Last Dance in January

We've come a little more than 1/3 of the way through the winter 2013 season and the weather has been very Florida like.  Let's hope it stays that way through March at least.

Field E

Field E was the site of a hotly contested game between the Nick Matta led Rangers and the Red Sox skippered by Jeff Simon. The Rangers got it started early when Kurt Coffman lead off the game with a single followed by a HR from John Goodhue.  The Sox stormed back in the bottom of the 1st with singles from Steve Hill and Al Andrews, doubles by Tom Hamilton and the red hot Denny Shaffer, George Radlien topped off the scoring with a sac fly. After shutting down the Rangers in the second, the Sox got 4 more with a 3 run HR from Steve Hill followed by a solo HR by Tom Hamilton. 

Joe Scores

The Rangers got 2 more in the 3^rd the key hit being delivered by Coffman with a double.  Both teams went quickly and quietly in the 4^th. The 5^th saw the Rangers start their move with 4 singles and a double, by Joe D'Herin, plating 4 runs.  The Sox tied the score at 9 when Tom Hamilton led off the inning with a walk, and eventually scoring on a sac fly by Donny Held. 

Don drives one deep

The Sox took the lead again in the 6^th, after the Rangers got only 1, in their half of the frame, with 7 straight batters reaching base, including 6 singles. The Sox added 2 more in the 7^th, with a double by Denny Shaffer and then 3 singles from Andrews, Radlien and Hite.  

 The Sox held a 7 run lead starting the 8^th, but no lead is safe when playing the "Never say die" Rangers.  They got 7 runs in the 8^th when 10 players reach base, featuring 7 singles, 2 fielders choices and a double by Jim Goodhue.  The Sox failed to score in the 8^th, so the 9^th began with the score knotted at 16.   The Rangers got 7 more runs, sending 11 men to the plate.  The big hits were provided by Juan Rivera and Joe D'Herin's triples.  The Sox could only answer with a solo HR from Don Held to close out the scoring 23-17. 

Rangers:

• Coffman 5 for 6, 2B
• Goodhue 4 for 5, 2B & HR
• D'Herin 3 for 4, 2B, 3B & Sac Fly
• Matta 5 for 5, 3B

Sox:

• Hill 3 for 5, HR
• Hamilton 3 for 3, HR & 2 BB
• Shaffer 3 for 5, 2B
• Harris 3 for 4

Bob Hite

 Field D

Cubs Vs Pirates
In a rare instance of playing back to back games against the same team, the Cubs and Pirates faced off again this beautiful Florida day at Winter Haven's
DiamondPlex softball field.  

The Pirates continued their way with the bats scoring 5 runs in each of the first two innings.  Fred Ducham lead off with a walk then a single by Stepp and doubles by Wilcox and Burrell that started the 5 run explosion in the first and ended with a single by Manager Smith.  

The Second inning started with a single by first baseman Gene Morey followed by the top of the line up again and a lead of 10 to 0 after 2 innings.  

Gene takes a cut

After two scoreless innings, the Cubs started a rally on Jim Altamose single and base hits by Barnes, Depalma, and a double by Sam Cuscovitch and another single by Kline.  

After 3 the score was 10 to 4.  Both teams scored 3 in the 3rd and were held scoreless in the 5th. 

In the 6th the Pirates tallied one run and the Cubs put on their hitting shoes starting with a ground out by John Fulton and ended with a base hit by John Fulton as the Cubs batted 12 batters.  The inning produced a triple by Ken Wilson, and 'Joltin' Joe Deforge's base hit followed by hits by Barnes, Sam C, Ed Kline, Erv Fitzki, and Walt Leggett.  John Fulton's hit scored the 7th run of the inning and tied the game at 14 each.  

John Drives one

The Cubs again scored 5 runs in the 7th.  The Pirates fought back with a run in the 8th and two in the
9th but fell short. The Final score was Cubs 20 Pirates 17.

