>> Okay. >> Um >> I don't know what I saw that looked different but >> my apologies to Bella to our audience. That that is Bella and and and they are going to be bringing up 567 here. Uh Mave Walker uh will lead off followed by Chelsea Sainz and Anukica Macha. Um Bella wants to settle down a little bit after an inning where she let up two runs off of three hits. Uh let's see if she can get back into a groove here. Um and while she's waiting, I'm going to give a quick shout out to one of Ashlin Clocker's biggest fans. I know that she's watching at her home in Wilmington because she couldn't be here today to watch her niece play. Uh my sister Angela, who is such a huge Clocker fan, hope you're having a good day and hope you're feeling okay back home.
Pitch strike one to Mave Walker and Domestico is up 0 and one. I'm sure she was cheering like a maniac watching her niece uh round the bases on that hit to right. And Bella goes up 02 to Mave Walker. She got her to pop up to herself in the uh second inning. >> Waste one low. One and two. >> Yeah, you took the words out of my mouth, Josh. It was a good miss, right? Good one to waste. She puts one low. See if she can get her to chase it a bad pitch. >> Never want to give up an 02 hit. Absolutely. And let's see what she does right now. I think she's going to go right by her for strike three. Gets the fast ball. No messing around that time. Around the horn, the clockers go. Tick tock goes the clock. One down in the fourth, bringing up Chelsea Sains, the second baseman for the Al Gangquin Titans.
>> So strong start to the inning for Bella. Her third strike out of the afternoon. >> [snorts] >> Sainz um got hit by a pitch in her first at bat, so we're not quite sure what kind of hitter she is, but she fouls that first one back on a pretty solid swing. >> Bella's doing her job. She's got a lead. She's throwing strikes, >> and that is typically what she does, Josh. An efficient efficient pitcher. >> Hits spots. the the one game where she struggled uh this year was against uh one of the top teams in the entire state of Massachusetts. This is a highfly to Rebecca Cregman. Snow cone catch by the senior left fielder. She makes the play. Makes it interesting, but makes the play nonetheless on the fly out to Cresman. >> Yeah, Mike, we have the headsets on so I don't know if she was calling for it or not, but that's the kind of play the outfielder has to take charge.
That's a much easier play coming in for the outfielder than the infielder going out >> with two outs in the top of the fourth. That brings up Anukica Macha, the first baseman who grounded out to Buterman in the second. What I was saying earlier about Domestico is uh the only game she struggled was against the Hopington Hillers who are you know a top 20 team in the state >> who who certainly hit her pretty hard. But one thing I felt like in that game, Bella was forced to put the ball over the middle of the plate. She wasn't getting >> she getting squeezed >> any call. She was squeezed. Yeah. The umpire's strike zone was tighter than Matt Foley's jacket that day. And and and Bella couldn't take advantage of it and the Hillers did. So, I'm hoping that when we get our second shot at Hopington later in the season, we have an umpire that understands that the black of the plate is indeed a strike.
Um, so she is seeing Matura here. One and one count. Another foul ball and she goes ahead one and two. >> I just want to compliment you on the uh Tommy boy reference there. Nice work. >> Well, that would have been Tommy Callahan. Matt Foley is the motivational speaker. >> Oh, yeah. I've got the right actor. I've got the right actor to get my man Chris Farley. That's all right, Josh. Not everybody is a Chris Farley connoisseur. >> He's a tight jacket and I thought of Tommy boy. I thought about that Tommy boy. the fat guy little coat and she gets her with a beautiful change up. Gets her swinging on a wonderful change. And that's the same pitch that Ava Vendetti took to center field. A different piece of hitting right there. And instead, Domestico gets Macha to reach and miss. We have two strikeouts in the inning for Bella D.
And uh the Titans go down scoreless with no runs on no hits and nobody left on base. Another clean defensive inning for the Clockers. >> Yeah. Titans go down 1, two, three. Clockers coming to the plate looking to build on a 4-2 lead. We head to the bottom of the fourth. And much to Emily Ruiz's dismay, she is going to be looking at the hot hitting leadoff hitter for the clockers, who is now probably up over 700 with her average. She came in at the 630 and she's two for two on the day with a single and a double. Nico Yustaris >> should be an exciting start to this top to the bottom of the fourth there, Mike. And you know, one thing I want to mention, you know, that that Rebecca Creggsman hit that drove in that final run of the third, the the number eight hitter to be able to to put, you know, put the ball in play, get on base, bring up the number nine hitter that of course eventually does turn into the end of the inning.
