WRFH/Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM - Baseball: Hillsdale vs. Malone, 04/13/24 Game One

Episode Date: April 13, 2024

Baseball: Hillsdale vs. Malone, 04/13/24 Game OneChristian Papillon and Nathan Stanish on the call for WRFH

Welcome to Charger Baseball on Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM. I am Christian Papuil. My partner in the booth today is Nathan Stanish, and we're just getting underway here in the top of the first inning. There's one out. Leadoff hitter, Devin Brown, grounded out to the shortstop, Aaron Jasek to start the game. And Tommy McClain is facing the second batter in the Malone lineup, J.C. Philippi. Malone off to a rough on rough streak they carry a 10 game losing streak coming into face Hillsdale right now

as Brown also grounds it to short and he will be retired two quick outs for the Chargers it looks to be a tough year for conference play for both teams actually they both have losing records against the conference coming into this matchup hillsdale look to be 7 and 9 against conference players and Malone looking a little worse so

these next four games that they're playing against Malone should be big in seeing how they're going to face up against the conference overall in this year. Definitely as Anthony Ryan takes ball one outside. This series is very important for the Chargers' chances of getting back into the conference. And the second pitch, also a ball. 2-0 here, two outs, top of the first. The 2-0, and that misses again, that's a 3-0 count. I think he's looking to swing here or just going to watch another pitch. I mean, he's got another, there's a strike coming.

Or not? It'll take the walk. It's probably the smart thing to do. You don't usually want to be swinging the 3-0. Now the number 4 hitter on Malone, Zach Flore steps into the plate and the pitch. And that one's a strike. So it looks like after. Just a rough at bat there.

The plane is getting right back into it. The O-1, and that one's also a strike. Just on the outside corner there. No balls, two strikes, two outs. And the O-2? And that's a swing and a miss. Millard will throw it out at first, and that's the end of the top of the first.

Very quick inning there for the charger defense. So we're going to go to a quick break. you're listening to Charger Baseball on Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM, and we'll be right back after this. You're listening to Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM, pushing the boundaries of radio and exploring new horizons, with a perfect mix of student-hosted shows and nationally acclaimed radio shows, such as the Dennis Prager Show, the Hugh Hewitt Show, Our American Stories, and Veterans Chronicles. The future is here on Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM. You're listening to Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM. I'm Gavin Listro on I've Got Ox.

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He's hitting 314 this season, and an on-base percentage over 400. Very solid lead-off hitter for the Chargers this year. And he's going to step up to the plate, against Jackson Phelps for Malone. And then on deck we have Will Mallard, the catcher. After kind of a tough start offensively for Millard, he's really exploded and he's got his batting average almost to 300.

So Tuna steps into the box and we've got the set. And here comes the pitch. And that's fouled back. That's strike one. Tenuda disciplined hitter, too. He doesn't strike out very much compared to the other hitters in the Charger lineup. And that one's lined down the right field line, but it's foul and bounces into the charger bullpen.

So Tanuta finds himself behind O and 2 against Phelps. And here's the set. And the O2 pitch. And that one's outside, ball one. In games where the top of the lineup produces, it seems that the Chargers do really well because they've got a lot of strong hitters up the top. The 1-2, that one also misses ball two. The 2-2 delivery from Jackson Phelps.

Here comes the 2-2 from Phelps, and that one's inside, so Tanuta has fought back from 0-N-2 all the way back, and now it's a full count. Phelps has got to give him something to hit now. And here comes the payoff pitch? Oh, and called strike three. Tunauda not very happy about that call. So now here comes Will Milard, the catcher. And as I said earlier, he's hitting very well lately.

He's hitting 295, slugging 500, and an on-base percentage of 423. So that's actually higher than Tenoosa. on base percentage. Yeah, he's, he's higher than the team's average on all three counts. Hillsdale baseball is right now averaging 23 on their batting average, 370 on their on base percentage, and 441 on their slugging percentage. It's pretty good. Comes the first pitch to Millard, and that's the called strike.

It's a nice sunny day today at the field. It's 55 degrees currently. There's a little bit of wind blowing from left to right field, so pretty good conditions for baseball. as Mallard takes ball one outside. There's the one-one pitch coming on its way. And that one's in there for strike two. This is the Chargers' first season on their new field.

And I don't know what you think about it, but I think the infield is all turf as well. Do you think that affects the playing conditions for infielders at all? Surely it's got to affect the bounce of the ball, certainly. So you think about the bounce of the ball in a table? turf versus on the dirt they probably would have had on their previous field but for weather conditions it really works how well on a day like this you don't need any field to fit the weather conditions might make ground ball balances a little bit more predictable for the infielders

there comes the two two pitch to mallard and that's also called strike three jackson phelps is really settling in today he's coming into here with the 747 era looking to bring that down with this game now that's a wow the first baseman We have Will Shannon, the first baseman for the chargers coming up to the plate to bat. Shannon has pretty decent power numbers. He's slugging 732, so it's more than decent. It's very strong. He's hitting 402 on the season.

With a player like Shannon for a pitcher, you've got that big strike zone. Shannon stands 6'5. That's a big zone to protect there, but he's been doing it pretty well this season so far. And Shannon will foul it down the right side, so we have a one-in-one count. Shannon's out-based percentage is a whopping 5-20. Here comes the one-in-one to Shannon. And that one misses ball two. Shannon is probably the best hitter on the Chargers this season with the 402-520-732 triple slash.

There's Phelves with the pitch. And that's felled back, strike two. He seems eager at the plate today. He's really looking for a hit. He's got a clip on a couple of these now. Yeah, he really wants to get something started for the Chargers. And the set, and Phelps delivers. And that's ground to the short.

It's fielded, and he will be out at first. So that will be the end of the first inning. after one inning, it's still zero to zero. And we'll be right back after a short break. You are listening to Charger Baseball on Radio Free Hillsdale, 101.7 FM. You don't need to search so hard for Hillsdale's latest news. Just listen to the Collegian Week in Review, where we tell you all about the top headlines from that week.

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Tune in on Radio Free... Welcome back to Charter Baseball on Radio. Free Hillsdale, 101.7 FM. Both teams had very quiet first innings, so now we go to the top of the second, and Malone will be hitting. That will be strike one from McLean. And that will be strike one to Jake, Jake Eilman, left-handed hitter for the pioneers. And that's a quick strike. strike two. So one two count here with no outs. And that's grounded to first. Shannon has it and he'll take it all by himself. So that's one out. So now the designated hitter for the pioneers, Jordan Stevens steps in. He's not being a designated hitter number 26, Jordan Stevens. Very solid pitching from both teams. It's very

early so far, but the first pitch has fouled back. Jordan Stevens batting 267 this. season. That puts him about midway through the roster in terms of batting average for Malone. And he will fly that, shallow right field. Looks like Salee is going to make the catch. That's two outs. No challenges for the fielding so far this inning. They've been clean. Yes. When the defense is working as a pitcher, it's very nice because then you know even if the hitter puts it in place somehow.

