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Although the final score may not show it, the St. Croix River Bandits (0-3 conf., 0-4 overall) played a pretty good game on Friday night in Osceola. Lefty Jim Rochford started on the mound for the Bandits allowed only one run, unearned, in the first five innings of the game. Joby Davidsavor of the Braves pitched an even better game. Davidsavor pitched five innings and did not allow a hit. Davidsavor mixed speeds well, and the Bandits couldn't manage to adjust.
With the Braves leading 1-0 in the top of the sixth inning, the Bandits pitching staff began to struggle. Jim Rochford walked the first two batters he faced, then let up a single which scored a run, and walked the next batter to load the bases, and the Braves leading 2-0. Michael Chelberg came on in relief but had trouble locating his pitches recording one out, giving up a couple of hits, and walks. Mike Leahy was the next pitcher to come in and the Braves continued to roll, hitting the ball well and not swinging at bad pitches. A few scattered errors in the inning also allowed the Braves to drag out their rally. However, as pitcher Jim Rochford said, "its pretty hard for the defense to be locked into the game when the pitchers aren't throwing strikes and balls aren't being hit into the field for minutes at a time." By the time the Bandits took the bats in the bottom of the sixth, they were down 12-0.
The Bandits were not able to mount a rally of their own in the bottom of the sixth and thus ending the game via mercy rule 12-0 in favor of the Bandits. "It's unfortunate the the final score looks so bad even though the pitching and defense played very well 5/6 of the game, but the team is still gelling together and I'm very optimistic for the future of St. Croix baseball."
The Bandits take on the Rosetown A's for the second game of the Ken Staples Tournament, Saturday 6/2 at 2:00pm.
*Other Notes
*Player-Manager Scott Lindholm, and spot starter Sean Weinberg were not in attendance due to family graduations. Brian Jacobson was acting manager for the game.
*Rain threatened in the pre-game warm-ups but never interfered with game time.
*Report has it the Garth Olson, of the Osceola Sun, was sporting a St. Croix River Bandits baseball cap.
*Bandit's Chad Allram was hit by a pitch for the 3rd time in two games.
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I may be wrong...since it was a long day of working at the park, while keeping hydrated with the proper fluids, but I believe the Bandits had more hits against the Rosetown A's than the Braves. But before the Bandits get too excited about their spirited effort against Rosetown, the SCF boys better eat their Wheaties before they play Sport N Spine or TriCity Shark on Sunday. But a good showing thus far from the newbies north of 8. and Braves brass did make note of Bandits players enjoying some food and beverage after both of their games....it's appreciated and an unwritten rule of town ball...to "mingle" after games...if only the Braves players could figure that out..or i should say SOME Braves players.
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