Game 10 ~ Sandgnats 3 - Scrappers 3

We had our third close game of the year with the Scrappers. In the three games we played them, we won a game (2-1), lost a game (2-1) and we tied in our final game of the season (3-3).

Robert and Ryan did a nice job pitching again. Ryan had 2 strikeouts and Robert had a key strikeout against one of the Scrappers best hitters.

The Scrappers scored 3 quick runs to take a 3-0 lead in the top of the first. The Sandgnats came back and scored 2 in the bottom of the first to make it 3-2.

Robert and Cody made a very nice defensive play when Robert picked up a ground ball in front of the pitchers mound and threw to Cody covering second base for a force out.

Dalton had his best hit of the year, a triple to left field and then he scored the third run to tie the game.

It was a great season this year and I want to thank all the boys, coaches and parents for another fun year of baseball. Special thanks to Patty Webb for volunteering to be our team mom again this year.

Hope to see you all out on the field soon! GO GNATS!

Game 9 ~ Sandgnats 5 - Muckdogs 1

Hello Sandgnat fans,

We had our best game of the year today. The boys improved their record to 6-2-1 by beating the Muckdogs, 5-1. Cody and Jacob had an excellent day pitching and the defense played well.

The bats really came alive today as well. The following boys had hits in the game:

Jacob (HR)
Ian (2 hits)
Ryan (2 hits)
Robert
Tyler
Connor
Ethan
Jonathan

The 5 runs were scored by:

Jacob
Ian (2)
Tyler
Connor

Our final game of the year is Saturday May 9th at 9:00am.

Closing Ceremonies will be on Saturday May 16th from 10:00am - 1:00pm. There will be a trophy ceremony and cookout along with a bounce house, dunk tank and obstacle course. Hope to see you all there.

Game 8 ~ Raptors 6 - Sandgnats 2

We had a tough game this week. It was only our second loss of the season and our record is now 5-2-1. The Raptors were hitting their coach's pitches very well. Our team had excellent at-bats and we got nice hits out of Robert, Justin (2b), Jacob (2 hits), Mickey and Ian. Robert and Ian scored our two runs for us.

Ryan and Robert continued to pitch well and keep getting better each week. Justin had an excellent game playing catcher for the entire game.

Our last two games are coming up on May 2 and May 9. Hope to see all the Sandgnat fans out at the fields!

Game 7 ~ Sandgnats 1 - Muckdogs 1

We played another tough game against the Muckdogs this weekend. The game ended in a 1-1 tie. Our team played great defense today which, but the bats just couldn't get enough runs for us.

Ian scored our only run of the game. The following boys all had nice hits during the game:

Robert (2)
Ethan
Jacob
Ian
Mickey

Sandgnats in the paper!

If you missed the article in the Marco Island Eagle last Friday, here is a link:

http://www.marconews.com/news/2009/apr/02/sandgnats-win-second-game/

Game 6 ~ Sandgnats 4 - Rattlers 3

Saturday was our most exciting game yet. We pulled out our 5th win of the season and the team is now 5-1.

We started off the game with the bats on fire. Justin had a single in the bottom of the first inning and Jacob follwed up with a 2 run homerun to rightfield. The Sandgnats were up 2-0. Our defense gave up 3 runs in the top of the third and the Rattlers were up 3-2. In the bottom of the 4th inning with 2 outs, Dalton and Justin kept the game going with back to back singles. We had Dalton on second base and Justin on first base when Jacob hit a game winning triple to center field. Dalton and Justin scored to win the game 4-3.

Jacob, Joe and Cody all pitched well to help get us the win.

The following boys scored runs in the game:
Justin (2)
Dalton
Jacob

The following boys had hits in the game:
Justin (1B & 1B)
Jacob (3B & HR, also had all 4 RBI's)
Ryan (1B)
Robert (1B)
Jonathan (1B)
Ian (1B)
Dalton (1B)

We're off on Saturday 4/11/09, our next game will be Saturday 4/18/09 at 9:00am vs. the Muckdogs.

More Sandgnat Pictures!

More great photos from Patty Webb....

Pre-game stretching.

A view from the announcers booth

Mickey is ready for a grounder...

Robert follows through on a fastball.

Team meeting after the game....

Tyler....best bubble blower on the team.

Cody is ready for action at 1B.

Justin has all the gear on behind "the dish".