Cubs Hitters

• Barnes 3 for 4 with SAC
• Depalma 4 for 5
• Cuscovitch 3 for 5 with 3 doubles
• Kline 4 for 5
• Fitzki HR
• Wilson 4 for 5 with double and triple

Pirates

• Wilcox 5 for 5 with 2 HR turned into triples
• Burrell 3 for 5 with 2 doubles and triple
• Waddell 4 for 5 with HR and double

 Field B

The undefeated Giants, coached by Bloom, beat the Braves, coached by Moots, by one run again.  The game started off with the Giants scoring five runs in the first  inning with Bess, Black, Bill Miller, Thompson, Remington, Chamlee,and Merritt getting hits.  The Braves come back scoring three runs with Peterson, Chrest, Lautenschlager, And Frank Miller getting hits.

Vasserl takes a strike

The game went into the fourth inning and the Braves tied the score with hits from Chrest, Stewart, Lautenschlager and Moots. 

In the sixth both teams scored one run .The Giants had hits from Remington and Chamlee and the Braves had hits from Lautenschlager, Frank Miller and  Ravo.

The Giants scored again in the seventh with hits from Wolff and Guspyt.  Both teams scored in the eighth when Black led off with a single followed by some errors and a single by Chamlee.  The Braves scored two runs with hits from Peterson, Crest and Lautenschlager. 

Nobody scored in the ninth and the Giants won 9 to 8 to remain undefeated.

Good hitting came from Bess, Black, Remington, Chamlee, and Guspyt from the Giants. The Braves got outstanding hitting from Chest, Lautenschlager, Frank Miller, and McPartlan.

Field C 

The Three Team game between Larry Powell's Rays, Don Witmer's Tigers and Freddy Gonzalez's Angels was a close fought low scoring struggle right to the end.

The Angels pulled out the win in the bottom of the last inning to rack up two points in the standings.

Final Score Rays 12, Tigers 14 and the Angels 15

 

Nalcrest Game

Fred Dampier took some phone-camera shots at the Nalcrest Game from this past Saturday.  You'll be pleased to note that the Winter Haven/Lake Ashton team took both games before cleaning out their supply of burgers and dogs.  The pictures are in the Nalcrest album under the photos tab. 

Burning Bats?

Well, some seriously hot bats anyway even if Nick Matta did sacrifice a bat to the softball gods before the game.

Field C

Cubs and Pirates fighting for the cellar dweller position took the field today in a battle back and forth almost every inning.  The Cubs with 5 players on the
DL got pool players Ron Pepin and Sam Cuscovitch and both players contributed HR for the Cubs. 

John Smith and the 2013 Pirates

Pirates started in the first inning scoring 4 on hits by Ducham,Wilcox, Burrell, Allen and a SAC by Waddell.  Ray Depalma singled and scored ona base hit by Manager Ted Taylor in the 2nd for the Cubs.  

After holding the Pirates scoreless in the 2nd, the Cubs rallied for 3 to tie the score at 4 all on a homer
from Ron Pipin.

The Pirates came back with a run in the 4th on hits by Waddell and Ayer.  

In the 6th inning the Cubs scored 4 on a walk
and singles by Depalma and Wilson plus a double by Sam C.   The Pirates came back
with 2 in the last of the 6th on hits by Allen, Waddell, Ayer, and Ragonese to tie the score at 9 runs each.

The Cubs found their stride with 5 runs in the 8th on
a walk and 4 hits by Pepin, Depalma, Wilson, and Taylor.  

Now going into the 9th inning ahead, the Cubs went down at the bat 1-2-3.  The Pirates came to bat with a gleam in their eyes and scored 5 runs on two walks, 3 hits and a few errors
by the Cubs.  

Congrats to the Pirates for their first win of the season.  