He'll be all right. And that's the first pitch to Eric Belm. And that's strike one. Oh, and that's right back at McLean, knocks it down and throws it in time to get the runners. So that's another quick inning for charger pitching. So we're going to be going to the bottom of the second inning with the chargers coming up to bat. You were listening to Radio Free Hillsdale, 101.7 FM, and we'll be right back after this. heroes, protecting the freedoms we love since 1776.

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...rature baseball on Radio Free Hillsdale 101.1.7 FM. Right now, the chargers are going to be coming up to bat in the bottom of the second inning. If you're just tuning in, the score is zero to Very quick pitching by the Chargers and the Pioneers. So we have the designated hitter for the Chargers. Jeff Landis coming to the plate against Jackson Phelps. Landis matching that team average right at a 2.73 batting average coming into this game. And Phelps watches strike, sorry, Landis watches strike one to go by. Just clips the outside. That was a close call.

Very much so. So here comes the 01 delivery and Landis will watch ball too. It seems that Phelps works a little bit slower than McLean does. McLean is just pitching as soon as he gets the ball back where Phelps likes to take his time a little bit more. And the 1-1 is grounded to 2nd and Baum will throw him out with plenty of time. So one away. And Joe Hardenberg, the Charter left-fielder today. Steps in.

It does seem like Phelps is a little slower on the mound. He doesn't favor that fastball the way that it looks like McLean's been doing. We saw McLean's reflexes on display in the last play when he almost caught the ball coming right at him from the bat. Hardenberg takes strike one. That seemed a little bit outside, but very quick strike. One. The set from Phelps, the pitch. And that one misses, that's ball one.

Seems like Felts is kind of testing the outside of the strike zone right now, getting a feel for how the um's calling it. Yes, once you know where the zone is, then you can just pitch to the spots where the hitter might not want to swing at it. The 1-1, and a big swing and a miss from Hardenberg. That's three pitches now, right to the right of the batting box, getting a great feel for the limits of his batting reach. Hardenberg hitting 266 this season,

slugging 532, so he's got some power on his bat, and he'll check up, and that will be a ball too. Good reflexes on that one. Yeah, I think he wanted to hit it, but then just held back. And here comes the 2-2 from Phelps, and swing and a miss. That will be strike-through. It's two outs.

And now I've got Jacob Salee coming to the plate. Charger right fielder. Helps still looking very comfortable at the mound today. We're looking to number 22 here to try and shake him up some. Sali also a solid hitter for the Chargers. Hitting 280. Slugging also over 500. Watches a slower pitch go right down the middle.

Might have been his pitch. Sometimes you want to do that just to throw them off a little bit And the O-1 is in there, strike two Sometimes if you know if a hitter has a tendency to take first pitch You might want to just throw him one down the middle Or a breaking ball down the middle just to show him what it is Right Just to put that in his mind that you might be coming out of him

And then you come out of him with something fast As Salee swings just a little bit late fouls it down the right field line. You're right. He sent that first pitch down the middle, but he's been sending the other pitches more on the outside. No balls, two strikes. And Phelps delivers,

and that one's fouled back and still strike two. No hits for either team yet. It's still early, but I think Malone had about a reach on a walk, but that was it. Sili Fels another one back. He's settled in for those outside pitches, that's for sure. That's a couple now that he's gotten a piece of. He's definitely looking for a bigger chunk.

I wonder if Phelps is going to continue pitching outside, see if he could get him to chase one. That's a little bit less than optimal, or maybe he'll want to come in on him now. And here's another O2. And he checks a swing. That's ball one. Very close call.

Very, very close. Checking was pretty close, too. Right to two outs. One, two. And Sali will rip that into left field, but it will be caught by the left fielder of Zach Flore. So that is three outs. Another quiet inning for the Charger offense. So we're going to be heading to the top of the third inning.

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And Tommy McLean still is pitching. He's pitched very well so far, worked around a walk in the first inning. He'll throw a ball one to Alan Diaz of the Pioneers. Right now, I was looking like a clear pitching duel. Have you yet to see a hit, and we're seeing very different pitching styles from these two pitchers. McLean here focusing a lot on speed catching the batter off card. McLean will throw strike one now. He works so fast that it's almost tough to, you almost miss one.

And here comes another pitch. Fowled off, strike two. As soon as he gets the ball back, he's ready to throw it. Must be great communication with the catcher. They're able to communicate quickly on what they want to do. I have pitch sequences already worked out. And that's grounded into right field. going to be a base hit for Diaz.

Makes the turn, stays at first. So that's the very first hit of the game. There's a beautiful spot just tearing right through on the right side there. Had a wide open spot there. It looked like the second base when they have been shifted a little bit over.

It's a right-handed hitters, so it makes sense. Here's the first pitch. Chose Bund. Nice bunts up the first baseline. Shannon will he will get the out at first, but Diaz advances to second base. So nice punt there by Charlie Roberts for Malone. Great sacrifice, but truth be told, he was making a great run for it. End up being a closer call than expected when he got to the first base.

Almost made it, especially if you're running against a big first baseman, aren't necessarily known for speed. True. So back to our leadoff hitter, Devin Brown. and he will watch strike one quickly finds himself down 01 it looks like now that there's a runner on

McLean has to take a little bit more time pitching has to check the runner now he just fouls one back that's 0 and 2 here comes the set pitch and that one oh that one just misses that's ball 1

Brown here is batting 339 this season, so we've got a dangerous batting average to avoid here for McLean. It's going to be a challenge for him. He's the quintessential contact hitter, though. He has 41 hits, but only five of them have gone for extra bases this year. He gets a lot of singles. And he checks a swing there, so it's ball two. McLean definitely testing some of that inside pitching this time. He's had a couple pitches now very close to the inside.

One strike, one ball. Brown's only slugging 388, in spite of that 339 average. and watch ball three go by, so. Brown is the guy that you want as your leadoff hitter. A lot of singles, good batting average, gets on base a lot. Leads the team in stolen bases this year with eight in 11 attempts, so pretty good. And he will swing and miss, that's strike three. So that's a big out there for the chargers.

We have two outs now. McLean did a great job settling in there. Got a great feel for the strikes. I managed to retire one of their best hitters. And J.C. Philippi is coming up to the plate. He's hitting 333. He has a little more power, though, slugging over 500. And he'll hit that down the right field line.

Oh, that drops just foul. That one was close. We got a taste of that power right away. He rips that one. If it had gone down the line, we could have been looking at a potential score, maybe. Probably so. I don't know how fast Diaz is, but, I mean, he hustled over at a second on that sacrifice bunt, so probably has the speed. Here comes the Olin 1.

