Stranded on a Deserted Island

George is happy for the win

 
The field C game was played between teams headed by George Radlien (away) and Larry Powell (home). Maybe as a sign of things to come, Fred Dampier led off the first with an inside-the-park homer smashed down the right field foul line.  After Ron Butler flied to left, Wayne Mundy, slugged another homer past the reaching glove of Richie Marino to right center.  That hit was followed by consecutive doubles by Jacobs and Schapler followed with singles by Chrest, Radlien and Bess. A Reg Barnes sac fly scored the fifth run of the inning. 

The home team responded with 4 of their own on consecutive singles by Coffman, Wise, Toro and Marino, leaving us at 5-4.

The second inning was scoreless on both sides.

The third had Jacobs and Schapler again supplying a brace of doubles followed by a homer off the bat of Larry Chrest. The visitors recorded 3 runs in their half inning.  

Larry Powell's crew started off with Tom Wise singling but reaching third on a fielding error, followed by a Juan Toro double and an inside the park home run off the bat of Richie Marino.  But after such a great start the defense held the home team to 3 runs.

Both teams again posted zeros in the 4th.

The fifth inning  saw Larry Chrest hit his second round tripper, driving in Dean Schapler ahead of him for the only two runs of the inning.   After 5 we stood at 10-7.

In the sixth the visitors were held to zero and the home team added a single run.

In the seventh, the visitors brought 9 batters to the plate and scored the max 5 runs mostly on clean singles. But alas the home team only responded with one run.

In the eighth, Larry Chrest added to his impressive totals with a bases loaded double.  The away boys wound up adding four to the home teams zero making the score 19-9 going into the final frame. 

In the ninth the slugging visitors almost went in order and failed to score leaving the door wide open for a comeback.  Unfortunately the home team only managed to score a single run ending the game at 19-10.

Leading hitters for the visitors included Fred Dampier with a 4 for 5 day and a homer, Frank Jacobs also went 4 for 5 with three doubles, but Larry Chrest with a 5 for 5 day with two homers and a double takes first prize.

For the home team Rich Marino went 4 for 5 with a homer and Jim McPartlin went 3 for 4 with a walk.

Chris slugs one

Game two was played on the B field today as we had enough players for four teams. What looked to be a high scoring affair turned out to be a pitchers duel with only one team reaching double digits. The result might have been different if it weren't for the three times Team Wells came up short with the bases loaded. 

The first inning saw both teams fail to cross the plate as the top of the line ups went four and out. 

The second inning saw the middle of line up manage one run a piece when John Byrd made a great play on Bill Ravos' deep pop up  and ended Team Davis' rally. Team Wells went down so fast in the third (three outs on three pitches) that some of their team never got their gloves off. Certainly so fast we couldn't get a "true story" in. Gene Baker started a two run rally and crossed the plate on Freddie Gonzalez triple for Team Davis.Once again the bottom of the linup coming through in the clutch.

The fourth inning saw team Wells mount a comeback when the first five batters( Rivera, Byrd, Witmer,Duff, and Lopez) reached base and managed to score three big runs.. Good Pitching and strong defense shut down Team Davis in their half of the inning. The fifth inning saw Team Davis score twice as Gene Baker again started a two run rally. The next inning saw the middle of the lineup again manage to put numbers up for both teams.

In the seventh inning Team Wells scored twice to narrow the scoring gap but for the second straight inning left with the bases loaded. Gene Baker again started a two run rally which was a recurring theme as he did so three times. The eighth inning must have seemed like Ground Hog Day the movie as Team Wells left the bases loaded for the second time. Team Davis matched their two runs when the lead off hitters (Chris Constantine and Bill Ravo) got hits and scored.

As we went into the last inning, Team Davis was optimistic as Team Wells was sending up the bottom of their line up. Unfortunately for them, John Merritt and Ed Sullivan got solid hits and started what looked to be a potentially winning rally with the big hitters (Rivera, Bryd, Witmer, Duff, and Lopez) due up next. Fortunately Team Davis defense stepped up and managed to shut them down leaving the bases loaded again.  With a one run lead Team Davis did not have to go to bat depriving Gene Baker of a four for four day.Final score Team Davis 10, Team Wells 9.

MVPs today were Eddie Sullivan who squashed two rallys when he got a tough foul ball behind the plate and nailed Jimmy Laffoon as he was running to home. 

Leading hitters for Team Wells were Jose Rivera going five for five, Jonathon Bryd, Sam Lopez, and Chuck Duff going three for four.

On Team Davis: Freddie Gonzalez, Jimmy Laffoon, and Chris Constantine were three for four. Hitting honors however go to Gene Baker who started three two run rallies and ended the day three for three.

Returning players today included Larry Chrest, Skip Morrison, Jim McPartland and Bill Ravo 

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