Cubs hitters:

• Reg Barnes 3 for 4 with walk
• Wayne Mundy 3 for 5
• Ron Pipin HR
• Ray Depalma 3 for 4
• Sam Cuscavitch 3 for 3 with HR and Walk
• Ted Taylor 3 for 4

Pirates hitters:

• Burrell 3 for 4 with walk
• Allen 2 for 4
• Waddell 2 for 3 with SAC
• Ayer 3 for 3 with SAC

 Field B

The early morning fog had burnt off by the time the game on Field B started. The sun was its usual tricky self. The batters were able to raise their hand if they could not see the pitch and the umpires could call it a no pitch. The Rays managed by Larry Powell were the visiting team and the leadoff batter, Eddie Gazarek, started the game with a nice hit. Frank Jacobs, Don Erb and Art Zakrowski followed with hits but only two runs were scored by the Rays. The Tigers, managed by Don Witmer, were not to be outdone in the first inning. The leadoff batter, Raul Torres got on by a walk and Don Keller and Chuck Duff had nice hits to plate two runs for the Tigers. The game stayed close until the7th inning when the Rays bats got hot. They scored five runs in the seventh inning and five more runs in the eight inning. The Tigers, who scored 33 runs on Tuesday, could not get anything going at the bat today. The final score was Rays 20 and Tigers 12.

Thinking about an Entertainment Book?

The Rays did a great job in team hitting today. They were led by Eddie Gazarek 5 for 5, Rick Brock 4 for 4,Don Erb and Art Zakrowski 4/5 and Frank Jacobs 3 for 5. There were a bunch of Triples. The rest of the team batted around .500.

The Tigers were led by Jimmy Laffoon 3 for 4, Don Keller 3 for 5, Chuck Duff and Kenny Ota were 2 for3. Kenny Ota hit an in the park home run with a sharp line drive between the outfielders.

Field D

The contest on Field “D” between the Red Sox- Rangers and Angels was a wing, ding, doodler.  Both the Sox and Angels started out like a “house on fire”, scoring 5 runs in the first two innings.  The Rangers bats were a bit sluggish, coach Matta thinks the team is reading too many of their press clippings. 

Meanwhile, the Angels found the long ball early and often, hitting 3 doubles in the first inning by Gonzalez, Drouilard and Wells.  In the 2^nd inning Gonzalez refused to cool down, hitting a home-run. Toro decided to spread his angel wings and went yard, as well.  Russ King joined in the halo party and smashed a ball into the gap for a triple. 

After 2 innings the score was Red Sox 10, Rangers 6 and Angels 10.

 The Rangers climbed back into the game scoring 3 runs in the 3^rd.  Not to be outdone, the hot halos came back and added 3 runs of their own, in the bottom of the frame and 5 more runs in the 4^th. The Red Sox, who had been swinging red hot bats, in the first two innings, went on a mini vacation. They were blanked in the 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th innings.

After 5 innings the score was Red Sox 10, Rangers 11 and Angels 20.

Nick takes a cut

That brings us into the 6^th inning, when the fireworks erupted. The Sox bats came back from their mini trip to the Bahamas.  Consecutive base hits by Andrews, Radlein, Hite and Simon produced 2 runs. Mohan and Wheeler joined in on the fun, producing a couple more hits and the Sox gathered 2 more runs. They jumped ahead of the Rangers with a four run, sixth inning.

The Rangers then came to bat in the middle of the 6^th inning. It is so dependable that you can set your clock on the fact that the Rangers bats will come to life, late in the game.  Home-runs by Dampier, Finnegen and Pinnick sky rocketed the Rangers back into the game.  All twelve of the Rangers players batted in the 6^th inning, producing 9 runs and tying the game…….temporarily.

Tom holds Joe at Third

The Angels came to bat in the bottom of the 6th inning and hit like Archangels. They scored three runs and recaptured the lead. The big blow came off the bat of Les Jacobson, who hit one so deep only a real angel could field it.

Les Winds Up

After 6 innings the score was Red Sox 14, Rangers 20 and Angels 23.

In the seventh inning, the Sox added a run and it was up to their defense to try and stop the Rangers from beating the Angels.  The inning started bad for them when the Rangers first batter, Don Ing, reached base on an error. Sox pitcher, George Radlein, was up for the challenge though. He sandwiched in two Ks, in between two hits and with the bases loaded he was able to get the last out, ending the game.

Final Score: Red Sox 15, Rangers 21 and Angels 23.

