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Nate Freiman pinch-hit in the ninth and tried to start a rally with his single

Another One-Run Loss For Orleans, This Time To Brewster, 3-2

Hitting Coach Robb Gorr ejected before the game, Cardinals frustrations reach new heights

July 8, 2007

By: Brett Brecheisen - Orleans Cardinals Intern

Brewster, Massachusetts – In what has been a tough week for the Orleans Cardinals, the frustrations continued to mount.  Orleans lost a one-run game for the fifth time in their past seven days tonight against Brewster, 3-2.  The loss was the fourth in a row for the club and the sixth loss in the past seven games for Orleans.

The game ended before it ever started for Cards Hitting Coach Robb Gorr.  Gorr aired the teams recent frustrations with umpiring at the game's ground rules meeting, leading to his ejection.  

” We’re all frustrated and Coach Gorr just let the guy know how he felt," said Manager Kelly Nicholson.  "I had no problems with that at all.  Everything he said to him was correct and right on the money.  That wasn’t just Robb speaking, that was all of us speaking,”

The ejection seemed to fire up the Cardinals hitters early on as they took no time to get the bats going.  Back-to-back doubles in the first inning by LF Jon Gaston (Arizona) and RF Dennis Raben (Miami, FL) gave Orleans the early lead.

The Cardinals picked up another run in the second on a base-hit by 2B Alden Carrithers (UCLA).  The hit brought in DH Eric Reese (Fordham) who reached base on an error.

That was when the fire in the Cardinals lineup was extinguished.  Brewster starter RHP Adam Warren (UNC) bore down and with some help from relievers LHP Keith Shinaberry (Texas) and RHP Austin Yount (Stanford), did not allow another run the rest of the game.

“We have to just try to hit line drives, bunt, walk, and work counts.  We have to find a way to get on base instead of slugging it out.  This is a pitcher’s league,” Nicholson said.

LHP Pat McAnaney (Virginia) pitched for the Cards and had another solid start.  He threw 82 pitches in five innings and did not walk a batter for the second start in a row.

Left-handers that throw strikes in this league do very well,” Nicholson said. “I didn’t think McAnaney was as sharp as he was the other night against Cotuit; but, he threw the ball well,” he added.

After his one-hit performance against Cotuit a week ago, it was quite difficult for McAnaney to be as sharp as he was in that start.  The Whitecaps did touch McAnaney up for seven hits, however, and took a lead that they would keep in the fourth inning.

A lead-off double by 3B David Doss (S. Alabama) started things off for Brewster.  That was followed by a base-hit from RF Brad Glenn (Arizona).  Two batters later, C Charlie Cutler (California) laid down a bunt down the first-base line that was fielded by Cards 1B Jose Jimenez (Tampa).  Jimenez hurried a throw home in an effort to nab Doss at the plate and the ball got by C Travis Tartamella (Pepperdine) as Doss slid home to tie the game.  2B Tavo Hall (San Francisco) followed with an RBI-single to center to give Brewster the lead.

The score held as the Cardinals never really had a legitimate scoring threat the rest of the game.

“It’s really, really frustrating.  We just couldn’t get a big hit today,” Coach Nicholson said.

After winning two one-run games in the first week of the season, the Cardinals have now dropped five of them in a row.   When asked what his team can do to turn the tables on these one-run games, Coach Nicholson simply said “I don’t have an answer for that.”

Orleans will look to snap their longest losing streak of the season when they host the Hyannis Mets tomorrow night at 7:00pm.  The Cardinals will play the Mets on back-to-back days as they will head to Hyannis on Tuesday to make-up the game that was postponed due to weather last week.

W – Keith Shinaberry (Texas), 3-0

L – Pat McAnaney (Virginia), 0-2

SV – Austin Yount (Stanford), 1