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MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - The Provost Marshal’s Office defeated Special Projects Patrol Squadron 16-8 after a six-inning game on Monday at Annex Field.
For the first game of the intramural season, PMO were up to bat. The first inning saw singles, doubles and triples, leading to PMO’s four-point lead from the beginning.
Tanner Smith, a PMO player, says he was surprised how quickly the team began to score.
“We started pretty good with the bats, and we came out strong and got the ball rolling,” Smith said. “We looked pretty good out there, and I’d have to say the (first) and second inning were our best.”
It was time for VPU-2’s attempt to come back, but the inning was cut short after a few pop flies were caught. Matthew Miles, a pitcher for VPU-2 and an aviation electronics technician, says players who are up to bat not only have to worry about their fly-ball being caught by an outfielder or other player, but have to be sure their drives aren’t directed towards the batter.
“There is a box rule, where if you hit at the pitcher, the umpire calls it an out,” Miles said. “Even if the ball bounces. It’s up to the pitcher to call it.”
PMO returned to the plate, and just as they did in the first two innings of the game, continued to consistently get their players on base, however, their fielding could use some honing, according to Smith.
“With the fielding, we were a little shaky,” Smith said. “It looks like they need some help in the outfield, like we do, and we need some work on that.”
The matches have a one-hour time limit, and the game was near an end at the sixth inning. VPU-2 had only one opportunity to make an eight-point comeback, but were cut off by the sound of the buzzer.
“The other team played great,” Miles said. “But our weakness right now is not knowing each other. I didn’t know where to put people. There are people who were in the outfield who play better in the infield. We played as a team, though.”
| Date Taken: | 04.06.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 04.09.2015 20:41 |
| Story ID: | 159589 |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII , HAWAII, US |
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