by Brian Hurld, www.namur-angels.be
Saturday was the start to an important weekend for both the Angels, and the Greys. Both teams were looking to sweep and get back into the running for the Belgian Series.
Unfortunately the Angels would continue their recent losing ways.
Harold Gerard got the start on the mound for the Angels and he got roughed up early as the Greys pushed two across in the first inning. Gert Rosiers doubled in the two runs that put the Greys ahead for good.
Dennis Van Hoof kept the Angels off balance all day with a good fastball and steady diet of strong off speed stuff. He went eight innings while only allowing two hits.
In the third inning Rosiers launched a two run homer to extend the lead to 4-0. The Greys would never look back as they continued their offensive onslaught. When the dust settled the final score was 8-0 in favor of the Greys.
Game two wouldn’t be much better for the Angels. The Greys would score four runs against Brian Hurld in the first and never look back.
After scoring one more in the second they would be done for the day but the Angels simply couldn’t overcome the early deficit.
The Angels kept the game close and had base runners all day but just couldn’t execute.
The Greys got some timely defense and double plays to take the wind out of the Angels sails.
Going into the ninth the Angels found themselves only down by two. The tying run reached second base with two outs but Nicolas Migeot was induced into an infield popup to end things. The final score 5-3 in favor of the Greys.
With this loss the Greys improve to 4-4, while the Angels fall to 2-6 and need some real help to have any chance of making it to the Belgian series.