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2026 Season Game Summaries

Week 1 Bats

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

After an off season of hot stove action and batting cages opening day was finally here. Every new season starts with hope and the anticipation of great things to come, but it's a long season so let's focus on winning the first game first - right? The Giants sent out Cole Lambert and he cut efficiently through the Bat's lineup for the first four scoreless innings ending with 7 strikeouts. With the Bats' bats being held in check the Giants scored a couple early runs before bringing in new addition Casey Pickering in relief. Casey pitched two scoreless innings adding 3 more strikeouts as the margin widened to the 9 to 1 final. Chandler Maclean and Adam Reents led the hitting both with 2 hits. Another newcomer, Tim Bullert, got his first hit as a Giant and also pitched the last inning. Cool Beans - but that's just the first game. Now we have to focus on game two.

Adam Reents took the mound and gave up an early run before settling down. The offense jumped in early and often as the 17 to 2 final led to the 5 inning rule kicking in. Mike Cisewski and former Bomber, Trevor Copeland both led the offense getting 2 hits with Casey Pickering getting his first double. Reents picked up the win with free agent pick up, Jason Condit, pitching two scoreless innings adding 4 strikeouts. Game two - check - now on to game three. Wait - what do you mean no games next week?

"Remember two things: Play hard and have fun." Tony Gwynn

True dat, Tony. We did have some help with 21 BBs and 6 HBPs but as someone said during some mid-game fellowship - you can't hit it if it's not a strike.

"My favorite ability in a player is the combination of aggressiveness and patience." Joey Votto

Nobody died but the week off does give a couple of guys an opportunity to heal up and get ready for May 31st. Have a nice Memorial Day Weekend.

LF Go Giants!!

Week 2 Milkmen

Never Stop Never Stopping

Today's opponent, the Milkmen, is a newish team that has been expected to quickly improve as they become more established in the TCMABL. The Giants were looking to continue their momentum from last week's opener. Cole Lambert had another quality start going the first four innings without allowing a run. By the time Cole Wenzel struck out a couple to close out the final inning the Giants had finished with a 9 to 3 win. Adam Reents and Ren Martin led the hitting with two hits a piece with 10 other players each getting a hit. Martin also picked up 3 RBI.

Game two started under a light sprinkle for the first inning that gradually forced a 30 minute rain delay as we waited for the sky to clear. By the time starter Jason Condit wrapped up his 5 innings of work, he had struck out 11 only being victimized by a somewhat suspect defense. The slick field conditions combining with the Baseball Gods allowed Adam Reents to swoop in with a win in relief for a 6 to 3 final. Reents also added a couple of hits as did Eli McEwan to lead the offense. Brandon Curry added a key double that led to the winning run.

"If I stay healthy, I have a chance to collect 3,000 hits and 1,000 errors." George Brett

Let's just try not to make 1,000 errors in the same game. I think we made our annual quota of hitting into double plays too.

"We just have to keep grinding and playing hard." Gerrit Cole

Sounds about right. Every week.

LF Go Giants!!!!

Week 3 Tomcats

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

The Giants traveled to Minneapolis on this hot sunny day to play the Tomcats, a veteran team that rebuilt much of their squad over the last couple of years

and is considered to be a solid playoff contender. In game one the Giants gave the ball to Casey Pickering then stood back and watched as he held the Tomcats in check for entire morning giving up only a run while striking out 9 with no walks. Joe Cobb and Jason Condit led the offense with 2 hits and Rob Dembroski added a key RBI double as the team chipped away to the 4 to 1 score.

Solid game on both sides now on to game two. Casey Pickering led off with walk, stole second and scored quickly to give the good guys a lead. It seemed like that might be the only run scored as the teams exchanged zeros. Adam Reents worked pretty smoothly through the first few innings before giving up an unearned run in the fifth inning. The score was tied until the bottom of the sixth when Ren Martin led off with a single coming around to score on Tom Eastman's first hit as a Giant. Jason Condit closed the door over the last two innings to get the win and the 2 to 1 final completed the sweep. Justin Freyholtz made a nice dive and throw from short to get the final out. Another solid game on both sides.

"A team must win not only by scoring runs, but by refusing to let the other team score." Sparky Anderson

So true, Sparky - by the way - how do you get a nick name like Sparky unless you're a seal or an electrician. We only had 4 hits in that second game and needed every one of them.

