In First Official Game Ever, Texas Dawgs Win 18-3

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In First Official Game Ever, Texas Dawgs Win 18-3

2/20/2020

First official at-bat by Luke with Logan waiting his turn

Outlined against a near cloudless baby blue February sky, the Texas Dawgs 11U were unleashed to play their inaugural game on Saturday, February 8th.

Playing in the Ebbets Field replica stadium at the Big League Dreams baseball complex in League City, TX, the Dawgs would have made “Dem Brooklyn Bums” proud assaulting Fort Bend Black Ops pitching to post a 9 run top of the first inning. The fast start lead to an 18-3 dismantling of their first opponent and provided the Dawgs a quick 1-0 start.

Logan with the single

Logan smashes the first ever hit for the Texas Dawgs

Logan got things started for the offense in the top of the 1st inning by notching the first ever hit (video 1) for the Dawgs lacing a hard line drive single to right centerfield.

Brady's bomb brings in the first runs

After a walk to Weston, Brady stepped to the plate and turned a high fastball into a blistering double to deep centerfield (video 2), plating Logan and Weston to give the Dawgs a quick 2-0 lead.

The inning continued with the next 6 Dawgs reaching base with three singles and three walks, leading to a 7-0 lead before the lineup turned back over to Luke who came to the plate with 2 outs and drove a 2 run double to left to end the scoring at 9-0 after the top of the first.

Offensively, the Dawgs 18 run assault was aided by 15 hits, 5 walks and 18 RBI with every player scoring at least 1 run and the team batting a whopping .750 with runners in scoring position and zero strikeouts.

Individually, the Dawgs were led by Colton and Logan’s 3 hits each and Luke and Brady who had 2 hits each with Brady twice chasing the centerfielder to the wall on a 300 plus foot field, accounting for two booming doubles and 3 runs batted in.

Not to be outdone in the RBI department, Luke drove in 4 runs, Colton 3 and Logan and Tyler had 2 apiece.

On the defensive side, the Dawgs sent out 3 pitchers for this one as Alex got the first Dawgs pitching start ever. The Dawgs surrendered 3 runs in the first inning but were able to settle in and finish strong with Weston closing out the inning.

Weston then threw a dominant second inning ending his day by not allowing a run and recording 2 punch outs in his 2 innings of work. Colton came in to throw a very efficient third inning notching 2 punch outs of his own.

Hunter dives and makes the play in centerfield

The Dawgs also flashed some leather turning a fancy 3-3-2-5-2 double play to end the first inning and then got a highlight reel all-out diving catch by Hunter (video 3) in CF to stop a second inning rally.

Overall, the first game was a huge offensive success for the Dawgs, who took their training to the field, controlling at bats by being disciplined, staying in hitter’s counts and hitting their pitch. Additionally, the Dawgs showed the high end pitching and defense that will be core to their 2020 spring season success

Weekend Highlights

Tyler earns himself the Top Dawg Player of the Week

Overall, the Texas Dawgs had an up and down first tournament notching a 2-2 record and a 3rd place finish. While the Dawgs did not earn hardware in this first tournament they learned that they have great talent and the hard-core will to compete until the last out.

Understanding that the talent is there to get where they want to go, the Dawgs are looking forward to getting back on the field and “playing like a Dawg”.

The Dawgs had several first weekend standouts on the mound, in the field and at the plate

The hitting standouts were:
Brady, who showed a power bat all weekend finishing 4 for 8 with a home run, 2 doubles, 2 walks, 5 RBIs and 5 runs scored. Colton, who finished the weekend going 4 for 10 while knocking in 5 runs. Alex, who scorched 3 hits, including a triple and a home run.

On the mound:
The Dawgs received more than enough quality pitching to win the tournament. Weston and Tyler notched the wins with Weston throwing 2 innings with 2 strikeouts and no runs allowed and Tyler going a total 5 innings allowing only 2 earned runs and striking out 4, including a 4 inning complete game victory on Sunday.

Logan, Colton and Hunter all showed dominant stretches throughout the weekend with Logan recording 5ks in 3 innings, Colton recording 5ks in 4 innings of work and Hunter recording 3ks in his inning of work in game 2.

Tyler’s complete game to go with his 4 RBIs and solid defense earned him Top Dawg Player of the Week honors.