Leading Hitters:

Red Sox

• Steve Hill,  2 / 3 and a walk.
• Tommy Hamilton,  3 / 3 and a walk.
• Al Andrews , 3 / 4.

Rangers

• Joe D’ Herin,  4 / 4  with 2 doubles and a walk.
• Ron Butler,  3 / 5 with a triple and a double.
• Steve Pinnick, 3 / 4 with a HR.
• Nick Matta , 3 / 4 with a double.
• Jim Goodhue,  4 / 4

Angels

• Freddy Gonzalez,  3 / 4 with a double and a HR.
• Juan Toro,  3 / 4 with a double and a HR.
• Les Jacobson,  2 / 2 with two walks, a double and a HR.
• Pat Drouilard, 3/ 4, with a double and a triple.
• Russ King, 3 / 3 with a triple.
• Dennis Holder, 3 / 3.

Field E

Braves vs. Giants

The Braves opened the first inning with a barrage of hits scoring two runs.

The Giants plated five runs with five hits and an error.

In the third and fourth innings, the Braves scored ten runs with a combination of timely hits and costly Giant errors.

Starting with the third inning, the Giants started to eat away at the Braves lead.

The Giants scored in every inning the rest of the way.

The game featured quite a few errors by both teams.

In the bottom of the ninth, the Giants down by one run, a triple, and error and a double sealed the Braves fate.

The final score was Giants 17, Braves 16.

The Softball Life

January 22nd is either Answer your Cat's Questions Day or National Blond Brownie Day.  Take your pick. Whatever,  we were celebrating softball day this morning.

 

Field B

Pirates vs Giants

The Pirates opened the scoring with two runs in the first inning against the Giants five runs on seven consecutive hits.

In the third inning, the Pirate shortstop hit a tremendous home run to right center scoring two runs.

The Giants in the third inning started an onslaught of runs that continued throughout the rest of the game.

The Pirates come back with five runs in the last two innings.

The final score was Giants 25, Pirates 9.

Pirates Coach, John Smith, adds up the score

Field D 

The Braves, coached by Moots, hung on to beat the Cubs, coached by Taylor, in an exciting game of 20-19.  

The Braves scored 5 runs in the first three innings. In the first, hits by Stewart, Lautenschlager, Miller, Ravo and Moots scored the runs.  In the second, hits by McPartlan, Yarletts, Sullivan, Peterson, Stewart and Miller scoring 5 more runs.  In the third, hits by Ravo, Hill, Moots, Mills and McPartlan scored 5 more runs.

The Cubs got one run with hits by Fitzke, Kline, Mundy and Wolf.  The game went along until the sixth inning when the Cubs scored seven runs in the inning.  The Cubs scored three more runs in the eighth inning with hit from Altamose, Kline, Mundy, Wolf and Leggett.

Outstanding hitting came from Mundy 5-5, and Kline and Wolf with 5-4.  The Braves got 3-3 from McPartlan and  5-4 from Lautenschlager, and 4-3 from Stewart, Miller, Yarletts and Sullivan.
 

Eddie had a good day!

 In the ninth inning the Cubs scored eight runs with hits from Wilson, Taylor, Barnes, DePalma, Fitzke, Kline and Wolf, but came up one run short.

Field E 

Today was the type of day where you bring your lunch bucket, roll up your sleeves and go to work playing ball.  Is that even possible, working hard and playing softball ?  All three teams did exactly that, playing a close game and working hard to keep things close, through six innings. The Rays were the best team out of the gate. They scored their first 3 batters, Bill Rutan, Frank Jacobs and Don Erb, in the first inning.  Erb had the big hit that inning, with a screaming line drive double.  He later scored on a hit by Brock, who was batting sixth.

