Another cool night for baseball in Schenectady last evening. Final score Whiz over the Twins 148. The Whiz had 11 hits while the TWINS had 17 hits. 7 Twins had a multiple hit game as did 3 of the Whiz. The big difference was four twins pitchers were charged with 15 walks while the Whiz pitching staff was charged with two walks. Yes, sometimes you are the windshield and sometimes you are the bug. No public comment on the plate umpire from me.
Expanding on the write up by Jim just a little. The Twins and Whiz played the early game at the A Diamond last night. Top of the 1st, Paul Scutieri doubled, Paul Graziano singled and Doug Reisinger reached base on a walk. Gene Hallenbeck cleared the bases with a double. Top of the 3rd, singles by Graziano and Hallenbeck along with 5 walks and a sacrifice fly resulted in 5 runs for the Whiz. Bottom of the 3rd, John Reel, Pat Olearcek and Rick Saidenberg had singles along with a fielding error led to 2 runs for the Twins. Top of the 4th, Graziano led off with a double, along with 2 walks and a single by Mike Kane scored 1 run for the Whiz. Bottom of the 4th, Mike Arbour led off with a triple, along with singles by Reel, Mark Wright, Olearcek, Steve Rychik and a walk resulted in 3 runs for the Twins. Top of the 5th, Barry Friedman had a single, along with 2 beaned batters and 3 walks resulted in a run for the Whiz. Bottom of the 5th, Terry McCarthy had a single followed by a double from Arbour that resulted in a run for the Twins. Top of the 6th for the Whiz had singles by Jim Hicks, and Jan Friedman, along with 3 walks that resulted in 2 runs for the Whiz. Bottom of the 6th, Wright and Stefan Koutsakis singled, along with a walk that resulted in a run for the Twins. For the Whiz, Graziano was 3-4 with a double, Hallenbeck was 2-3 with a double, Jan Friedman was 2-2 and Scutieri had a double. For the Twins, Saidenberg was 3-4, Arbour was 2-4 with a triple and double, McCarthy and Reel were 2-4, Wright was 2-3 and Olearcek was 2-2. Pitching for the Whiz was Joe Burns and Mike Kane who gave up 15 hits, 4 K's and 3 BB's. 4 pitchers shared pitching duties for the Twins who gave up 12 hits, 3 K's, 15 BB's and 2 HBP. Final score Whiz 14 - Twins 8.
-- Edited by Gene H on Wednesday 21st of May 2025 05:02:45 PM
Yes, the game did go the full seven innings. And yes, it is hard to imagine, and even harder to view, a home plate umpire, charging all those walks in a game with 15 of them going against one team. Never seen anything like it. Somebody was dreaming and it wasnt the players. Granted, the twins pitchers werent super sharp, but they werent nearly as bad as the stats indicate.
The home plate umps strike zone was chin to shin, and chalk-to-chalk, whatever he felt like calling. A few called third strikes were not in the zone or hittable, and a few called balls looked like strikes. It became a guessing game for batters. I understand widening the strike zone a bit to keep the game moving, however I do believe a third strike needs to be accurate.
-- Edited by spakids03 on Friday 23rd of May 2025 04:02:38 PM
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