CONTINENTAL BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
HOUSTON TITANS AT CAROLINA RIPTIDES
08/22/2024
 
CONTINENTAL BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
HOUSTON TITANS AT CAROLINA RIPTIDES
GAME ID: 2065 - THURSDAY, AUGUST 22ND , 2024 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston Titans (63-60) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0
Carolina Riptides (70-52) 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 1 X 8 15 0
Titans Popped by Riptides, 8-2
The home crowd had a good time watching the Houston Titans and Carolina Riptides get after it.

Carolina Riptides starter Tarik Skubal had all his pitches working at IBM Field. His stellar performance paved the way for an easy 8-2 Carolina win over the Houston Titans. Skubal got the win, improving to 10-7. He gave up 2 hits and walked 1 over 6.2 innings. He allowed 1 run.

J.D. Davis chipped in a 3-run home run for Carolina in the bottom of the sixth. For the game, the third baseman had 3 hits in 4 at-bats with 1 home run, 2 singles, 1 run scored, and 3 RBI.

"I really like what we did out there today," Skubal said after the game.

With the win, Carolina pushed its record to 70-52.
HOUSTON BATTING LINESCORE CAROLINA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
H. Kim 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .234 11 42
D. Hill CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .262 15 42
A. McCutchen RF 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 .259 10 29
R. Devers 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .276 34 81
T. Murphy C 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .269 12 33
C. Leblanc DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .230 16 49
J. Westburg 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .258 19 54
T. Thompson LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .224 21 51
J. Ortiz SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .242 7 30
   a-D. Vogelbach PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .270 26 68
   b-M. Straw SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203 0 10
Totals 30 2 3 2 4 6 9      
a - D. Vogelbach pinch hit for J. Ortiz in the 8th
b - M. Straw substituted for D. Vogelbach in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Westburg (21, 8th Inning off J. Romano, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: T. Murphy (12, 2nd Inning off T. Skubal, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Murphy 4 , J. Westburg 2 , J. Ortiz
2-out RBI: A. McCutchen
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Devers
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Westburg-Kim-Devers)
OF assists: 2 (Thompson(O'Hoppe at home), McCutchen(Blanco at 2nd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Bichette SS 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .288 11 46
A. Kirk C 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 .290 5 23
J. Soto RF 4 2 2 3 0 0 0 .291 41 80
L. O'Hoppe DH 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .273 29 73
J. Davis 3B 4 1 3 3 0 0 1 .303 8 35
C. Cron 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .265 20 63
L. Urias 2B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .200 2 5
B. Doyle CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .239 9 43
D. Blanco LF 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 .284 0 6
Totals 36 8 15 8 0 4 7      
BATTING
Doubles: L. O'Hoppe (12, 4th Inning off L. Allen, 0 on, 2 outs) , L. Urias (2, 5th Inning off L. Allen, 0 on, 1 out)
Triples: D. Blanco (5, 3rd Inning off L. Allen, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: J. Davis (8, 6th Inning off L. Allen, 2 on, 2 outs) , J. Soto (41, 7th Inning off L. Allen, 2 on, 2 outs) , C. Cron (20, 8th Inning off J. France, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: B. Bichette , A. Kirk 2 , J. Soto 5 , L. O'Hoppe 3 , J. Davis 6 , C. Cron 5 , L. Urias 2 , D. Blanco 4
2-out RBI: J. Soto , J. Davis , D. Blanco
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Bichette
GIDP: C. Cron
Team LOB: 4
HOUSTON PITCHING LINESCORE CAROLINA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
L. Allen L (4-11) 6.2 13 7 7 0 2 2 76 5.71   
J. France 1.1 2 1 1 0 2 1 28 6.06   
PITCHING
Game Score: L. Allen 22
Batters Faced: L. Allen 30, J. France 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: L. Allen 7-8, J. France 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: L. Allen 76-51, J. France 28-16
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Skubal W (10-7) 6.2 2 1 1 1 5 1 92 3.17   
J. Romano H (19) 1.0 1 1 1 3 1 0 24 2.65   
G. Speier H (14) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.46   
E. Lauer 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5.10   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Skubal 70
Batters Faced: T. Skubal 23, J. Romano 7, G. Speier 1, E. Lauer 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Skubal 11-4, J. Romano 1-1, G. Speier 1-0, E. Lauer 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: T. Skubal 92-59, J. Romano 24-9, G. Speier 1-1, E. Lauer 6-6
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Romano 1-0 , G. Speier 3-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tarik Skubal
Ballpark: IBM Field
Weather: Clear skies (78 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 12 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 2:50
Attendance: 35029
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