Bees Pitching to Strong

This a picture of Daniel Buhr Pitching against Bath on Monday.
Picture taken by Kevin Fowler of the Lansing State Journal.

It was a rough day for the Eagles of Fowler as they played the Bath Bees yesterday in two games at Bath. The first game was a really intense close game even though the score may not show it as the eagles lost 7 to 0. The eagles kept it close the entire game as they got some great pitching from Dan Buhr. Buhr threw all 7 innings and if it wasn’t for some very clutch hitting from Bath it could have been a totally different game. Bath had their ace on the mound Ryan Orr and he is something. Orr has not given up a run all season and has pitched 3 no-hitters already. The Fowler boys had some struggles against Orr only getting 2 hits the entire game. With no offense and the Bath Bees hitting on all cylinders it was just not mean’t to be for the eagles. The MVP for the game I would have to give to Daniel Buhr, even though he gave up 7 runs the score was a lot closer then that since Dan was able to pitch all six innings that he had to face the Bees monster line up. The second game would not go very well for the eagles either. The bees had another dominate pitcher to face and he picked up right where Orr left off. Josh Holtham, who is a transfer from Lansing Catholic, was dealing yesterday as he mowed through the eagles line up other then one inning where the eagles were able to get a hold of the ball and score 3 runs. Other then that though the eagles had no answer to the bee’s bats as they would put up 15 runs and mercy the eagles in 6. These weren’t the eagles best games of the year but they will bounce back and show everyone that this will not slow them down from reaching their goals this season. The eagles will be playing the Potterville Vikings on Thursday so look for them in their comeback games as they stride to become, “The best ever.”

For a complete news article of the Fowler vs Bath games go to this link. http://www.usatodayhss.com/lansing/article/pitching-leads-bath-to-a-pair-of-wins-over-fowler–2013304300018

Eagles Soar Past the Pirates

The eagles bats came alive yesterday as they blew by the Fulton pirates. Fowler scored 28 combined runs in both games in their dismantling of pirate pitching. The first game was a pretty flawless game as Fowler scored 5 runs in the very first inning and wouldn’t look back from there. By the 3rd inning the game was 8 to 0 and it looked like the eagles might mercy the pirates in 5 innings. In high school baseball if you are beating a team by 10 after the 5th inning it is considered a mercy and the team up by 10 wins the game before 7 innings. Which Fowler’s ace Dan Buhr being on the mound most people thought this game was over but the pirates would not give up though as they would go on to score 3 runs in the 4th to make the game a 5 run game. Fowler would end up winning the game in the 6th though as they would end up scoring 5 runs that inning and holding the pirates to 0. This would bring the mercy rule into play. The MVP of this game had to be Trent Goerge. Trent played flawlessly in the field and had some great hits scoring in some important runs. The second game did not start so hot for the eagles. The pirates wanted some revenge as their bats came alive the first inning. They would score 4 runs the very first inning as the eagles had some bad errors in the field not giving their starting pitcher Jacob Schmitt any help. But Fowler would come right back and score 3 in the first inning. Then Fowler kicked it in gear and wouldn’t let up. Fulton would’t score another run the next 3 innings and Fowler just piled it on scoring at will. By the 5th inning it was 13 to 4. Then the next inning the eagles would add two more runs and mercy the pirates. I would give the MVP to the entire team since everyone did their part in getting the win. The eagles are now 4 and 0 and gaining momentum so watch for the eagles in the paper or come and watch them in there next game tomorrow against Ovid-Elsie as the eagles stride to become, “The best ever.”

Lets Play Some Baseball!

FINALLY! The Fowler boys baseball team got to play their first game of the year yesterday. The boys played Portland St. Pats at home in two very important games. The first game was close knit battle as the two aces Dan Buhr and Colin Lay battled it out in the first game of the year. Both pictures pitched very well for the first outing of the year but the Fowler team would prevail. Fowler would strike first as Jacob Schmitt would make it home on an infield single hit by Jacob Hamilton. Fowler would strike again as Napoleon Watts stole 2nd and 3rd baseball and would score on a past ball. St Pats wouldn’t stay quite for long though as they would score late in the game to make it a one run game. The Fowler boys would then put the game back to a 2 run game when Dustin Wirth would score on a Tyler K-13 double. Dan Buhr would then finsh the game out striking out the last St. Pats batter. If I had to pick an mvp for this game I would have to give it to Dan Buhr. Dan pitched a complete game and only gave up one run against one of the best teams in the league. The second game only made it to the top of the 5th inning because of rain and darkness. The eagles were winning five to nothing though. The game will be getting finished today at five so I will give more of a game break down tomorrow of this game. So look for the eagles in the paper tomorrow or come out and watch a couple innings tonight as they stride to become, “The best ever.”