by Nick Cipolla
Final. LI Hurricanes: 1 Moriches Bay Red Devils: 0
Chris Votruba was lights out on the mound. Pitching 5 shutout innings with 8 strikeouts pic.twitter.com/PMKRv2tIop
— Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) September 9, 2022
Sometimes, all it takes is one run to decide a ballgame. That statement proved to be true in the LI Hurricanes win over the Red Devils on Friday Night.
Chris Votruba was a man on a mission and it seemed like no one would hit him all night.
Votruba shut down Moriches Bay for 5 innings, allowing only 5 batters to reach base (4 walks, 1 hit), and striking out 8 en route to a 1-0 victory.
The performance by Votruba was very impressive for someone his age. His first six outs recorded were all strikeouts as the Red Devils couldn’t keep up with his fastball all game.
The only run that scored was in the top of the first. Jagger Franco reached on a throwing error from the shortstop. He then stole second and advanced to third on an infield single, putting himself in prime scoring position.
The Hurricanes would pull off a well-executed double steal of second and home allowing Franco to score, making it a 1-0 game.
The Red Devils only chance of scoring was in the bottom of the first. They had their first two batters reach and had runners on second and third with nobody out. They unfortunately couldn’t capitalize here and that ended up being the difference in this game.
The only noteworthy performance for the Red Devils was Mikey Huisman who was lights out on the mound in his 4 innings of relief, not allowing any runs to score and keeping the score at 1-0.
Unfortunately, someone had to lose this pitcher’s duel. And fortunately for the Hurricanes, Chris Votruba was victorious in his efforts today.