And that's grounded to short. Jasek has it and throws him out in time. So the Malone pioneers, they threaten a little bit, but Tommy McQuaid just settles down and shuts down the offense. So the charges are going to be coming up to bat at the bottom of the third. You are listening to Charger Baseball on Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM, and we'll be right back after this. Welcome to the Grammar Minute, where we're saving the English language 60 seconds at a time. I'm Lauren Smith, and I'm back with another episode on pluralization and apostrophes. Let's be real, it's confusing, but it's also one of the easiest grammar mistakes to notice once you're initiated,

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That's your grammar minute. Baseball on Radio Free Hillsdale, 101.7 FM. Chargers are coming up to bat here with Danny Passinal, Aaron Jasek, and Tyler Turner, bottom three hitters in the Charger lineup. And one thing I was going to say last inning, whenever someone for the bottom of the Charger lineup gets on, If you can get someone on base for Tenuda, Mallard, and Shannon, good things usually happen.

And it looks like Malone's going to be sticking with Jackson Phelps. Off to a very solid start. Six up, six down for him. And he'll throw the pitch. And Passanol will watch strike one. Beautiful down the line. Right now we're just seeing if Chargers can take another hit too now that the pioneers have managed to take a hit off of McLean.

And the set from Phelps, the pitch. And that one's way outside. That's ball one. Passing a left-handed hitter. Maybe a little bit of an advantage, considering Phelps is a right-handed pitcher. Set the 1-1, and that's fouled down the left field line, almost to the Bierman Center. I wonder if anyone will ever hit one off the Berman Center. It's definitely close enough that it could happen.

Here comes to one, two, to pass and all. And that one, that one misses a little low and away. So far just alternating. Outside, down the middle, outside down the middle. We'll see what he's going to hit us with next. Might break the pattern. It's done a good job at keeping our hitters off balance. The two-two.

Oh, just gets a piece of that, fouled back. Just barely stays alive there. And here comes the set. The pitch from Phelps on its way. And that one's, oh, lined right at the third baseman. Wow, nice play there by Diaz. Great heads-up play. If he'd just gotten a little more height on that, it could have been an awesome hit.

Even a little bit of a different angle, it was right at him. Hit hard right at the third basement. So now we've got the shortstop, Aaron Jasek coming to the plate. Jasek usually plays shortstop, but he did come into pitch on, I think it was Tuesday night. and I think he has two scoreless innings this season. Jason coming into this with a 196 batting average, looking to make serious improvements to that this game. Probably more of a defensive player since he does play shortstop.

The 1-0. And that one misses ball too. That's a good eye so far. These have been close pitches. Phelps, maybe, maybe, maybe, pitching carefully around J-SIC for some reason, or maybe J-SIC is just more of a patient hitter. He'll take strike one. He's watched all three pitches go by. Caught him with that one. That was a great one down the line.

2-1 pitch on its way. 2-1, and that is, he checks up, that's ball three. Yes, so yeah, J-Sick, he's pitched two winnings this season as well. Struck out three, walked one, no runs. And JISIC will hit that left field. Oh, going back, that's an interesting off-balance catch there, but it looks like Flore makes the catch. So that's two away.

So it'll be the number nine hitter for the Chargers. Tyler Turner, it's been eight up, eight down. Tyler Turner coming in with a little bit of a stronger 236 batting average. And here comes pitch, and that one misses bowl one. If Turner can get on, then you have the top of the lineup, facing the pitcher maybe the second time around, that that also might play a factor in terms of, they've seen him before, they know kind of how his pitches act.

And Turner will hit that into mid-right field, going back is no sorry Alman and he'll make the catch so three scoreless innings for both teams only one hit for the pioneers no hits for the Chargers

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I'm Michael Emerson, and you can visit us at jeffersonmediagroup.com. Forger baseball on Radio Free Hillsdale, 101.7 FM. We're in the top of the fourth inning. If you're just tuning in right now with us, the score is zero to zero. The pioneers, Malone, only have one hit. Chargers have no hits, so it's been a pitcher's duel so far. We've got Tommy McLean on the mound for the Chargers. Three scoreless innings so far, one hit and one walk.

And his first pitch will be fouled off. So that will be strike one. So a little bit of a delay. First base coach for Malone had to go and get the foul ball. Here's the pitch. And that one misses, ball one. That one looked pretty close to me. I'm not sure.

Here's the one one. And that one also misses ball two. Just missing on the inside. It's definitely got to feel out that strikes on a little bit better for this inning. McLean, oh, he gets the strike. Yeah, it looks like this umpire likes the outside corner more than the inside corner for the right-handed hitters. And that's grounded to Shannon. Oh, and Shannon will take it by himself at first.

Nice play there, interesting hop by the ball. You got to wonder if that's the influence of the AstroTurf too. They must have done a lot of training to really practice being able to predict the ball off the turf. Definitely. Because with dirt, maybe you're anticipating getting a bad hop and positioning yourself in a way. And here it rules a little bit more how you'd expect. And McLean will deliver ball one. Here comes the 1-0.

And that will be strike-1. that's another one on the outside but the ump still likes it for a strike he's definitely going to have to take advantage of that outside oh and that one's lined into left oh he makes the catch wow that was hit hard but looks like hardenberg was right there to make the play hardberg with great positioning out there had to make a low catch but he was right in the right spot So now we've got Jake Aylman stepping to the plate, left-handed hitter. And, you know, McLean's really working fast. I've noticed he doesn't really let the pitch clock get very far below 15-14. Deliver ball one. There it is. 16 seconds left and he'll deliver a strike.

It's just about the same spot with both pitches, but on that second one finds exactly where the EMP's still going to call a strike. And that one's into left field also. That one will get down. So that's the base hit for Aylman. Back-to-back hard hits to left field. One of them's an out. One of them is a base hit.

Now batting for Malone. That doesn't be a hitter number 26, Gordon Stevens. So Jordan Stevens will step in. And that's only the third base runner allowed by McLean. First pitch misses, a little bit low. Ball one. One ball, no strikes for Steven. And there's the set.

The pitch. Not one will miss outside. Yeah, the plane needs to take a little bit more time when there's a runner on because if he's just always with a consistent rhythm, that's very easy for the base runner to time up. And that's ground to the third. Tuna has it. He's going to go to second, and he'll get the out. So another very minor threat by the pioneers, but McLean settles in. He's pitched four scoreless innings so far.

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This has been What's in a Name. My name is Megan Pickcock and you're listening to Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM. Welcome back to Charger Baseball on Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM. We're in the bottom of the fourth inning. The Chargers have yet to get a base runner, but they've got a prime opportunity with their three really good hitters coming up. Rocco Tanuta leading off for the Chargers. He struck out looking in the first inning and steps in again against Jackson Phelps, who's thrown three perfect innings.

Right now we're just looking to build momentum. Pioneers have managed to get at least a couple base hits off, and we're looking to do the same. Danuta grounds that to third and Diaz will have him out in time so that's one out Still just not

finding the spot to get past these infielder's yet Phelps has pitched had two strikeouts both in the first inning otherwise his defense has been really good behind him

so we have Will Mallard up to the plate. Also struck out looking his first time up. And that's way outside. That's ball one. And here's the set from Phelps. And here he throws. And that one's in there for a strike.

