The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)
Crisp 1-for-3 in loss
AVON >> Coco Crisp signed a one-game contract with the Crushers to play Aug. 3 against the River City Rascals. Crisp went 1-for-3 with a single in a 1-0, loss to the Rascals.
It was not a great first atbat for Crisp, as he had runners on the corners with the opportunity to cash in at least one run. However, he went down swinging in the bottom of the first inning.
In the third inning, Crisp hit a single to right field. In the bottom of the fifth, he grounded out to end the inning. Crisp was subbed out by Jake Vieth in the bottom of the eighth.
It was a scoreless game through five innings. But with two outs in the top of the sixth, the Rascals were able to come away with a score. Lee-Jun Kalawaia hit a double. Then later on, Trevor Achenbach hit a single to bring Kalawaia home to make, 1-0, Rascals, which was all that was needed for the Rascals.
Crisp discussed if he can still play at a high level if a team from MLB decided to see if he would play.
“I mean, I feel like I can still play the game. When I retired, I was ready to retire. I had my neck injury, and I had to have wrist surgery, and all that. Now, that is all healed up, I feel like I can get back out there and play. It’s just a matter of spending some time getting back at the level of 90, 95, 100 mph. Those guys are throwing nowadays and just seeing those pitches again. But, I am OK where I am at. It’s my kids time to shine. They’re playing. We just finished with U-Triple USA, All-American Baseball, up in Florida. That’s where I flew in from. I’m flying back out there. My younger boy, I was coaching my 12-year-old son’s team. We won our first four games. We ended up losing, getting knocked out. But, the boys played well. My 8-year-old’s team went to the championship, got to play on a nice field like this out there. So, its really nice to see my son play on a big-league field for the first time. Both kids had a lot of fun out there.”