Roger Murdock anyone?

Yep today is the birthday of that famous co-pilot, Roger Murdock, otherwise known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,  "Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes" kid.

Field Gessler Clinic

Well it sure seemed like we were dragging something around today. The three team game on Gessler Clinic Field pitted George Radlein pitching against JD Davis, and Larry Wells.

JD had a 4 for 5 day

The first inning for the Hitting squad started off slow and never really got going. after scoring 2 runs in the first and 4 in the third, they posted zeros until the 6th when they almost caught up with a 7 run surge. They posted another 3 in the 7th to tie for second place but gave that up as the 7th progressed.  Their highlight was Dean Shappler touching them all when his liner got through the outfield and went to the fence.

Jeff and Ed are all smiles

The Sitting team in contrast scored in every inning but one and posting 5 runs in each of the 2nd and 5th innings.  Regis Finnegan's homer sparked the 5 run 2nd and of course Tom Hamilton going 4 for 5 didn't hurt either.  Unfortunately, Russ King and Nick Matta collided at first base putting Nick on the sideline the rest of the way.   They bumped heads I guess as both had sore necks.  Could have been worse, but neither lost a tusk.
 

Deano holding things up

The Fielding team did score in every inning posting 5's in the 2nd and 4th innings.  I don't recall any homers but they had steady hitting up and down their line-up.  On top of that they had only 9 hitters in their batting order so guys like Bob Zelazny and Chuck Duff  went 4 for 5 plus a Sac Fly each; they had 4 batters get up 6 times.
 

Bob played a great 2b today

Final score Hit 15, Sit 18 and Field 19.  Then everyone ran off to play golf?  

Leading Hitters:
 Shappler 3 for 4 HR SacFly
 Butler 3 for 4  2b
 Hite 3 for 3 BB
 Radlein 3 for 4
 Mohan 3 for 4
 Hamilton 4 for 5  4 2b 
 Droulliard 5 for 5  3 2b
 Davis 4 for 5
 Kline 4 for 5 2b
 Zelazny 4 for 5 2b Sac Fly 
 Duff 4 for 5 Sac Fly
 King 3 for 4 Sac Fly 2b
 Bird 5 for 5
 

Field Servicemaster

Today's National League game ended up to a be a low scoring affair with Team Thompson besting Team Mills 11-8. The first inning started with Freddie Duchan scoring when Larry Chrest hit a double. Unfortunately that was all for the inning. Team Thompson responded with five runs off six hits and never looked back. 

The second inning was described as a sleeper for both teams although no one told Frank Miller who crossed the plate for Team Mills. In the third Team Mills remained in a state of slumber while Team Thompson scored three runs off doubles by Penny Pellitier and Bill Miller. The fourth saw Eddie Sullivan get a double and score  along with Doug Chamblee. Team Thompson  was unable to score in their half of the inning.

Penny led her team's hitting

In the fifth inning Team Thompson stretched their lead by outscoring team Mills three to one. The sixth and seventh innings were an awesome display of super pitching and great defense as neither team scored. The eighth saw Claude Hearn and Les Wolff score for Team Mills but it wasn't enough to close the gap. They were unable to score again in the ninth and ended up on the short end despite Team Thompson being held scoreless in the last three innings.

Ron's team emerged victorius

Again final score Team Thompson 11 and Team Mills 8.

Key performances include:

Penny Pellitier. 3 for 4 with a double

Mike Stepp     3 for 4

Miller boys        3 for 4 each

Annual Golf Outing

After the ball games, our two sport jocks headed to Oakwood Golf Club for our annual tournament. The match was close with only one stroke separating the first and last place team. There was a tie for first place. with Team Shaffer (Denny Shaffer, Eddie Kline, Ron Easton, and Bill Heap) and Team Taylor  ( Ted Taylor, Carl Luebking, Bernie Mohan, and John Byrd) both finishing with a very respectable one under par. Congratulations to each player.