Friday, January 24, 2014

The Ice Bowl

Cold doesn't quite say it for today's weather.  I had a bet with my wife though.  I bet her that someone would be in shorts today despite the un-Florida like weather.  I Win!!   

Once again, the pictures are thanks to Gene Baker (with fish).  You can see the entire album by clicking here or you can review all of our albums by clicking here.

Gold's Gym Field

Marlins versus Giants

The Marlins opened the first with two hits and an error.
R. Moots drove in both runs. The Giants came back with two runs on three hits.  Runs driven in by E. Guspyt.


The Marlins poured on the hits in the next seven innings.  They had thirty two hits, several walks and several players reached on errors.
 

The Giants scored nine runs on ten hits in the third inning.

In the sixth, the Giants scored three more runs on four hits. The big hit a triple by D. Scarbough.


The Giants came back with four runs in the eighth inning. They had four hits featuring a home run by E. Guspyt.

Giant Hitters: D. Scarborough.    4-5
                      E. Guspyt.              4-5 (hr)
                      D. Holder.              4-5
                      D. Ragonese.          3-5
                      M. Bloom.              3-5

Marlin Hitters: D. Hill.               5-6
                       G. Andrews.         5-6
                       J. Fulton.              4-5
                       J. Altemose.         4-6
                       G. Sequin.            4-6

The final score was Marlins 32, Giants 18.




Gatorland Field

Braves vs Cubs 

The game got off to a rocky start in that the top of the first inning Ted Taylor rounded third base and took hard fall. He had a skin tear just below his eye and was bleeding real bad. Thanks to fast action by his teammates he was mended enough to finish the game. Good enough to go 4 for 4 including one walk. Braves only had nine players to start the game.

After 4 innings the Cubs had a lead of 12 to 5. Every Cub player got a hit except one.  In the bottom of the fourth inning, the Braves had a big rally scoring 7 runs to tie the game after four. Eight  of the Brave players got a hit that inning-all singles.

The Cubs players woke up and preceded  to score 13 runs in the next three innings. The Cubs had 25 runs to only 12 for the Braves going into the eight and ninth innings. 

The Braves did the flip flop but only scored 4 in the last inning.
Dick Sessick was the winning pitcher

                                            Final score was Cubs 26 Braves 16.

Leading hitters for the Cubs were:
Bernie Peterson 4-4  2 doubles, 1 home run
Ted Taylor 4-4
Sam Lopez 3-4 1 triple
Dick Sessick 3-4 
Bernie Mohan 3-4
Stan Michalsk 3-3 1 home run with bases loaded
Don Lemay 2-3

Leading hitters for the Braves:
Arvil Waddell 4-7
Penny Pelletier 6-7
Harlen Lautenschlager 5-7 1 double
Gene Baker 5-7
Dave Podbielski 6-6
Jerry Witter 5-6

ServiceMaster Field 

Angel’s vs Tigers

What’s the best way to describe the ball players, Angel’s vs Tigers, on the ServiceMaster field today?  Committed or needing to be committed.  It was another cold and windy day for Winter Haven Senior softball.  The Angels did get out of the gate quickly with a walk, 3 singles, and then 2 Sac fly’s netted the Halos 4 runs.  But, the Tigers responded in kind, with 6 singles and a walk of their own to take a slim 5-4 lead.  

The 3rd inning saw more sparks from the Angels as Scot Sequin launched a triple with a man aboard to help the visitors to 3 runs and a 1 run lead after 3 full innings.  The Tigers tied the game in the 4thafter Jack Benson’s leadoff homer and Dave Hartley’s double, followed by 2 singles to plate the final run.  

The Angels again got it started in the 5th, with 2 singles and a walk loaded the bases before JD Davis laced a double to clear the bases.  The Tigers took the lead in the bottom of the inning with 6 singles and 2 walks resulted in 5 big runs.  The Tigers added 2 more in the bottom of 6th with the big shot coming on Tom Hamilton’s 2 bagger with 2 runners on.  

The Angels got a five spot 4 singles, a walk and a double by Gregg Denny to take the lead 15-14 at the end of seven.  The Angels kept the bats going in the 8th with 6 straight singles, a walk and Sac fly plated 5 more runs. 

The Angels got 1 more in the 9th, to end their scoring, at 21.  In the 9th, trailing by 7, the Tigers attempted to mount a rally, getting the first 3 men on base before long fly balls into the wind and into the gloves of the Angels stopped the rally shorts.  

Final score Angels 21 – Tigers 16.

Top Hitters:

 Angels:
Ron Pepin 3 for 5
Joe D’Herin 5 for 5
Scot Sequin 3 for 3, 3B, 2BB
Gerry Deridder 3 for 3, BB, Sac
Gregg Denny 3 for 5, 2 2B

Tigers:
Al Andrews 3 for 5
Russ King 3 for 5
Jack Benson 5 for 5, HR
Dave Hartley 3 for 5, 2B
Fred Dampier 3 for 5

Bob Hite 3 for 5


ServiceMaster Field

Rangers vs Rays

It seems this old Florida weather does not want to warm up so we can play softball in our shorts again. It was nice and cold again today with a brisk wind coming across Field B from the northeast. 

The Rangers acted like they were prepared for the cold weather with a five run top of the first inning while the Rays only managing to get one out. The Rays managed to score a couple of runs in the bottom of the first inning. 

After holding the Rangers scoreless in the top of the second inning, the Rays bats came alive and they scored five runs. In the third inning, both teams continued to hit well with the Rangers scoring four runs and the Rays scoring five runs. 

After the fifth inning, the score was tied 13 all. Both teams went scoreless in the sixth inning and both teams scored five runs in the seventh inning. In the top of the eighth inning, Bob Zelazny led off with a booming hit to left center field. But, Sam Cuscovitch, the left center fielder for the Rays, was able to run it down for the out. 

Next up was the dangerous bat of Don Erb. Don hit a boomer to left center field and Sam ran that one down for the out. The Rays were able to hold the Rangers scoreless in the eighth inning and went on the score three runs in the bottom of that inning. 

In the ninth inning, the Rays were able to hold the Rangers scoreless again for a final score of Rays 21 - Rangers 18.
Pat Lopicolo pitched the entire game for the Rays and snagged a ball hit up the middle by Juan Toro for an out. Pitching for the Rangers was Larry Wells, Nick Matta and Jimmy Laffoon. All the pitchers did a great job with that strong wind blowing across the field. 
Leading hitters for the Rays were Jimmy Goodhue 3/3 with a walk, Terry Smith 4/5,Eddie Gazarek 3/4 with a walk and Herb 'O' was 3/5. 
Leading hitters for the Rangers were Larry Wells and Lance Patton, 3/3, Steve Hill and Bob Zelazny were 3/4 and Kirk Coffman was 2/3 with a walk. 

The Rays welcome Sam Cuscovitch back to Winter Haven Senior Softball. Today was Sam's first game of the season. Sam was looking forward to enjoying his first day back by watching our game but the Rays manager had other plans for him. Sam did a great job in left center field.    

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