Again, liking that outside corner. Ten men down for Hillsdale so far. Feltz. He'll see one, one pitch. and the 1-1. Tried to hit that outside again, but this time he pushed it a little too far. Still going to sit outside of the strike zone.

Correction there. Phelps actually has three strikeouts. He also struck out Joe Hardenburg in the second inning. And here's the 2-1. Millard will ground that up the right side. Looks like second baseman has it. So Baum will throw him out. That's two outs.

So Will Shannon, big power hitter for the charger. comes up to the plate. Shannon's been doing a great job in the defensive end this game. We've seen some good fielding plays from him at first base. Now we're just hoping to see that he can convert that into some great offensive plays right here.

Good defense on first base is underrated. Good first baseman can make the whole infields better. And the first pitch, misses up, and that's ball one. No activity in either team's bullpen. Both pitchers are really off to a hot start. There goes. Strike one. Certainly looking at a low pitch count for both of these pitchers coming into this game.

They've not had to extend their arm too much. No. Very efficient pitching, especially for Phelps. I mean, some charges have run kind of long counts. And Shannon will hit that deep right field, but not quite deep enough. And Elman will make the catch. So that's another three up, three down for the Chargers. 12 up 12 down for the game.

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Welcome back to Charger Baseball. We're here in the top of the fifth inning. If you're just tuning in, it's a scoreless tie right now. Big pitcher's duel, only two hits for the pioneers, no hits for the Chargers so far. And Tommy McLean will throw in strike one. Interesting attempt at a bunt there from number six. We've only seen one bunt attempt earlier in the game, and it worked well as a sacrifice bun. And he will hit that high up. It's in shallow right center.

Who's going to get it? Looks like Passenol runs over, big run for him. It'll make the play. Interesting that it was Passanol that made it. It seemed that of the three fielders that ran towards the ball, he was the farthest from it. There was definitely some momentary concern on a collision there, but it looks like good communication on the field

that made it work out. Whenever there's more than two fielders running towards a spot, it's always concerning. And that'll bring up Alan Diaz, who takes strike one. Still really fast work for McLean. And he'll hit that one into right, and that one's down. And that's going to be another base hit. He found that spot that the charge has been looking for this whole game. I just get right past the first baseman there.

And that's a two-for-two day for Diaz so far. Two out of the three Pioneers hits. Charlie Roberts up and he takes ball one way up. Even though McLean has given up three hits to Phelps's zero, he's been every bit as efficient. He's really working fast. Maybe the hitters are not exactly used to seeing pitches so quick. so he's done a good job of keeping them mostly off balance.

Here comes the 1-0, and he takes ball 2 outside. We did see some adjustment from McLean after that first hit from the Pioneers where it seemed like he slowed down a little bit, but this time he's keeping up the speed, and so far the pressure's been working. He just takes a little more time when there's a runner on, but still very rare that the pitch clock even gets below 10 seconds.

ball three so it's a three and oh it's probably going to look to take a pitch here and that one misses up and in so that's a walk that's only the second walk given up by McLean unfortunately it comes at a critical time now with

now two runners on base with just one out for sure so that'll bring the top of the ballon hitter number 29 Devin Brown so that'll bring the top of the Ballone lineup Devin Brown shortstop on the team

contact hitter and Brown will line right up the middle but Tyler Turner makes a great play and will throw over at second and convert a double play. Wow, I thought that was on the ground actually. I didn't realize that was a double play at first. What a heads-up play by Tyler Turner and then throwing over to J-Sig. So a threat by the Pioneers is shot down so we're going to be going to the bottom. bottom of the fifth now for the Chargers, still a scoreless tie. You are listening to Charger Baseball on Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM, and we'll be right back after this.

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We're here in a squirrelless tie, bottom of the fifth inning, and Jackson Phelps comes back to Malone. He's been absolutely dealing today. Sent down the first 12 hitters he's faced. So Jeff Landis, designated hitter for the truck. Chargers steps up trying to put a stop to that. Phelps in four full innings of work. He's only thrown 52 pitches. Great work from Phelps on keeping that arm ready to go for a few more innings here.

On the Charger side, McLean has thrown 56 in five innings, so actually more efficient pitch-wise. And a big swing and a miss by Landis, that'll be strike one. We saw just in our last play how well McLean's been able to rely on the fielding with great double play to send send away the inning after some worries with two players on base and just won out. Considering he's been perfect through four, he hasn't had that

many strikeouts. Oh, and Landis hits that to right center. That's going to drop. That's the first hit for the Chargers, breaks up the perfect game. And that's a base hit runner for Hillsdale. All right, a little bit soon to be talked about

a perfect game in the fifth inning, but still pretty impressive that Phelps was able to send down his first 12 hitters. Charger's certainly glad to finally see a chance to build momentum here with a hit now and the chance to hopefully wear down Phelps and get something on the board. So we've got Joe Hardenberg stepping in and the set the pitch and that's ball one. This will be the first time this game where Phelps has to pitch out of the stretch. So he's been working slower, so maybe than McLean,

so maybe he's going to be slowing it down even further now. And that one's inside, ball two. He might want to slow it down unless he's taking the Goldilocks approach of going outside, then inside, then find it down the middle. He's going to have to find that strike zone better. Maybe he's phased a little bit by the hit. I don't know. It was a bloop single, so I don't think that would get in his head very much.

And that's a hard hit to short. Thrown to second, that's one. Not in time to get Hardenburg at first, but Landis is out at second base. Took some quick running there. We were very close to seeing a double play. Good hustle by the left fielder there. And you have shortstop for the, sorry, shortstop Devin Brown had a really nice slick play there. He had to cover a lot of ground.

Now we've got Jacob Salee. If you're just tuning in, we're in the bottom of the fifth inning. There's one out and a runner on first for the chargers. Sili pops it up. Oh, and that's going to drop. Wow, that was a miscommunication there. Very similar to what we saw at the top of the inning only. In Malone's case, their defense was not able to convert the play.

Like I said, it's always bad news when you have more than two fielders running the same spot. Looks like Malone took the wrong cue from Hillsdale's playbook this time. Yeah, you don't want miscommunications like that. So Danny Pasadol will come up to the plate with two runners on. Looking at an identical situation for last game. And that's, oh, oh, almost. That's off the second basement. And here comes, here comes Hardenberg.

He will score a run. And, whoa, Pasadol going to second base. That was a risky play. Almost exactly identical, like you were saying, a hard line drive right at the Ballone's second baseman, but he was not able to convert the play like the Chargers were. That one was close, and kind of a little bit bad luck for the defense. Oh, it looks like it's going to be ruled an error on the second baseman, Eric Baum.

From here it certainly did look like some fielding errors that we're seeing right now. First, with the miscommunication with three people going in for the catch, and this time going right off his glove into the outfield should have been a good catch I'm pretty sure the error is probably on the second baseman because the miscommunication no one touched it I think that was just a hit and J-sick will ground it to second and looks like Baum converts to play this time retires J-Sick and no runner advances so we have runners on second and third now with two outs and Tyler Turner stepping to the plate Now Bannie, four hills have to second baseman.

