After storming to a 4-0 record in the league, the OBoyz faced the defending champion Storm on 3 May Sunday. Fielding their strongest lineup, the OBoyz had high hopes of matching their illustrious opponent.However, the entire team looked out of sorts in the first inning, giving up 4 runs as Alex struggled to hold Storm's power hitters at bay. His defence was porous as they committed 4 errors and their offence, non-existent. The team mustered only 2 hits, a single by their hottest hitter Ronghan and a bunt single by Shifeng. They only managed to reach 2nd base once in the entire 5 innings.
Storm's pitcher was made to look very good with the OBoyz team committing a season high 5 strikeouts with a batting average of a paltry 0.111. Never before had the team's average fell below 0.300 in the first 4 games.
Just minutes after finishing the first game of the day, the OBoyz team went on to play Viper who has manage only 1 victory in the last 7 games. Just when the team thought the game would be a stroll in the park, the offence again never took off. The OBoyz team only managed 4 hits to win 8-1, finishing with a game batting average of 0.222 and with Jessen, the substitute shortstop hitting a 2 run homer. It seems like offence, which is the key component in the team's game, has disappeared.
It is to be seen if the team can regain its mojo ahead of its clash with Hunters and ORA. Its current anaemic offence will simply not hold against such teams with established pitchers.
(All images in this post courtesy of Chan Bin Kan aka Biscuit)
A concern Oboyz fan(55) wrote:
ReplyDeleteThe sky is fallin The sky is fallin..
The Boyz offense has hit a snag for the last 3 games(including ORA game).
What have they been doin during their off days? Eatin Brownies and Banana cake I heard.
Their opponents' pitch hasn't the fastest or the nastiest. Why aren't they hitting the ball?
Partying hard at Zouk I heard.
I hope they could hire Sir Alex Ferguson to reign in some discipline.