"Most games are lost, not won." Casey Stengel

This might be a better quote as we didn't so much win as we didn't lose. Great pitching solid defense, all around good team wins.

LF Go Giants!!!!!!

Week 4 Expos

Pay it Forward

Todays match up was between the last two undefeated teams in the TCMABL. The Expos are perennially one of the league's best and a team the Giants haven't had much luck against in recent years. So we were expecting a tough day and the first game lived up to expectations. Justin Freyholtz starting for the Giants held the Expos in check for the first three innings until running into a little trouble on which the Expos quickly capitalized. Their ace, Evan Acosta, held the Giants to one measly run with 12 Ks and the 7 to 1 final was the Giants' first loss of the season. Highlights included Adam Kern getting two of only 5 hits to lead the offense and newcomer, Austin Moberg, pitching a 1,2,3 final inning with 2 strikeouts.

Reboot and recalibrate, on to game two. Adam Reents took the mound and in his typical fashion kept the Expos off balance working out of a couple of jams as the Giants went to work getting ahead by 7 where it stayed until the fifth inning, when much like last game, one seeing eye hit followed by a bloop followed by a - well I think you get the idea. Before you knew it the score was tied at 7. So much for not allowing that one big inning. Time to dig down or choke. A seeing eye hit, followed by a bloop and before you knew it the Giants had scored 6 more runs. Cole Lambert came in to pitch the last couple innings for the 13 to 8 win. Adam Reents led the offense with 3 hits with Justin Freyholtz, Joe Cobb, Noah Danner and Ole Johnson each getting a couple. Ole's hits knocked in a couple of key RBIs and Adam Kern made at least two great defensive plays, one of which included a back flip.

"To succeed in baseball, as in life, you must make adjustments." Ken Griffey Jr.

Sure Kenny, I agree that scoring 13 runs is a lot better than only scoring 1.

"You can't let the failures get you down. Learn from them, stay positive, and never give up." Buster Posey

Since the Expos gave the Giants their first loss of the season, it was only fair to return the favor.

LF Go Giants!!!!!!!

Week 5 Legends

Rocky

Similar to last week's matchup with the Expos, the Giants have had some tough games against the Legends over the last few years. Just when you think you have the edge, they fight back. The first game sent Cole Lambert to the mound who lasted six innings without allowing a run setting the team up with a 2 to 0 lead going into the 7th. Will Heise's first home run of the year, a monster shot into the parking lot put the Giants in front early. Turns out a two-run lead and an RBI triple by Adam Reents in response wasn't enough and the Legends fought back to a 7 to 4 come from behind win. Bleep.

"This is baseball. It's going to bring you up. it's going to bring you down. You just have to find a way to ride that wave." Fernando Tatis Jr.

When Jason Condit took the mound at the bottom of the first the Giants had given him a 3 to 0 lead. By the time he left after six scoreless innings the Giants had a 4 to 0 lead. Somehow this seemed familiar, right? You couldn't really help but feel a touch of Deja vu. Like didn't we just have this same experience a couple of hours ago? Well, this time the lead held up to the 4 to 1 final score. Will Heise led the team with 3 hits with Noah Danner and Tom Eastman each adding two.

"Competing at the highest level is not about winning. It's about preparation, courage, understanding, and nurturing your people, and heart. Winning is the result." Joe Torre

Good point, focus on the process and the winning will take care of itself.

LF Go Giants!!!!!!!!

Week 6 Colts

Better Late Than Never

Getting totally flooded out by torrential rains the week before, the Giants were forced to play their first ever make up game on the Fourth of July weekend. Luckily it seems that about half the team was either adopted or is totally alienated from their families so we were able to pull together at least nine guys. Or maybe I'm just projecting and it was just true dedication to the game, but either way today's opponent, the Colts, I'm sure had to deal with the same. First game sent Casey Pickering to the mound and he efficiently worked through their line up, going all seven innings giving up only an unearned run with 7 strikeouts. This worked out, but just barely as the Giants were able to score only 3 runs with hits being stingy. Ren Martin led the hitting with 2 and Joe Cobb added a triple. Overall it was a fairly clean game so we'll take it, but a couple more hits/runs would have been OK too.