Number 23, Tyler Turner. The first. Passanol's on second. So, yeah, we've got Salli and Passanol. Now Turner is at the plate. The first pitch. And that's foul down the right field line and into the charge of bullpen. saw some effort from the first basement to try to catch that foul.

It wasn't within reach, but clearly they're eager to get out of this inning. And even though there's a lot of space by the dugout on the right side, it kind of gets pretty tight once you get to the right field foul. There's not a lot of room there. And here comes the O-1 pitch on its way. And that's also fouled to the right side. No hustle for that one. That one's well outside of the field.

No point there. No chance anyone's making that catch. So quickly behind O and 2. And here comes the pitch. And called strike three. So Turner will go down looking, but the Chargers strike first on a couple of hits and an error to go up 1-0, going to the top of the sixth inning. So, yeah, you were listening to Charger Baseball on Radio Free Hillsdale, 101.7 FM, and we'll be right back after this. is the Making of America from the Jefferson Media Group.

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This has been The Making of America. I'm Michael Emerson, and you can visit us at jeffersonmediagroup.com. Welcome back to Charger Baseball on Radio Free Hillsdale, 101.7 FM. right now we're in the top of the sixth inning the chargers are up one nothing they scored a run in the bottom of the fifth on a couple of hits and a defensive in defensive miscues by the malone pioneers we have Tommy mcclain still on the mound he's on track for the win now he's pitched really well five shutout innings only three hits and he delivers and Philippi will take strike a ball one on the inside claims only his 57th pitch the game. Hard to believe considering. And Philippi will drive that into center. Passanil does a good job of keeping the ball in front of him

and holding Philippi to only one base. Pioneers clearly accepting the pressure of taking a run last inning, ready to try and get back into the action this time. So I'm pretty sure that, yeah, the Chargers also got their first runner on, I'm pretty sure, but Joe Hardenberg. No, Jeff Landis was retired. It was their second hitter last inning. And the first pitch is low.

Ball won. Very close to a fumble from the catcher there. There was definitely some desire to steal, but he got a hold of it just in time. Sometimes just the idea that the runner will steal might make the catcher a little more anxious to dig a ball out of the dirt. And the runner's going. It's a hit and run.

Grounded to J-SIC. So the runner will advance to second, but Anthony Ryan is going to be retired at first. smart play to do the hit and run there staying out of the double play because that had double play written all over it had had philip even playing that normally absolutely so zach floor left fielder is up at the plate with one out runner on second base the pitch and that misses inside this ball won it's a close pitch but we didn't even see a flinch from the batter here I think it was maybe a breaking ball that kind of moved in over the plate, so he wasn't planning on swinging anyway.

So it was probably closer to the plate than it looked to the hitter. And that's way up, that's ball too. When you still have both bullpens being quiet, looks like both coaches are going to be sticking with their starting pitchers for a little while longer. And here is Baclaine. And that's in there for a strike. Look like a breaking ball. Certainly both teams have good reason to place confidence in their pitchers right now.

Everything feels heightened with such a scoreless game, but seriously both pitchers have had just wonderful games, pitching efficiently and keeping the hits down. And the runner's going a third. The throw from Millard, and not quite. He's safe at third base. That's another great running decision we're seeing from him, just barely making it before they could catch him.

And Philippi, he seems like he has some pretty decent. and speed on him. He took second base on a hit and run, staying out of the double play, and then he stole third. He's, yeah, with that, he's seven for eight and stolen bases this season. And that's grounded to short.

Jasek has it. Philippi's going to score, but Flora will be retired. Had to cut their losses there. It looks like the pitch to the plate just wouldn't have made it in time, so they opted for first base instead. That makes that stolen base.

by Philippi made a big difference there. And, I mean, going back, even the running on the hit and run, the chargers could be out of this inning if not for the hit and run play. And that will be missed, bowl one. And here comes the one-oh. And that's popped up, high in the infield. Looks like Turner's going to be under it, and it'll make the play. So the pioneers answer right back with a run of their own.

and we're going to be going to the bottom of the sixth in a one-to-one tie. Still really good pitching duel going on. And it looks like Jackson Phelps is probably going to be coming back out to the mound. So it looks like, yeah, good pitching is going to be continuing. We're going to go to a quick break, but you are listening to Charger Baseball on Radio Free Hillsdale, 101.7 FM. We'll be right back after this. Telling the stories of those who have been awarded the Medal of Honor. This is Minute of Honor.

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Welcome back to Charger Baseball and Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM. If you're just tuning in with us, we're in the bottom of the sixth inning. It's a one-to-one tie, very good pitching on both sides. Jackson Phelps for the Pioneers of Malone and Tommy McLean for the Chargers. Both have only given up one run. McLean has only given up four hits and Phelps has only given up three. And it's going to be the top of the Charger lineup with Rocco Tunuta, stepping up to the plate.

He's 0 for 2 today, but he's a really good leadoff hitter. My mistake, 0 for 3. No, he is 0 for 2. And that will be ball 1 outside. And here comes the set, the 1-0. And Tanuda will take strike 1 outside. That, another one that catches the outside part of the plate. And that one, that one misses low and in.

That's ball one. Ball two. So we've got a two-one count now. Jackson Phelps has been working very efficiently. I think part of the reason why these pitch counts are so low is there haven't been too many strikeouts on either side. So a lot of defensive one-two pitch outs. You definitely have to give the fielding their credit. We've seen a few mishaps here and there, but overall they've been very good at keeping the pitching count low for them.

while we were talking there Petunna took ball three outside and here comes the 3-1 a big swing and a miss that's strike 2 so Tanuta's in a full count with nobody out in the bottom of the 6th

so Phelps sets and here comes the 3-2 and just foul tips it but it's caught that's a strikeout fifth strikeout for Phelps and we've got Wilmore

Malard coming to the play. To do to understandably frustrated is the 3-14 battered now going 0-4-3 at this game. Clearly came into that with a greater energy trying to get some kind of hit, but still comes up empty-handed. Not many hitters have had much success against either pitcher, so it's more understandable to go over three in a one-to-one game than if your team is scoring 10 runs and you're still over three, then it's probably worse for you. Millard takes ball one. Here comes the set, the old 1-0, and foul back. Strike 1. Three out of four games from Lake here, you get back in the mix.

Chargers need to play well this series, and then they're right back in the GMAC mix. Here's the 1-1. and that one misses, that's ball too. Must have had some break on it because that one looked closer to the plate than Millard's reaction would have implied. The 2-1, Millard

hits that one. Oh, what a play. Wow. What a play by Devin Brown. I thought that was going to be a base hit all the way. Another instance of just the slightest angle adjustment could have made that a great hit, but the fielding still stays strong. And so,

Charger first baseman Will Shannon will step to the plate. And look to maybe try to get another run for the Chargers. And that's a drive. That's down. Ooh, it gets past everyone. It's up to the wall. Shannon's rounding second. Thinks about third, but he's going to retreat to second safely.

