Retif Rally Runs Out of Gas Against Otto Candies
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Retif Oil’s Brandon Briuglio showed all the right stuff on the mound and at the plate. But Retif’s 6th inning rally against Otto Candies (Hahnville) ran out of gas and the boys in blue took their first loss, 5-4, of the American Legion season on Thursday evening.
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Retif Oil notched its first loss of the American Legion season after a 6th inning rally fell one run short of tying the game against Otto Candies (Hahnville).
The 5-4 loss by Retif took place Thursday, June 5 at John Ryan Stadium. (Otto defeated Retif in an early season exposition game which does not count in the official record.)
Otto Candies caught Retif napping in the first inning and scored three quick runs on two hits and a walk. The 3-0 deficit proved impossible to make up, although Retif came close. Otto scored one run in the 3rd and 5th innings and heading into the bottom of the 6th, the score was 5-1. Retif loaded the bases and then Brandon Briuglio cleared them by smacking a double. Retif was down by one run, 5-4, when Otto snuffed the rally.
Briuglio pitched the final four innings, giving up one hit, one run, and striking out five batters. He relieved starting pitcher Myles Blunt who absorbed his first loss of the season. In the first three innings, Blunt gave up five hits and four runs, although only one run was earned.
Retif (4-1) plays the Patriots of John Curtis Friday, June 6 at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium. First pitch is 7:15 p.m.
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American Legion Baseball: Retif Oil vs. Otto Candies, Thursday, June 5, 2014
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Nick Ray tries to go up the middle and almost does, but the grounder is snagged by the shortstop for Otto Candies. -
Dan Edmund attempts to break up a double play in the making. -
Pitcher Myles Blunt reaches the bunt before catcher Trent Forshag but the throw to first base is not in time. -
First baseman Dan Edmund flips the ball towards the mound after the third out ends an inning. -
Matt Cedro sends this fly ball to deep right field... but it was caught. -
Alex Galy knows this base runner is safe stealing second, even without the umpire's sign. -
Scott Crabtree hits a bullet that would have been a sure double but for the fact that the 3rd baseman made a great snag for an out.. -
Brandon Briuglio flies out in the bottom of the 4th inning but two innings later, hits a double that clears the bases and spurs a Retif rally. -
Brandon Briuglio showed all the right stuff on the mound and at the plate. But Retif's 6th inning rally against Otto Candies (Hahnville) ran out of gas and the boys in blue took their first loss, 5-4, of the American Legion season on Thursday evening.. -
Matt Cedro steals second base. -
Matt Cedro loses his bat. -
Alex Galy can only watch as another base is stolen. -
Otto Candies (Hahnville) handed Retif Oil its first loss of the 2014 American Legion season. -
Coach Joey Latino and the players gather for a post-game assessment.
