Black Beer Friday

Gessler Clinic Field

The Home team today, captained by Roger Edwards, fielded Rivera, Andrews, Edwards, Jacobson, Pepin, Benson, Hartley, Ayers, Hill, Marino, Levesque and Reagan against the Visitors Team managed by Donnie Witmer and made up of  Gonzalez, D'herin, Duff, jacobs, Wolfe, Giordano, Witmer, Butler, Coffman, Smith, Diaz and Rodriguez.

As the lineups suggest it was one of those close lead swapping games with the team putting up the fewest zeros emerging with the victory.  Team Witmer won the first inning 2-0 thanks to a Gonzalez inside the park round tripper followed by a Chuck Duff triple.  They followed that in the second with  one as Donnie Witmer's single was cashed in by a Ron Butler triple. But then the tide turned as team Edwards posted 5 runs in their half of the second followed up with another 5 run inning in the third to go up 3-10.  

Team Witmer won the 4th inning posting 4 runs to zero for team Edwards but then went down scoreless in the 5th and 6th.  After six it was team Edwards 11 and team Witmer 7.  

In the 7th, team Witmer posted 5 to take the lead by 1 run and then posted 1 in each of the 8th and 9th while blanking team Edwards in the 6th 7th and 8th innings to hold a lead of 14 - 11 going into the bottom of the 9th.

Team Edwards managed to get a couple of runners on but only scored 1 run to end the game with the score Team Witmer 14 to Team Edwards 12.  Winning Pitcher - Diaz

Top Hitters
Edwards 3 for 3 BB
Jacobson 2 for3 BB
Pepin 2 for 2  2-BB
Ayers 2 for 3 BB

Gonzalez 3 for 5 HR 2-DB
Duff 3 for 4 Triple
Jacobs 3 for 4 BB DB
Witmer 3 for 4
Smith 3 for 4

ServiceMaster Field

The Nationals had a very competitive and fun game on the ServiceMaster Field. Maybe it was the cool temperature or too much turkey but both teams started slow.  The visitors (Merritt, Waddell, Duff Hill, Lopez, Mohan, Byrd, Black, LoPiccolo, Moots, McPartlin, Morey, Yarletts and Hooper) got off to a sluggish start, leaving the bases loaded in the second, but not able to score until the 4^th inning.  In that frame they scored 4 runs with hits from Merritt and Waddell before the big hits, a triple from Hill and double from Black.  The home team (Bess, Kline, Thompson, Remington, Hite, Taylor, Zakrowski, Witter, Fabian, Wells, Mills and Baker) faired only slightly better in the first 3 innings, scoring just 2 in the first on 3 straight singles from Kline, Thompson and Remington. 

In the home half of the 4^th the home team answered the bell with 3 runs on 5 singles from Remington, Hite, Taylor, Zakrowski and Witter. So after 4 the score was V-4 and H-5. The score and the game went back and forth for the next 4 innings.  The visitors scored 13 runs, with big hits from Mohan and Lopez, as the rest of the team did their part and put runners on base for the big bats.  But, the home team was a little better scoring 15 runs with every player contributing with at least one hit.

Top Hitters

Waddell 3 for 5

Lopez 3 for 4, HR

Mohan 3 for 4, HR

Byrd 3 for 4

Moots 4 for 4

Bess 3 for 5, 2B

Kline 3 for 5

Thompson 3 for 5, 2B

Remington 5 for 5

Hite 4 for 5, 2B, 3B

Taylor 4 for 4, 2B

Zakrowski 3 for 4,2B

Witter 3 for 4