AW RIGHT we got to play today!

After 3 straight rain outs we were finally able to play a three team ball game in June.  We had enough to field an eleven man team and two tens, playing 11 in the field.

(Hitting) Moots, S.Hill (manager), Lafoon, Jacobs, Grabb, Diaz, Butler, Chamlee, Wise, Sullivan

Vs

(Sitting)Chrest,Coffman,Toro,Miller,Marino (manager)  Witmer, Dampier, Simon, Sessink, Oesterreich, Mohan

Vs

(Fielding) Gonzales (manager), Bryd, Contanstine, Edwards, Shapler, Wells, Borowizc, D.Hill, Baker, Bess

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 Sullivan's 1st of his 3 hits. The Sitting team answered with a 5 spot. At the end of two the score was 3-5-1.

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

With the Sit team adding 3 more in the 5th it started to look like you could mail this one in. At the end of five the Sit team held a commanding lead at 5-13-2.

The sixth started with a bang. The 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. The Sit team got 3 to regain the lead and field team added two. Going into the 7th,  the score was 13-16-4.

The 7th was wild. The 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, the Sit team's Fred Dampier ( fresh off the DL ) blasted a lead off solo home run to cut the lead 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 dropped 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 hot grounder deep in the hole that rover Steve Hill just managed to grab and throw to 1st to get the hustling Kurt by a hair, preserving the tie. The Field team could only add 2 in the bottom of the 7th . 

Final score 18-18-6.

Hitting Stars Included:

Hit team, Chamlee  4-5, Lafoon 3-4, sac, S. Hill 3-4, walk, Sullivan 3-4

Sit team, Chrest 4-5, Marino 3-4, Dampier 2-3, Hr,walk

Field team, Bess 2-3, Borowice 2-3

 Submitted by Steve Hill