I was able to get into town in time to watch my first baseball scrimmage of the year. There was actually far more people than I expected to see. I went to a scrimmage last year, and there was maybe 3 other people there not associated with the baseball team (coach, player, etc.). There looked to be about a good 50 or so people today.

It appeared, as it has been going, that the Gold team is mostly first teamers, with the Purple mostly bench players (with a few exceptions). The Gold team won 6-0 with runs in the second, third, and fourth innings. Coach only let them play 4.5 innnings. I missed the top half of the first inning in which I believe Bregman, Stevenson, Katz and Rhymes hit. But for every other at bat and pitch, I was able to record for anyone who cares.

Main takeaways:
- Alex Bregman is the real deal. He just has so much natural ability. He is a threat to make great contact every at bat and I believe he will have a GREAT career at LSU. I think he has to play 3 years to be draft eligible.

- New JC transfer Christian Ibarra impressed me. His first AB, a walk, he showed great patience. Then he ripped a double and later scored a run his second at bat. Finally, he lived up to his defensive hype by making a great play at 2nd diving to his left towards first.
- Katz played 3rd and made a TERRIBLE throw to 1st. It seems we are still having trouble there.

- Evan Powell looked pretty smooth to me at 1B. I think I cursed him because he finally didnt go yard for once in a scrimmage this fall.
- Ty Ross and Chris Chinea both had one runner run on them and they both nailed them at second and third respectively. I liked seeing that.
- Two new pitchers were polarizing. Taylor Butler, true freshmen from the state champs Barbe, looked like a STUD. He retired every batter he faced besides the throwing error from Katz. Butler's delivery coming completely from the top is deceptive. I hear he can hit the 90s and his 12-6 curve did not disappoint. On the other hand, Hunter Devall, struggled (and that's being generous). In a span of 9 batters, he gave up 8 hits (6 singles, 2 doubles). Then after, he had a wild pitch and HBP. Ouch.

Gold Team
Alex Bregman (SS) 1-2, 2B, RBI (missed one AB)
Andrew Stevenson (CF) (1-1), R, HBP (missed one AB)
Mason Katz (3B) 1-2, R (missed one AB)
Raph Rhymes (LF) 1-2, RBI (missed one AB)
Sean McMullen (RF) 1-3, RBI
Evan Powell (1B) 0-1, R, BB
Ty Ross (C), 1-2, R, K
Christian Ibarra (2B), 1-1, 2B, R, BB
Alex Edward (DH), 1-2, RBI, R, K

Kurt McCune 2.0IP, 0R, H, 2K, 0BB
Taylor Butler 2.0IP, 0R, 0H, 0K, 0BB

Purple Team
Chris Sciambria, 0-2
Mark Laird, 1-2 (single)
Jacoby Jones, 0-2, K, Reached on Error
Chris Chinea, 0-2, K
Tyler Moore, 0-2
Jared Foster, 0-2
Geonte Jackson, 0-1
Casey Yocom, 0-1
Chase Rivett, 0-1

Joey Bourgeios (missed first inning pitched)
1.0IP, 1R, 0H, 2K, 2BB, 2WP
Hunter Devall
2.0IP, 3R, 8H, 0K, 1WP, 1HBP
NO NAME?!?!
1.0IP, 0R, 0H, 0K, 0BB

*some figures may be due to human error or Coach Mainieri letting players play that were out to work on things*

This post was edited on 10/12/12 at 7:52 pm