That was another good hit. Kind of evens out. The center fielder for Malone, Charlie Robbins. Roberts just barely missed that one in the dive. That's exactly the sort of power we've been looking to see from Will Shannon Allgame as one of the biggest sluggers on the team. Six-five and hitting with great power this game. So far it's just been foul balls, but finally this time you've got a great double flying past him.

That'll bring Jeff Landis up to the plate with the runner in scoring position. Still two outs. And the delivery from Phelps. that one misses up bowl on here comes the set from Phelps and the pitch

and that's grounded over to second Baum fields it and throws him out in time so Chargers get a hit but can't capitalize on the runner in scoring position there and so we're going to be going to the top of the seventh with a one-to-one tie

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For more information, visit dc.hillsdale.edu, or contact Mary Greco at M. Greco at Hillsdale.orgheim. Welcome back to Charger Baseball on Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM. If you're just tuning in with us, we're right at the top of the seventh. It's a one-to-one tie. Both teams only have four hits, and we've still got our starters on the mound as Tommy McLean throws in their strike one and Jordan Stevens is the hitter O for two so far today and looks like McLean will miss outside ball one both starters six

innings one run given up and that's fouled back by a Stevens McLean here with the chance to settle back into his scoreless innings coming right off of that one run inning this will be a big inning for him and looks like there's a little bit of activity going on in the charger bullpen but not much looks like there's just stretching a little bit getting prepared to in case on mclane gets into any trouble and the two two pitches fouled back seeing some inconsistency in his pitching if he can get a good handle on it get back into his regular rhythm he could potentially come back for the eighth but there's a good chance they may look into a relief He might not want to

force him to pitch more than he wants to, especially if you've got a solid bullpen arm coming in. And the 2-2 misses high ball three. The payoff pitch, and it's foul-tipped and it's felled back. Certainly looking at an eager batter here in Stevens, who's definitely looking to keep the momentum going for the pirates. He definitely wants to And another payoff pitch that's low, draws the walk.

So he holds back on that one. He may have wanted to swing away, but even that pitch was too far away for him. Now batting the second baseman, Eric Baum. And the second baseman, Eric Baum coming to the plate. Here's the pitch. And he shows bunt, but he pulls it back and it's ball one. Byrits has definitely shown some tendency to want to bunt this game. an early Bunt attempt and a sacrifice blunt

early on in the game. And he shows Bunt again, and that's going to be a cold strike. So one in one, nobody out. Runner on first here for the Malon. Pickoff attend. Unsuccessful. It wasn't really a real pickoff attempt, just tried to keep the runner awake.

And another bunch shown, and that's ball two. Looks like some attempt to definitely shake up a claim here, try to throw them off the Bunt attempts too. Yeah, you just put, the idea of bunt in the pitcher's head. Oh, and he does bunt it, though, and McLean will field it,

throw him out at first in time, but Baum makes it to second base. For the pioneers, that is now the second successful sacrifice bunt of the game. I'm sorry, Stevens moves a second, and it was a successful sacrifice by Bown. So one out, runner-and-scoring position for Alan D.S. He has two of the pioneers for hit

this game. He will take ball one outside. And here's a set, checks the runner, throws the pitch, and that misses ball two. A hitters count for Diaz, where even though Diaz is batting eighth, he's swinging a pretty hot bat today. He has two hits, and he's not the guy that you want to get into a hitter's count against today. And that one's hit hard at J-Sick at short. Runner will hold at second and throws to first in time to retire Diaz. Ideal spot for the Chargers.

Kept the runner on second too scared to advance and made sure they could still get to first. Huge out there. Yeah, I was hit hard right at the shortstop, so the runner wouldn't have wanted to attempt to go at it. If it were hit a little slower, I think he probably would have gone. and J-SIC probably would have still been forced to take the out at first. And McLean will throw strike one. There's a beautiful pitch down the middle. Maybe that good defensive play by J-SIC kind of settled them in again.

I mean, seven innings, one run, you take that any time. That's a swing and a miss. That'll be two strikes, no balls on Charlie Roberts. And here comes the O and two delivery. Swing and a miss, strike three. That is three pitches, one out for McLean. He gets out of the seventh inning. So we're going to the bottom of the seventh.

Still a one-to-one tie. And we are listening to Charger Baseball on Radio Free Hillsdale, 101.7 FM. And we'll be right back after this. Telling the stories of those who have been awarded the Medal of Honor, This is Minute of Honor. Here's Jinnah Suhita. On September 17th, 1941, First Lieutenant Donald K. Schwab was leaving his company across exposed ground in France when intense enemy fire came without warning from the woods directly

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For his extraordinary heroism and selflessness, above and beyond the call of duty, first lieutenant Donald Schwab was awarded the Medal of Honor. This is Minute of Honor on Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM. Welcome back to Charger Baseball on Radio Free Hillsdale, 101.1.1. 1.7 FM. If you're just tuning in, the Chargers and Pioneers are in one-to-one tie. We're in the bottom of the seventh inning. And Jackson Phelps is going out for a seventh inning. He's been very solid today.

Six innings, only one earned run. And he will be facing Will Shannon. Joe Hardenberg, my mistake. Will Shannon batted last inning. And Hardenberg swings at the first pitch. That's going back. and it's off the wall and Harndberg's running.

Fielder's can't really handle it very well and he will hold it second with a stand-up double. Big hit by the left fielder. The comparison to Will Shannon purred to be a little bit of foreshadowing there. Shannon was the previous person with the only double of this game

but now I've got two big doubles. Very big hit. Now the Chargers have a runner in scoring position with nobody out for Jacob Salee. Jacob Salee had a base hit his last time up, so if he does that again, very likely that Hearnberg can score. Salis shows Bund, and he bunts it right back to the pitcher, and they'll take it out, and Hearnberg is on third base. It does make for the third sacrificial bun to the game, but the first one that the Chargers have attempted here.

Great way to get them all the way to third. Now a mid-depth fly ball to the outfield likely scores Hardenberg. Base hit. Infield is playing in to cut the runner down at home in the event of a ground ball. And that's a base hit to center field. Here comes Hardenberg. He will score. Salae makes a big turn, holds at first.

So now we have the Chargers leading two to one, the bottom of the seventh inning. And that's a very comfortable run. I mean, Hardenberg practically jogged into the plate. They knew it was a great. hit. They knew they were in a great spot. Now we're seeing some pressure on Phelps. I think it's very unlikely he'll be coming back for any sort of eighth inning. Very solid hit there. And now we've got Aaron Jasek on the plate, which means McLean is on track for the win yet again if either the charges hold the lead or if it's if it's it for McLean, he's on track for the win. And Jasek will take

ball one outside. So here comes the set. One-0. Runner's going, and it's a ground to third. Thrown to first and another hit and run, this time by the Chargers. And Salee will take second base. Passanil will take second. Jasek, as we pointed before, not one of the stronger batters on the team with just a 196 average,

but certainly still helpful here in the play, at least advancing a second. Yeah, that was Pasadol with the RBI base hit. Sali had the sacrifice bunts. I think I got them mixed up earlier. But Tyler Turner is up with the runner on second base, two outs, looking to maybe extend the lead a little bit. The set, the pitch, and that's popped up high. Third base side, battling the sun, but he'll make the catch.

