7/18/2010 was going to be a tough day for manager Myles Vargas. During the week, he had received notice that he would be missing his top pitcher Austin Gallego, center fielder Dayne Litchfield, left fielder Brian Rogers(top hitter), and 3rd baseman Matt Black. Having to rethink how he would make his lineup he had finally come up with a lineup that he would use. Come the morning of 7/18, Myles had received a text at approximately 7:45am from Antoine Chatman stating that an emergency had come up and would not be able to make it to the game. With that text, it would have left Myles with only 8 players for the game. Having to decide what to do, Myles went to his brother and father to ask them to fill in. Both agreed to come play and paid off very well.
Game time was 10am and as usual, Titan players are asked to be there an hour before game time. Everybody was there and only one Brewer player was in the dugout. Hoping that the other team would show, the Titans stretched and warmed up accordingly. Around 9:30am the Brewers started to show up and the game was ready to take place. While warming up Myles had noticed that umpires which would doing the game and was very angry and disappointed at the umpires he saw. The umpires that were there had done the previous game and are terrible. The Titans knew they would have to look past them and keep their cool.
The starting pitcher for the Titans was manager Myles Vargas and things seemed to starting off well until an obvious strike 3 call was missed for the Brewers 3 hitter. Of course, the hitter went on to hit a 2run homerun which cleared the fence by a matter of inches. A cheap homerun on a short fence. Myles regrouped and came back to get the next two hitters out for three outs. The Titans started off their first inning well getting their first two base runners on. One eventually scored on a fielder's choice by Chase Davis. Now the Titans were only down one run.
The second inning was a quick inning with both team only sending 4 hitters to the plate and neither team scoring any runs. Also, the third inning was another quick inning but this time both teams each scoring a run each. So the score was now 3-2 after 3 innings. Again the 4th inning proved to be quick. This time Myles had some help from his dad at first base jumping up to snag a line drive for the first out of the inning and went on to retire the two hitters. The Titans got their first hitter on by way of a hit by pitch from Juan Chavez but were unable to score him. The score remained at 3-2 Brewers lead after 4 innings.
Now the 5th inning is when things started to get going for the Titans. Again, Myles had some help from his dad which this time had a diving stop to his right to knock the ball down and flip it to Myles for the first out. Myles struck out the next hitter, hit the next and got the next to ground out for three outs. So, down by one run the Titans were ready to get something going with the top of their lineup coming up to bat the bottom of the 5th. Ben Petersen started the inning off with a walk. Jeremiah Roberts came up next to take a hit by pitch to the shoulder. 2 runners on, not outs and Myles Vargas gets a free pass to load the bases. Bases loaded and cleanup hitter Chase Davis is up and gets plunked to bring a run in. Matt Holmes hit into a fielders choice and the Brewers got the force at home for the first out. Still bases loaded and Juan Chavez came through with a rbi single. Alex Seider then came through with a 3 run single and still one out. Now Myles' brother Brandon is up and smoked a 2 run homerun over the left field fence to make it 3-9 Titans' lead after 5 innings.
Myles made it another 1,2,3 6th inning for the Brewers and the Titans went on the score another run in the 6th by a rbi single from Matt Holmes. 3-10 Titans after 6 innings. The 7th inning turned out to be tougher for Myles giving up 3runs and the Titans couldn't get any back in the bottom of the 7th. The Brewers cut the lead down to 6-10 after 7 innings.
After holding the Brewers scoreless in the 8th, the Titans went to work in the bottom of the 8th to score 6 runs and make it a mercy rule. With one out, Myles Vargas ripped a double to left center, a walk to Chase Davis, and an infield single to load bases from Matt Holmes. After a Juan Chavez strike out, Alex Seider came through again bringing in two more runs making it 6-12. Brandon Vargas then got walked and Albert del Carmen came through with a rbi single making a 13-6. Now 48 year old Mike Vargas up to bat taking on a lefty half his age smacked a 2 run double off the fence scoring 2 more runs. Now only needing one for run for the mercy rule, Ben Petersen was up to bat and takes a ball in the dirt which got away from the catcher allowing Albert del Carmen to come home and end the game. Titans win 16-6!!
Myles Vargas: 8IP, 5ER, 10K's : 2-4, 2B, RBI
Mike Vargas: 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI
Brandon Vargas: 2-4, HR, 2RBI
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