The always insightful NYPhilsManiac19 has been kind enough to once again give us a guest post after attending a recent Threshers game.
Clearwater July 5 Game Report:
Offense: This is the short part of the report. With the recent promotions of Franco, Dugan, and Joseph there wasn’t much left to cover.
Aaron Altherr: Rough day at the plate going 0-5 with 3 K’s. Had a chance to bunt over the winning run in the 9th but Truby chose to let him swing away which he did at strike 3. In the 4th inning he worked the count to 3-0 and got the green light and fouled one off into the seats behind 3rd base. His last at-bat in the 11th was a flyout to RF. The most exciting play of the game happened while Altherr was in the field. With a runner on first in the 8th and CW clinging to a 1-0 lead, Dunedin’s Pierce Rankin hit a deep fly to left. Altherr leaped up over the fence and appeared to bring a home run ball back into play except it didn’t stay in his glove (should have taken lessons from Jiwan James, but then again, did Jiwan really catch that ball?). He quickly picked up the loose ball and fired to the cutoff man (Mojica) who then gunned out the runner trying to score from first at the plate on a controversial bang-bang play. Continue reading Clearwater Game Report
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