The Oak Forest Blue Demons defeated the Warriors by a score of 15-0 in five innings of play at Humphrey #3 on Wednesday night.
The Warriors faced the perfect storm in this game. First, the regularly scheduled opponent from the Chicagoland Metro League (the New Lenox Rebels) cancelled. In an attempt to schedule a replacement team, we sent an open invitation to a number of full-time travel teams. The Blue Demons were the first to respond. Only later did we learn that the Blue Demons are an elite travel team.
It's challenging enough for our Warriors to face an elite travel team at this stage of our development. But, increasing the playing dimensions presented an additional challenge that led to a season record number of throwing errors by our infielders. Finally, the bitter cold weather made the whole experience a miserable one.
I give all of our four pitchers credit for battling out there in the wind and cold. And, our hitters did a good job of putting the ball in play. Only two Warriors hitters struck out all night. But, the Blue Demons made nearly all the plays defensively.
Due to the combination of all these factors, this event is being classified as a scrimmage and none of the individual player statistics will count in the season totals.
For those that are interested, here are the box score totals for the event:
WARRIORS: 0 runs, 1 hit, 4 errors, 4 left on base
BLUE DEMONS: 15 runs, 9 hits, 1 error, 9 left on base
2011 Chicagoland Tournament Champions & 2011 Lombard Tournament Champions!
