The Hounds lost to the Vikings in a darkness/lateness-shortened game tonight by a score of 10-6 after only 5 innings. The Hounds now have a 2-2 record with 29 regular season games remaining in the 2019 schedule. The Hounds were down 10-5 going into the last inning that started at 7:58 pm (the CMBA bylaws state that an inning cannot start after 8:00 pm if the field does not have lights). The Hounds scored a run and had the bases loaded in the final frame with 2 outs, and Brian Lehman (#2, 3B) sent a rocket shot to center field that surely would have cleared the bases scoring 3 more runs, but the centerfielder for the Vikings stabbed it to end the game.

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The Chicago Hounds defeated Ramirez Baseball 7-3 today at a sloppy, sloppy, almost unplayable Maywood Veterans Memorial Park on Laura Grieger’s graduation day!

Nick Schmidt (#23, P) threw 6 solid innings to avenge last year’s loss to Ramirez, striking out 8, and giving up only 2 earned runs on 1 hit and 4 walks. Rookie “Lanky Charlie” or “Big Z” Phil Zelenka (#24, P) closed the game out pitching the final frame with a K and 1 unearned run.

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Hi all, no game today, Winnemac is flooded.
See you this weekend!

The Hounds defeated/lost to/tied(?) the Pirates at Veterans Memorial Maywood Park today (I actually have no idea of the score, it was a scrimmage). The field was underwater at 9:00 am, so for the second occasion this April the Hounds worked to get the game in by working the land. 5 full bags of quick dry and a lot of raking did the trick (well 4+ full bags, quite a bit was deposited in the back seat of my car). It was a blustery day, as the wind was really howling in from centerfield, making every fly ball an adventure (just like the Cubs/Diamondbacks games the last two days). Continue reading “Second Successful Scrimmage” →

9 Chicago Hounds defeated 6 Winnemac Electrons 8-7 today in a 5-inning dual-squad scrimmage at Winnemac Park. It was cold and windy, but it was a sunny and beautiful day at the shared home field of the Trons and Hounds.

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