The Rangers took the lead in the third inning, after scoring 5 runs in both the second and third frames. For the Rangers, the big blow in the third came from Ron Butler, who pounded the apple, doubled and drove in two runs.  Not to be out done, the Angels heated up the bats in the bottom of the third, scoring 5 runs of their own.  Big Les Jacobson hit a home-run for the halos.  After three innings of play the game stood at Rangers 10- Rays 8 and Angels 8. The Rangers never gave up the lead after the third inning. The other teams kept a close pace though. Brock went yard for the Rays and Don Erb dented a palm tree on the other side of the fence, with a line drive home-run that made a thud as it hit off the tree.

As the game went into the final stretch, the score was Rangers 13- Rays 11 and Angels 12.  It was anyone’s game to win as the Rangers came to bat in the top of the seventh inning.  The Rangers are starting to make a habit out of closing strong; they did so last game and they did it again today.  The Angels, who were in the field, had played a solid game for the most part, defensively.  However, they came a bit unraveled in the seventh and after a few timely hits by the Rangers and a few errors by the Angels; five runs had crossed the plate for the Rangers.  The Rays then came to bat and scored a duce, afterwards, the Angels managed to score 1 run. The final score: Rangers 18- Rays 13 and Angels 13. To quote a writer I saw on the internet;” Winning is great, but I’d much rather tie than lose, because losing is the worst outcome possible.”

Leading Hitters

Rangers

Joe D’Herin,  3 / 4.

Ron Butler, 3 / 4 with a double and a triple.

Steve Pinnick, 4 / 4 with a double and a homerun.

Jim Goodhue,  3 / 3.

Nick Matta, 3 / 3.

Rays

Frank Jacobs, 3 / 4

Don Erb, 3 / 4 with a double and a homerun.

Brock,  3 / 4 with a double  and a homerun.

Angels

Juan Toro, 3 / 4  with a double.

Les Jacobson,  1/2 with a walk, sacrifice fly and a homerun.

Larry Wells, 3 / 3 with two doubles.

Field C

Field C was the site of a game between the Tigers and Red Sox, with the Tigers a winner going away 33-16.  

The Tigers got off to a quick start scoring 5 in each of the first 2 innings.  The second inning featured 2 two homers with Don Keller hitting a glam slam that cleared the fence by yards and followed by a solo HR by Tom Gazarek.   

The Red Sox finally started to show signs of life by blanking the Tigers with an inning ending DP, Hite to Hamilton to Wheeler.  The Red Sox got 3 runs with five singles.  But the Tigers struck back with 5 in the fourth with a HR by Ota, double by Reagan.  

The Red Sox again responded with 3 runs with 4 singles and a walk.  The game got a little closer when the Tigers were blanked and the Red Sox got 4 runs when Hamilton and Zelazny started the inning with singles,  Andrews followed with a single, triple from Shaffer and RBI single from Hite.  

The sixth saw the Tigers add 5 runs with 4 straight singles, Ota, Reagan, Hawbaker, and Piccolo. Again the Red Sox could only answer with 3 runs on 6 singles in a row. 

The 7^th and 8^th featured good defense by both teams with a total of only 3 runs being scored by both teams.  At the bottom of the 8^th the score was 21-16 with the Tigers holding the lead.  

The 9^th frame saw the Tigers score 12 runs, with triples by Torres, Gazarek and Keller, a HR from Lopez and 5 singles by Keller, Laffoon, Byrd, Hawbaker and Piccolo.  The Red Sox failed to score in their final a bat making the final score 33-16.

Leading hitters for the Tigers:

Keller 4 for 5, HR & triple

Gazarek 4 for 4, 2 BB & HR

Laffoon 4 for 4, 2BB

Lopez 3 for 5, HR

Gatto 3 for 5

Byrd 3 for 5

Ota 4 for 5, HR

Hawbaker 3 for 5

Lopiccolo 3 for 4, BB

Leading Hitters for the Red Sox:

Simon went 4 for 5, including a double.

Hamilton 3 for 5,

Zelazny 5 for 5

Shaffer 2 for 4,  triple

Wheeler 2 for 4

Held 3 for 4, with a sac fly.

 

Happy Hat Day

Betcha didn't know that January 18th was National Hat Day.  We needed hats this morning, a hood was nice, too, not to mention long johns and mittens.