So Chargers out of run, they hold a lead going to the eighth inning, but they fail to add more. So going to the top of the eighth is Chargers. Chargers 2, Pioneers 1, you are listening to Charger Baseball on Radio Free Hillsdale, 101.7 FM, and we'll be right back after this. Welcome to the Astro Minute, where we're exploring the universe 60 seconds at a time. I'm Lauren Smith, and something's about to happen that won't happen again until 2044. On April 8th of this year, the moon will pass between the Earth and the Sun, casting its moving shadow across North America. All the U.S. will experience a partial solar eclipse, and those directly in the shadow's path, a total eclipse of the sun.

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a bunt by Salie and a single by Danny Passanel. So Chargers lead two to one. And Tommy McLean is coming out for the eighth inning. And the first hitter shows bunt. Devin Brown will foul a bunt off, strike one. Great to see McLeigh back of the mound. He really has had an incredible game. He managed to settle in for that last inning to keep it scoreless, get back on track.

I'm wondering if the chargers are going to let him go for a complete game or not. Considering this is the first of four games that they got with Malone, I wouldn't be surprised if they're doing their best to make sure that the release. Leaf pitchers are fresh for some other games. Or assuming McLean gets out of the eighth inning clean, they'll see if the chargers can add any runs for him at the bottom of the eighth. And then if they add another run or two, I say they probably should let him go for the complete game. Otherwise, maybe bring in the closer.

And Brown will hit it, high ball into right field. Sali is under it and he'll make the play. So that's one out. This time, not three-fielders coming at the ball to make the catch. We're happy to see a much more comfortable, comfortable play there. Definitely. It was hit a little bit too deep for the second

basement to have a realistic play at it. So J.C. Philippi, Malone's first baseman, steps in. And he takes the first pitch for a ball. And now we have the pitch.

And so ground ball to second. Turner has it. throws to first. And that's two away. Once again, it's those fielders doing a great job keeping McLean low on the pitch count. That's two really quick outs. Now we've got Anthony Ryan, catcher. And so let's see if... And Ryan will... Oh, what a play!

That's a line drive right at Will Shannon at first. And he'll make the catch. a little bit in foul territory. Wow. That was a very quick inning for the Charger defense. So the Chargers will come right back to hit the bottom of the 8th with a two to one lead. And you are listening to Charger Baseball and Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM. And we'll be right back after this. New Orleans, Louisiana's name has just as long and significant in history as the city itself. Known for its exciting and vibrant Mardi Gras celebrations, its significant cultural impact, especially in music and cuisine. and its unique position in American history,

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and you are listening to Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM. Welcome back to Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM. You were listening to Charger Baseball. Right now we're in the bottom of the eighth inning. The Chargers are leading two to one. And looks like the Malone pioneers are still going to stick with her starting pitcher. Jackson Phelps. It's pitched very well.

Only two earned runs in seven innings. And he's going to be facing the top of the Charger lineup, which he's had really good success against the top of the lineup today. Pitcher's duel. I mean, Tommy McClain's pitched eight innings giving up one run. And it remains to be seen whether they're going to let him go for a complete game or not. So here comes Tanuta, freshman leadoff hitter, and he'll take ball one outside. Tanita's kind of having a tougher day at the plate today. He's over for three.

The set. And the pitch. And that one misses for a ball. Phelps definitely going to have to prove himself here, considering he's already pitched a longer game. He's kept the pitch count low, but after giving up a couple runs, there's questions of whether or not relief should be brought in. He's given up a few more hits than McLean. Rocco, Tanuda, takes ball three. The wind's picked up a little bit.

It's blowing pretty hard out to right field. And Tanuda will take strike one. No intention to swing at that one. There is a little bit of activity in both bullpins, but, especially in Malone's bullpen. And Tanuta will hit that one into shallow right field. That's a base hit. So he will get his first hit of the day.

Tanuda hitting an airplane celebrates for the first base. Understandably pleased to, after three unsuccessful at bats, finally get a good hit in the same thing. And when you're as solid of a hitter as Tanuda is, it must be frustrating to not have success at the plate for a while. and then to break through like that. Here comes Mallard, who's on a pretty good hot streak swinging the bat. Mallard shows Bund.

He pulls it back. And Tenoota will retreat to first base. So it's a 1-0. Runner on first. Nobody out. Bottom of the 8th inning. And Millard waits for the 1-0. Here it comes.

And he bunts. Really nice bund up the first base line. Phelps shovels it to first. Malarida is retired, but Tanuda takes second. Two sacrificed buntz for each team, if I remember correctly. Sacrificial bunts have definitely key to this game and making sure runners can advance and get in key positions. And there's Will Shannon, big power-hitting first baseman on the Chargers.

We love seeing that double from him earlier this game. We'd love to see some more power again. Give a little bit of run support, a little bit of a cushion for either McLean or whoever the closer that the charges bring in is the pitch and that one misses a little bit outside Phelps gets the sign and the set the pitch he'll check his swing that's ball two we saw just a little bit of hesitation will shannon on both of those he's clearly itching for some kind of hit but he's had a good eye so far getting a feel for those balls He really wants to swing at one, but they're just a little bit out of his zone.

And Phelps throws the two-o-oh, and that one misses. That's ball three. That's two hitters this inning that have been ahead three-oh. And they're going to just finish him up and intentionally walk him with first base open. So Phelps throws three balls to him, and then the coach just decides just to give him first base. So that will bring up the design. designated hitter Jeff Landis, runner on first and second base.

Probably a good call, set up the double play, and Landis is not a very fast base runner. Anything they can do to keep Phelps count a little lower as he looks more pressure on this thing is a good idea. Yeah, definitely looking for the double play, and a base hit scores to Nuda regardless. So there's ball one to Landis now. Landis has a left-handed pull hitter

and a wind blowing out to right field. He probably wants to hit one. That one's fouled back at the screen. Without the net there, it may have come into the press box. So one ball, one strike, one out, and Phelps with the pitch. And he will check his swing. And the appeal, no swing. Definitely took that one down to the last second in terms of whether or not he wanted to swing at that.

Yeah, he wanted it. He's got a good chance here. Two runners on, one out. Pretty good power hitter. And, oh, he winds that one down the right field line. Looks like Tenozo's around third. He's going to score. And here comes, no, Shannon's going to hold at third.

