INTERCONTINENTAL BASEBALL COALITION
TAURANGA TANIWHA AT MELBOURNE BITTERS
09/12/2042
 
INTERCONTINENTAL BASEBALL COALITION
TAURANGA TANIWHA AT MELBOURNE BITTERS
GAME ID: 15200 - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH , 2042 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tauranga Taniwha (43-37) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 5 1
Melbourne Bitters (37-43) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Taniwha Stymie Melbourne, Take 3-0 Win
Starting pitcher Young-kwang Yang gave the Tauranga Taniwha a rock-solid effort. The Yongju, South Korea native helped his team defeat the Melbourne Bitters, 3-0, at Victoria Field. The winner was Yang. He threw 6.0 innings of shutout ball. The loser was Connor MacDade. Randy Lockhart, credited with the save, is now 6 for 8 in save opportunities.

Tauranga won the game in part because of Markus Pijlswaard. The catcher ripped a solo home run in the top of the sixth inning to put the Taniwha ahead, 2-0. For the game, Pijlswaard had 1 double and 1 home run in 3 at-bats.

"Makes our job easier," said Pijlswaard, "when our pitchers shut the opposition down."

Melbourne, at 37-43, has lost 4 straight.
TAURANGA BATTING LINESCORE MELBOURNE BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
H. Taguchi RF 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 .163 5 14
M. Pijlswaard C 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 .246 3 6
J. Eaton LF 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .211 16 37
J. Hernández 3B 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 .254 14 35
E. Saito 1B 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 .188 22 35
H. Lombard SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .175 3 11
L. Gómez CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .187 8 19
F. Zapata 2B 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .150 6 14
C. Chew DH 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .158 7 13
Totals 31 3 5 3 4 9 14      
BATTING
Doubles: F. Zapata (5, 7th Inning off J. Rodríguez, 0 on, 2 outs) , M. Pijlswaard (7, 8th Inning off T. Fowler, 1 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: C. Chew (7, 3rd Inning off C. MacDade, 0 on, 1 out) , M. Pijlswaard (3, 6th Inning off J. Rodríguez, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: M. Pijlswaard 6 , F. Zapata 3 , C. Chew 4
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Taguchi , H. Lombard , C. Chew
Sac Fly: J. Hernández
Hit by Pitch: M. Pijlswaard
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Errors: J. Hernández (7)
OF assists: 1 (Eaton(Laverty at 2nd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Hatfield 3B 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 .228 9 21
W. Wu 2B 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .175 9 18
   b-S. Suzuki PH, RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .252 5 11
M. Archdeacon RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .235 12 31
   a-H. Limón PR, RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .117 1 4
   c-R. Corbishley PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .198 3 13
   d-X. Guo 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 0 0
C. Wakeham CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .249 10 29
D. Helton DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .194 11 25
J. Laverty SS 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .200 6 26
C. Valdéz LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .160 3 9
T. Ríos 1B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .174 1 4
   e-S. van Oord PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .146 2 3
M. Dinning C 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 .113 5 13
Totals 31 0 4 0 5 6 16      
a - H. Limón pinch ran for M. Archdeacon in the 5th
b - S. Suzuki pinch hit for W. Wu in the 7th
c - R. Corbishley pinch hit for H. Limón in the 7th
d - X. Guo substituted for R. Corbishley in the 8th
e - S. van Oord pinch hit for T. Ríos in the 9th

BATTING
Triples: M. Archdeacon (2, 5th Inning off Y. Yang, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: M. Archdeacon 3 , J. Laverty 2 , T. Ríos
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , D. Hatfield 2 , R. Corbishley , D. Helton 2
Hit by Pitch: C. Wakeham
Team LOB: 10
TAURANGA PITCHING LINESCORE MELBOURNE PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Y. Yang W (9-7) 6.0 3 0 0 5 3 0 112 2.54   
M. Jones H (2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 22 3.43   
R. Lockhart SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 2.10   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Yang 64
Batters Faced: Y. Yang 27, M. Jones 7, R. Lockhart 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Yang 2-12, M. Jones 4-1, R. Lockhart 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Yang 112-62, M. Jones 22-13, R. Lockhart 11-7
Inherited Runners - Scored: M. Jones 1-0
WP: Y. Yang 2
Hit Batsmen: Y. Yang
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
C. MacDade L (5-5) 5.0 1 1 1 2 5 1 81 2.96   
J. Rodríguez 1.2 2 1 1 0 3 1 25 4.08   
T. Fowler 1.2 1 1 1 2 1 0 28 3.86   
J. Robles 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 3.14   
PITCHING
Game Score: C. MacDade 64
Batters Faced: C. MacDade 19, J. Rodríguez 7, T. Fowler 8, J. Robles 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: C. MacDade 4-6, J. Rodríguez 1-1, T. Fowler 1-3, J. Robles 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: C. MacDade 81-48, J. Rodríguez 25-16, T. Fowler 28-15, J. Robles 8-5
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Fowler 1-0
WP: J. Robles
Hit Batsmen: C. MacDade
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Young-kwang Yang
Ballpark: Victoria Field
Weather: Clear skies (64 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 5 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM
Time: 3:17
Attendance: 4931
Special Notes: RF Malcolm Archdeacon was injured while running the bases.
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