 

Field C

Giants Vs Cubs
The Giants, on a 3 game winning streak, played the Cubs today.  Weather was cool with a good breeze coming out of the northeast.  Manager Bloom's team scored 3 runs in the first inning on a homer by Dick Mahon.  The Cubs came back with 4 runs on singles by Kline, Mundy, Rutan, Leggett, Taylor, Barnes and DePlama.
 
After 3 innings the score was Giants 8 Cubs 6.  

The Giants scored 5 in the top of the 4th on a walk  two single  and  homer by Ed Guspyt.  The Cubs answered with 3 singles and a Grand Slam Homer by Bill Rutan.   Bill a pool player was picked to replace one of 3 players for the Cubs on the DL(Evans, Wolf and LaMay).  The Giants also scored 5 runs in the 5th inning that ended with a double by Thompson.  The Cubs scored 3 on a  homer by Wayne Mundy.  

Giants tallied 4 runs in the 6th on a double by Guspyt and singles by Miller and Black followed with a three-bagger by Jerry Remington.  Cubs again carded 4 runs with a three-bagger by Kline, singles by Fulton, Rutan, Taylor and Barnes.  

Four runs in the 8th for the Giants ended the scoring for both teams.  

Final score was Giants 26 and Cubs 18. 

Notable plays by the Cubs:  

A fly ball to Left Center fielder Ed Kline followed by a relay throw from Wayne Mundy and a great catch by 89 year old Joe Deforge playing catcher for the Cubs to get the out.

Another fly ball went to Right fielder Ken Wilson who made a shoe string catch and fired a bullet to first base to catch the runner scrambling back to first base. 

Giants

• Thompson 3 for 6 with triple
• Guspty 3 for 6 with homer, double
• Mahon 5 for 5 with 2 homers and 2 doubles
• Black 3 for 5
• Remington 3 for 5 with triple
• Lee Baker 3 walks

Cubs

• Kline 6 for 6 with triple
• Mundy 5 for 6 with homer
• Rutan 5 for 6 with homer
• Leggett 4 for 6  

Field E

The Braves and the Pirates played an exciting game with the Braves winning the game in the bottom of the ninth by one run.  

It started with the Pirates scoring 5 runs in the first inning.  Ducham, Stepp, Burrell, Wilcox And Waddell all singled.  Rogonese walked and Ayer singled for the five runs.The Braves come back with five runs themselves.  Peterson and Whitter singled and Lautenschlager hit a triple.  Stewart later hit a triple in the same inning.  

In the second inning, the Braves scored five runs again with singles by Moots, Mills, McPartlan, Sullivan, Peterson, Whitter, and Lautenschlager. 

The third was  pretty calm but in the fourth the Pirates come back with vengeance and scored six runs to tie the score.  They sent Morey, Gene Baker, Ducham, Stepp, Burrell, Wilcox, Waddell,Rogonese, and Augentine to the plate. In the bottom of the fourth, the Braves got singles from Peterson, Whitter, Lautenschlager, Miller and Ravo to score five runs. Then they scored five more runs in the bottom of the fifth with hits from Stewart, Hill, Moots, Mills McPartlan and Yartletts.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Pirates came back and scored nine runs to tie the score again. (I said it was a good game) Two hits each from Stepp, Burrell, Wilcox, and singles from Waddell, Augentien, Ayer, Smith, Morey, Ducham.
 

In the bottom of the eighth, the Braves came back with singles from Lautenschlager, and Miller to tie the score. 

With the score tied in the ninth the Braves got a hit from Ravo and the game winning hit from Stewart. 

Stewart and Burrell both got home runs for their teams.
Outstanding hitters for the Pirates were Burrell and Gene Baker and for the Braves Lautenschlager went 5 for 5 and Moots 4 for 4.  

  

Field B 

Sarasota, Florida is known as the home of the American Circus.  Well, cue the calliope music, I am here to tell you the Greatest Show On Earth moved a bit eastward, to Winter Haven, Field B, for Friday’s game between the Rays (Hitting team), the Red Sox (Sitting team) and the Rangers (Home team).  We had juggling catches, stunning feats of speed, power and ability, as well as a big finish to the game.

