{"id":7672,"date":"2010-04-24T19:24:40","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T18:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=7672"},"modified":"2019-11-09T21:48:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-09T21:48:44","slug":"roundshaw-hop-cain-notches-up-500th-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=7672","title":{"rendered":"Roundshaw Hop: Cain notches up 500th K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"center\"><span style=\"12.0pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5747\" title=\"Roundshaw-Hop-(128x128)\" src=\"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/wp-content\/Roundshaw-Hop-128x128.gif\" alt=\"Roundshaw-Hop-(128x128)\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" \/>In the third inning of Richmond&#8217;s opening-day trip to Croydon last Sunday, Ron Almonte,\u00c2\u00a0the home team&#8217;s shortstop, watched the fourth pitch of his at-bat sail through the strike-zone and was called out looking. The deliverer of the pitch was Cody Cain, and Almonte had just become the hurler&#8217;s 500th strike-out victim in regular-season British baseball.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7677\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectcobb.org.uk\/photography.html\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7677\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7677\" title=\"Cody Cain 2 (Final)\" src=\"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/wp-content\/Cody-Cain-2-Final.jpg\" alt=\"Cody Cain 2 (Final)\" width=\"250\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/Cody-Cain-2-Final.jpg 250w, https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/Cody-Cain-2-Final-178x300.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cody Cain pitching in the 2009 national final (by Project Cobb Photography - click on image for link)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"center\"><span style=\"12.0pt\">There was a further milestone for Cain in the game. In his final plate appearance, he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to collect his 200th regular-season\u00c2\u00a0RBI. This neatly highlights the spectacular two-way contribution he has made to the British game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"center\"><span style=\"12.0pt\">The only setback for Cain in the game was conceding a run in the first frame and another in the second, which saw his <\/span><span style=\"12.0pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gbbsa.org.uk\/historical.html#14si\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">streak<\/a><\/span><span style=\"12.0pt\"> of 21 consecutive scoreless innings up to the end of last season come to an abrupt end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"center\"><span style=\"12.0pt\">After a disappointing finish to the 2009 season, in which Cain was unable to gain Richmond a win over Bracknell in the <\/span><span style=\"12.0pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishbaseballdata.co.uk\/2009%20finals%20boxscore.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deciding contest<\/a><\/span><span style=\"12.0pt\"> of the top-tier National Baseball Championship (see right), it is great for British baseball to see him return to the mound in 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"center\"><span style=\"12.0pt\"><em>League leaders and full season statistics, which include a game-by-game breakdown of batting and pitching figures, can be found on the Great Britain Baseball Scorers Association\u00c2\u00a0(GBBSA)\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gbbsa.org.uk\/current.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the third inning of Richmond&#8217;s opening-day trip to Croydon last Sunday, Ron Almonte,\u00c2\u00a0the home team&#8217;s shortstop, watched the fourth pitch of his at-bat sail through the strike-zone and was called out looking. The deliverer of the pitch was Cody Cain, and Almonte had just become the hurler&#8217;s 500th strike-out victim in regular-season British baseball. 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