The second game started with the Giants scoring a couple runs, but the game got more comfortable when Mike Cisewski hit a monster 3-run shot in the second inning. Adam Reents had a shortened complete game victory giving up only a late run as the final was 13 to 1. Reents also led the hitting along with Mike Cisewski and Will Heise each getting 2 hits. Over all a very good offensive performance as 8 different players had hits.

"You gotta have a catcher or you're gonna have a lot of passed balls." Casey Stengel

That's what I was thinking when the day of the game I got last minute texts from 3 of our catchers. Noah Danner and Tim Bullert did nice jobs backing up.

"Baseball is 100% of my life." Ty Cobb

Thanks to everyone that gave up a piece of their holiday to make this make up game possible.

LF Go Giants!!!!!!!!!!

Week 7 Babycakes

Some Like it Hot

With a larger roster than last week's make up games it seemed like the Giants would be in a good position against today's two opponents, the steadily improving Babycakes and the heat. The nod in game one went to Jason Condit and he held the Cakes in check while the Giants chipped away to eventually score 5. This week's TCMABL Player of the Week had a complete game one hit shutout with 6 Ks and only one walk. Awesome start to the day. Ryan Polehonka and Eli McEwan led with 2 hits, but pitching and defense won this game.

"Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa." Casey Stengel

Game two sent Austin Moberg to the mound for his first start of the year. Austin was able to shake off a little rust and gave up only an unearned run until giving the ball over to Casey Pickering who got the win in relief going 5 innings also giving up only an unearned run in what ended with an 8 to 3 final. Will Heise led by getting a couple hits with Noah Danner and Cole Wenzel each having key 2 RBI hits.

"When we played softball, I'd steal 2nd base, feel guilty and go back." Woody Allen

Good thing we weren't playing softball. Wait, did that really happen? No matter how many years you've been playing, you always see something new.

Great job by catchers Brandon Curry and Rob Dembroski in the heat.

LF Go Giants!!!!!!!!!!!!

Week 8 Coyotes

Coyote Ugly

This week's TCMABL Game of the Week matched the Giants with last year's champs the Coyotes. Expecting these games to be hard fought was a given and the team sent Cole Lambert to the mound in game one. Cole was up to the task, however one small fielding mistake led to 2 unearned runs and that was all it would take as the Coyote's mongoose-like spell turned the Giants' bats mostly silent in the 2 to 0 loss. Oh well, restock and recalibrate.

"Show me a good loser in professional sports, and I'll show you an idiot." Leo Durocher

In the second game the Giants sent Jason Condit to set the tone. Unfortunately another baseball rarity led to a first inning run that would again be all that the Coyotes would need. They did score another later run to make the final 2 to 0 as the Giants bats were again MIA in key situations with the exception being Tom Eastman's two hits. Hitting into double plays became the leading offensive stat on the day - not kidding and by offensive, I mean offensive.

"Why does everyone talk about the past? All that counts is tomorrow's game." Roberto Clemente

How about meeting somewhere between these two quotes. Can we use these two tough losses as motivation for next week?

LF Go Giants!!!!!!!!!!!!

Week 9 Cardinals

The Angry Birds

With the temperatures heading toward the 99-degree high the Giants were missing a few key players going into this tough match up with a team that is perennially one of the top teams in the TCMABL. The Giants sent out Jason Condit who went the first 4 innings giving up only a run. Unfortunately, the string of innings without a run scored carried over from last week's games and when Cole Lambert took the mound in relief with the bases loaded and only one out the Giants were still down 1 to 0. The key to changing the momentum was Cole striking out the next two hitters which clearly inspired the next inning's tying run in the top of the sixth and the subsequent winning run in the seventh. Noah Danner came in to pick up the save and preserve the 2 to 1 win. The Giants went 19 innings without scoring a run, but better late than never. Adam Kern led with two hits but this game was about pitching and defense.

The bats stayed alive in the second game led by Noah Danner and Adam Reents' three hits and Joe Cobb, Cole Lambert and Mike Cisewski each getting two. Casey Pickering went 5 plus innings to get the win as the Giants cruised to an 11 to 5 victory. A sweep over the Cardinals is something that doesn't happen too often and neither is being doused by a cooler full of ice water, but we'll take it.

