January 22nd is either Answer your Cat's Questions Day or National Blond Brownie Day. Take your pick. Whatever, we were celebrating softball day this morning.
Field B
Pirates vs Giants
The Pirates opened the scoring with two runs in the first inning against the Giants five runs on seven consecutive hits.
In the third inning, the Pirate shortstop hit a tremendous home run to right center scoring two runs.
The Giants in the third inning started an onslaught of runs that continued throughout the rest of the game.
The Pirates come back with five runs in the last two innings.
The final score was Giants 25, Pirates 9.
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| Pirates Coach, John Smith, adds up the score |
Field D
The
Braves, coached by Moots, hung on to beat the Cubs, coached by
Taylor, in an exciting game of 20-19.
The Braves scored 5 runs in the first three innings. In the first, hits by Stewart, Lautenschlager, Miller, Ravo and Moots scored the runs. In the second, hits by McPartlan, Yarletts, Sullivan, Peterson, Stewart and Miller scoring 5 more runs. In the third, hits by Ravo, Hill, Moots, Mills and McPartlan scored 5 more runs.
The Braves scored 5 runs in the first three innings. In the first, hits by Stewart, Lautenschlager, Miller, Ravo and Moots scored the runs. In the second, hits by McPartlan, Yarletts, Sullivan, Peterson, Stewart and Miller scoring 5 more runs. In the third, hits by Ravo, Hill, Moots, Mills and McPartlan scored 5 more runs.
The
Cubs got one run with hits by Fitzke, Kline, Mundy and Wolf.
The game went along until the sixth inning when the Cubs scored seven
runs in the inning. The Cubs scored three more runs in the eighth
inning with hit from Altamose, Kline, Mundy, Wolf and Leggett.
Outstanding hitting came from Mundy 5-5,
and Kline and Wolf with 5-4. The Braves got 3-3 from McPartlan and
5-4 from Lautenschlager, and 4-3 from Stewart, Miller, Yarletts and
Sullivan.
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| Eddie had a good day!
In the ninth inning the Cubs scored eight runs with hits from Wilson,
Taylor, Barnes, DePalma, Fitzke, Kline and Wolf, but came up one run
short.
Field E
Today was the type of day where you bring your lunch bucket,
roll up your sleeves and go to work playing ball. Is that even possible, working hard and playing
softball ? All three teams did exactly
that, playing a close game and working hard to keep things close, through six
innings. The Rays were the best team out of the gate. They scored
their first 3 batters, Bill Rutan, Frank Jacobs and Don Erb, in the first
inning. Erb had the big hit that inning,
with a screaming line drive double. He
later scored on a hit by Brock, who was batting sixth.
The Rangers took the lead in the third inning, after scoring
5 runs in both the second and third frames. For the Rangers, the big blow in
the third came from Ron Butler, who pounded the apple, doubled and drove in two
runs. Not to be out done, the Angels heated
up the bats in the bottom of the third, scoring 5 runs of their own. Big Les Jacobson hit a home-run for the halos. After three innings of play the game stood at
Rangers 10- Rays 8 and Angels 8. The Rangers never gave up the lead after the third inning.
The other teams kept a close pace though. Brock went yard for the Rays and Don
Erb dented a palm tree on the other side of the fence, with a line drive home-run that made a thud as it hit off the tree.
As the game went into the final stretch, the score was
Rangers 13- Rays 11 and Angels 12. It
was anyone’s game to win as the Rangers came to bat in the top of the seventh
inning. The Rangers are starting to make
a habit out of closing strong; they did so last game and they did it again
today. The Angels, who were in the field,
had played a solid game for the most part, defensively. However, they came a bit unraveled in the
seventh and after a few timely hits by the Rangers and a few errors by the Angels;
five runs had crossed the plate for the Rangers. The Rays then came to bat and scored a duce, afterwards, the
Angels managed to score 1 run. The final score: Rangers 18- Rays 13 and Angels
13. To quote a writer I saw on the internet;” Winning is great, but I’d much
rather tie than lose, because losing is the worst outcome possible.”
Leading Hitters
Rangers
Joe D’Herin, 3 / 4.
Ron Butler, 3 / 4 with a double and a triple.
Steve Pinnick, 4 / 4 with a double and a homerun.
Jim Goodhue, 3 / 3.
Nick Matta, 3 / 3.
Rays
Frank Jacobs, 3 / 4
Don Erb, 3 / 4 with a double and a homerun.
Brock, 3 / 4 with a
double and a homerun.
Angels
Juan Toro, 3 / 4 with
a double.
Les Jacobson, 1/2
with a walk, sacrifice fly and a homerun.
Larry Wells, 3 / 3 with two doubles.
Field C
Field C was the site of a game between the Tigers and Red Sox, with the Tigers a winner going away 33-16.
The Tigers got off to a quick start scoring 5 in each of the first 2 innings. The
second inning featured 2 two homers with Don Keller hitting a glam
slam that cleared the fence by yards and followed by a solo HR by Tom
Gazarek.
The Red Sox finally started to show signs of life by blanking the Tigers with an inning ending DP, Hite to Hamilton to Wheeler. The Red Sox got 3 runs with five singles. But the Tigers struck back with 5 in the fourth with a HR by Ota, double by Reagan.
The Red Sox again responded with 3 runs with 4 singles and a walk. The
game got a little closer when the Tigers were blanked and the Red Sox
got 4 runs when Hamilton and Zelazny started the inning with singles, Andrews followed with a single, triple from Shaffer and RBI single from Hite.
The
sixth saw the Tigers add 5 runs with 4 straight singles, Ota, Reagan,
Hawbaker, and Piccolo. Again the Red Sox could only answer with 3 runs
on 6 singles in a row.
The 7th and 8th featured good defense by both teams with a total of only 3 runs being scored by both teams. At the bottom of the 8th the score was 21-16 with the Tigers holding the lead.
The 9th
frame saw the Tigers score 12 runs, with triples by Torres, Gazarek
and Keller, a HR from Lopez and 5 singles by Keller, Laffoon, Byrd,
Hawbaker and Piccolo. The Red Sox failed to score in their final a bat making the final score 33-16.
Leading hitters for the Tigers:
Keller 4 for 5, HR & triple
Gazarek 4 for 4, 2 BB & HR
Laffoon 4 for 4, 2BB
Lopez 3 for 5, HR
Gatto 3 for 5
Byrd 3 for 5
Ota 4 for 5, HR
Hawbaker 3 for 5
Lopiccolo 3 for 4, BB
Leading Hitters for the Red Sox:
Simon went 4 for 5, including a double.
Hamilton 3 for 5,
Zelazny 5 for 5
Shaffer 2 for 4, triple
Wheeler 2 for 4
Held 3 for 4, with a sac fly.
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