Gar-Field and Hylton
April 17, 2018
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On Friday, April 13, Gar-Field hosted a young Hylton team in a Cardinal District matchup. The Indians jumped out to a 5-0 lead and hung on to win. Here are our notes on players from the game.
Gar-Field
Marty Neal RHP/SS 2018 (Harford CC)
Neal has a lankier frame with some projection left. Throws from a low three-quarters arm slot with some effort. Fastball had heavy late run to it. In the first, he sat 89-91, touched 92 three times. He held his velocity in the stretch, sitting 87-89, touching 90. In the third inning his fastball had settled in at 87-89, and he was still holding that in the fifth inning. Curveball has sharp 11/5 break, slowed his arm a bit, needs to throw it harder, but shape is good and it has potential. Pitch ran 70-74. Neal is an athlete, went to shortstop after exiting the game, made a diving play up the middle, also showed some batspeed at the plate and some barrel awareness, squaring the ball up in all of his at-bats.
Hylton