"Winning isn't everything. Wanting to is." Catfish Hunter

I can't argue that it's better to win a double header than lose a double header.

Maybe it was the high temperatures that got the bats heated up or better yet, the momentum carrying over from the first game, but let's see if we can keep it going.

LF Go Giants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Week 10 North Stars

A Star is Born

Over the last several years games between the Giants and the North Stars have been closely contested and the double headers typically result in a split. The first game this week lived up to that expectation with neither team scoring after 6 innings. In the top of the seventh the Giants managed to load the bases with one out when a hit batsman scored the first run setting up Will Heise's massive grand slam blast that hit off the porch of the town houses over the left field fence. Heise's bomb almost (but not quite) took the spot light off starter Cole Lambert's player of the week performance. Cole had a complete game no-hit shutout with 7 strike outs ending with a 5 to 0 final score.

"The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers." Earl Weaver

Rob Dembroski took the mound for the Giants in game two and pitched 4 effective innings before giving over to Casey Pickering, while the hitting carried over from the previous game scoring a few runs over several innings ending in the 10 to 3 final. Joe Cobb had a couple key hits but the offense was led by Adam Reents' 4 for 4 game. Giving first game starter Cole Lambert a challenge for player of the week, Reents went 6 for 7 with 4 R, 2 SB and an RBI on the day.

"You either get better or you get worse. Those are the only two options." Max Scherzer

Maybe next week someone can hit a 5 run home run and throw a less than zero hitter.

LF Go Giants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Week 11 Saints

The Endless Summer

The Giants went into this double header against the Saints missing players, but also with the knowledge of already having locked up at least the second seed and the first round bye. The first game seemed to prove that playing under less pressure was not an advantage. Hitting long fly ball outs became standard with only Ren Martin getting a couple of line drives for singles. The final 10 to 0 score was not the outcome predicted and even worse, we had a player injured in pre-game warm ups.

"I been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before." Casey Stengel

Game two sent Justin Freyholtz to the mound for only his second start of the season and he pitched six effective innings as the bats warmed up a bit. Adam Reents led with 3 hits with Brandon Curry, Mike Cisewski, Cole Lambert, Ole Johnson and Tom Eastman all adding two. Defense and offense were both better in the 14 to 6 resulting win.

"I'd be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball." Pete Rose

Not sure if I believe you Pete, but I agree that baseball can be unpredictable at times. Now that we are near the end of summer we go into the playoffs with a 17 and 5 record, keeping in mind that the playoffs can be unpredictable too.

LF Go Giants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2026 TCMABL Playoffs

Cardinals

Bye Bye Birdie

A second place division finish earned the Giants a first round bye and an advance to play the winner of the Cardinal/Milkmen game. The favored Cardinals had to come from behind to pull off the win so they entered the match up with some momentum. Jason Condit starting for the Giants pitched 3 effective innings before giving over to Casey Pickering for another three innings followed by Cole Lambert's final three innings. The good guys were down 5 to 2 until the bottom of the 6th inning with the bats finally coming alive scoring 6 runs to make the final a 8 to 6 win. Adam Reents' triple started the offense, Casey Pickering picked up the win in relief and Cole Lambert earned the save.

Great job and good all around team win. The first round bye came in handy allowing the team to get a couple of playoff miscues out of our system.

"You don't accidentally show up in the World Series." Anthony Rizzo

Now we get another chance at the Coyotes.

LF Go Giants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Coyotes

It Ends

After a couple of shut out losses to the Coyotes earlier in the year the Giants were looking for the pendulum to swing back in this playoff match up. There was an expectation the winner of this game would be favored to win the championship so the Giants sent Noah Danner to the mound. In the early innings the Giants failed to capitalize on a couple of mistakes by the Coyotes but Danner didn't allow a base runner until the 5th inning so things were looking pretty good. The Coyotes finally managed to put a couple of hits together and scored a run in the bottom of the sixth, but then the string of scoreless inning continued. Final score was 1 to 0 and there was no joy in Mudville.

Now there will be time for reflection and to Sabermetric the season at some point in the near future. Overall some things got better and some things not, but overall it was a successful season and we have something to build upon.

People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby.

LF Go Giants - Next Year!

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