6/14/13 game

After 3 straight rain outs we were finally able to play a ball game in June .

 

( Hitting ) Moots, S.Hill ( manager ), lafoon, Jacobs, Grabb, Diaz, Buttler, Chamlee, Wise, Sullivan

Vs

( Sitting ) Chrest, Coffman, Toro, Miller, Maniro ( manager ) Witmer, Dampier, Simon, Sessink, Herbie O, Mohan

Vs

( Fielding ) Gonzales ( manager ), Bryd, Contanstine, Edwards, Shapler, Wells, Borowice, D.Hill. Baker. Vassuri

 

The game started slow, as the fielding team scored the only run of the 1st inning.

 

The hitting team waited until there were two outs in the second before getting a hit,  then scoring 3 runs in the inning, keyed by Ed Sullivans 1st of his 3 hits. Sitting team answered with a 5 spot. End of two 3-5-1.

 

The 3rd was quiet. However ,set team posted another 5 runs in the 4th. Not surprising Larry Chrest had big hits in both their 5 run innings. After four 3-10-2.

 

With sit team adding 3 more in the 5th it started to look like you could mail this one in. End of five 5-13-2.

 

The sixth started with a bang. Hit team down by 8, scored 8 runs led by Ed Diaz's 2 hits in the inning to tie the score temporarily at 13. Sit team got 3 to regain the lead and field team added two. Going into the 7th, 13-16-4.

 

The 7th was wild. Hit team sent up 11 batters, plating 5 to take the lead again, but left the bases loaded to end the top of the 7th. Down by 2, sit teams Fred Dampier ( fresh off the DL ) blasted a lead off solo home run to cut it to one.1 out later Rich Sessink drove a 3 bagger to right center, putting the tying run at 3rd. The next batter Herbie O drop a single to right to tie the game at 18.  After 2 out Larry Chrest got his 4th hit, putting the speedy Herbie at second representing the game winner, with Kurt Cofffman due up. Kurt hit a bullet deep in the hole that rover S.Hill just managed to grab and throw to 1st to get Kurt by a hair, persevering the tie.Field team could only add 2 in the bottom of the 7th . Final score 18-18-6.