Bees Scouting Report

Scouting Report for the Bees...the championship game opponent:

This shows to what fielding position the Bees hit the ball…2B = hit to the second-baseman…doesn’t mean a double. Starting with the most recent game, and going back through the season.

Andrew Reynolds (lefty) SS, SS, RF, SS, RF, 2B, 1B, LF, LF
…hits singles
Samuel Brand 3B, P, SS, CF…SS, RCF…SS…had one double
Jack deFreitas CF, SS, 2B, 1B…LF, CF…2B, RF…only hit singles
Ryan Foster (lefty) RCF, 3B, 1B, 3B…RCF, 3B…2B, P…only hit singles
Thomas Young CF, RF, CF, 2B…2B, P
…hits the ball up middle to the OF…had a triple & a double
Max Werner 3B, 2B, 2B, SS…3B, SS…1B, CF
…rarely out of the infield…only hit singles
Carson P, LCF, RCF, LCF, CF…most times to OF for extra bases
Harris Hudson SS, CF, P…1B…1B, P, RF…only hit singles
Jack Darlington P, RF, 2B…1B… RF, 2B, 1B
…always to 2B, 1B, or RF…only hit singles
Hunter Lyons LF...2B, SS, CF, 2B, 2B, LF
…only singles, but lined out to Lucas
Brandt CF, 3B, SS…LF, 3B…LF, P
…always hits to the left field side, but rarely out of the infield.

My comments…I liked the batting order last night - with Scott, Christian, & Adam as the three cleanup hitters. Everyone was hitting well last night, but…

The Bees will have their best players in the infield as usual, and will get putouts when the ball is hit to first or third…this could effect several boys in our lineup. We’ll be ok if we can get the ball into the outfield, as long as we stay away from baserunning mistakes…the Bees will catch popups and can double off runners.

The difference in the Bees /RiverBats game was two baserunning mistakes by the RiverBats. One boy ran on a popup, and was easily doubled up after the Bee caught the ball in the air. Another boy tried to score from second on a grounder to the first-baseman, who easily ran home and tagged out the runner.

The Bees hardly ever throw the ball, instead running the ball in to hold the runner. Reminder…sometimes fielders get sloppy when they run to the base to tag the runner standing on the bag. Instead of remaining between the runner and the next base, the boy with the ball will run up to the base, apply the tag, and sometimes continue a step or two past the runner…giving an alert runner an open avenue to hustle to the next base. (but we don’t need to give them a careless out!). This happened several times yesterday afternoon, but most of the time the umpire had already called time.