Boston Massacre

Maybe you forgot ... history class was a long time ago but today marks the anniversary of the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770.  That was before the Sox traded the Babe to the Yankees

Field E 

This bright Tuesday morning with the temperature at starting time around 65 degrees and warming made for a good day to play softball. 

The 2013 Tigers

The two team game on Field E between the Tigers and Rays started with both teams hitting the ball well. The Rays jumped out front with five runs in the top of the 1st inning and the Tiger responded with four runs of their own. 

A three up three down inning in the top of the 2nd for the Rays inspired the Tigers to score five runs in the bottom of the 2nd and 3rd innings. From there, the Tigers managed to keep the lead for the entire game. 

The final score was Tigers 20 and the Rays 16. 

The 2013 Rays

The March winds made pitching a little difficult but Pat Lopiccolo and Larry Powell did a good job on the mound. 

Leading the hitting attack for the Tigers was Scott Seguin who was 4 for 4 with a SAC. Herb 'O' was 4 for 5. Raul Torres and Pat Lopiccolo were 3 for 4. Don Keller, Jimmy Laffoon and Bob Reagan were 3 for 5. Sammy Lopez kept looking for the "sweet spot" on his bat but managed to go 2 for 5.

Leading the hitting attack for the Rays was Frank Jacobs and Don Erb who were 4 for 5. Donnie Scarbrough and Dave Hartley were 3 for 4. Bill Rutan was 3 for 5. 

Field C

Game One

This game featured a three way contest. The Rangers, coached by Nick Matta, the Angels coached by Freddie Gonzalez, and the Red Sox coached by Jeff Simon.  It was a five inning contest due to a doubleheader caused by a prior rainout. 

The 2013 Angels

The Angels scored nine runs thru three innings and did not score in the next two innings. The Rangers scored once in the first and did not score again until the fifth inning when they scored five runs. The Red Sox scored four times in the first inning, four more in the third and five more runs in the fourth to secure the victory. 

The 2013 Red Sox

The final score was Red Sox 13, Angels 9, and Rangers 6.  The game featured a blast over the fence by Les Jacobson of the Angels to give his team a big five run third inning. Winning pitcher George Radlein delivered three hits to help his own cause.  

Game Two 

Game 2 of the double header went by as a flash. Before it 

was said and done by the 3rd inning the score was Red Sox 

and Rangers tied at 7 each and the Angels 4. 

The 2013 Rangers

It was then the 5th inning and now the score was Rangers 12 

Red Sox 10.  The Angels made a valiant effort but fell short 

and finished with 9.  Les Jacobsen had 2 towering homers 

one in each game.
 
Top Hitters:
Rangers: 6 batters at 2/3
Redsox : 3 batters at 2/3
Angels :  2 batters at 3/3

Field B

The Giants, coached by Bloom, beat the Braves, coached by 

Moots, again 27-17.  The  game started off with the Giants 

scoring 5 runs in the first inning with hits from Guspyt, 

Remmington, Black, Chamlee, Gibson and Bess.  

They scored 3 runs in the second inning with hits from Bloom, 

Deem, Guspyt, and Remmington.   The Braves scored 5 runs

with hits from Peterson, Hill, Lautenschlager, Mills and 

Sullivan.  The Braves tied the score 15-15 in the sixth inning 

with hits from Miller, Lautenschlager, Ravo, Moots and 

Peterson.  

The 2013 Braves

The Giants scored 5 runs in the seventh with hits from Bess,

Merritt, Deem, Guspyt and Thompson. 

The game was all but over.  

Good hitting came from Guspyt 7-7 and Remmington 

for the Giants and from the Braves good hitting from 
Peterson and Miller who both went   5-4. 

Field D

Cubs VS Pirates

The 2013 Pirates

Two Hundred Forty Three years after the Boston Massacre a ballgame took place at the Diamond Plex Softball Field in Winter Haven.  

Bill Wolfe smacks one

This game was not a massacre as the shorthanded Pirates came out swinging in the first inning and scored the max 5 runs.  The Cubs had already scored 2 runs in the first, then the Pirates leadoff hitter Ducham led off with a single.  The next batter hit a sharp grounder to the infield and that resulted in a double play. Wilcox singled, an error and then 6 hitters in a row had base hits.  Ayer, Augustine, Smith, Lyons, Carrothers with Silver shoe's Baker batted in the 5th
run of the inning. 

John Fulton gets a hit

Jim Altamose blasts one deep

In the second inning the Cubs bats came alive and stayed that way till the 7th inning.  With 6 innings straight scoring 5 runs the Cubs put this game away with the final score Cubs 32 Pirates 16.

Pirates
Ducham  3 for 4
Stepp 2 for 5
Wilcox 4 for 5
Burns on base 4 time
Ayers 3 for 5
Auggie 4 for 4 with Walk
Smith, Lyon, Carrothers and Baker all 3 for 4.

Cubs
Wilson  5 for 5
Kline 3 for 5 with triple
Mundy 3 for 4 with walk
Wolfe 4 for 4 with walk and 2 HR one was a grand slam.
Leggett our winning pitcher today went 1 for 5 and will be on      the DL to have an eye operation later in the week.
Fitzke 3 for 4 with walk
Ray DePalma (got it right this time) 4 for 5
Barnes 5 for 5
Manager Ted Taylor 3 for 4 after digging out of 3 foot of snow.
Fulton 4 for 4 with triple
Altamose 2 for 3 with walk
Gimpy leg LaMay even had 2 hits.

Submitted by Don LaMay