html模版Kister masterful for AIA in win over Dayton7/4/2013 12:40:00 AMKister masterful for AIA in win over DaytonBy JOHN BOMBATCHContributing WriterXENIA The Californian from The Master s College was quite masterful.Xenia Scouts pitcher Tommy Kister limited the Dayton Docs to a pair of hits for a 3-0 win, Wednesday night at Grady s Field on the Athletes In Action sports complex.Scouts coach Jeff James says Kister, a solid righthander who plays college ball for The Master s College in Santa Clarita,
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Maddox awarded after board violates Sunshine Laws, so it s taken us a little time to get him to extend his pitch count and become a starter for us. But he has adjusted fast, and he s been throwing really great for us ever since. Kister had a perfect game going through the first 4 2/3 innings of work, but by then the Scouts (9-13) had already scored twice. I knew that they would swing at a lot of first pitches, and so I just went out there and attacked the strike zone early, Kister said. I kept my pitch count low and my defense did a great job behind me. One example of the great defense that was played behind him came in the fifth inning. Dayton s Brady Stewart had bounced a short dribbler down the third-base line that appeared to be a sure hit. But Scouts third baseman Zachary Gilcrease charged in and timed the bounce to where he could grab the ball quickly with his throwing hand, and then zing a bullet throw to first baseman Lincoln Reid for the out. It s a lot easier to throw strikes when you know you have guys playing their hearts out on defense like Zach did on that play,
MLB Size Caps-006, Kister said. He made a great play. Docs skipper Chip Schaffner went over and shook Kister s hand after the game. He definitely was on! Schaffner said. First of all, the pitcher s job is to throw strikes and that s what he did. Second job is to keep us off balance and change speeds, and he definitely did that. I don t know if that was his best outing ever, but it s one of the best performances I ve seen out of a pitcher - especially in this Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League - all season long. You ve gotta tip your cap to a guy when he turns in an outing like that. Xenia scored twice in the third inning. First Evan Robinson got on base with a bunt single, then Cory Reid got on base with a walk. After Colby Johnson advanced the runners with a sacrifice bunt, Lucas Salerno and Joey Miller drove them in on back-to-back singles. Salerno s been coming through for us in the clutch like that, whenever he has the chance to bring in some runs. And Miller s starting to come around and find more ways to advance the runners. It s good to see him having success on the things he s been working on,
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Give variances a tough review Hawaii News, Honolulu, Honolulu News, Sports, Edit, James said.Salerno smacked his third hit of the game in the seventh inning to score Cory Reid from third with Xenia s third run of the game.In all, Xenia racked up nine hits and left nine runners on base. The hitters have been working hard on adjusting to the wooden bats, and they ve made the adjustments they had to make, James said. Now it s starting to show on the scoreboard. We can win with pitching and defense, but its nice to see us create more opportunities to score offensively as well. Dayton falls to 11-10 with the loss.Xenia returns to action this afternoon for a 1 p.m. home contest against the first-place Southern Ohio Copperheads.