And that's an RBI double from Jeff Landis. So the Chargers now lead three to one in the bottom of the eighth inning. That's going to be really nice, for Charger pitching next inning to have two runs. And it looks like that might be it for Phelps. They're coming to the mound for a visit. Yeah, they're going to bring in a new pitcher. So while the new pitcher for Malone warms up,

we're going to go to a quick break. You are listening to Charger Baseball on Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM. We'll be right back after this. Welcome to the old ballgame, where we talk about the past of America's favorite pastime. Tate Christensen. Today we talk about the origin of baseball's favorite concession food, hot dogs. At early ball games, there were no official concession stands, but local people would sell food to fans who tended to eat things you would eat without utensils. And at the beginning of the 20th century, German immigrants began to help shape the culture, and people began to love their

dachshund sausages, which were served with a milk roll and sauerkraut. In the 1860s, Chris von der Ahe, a German immigrant and owner of the St. Louis Browns, introduced the hot dog to baseball fans. At first, they were served without buns, and instead, customers would keep the white gloves that the hot sausages were served on. However, the gloves were eventually not being returned, and this frustrated the company. Somewhere along the line, the split bun was introduced, and it fit just like a glove, and now countless hot dogs are eaten every ballgame. This has been the old ballgame on Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM. Welcome back to Charger Baseball on Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM. So after pitching very well for seven innings, the pioneers brought Jackson Phelps out for an eighth inning,

and he gave up three hits, two hits, a walk and a run, getting only one out. So that will be the day for him. Admittedly, definitely a tough decision to bring Phelps back out to see the top of the lineup after already pitching for so much of the game. Yes, so it looks like the new pitcher will be Michael Paljic. I don't know if I'm pronouncing that right, but. he's going to be pitching the rest of the eighth inning likely for the pioneers and still really good day for Jackson Phelps even though he's he's not going to get the win and he's he may get the loss today but still giving up two runs through seven that's really good and he gave up a third just now but really good pitching so we're here now in the bottom of the eighth Chargers have runner on second and third base with one out, and Joe Hardenberg is coming up to the plate.

Hardenberg also, I think, he had to double his last time up. So the Charger power hitters, after kind of having a rough start early on, they've really shown up, and Hardenberg will take ball one. Here's the set. The delivery, and a big swing and a miss. maybe now that the chargers have more of an insurance run hardenberg feels more free to swing away he's got to be eager too after that great double that he hit this last half bad here's the one and one and that's fouled back on the right side so that's two strikes we have a pitcher warming up in the bullpen

for the chargers so might have been might be the day from mclean very good pitching. Oh, and that's a called strike three on Hardenberg, so two outs. And Jacob, Danny Pasanel, no, Jacob Salee, they got that right the first time. Jacob Salis coming up to the plate. Now batting four of the charges, right-field number 22, Jacob Salis. Salis had a big RBI base hit to open the scoring for the Chargers in the bottom of the fifth inning. And there's the pitch, and that's low on out, ball one. Nice blocked by the Malone catcher. And here's the 1-0 pitch.

And Sali will pop that up. Is he going to have room? Yeah, Philippi is going to have plenty of room, make the catch. So the Chargers add another run. They're going to give a 3-to-1 lead to it. It looks like Chad Stevens for the top of the ninth inning as he looks to close out the game. So we're going to go to a quick break.

You are listening to Charger Baseball on Radio Free Hillsteel, 101.7 FM, and we'll be right back after this. Welcome to the Grammar Minute, where we're saving the English language 60 seconds at a time. I'm Lauren Smith, and I'm back with another episode on pluralization and apostrophes. Let's be real, it's confusing, but it's also one of the easiest grammar mistakes to notice once you're initiated, which makes it an absolute no-no for professional writing. So here's your quick guide to apostrophes and pluralization. If you have a word like coffee, the correct way to make it plural, coffees, is simply add an S. If you have a word like cat and you want to talk about the cat's bed, then you add apostrophe S. Apostrophe S can also be short for is.

If you want to say that Rachel is going to her friend's house, you can write Rachel apostrophe S. So to recap, apostrophe S means either possession or is. It doesn't ever, ever, under any circumstances, mean plural. This is one of the rare occasions where English has a rule. That's your grammar minute. Welcome back to Charger Baseball on Radio Free Hillsdale, 101.7 FM. Well, here it looks like actually they have not brought in a reliever. I think that they're going to let McLean try for the complete game.

I mean, he's pitched great so far. Eight innings, one run. And there's a ground ball. It's a third. Tenuda will fire across the diamond. That's one out. So, yes, eight and a third. Four hits, one run.

Very good day for McLean. He had kind of a rough season coming into this game, and he's really settled down. If this is a sign of things to come, then charger pitching just got a lot better. Definitely glad to see the confidence they're placing in McLean after a great game he's pitched, especially after last inning, settling in again,

making sure they didn't take any more runs. Good to see him back in the swing of things for a potential complete game. McLean's first pitch is outside for a ball. There's a Bunn. McLean will have it. Throws not quite in time. So a base hit for Aelman, bun single. So there's going to be a runner on first with one out.

and Jordan Stevens coming to the plate. Not the first bunts attempt, but the first bunn's attempts we've seen going towards the left, and it looked like that did catch the infield off guard. Or the first bunn attempt with the intention of getting a hit rather than a sacrifice. That's grounded hard of the third base line, but foul. Definitely looks like a little hesitation for McLean on that play.

Might have cost him the out on first. He maybe wasn't sure if it was hard enough to get to the third baseman or whether it was his. and the pitch and that's fouled back that's two strikes that was five hits for the pioneers eight for hillsdale and the set the oh two oh and that misses that's low and away that's two strike one ball two strikes looks like the pace is not slowed down from mclean he's still got that speed trying to keep the batter off the rhythm. Yeah, McLean is just wanting to fire the pitches in. Kind of a check swing there, but felled up the right side. It looked like he maybe didn't really want to swing at that one. So here comes

another one, two. And oh, he's called strike three. That's two outs. What a pitch by McLean. It was a check swing, but it was a strike anyway, so no difference. McLean nicely settling in. It would be great to see another out here, and he's got that all through nine innings. Eric Baum, the hitter. Steps in against McLean again. And the pitch. Looks like a breaking ball misses up. Ball one.

Chargers won out away from a game one victory against Malone. That's a strike. One ball, one strike, two outs. Top of the ninth inning. Chargers leading three to one. Mom will swing away, fell it off. So McLean is one strike away from a complete game here. Here's the set.

Grounded over to short. Jasek has it. Throws to first, he's out, and the ball game is over. What a pitching performance by Tommy McLean. That was something special there. Big tone setter for winning in game one. great performance from the Chargers. Good enough to Prudence now 8-9 in the conference and 13-19 overall

with great momentum going into their next three games that they've got versus Malone. And their bullpen is still fresh. They didn't have to use a single pitcher other than McLean. Once again, McLean's final pitching line, nine innings, one run, five hits. Don't go away because we have more Charger baseball coming up at 4 o'clock today. but for now, you have been listening to Charger Baseball on Radio Free Hillsdale. I'm Christian Papineau. My partner in the booth today was Nathan Stanish, and we'll be back at 4 o'clock.

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