Gladiator Baseball at Davidson Field-You gotta get out here

Anne Sutherland Posted March 23, 2010 4:00pm Italy Gladiator Baseball

Image: Taylor Abigal Hyles — Three year old, Taylor, shows off her favorite Gladiator t-shirt on Friday night. The Italy Gladiators took on the Grand Prairie Advantage Eagles with a no hitter game 15-0. — Taylor Abigal Hyles — Three year old, Taylor, shows off her favorite Gladiator t-shirt on Friday night. The Italy Gladiators took on the Grand Prairie Advantage Eagles with a no hitter game 15-0. (Anne Sutherland)

You might notice Coach Coker walking on air these days, his feet a few feet off the ground. The reason? The Italy Gladiator Baseball team. Why would that be? The game on Friday night proved to be another no hitter game (ok, that’s three in a row now).

Grand Prairie Advantage ran on to the field expecting to at least put some kind of tally on the scoreboard, but with timing and precision, the Gladiators stopped ’em dead in their tracks. Once again, another team of Eagles has been declawed.

The first inning gave fans the theme of the evening by putting the Eagles down after 3 players up to bat, three up and three down. The bottom of the first also proved to put the first 3 scores on the board for the Gladiators.

One after another, Jasenio Anderson, Trevor Patterson and Ethan Simon, kept the momentum building and it only got better from there. No score for GPA in the second and then the bottom fell out. Batter after batter came up and time after time we scored. Twelve points were scored in the bottom of the 2nd with Ethan Simon hitting an “in the park” home run for the final finale. Umpires said that was enough and the game was over with the final score Italy 15, Grand Prairie Advantage 0.

Runs for the night:

Jasenio Anderson-3
Trevor Patterson-3
Ethan Simon-3
Josh Milligan-2
Ryan Ashcraft-1
Jase Holden-1
Colton Campbell-1
Reid Jacinto (Courtesy Runner for pitcher, Justin Buchanan)-1

“Another great job by the guys,” Coach Coker beamed. “This is Buck’s (Justin Buchanan) second no hitter this season-which probably is another first for Italy. They did a fantastic job. The main thing is I want to keep our guys focused and hungry. We need to keep plugging away, just like we’re doing,” Coker said. “All I know is if anyone wants to win district champs, they have to come through Italy to do it!”

Italy Gladiators play Oak Cliff Faith Family on Tuesday at home beginning at 6:30. Everyone is encouraged to come out and cheer on the Italy Gladiators towards championship.

Do you have your t-shirt yet? — The concession stand sells Italy Baseball t-shirts for $12. (Anne Sutherland)

Josh and Ivan — The Gladiators warm up before the game. (Anne Sutherland)

The greatest managers ever — Smilin’ Ty Windham, Kevin Roldan and John Landon Byers help the Gladiators whenever they can. (Anne Sutherland)

Buck and Ashcraft — Eagles lead off batter #24 C. Nunez, cannot stand up to the pressure of this duo. (Anne Sutherland)

Eagle pitcher tries his best — #23 Salazar from Grand Prairie just can’t send the heat. (Anne Sutherland)

Don’t hit him — A little too inside Ashcraft. Someone can get hurt this way. (Anne Sutherland)

Bring it on in — Ethan Simon gives us another run on the scoreboard. (Anne Sutherland)

I’ve got this — This ball comes right down the line. (Anne Sutherland)

Josh counts as another — Josh Milligan moves right on to home. (Anne Sutherland)

Ethan lines it up — This is the homerun for Ethan Simon. (Anne Sutherland)

Ross gives us a hit — Ross Stiles hits right up the middle. (Anne Sutherland)

This is Gladiator warmth — This blanket can be purchased for $20 from the Gladiator concession stand. Everybody needs one of these! (Anne Sutherland)