🍀 Away Game -- Reidsville Luckies @ Sandhills Bogeys 🍀
Luckies suffer mercy-rule loss to the divisional leaders
Reidsville’s winning streak was snapped when they were defeated by the Sandhills Bogeys, 16-6, in a contest that was stopped after the seventh inning.
The early goings weren’t a disaster, as they were only down seven to two. After last night’s comeback, and the one two nights ago, it definitely didn’t seem insurmountable.
In the sixth inning, however, things got out of hand. The Luckies gave up eight runs, and, given the chance to put up some offense in the seventh, they brought home four. That wasn’t enough, though, and when Sandhills scored again, the ten-run, seven-inning lead warranted a mercy rule.
Extra Bases: For this away game edition of Extra Bases, I interviewed Kristian Amaro, the catcher for our very own Reidsville Luckies. I did this yesterday, after the amazing comeback, so the mood was obviously lighter than it would’ve been after tonight’s game.
The audio is above.
Transcript:
“Thank you for the opportunity. How are you feeling today?”
“I’m doing great man, I’m doing great.”
“Does it feel good to get a big win against this team — a comeback?”
“Yeah, it was a good team win, we did a really solid job of coming back.”
“Second night in a row. So, when did you first begin playing baseball, and who got you into it?”
“I began playing baseball around, I would say it was eight, and it was my dad. He taught me everything I need to know on the baseball field.”
“We’ve seen you playing catcher often, is that your favorite position?”
“Yeah, that’s my main position, the position I always like to play.”
“How long have you been a catcher?”
“I’ve been a catcher ever since I was nine.”
“A lot of experience there. Are there any players that you model your game after?”
“I try to model my game after Yadi [Yadier Molina, who is also a catcher from Puerto Rico], I like how he catches, how he throws, everything.”
“The roster says that you’re from Ohio, but you got to college in South Carolina, and you wear a little Puerto Rico patch. How does that work?”
“My story is kind of a crazy one. I moved from Puerto Rico to Ohio for my freshman year of high school. I’ve had a long journey, and after high school, I went to D2 in Charleston, West Virginia. I made my way down, and I’m just trying to find a good home that I can play for. That’s my main goal right now, trying to find a school that I will be a part of for the next two years.”
“I’ve always been wondering, I saw it in your Twitter bio, the Puerto Rican flag, and I was like, ‘That’s interesting,” so I looked at the roster, and it said some city in Ohio. How did you find out about the Reidsville Luckies?”
“I found out through my friend that plays here, his name is Asael. He told me about the Old North State League, and we just found an area around here that was close to play for, and I wanted to gain more game reps and help the team in every way possible.”
“You chose the right team. What’s your favorite part about being a Lucky?”
“The favorite part is just being around these guys. They have tons of energy, they always want to play, want to win.”
“A good brotherhood around?”
“For sure.”
“You all love each other, that helps with team chemistry.”
“Yes, helps team chemistry a lot, it’s been showing recently.”
“That’s been translating to wins, you have three in a row after starting off kind of rough. I’m going to end on a fun one, what’s your favorite color?”
“Favorite color… I’d say it’s red. I like red, you got it on the Luckies thing, too.”
“Yeah, that’s part of the logo. There we go. Thank you, thank you so much.”
Notes: This was a hard loss, but not exactly surprising. The Bogies now have five wins and two losses, mercy rules in their last three games, and have scored a staggering fifty-four runs over that stretch. There’s a reason that they’re the reigning champions.
Upcoming: Sigh. This is going to be a difficult week. Tomorrow, they have an off day, but Tuesday, they travel to Hendersonville to try to take down the team that lost to the Bogeys in last year’s championship series. The Honeycrisps have seven wins, with just one loss, in league play, and are on a six-game winning streak. The Luckies will have another rest day, before facing the Native American National Team in non-league play at home. Friday, they face the Bogies again in an away game, and Saturday, they’ll head to High Point to face the Hushpuppies, who mercy ruled them last week.