{"id":8674,"date":"2018-08-31T10:13:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T14:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/?p=8674"},"modified":"2018-08-31T10:18:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T14:18:42","slug":"16u-birmingham-giants-start-season-2-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/?p=8674","title":{"rendered":"16u Birmingham Giants start the Season 2-1-2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8678\" src=\"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/37625948_10216961496889440_8475873304433917952_n-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/37625948_10216961496889440_8475873304433917952_n-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/37625948_10216961496889440_8475873304433917952_n-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/37625948_10216961496889440_8475873304433917952_n-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/37625948_10216961496889440_8475873304433917952_n-696x494.jpg 696w, https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/37625948_10216961496889440_8475873304433917952_n-591x420.jpg 591w, https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/37625948_10216961496889440_8475873304433917952_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Starting their fall campaign, the 16u Birmingham Giants traveled to Coastal Alabama and LBW on saturday and sunday posting a rain shortened 2-1-2 record. Starting the first game of the season, Giants alltime win leader Blakely Burr picked up her 62 win all time, tossing 3 innings of 1 hit ball, while striking out 1 and the Giants, who jumped out to an 11-1 lead early cruised to an 11-6 win. At the plate, Emma Bauer (1), Piper Lowery (2B), Katelyn Lankford (2, 1 2B), Lauren Dill (2B), Blakely Burr (1), Courtney Haynie (1), Lexi Copeland (1), Rileigh Mitcham (2), and Reese Lowery (1) all had hits for the Giants.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8679\" src=\"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/36768146_10216838647818290_7037924721953865728_n-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/36768146_10216838647818290_7037924721953865728_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/36768146_10216838647818290_7037924721953865728_n-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/36768146_10216838647818290_7037924721953865728_n-315x420.jpg 315w, https:\/\/birminghamgiants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/36768146_10216838647818290_7037924721953865728_n.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>In game 2 of the day, the Giants squared off with the Fire Crackers 16u. Courtney Haynie started the game in the circle, pitching 3 innings, allowing just 1 hit and 1 run and Emily Jones closed out the game allowing just 1 run over 2 innings of the 2-2 tie. Offensively Emma Bauer (2), Piper Lowery (2B), Kailey Hicks (1), Lauren Dill (1), and Reese Lowery (1) led the way for the Giants in the tie.<\/p>\n<p>In their 3rd game of the weekend, the Giants squared off with the River Region Rebels. Rileigh Mitcham started the game in the circle, allowing 1 run over her 2 innings of work, but some late runs in the 3rd inning cost the Giants as they fell 6-1. At the plate Kailey Hicks (2B), Lauren Dill (1), Blakely Burr (1), and Reese Lowery (1) all had hits in the loss.<\/p>\n<p>In game 4 of the weekend, Blakely Burr picked up her 63rd win as the Giants played a split game which ended 2-2 with the Nola Monsters.<\/p>\n<p>In their last game of the weekend, a rained filled game stopped early, Blakely Burr picked up her 64th win all time and Kailey Hicks (2B),\u00a0 and Katelym Lankford (1) had hits in the 1-0 win.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants play next at the Wallace state expo on the 8th and 9th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting their fall campaign, the 16u Birmingham Giants traveled to Coastal Alabama and LBW on saturday and sunday posting a rain shortened 2-1-2 record. 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