Northern Region Game Results

I'm sorry if I missed it earlier, but why was the old "slaughter rule" changed (seems ill conceived to me)? There is no way to defend a 26 - 0 high school game unless the region that implemented it wants to inflate batting averages .

I'm not aware of any change in the rule. The game has to go 5 innings (4 1/2 if home team leads). You can score a lot of runs in 4-5 AB's sometimes.

Now, if someone is stealing, playing their starters and still throwing their ace in that game, that's a different issue.

quote:

Originally posted by Midlo Dad:
I'm not aware of any change in the rule. The game has to go 5 innings (4 1/2 if home team leads). You can score a lot of runs in 4-5 AB's sometimes.

Now, if someone is stealing, playing their starters and still throwing their ace in that game, that's a different issue.

I would think that by beating Falls Church 18-0 in their first meeting (or beating) and 36-0 in the second, there should be no reason that a starter plays in the 3rd game...but that's just me.

By reading the game reviews from Hayfield's website, it would appear that starters played significant time, if not the entire game, in all three games. Here's the link for anyone interested. I don't want to post the writeups, because of the player's names. I don't blame the players one bit. Coach tells you to hit, go hit it.

http://www.hawksathletics.org/...on=main.team&ID=3845

Here is the writeup from the Hayfield site....Score:
HAWKS: 26
FALLS CHURCH JAGUARS: 0

Varsity Baseball(8-1) hammers Falls Church 26-0 in 5 inning matinee. Bryan DiRosario continues to swing a hot bat, hitting 2 more home runs. Josh Eldridge also homered, his 4th, while leading the team with 4 hits and 5 RBI's. In all, 14 Hawks collected hits on the afternoon.

Here is a more competitive game against Yorktown.

HAWKS: 5
YORKTOWN PATRIOTS: 2

Varsity Baseball(7-0) takes over sole possession of 1st place defeating 4-time defending district champion Yorktown 5-2. Cory Spera struck out 8 in notching his 3rd win, while Daniel Vega closed for his 1st save. Josh Eldridge had 2 hits to lead the offense.

And here their only loss to W & L:
Score:
HAWKS: 1
WASHINGTON-LEE GENERALS: 4

Varsity Baseball(7-1) drops first game of season, 4-1 to W-L. Justin Drechsel struck out 9 and threw 6 shutout innings in his first extended work this year, only allowing runs in the 2nd. Josh Eldridge led the team with a pair of hits. The opponents made plays and made the most of their opportunities as the home team saw the breaks go against them time and time again.



Offensive highlight when they play a good National district team seems to be Eldridge with a pair of hits.....

Can you imagine what their stats look like...

Umm...playing a team three times in a season and beating them by a combined score of 80-0 (That is EIGHTY runs to ZERO !! ) will have a way of inflating your stats.

quote:

Originally posted by Midlo Dad:
I'm not aware of any change in the rule. The game has to go 5 innings (4 1/2 if home team leads). You can score a lot of runs in 4-5 AB's sometimes.

Now, if someone is stealing, playing their starters and still throwing their ace in that game, that's a different issue.

It just appears that the old 10 run slaughter rule is not in affect anymore...if it was, there would not be a 36-0 game. I can't imagine that Hayfield wasn't ahead by more than 10 after 5 innings in that game...something is different this year...I think.

Robinson 5 Oakton 1 Graber and Baker hold Oakton to five hits and one run.

quote:

Originally posted by venkman:

quote:

Originally posted by Midlo Dad:
I'm not aware of any change in the rule. The game has to go 5 innings (4 1/2 if home team leads). You can score a lot of runs in 4-5 AB's sometimes.

Now, if someone is stealing, playing their starters and still throwing their ace in that game, that's a different issue.

It just appears that the old 10 run slaughter rule is not in affect anymore...if it was, there would not be a 36-0 game. I can't imagine that Hayfield wasn't ahead by more than 10 after 5 innings in that game...something is different this year...I think.

The rule is still in effect...clearly a team can score more, or much more in this case, than 10 runs PRIOR the the 4 1/2 inning minimum...

quote:

Originally posted by berryberrygood:
Umm...playing a team three times in a season and beating them by a combined score of 80-0 (That is EIGHTY runs to ZERO !! ) will have a way of inflating your stats.

You bet...I don't know the coach, but I know a bunch of the players from both teams (again, I don't put any blame on the kids)...and if the athletic director didn't DIRECT him to back off after the 6 touchdown performance in the previous game, neither belongs in high school sports...

Lake Braddock 10 - West Springfield 2


I heard the 10 run rule is no longer.

Are you saying they played beyond the 5th inning?

The 10 run rule did not come into play in this game. There have been some other games up here that could have been stopped if the run rule still applied.

South County 3
West Potomac 2

Dan Jarrell frustrates SC giving up only two infield hits and two HRs in 6 innings. Bondurant had a solo shot in the first to put SC up 1-0. WP took the lead 2-1 in the 2nd on a 2-run double by Cormac McPherson scoring Trenchard and King. WP held that lead with solid defense until the 6th. In the top of the 6th WP had bases loaded with one out, but could not bring a run in. With two outs in the bottom of the 6th and Carrington on 2B, Mike Perez belts a two-run HR to win it for South County.

quote:

Originally posted by golfball:
The 10 run rule did not come into play in this game. There have been some other games up here that could have been stopped if the run rule still applied.

Thanks golfball, why is the 10 run rule used sporadically? Someone on this site should know. Thanks.

"With the bases loaded and just one out in the top of the fourth inning, and their team down by 33 runs, it seemed as though things couldn’t possibly get worse for fans of the Falls Church Jaguars, who were huddled under blankets on an unseasonably frigid late-March night."

There is a 15 run rule after 5 for AAA Northern Region. Once they got through 5 innings they stopped. Ugly...

quote:

Originally posted by NOVABBall13:
"With the bases loaded and just one out in the top of the fourth inning, and their team down by 33 runs, it seemed as though things couldn’t possibly get worse for fans of the Falls Church Jaguars, who were huddled under blankets on an unseasonably frigid late-March night."

There is a 15 run rule after 5 for AAA Northern Region. Once they got through 5 innings they stopped. Ugly...

Thanks. So did the Northern Region change the slaughter rule from 10 to 15 this year or has it always been 15? Do you know who is (are) the Northern Region high school sports decision makers? Sorry for peppering you with questions.

Not sure. The 15 run rule piece was in the paper. I have looked on VHSL and they only mention a 10 run rule there for baseball, although they do mention that the districts can suspend that during tournament play. Looks like they could have had a 30 run rule and it still wouldn't have helped...

Going to start a new Northern Region Score updates.

quote:

Originally posted by novabball:
Going to start a new Northern Region Score updates.

Hayfield is done with playing Falls Church now...no need to start a new thread...too bad for the hawks