The way teams played today you'd think it was the super bowl and not just the Friday before. Great fun guys!
Field E
The wind blowing in and the sun shining in the eyes of the outfielders, Field E was the site of a close 3 way contest between the Rays (Larry Powell), Angels (Freddy Gonzalez) and Red Sox (Jeff Simon).
The Rays got the scoring started with a leadoff double by Don Scarbrough and a HR by Roger Edwards. Denny Shaffer made a great catch, stabbing a line drive to end the threat. The Angels responded with 2 runs of their own when Pat Drouilard hit a HR after Juan Toro got on base with a single. The Sox got 5 in the bottom of the inning, when 7 batters reached base, the big hit was delivered by George Radlien who drove in 3 runs with a double.
More fireworks highlighted the 3rd inning when Don Scarbrough got things started again for the Rays, with a triple. The Angels responded with 3 runs, with 2 outs, when Freddy Gonzalez, not to be outdone, had triple, Juan Toro singled, Les Jacobson doubled and Pat Drouilard end the hit parade with another triple. The Sox answered with 3 singles (Harris, Andrews, and Hamilton) before Bob Zelazny's triple and Don Held's double.
At the end of 3 the score stood Rays – 7, Angels – 6, Sox – 10.
The hot hitting continued in the 4th when Larry Powell lined a double down the line, to score 2 runs. The Angels started their part of the inning with 5 singles (Denny, Wells, Marion, Jackson, and Linton) before recording an out, a sac fly by Gerry Andrews and ending with a single by Holder. The Sox answered with 5 runs of their own on 3 doubles (Radlien, Hite, and Andrews), 2 singles (Simon & Hamilton) and Mike Wheeler taking a walk for the team.
The Rays got the 5th frame started when the first 5 hitters (Scarbrough, Edwards, Jacobs, Erb, Zakrowski) all got hits to score 4 runs. Juan Toro had a HR for the Angels who went relatively quietly. The Sox threatened to run away with the game, when Don Held tripled before Steve Hill's run scoring single, but Richie Marino in right field and Les Jacobson in right center made running catches to kill a Sox rally before it could get started.
The 6th inning was quiet for all 3 teams and when the frame was over the score was Rays – 16, Angels – 13, Sox – 16, the final act in this 3 ring circus had yet to be played out.
The gallant Rays started the inning with a single from J D Davis hoping to spark an outburst of runs. But the Rays were blanked and then needed to hold the Angels and get so help from the same Angels so they could salvage a tie. The Angels need 3 to tie; the first batter flied out to Frank Jacobs who juggled the ball before securing it for the out. Juan Toro tripled ahead of a Les Jacobson long sac fly. With 2 outs the Angels still needed 2 runs to tie, they got 4 runs when 6 batters in a row got hits: a triple by Pat Drouilard and singles by King, Wells, Marino and Jackson with Denny's double scoring the final 2 runs to break the tie.
The Sox came to bat in the bottom of the 7th needing 2 to tie and 3 to win. Al Andrews singled, Tom Hamilton was walked before Bob Zelazny moved them both up with a long fly to left. With the tying run on second base Don Held was walked to load the bases and create a force at any base. Steve Hill answered the bell with a 2 run single to tie the score, before advancing to second on the throw. Now, with the winning run on third Denny Shaffer was walked to again setup a force at any base. Enter George Radlien who lined the game winning hit over the head on the second baseman. The final was Rays – 16, Angels – 18, Sox – 19.
Rays:
- Scarbrough 4-4, 2B, 3B
- Edwards 3-4, HR, 2B
- Jacobs 3-4
- Brock 4-4
Angels:
- Toro 4-4, HR, 2B
- Drouilard 4-4, 2 3B, HR
- Marino 4-4, 3B
- Jacobson 2-3, 2B, Sac Fly
Red Sox:
- Andrews 4-4, 2B
- Hamilton 2-2, 2BB
- Held 3-3, 2B, 3B, BB
- Radlien 3-4, 2 2B
Submitted By:
Bob Hite
Field C
On a cool Florida morning that turned into a beautiful afternoon, there was a hotly contested game between the Braves and Cubs. The Braves charged out of the batters box scoring 5 runs in both of the first two innings. Peterson, Stewart, Chrest, Miller, Ravo all started with hits and the next few batters did their job by driving in the max runs for the inning.
The second started with McPartlan's base hit and an error, followed by three straight home runs by Peterson, Stewart and Chrest. Great hitting display guys! Now down 10 runs, the Cubs bats came to life with 3 runs in the bottom of the second. Five singles by Leggett, Wilson, Fulton, Taylor and Altamose did the damage in that inning.
After holding the hot hitting of the Braves to a scoreless 3rd inning, the Cubs came back to tie
the score with 7 runs. Deplama and Mundy started the inning with singles, then a fielder's choice followed by another single by Leggett and a walk. Fulton singled and Manager Ted Taylor drove a triple to deep right center field. Altamose
drove him home.
In the 5th inning for the Braves, the top of the order came to bat again (the score sheet did not show hits for the first three but they did get on
base) then Lautenschlager and Miller singled and Ravo doubled to deep left center to bring the total runs for the inning at five. At the end of 5 the
score was Braves 15 the Cubs 12.
