Shriver Dominates Paints

Springfield 3, Chillicothe 1

At certain times, you just can't explain why a certain opposing player has your number. Whenever you face that opposing player, things just happen. Things have happened for the Paints whenever they have faced Springfield Sliders starting pitcher Phil Shriver, but these things are not good things for the Paints. For over 14 consecutive innings played against Shriver, the Chillicothe Paints haven't scored a single run against him. That's exactly what you call domination. You have to tip your cap to Phil Shriver for his masterful work against Chillicothe's offense. This is simply a wonderful job done by him, and there's no doubt that Springfield fans should be happy of his work.

For Clayton Schulz, the starting pitcher for the Paints in this ballgame, it wasn't so much about the hits that he gave up although they all do count just the same, it really had more to do with Schulz giving up two walks to certain batters that lead to a good amount of damage made by the Sliders. In 6 innings pitched, Schulz would give up 3 earned runs and would allow 5 hits. He struck out a couple batters, but compared to the lights out performance by Phil Shriver, Schulz was understandably outdone. Schulz wasn't bad at all in his start, he just wasn't as affective, and it could be noticed.

Brad Schnitzer would pitch in relief of Schulz and would pitch an inning, striking out two batters and giving up no hits at all. This was a solid outing for Schnitzer. Krist Linster would pitch an inning of relief himself, and would give up three hits and a walk, but he didn't give up any runs.

For the offense, they were simply getting dominated by Shriver. It was just a long game for them, but you could understand why. Shriver is executing his gameplan against the Paints, and he's doing it with ease. Shriver would strike out 5 consecutive Paints batters between the first and second innings. Kyle Galbraith batted leadoff and would get in two singles. Galbraith was probably one of few batters who actually saw Shriver's pitches well. Shortstop Ben Allen had a single. Catcher Andrew Marshall also had a good game against Shriver, as he had a pair of singles. Left fielder Andy Brouse had a single. Eian Banks had an infield single.

I know that some of these baseball pills are hard to swallow, and I don't consider myself a doctor when it comes to the game of baseball, but I know that when we were beat, we were beat. It just happened, but it's nothing to get upset about. Everything will settle themselves out soon. Teams will just have these kind of games. Speaking of someone who had a knack for dominating the Paints almost regularly, in the Frontier League, Aaron Ledbetter made it a huge habit of dominating the Paints almost every time he took the mound to face them. I remember thinking to myself sometimes that I should expect it whenever I saw that Ledbetter was scheduled to face us.

However, you know what they say, in baseball, things just happen.