San Jose – As omens advance, this was one that you would anticipate.
When Chris von Barloewen approached the plate with two and two in the fourth entrance of the Branham and Willow Glen baseball game on Friday afternoon in San José, he had no way to know what would happen next.
Working the count against the Rams pitcher, Spencer Bartlinski, the central gardener of the Bruins followed a 0-2 launch to stay alive in the bat. Wandering baseball crossed the street and hit the windshield of an unsuspecting SUV parked on the other side of Dent Avenue.
The car was fine, but it was an alarm in light. Meanwhile, in the next release, Bartlinski struck Von Barloewen looking.
The alarm, which continued to play for minutes later, meant a change in the impulse of the game. Willow Glen added two races on the next average later and never looked back, winning 3-1 and spoiling Branham’s opportunity to divide the house and house series of the two teams with a house victory.
On a cold, windy and rainy day where it was a certainty that the game would be played, it was an adequate way to score the point of that is, a game tight in the Hamilton division of the Athletic League of Blossom Valley.
“We did a great job keeping our approach,” said Willow Glen coach Brian Vieira, after pumping the weekly set of the two games league. “I was a little misty, a little rainy when they arrived here, son in that way for all the time we warmed up to the moment of the game. So you never know how men will come out.
“But we had a difficult week last week, and our boys left this week very focused for these games to lead us again. He was really proud of his approach and only son of his value in a very closed game.”
Bartlinski began the game for Willow Glen (12-6, 4-4 Bval) and was about to be taken out of the game when Von Barloewen approached the plate. Vieira went out to the mound and took its temperature.
“He said:” Coach, I want this last guy, “said Vieira.” So I said: “Let’s do it. We will win the game for you.”
At the end of the fourth entrance, Bartlinski put online to win the victory in the mound in what was then a game of 1-1. He made sure he would get him hitting RBI’s winning game at the top of the fifth.
“The coach approaches me, as” I have my next boy ready. Do you want it? “Bartlinski told”. I’m like, “I want it.” I knew I had that guy.
After Bartlinski left the game, the relevant Willow Glen Tyson Paganini and Nolan Wirtz combined for three mounted work tickets without score.
“An incredible launch performance of the three boys,” Vieira said. “Spencer began for us, left the fourth entrance with some releases. Tyson’s leg was very good for us all year and did work for two. And then Nolan in the last post, four releases, won the outs in ES and the entrance to an entrance.
Branham (10-6, 5-3) a series of lost opportunities were allowed to grease. The Bruins put at least two runners at the base in five of seven entries, in general, extended to 13 base runners.
“My children did enough to keep the game nearby,” said Branham coach Gregory Olimpia. Unfortunately, we could get victory. When there are runners, I mentioned that we have to keep the ball out of the air. We had three or four boys who reached the base from the ground balls that were scraped. You have to put the ball on the floor. “
Branham is now in the same situation in which Willow Glen was last Friday. A week ago, the Rams had just lost 7-3 in Leigh, ensuring a sweep for the Longhorns who kept them undefeated in the League game and only at the top of Mount Hamilton.
Now, Willow Glen has a sweep or his to celebrate after beating Branham 7-0 on Wednesday, and the Rams are back in the heart of things. Leigh (7-0) has a two-game advantage over Branham and Christopher (5-3), with Pioneer (4-3) and the Rams just behind them in the fourth and fifth, respectively.
“We knew we needed to sweep to stay in the content of the league this week,” Bartlinski said.
Mission fulfilled.
“We know that we are a better team than we show,” Vieira said about the series with Leigh. “We respect everyone, but we because to win. We thought we also had a good team. It was simply a week.”
If Willow Glen can stack a few more weeks like this, he will have an excellent opportunity to make some noise in the race for the title of the League and the postseason.
