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Hald Powers Senators Past Diamonds |
July 18, 2008. Vienna, Va. -- With the Senators pitching staff worn out from a brutal stretch of games, it was paramount for starter Kyle Hald to pitch deep into the game. The Senators are in the midst of a 16 game, 13 day stretch. They have used at least three pitchers in the first five games of that stretch.
Hald came up big for the team, delivering a masterful performance. He pitched seven dominant innings, striking out thirteen batters, and only allowing one run. The Senators offense backed him up with three home runs, and the Senators grabbed a 9-1 victory over the Arlington Diamonds.
Hald is perhaps the quietest star on the Clark-Griffith League's most powerful team. Hald has the less than glorious job of long reliever. However, Hald has been dominant this season in his role. Even with having pitched fewer innings than most starters in the CGL, Hald still ranks second in the CGL with 38 strikeouts on the season.
Hald started the game by striking out the side in the very first inning. He followed that up with two strikeouts in the each of the next two innings. Hald didn't allow his lone hit until the fourth inning, when left fielder Kevin Watkins homered to deep center field. Hald responded by striking out the next batter and pitching the next three innings without allowing a hit.
“I was trying to mix up my pitches, and get ahead of the batters without throwing a lot of pitches,” said Hald. “I wanted to keep going at the end. I wanted to go a little longer to save the bullpen for the next games coming up.”
Hald certainly did his part to save the bullpen, in throwing 105 pitches over his seven innings.
The Senators offense had more than enough firepower to support Hald for his fifth win of the season. On a warm summer night in Vienna, the balls were flying out of the park, and the Senators used this to their advantage. Seth Henry started the fireworks in the third inning with a two-run home run to center field.
Martin Parra followed that up with a solo home run in the next inning to right field. The Senators broke the game open in the sixth inning, with a five-run inning. Diamonds starter Bobby Thompson had already thrown over 100 pitches entering the inning, and clearly tired in the sixth. The Senators pounced on this opportunity, sending eleven batters to the plate in the inning. Wes Joy hit a two-run home run off of Thompson to make the score 5-1.
Surprisingly, Diamonds manager Dan Hodgson elected to leave Thompson in the game deep into the inning. Thompson walked three batters in the inning, and ran his pitch count up to 147 for the night. Hodgson finally had to give in, and bring in Jose Ramos, Jr. to get out of the inning.
Hald continued his dominance after the Senators staked him to a big lead. He pitched a perfect seventh inning, including two strikeouts to finish his outing.
The bullpen took over from there, and was air-tight in shutting the game down. Chad Johnson pitched a scoreless eighth inning, before closer Jimmy Duggan pitched a perfect ninth inning to secure the win.
Andrew Struckmeyer
Vienna Senators