Today's game was played under ideal conditions: temperature in the eighties, cooling breezes, and nice cloud cover. We had thirty players so we divided into three teams of ten and played without the middle infielder. The Hit team was managed by Juan Toro and consisted of Dampier, Reagan, Toro, Edwards,Miller, Simon, Wells, Moots, Merritt, and Lee Baker. They started strong with their first five batters scoring with Bill Millers triple providing the power. Having maxed out in run production, Freddie Gonzales' Sit Team came up and the team of Zelazny, Witmer, Gonzalez,Hearn, Thompson, Mohan, Marino, Wise, Barnes, and Gibson answered by putting their first five batters across the plate to tie it up. With the first two teams knotted at five apiece, the Field Team managed by Wayne Munday came up filled with great expectations. Unfortunately the team of Herbie "O", Coffman, Mundy, Alumbaugh, Jacobs, Butler, Duff Hill, Byrd, Powell, and Sullivan managed to tally two runs. In the second inning, Team Gonzalez separated themselves from the field by scoring five runs in the middle of the inning while the Hit and Field teams were shut down. A triple by Bob Z,, and doubles by Hearn and Thompson helping the cause.
The third inning saw Team Toro regain its hitting form as Bobby Reagan and Juan Toro both had home runs and contributed to the four runs scored. Team Gonzalez managed a mere one run as Tommy Wise led off and scored.Team Mundy unfortunately failed to score. The fourth inning was a near replay of the second inning as Team Gonzalez scored four runs off solid hitting from the bottom of the lineup while Team Toro and Mundy were held scoreless. The fifth inning saw everyone score at least one run...however two were scored by Teams Gonzelez and Mundy.
The sixth inning was a real slug fest. Bobby Reagan got his second home run of the day and was the big hit in the four run rally. Team Gonzelez responded with four runs to maintain their lead over their opponents. Team Mundy managed to score twice off solid hitting by the bottom of the line up. The seventh started with Team Toro chasing six runs and with the first two batters reaching base looked like they were going to make a charge at Team Gonzalez. Despite a double by Roger Edwards, they managed but two runs to fall short of taking the lead. They had a good shot at it too as Team Gonzalez was held scoreless for the first time. They now had to await the outcome of Team Mundy's to see if they could salvage the silver medal. Talk about excitement as Team Mundy's first six batters reached base and scored with Brent Alumbaughs homer being the biggest hit. The next three batters reached base and the momentum had shifted and it looked like not only would they overtake Team Toro for the silver but could score enough to pass Team Gonzalez for the Gold. By sheer will and Donnie Witmers glove it wasn't meant to be as no more runs crossed the plate. Final score12. Team Gonzalez 21, Team Toro 16, and Team Mundy
While there was great hitting today, the game turned on defense. Donnie played a great shortstop for Team Gonzalez, Richie Moots was superb at first for Team Toro as was Bobby Reagan in left field. His play snuffed out three rallies to include a running over the head catch with two outs and the bases loaded.
Key Hitting performances today include:
Freddie Dampier 4 for 5
Bobby Reagan 3 for 5 with two homers
Juan Toro 4 for 5 with one homer
Roger Edwards 4 for 5
Bill Miller 4 for 5 with a triple
Josh Wells 3 for 4
Bob Zelazny 4 for 6 with a triple
Claude Hearn 4 for 5
Ron Thompson 5 for 5 with a double and was the winning pitcher
Bernie Mohan 4 for 5
Richie Marino 4 for 5
Reggie Barnes 4 for 5
Herbie "O" 4 for 5
Wayne Mundy 4 for 5
John Byrd 5 for 5
Eddie Sullivan 3 for 4
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