We get the top of the order coming up here in the fourth. >> Huge. Always try to turn that order in. Right. Exactly. And and we have seen some really clutch hits this year by the uh bottom of the order. uh specifically in their game against Hollist. Uh the bottom of the order came through in in droves and and they really were the reason the Clockers won that game. The the the top the two, three, four, five hitters did not get a hit in that game and the bottom of the order took care of business. >> Wow. >> So they've won a few different ways so far this year, Josh. >> Yeah, that's what we've seen here today. I mean, it's just it's a balanced lineup. One through nine. Ustaris takes the first pitch outside uh to get ahead 10. Really want to get her on base here.
Again, one thing I said about Nico, a walk becomes a double with Usyus at the plate because she is an automatic steel. Uh don't think anybody in this league is going to be throwing her out besides maybe Caroline Osman and Hopington. She puts one just foul down the left field line. >> Yeah, she's a little in front of that one. The the the thing about Nico is if Nico can put the ball on a line into the outfield, it's it's almost invariably an inside the park home run here with no with no fence because of her speed. And he goes up now three and one. She's got to love this one, Josh. I don't want her chasing anything here. It's going to be perfect. Hit count. Hiters count, Mike. >> Just get on base here. Got to love this. and she takes the walk. A good good patient at bat there by Ustaris understanding the situation, how important it is for her to get on base um for Bella who is one for two on the day with that hot shot down the left field line and then a ground out to the third baseman.
I imagine the third baseman has got to be ready right now for Domestico at the plate. takes the first one >> down 01. >> Really important inning here for the clockers to put a few more runs on the board. >> Yeah, I got some breathing room. >> Another shot. >> Wow. >> Beats it out. >> We're going to give that We're going to give her We're going to give her a single. I'm not sure what the official score is going to be. Could be a fieldielder's choice, I suppose. Um, but I'm going to give her a single because I like Bella a lot. And Nico really made that play because of her speed. They realized they couldn't get her at second base and then next thing you know, hustling down the line by Domestico. No play at first. >> With a different set of runners, that could have been a 643 double play.
Instead, it's first and second, nobody out. >> With Ava Vendetti to the plate, who I have told you earlier is an RBI machine. Uh, Vanetti has reached base twice today. An error by the shortstop and a single in the third. And she puts one back to short again. They're able to reach via the fieldielder's choice but nonetheless uh gets out six to three. Ally Wilson it looks like is in running for Bella Domestico. Caroline Kyra comes to the plate >> and Kyra absolutely laces one OVER THE CENTER FIELDER'S head that should knock into Kyra going to leg triple. This is a real one >> so we'll give her a triple. Caroline Cyra with a blast triple over the center fielder's head. Knocks in two runs. A two RBI triple for the big slugger. And that brings up Haley Butman with Kyra on third base and one out in the bottom of the fourth.
>> That's a big hit, Mike. Really big. >> That's a huge hit for her. And let's see what Haley Haley shows again. Oh, that hit her twice. She should be out. >> Haley should absolutely be out because the ball hit her twice. I don't know if the umpires saw that. I did. She was out regardless. Um, >> so I believe the the pitcher made that play. Uh, but that's going to be a one to four for Butin. And we've got two outs now with Kyra on third base and Mattie Sanders at the plate who is 0 for one. Sanders had a sack bunt in the third and a reached on a field's choice in the first inning. >> Yeah, Matty Swing looked a little long on that last pitch. Just uh came in behind it. >> See what she can do. Really need piece of contact here to get the run in.
Don't want to would hate to see a runner left on third with with one out. Uh Sanders takes ball one. >> Good eye by Sanders. Two and one's the count again. Love to see a third run come across this inning. >> Clockers had a clutch two out RBI single last inning. Let's see if they can do it again. Here she takes one high. Three and one to Sanders. Uh again, walk is is a is a good thing here for Maddie, but would love to see her get her bat in the ball. Mattie swings and misses. I must have lost the count. I only had three and one, but sometimes I do that when I'm not paying as much attention as I should. >> It's a lot going on, Mike. Mattie goes down swinging to end the inning, leaving one runner left on base. But the clockers do plate two on the two RBI triple from Caroline Cyra.
Uh we had three hits on the inning. Two runs, three hits, one left on base. Well, we've got ourselves a six-2 lead going in to the top of the fifth. And I will tell you coming into this game, Josh, my key to the game was scoring six runs for the clockers. Um, the Titans have not scored over six all season. I'm sorry. They only scored six runs once this season. Uh, they have lost every game where their opponent has scored more than six. So, six was my magic number. Okay. >> Wanted to see them reach that. And I thought that if we held them to under four, we'd be in pretty good shape. So, let's see what the Clockers can do as they face the 891 batters for the Titans. >> Sounds like that six run. That's the uh Marathon Deli stat of the game.
