0.636 0.727 3 11 5 7 6 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 8 0 2 0 1
Dehne 0.625 0.625 0.625 2 8 3 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0
Bruton 0.545 0.545 0.545 3 11 3 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 0 3 0 0
Bachar 0.500 0.500 0.833 2 6 1 3 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 5 0 3 0 2
Scharinger 0.455 0.455 0.818 3 11 5 5 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 9 0 2 0 2
Kerwin 0.333 0.417 0.556 3 9 4 3 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 1
Madsen 0.333 0.333 0.333 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Buchmann 0.300 0.364 0.300 3 10 3 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 0
Sugimoto 0.300 0.273 0.300 3 10 2 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 0

TOTALS 0.532 0.534 0.706 32 109 45 58 46 6 5 1 39 5 4 13 77 4 22 0 12