In the forth inning the Cubs catcher, 89 year old Joltin' Joe Deforge smashed a ground ball to shortstop. The force of the swing took him to the ground and Joe was removed from the line up with an injured shoulder. Get healed quick Joe we need you. The Cubs scored 5 in the 6th inning to tie the game at 17.
With each team scoring in the 7th and 8th innings the Cubs held a 1 run lead. The Braves top of the line up came to bat (need we say more) Manager Moot's sluggers had a single by Peterson, another
homer by Stewart, double by Chrest, triple by Lautenschlager, an error and triple by Ravo tallied 6 runs for the Braves.
The Cubs came out swinging in the bottom of the 9th but fell short on some excellent fielding plays. Final Score Braves 28 Cubs 23.
Braves Hitters
- Peterson 4 for 5 with homer
- Stewart 5 for 5 with triple and 2 homers
- Chrest 4 for 5 with homer
- Miller 3 for 5
- Depalma 4 for 6
- Mundy 5 for 6
- Kline 4 for 6
- Wilson 5 for 6
- Fulton 4 for 6
- Taylor 4 for 4 with two walks
Field B
We had a “barn burner” on Field “B”, between the Tigers and the Rangers. What type of game was it? Both teams had more hits than the Beatles. Runs were scored faster than a gambling granny could drop coins, in a slot tournament, in Vegas. Teams were hotter than a firecracker, lit at both ends.
Field “B” wasn’t a softball field, as much as it was a pinball machine. The ball seemed to be always kept in play; batters hit their target areas like a pinball wizard. Defensive outs were hard to come by. It was a great display of hitting, by both teams. A total of 77 runs were scored by the time the game ended.
It would take too much time to break down the entire game. It suffices to say that both teams traded leads throughout the game. By the time we reached the top of the 9th inning the (Home team) Rangers held a one run lead; Tigers 30- Rangers 31.
Could any team really hold on to a one run lead in this “scorefest”? If you answered no, you may pass go and collect your monopoly money, you are correct. The snarling Tigers sprung at their prey and scored six runs, in the top of the 9th. The Rangers came to bat in the bottom of the 9th, trailing by 5 runs. This is a determined Rangers team that has scored well at the end of a game, recording a few come-from –behind wins this year. The Rangers scored 5 times, in their half of the frame, to tie the game.
Tigers 36 - Rangers 36
By league rules, one extra inning was played to see if a team could pull out the win.
The Tigers scored two runs in their half of 10th inning. The big hit was by Herb Osterreid, who knocked in the go ahead runs, with two outs on the board. Good hitting under pressure by Herb!
The Rangers came to bat in the bottom of the 10th, looking to score and win the game. Jack Benson and Tim Gallagher got on base, setting up runners on the corners. Don Ing hit a force out, scoring Jack Benson. The Rangers were now one run behind.
Tommy Wise came up, with one out and hit a grounder to short. Fielder Jimmy Laffoon flipped the ball to second base, for the 2nd out and Kenny Ota threw to 1st, trying to complete the double play. That is when the wheels came off the bus. The first base umpire called the streaking Tommy Wise safe. Now, if you were to ask 22 guys was he safe or out, you would probably get 11 safe calls from my team and 11 out calls from the Tigers squad. It was a bang –bang close play.
Tommy is now on first and there are two outs, the game is still to be decided. The next two batters (Kirk Coffman and Jim Goodhue) get clutch hits, to score Tommy and tie the game. Ed Gazarak is intentionally walked to load the bases. Ron Butler comes up with the game on his shoulders and is able to work the pitcher for a walk. A hard fought game played by two good teams.
Final Score: Tigers 38- Rangers 39.
Leading Hitters
Tigers
- Ken Ota, 3 / 6 with a double and 2 walks.
- Don Keller, 7 / 8 with 4 doubles.
- Jim Laffoon, 7 / 7 with a double and a walk.
- Herb Osterreid, 5 / 6 and a walk and a Sac.
- John Byrd, 5 / 7 with 2 doubles.
- Bill Rutan, 4 / 5 and 2 walks.
- Rick Woodard, 5 / 7 with a triple.
- Don Hawbaker, 4 / 6 and a walk.
Rangers
- Kirk Coffman, 5 / 7.
- Jim Goodhue, 4/ 6 with a double and a walk.
- Ed Gazarak, 5 / 5 plus a sac and 2 walks.
- Ron Butler, 3 / 4 sac fly and 2 walks.
- Steve Pinnick , 3 / 4 and 2 walks.
- Nick Matta, 5 / 5 plus a sac.
- Fred Dampier, 4 / 5 with a double and a walk.
- Jack Benson, 4 / 6.
- Tim Gallagher, 5 / 6.
- Tom Wise 4 / 6
- Jose Rivera 4 / 6
Submitted by:
Nick Matta
Field E
Pirates vs. Giants
The Pirates opened up the top of the first with a barrage of hits scoring five runs.
The Giants came back with five runs in the bottom of the first with six hits and an error.
The score was fourteen to eight Giants going into the top of the sixth inning.
The
Pirates erupted for eleven runs in the sixth and seventh innings
which included a line drive home run by the Pirates R.C. Fielder.
The
Giants came back again for six runs in the seventh and eighth
innings. This included a tremendous 2 run home run to left center
field by the shortstop.
In the ninth inning, the Pirates pushed across one run to take the lead.
The Giants came back with two runs to win the game on a combination of hits, ground balls and errors.
The final score was Giants 22, Pirates 21.
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