The Sox jumped out to an early lead over their competitors, scoring 4 runs in each of their first two at bats.  If that was not enough Tommy Hamilton, playing SS for the Sox, made a great behind the back catch on a ball hit by Ron Butler, (Rangers), into shallow left field. The Red Sox defense and solid pitching by George Radlein, helped keep the Rangers in check through most of the game.

The Red Sox were like the circus strong man, seemingly unbeatable in this game.  They had a feat of marvel turned in by Denny Shaffer, who hit for the cycle, great job Denny.  The “Ringling Brothers”, Red Sox, added 2 more runs in the third inning and 5 more runs in both the fourth and fifth innings.  After five full innings of play the score stood at Rays 9 – Red Sox 20 and Rangers 8.  It looked like the Rays and Rangers would have to fight it out for 2^nd place.

The last two innings were a different story.  The lion was let out of the cage, as the Rangers bats came to life.  The “never say die” Rangers scored 6 runs in the sixth inning and 10 runs in the seventh inning, to capture the win.  The big blows came from Tommy Wise, who hit an inside the park grand slam and from Regis Finnegen’s game winning hit.  Regis drove in Kirk Coffman all the way from first base, after hitting a double, with two outs, in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Final Score:  Rays 13- Red Sox 23- Rangers 24

Leading Hitters

Rays:

• Roger Edwards, 3 / 4.
• Frank Jacobs, 3 / 4 with 2 doubles.
• Don Erb, 3 / 3.
• Art Zakrowski,  3 / 3.
• Bobby Downs, 3 / 3.

Red Sox:

• Steven Hill, 3 / 5, with a double.
• Tom Hamilton, 3 / 4, with a triple.
• Bobby Zelazny, 4 / 4, with a triple and a double.
• Denny Shaffer, 4 / 4,  hit for the cycle*.
• Bob Hite, 3 / 3, with two doubles and a walk.
• Ari Harris,  3 / 4.

 

Rangers:

• Jose Rivera,  5 / 5, with a double.
• Kirk Coffman, 4 / 5.
• Regis Finnegen, 3 / 4 and a walk.
• Nick Matta, 3 / 3 and a walk.
• Steve Pinnick, 3 / 4.
• Don Ing, 3 / 4 with a double.

 

New Web Features

We've updated the WH Senior Softball web pages with a couple of new features.

1. There's a new 'Standings' tab in the top row of buttons so you can look up how your team is doing. Hopefully we'll keep it updated in a timely fashion.
2. Under the picture of the 'commish' note that you can download an Android app that provides smartphone or tablet access to the website directly. Sorry no iPhone app yet.
3. Then again in the right hand column under the droid app blurb and the picture of the 'commish' is a  'Links' section that has a link called 'Memorials'.  This section contains pictures and obits of some of our friends that have passed away.  If you would like to offer an obit and picture for this section just email the info to whseniorsoftball@gmail.com and if the board is ok with it, we'll post it there.
4. Under the Memorials link, there's another link called 'Bob's List' (Craig is not the commish). On this list you can post anything softball related that you want to sell i.e. bats, gloves, bags, balls, etc. You should also check out this link if you want to buy something.  The transactions are strictly between you and the seller.  The league is only providing a communications medium for you.  In order to post items for sale simply send an email to whseniorsoftball@gmail.com   You can also attach a picture but be sure to include your contact information and your asking price.  

Later Guys,

Ron

GAMES ON!

It didn't rain on the fields last night so we're go for the games this morning.  You might want your long johns and sweatshirts though, it's seriously cold (for Florida anyway)

Another Beautiful Softball Day in Paradise

Field B 

Richard Moots visiting team 16 Ted Taylors home team 6. 

The visiting team scored 3 runs in first on singles by Peterson and Miller and a double by Lautenschlager.

Visitors one in second on singles by Stewart and McPartlan;

One more in third on a double by Peterson and triple by Lautensschlager. The Home team scored 5 on singles by Altomose, Fitzke, Kline, Mundy, and Leggett in the third. 