>> Wow. The Marathon Deli Clocker sandwich stat of the game. [laughter] You know, they got a Fenway sandwich, Josh. Uh, probably the only positive thing that's happening at Fenway right now is the sandwich that you can get at Marathon Deli because the boys at the boys in Boston are not making it happen. >> I was wondering if you're going to work that in today. >> Well, we've got um Isabella Dallas who fouls one off for strike one. Uh Dallas grounded out to Sophie Connors in the third inning after showing bunt. But this is the exact situation where the clockers found some trouble last inning where they had two outs and got to the top of the order. >> So, let's see if they can work through this time. >> Well, she fools her on a change up. That change up is working right now, Josh.
>> Absolutely. >> Like a Ranger Suarez change up. Holy cow. >> She gets ahead 02. Not so sure I want to be compared to Ranger these days, but >> that one really good start that he went eight innings. That's the change up I'm talking about. >> Another change up. Sanders across. Oh, she beats that out. Yeah, that's a slow roller. Would love to see Maddie charge that one a little bit. She waited for it to come to her. But if she took a little bit more aggressive approach uh at short, but again, Maddie not not someone who is typically playing shortstop stepping up in the absence of their everyday shortstop, Quinn Herder, who is not here today. Uh and and still makes a great play. Just misses her by a step. Uh, we're going to give that a a infield hit for Isabella Dallas. Vendetti doesn't get the ball out of her glove quite fast enough.
Uh, and we're going to have a stolen base there for Dallas. Uh, did you catch that? That was a ball or a strike. I I wasn't able it as a ball. >> Scoreboard has it as a ball. I should be paying attention up there. Okay. Delaney Walker shows bunt. Nice bunt. Third base. >> Nice stretch by Kyra. Pulls her off the bag. Unfortunately, uh I don't know if she was called off the bag or beat her out. She did hold the ball, but we'll see what happens. Nonetheless, it's a infield hit on a bunt by Delaney Walker. And they moves the runner to third and the Titans have a little something going right now with the top of their order up with two runners on and no outs. It's amazing how fast this inning turned and turned into a dangerous situation here. First and third with nobody out and two infield hits, too.
You know, they're not hitting the ball hard. That was a heck of a bunt actually by >> uh Delaney Walker and she was moving pretty quick. >> Uh coach Sasso looks like he wants to get a second look at that, but I'm not sure if that's going to be met with uh any sort of positivity. >> Right. But you're right, that bunt uh batters did a great job of deadening the ball. It just sat there right right in front of home plate and not a lot Bella could do there to make the play. Be interesting to see what happens here with runners on first and third and no outs. I would imagine they'd be stealing and we'll see if you know up four. Maybe a will try to steal the runner at the runner at second base. You never know. It's a hard ground ball.
Oh, Sophie over to first. Got her run comes in. But a nice play by Sophie Connors. Uh getting the out when you're up by four. I think that's probably the smartest play to make. >> Yeah, I was going to say she, you know, she had the opportunity. She had the time. It was such a hard hit ground ball to third base that she had the time to look the runner back, but uh yeah, just take the out at this point. Get an out on the board, not mess around. >> Yeah. Moves the runner over to second. So runner in scoring position for Hannah Dun Levy who is [screaming] popping one up here to Ustaris who camps underneath it. Makes the easy play. Um no not a bad piece of hitting there by Don Ley being aggressive but now there are two outs with the runner in scoring position for Julia Davyy who was one for two on the day with a single and a strikeout.
>> A topsyturvy inning so far Mike. I mean, first and third, nobody out, and now just one run in with two outs, runner on second. Clockers have a chance to escape this when with minimal damage. >> I and I I agree with you. Minimal damage would be huge right now, right? >> And it's been an interesting inning. And now we have uh Davey up who has struck out once and she falls behind quickly to Bella >> 0 and2. Probably a time for that sneaky little change up here, Josh. I don't know. I've discussed report of my friend Bella. I wouldn't be surprised if she throws this one. See what she can do. >> No, instead she throws the the the low heat. Uh it looked like it was setting up for high heat. >> Yeah. I you know, it's interesting. You know, could have gone either way.
I was actually thinking, you know, Julie hasn't shown the ability to catch up to the fast ball yet. Why not go high fast ball? Try and get her to chase on an 02. Yeah, >> but change up was absolutely on the table there. >> Yeah. We'll see what happens. See, she's she's up high for heat here. See if she can put it by her. Doesn't get her to chase. Uh one and two to Davey again who's a good hitter. >> Uh she's the three hitter uh for the Titans. >> Yeah, I have no problem with with you know going high heat 02. Just you try and make them chase again. Don't give up 02 hits. >> That one was a lot closer but two and two. Davey actually leads uh the Titans with uh what is now 11 hits on the season and she has three doubles for the year and six RBI.