Longhorns Round-Up: Give ’em a Break

Having played 39 games over nearly three months, including four straight weekends of tournament play, the Louisville Longhorns 11U baseball club was due for a break. Circumstances necessitated the team having to pull out of the tournament in which they had been scheduled to play over the weekend of June 11-12, and with no tourney planned for the next weekend, nor any practices or league games on the slate for the week in between, the Longhorns were looking at a 10-day recess from all diamond-related activities. But before any bags could be packed for the much-anticipated beach vacations, and before any projects could be checked off of the highly-dreaded Honey Do lists, there was still the matter of 2011 Game No. 40, a Thursday night match-up against the 12U Louisville Xplosion.

Center fielder Noah Baugher waits for play to commence.

RE-CAP A quartet of Louisville Longhorn hill-toppers combined to allow only four hits and one earned run over 6 innings, whiffing 7 batters along the way, while the L-Horns’ club-carrying coterie rapped 13 safeties, including 6 for extra bases, to capture their fifth Beechmont 12U Competitive League regular season contest.

With play having commenced, center fielder Noah Baugher

dares the opposition to take an extra base,

while teammate Brendan Koester looks on.

When he was not donning the leather, Noah Baugher wielded

the lumber with authority, stroking two base hits on the evening.

IF THIS IS THURSDAY IT MUST BE BEECHMONT (Is it possible that anyone under the age of 50 gets that reference?) Magic 8 Ball: Nicholas Parrish got the starting nod and tossed 3 innings of 1-hit ball en route to chalking up win No. 8... Surplus Sack Sockers: The Longhorns thwacked 6 doubles, including two each by Andrew Arnold and Casey Simon, and one apiece by Nicholas Parrish and Andrew Littlefield... Jeepers Threepers: Littlefield and Simon were both 3-for-4... Just Like The Kid: Wearing the same No. 9 on his back as “The Kid,” Hall of Famer Ted Williams, Noah Baugher had 2 base knocks to give him 9 over the past 6 games.