In the fifth the visitors scored 4 on singles by Yarletts, Burrell and triples by Peterson and Lautenschlager. 

In the bottom of the 5th a great catch by Jim McPartlan prevented a potential grand slam by Wayne Mundy. 

The visitors then scored 3 in the seventh to ice the game. 

The home scored one in the ninth on the flip flop. 

Top hitters for visitors 

• Peterson 4-5, one triple
• Lautenschlager 4-4 with 3 triples and a double
• Miller 4-4
• Stewart 3-4. 

For home 

• Kline 4-5
• Fitzke 3-5 
• Joe Deforge two walks.

Field C

Field C hosted a three team contest between the Rangers, Angels and Tigers. If the first inning was any sign of things to come, it was going to be a long day at the park. The Rangers (Nick Matta) started the game with five runs. The Angels ( Freddie Gonzalez) answered with four runs and the Tigers (Don Witmer) answered with four runs. 

But as softball goes, the second inning was not as fruitful for the Rangers or Tigers. No runs were scored by either team. The Angels however never looked back after the first inning. They continued to score in every inning except the third inning and ran away with the game with a final score of 14-26-5. 

Not only were the Angels bats working, their defense was stellar. Juan Toro at shortstop made several outstanding plays and turned one double play by himself. Les Jacobsen, who was playing middle infielder, was everywhere on the field. Les made several good defensive plays and combined with Juan to turn a double play.

The first four batters for the Angels were 5 for 5. Freddie Gonzalez, Juan Toro, Les Jacobsen and Pat Drouilard were unstoppable. Freddie had One in the park home run, Juan had Two in the park home runs and Les had Four Doubles. Pat had a Triple, a Double and Three singles. Greg Denny and Larry Wells were 4 for 5 and Richard Marino blasted a ball over the left fielder's head to score the fifth run in the fourth inning. The Angels bats were working today.

Leading hitters for the Rangers were Jose Rivera, Freddie Dampier and Regis Finnegan at 3 for 4. Nick Matta went 2 for 3 and Jack Benson was 2 for 2 with a sac fly.

Leading hitters for the Tigers were Jimmy Laffoon, 3 for 3. Raul Torres, Herb O and Mike Gatto were 2 for 3. 

Field D

Pirates vs. Giants

The Pirates opened the scoring first with one run in the first inning.  Consecutive hits by the beginning of the batting order, plated the runner.

The Giants started their slugfest in the first inning, scoring five runs.  They continued to score five runs every inning through the first six innings.

The fourth inning included two home runs with a runner on each time.

After the top of the seventh, when the Pirates scored a run, they conceded the game.

The final score was Giants 30 - Pirates 6.

Field E

Red Sox vs Rays

The Red Socx were off to a good start in the 1st inning scoring 5 runs wirh homers by Hamilton and Andrews.  The barrage continue in the second with the Red Sox scoring 3 more including another homer by Hamilton.  The third inning saw their march continue with 5 runs scored,  The Red Sox slowed down in the next three innings scoring 2 runs, 1 run and 0 runs respectively. In the seventh inning the Red Sox turned up the heat again scoring 5 runs and 5 runs in the eighth.  Bring their total scoring in the end of the eighth to 25 runs. 
Although the Rays scored in each of the first eight innings, they got 1 or 2 runs each inning bring their total to 11 runs after 8 innings.  Although they hit some long balls, they were plagued by every third bat being hit to the outfield.  Al Andrews of the Red Sox caught 7 of these hits.
In the 9th inning, the teams fliflopped with the Rays scoring no runs,

Lead hitters for the Red Sox were Hamilton 5 for 5 with 2 homers, Andrews 4 for 5 with 1 homer, Shaffer 4 for 5, Radlein 4 for 5, and Harris 3 for 4.

Lead hitters for the Rays were Jacobs 3 for 4 with a walker, Downes 3 for 4, Davis 4 for 4, Erb 3 for 4 with a walk, Brock with a homer.